//------------------------------// // The Date // Story: Beauty & The Otaku // by Oldtakufanboy //------------------------------// The sun was shining brightly on my face as I can feel its warmth touching me. I slowly opened up my sleepy eyes and stood up. I turned my head to stare down at my clock that says it was 7:10. I got out of my bed and stretched out my arms and legs. "What a beautiful Saturday morning." I said as I looked towards my window where the sun was shining brightly. "And for such a beautiful Saturday, I'm going out with Fluttershy." I said as I jumped out of excitement. After I gave that jump, I then heard snickering that seems to be coming from outside of my door. I cocked an eyebrow and grabbed ahold of my glasses as I walked over to my door. As I opened my door, there was no one there. I turned my head towards the kitchen where I was very shocked to see Pinkie wearing nothing but an apron and was what I believe to be her making pancakes. She turned her head towards me in a seductive manner and waved at me. "Good morning, Jake. Would you like breakfast? A bath? Or may.be.me?" said Pinkie as she continued to look at me seductively. My face immediately went bright red. "PINKIE?!?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! PUT SOME CLOTHES BACK ON!!!" I shouted as I marched up to Pinkie. "I don't wanna. I want to be your love slave." said Pinkie as she slowly walked towards me. "PLEASE PINKIE!!! STOP THIS!!! THIS ISN'T LIKE YOU!" I shouted as I began to back up. "I feel like I just walked into a hentai." I thought. As Pinkie closed in to me, she wrapped her arms around my quivering body and stared at me with seductive eyes. She slowly lifted her head towards my ear. "Gotcha" whispered Pinkie as she began to giggle. "What do you mean?" I asked as my quivering stopped. Pinkie let go of me and placed her hands on her stomach and laughed so hard that she was going to loose her laugh box. "This was all set up by Rarity. We've gotcha good." said Pinkie as she continued her laugh. "BY RARITY?!" I shouted as my member went back to normal again. "Yes, darling. It was I that set this up." said Rarity as she and the girls came out from hiding in the living room laughing. "THIS ISN'T FUNNY!! FOR A SECOND THERE, I THOUGHT PINKIE WAS GONNA HAVE HER WAY WITH ME!!" I yelled out of embarrassment. The girls continued to laugh. I don't know why, but for some reason, I couldn't help but laugh along with them. As we all finished a good laugh, Pinkie dashed over to the living room and immediately grabbed her clothes. She then dashed into the bathroom and came back out in her everyday clothing within ten seconds. Damn. The girls and I stared at Pinkie wondering how the hell did she get that kind of speed. I began to have Otaku thoughts by wondering if she's doing Saitama's exercise routine of a hundred sit-ups, push-ups, and squats. But now that I think of it, this girl has a serious sweet tooth and for some reason is not fat. If she doesn't exercise, how the hell does she move that quickly? As much as I wanted to know that answer, I let it go. Pinkie is Pinkie and that's the only answer that I needed. "Why's everyone staring at me again? Come on let's eat. Breakfast is ready." said Pinkie as she somehow placed her full apron into her pocket. The girls and I sat down in the dining room table, which was already set up and laid out by Pinkie. I sat down next to Fluttershy who was visibly giving out a small blush. I then turned my heads towards the girls that were trying to hide their snickering. "What are they Snickering about? Did Rarity prepare another prank on me?" I thought as I turned my head towards Pinkie as she placed a pancake on Rarity's plate and so on. "Here you go, Jakie. A pancake made by the one and only Pinkie. I also added some chocolate chips in there." said Pinkie as she placed the pancake on my plate. "Oh! One more thing." said Pinkie as she took out a can of whipped cream and shook it. She then started drawing on my pancake with the whipping cream. She drew me a smiley-face. My face lit up. "There we go. All done." said Pinkie as she hid the can of whipped cream and moved over to Fluttershy. "Here you go, Flutters." "'Flutters'? Must be her nickname." I thought. As I watched Pinkie grab out her can of whipped cream again, she drew not a face, but a heart. She then drew letters that say F+J in the middle of the heart. I looked over to Fluttershy who was blushing harder than before. She looked embarrassed. "Why would she write that? Wait a minute. Do they know? DO THEY KNOW THAT I HAVE A CRUSH ON FLUTTERSHY?!?!" I thought. I looked back at the girls as they whispered to each other's ears and snickering. Oh, God…I believe they do know. As Pinkie finished up by serving herself, she put the pan and her can of whipped cream away and sat down with the rest of us. "Okie dokie everybody. Enjoy." said pinkie as she grabbed ahold of her fork and scarfed up big pieces of pancake on her mouth. The girls and I ignored her terrible eating manners and began eating our pancakes. As I ate my pancake, I stared back at Fluttershy's pancake. I'm still wondering if they really do know that I have feelings for Fluttershy. As much as I wanted to know, I'll let it pass for now and think about it when they leave. As I finished my last bite of Pinkies pancakes, I gave out a sigh of satisfaction. I then turned my head towards Pinkie who has a bunch of chocolate chips that somehow got into her hair. "Pinkie, this was the best pancake I ever had. This is way better than the ones down at Itrot." I said as I gave out a giggle by all of the chocolate chips in her hair. "Glad you like it. It was my pleasure." said Pinkie as she gave me a grin. The rest of the girls finished their plates and also gave out a sigh of satisfaction. I got out of my chair and grabbed each of the girls' plates and walked over to the sink to get them cleaned. I turned on the water and began cleaning them one by one. "Say Jake, would you allow us ladies again to use your bathroom to change?" asked Rarity as she and the girls got out of their chairs. "Of course I wouldn't. Go right ahead." I said as I gave them a smile. The girls smiled back at me and walked over to the bathroom where they began to form a line to wait for the next girls turn. As I finished cleaning the dishes and turning on the dishwasher, I walked over to the living room and sat down close to the piano and slowly began playing the English dubbed tune from a certain mainstream anime series. I slowly began singing the lyrics: "Gather up all of the crew, it’s time to ship out Binks’ Brew. Sea wind blows, to where, who knows? The waves will be our guide. O’er across the ocean’s tide... Rays of sunshine far and wide. Birds they sing, of cheerful things, in circles passing by. Yohoho-" I was cutoff as I saw the girls looking at me with surprise. "That was wonderful, darling. I never knew you could sing." said Rarity with surprise. "It was kinda creepy, though." said Applejack. "It did give me the shivers a bit." said Dash. "I DIDN'T! IT WAS FANTASTIC!" shouted Pinkie with excitement. "It was good. Where was that from?" asked Fluttershy. I gave out a chuckle as I stood up and walked over to the girls. "That my friends, was a song by Brook from One Piece. It all started two months ago. I've been practicing the music sheet for at least a month, and I than in no time, I got the tune down. Thinking about the song now, I felt like trying to sing the english lyrics." I said while giving them a smile. "Who's Brook?" asked Dash as she cocked her eyebrow. I walked over to my closet and searched around trying to find one of the DVD sets of One Piece. As I looked for about two minutes, I finally found it. I took it out and revealed to them whom Brook was. The girls walked up closer to me to get a closer look. They were rather surprised to see that he was a skeleton. "That's him? He looks like if Slash ever came back from the dead." said Dash. "I'm confused, darling, is how can he sing without vocal chords? He's a skeleton." said Rarity. "If he were real Rarity, he would be quite angry about you saying that." I said. "Why's that?" "He is very sensitive about his appearance and doesn't like when people make fun about his appearance." "Oh… anyway, we are heading out and going back to our homes to check on things. See you around, darling." said Rarity as she and the girls closed in on me and together gave a group hug. I joined in on the hug. As we all let go, we went our separate ways. I watched the girls as they went through the entrance door and walk over to their car. Rarity for some reason walked back and gave me another hug for some reason. She then lifted her head up and whispered into my ear. "Have fun on your date with Fluttershy. The girls and me know you'll take care of her while you're out and about. Also, here's her address. She'll be waiting for you by 12." whispered Rarity as she placed a small piece of paper between my left hand and ran back to the car. "Wait! How did you-" I was cutoff as Rarity entered the car and drove off. I stood there at the door, confused. I then looked down at the piece of paper, which had Fluttershy's address and then back at the street. "I guess they do know. Did Fluttershy tell them that she wanted to go out with me last night? I guess I'll have to ask her later about that. For now, I need to change and take a shower. I don't want to go on my date looking like I just got out of bed in the morning." I said to myself as I shut the door and walked over to my room where I went to find my normal everyday clothing. The time was 11:49, I was all cleaned up and ready for my day with Fluttershy. I grabbed my phone, my wallet, my keys, my behelit for luck, and most important of all, Fluttershy's address. "It is time." I said in the way Rafiki said when he found out Simba was alive. I walked over to the hallway and opened up the door that was nine feet away from my bedroom door and entered into the garage. I clicked the button on my left and the garage doors opened up slowly to reveal the outside weather. As I gaze up at the weather, I felt a chill run on me. I inhaled and slowly exhaled to see my breath. "Brrrr, it's freezing out here. I might as well go get a jacket." I said as I walked back into the hallway and into my room. I looked around my closet and found my Sailor Soldiers jacket which was a combination between *Sailor Moon and Sons of Anarchy. "Ohhhhh yeeaaaah." I said slowly as I put the jacket on. I then walked out of my room and walked into the garage where my love bug was waiting for me to put her in motion. I grabbed out my keys and pressed the button to unlock the car. Before I got in my car, I have to lock the door to the house. I walked out of the garage and headed towards the door and locked it. I gave it a couple of pullings on the knob just to make sure that the door was completely locked. I then walked to the car and sat down in and turned on the key ignition. I closed the door and put on my seat belt. I then reached over to the cabinet and grabbed ahold of a chord, which I use to plug into my iPhone and listen to music. I went around my music and played a classic anime theme that every Otaku should know. I also don't just have anime music, you know. Just a reminder that I have classic rock, jazz, romantic, and other songs (not a big fan of todays generation of music. I do have a few of those though). "Alright, Jake, this is the moment you have been waiting for. Let's roll!" I said to myself as I placed the key in the ignition and drove off towards Fluttershy's. As I arrived to Fluttershy's place, it was 12:20 on the dot. I was late. "Damn! I'm late! I hope Fluttershy doesn't feel like I lied to her. I feel like Zoro with a bad sense of directions." I said to myself as I walked out of my car and walked towards her rather cute little cottage. As I looked around her cottage, I saw a lot of birds, along with the sounds of animals. I guess Fluttershy's more of an animal person than I thought. It started to remind me about the pamphlets she and I picked up, which was also the day I met her. "I wonder if I should volunteer at the Canterlot Animal Shelter." I thought as I arrived in front of Fluttershy's door. I knocked on the door to get her attention. I waited for fifteen seconds. She then opened the door slowly. "Hey Fluttersh-" I was cutoff by what I saw. Fluttershy stood at the door looking away from me blushing, wearing a jacket that says, 'I'm secretly a sailor scout' with Luna's crescent moon under the words. She put a scunchie in her hair to give herself a ponytail. She even wore blue jeans that had Usagi's moon wand stitched on the right pant leg. I also noticed her carrying a handbag with her that had Hatsune Miku on it. Is Fluttershy trying to hide the fact that she's an Otaku? I looked back at Fluttershy with a small blush. "Hey Flutters. You ready?" I asked shyly. Fluttershy looked towards me taking in a deep breath and exhaling. "I'm ready." she said as she formed a smile across her face. "Oh, good. Well, let's head downtown." I said as I waited for Fluttershy to lock her door. She came walking over to my side and we walked over to the car. "I'm sorry if I was late. I was lost while trying to find your address." I said as I looked away from her out of pure embarrassment. "It's not a problem. I knew you would come. There's nothing to feel bad about." said Fluttershy as she patted my back softly. I opened up the door for Fluttershy and she entered in looking at my small Goku plushie hanging on my rearview mirror. I walked into the other side and buckled up. Fluttershy did the same and stared at me with a cutesy look on her face. "I love your Goku plushie. It looks so cute. Where did you get it from?" asked Fluttershy while in Rena Mode. I was surprise to see her gawking over a Goku plushie. I couldn't hold back a smile. "I got it from an anime store over in downtown Canterlot. They have manga, DVD's, posters, and other Otaku related things." I said to her. Fluttershy was so excited she did that thing from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. (The Phantom Blood series, not The Stardust Crusaders) "Nice" said Fluttershy in the way Joseph Joestar did it. Seeing her do it, made me laugh. Fluttershy laughed along with me. "Ok, Flutters. As you wish." I said as I started up the car and headed towards downtown Canterlot. We had five miles to go to reach downtown Canterlot. I thought, that while we're still in the car, let's tune some things up. As I drove with one hand, I used my other to reach my iPhone from my pocket and grabbed the chord to connect it to the car. I then handed my iPhone over to Fluttershy. "Flutters, you have the honor of being my car DJ." I said as she grabbed ahold of my iPhone. "Don't worry, you can play whatever you want. I don't care. Whatever you like, I'll like." Fluttershy scrolled through my music to find a song. She then gasped, and pressed on the song. As the song started, the song that she picked was from another anime classic that I didn't know anyone would know. Fluttershy is full of surprises. We arrived at our destination. We just parked and were finishing up the song Roundabout by Yes (Which is also the ending song to The Phantom Blood series of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure). I love Fluttershy's taste in music. She has some of the same taste in music as I do. As the song ended, I shut off the car, unplugged the chord connecting my iPhone, and placed my iPhone in my right pocket. The left pocket I placed in my keys. I waited for Fluttershy to get her things. She then walked up to me with a little blush. "You alright?" I asked. "Well…I was wondering…could…you…hold hands with me?" said Fluttershy as she trailed off. "You want me to do what?" I asked. "Would you want to…hold…hands with me?" said Fluttershy as her face went even redder. My heart was beating again. "As you wish." I said as I slowly grabbed her right hand with my left hand. We slowly walked out of the parking lot, and headed boards downtown. Around downtown, there appears to be a lot of people walking around with groceries, children at hand, or couples like me and Fluttershy holding hands. I was surprised that she wanted to hold my hand. I think I really am starting to fall in love for Fluttershy. And I bet Fluttershy has feelings for me too. "So, um…Jake, where is this anime store you told me about that I would really like to go. I never knew Canterlot downtown had an anime store." said Fluttershy as she looked over to me. "I said the exact same thing when I first saw the place. I was so amazed I had to go in there. It's down a few blocks." I said as we walked together hand-in-hand. As we continued our walk, I then briefly noticed the color of red and yellow at the corner of my eye. I immediately turned my head towards the colors, but the colors were gone. "No…it can't be…if it was who I think it is, then I sense a bad mojo happening soon." I thought as I continued to look over the direction where I saw the colors while walking along with Fluttershy. "Is there something wrong?" asked Fluttershy getting my attention. I turned my head towards her and smiled. "I thought I saw someone I knew, but it wasn't that person." I said while trying to stay calm. "Who?" "Just a person." I said not giving away too much detail. "At least I hope it isn't who I think it is." I thought as I looked back and then turned my head forward. "Fluttershy, welcome to Otakucopia." I said as I presented the store to her by the time we arrived at our destination. Fluttershy was in awestruck as she looked at the logo of the store and then started getting all giddy. "OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!" said Fluttershy with excitement. "You should see the look on your face." I said as I began to chuckle. "Come on. Let's go." said Fluttershy as she grabbed my hand and dragged me into the store. As we entered, Fluttershy stopped dragging me and started squealing over the sight of what she saw. There were posters, rare anime DVDs, a manga section, a section of clothing, and cosplay material. "Come with me, Fluttershy. Let's go to the manga section." I said as I grabbed Fluttershy's hand and headed to the manga isle. Around the isle, there was manga in alphabetical order. I especially love their price for 'Buy two, get one free' on the manga. As I looked around with Fluttershy being at my side. I looked around the 'O' section and found what I was looking for. The third volume of Onepunch Man. "Oh, what is this series about?" asked Fluttershy. "It's about a guy named Saitama who has gained the power he always wanted to defeat a villain with one punch, but is bored that with his strength, he can't find a formidable opponent. In this volume, Saitama and his disciple, Genos, are now joining in the hero's association. There's an anime to this now, that comes out every Sunday." I said giving her a little taste of what the plot is about. "Sounds good. I think I'll buy me the first volume." said Fluttershy as she reached her arm to grab ahold of the first volume. Before she could grab it, I placed my hand on top of hers. She looks at me with surprise. "No. Allow me to buy you that. Everything's on me." I said. Fluttershy gave me a happy teared up face and hugged me tightly. "Thank you." she whispered softly. "Your welcome." I said as I hugged back. "Anywho, I'll grab this and let us continue throughout the shop." I said as Fluttershy let go of me as I grabbed the first volume of Onpunch Man. "Is there another manga that you would like me to buy for you, my hime*." I asked in a gentlemanly manner. "Um…yes, there is. I would like to find the first volume of Spice & Wolf." she asked me. "Your wish is my command, my hime." I said as we walked down towards the 'S' section. As I looked around, I found the first volume. "Is this what your looking for, my hime?" I asked while holding the book towards her. "Yes. That is the one." said Fluttershy. "Here's a true fact: Spice & Wolf was the anime that made me into an Otaku." I said to her. Fluttershy looked at me with surprise. "Same here." said Fluttershy. Fluttershy and I looked at each other with surprise and then looked away blushing. "Ok, anyway, which section would you like to go now, my hime?" I asked. Fluttershy gave me a smile and pointed towards the DVDs. "As you wish." I said as she held my hand and together the both of us headed down to the DVDs. After being in the store for like an hour looking around, we were done with paying and I walked out with Fluttershy carrying two bags of DVDs and manga. "That was fun, Jake. Could we go there again?" said Fluttershy as she looked at me with a smile. "Whenever you want to, my hime." I said while smiling back. The cold breeze touched us and we both felt a chill down out spines. "Brrr, it's cold out here." said Fluttershy as she cuddled up to me for warmth. "Would you like to go to the coffee shop across the street and get some warm cocoa?" I asked. "S-s-s-sure." said Fluttershy shivering. Fluttershy and I quickly crossed the street and hurried on inside the coffee shop. As we looked around, I pointed out a booth to where she and I could sit. She sat down on started to get comfortable. "I'll be back." I said as I walked over to the line. I came back with two cocoas at hand and placed one on Fluttershy's side and mine on my side of the booth. "Enjoy" I said while taking a sip. Fluttershy took a small sip of hers and placed her cup down. "How is it?" I asked. "It was delicious." she said giving me a smile. I smiled back. "Say Jake, you've changed." said Fluttershy. "Why's that?" I asked while taking in a sip. "Ever since I've met you, you seemed lonely and un-talkable. Yet, by yesterday last night when my friends and I made you dinner, it seemed like you came out of your shell. I also recall you stuttering a lot whenever you talked. Why aren't you doing that now?" I never knew that she would answer that question and right here in a coffee shop. I gave out a sigh and put my cup down on the table. "I could say that somehow, my social anxiety disappeared because of you girls. You and the girls are the first people I will ever know that are so nice to me. Not even my mother is as nice as you and your friends. Ever since 8th grade, my mother kept going out more and more every year on trips without giving me a call or text to ask me once how was my day or to talk about what she's been doing while over on her trip. I felt like she didn't care for me and that I was nothing to her. She didn't care if Sunset Shimmer bullied me since freshman year. Sunset is a demon that came from hell to torment me. I really just want to go all Shion Sonazaki on her to end her reign of terror. Sometimes I just want to end my life, but I didn't have the guts to do it. As I tried taking care of myself I-" I was cutoff as Fluttershy leaned forward and placed both her hands on my own. "That's enough. Don't worry about being alone. You've got my friends and me. You are not alone in this world. We are here to help you." she said in a soft and angelic voice that made me calm down. "Sorry, you had to hear all of that. Fluttershy…I want to say that I am in-" I was cutoff yet again, but not by Fluttershy's hands, but by her lips. Fluttershy and I connected lips together! My eyes widen. It was my first kiss. The girl that I fell in love at first sight is kissing me. As we unlocked lips, Fluttershy leaned backwards into her seat with a blush on her face. "Jake…I know…you love Me." she said as she looked back at me, "Because I myself…have fallen for you. And the girls know it too." she said with tears of joy dripping down her eyes. I got up from my seat and I sat down beside her and snuggled against her. I couldn't help, but cry along with her as well. We then looked at each other with tears still rolling down our faces and gave each other another passionate kiss. My lonely life has come to end. As we unlocked our lips, I could hear the people at the coffee shop stop their conversations. Fluttershy and I turned our heads towards everyone, who were looking at us with tears of joy in their eyes. It felt like these guys are watching a soap opera between Fluttershy and I. Fluttershy and I looked away from everybody else for a moment, and then everything went back to business. Everybody was back to his or her normal everyday conversations. I then looked down at Fluttershy. "Say Flutters, do you want to leave this joint?" I asked. "Please" she said as she and I sat up and threw away our cups. I walked back quickly to our booth and grabbed ahold of both the bags and walked out of the coffee shop. Outside, the sky was getting grey and the air was cold. "So…do you want to go more around town more?" I asked. Fluttershy shook her head. "Let's go back to the car. It's to cold out here to go anywhere else." said Fluttershy as she snuggled up close to me as I placed the other bag in my other hand. "As you wish, my hime." I said as we both headed back to the car. As we were three minutes away from the car, I saw something white fall to the ground. I looked towards Fluttershy who was awestruck at the sky. I looked up and saw snowflakes falling down the sky. I looked back at Fluttershy who was looking at me with a smile. I smiled back. "You know what, this is starting to remind me of episode 3 of Video Girl Ai and it was snowing just like this and a really beautiful song was playing in the background. Fluttershy, you are my rainbow." I said as she looked at me with happy tears in her eyes. "You are the same to Me." she said. "Come on, Flutters. Let's get to the car." I said smiling as we continued our way towards the parking lot. As we got into the car, I put the bags in the back and off we went. I got my iPhone out and plugged it into the car. I then gave it to Fluttershy. "Um, Flutters? Could you switch it to the song 'It's Not Easy'?" I asked. "Sure" she said as she looked around my music and pressed play on the song. As we listened, Fluttershy rested her head on my shoulder and gripped onto my jacket. "What a beautiful song." she said softly. "I'm glad you like it." I said while still paying attention to the road. As we made it back to Fluttershy's cottage. I handed one of the bags that had things I got her while over at Otakucopia. "Jake, this was a good day. Thank you." she said while giving me a kiss on my cheek. "Your welcome, Flutters." I said giving her a smile. "Also, while we were in the car, I've been thinking. Could you wait here for five minutes?" she asked as a blush came across her face. "Sure" I said as I watched her run into her cottage and left the door opened. As I stood there in the car, I began to think about the kiss Fluttershy and I had back at the coffee shop. "My first kiss." I said to myself as I thought back more on what she and I did today. Fluttershy came back with her handbag as she locked her door. As she walked back to me, she removed her scrunch letting her elegant pink hair be released. As I looked at her bag, I noticed clothes that looked like PJs. "She wants a sleepover again?" I thought as she made it back to the car. "I wanted to ask, could I have a sleepover with you? Just the two of us?" she asked with a blush. "If that's what you want, so be it done, my hime." I said as she came into the car and sat down on her seat with her handbag set down on her lap. "Could you also perhaps make me a good dinner again?" I asked. "Sure. Whatever you like." she said as she gave me a small smile. I smiled and started up the car and together we drove off towards my house. I have a good feeling that I'm gonna have another night to remember.