A/N: This chapter was EXTREMELY difficult to write... that's why it took so long to update, which I apologize for. I went ahead and wrote the rest of the chapters for this story, since they were a lot more easier to come up with. -_- Oh well. It's a bit long too. Hope you like it :)

"Let's go out."

"Aren't we out right now?"

"On a date."

"What?" Ino couldn't believe Itachi's proposal.

"A date."

"I don't DO dates."

"Scared?" Itachi asked, glancing at the girl.

"Of dates? No. I just don't go out on dates anymore."

"Scared of falling in love with me." Itachi smirked, knowing how ridiculous he sounded, but he wasn't afraid to push her buttons.

HAHA. Is he serious right now?

Ino scoffed and chose not to reply to that statement.

"One date?"

"Will you leave me alone after? And the whole 'week' thing is cancelled?"

"Hn."

"Forever? "

"If we go on a date, the week's 'reservation' will end right now."

Reaching the end of the park which consequently led to the busy city streets, Ino and Itachi stopped to depart, and finally she gave him an official answer.

"Fine. One date. Maximum three hours. Pick me up at seven." Turning on her heel dramatically and taking a step away from him, Ino was about to strut away when she forgot to add something. "No sex."

Ino had the toughest time trying to decide on her outfit for the dreaded date. Usually, for her other "dates", she would just wear a very short and very tight dress that would get the dates excited for what would happen later on that night, even though they were giving up money for it. Itachi, on the other hand, was a different situation.

In the end, she dressed herself in a very thin, lacy, beige coloured tank top tucked into her favourite black high-waisted skirt that was about twelve inches above her knees, just covering her bottom. On top of the shirt was a black blazer, sticking to her in all the right spots, showing off her curved back. For her shoes she selected a pair of beige booties that matched her shirt and her accessories consisted of a long necklace with a large heart charm, small pearl earrings, and a long chained purse. As usual, her hair was tied up in one ponytail.

The time amused her; it was only a quarter to seven. Never had Ino gotten ready for a date so early before. Her dates always waited for her to perfect herself to the max, which took a minimum of fifteen minutes after the dates arrived on the designated time. She spent the next fifteen minutes being very unlike herself by actually being nervous for this upcoming date. Ino kept fidgeting around, finding anything that would distract her from the uneasy feeling that she hardly ever had. Exactly at seven o'clock, no minute later, there was a brief knock on the door.

The uneasy feeling was swept away as Ino hesitantly opened the door to Uchiha Itachi, standing infront of her in a pair of black dress pants and a crisp white button up shirt. The top few buttons were open so his necklace could be seen. In his hand was the unforgettable blue tulip.

Carlton saw them approach the door from inside and held it open, allowing them to leave the building.

"Hi, Carl!"

"Good evenin' Miss Yamanaka." He turned to Itachi and his head dropped in a bow. "Sir."

"Oh, Carl, you know you don't have to call any of my dates "sir"! This is Uchiha Itachi." Ino gestured towards Itachi. "Itachi, this is Carl."

"Pleasure to meet you."

"Likewise, Mr. Uchi-"

Itachi raised a hand to stop the doorman. "Itachi is fine."

"Well, likewise Itachi. I wish you both an enjoyable night."

"Thanks, Carl. See you later!"

Itachi raised a hand in salute before grabbing Ino's hand and guiding her down the sidewalk.

"Hey!" A few steps later, Ino released her hand from his grip and took it back. "Did I ever say you could hold my hand?"

"Asking to hold one's hand is very... mood-killing. Is it not?"

Ino rolled her eyes. "On a date with anyone? Yes. But you should know by now I'm not anyone."

To prove this Ino walked on ahead of him, acting as the leader of the two, even though she had no idea where she was going.

"So where are we going?" When she got no reponse, she stopped walking and turned around. "Itachi?"

He was almost twenty metres behind her, leaning against a car that was parked on the side of the road. Even from that far away she could see his smirk.

When Ino trotted back, Itachi made a comment. "It's like you disregard everything."

"Oh, shut up." Her eyes shifted to the car, an eyebrow raised. "This is yours?"

She didn't have to think twice to recognize the car as a Bugatti Veyron, a car marketed at over a million dollars. Almost all her customers had shown up to pick her up in the fanciest car they could find, as if trying to prove something to Ino. By far, this was the most luxurious, not to mention expensive, and it seemed Itachi wasn't even making an attempt, unlike the rest of them. That was pretty hot.

"Wow." Her head nodded in approval. "Impressive."

"I'm glad it satisfies you."

Itachi opened the door and gestured for her to enter. Ino took her seat in the passenger seat as the sharp scent of leather shot through her nose. She loved it. A few moments passed and Itachi was sitting beside her in the driver's seat. She still had no idea where their destination was, but she didn't ask. Head gently leaning against the window, Ino looked out at the city that was moving past her at a rapid speed. Surprises could be fun. Sometimes.

Ino looked at herself in the mirror and powdered her nose. She thought back to just under an hour ago, when Itachi had given her the flower.

"Here."

"This is..."

"The flower I stole from you."

"Why are you giving this to me?"

"You wanted it, did you not?"

"I did. I do. I just find it hard to believe that a guy like you would keep a flower for this long!"

She dropped her compact back into her purse and extracted a tube of clear lip gloss and swiped it on her peachy lips.

"It's a one of a kind, isn't it?"

"Yeah it is. I've been around flowers for all my life and I've never seen a tulip of this colour before."

"Why don't you go put it inside. I'll wait here."

Running a hand through her waterfall of blonde hair, Ino put the lip gloss away.

"Were you planning on giving me the tulip from the start?"

"No. I happened to see it right before I left."

"Well... thank you."

She gave herself one more look with a flashy smile before leaving the tiny washroom to return to her date.

"I still can't believe I didn't know about this place. Noone has ever told me about here, and I know everything!"

Itachi let out a chuckle at the remark the girl beside him made. He himself was pretty impressed with the location they were currently in. If he had not asked around, there was no way he would have found a restaurant like this.

They were sitting next to eachother cozily on a sofa in a cozy little restaurant called the Rooftop Cabana. As stated in the name, the restaurant was located on the roof of a shopping building, allowing those who were hungry sometime during their day of shopping, they could head on up to the lovely restaurant rather than eat at the populated food court. As a cabana should be, the dining area was surrounded by decorative drapes and curtains. When it rained, of course, it seemed as though the curtains would not be strong enough to provide shelter for customers, but surprisingly it did. The restaurant was only big enough to have a capacity of about twenty seats, with a large circular fireplace in the middle of the area. Rather than dining tables and chairs, it was full of low tables and comfortable looking sofas and bean bag chairs, allowing it to look more like a lounge scene. The furniture were not all the same, but did cooperate with eachother. At the table Itachi and Ino were at, there were linen cloths, cutlery, clean plates, a lovely single orchid, and their drinks that had arrived during the time Ino was fixing herself up. A beer for the male and a cosmopolitan for the female.

"Everything?"

He was challenging her. He knew she loved challenges, and she knew that he knew.

"Of course!" Ino winked at Itachi. "Ask me anything and I'll give you the answer."

Wow, did you just wink at him? It looks like you're actually enjoying this date, Ino!

Itachi gave a moment to think about the first question before asking, "What's the temperature right now?"

"Hmm. I would say ten degrees celsius."

"When's my birthday?"

"December 25th."

"How many metres are we above the ground?"

"Five hundred."

"None of your answers have been correct," A minuscule frown sketched onto his face.

"Who said I would give you the right answers?"

Itachi couldn't hold back a smile. "Touche."

"So," Ino brushed her bangs back. "When is your birthday?"

"June 9th. And yourself?"

"September 23rd. Not too close yet, unlike yours. Are you expecting a gift from me?"

Itachi chuckled and shook his head. "I am not. It seems I won't be getting any for the next few birthdays."

Ino tilted her head to the side in wonderment and asked, "Why is that?"

"The car was a gift from my previous birthday, from the Akatsuki members. One of them wasn't too thrilled about the money they spent..."

"I see. So that car is gonna be your birthday gift from them for the next, let's see, until you die?"

"Hn." The man grabbed his drink, but merely kept it in his hands, feeling the cold.

"Anyway. I was wondering if you bought that car yourself. I know for a fact it's fairly expensive."

"Are you saying I can't afford it?" Itachi teased her, something he never really did.

"Oh, shut up." The blonde ordered, teasing him back.

"Perhaps, we shall have a drink before our food comes out." He raised his drink to Ino, who grabbed her own drink. "To our first date."

"And hopefully our last." Ino flashed her bright smile at her date, who now realized she wasn't completely serious about this statement and began to laugh.

She realized this was the first time she heard Itachi laugh. Not one of those chuckles he gave when Ino did or said something humourous, but a real laugh. Watching him tilt his head back and laugh out into the night with his eyes closed brought happiness to Ino, for some startling unknown reason, and she let out a few laughs as well.

"Wow. I've never heard the great Uchiha Itachi laugh like that before."

"Noone has made me laugh like that before." Itachi was still laughing softly when he glanced over at her.

Their eyes locked and the laughing stopped, but they were both smiling.

"Hopefully, you were indeed kidding."

"Who knows." Ino gave him a sly smirk and finally raised her glass. "Cheers!"

Itachi brought his drink towards her's and the sound of the glass hitting shot straight through the night.

"Cheers."

When they reached her building, Ino quickly realized that it was already past twelve o'clock, considering midnight was when Carl's shift ended and he was replaced by another doorman.

So much for "maximum three hours", Ino.

They rode the elevator silently, from pure exhaustion or just the comfort of the late night, neither knew. After taking the few steps to Ino's door, Ino and Itachi both stood facing eachother.

"You know what? I actually had a lot of fun tonight," Ino grinned. "You can be pretty damn charming when you want, Uchiha."

"Are you saying you weren't expecting to enjoy the date?" Itachi stood with his hands in his pockets, also smiling.

"That's exactly it."

They shared a laugh, and suddenly the laughter ended. The atmosphere became awkward, surprising both of them. Ino was fiddling with her keys as Itachi gained an interest for the colour of the hallway walls.

"Well." Ino looked up at Itachi who looked down at her upon hearing her voice. "Good night."

Ino turned to face her door when Itachi, without a sound, grabbed her hand and spun her around to face him. He pulled her to him as his other hand encircled her waist, their faces mere centimetres apart.

Ino's eyes widened at the sudden behaviour. "What are you-"

Itachi's hand left Ino's and reached her chin and tilted her face up, his own face leaning down to gently placed his lips on hers. Ino's hands were still together holding her keys as Itachi brought her closer against his chest, her eyes still opened wide from the unexpected kiss. She got over the shock and closed her eyes, savouring the feeling of his lips as she kissed him back, placing a hand on his chest. After a few delicate moments, Itachi slowly pulled away from their tender kiss and whispered so softly that she barely heard him.

"Good night."

He released her from his embrace and took a step back.

"Night."

Upon her quick reply, Ino quickly entered her home and closed the door, not looking back at Itachi who was still standing in the same spot. Her hand clutched to her chest, Ino leaned her head back against the door as she tried to breathe steadily again. The beating of her heartbeat could be heard so well that it scared her.

It was then, when she realized that for the first time in her whole life, she had butterflies in her stomach.

Well, that's new...

A/N: AH FIRST REAL KISS! XD