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'…[insert words here…' - means thought.

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'I can't believe I'm doing this.' Keiko thought, trying to hide her insecurities with a happy façade. She peered over at her friends, both of which were now jumping up and down squealing in delight.

She turned over to the mirror, eyes fixed on the image gazing back at her. Like many other nice dresses, hers was a dark color, a blue that was almost black. It served as the ideal opposite to her light brown eyes, which now stood out against the dark fabric.

In the small amount of time they had, Botan and Yukina had succeeded in finding a dress that perfectly fitted Keiko, a strapless, one that accentuated her body, one with the perfect cut and the one that was sure to knock a certain vocalist down to his knees.

Botan and Yukina were now in the midst of a conversation which repeated the phrase 'This is so adorable! I can't believe Keiko's finally going to have some fun!'

"You guys…" Keiko interrupted, pointing to the side of her dress where a small tag hung.

"Hm? What is it?"

"I can't afford this dress."

Yukina looked at Keiko and smiled warmly. "It's alright. My brother lent me some money. I already paid for it."

"What?"

Yukina laughed a bit. "No, really Keiko, it's alright. I don't mind. Consider it a thank you for being such a good friend when I moved into a new school where I didn't know anyone."

Unable to express her gratitude in words, Keiko hugged her.

"Just promise you'll give Yusuke a chance. He's a good guy!"

Keiko sighed in defeat. "…Alright, you win. I promise."

Grinning, Botan averted her gaze to her watch.

"WHAT? We only have an hour until Yusuke comes!"

With that, she and Yukina pushed Keiko back into the dressing room to change in lightning speed, rushing her back to the car, and finally back to her apartment.

By the time the girls had finished on her, all energy had drained out of Keiko.

'It never took this long for me to get ready for a date…There's so much to do…' She thought, biting her lip when she looked at the time. '

There was a knock at the door.

Turning, Keiko found Botan grinning madly down at her.

"He's here."

Sighing, Keiko rose from her seat and out of her bedroom.

'Let's get this over with.'

Peering her head out into the living room, Keiko spotted him. He was engaged in a conversation with Yukina.

When Keiko decided to take a step back, she was halted. Botan had pushed her mercilessly out in the open.

Suddenly, she saw Yusuke's head turn to face her.

Silence.

Blushing angrily at her embarrassing entrance, she stared down at her feet. 'I knew this was a bad-'

"You look nice." Yusuke said, pulling her out of her thoughts. He gave her his winning smile- the one he used up on the stage that night at the concert— the one that induced thousands of screams from fans all across the world.

Yukina couldn't help but smile.
Keiko missed it.
Keiko didn't know Yusuke as long as she did. She saw the way he stopped in his tracks when she entered the room. And even if it was just for a second, she saw the nervousness behind his smile. She knew.

Keiko averted her gaze downward, fidgeting with her dress. Before she could open her mouth, Yusuke had already grabbed her hand.

"Come on! We've got lots to do!" Yusuke said, nudging towards the door. "Yukina! Botan! We'll be back!"

"Have fun you two!" They smiled, waving at them and watching from the top window as his car drove away.

"I really do hope Keiko gives him a chance. She deserves to have a little fun." Botan sighed, running a hand through her hair.

Yukina looked over at her. "…Yeah, she never gives herself a chance to be happy."

"Not since what happened last time."

Pausing, Yukina raised her eyes to meet Botan's.

"…Yeah."

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After opening his car door for her, Yusuke took a moment to look around at his surroundings. With his hands in his pocket, he peered left, right, forward and behind.

'Good.' He thought, getting into the driver seat.

"What was that all about?" Keiko asked, looking over at him curiously. "No one's out to get you is there?" She added with hints of sarcasm in her voice.

Yusuke smirked a little at her and shrugged. "I just don't want anyone from the media following us around, that's all."

Turning the key, he pulled out of the parkway. Keiko looked down at her hands, then over at him. Unsure of what to say or how to engage a conversation, she opted merely to look out the window.

After a few moments of silence, Keiko spoke up. "…But you like all the attention, right?"

Eyes widening, Yusuke looked over at her before the ends of his lips formed into a crooked smile. 'This girl's definitely not like the others. None of the others would have the guts to say something like that.'

"Eh, every now and then." He responded, giving her a cocky smile. Keiko rolled her eyes, but it only served to make his smile grow wider.

'Yep, definitely not like the others.'

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see."

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Kuwabara sighed, staring at the clock in front of him. "This is getting boring. Where did Yusuke take that Keiko girl anyway? If it were ME taking her out, well I'd take her to the biggest…"

Kurama looked at him and shrugged, as Kuwabara went on. "Hmm.. Come to think Yusuke didn't say where he was going. He's been rather quiet about his relationship with her."

Hiei rolled his eyes arrogantly with his hands deep in his pockets. "Isn't it obvious?"

Kurama smiled a bit and laughed to himself. 'It is obvious. Yusuke's probably going to fall for her. If not, probably already has.'

"What? What's obvious?" Kuwabara said, standing up quickly, shaking the shorter man. Annoyed, Hiei pulled out of his grasp.

"Idiot."

"Hey! Hey wait! You didn't answer my question!"

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"We're here."

Keiko looked up. Her eyes fell on a large restaurant by the glistening ocean. Before she was able to scan the entire place, Yusuke was already standing outside of her window, opening the door for her. Smirking, she stepped out of the car and thanks him good naturedly.

She expected nothing less from him.

Slowly, they headed into the restaurant.

"Ah! Yusuke, sir! Hello!" Seeing Keiko, she smiled. "Have a date today?"

'Does he always come here with dates?' Keiko thought, frowning a bit. 'Oh whatever. That's expected out of guys like him. He's probably dated thousands.'

Yusuke smiled at the waitress. "Hai! Did you get my call about the reservation?"

"Oh!" Blinking a bit, the waitress blushed in embarrassment, "Of course! I'll take you there right now, sir."

"You reserved a table?" Keiko asked, in a small voice. Feeling a bit uncomfortable by the formality of the restaurant, the chandeliers, the tuxedos, she began to fidget behind the young vocalist. "You didn't have to…"

"I didn't reserve a table." He said, shrugging a bit. Sensing her discomfort, he gave her a small smile. "I reserved a room. The one right by the water."

"A room?"

The waitress smiled softly and opened the door to their room.

'It's not often that he does this. He must like her.' She thought, giggling.

"The menus are on the table. I shall return in a few minutes to have your orders."

In a word, Keiko was stunned. Sitting at the table, she nervously opened menu. With one glance at it, she frowned.

'The cheapest thing is thirty five dollars? What kind of a place is this?'

Noting the look on her face, Yusuke smirked. "Order whatever you want. If you pick the cheapest thing out of the menu…. Well, I'll just have to get you the most expensive main course to make up for it."

"E-Eh?"

"Just get whatever you want." He said, looking out the window beside them.

"…." Unable to answer, Keiko followed his eyes out to the water. "…Pretty view." She said quietly. Her words, however were an understatement. The view was breathtaking.
And from the look on her face, Yusuke knew she loved it.

And as if on queue, the sun was beginning to set.

'I haven't sat down and looked out at the sunset since…' Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Keiko shook her head. '…I guess… I've been trying to keep busy...so I could forget.'

"So Keiko—"

"Are you ready to order, sir?"

Yusuke looked up, a bit surprised. "Um, yes. I'll have the usual. And she'd like this." He pointed. Before the silence between them, she had pointed out to him what she wanted.

After the waitress left to get their orders, Yusuke sighed. "So tell me about yourself?"

Turning to him, she looked away a little. Sighing inwardly, she gritted her teeth and forced a smile. "What about me is there to know? I'm a student… I recently moved out of my parent's house to move into an apartment…"

"Have a job?"

"…Part time at my parent's Ramen shop. But it's really flexible. I only go when I feel like I have the time to."

"A ramen shop?" Yusuke smiled. "I love ramen."

Keiko shrugged. "It's not really "first-class"."

"Hmm…" Yusuke sounded, sweatdropping a bit. "You really don't like all this, do you?"

Realizing what she said, she immediately apologized. "I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to say that. … I guess I'm just a bit tired."

'…After what happened…I guess I got tired of stuck up people who think riches are all that matters in life.'

"Well in any case, we should drop by over at your parent's ramen shop!" Yusuke said, grinning a bit. "I haven't had a good bowl of ramen in a long time."

Keiko's eyes widened. 'Even after that, he's still being nice?'

"….I guess. If you want to."

"Cool! We'll do that sometime then!"

"Hmmm…"

Half way through their conversation, their dinners were brought to them. Keiko hated to admit it, but the food was good. Probably some of the best food she'd ever tasted.

Smiling to herself as she ate, Keiko again shifted her glance to the window.

Yusuke wasn't uppity, nor pushy, nor stuck up.

Well, he did also seem a bit arrogant, maybe conceited, materialistic…

Whether or not Keiko was just looking for more excuses about Yusuke in her own mind, Keiko didn't know, and right about when she was about to speak, Keiko heard Yusuke sigh.

Another interruption.

"What is it?" He asked, turning over to the same waitress that served them. His face conjured in confusion.

"Yusuke sir, the paparazzi are here! So is the press! You can get out the back door!"

"D-Damn!" Yusuke said, bolting up. "Come on!" He said, pulling Keiko out of her chair, rushing out of the door.

"Don't tell them anything!" He yelled back at the waitress as she nodded, trying to buy him more time.

"W-Wha? What's happening?"

"Shhh!" He said, going out the backyard, pulling Keiko into one of the alleys. "We don't want them to know we're here."

"But-"

A deep voice was heard.

"Where is that Urameshi?" Asked a man followed by a group of men with cameras. He looked around, then turned his head towards the alley.

Since the sun had already set, darkness had engulfed the area. There was a sudden chill in the air, and from the alley it seemed as if they could see nothing but shadows.

As she was walking, Keiko was stopped.
She suddenly felt an arm around her waist and another over her mouth. Yusuke had her against him, on the wall in attempt to hide themselves from the people.

Blushing furiously, she felt his arm around her tighten. His face was so close to her that she could feel his breath against her skin.

'Wh...What's wrong with me..?' She thought, her mind racing.

Pulling her back even closer behind him, Yusuke remained completely silent, gazing to his left, waiting for the shadows of the men to disappear.

Moving out a little, he moved his body a bit with Keiko still in his arms to check for any signs of media or paparazzi.

A sudden crash.

Keiko's eyes widened.

'Oh no.'

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End of Chapter Six! Yes, I've updated. And I was very, very surprised (and proud) of myself when I started writing this, because I usually don't write unless I'm currently 'obsessing' over that anime or if I get a sudden spur of motivation. The truth is, I had written out the next three chapters of this story, but my computer ended up crashing and deleted everything. To say the least that, practically killed all my motivation to try and continue this.

So I'll take this moment to thank "The Kris10" who reviewed my recent Naruto oneshot and asked me to continue this fic. I was motivated and very happy to find that I haven't been forgotten yet. I sincerely hope that you all liked this chapter! I also want to thank everyone else who reviewed this story and stuck by me these since I've had my writers block. I really love you guys! Those random little reviews or notes I get in my EMail really do brighten up my day. You have no idea.

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