Soul for a Girlfriend?

Chapter 186 - My First Ever Date - Part 2

And after the makeover that Lilith gave me a few moments ago, I was walking towards the place I told her to. Lilith didn't do anything except to style my hair a bit differently and fold up the sleeves of my shirt. Apparently girls like folded sleeves.

A lot of thoughts were running wild in my mind. Thinking about how my life would've been in peace if I never happened to read that book. I wouldn't have gotten the taste of this life. Even though, at that moment it was like living with a blade on my neck.

Though since it was already quite some month since I was living like that, I got used to being calm under constant pressure. Several sleepless nights, overthinking abouty future, my life and if I would be able to live long enough.

I planned to meet with Naoto near the central plaza as it was a rather popular area for couples to visit. Since it was one of those spots that always remained busy, it had a lot of restaurants around and places to chill.

If I'm not wrong, Reina also came to this place or somewhere nearby when she had that plan with Uyeno and the group. This area was quite a popular place to hangout. I checked the time on my wristwatch and it seemed like I was on time.

I was walking towards the clock tower near the plaza as it was a good landmark for meeting someone. I could already see the huge round clock in front of me as I was feeling a bit nervous. There was this strange feeling in my gut that I couldn't put into words.

The noise of people chattering around me was loud enough that I could hear it above my earphones in which songs were blasting. Different people were walking around me, and I could see quite a lot of couples holding around and doing other 'couple stuff'.

As I was nearing the clock tower I could see the figure of Naoto standing near a wooden bench, with a handbag hanging from her shoulder. She was looking around curiously, waiting for me I assumed. Her hair was flowing freely, as she was wearing white dress.

I walked up to her and called out her name as her eyes turned towards me and a nervous smile formed on her face. She was indeed a beautiful girl. Her big round eyes, and slightly pink lips. 

It was weird seeing her like that when I was so used to looking at her in the Kendo uniform or our normal uniform. I still couldn't believe that a girl like her was dating a person like me. I guess there is a first for everything.

"You're early?" She smiled checking the time on her mobile phone, as I replied, "So are you."

It seemed like she was waiting for quite some time since I was only fifteen minutes early. Maybe she was looking forward to this date, or maybe she was nervous. The latter isn't something I can expect from Naoto.

"You're looking quite pretty." Looking at her, I said as she was lost for a while, and returned the compliment very formally, "I… uh, you're looking good yourself."

I wasn't expecting anything else from her because her composure has changed a lot towards me ever since we started dating. Probably if I said this some time earlier, she would just roast me or give me a cold look.

Still I know that I wasn't looking bad, but it wasn't good either. Rather I would say that Inwas looking decent. Being my habit, I questioned her, "Am I? I don't know, I just put on what was in front of my hands."

She slouched her shoulders and sighed while looking at me and said, "What a lazy person…"

"Lazy enough to come on a date." I retorted as she chuckled slightly and averted her eyes from me. She was acting quite mature now that we were out. I could definitely see the 'senior vibes' coming from her.

Her eyes were plain and she had this blank expression on her face but there was a bit of embarrassment too as I could tell by my slightly pink tint on her cheeks. Her eyes shifted towards me as she asked, "So, what will do now?"

She was looking at me curiously as we were still standing near the bench. I was standing there with a stiff expression on my face, as I said, "Well, my idea of a date is boring."

"What's your idea?" She looked at me curiously and asked as I said, "I told you last night, right?"

Of course I was planning about the date with her last night over text. I wasn't much experienced in these things, but I decided to go somewhere to my comfort. She wouldn't like the date if I was being uncomfortable half of the time.

"That cafe?" She asked, as I nodded and explained, "Well I think, it'll be better to sit down in a quiet place to eat and talk rather than walking around in this crowd."

She looked at me for a few moments and then a smile formed on her face as she said, "Well, that's a good plan, I don't have any problems."

"Really?" I wasn't surprised by her response, but I wasn't expecting her to do something boring like that. I guess she is similar to me in terms of socializing. 

With an awkward smile, she slowly walked closer to me and there was something funny about her smile. She touched my arm and wrapped her hand around it and pulled me towards her. I could feel my arm being pressed up against her boobs which wasn't bad at all. 

As we started walking, she said softly and smiled, "Yes… I mean… I also don't like places with too much crowd… you know?"

And with that we started walking towards the cafe. I had no idea where the date would turn out from that point but I knew that whatever was going to happen will be delightful either way.