As the sun emits it’s very hot rays, I am now walking towards the gate of our school. Even though it is Saturday, I have to go out because of a certain invitation from Laira and that is a date.

I decided to arrive at the meeting place half an hour earlier than scheduled so I will be the first one to arrive but in my surprise, a cute girl with a long pony-tail hair style is waiting at the front of my school’s gate. She is wearing a yellow one piece dress with a ribbon on its chest. She is also holding a small shoulder bag. When I looked carefully, I noticed that it was Laira.

Because I stopped from walking 10 meters before reaching the gate, it took her a while to notice me.

“O-Orel?” she suddenly reacted with a flustered voice after spotting me.

Jeez…I got entranced too much. Her image suddenly changed just because of a different look than usual. I think she is more beautiful this way. Oh no! I have to get going.

“Sorry. It looks like I kept you waiting,” I said with a serious face after getting close.

“I...I just arrived here so don’t worry,” she whispered.

If you want to have a proper conversation with this girl, you should have an amazing hearing sense. Good thing that I have that.

“Then, let’s get moving. Where do you want to go?” I asked.

She once again looked down at the ground and gripped her bag’s straps as hard as she can.

“I am fine anywhere....as long as you are there…” she whispered shyly.

“…”

What a high damaging reply!

“H-how about a movie then?” I asked with a forced smile.

She then nodded and followed me towards the theater. After we arrived there, we learned that there are four movies you can choose to watch. Because I am not interested in these kinds of things, I decided to let Laira choose.

“Laira, what do you want to watch?”

Because of my question, she suddenly pointed a movie called “Love Dawn”. Surprised from her sudden choice, I replied, “Isn’t this an R-18 movie?”

What is wrong with her? Can normal girls just point this out in their first date to a boy?

“Don’t worry because...they will not ask our age,” she whispered very shyly.

That is not what I mean! Don’t tell me that this is her favorite genre.

What should I do? Should I watch this lewd film together with a girl? That is beyond embarrassing you know! How can I even face her after watching this movie?

“Orel, where are we going?” Laira asked while being pulled by me.

“I can’t hold it anymore. Let’s go to a…motel!”

I immediately shook my head from the sudden imagination I’ve thought.

“I can’t do this. I have to reject her request,” I thought to myself and tried to think of a reason to reject her request.

Then, Laira showed me two tickets and whispered, “I’ve already bought two tickets the other day.”

You...you already planned this from the beginning?! Wh-wha-wha-what the heck should I do?

Suddenly, my cross flashed the color red light and formed two choices:

[Reject her no matter what.]

[Accept it.]

Rejecting the ticket will be a total waste and I’m sure that Laira is serious about this, even buying a ticket for me. I have to….toughen up and become a real man. A real man doesn’t reject a girl’s request even if his life is in danger. I’ll accept it!

“T-then...let’s go,” I said and took the ticket from Laira’s hand. As we enter the door of the theater, the security guard is glaring at us. Well, I can’t blame him. Two young couple with around 18 years of age, watching this kind of movie is sort of…

Just before I know it, we are now sitting at the seats inside the theater. Before the start of the movie, I noticed that there are only few people here. And on top of that, they are all couples! Is this the nest for love birds?

When I looked at Laira in my right side, I noticed that her eyes are closed while her right fist is on her left chest. Is she…nervous?

Suddenly, the movie started. The start of the movie is just a normal love story between two childhood friends. They got separated because the girl has to move to a different place because of her father’s work. After 10 years, they once again reunited. As the story progresses, the boy suddenly proposed to the girl. The girl accepted it with tears in her eyes. After that, they did different things like normal lovers do but as the story progresses, it suddenly jumped into….

“Linda, I can’t hold it anymore.”

“Oscar.”

“Linda...”

“Then, you can…put it in, just this once.”

“Okay.”

“Kuh...”

“Ugh...”

“Ahhhh!”

“It’s...in.”

“Ha…ha…”

“Does it hurt, Linda?”

“Not…really. The thought that we are now one…is making me happy so…the pain is not important right now. You can move…just the way you like, Oscar.”

I immediately covered my nose, scared for a nosebleed gushing out from it. What the heck is this movie? The start is really good but….what the heck is with this sudden bed scene?

When I looked around, all of the couples are already kissing each other. Are you saying that they can’t hold it anymore? Is that the reason why they’ve watched this movie? Is it because it’s dark here?

“Oscar...amazing! It’s hitting me…deep inside...ah…ah!”

“Linda…”

“Oscar! I’m…I’m…”

When I looked at Laira, her face is now bright red. With a flustered face, her eyes are clearly spinning around. So….it looks like this is her first time watching this kind of movie after all.

I immediately stood up and held Laira’s hand. I pulled her and ran towards the exit.

“Orel, where are we going?” Laira asked with a confussed face while being pulled by me.

I can’t hold it anymore. Let’s go to a…motel...like I can say that for real!

Finally, we are now outside of the theater. While holding Laira’s hand, I noticed that she is now very exhausted just from running that short distance.

Suddenly, she held my hand tightly with the force of a frail girl and said, “Sorry….I thought that...boys…like those genres…”

So that’s what it was.

“Well, it’s not that you are completely wrong but that is not right for our first date," I replied without looking into her eyes, slightly embarassed.

“First?” she repeated, somewhat surprised.

“Of course. There will be more of this you know,” I said with and looked at her, trying my best to make a serious face.

“…”

“Then, let’s go. Starting now, leave everything to me.”

“S...sure,” she replied with a smile.

With her hand still held by me, I pulled her and walked around the shopping district. There, we sampled different foods like ice cream, crepe, cotton candy and others. After that, we decided to go to an arcade. We played different games together and because we are now out of tokens, I decided to buy some more and left Laira for awhile. When I got back, I found her staring at a crane machine where you can get a stuffed toy. So girls really like this sort of things.

“Where are you looking?” I asked after appearing suddenly behind her back.

She got surprised and replied, “I...it’s nothing” in a flustered voice.

“What do you want? I will get it for you.”

“It’s nothing so don’t worry," she followed with a forced smile.

This girl…you should be honest once in a while.

I went in front of the crane machine and looked at the stuffed toys inside. Now, what should I get?

Then, the cross flashed the familiar red light and formed these words:

[Dog.]

[Bear.]

[Zebra.]

[Cat.]

[Monkey.]

[Mouse.]

[Lion.]

[Tiger.]

That is a lot of choices. Is choosing the right one really important, cross of salvation? Well, I guess choosing the wrong one is not an option. I should get what Laira really wants or her affection to me will not increase. Wait, her hair pin that she is always wearing in the school is a kitten, right? Then, the answer should be cat!

With an arrogant smile, I immediately inserted a coin at it and took control of the joy stick. I somehow pin pointed the stuffed toy’s exact location and when the crane inside gripped the cat, it immediately let go of the target.

“Huh? What the heck? Is this a fraud? There is no strength behind that grip!” I retorted in frustration.

“Let’s stop already, Orel. You really don't need to get that for me," Laira said, trying to convince me.

“I will never concede defeat. I will get what you want so just watch me,” I said with a serious face.

“Orel…” she whispered with a slight surprised yet blushing cheeks.

After 10 minutes, my eyes started to get red. I already spent 29 tokens in this ‘fraud machine’ but I still can’t get the darn cat stuffed toy that Laira wants. I gripped the last coin I have as a preparation.

“I’m depending on you,” I whispered and inserted the coin.

I pinpointed again the location of the cat. Well, it is now quite near at the drop box’s hole. Thanks to my 29 tokens, I somehow closed the distance between them. I pressed the button in order for the crane to get it. It somehow gripped the stuffed toy and got it up completely. All that is left is for it to go left and let go of it at the drop box’s hole. Just before it reached the drop box’s hole, the crane let go of it.

“Ah!”

It fell near the hole and fell on the left side. That's right. It still fell on the drop box’s hole.

Out of joy, I cried and jumped like a fool.

“I did it!” I shouted very happily.

Laira chuckled because of what I did but I didn’t notice it out of happiness. I grabbed the stuffed toy and showed it to Laira.

“This is what you want, right?” I asked with a big smile and hand it over to Laira.

“Yup,” she whispered with a smile.

She hugged it and suddenly went to my right side. Before I even realized it, she suddenly kissed my right cheek.

“Thank you,” she said with a very cute smile.

I blushed and placed my hand on my right cheek.

“You’re...welcome,” I whispered with eyes

What the heck is this feeling? So receiving a kiss on the cheek can make you this happy.

And just like that, our first date ended.