" I can't believe you dragged me here with you, Emiko-san! " a bell ringing girl said, hiding behind a brick wall.
" I need someone to share my pain in case she saw me. And don't tell me you don't wanna know about their date! " a dark-hair girl with blue eyes replied to her friend, watching from the brick wall as well.
" And don't worry, my spying abilities are the best. " Emiko added, trying to reassure Asuna.
They watched a couple through the french restaurant's window. A strong dark-haired girl was pushing back the chair for her lover to sit. Then she went to sit in front of her.
" Why are you so interested in their date anyway? " Asuna dropped the shopping bags.
" I want to see how much my little girl has grown up, and how she is when she's in love! " Emiko replied, still looking at the beautiful couple.
" Ahh...thank you lord! To let her enjoy youth with love..." she started to cry her eyes out to Asuna's surprise.
" I wish I could marry them right away! " Emiko put her hands on her cheeks. Asuna sweat-dropped.
" You're worst than me and our class! I really wouldn't believed you would care that much for Setsuna-san. " Emiko just smiled at the scene before her eyes.
Konoka reached for Setsuna's hand on the table, making the latter stuttering some words before she split the sauce blanche aux herbes provenciales on the table.
" She was supposed to live apart from anyone. She was doomed to be alone forever. Our people would have banished her. In a way, the war saved her and now...look at her. " Emiko said as she saw her dear childhood friend stood up to apologize and bumped onto the waiter's plate above her head.
Asuna looked at her, listening closely.
" She's breathing love and is surrounded by so many friends..." Emiko's eyes softened.
" I'm so happy for her..." she turned to give Asuna a smile.
The red-hair girl understood now. Why was her friend so dark when she met her the first time? Why was she thinking so low of herself? Why was she so shy and unwilling to have fun like everyone? Why did she feel so alone...
She finally understood the meaning of 'cursed ' Setsuna always used to describe herself.
She felt suddenly so sad.
" But..." Emiko turned her head back at the lovely clumsy couple.
She saw Setsuna covered with salads and tomatoes and chicken meats on the top. Konoka stood up to see if she was okay, but her lover carefully bowed to excuse her and went to the restroom to get clean.
" Now it's our turn to have fun ! " Emiko smiled mischeviously at Asuna who shook her head.
' I want your life full with laughters. '
The demon with blue eyes pulled Asuna to the french restaurant direction.
' I want your life full of happy memories. '
' Because you're blessed with angel's wings. '
' Because you are blessed from heaven, my child. '
Setsuna was washing her hands.
' What a disaster...I can't believe I'm so clumsy when it comes to romantic things. ' she sighed as she dried her hands under the hands-dryer.
' I really do smell like a rosted bird now...great! ' Setsuna walked to the door and pushed it. But nothing moved. The door was locked.
' What the! It has no lock! Why is it- ' she felt something in her hand laid on the door. She closed her eyes for a minute.
' Magic lock...this a locking spell...talisman to be more precise...' she clenched her hand into a fist.
' This is the first spell Emiko taught me. ' she smiled nervously.
' A basic spy technique, 'In case you have to hide from enemies' she said... '
She started to laugh loud,
and punched the heavy door.
" You are so rosted you damn crow ! "
Konoka was waiting for her knight. Their ordrers were getting cold but she wanted to wait for Setsuna to eat. It would be impolite to begin. It was the first time they were one a date like this, in a romantic restaurant with candles on the table, fancy plates, gold cutleries, waiters that were so nice, but there was just one thing missing, and Emiko noticed it back there when she was looking through the window.
Something every couple shared and enjoyed on a dinner, it was the main reason a dinner was romantic, along with the candles of course.
One of the nice waiters came at her table.
" Mademoiselle, here's your lover's present. " he dropped off a bouquet of roses with red petals.
" Wow! " Konoka was speechless, looking at the beautiful gift.
" And here is your girlfriend's order. " he took a corkscrew, opened a bottle which had the same shape as a bottle of wine and poured it in their glasses.
" Ah, no. I think you must be wrong, we didn't order any drinks beside water. " Konoka said to the nice waiter.
" Your girlfriend is dark-hair right? With a beautiful face like yours. " he smiled back, and saw Konoka blushed at the compliment.
" I can't be mistaken when a pretty lady asks me something. She ordered the ' First date cocktail', saying that tonight was and needed to be special. Don't worry, there's no alcohol in it." he then took his leave, leaving Konoka completely lost.
She looked at the flowers, and the drink. And smiled widely.
' Oh Secchan...you're so romantic! I can't wait for tonight...you seem to suprise me more and more! '
Not far away from a table, two girls were eating together. The waiter who talked to Konoka came to their table.
" Here, that's for the wonderful improvised answer. " the girl handed the waiter a one hundred bill in his hand. He bowed and left them.
" What did you ask him to do? " Asuna was eating like never.
" To be my Cupid. " Emiko replied, taking a bite of a rosted chicken meat.
" Hmm! French cook is my favourite! " she said, enjoying her night.
Suddenly the door unlocked, after Setsuna broke the charm.
She quickly went to Konoka's side, glancing around to look for someone.
' Where is she? Darn she hides really well! " Setsuna thought and reached her table.
" W-What are all of these Kono-chan? " she saw her princess sniffing a red rose.
" Oh Secchan, you finally here! Thank you so much for these gifts! It means so much to me! " Konoka got up from her chair to kiss her lover. Setsuna blushed at the sudden contact, but still put her hands on Konoka's waist.
' What the hell is happening? ' she looked around again, trying to find the culprit of the situation.
" Come on, sit now, and let's enjoy our dinner together! " Konoka let her beloved one to take a seat as she went back to hers.
" I feel so happy and lucky Secchan...I never thought you could be so romantic. " Konoka looked at Setsuna. The bodyguard saw such joy in her eyes, that she couldn't bring herself to break it by telling her it wasn't her doing.
" Um...well, I'm happy that you're happy Kono-chan..." she said uneasily.
' I'm gonna slice you into pieces, burn your wings with breadcrumbs and eat you alive you crazy dumbass dead crow! ' Setsuna went crazy in her mind.
" And the drink you ordered is just delicious! Here take a sip. " Konoka handed her her glass.
" Ah, no I'm good Kono-chan, I'm not thirsty..." she saw her joy turned into disappointment.
" B-But I will, if you want to..." she drank the First Date cocktail against her will.
' Eh? It's not that bad...rather good actually. ' she thought as she felt the liquid going down her throat.
" Yes, you're right Kono-chan, it really is delicious! " she smiled at her princess who smiled back.
" You know...it almost seems like you knew about Asuna's bet and planned all of this, because it is just a perfect romantic evening. " Konok blushed at what she meant by 'Asuna's bet'.
" No! I assure you, I didn't know anything about the fact Asuna would left us the room tonight- " Setsuna stopped and blushed at her turn. They both knew what (may) implied this alone time Asuna gave them.
Actually, after she interrupted their passionate moment last night, Konoka was so mad at her roomate that she needed to find something to make up to Konoka or she wouldn't enjoyed the oh-so-delicious-pancakes she loved to eat in the morning.
As she understood Konoka needed badly to get more intimate with her kendo master, she decided to make a bet and if she was to lose, she would left the room for them. If she was to win, well, she didn't want to, fearing to witness another passionate moment.
The couple kept silence as they ate, embarassed (or excited) about the moment after dinner. Taking a like for this cocktail, and noticing her girlfriend's glass was empty, Setsuna poured her another First Date cocktail. As she was pouring the glass, she noticed a note on the back of the bottle.
It said 'Love's potion for the First Time. By Emiko and Asuna.'
However feeling the drink making her head spinning around, causing her view to go blurry, she read 'This would be your first time for both of you, I thought I could help you extend the pleasure. By Asuna.'
Setsuna was shocked.
' How could you set me up like this Asuna-san! ' she clenched her teeth while Konoka kept drinking happily.
Back at the other hidden table, the soon-to-dead-again girl blurped as she touched her stomach. She felt so full and happy! French cook is really yum-yum! Then she felt a cold sensation. She got goosebumps.
She glanced at the couple behind Emiko, and saw Setsuna reading the bottle.
" Why is she so interested in the wine's quality? " Asuna asked Emiko who was finishing her dinner.
" I don't know, maybe she discovered she likes alcohol. " Emiko replied to her friend, wiping her mouth with a tissu, eyes closed.
" I'm not sure..." the monkey girl started to feel unease.
At the end of the dinner, the girls couple was feeling high.
You couldn't say there were drunk, because they could stand and walk correctly, but high in a way they never felt.
Setsuna paid for the note and they went out of the fantastic restaurant.
Konoka rested her head on her lover's shoulder.
" Hm...Secchan, I'm too tired to walk back to the dorms..." she closed her eyes.
" Me too...I don't know why..." she tried to find a place where they could rest for a while, when Konoka had an idea.
" Say...why don't we go to a hotel? " she looked into her knight's beautiful dark eyes.
' W-What! No we must not Kono-chan! If people see us, we're dead before your grand-father could even heard of it! '
But all her mouth could enunciate was:
" Whatever you want honey..."
' What did I just call her?! ' Setsuna seemed to lose control of her saying.
They went for a short walk until they noticed a big palace hotel next to a river. At least Setsuna picked one out of the center, where it would have been too easy to see them enter...and leave.
Not far away, two girls were watching them from a roof.
" Now...it's time to get some sleep, fun part is over for us! " Emiko told Asuna.
" Just...what did you do to them? " she said blushing like mad at she saw her friends entered the beautiful five stars hotel palace.
" Me? " Emiko smiled mischeviously to her.
" I, didn't do anything. " she knew Setsuna would read her note wrong, predicting her blurry sight.
Asuna saw Emiko walked away, laughing loudly as she waved her ' Enjoy your last night!'
The red-hair girl swallowed hard, she knew she was in trouble now.
When the couple opened the door of their room, the first notable thing was the bed.
The big bed.
California king bed.
Setsuna felt her body on fire. She was filled with so much excitement but at the same time, she felt so much embarassment. Yes, her reason was still in her mind but not strong enough to control her body.
Whereas her princess seemed totally out of her mind. She jumped onto the bed to lay down. Setsuna watched her, and after few minutes, she noticed she fell asleep.
' I still stink chicken. ' she thought and went to take a quick shower.
When she came back in the room, she froze.
" Hmm...Secchan...I want you so much..." Konoka was standing on the bed, in sexy underwears.
She slowly unbuttoned her bra, and let it fell on the bed.
Setsuna dropped her wet towel.