Children of the Future: The World to Come (A Black Clover Fanfiction)

The Date

A/N: Hiya guys! So as promised this is the spin off to "Children of the Future", although I did change some things around and this series will now mostly focus on what happened after the children left instead of showing what happened during COTF, I also added Yamichar towards the end as well hehe. But I still hope you'll all enjoy~! I'm not sure how often this will be updated but I'm hoping for once a week or once every other week depending on my schedule 😅!

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Gauche sighed softly as he waited for Grey to appear in the common area. He wasn't going to admit it to anyone, but he was actually very nervous. He tried to plan everything down to the tiniest details, but of course knowing his luck, everything would go completely wrong. He quickly shook his head, he had to think positive right? That's what Marie told him to do when he told her about it the day before.

He took a deep breath to calm his nerves, it was just a simple date, they were going to go to a small and quiet restaurant that Finral suggested. They were going to have a meal and chat just like they usually did, so there really wasn't anything to be nervous about right?

" U-Um...I'm ready." Gauche turned around at the sound of the familiar voice, and his eyes widened and a small gasp escaped his lips at the sight before him.

Grey was standing there nervously in a light blue dress that ended right at her knees, she had simple heels on, and a white cardigan. Her short blue hair was partially styled in soft curls, she had light makeup on and earrings that matched her dress. She fidgeted nervously as Gauche continued to stare.

" S-Sorry Grey," He said quickly as he looked away. The two stood there awkwardly with their faces as red as tomatoes.

" Don't you have something you wanna say to her Gauche?" Yami asked as he walked past the two, he gave the browned haired man a knowing look.

" Right. You look...beautiful Grey, very beautiful." Gauche said as his face turned an even deeper red, and Grey's face did the same. Except a very small smile appeared on her face.

" T-Thank you, Vanessa helped me pick out the dress." Grey admitted shyly, and the two stood together awkwardly again.

" C'mon you two I'll drop you off at the restaurant." Finral said as he opened a portal, Gauche and Grey looked at him before nodding and following him through the portal.

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Finral dropped the two off at the restaurant before leaving again. Gauche noticed that it looked a lot busier than he thought it was supposed to be, he sighed, of course it had to be busy when he and Grey went out on their date.

He glanced over at the blue haired woman and saw she had a nervous look in her eyes as people moved past her and crowded around the restaurant. He sighed in irritation as someone bumped into him, Gauche turned to shout at the person but stopped himself as he felt someone grab his arm.

Gauche turned and saw Grey clinging onto his arm with her eyes closed, he felt all of his anger and irritation melt away.

" C'mon let's get out of here." Gauche muttered as he quickly steered Grey out of the crowd.

As the two exited the crowd he felt Grey's body relax a bit. He was glad to see that she was calming down, and he mentally told himself he was never going to take Finral's advice again.

" Do you feel better now?" He asked quietly, and Grey opened her blue eyes slowly and looked around before nodding.

" I-I'm fine." She told him softly as she took a deep breath, and a small smile appeared on her face. " Thank you, f-for getting me out of there." She added and Gauche felt his cheeks turn a bright pink, he turned away and rubbed the back of his neck.