Chapter 124 - Ocean - Asking Him Out

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Ocean

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I didn't say anything that night after my shopping trip. I didn't say anything about what I was planning to Makai. I wanted to get this date completely ready before I did or said anything about it. I wanted everything to be perfect for us. This was the first date for us that I was planning. I wanted nothing shy of perfection.

I only had five days though, and that didn't leave me with a whole lot of time to plan things out. I had a few ideas in my mind. Some things that I needed to set up ahead of time.

Phase one for that night was calling and trying to get a reservation for the restaurant.. There was a nice place in LA that I wanted to try. I just hope that I could get us in with as little time that was left.

I snuck away so that Makai couldn't hear me and called the number that I had found online. The number rang several times before someone answered, I was about to hang up the phone when I heard the ringing stop and the voice on the other end.

"Thank you for calling The Parlour, are you looking to make a reservation?"

"Yes, I would like to make a reservation for two. For this Sunday, the twelfth."

"Oh, I don't know if that will be possible. We usually book up for months in advance. Let me see if there is anything available."

I could hear the woman's kind and professional sounding voice on the other side of the line just before she started to tap loudly away at the keyboard. I just sat there nervously waiting for her to tell me if there was anything available.

"Oh, sweetie," I felt my heart sink at the start of her words, "it looks like you're in luck. We had two cancellations today for Sunday. They're kind of early, for four thirty and five that afternoon. Which would you like?"

"Oh, thank God." I breathed a sigh of relief. "I will take the one at four thirty, that will give us time to do more after we eat."

"That sounds so nice of you, sweetie. I hope your date enjoys it. Now just give me a name and a phone number and I will put you in." I gave her my name and number and, of course, got the usual giggle that told me that my name was funny. "You're all set, hun. Have a good night and enjoy this special date of yours."

"Thanks." I was grinning when I got off the phone and at that moment Makai walked into the room.

"Who were you talking to?" He was looking a little confused at having found me hiding.

"N..n..no one." I stuttered. "Just making an appointment."

"Are you always that happy when you make an appointment?" He seemed skeptical when he looked at me.

"W..w..well, it depends on the type of the appointment." I was just making this worse for me. Dammit, surprises meant lying and I didn't like this.

"OK. Well, come on, we have homework to do."

That night nothing else happened. Well, Makai did ask me why I wasn't paying attention when I was buying tickets for what we were going to do after we ate at the restaurant. I didn't want him to know, so I hid my screen which made him seem even more suspicious of what I was doing.

Well, I had the date planned out, for the most part, so I think I could finally ask him on the date at least. This was nerve wracking as well. I had never asked Makai something like this before and I didn't know how to get the words started.

I just had to dive right in. While we were sitting together, eating dinner, I started the conversation.

"S..so, babe, uhm, d..d..do you want t..t..t..to g..go out on S..S..Sunday?" I royally fucked that up. How the hell could I have been so bad at this? I was so fucking pathetic. Ugh! I just wanted to bury my face and die.

"So, you're calling me babe again, I see. That makes the second time now." Makai completely ignored my question and focused on that little fact.

"D..d..do y..you n..n..not l..l..like i..it?" I was so scared right now.

"No, I like it just fine." He grinned at me and leaned over. "I love it in fact, but I know it makes you uncomfortable." At that, Makai pressed his lips to mine for a soft, gentle kiss. "That is why I love when I get to hear it." I couldn't help but blush at his words. I loved when he said stuff like that, but it also embarrassed the hell out of me.

"I..I..I will t..try to s..s..say it from time to t..t..time." I blushed crimson as I said those words. I think my head was so hot I was going to pass out like they did in anime and manga.

"Good." He smirked at me in response to my declaration. "Now, about Sunday. We can go out, yeah, did you have anything in mind?" 

"I..I..I have a few things in mind." I didn't want to give it away, I wanted to surprise him.

"What's the occasion? Or did you just want to go out?"

I felt momentarily crushed. He didn't know about the two month anniversary. Well, that's fine I guess, I was the cheesy romantic one here, not him.

"N..no, nothing s..s..sp..special. I j..j..just want t..t..to g..go out. Th..th..that's all, r..r..really."

"OK, what time should we be ready to go out?"

"W..well w..we sh..sh..should get to th..th..the restaurant by f..f..four thirty. So, w..w..we sh..should leave here b..by three th..thirty." Dammit, my stuttering wasn't getting any better.

"I'm looking forward to it. I'm just happy that my boyfriend asked me out." He was grinning at me.

"A..anytime, b..b..babe."

At that, Makai grinned and leaned in for another quick kiss. I was just glad that I had managed to ask him out on the date and that he didn't press for details about where we were going. I was a little sad still that I was the only one excited about our two month anniversary. That wasn't that big of a deal though, it's not like it was the one year anniversary or anything. 

I was really looking forward to the date now. All things considered. And I wanted to give Makai his gift that night, so I needed to make time for that as well. Hmm, maybe spending time on the beach at my spot will work. It will be secluded and late at night by the time that we even get there, so it will be just fine for us to be ourselves over there. It's hidden as well so it's not like most people could even see that part of the beach unless they came right up there to it.

I spent the next couple of days planning what we were going to wear, and trying to decide if I should drive my car or his. I was the one driving though, since I asked him out on the date that was my job. Not to mention, he didn't know where it was that I wanted to go.

So, now with that all planned and the day of the date finally here, it was time for us to get ready. We showered together, like we always did and started to get dressed. When I handed Makai the clothes that I had picked out for him, a really nice pair of black pants and a silver dress shirt with black stitching and buttons, he looked at me with a curious smile.

"You picked the clothes, that's a new one."

"W..w..well I.I just thought it would be a..a..a nice change of p..pace that's all, babe." He chuckled and leaned in to give me a gentle kiss.

"That sounds good to me, baby." That was all I got from him. He wasn't objecting and he wasn't looking for other clothes, he just started to get dressed.

I had chosen similar clothes, but of different colors. I was wearing a pair of a very dark blue pants and a dark green dress shirt with lighter green stitching and buttons. We were both wearing nice dress shoes and styled our hair nicely. We were looking good by the time that we were all ready.

Finally, it was time to leave. We walked out to the garage and were about to leave but Makai was walking to the wrong one.

"We're taking your car, right." He smiled at me.

"N..no. I th..thought we could take yours. I..i..it looks nicer."

"I don't care about it looking nice. I just want to be with you." He was smiling and heading toward my car. That wouldn't work, his gift was in his car, waiting for later.

"B..b..but-."

"Alright, calm down. We can take mine. Are you still driving?"

"Y..y..yes." I nodded and ran toward the car.

"Then let's go."

"OK." My nerves settled a little and my stutter stopped for now. "Buckle up, babe."

Makai leaned in for another small kiss as he buckled up.

"Let's head out." He was grinning so much that I couldn't help but ask why.

"Why are you smiling?"

"You called me babe again. That makes five times. I'm happy, that's all."

I rolled my eyes at him and started the car. He was just an adorable dork.