Chapter 15

Will Hearts Shine? Part 2:Confession

I wake up extra early to make I can get everything ready for my grand date with Noire. I want to make sure everything goes right. I leave early to wait for the pet shop to open. The shopkeeper sees me and opens the door for me. I look around for a young kitten while she gets set up. She comes towards me.

"Is there anything you're looking for?"

"The youngest and cutest kitten you have ma'am."

"O you must be getting one for a special someone."

"She is really special and really loves kittens." Good thing I got to learn that about her. Of course she seems like a cat person. She hands me a white kitten with a black spot on it's right eye.

"She is my youngest one. She is nine weeks old." She looks so adorable. She jumps on me and licks my face.

"She seems to like you sir." I handed her 100,000 credits.

"O sir she isn't this much at all." I put my hand out.

"That should cover for anything that I'm buying. You can keep the change after that." I grab everything I need for this new cute kitten. Hundred pounds of food plus a litter box and some litter. A water dish for water and about hundred cans of wet food. This should be enough for a while. I take it to the cash register.

"That is 45,000 credits sir." I smile.

"You just made 55,000 credits ma'am. Get yourself something really nice." I walk away as she stopped me.

"You sure? This is a lot of money."

"You're helping me get a very special lady. There is no price tag on that. Please keep it." I walk out and get back to the basilicom.

"He is really nice, but I wonder who the lady is if she is so special to him?" She attends to all of her animals as she thought of this. I walk back with the bulk of stuff and the kitten on my shoulder meowing away all happy. She must be happy as hell since she has all this stuff. I walk in and see Uni, just the girl I need to see.

"Hey Uni can you-"

"The heck is all this?" I tell her keep quiet.

"Can you put this stuff in your room for now? Here is the kitten as well."

"Are you freaking serious?"

"Please! Do I have to beg?" Uni just stares at the kitten as it meows at her.

"You're lucky that she is cute. Here follow me." I walk into her room and set everything on the floor. I handed her the kitten.

"This is Noire's gift, well one of them."

"Just what the heck are you planning?" Uni asked me.

"I plan on making Noire the happiest girl alive." I smile brightly.

"Jeez Anthony you're ridiculous."

"You don't want to even know what I just spent on this alone."

"Please don't kill your bank." I just chuckled.

"I saved a lot of money for this day Uni in case I was ever given this chance." Uni looks at me.

"You know Anthony, you have the biggest heart I have ever seen in a man. If I ever had to see my sister with anyone, then I'm happy it's you." Uni smile radiantly.

"I just want to make her happy Uni, that's all. I must get ready for my date now." I run back to my room and get dressed.

'Anthony, you're one crazy guy to do all of this for my sister' Uni looks at the kitten

"Meow! Meow."

"Ooooo you're so cute! He made sure he got a kitten. She is so young." I start to get by taking a shower and make myself smell nice and stuff like that. I never have been on a date. I know embarrassing I'm eighteen and I have never been on a date with a girl. I take out my suit. It's a black dress shirt with nice black dress slacks and those black fancy socks I hate wearing. I make sure I look all nice and presentable. I walk out of the room a hour later. I can hear Noire getting ready in her room. I hear her humming a soft and sweet tone. I see Anna walking around. I walk downstairs.

"O good morning Anthony. You sure look fancy today. You going somewhere?" She chuckled.

"Well it's hard to believe this, but I'm about to go on a date with Noire." Anna claps her hands in joy.

"Congratulations Anthony! I'm so happy for you. You must feel like the luckiest man alive right now."

"I do Anna, I do. Thank you for helping me through that phase."

"O it's no problem. I'm just so happy to see my lady is going to have some fun. I bet she will be wearing a beautiful dress." O god I didn't think about that at all.

"I can only Imagine Anna." I decide to make myself some food while I wait for Noire.

Noire's POV

Today is the day I confess my feeling to him. I must not mess this up. I start to get myself all ready. Now there is a purpose for that dress that Anna gave me years ago. It's a long flowing dark blue dress, which is black underneath. It's has spaghetti straps so my shoulders are exposed. I start to put it on. It seems to hold my chest pretty well with my black lacy bra. It's rather skin tight around my chest though. I guess I could give him a little service. I put on my black stockings on and grab my black heel, which have a cute blue bow on them. I hum a soft tune as I keep getting ready.

"Ugh it's doesn't look right." I adjust my bra and dress to make sure it looks just prefect for him. I finally put my hair up with frilly dark blue ribbons. I look at myself in the mirror.

"I look really nice, but I wonder how he will like it?" Why am I doubting myself now? I can't think that way now. I put my shoes on and apply some light makeup on my face. I look at myself one last time.

"I hope that everything will go well. I will not hide this anymore. You just need to say those words to him. Anthony, I love you." I smile as I said those words. I say them a few times to make sure I get it right.

"Alright I'm ready! Let's do this Noire!" I walk out of my room and see my little sister.

"O wow Noire you look so beautiful!"

"O Thank you Uni. I'm glad you think this looks good."

"Good? You look so magical. I bet Anthony will fall head over heels for you."

'I hope so too.' I whisper to myself.

"Huh? Did you say something sis?"

"O Nothing Uni! Make sure you get the work done today alright?"

'I will make you proud! You just enjoy yourself today sis alright?" She gives me a smile. She looks at me for a second.

"Is that vanilla?" I crack a smile.

"Yep I found out that he loves vanilla."

"You must really like him sis." I look right at her.

"Yes Uni, I do like him a lot. Why else would I be going through this."

"Big sis. . . do you love him?" I jumped when she asked me that.

"I. . ." I couldn't say it.

"It's fine if you do Noire. I'm sure he feels the same." Uni lets out a full smile. She is so supportive.

"Thank you Uni."

"Anytime. Now you have a man waiting downstairs for you."

"O right! I better not keep him waiting." I walk downstairs.

'I need to keep this kitten under wraps until they come back.'

Anthony's POV

I finally finish some of the paper work while I waited for her. The heck is taking her so long. Anna walks towards me and hands me a rose.

"You should give this rose to her. It's a great way to start a date." Anna smiles beams brightly as she hands me the rose.

"Thanks Anna. You're the best."

"O it's no problem. O look I think that is her now." She walks away from me. I put the rose behind me as I get myself ready for what I'm about to see. I see Noire coming from the second floor. I become jaw-dropped as soon as I saw her. She is wearing this beautiful dark blue flowing dress with dark blue ribbons holding up her beautiful hair. She is just so enchanting. She comes towards me as I have already turned red.

"You look gorgeous Noire. I have never seen such beauty until now." I'm so cheesy, but I have no good words to say. I hand her the rose. She takes the rose from my hand.

"This rose is beautiful Anthony, Thank you." Noire giggles. She is so adorable when she laughs. I let out my hand.

"Shall we be going Noire?" She takes my hand with blushes on both our faces.

"Let's go Anthony." We walk out of the basilicom as our date begins.

"I hope for the best of those two." Anna smiles as she gets back to work.

As we walk into the city of Lastation I notice the restaurant I have eyed on the other day.

"Where are taking me?" Noire asked me.

"Well I have this whole day planned." I smiled brightly.

"O really now?"

"Yes I do Noire. Look we are here."

"Oh this looks really fancy and expensive." Noire seems rather unsure of something.

"There isn't a price tag on this day Noire, so don't worry." I have this part paid well in advance.

"O-ok." There is that smile I come to adore. We walk in and everyone looks at us.

"Is that Lady Noire?" One of guests asked.

"She is with someone, O it's her bodyguard. They look adorable together." The lady near us stated. Everyone just kept talking about us. I knew this would happen and I go right to the waiter.

"I'm here for my twelve O'clock reservation." He looks through the small book.

"Mr. Anthony Cooper?" I nodded my head. He looks at my beautiful date.

"How impressive to have the lady herself as your date. You look beautiful day milady. Let me take you to your table my good sir." He takes us to our table by the window. He hands us the menus.

"Would you like anything to drink?"

"So do you any soda?"

"Yea look at the menu sir." I look at the menu and notice Mtn. Dew. Hell yea My favorite. I haven't drink that in years, but I should stick to something with not so much acid. I go with the raspberry tea.

"And for you milady?"

"I will take the same thanks."

"I will back with your teas then." He walks away. I keep hearing people talking about us, but it's all rather positive. I'm rather shocked. I guess they don't see Noire in a dress like this ever. This is my first as well. I keep staring at her. O shit I need to say something.

"What are you staring at Anthony?" She stated in a unusual sweet voice.

"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so nervous and you just look so beautiful today Noire and I have no words to say and-" She cuts me off.

"You're doing fine Anthony and thank you. I'm glad you think I'm beautiful. I wore this dress just for you." Wait what?

"Just for me?" I feel so god damn special right now. She is this beautiful just for me. Yay for me!

"Yes, that why I'm so glad you like it." She just giggles like a school girl. This is the weirdest that Noire has ever been. This is the sweet side that I keep seeing. We look at our menus to choose our food.

"Ooo this Parmesan Chicken looks so good."

"I think I will go with the traditional Spaghetti and meatballs."

"Such a classy girl are ya?" I chuckled.

"Shut it Anthony." We share a moment of laughter as the waiter comes back with our drinks and hands it to us. We tell him our order and now we just have to wait for a while.

"So why did you ask me out hmm?" She asked me. O shit I need to think of a good answer quickly.

"It's the least I could do for all that you have done for me." I let out a smile.

"You didn't have to do this though, but thank you. It's really nice to be treated to a romantic lunch. What else do you have plan for us?"

"O that is a surprise Noire." I laugh a little.

"It better be a good surprise if you're not going to tell me. You look really good today." She chuckles. I jump a little as she said that.

"Oh why thank you Noire." I blush a little.

"Someone sure is looking cute right now."

"Don't tease me Noire."

"But you always tease me, so I thought I could tease you a little bit."

"I guess so, but do you have to be so adorable when you do it though."

"O now your being all flirty Anthony." She seems like she is enjoying herself. Seeing her smile brings me to tear almost.

"I can't help it when you're so beautiful Noire." I chuckled. At least we are talking, so that is something even if it is just some cute flirting here and there. Our food is here and damn it looks so good. I start to chow down on my food. I try to be proper, but I'm not used to this at all. Noire seems to be very elegant as she eats her food. She looks at my food as I sip on my tea.

"Mind if I try that Anthony?"

"Sure no problem Noire." She takes her fork and tries a bite of my Parmesan chicken.

"That is really good. You have decent taste Anthony."

"I would hope so since I cooked for a while when I first became your guard."

"O right hehehe. You wanna try mine?" I look at her with wide eyes.

"Um sure I guess a bit can't hurt."

"Alright open wide Anthony." You for real? Alright I guess I will go with the flow. I open my mouth as she feeds me some or her food. This is pretty good. I know just what to make next time I cook. I should look up a recipe for it.

"That's really good Noire. Thanks."

"Anytime Anthony." She stated with a radiant smile. We enjoy our food as we are able to hold a conversation. I hear people talking about us.

"Man that guy is so lucky to have lunch with the Lady Noire"

" If you say so dear. I'm rather happy for her. She truly does deserve it for working so hard for us."

"You're right hunny, but still. . ."

"Still what?!"

"O nothing! I'm just so happy for the lady that's all!" The man seems like he is going to be sleeping on the couch tonight. I feel ya buddy. Noire and I finish our food and I escort her out of the place as people just stare at us. It's about two O'clock. Prefect, I can commence part two. I take her to a beautiful scenic park just outside of Lastation. It's really beautiful with the blossom tree blowing in the breeze. This is so my lucky day.

"Aww this is so beautiful Anthony. How did you find this?" I look at her as her dress flows in the wind.

"I came across this on my travels and I thought maybe one day I would take you here."

"Jeez Anthony, you're so thoughtful." I'm glad this is all going to plan. We walk around as we enjoy the beautiful walk around the park. I see some blue roses growing in the field by us.

"Wait here Noire." I run towards the roses and grab one. Man I scored with this rose right here. I walk towards her with the blue rose in hand.

"Here for you Noire." My smiles shined brightly with a crimson blush on my face.

"A freshly picked rose for me? Hehehe thank you Anthony." She takes my arm and pulls me to her.

"Someone is being extra sweet today." I can smell vanilla on her. O fuck me this is seducing. I need to control myself.

"Well I try Noire ahahaha." I'm still really nervous. She looks so beautiful holding those roses.

"It's really beautiful out today. I could just stay here all day." I see a bench as we keep walking.

"Would you like to sit Noire?"

"That would be lovely Anthony." We seat ourselves on the bench and watch the cherry blossom petal flow in the wind in front of us. I notice her head on my shoulder.

"This is really nice Anthony. I feel like I'm in peace. Thank you for taking me out today."

"O no problem Noire." She takes my hand and looks at me.

"Your hand is so warm Anthony." I feel this overwhelming warm and fuzzy feeling as she is holding my hand.

"So are yours Noire." I said softly to her. We just look into each others eyes as time flies by us. The sun starts to set as we talk about us one by one. We got to know each other more and more as the time ticks away. I need to commence the final part. I must confess in those meadows. I hope I can spit those words. I get up and take her hand.

"I have one more place I wish to show you Noire. I think you will adore this place."

"Oh? Alright then take me there Anthony." She smiles brightly towards me. I take towards the meadows close to home. It's right outside the border away from everything. I see the grass blowing in the wind and the single giant cherry blossom tree that no one seems to know about. Noire is in awe as she sees this.

"I never knew this was right by Lastation. You sure know how to pick your date spots Anthony. I'm impressed." She's truly happy right now. I'm so glad that I can bring her joy.

"Let's go the that tree Noire." I point to the cherry blossom tree. She nods her head with a smile on her face. We walk under the tree and just watch the beautiful breeze in the air. This is it. You need to confess soon. I need to just get the moment right.

"You wanna lay by this tree?"

"Sure I could use a resting spot." We sit under the tree as we look into our eyes. The moment needs more feels. Noire spoke up.

"Anthony, thank you so much for this wonderful date today. This seems like a dream come true." O yes just a little more.

"I'm glad I could give you such a good time Noire." I smile brightly. She comes closer to me with her hand on top of mine.

"Anthony. . ."

"Noire. . ." O the cliché is so real right now. She starts to tear up.

"W-what wrongs?"

"I'm just so happy Anthony. You have done so much for me. What can I do for you?" I put her face close to mine.

"Just kiss me Noire please." Our lips meet and I feel this burning passion within this kiss. We start to tear up a little as we continue to kiss. She puts her hand on my cheek as I put my hand on her hip. Our lips finally separate as we try to catch our breath.

"Noire I have something to say right now."

"But I have something to say too Anthony." Our faces are close together. We take each others hand and our hands interlock together.

"You may go first Noire." She puts her right hand on her face.

"You listening right now Anthony?" Her face is all flushed.

"I'm all ears Noire. Say what you need to say right now."

"Alright you better be listening." She looks into my dark brown eyes and I stare into her bright red eyes.

"Anthony, I-I love you. I love you Anthony!" She gives me another kiss. I feel sparks flying everywhere as we kiss once again. The petals of the cherry blossoms float ever so slowly. We finally let our lips go for a second as I see a teary eyed Noire. I put my left hand on her face.

"Noire, I love you." I start to tear up. " I love you so much Noire."

"Anthony. . .Oh Anthony." We kiss once more as the sun finally sets. We held on to each others passionately as we kept on kissing. I finally was able to spill my heart out to Noire. This day couldn't get any better. We finally let our lips rest once more and held on to each other with our hands interlocked together. We look at each other.

"This day just became perfect Anthony."

"It sure did Noire."

"I was finally able to say my feeling you, my sweet prince."

"Sweet prince?" I chuckled a little. "What gave me that title?"

"You're my sweet prince Anthony. I wanted to say that for a while now." I blush beet red.

"I guess then your my beautiful princess."

"O god. Hehehe you're flattering me Anthony."

"As you are Noire." We both laugh together.

"We should be heading home soon Anthony." I look at the moon in the sky. I get up and hold out my hand.

"Let's go my princess." She takes my hand and gets up.

"Take the long way home my prince. I wish to enjoy this walk home."

"Alright Noire. I will take us the long way home." We finally go back home with us holding hands. We just keep blushing and talking as we reach the basilicom. I stop her for a second.

"I have one more surprise, so just stay here for a second." I run into the basilicom

"What does that crazy man have in store for me this time?"

"Hey Uni!" Uni runs downstairs with the kitten.

"What took you guys so long?!" The kitten jumps down and rubs against me.

"The date went better than I thought it would Uni."

"Nothing sleazy happened right?"

"A few kisses, but nothing beyond that. Now I have the kitten here I can bring Noire in. Noire! Come in! I have something for you!" Noire walks in.

"What could it be this time." She puts the roses down by the table. A cute meow is heard from behind me.

"Did I just hear a kitten?" Her eyes shined brightly. I kneel down and show her the kitten and tell her to go to Noire.

"Meow! Meow!" She rubs against Noire. I totally score this time.

"Awwwww she is sooo cute!" She picks it up and pets it. She is in a trance right now. I walk towards her.

"Whatcha going to name her hun?" She looks at me.

"You mean this is our kitten?" Her eyes shine again. I chuckled a little.

"Yes Noire. I got it for you. Wait what do you mean ours?"

"This is our kitten since you're the one that found her silly." I crack another smile.

"I guess so Noire. You can name her if you like."

"Alright. I want to call her Bandit." Her smile shined as she called our new kitten Bandit. She meows in response to the name. I guess she likes the name.

"Alright then her name is Bandit for here on out Noire."

"Meow! Meow!"

"Oh you're just so adorable aren't ya cutie. I'm going to take her to my room and get everything set up for Bandit." Noire runs upstairs with Bandit. I look at Uni.

"So did you-" Uni cuts me off.

"Way ahead of you there Anthony. I have never seen her so happy." Uni gives me a hug. Damn I'm getting all kinds of love today.

"Thank you for making her so happy Anthony. It brings me joy to see my sister happy for once. It's been too long since I have last seen her so happy." I pat Uni on the head with a smile on my face.

"I'm just glad I could bring her joy." Uni pushes me towards the stairs.

"You have a woman to attend to now twenty-four seven. You better keep my sister happy got it?"

"No problems there Uni. Thanks for your help today." Uni blushes slightly.

"I-I only did it for my sister, so don't think for a second I did it for you too." I just chuckled at her tsundere response.

"What ever you say Uni. I will see you tomorrow." I got upstairs and see that Noire set everything up from the food dishes and the litter box to the kitten bed. I don't remember buying that. I guess she always wanted a cat. I see Bandit is already sleeping on her new bed. Noire gives me a gentle hug.

"Thank you so much for giving me the perfect day. This feels like my dream came true." I hold her close to me.

"I'm glad I could make your dreams come true Noire." She lets go of me.

"I need to get dress, so if you could leave the room for a few seconds please."

"O yea of course Noire take your time." I walk out of her room and go to mine to get dressed for bed. I wear a simple black shirt and sweatpants to bed since my room is always so cold. I hear a knock from my door.

"Noire?"

"Come to my room please." The heck? HOLY SHIT! Calm down man. I walk out of my room and knock on Noire's door.

"Noire?"

"Come in darling." I walk into her room. I never really got to see her room. She has black curtains and I see a dresser with a mirror. Her bed is frilly with a few black blankets for extra fluff. Noire is in her nightgown. Its navy blue and she is wearing blue scrunchies to hold up her hair. She takes my hand and takes me to her bed. She lays me down and we get under the covers. She snuggles up against. I'm blushing like hell and sweating a little bit. She looks at me.

"You hot darling?" She asked me.

"A little."

"You can take your shirt off if you wanna." Her face got flushed. I'm so using this to see if I can get to see her hair down.

"If you put down your hair."

"Now why would I do that? She asked in a haughty tone.

"I always wanted to see your hair down Noire." I look into her eyes. She sighs

"Fine, just for you alright." She stands up and takes off her scrunchies and lets her hair down. She looks at me.

"How do I look?" My god my wish has just been granted! Hallelujah!

"You look so beautiful with your hair down." She giggles.

"I'm sure I'm beautiful to you regardless." I chuckle a little.

"You got me there hun."

"Alright off with the shirt darling." She takes off my shirt and just stares at me.

"What? Do I look funny?"

"No no. You're really built Anthony." She puts her hand on my chest.

"I would hope so since I fought monsters all my life." I lay down now that I feel cooler. She puts her head on my chest. I wrap my arms around her. She snuggles against me.

"You're so warm Anthony hehehe." She is really giddy. I smell the vanilla again. Damn that is seducing. I feel so relaxed and happy right now.

"So are you Noire." We give each other a kiss good night.

"Good night Noire. Sweet dreams princess. I close my eyes. She gives a peck on the cheek.

"Good night my sweet prince." She finally falls asleep in my arms as we finally dream about what I believe could be our future.

Author's Note: My fucking God this was long as hell. This was a hard chapter to write and edited, but so worth it! I'm burned out after writing three chapter of Purple Whirl Wind and now this long ass chapter. I'm sorry for teasing ya guys. I hope the wait was worth it. I don't think I can ever write a chapter this long ever again. XD As always thank you for reading and enjoy this sweet loving chapter as I enjoyed every step of this chapter.