A/N: This chapter is short. Sorry.

Chapter 14: Date Night, Part 1

Vanellope was sulking. Ferociously, and with malicious intent. Or at least she would be, when she next saw Ralph. At the moment she was just sulking.

Her joy from the night before had been nipped in the bud rather quickly. After she had shared a wonderful kiss Ralph, he'd pulled her off with a stuttering rebuke.

"'I didn't say YES'... Stupid Ralph." She muttered with a frown. Her arms were crossed and she was slumped in her seat.

She mused on last night. Specifically the parts she liked. The parts she really liked. Okay, just the kiss. She turned pink and giggled at the thought.

The kiss itself had been a relatively small action, and it hadn't lasted very long, but it was taking up all her attention. After she'd 'pounced' on him there had been quite a lot of movement. Ralph had flailed and struggled for about half a second. After which he'd put his hand around her waist and squeezed just a little while making a making a few sounds that had seemed pretty positive to her. Immediately after that he had pulled her off with a jerk. All this time he hadn't stopped the movement of his lips. This, more than even the noises she'd heard him make, made her sure he'd been enjoying himself. Best first kiss, ever.

Of course, then came the slightly worse part of the evening. Ralph had categorically explained that, no, they were not dating. That was NOT a yes, it was a MAYBE, for sometime in the future. That meant that kissing was not one of the things that would be well received.

Vanellope didn't believe a word of it. His initial reaction to the kiss told her very clearly that another one would be quite well received. She just needed to be... clever about it.

As far as she was concerned they were dating. That's what everyone else was calling it. Oh sure, she knew that there were a few things missing. Kissing, in fact, was a good example. But she was going to work on that. Then everything would be perfect.

"Yay!" She quietly exclaimed. Then she remembered that she was supposed to be pouting.

+++[Fix-It Felix Jr.]+++

Ralph was already regretting his answer. It seemed like a simple enough idea. Just keep hanging out, let things progress naturally. He knew that things were going to go in that direction. He just needed to be ready for it.

Vanellope, on the other hand... She had, with an impulsiveness that he suspected only a teenager could possess, decided she was ready for anything. She'd made it rather clear with all the whining she'd done when he'd lectured her what sort of physical boundaries he was laying down with this. He had absolutely no faith that she was going to stick to any of them either. She was... incorrigible, especially when it came to annoying him. This was just going to be another line to dance on with her.

He should've just said no.

"She's always so hard to say no to..." Ralph complained to himself. Her new look hadn't helped in that matter at all. It just made him want to be more giggly and agreeable when giving her whatever she wanted.

He sighed in frustration and ran a hand through his hair.

After he stood there rubbing at his head for a minute a pounding started at his door.

"Raa~aaalph! Lemme in!" Vanellope's voice came from behind the door.

"Why don't you just use your 'magic'?" Ralph asked.

"A good magician never gives up her secrets!" Vanellope hollered. Ralph shook his head and let her in.

"Yay!" Vanellope attached herself to him in an eager hug. She nuzzled her cheek against his.

"Affectionate little thing, aren't you?" Ralph deadpanned.

"Mmm" Vanellope hummed in satisfied agreement.

"Get off me." Ralph said. Vanellope hopped down.

"I should be allowed to do that now. We're dating now." Vanellope stated matter-of-fact.

"No." Ralph replied. He didn't think that Vanellope was actually paying attention.

"Oh! You know what would be fun? Lets go to Tapper's and dance like Tammy and Felix do on date night!" Vanellope said with an excited little bounce.

"No." Ralph said more emphatically.

"What? That's a great idea, c'mon." Vanellope whined.

"We're not dating. I don't dance." Ralph said with a tone that said 'why isn't this obvious?'.

"Well let's go to Tapper's anyway. I'll think of something else if that's not fun." Vanellope insisted. Ralph raised an eyebrow at her. She didn't usually care much for Tapper's. She said the atmosphere made her tired because it was so slow. Or 'leisurely' as the patrons put it.

"I'm not going to dance." Ralph warned.

"Yeah, sure. That's fine." Vanellope readily agreed. "We'll see about that." She thought privately.

"Alright, we'll go to Tapper's." Ralph conceded.

"Yay, let's go!" Vanellope cheered as she dragged Ralph out the door.

Ralph had a feeling this was another thing he was gonna wish he'd said no to.

A/N: Now you see why it's short. I just HAD to end it there. xD

Review Response:

Wreck It Ralph - Well, Vanellope's little racing world is considerably smaller. So maybe it's more valid? Or maybe she's just delusional.

Blak-Ice - Vanellope always gets her way. Even Ralph knows this.

Whencaniseeyouagain - I think you guys might just have to give up on the manga idea. Like I said, it's not that it's not a good one, and it's not that I don't like it. There are just a ton of reasons I can't do it. Maybe when I get farther into the story I'll reconsider?

jeh-nee - Ralph has a hard time actually denying Vanellope anything. He just didn't have the will to weasel his way out of a direction questioning. It's actually why he caved in to the relationship status. He knew she wanted it, even though he's not as comfortable with it as he appears.