"You are 4 seconds late." I stumbled in the ground as I heard his voice in front of me.
"Ahhhh!" I looked at my phone and saw the time.
"ahahaha" he suddenly laugh and pulled me up. "I'm just joking. You came out on time."
My eyes widened when I saw how he smiled genuinely and it makes my heart feel crazy.
"Then what happens to the bet you were talking about a while ago?" I asked wanting to hear his response towards my confession.
"The truth is I made a bet of whether you can beat the record of the fastest person who found the exit of this maze without having a staff to guide them." he paused for a while then showed to me a flyer from the maze. "5 minutes and 6 seconds. That's the fastest record of this maze and you have beaten it by 2 seconds. hahaha." he laughed again as if he is really amused about the record.
"So it was not really a 5 minutes limit? I won the bet? Then... what is your answer to me?"
"I'll give you a chance. Let's give it a try." he pat my head as he smiled warmly towards me.
We decided to leave the park afterwards and have our dinner at one of a restaurant nearby.
It was an expensive looking restaurant I always wanted to try but I never expected it to be the place for our first date.
I tried to decline at first because I don't have an extra money with me but he insisted it as a treat in exchange of the amusement park ticket.
I feel a little out of place upon entering the restaurant because I am only wearing my casual clothes compared to everyone inside who are all wearing formal attire including Shinobu-san who is still wearing his working clothes that looks formal too.
Maybe he noticed that I feel uncomfortable so he asked the waiter to give us a seat at the corner far away from the other customers. And I feel at ease after that especially that I'm with Shinobu-san who makes me feel happy everytime I look at him.
We both enjoy the dinner and walked together until we reached the road that separates the direction of our houses.
"Thank you for today Shinobu-san." I bowed at him before tuning towards the other direction but he suddenly grabs my shoulders.
"Wait!" he waited for me to turn around and look at him. "You don't have to speak formally with me anymore you know. It makes me feel awkward especially now that we are dating. You can just call me Naoyuki or anything you want."
"Then will you also call me by my given name?"
"Yes, if that's is what you wanted Kazuuuu...ya" just saying my name for the first time makes his cheeks red.
"Then goodnight Yuki." and I unconsciously kissed his red cheeks before running back until I reached home.
"What was that?! What have I done?" I asked myself in front of the mirror in the bathroom while washing my face to cool it down from the burning sensation.
When did I start acting on impulse and bare instinct. What if one day I can't hold back anymore and cross the line between us?
Many thoughts linger my mind as I tried to sleep that night and it makes me see the reality I failed to look at before entering this kind of relationship.
Is it really simple to have that kind of relationship with a guy?