Vegas, Baby!

11: Todo el Mundo.

"Benito, wait. I have short legs!" I shouted through the subway station. I was following him through the city, visiting every single thing he had wanted to see. Our last stop was the famous television tower and the market that wasn't too far from it. Benito stopped and waited for me to catch up with him. When I reached him, he smiled at me widely. It was adorable how excited he was.

"Can we go up there?" he asked, when the tower came to view.

"There's a restaurant up there." I told him calmly. We were now walking next to each other, our fingers brushing against each other every now and then. I didn't mind it, in fact, I even liked when it happened. There was a lot of people on the street since it was a very warm day. Before we visited the market, we stopped at an ice cream parlour. Benito got coconut, I got chocolate.

"¿Perdón?" (Excuse me.) we both heard behind us. I turned around to find two teenage girls standing there with wide eyes.

"¿Eres Bad Bunny, no?" (You're Bad Bunny right?) one of them asked. Benito started smiling and nodded.

"Somos grandes fans. ¿Podemos tomar una foto contigo porfavor?" (We're big fans. Can we take a picture with you please?) the other one asked shyly. Benito looked at me first, asking me for permission I guess and so I nodded.

"Sí." he told the girls afterwards. I took both of the girls' phones and took pictures of them with Benito. "Thank you!" one of them told me as I handed her her phone back.

"You're welcome." I gave back friendly.

"Ella es tan hermosa." (She's very beautiful.) the other girl said directed at Benito who smiled and agreed with a nod. I'm guessing they had figured out who I was even though I had stayed off the radar.

"Lo sé." (I know.) he responded, putting his arm around my shoulder and pulling me into him.

"Not all of us hate you, you know." she then told me, causing me to smile at the ground. Benito talked to the girls for a few more minutes, then he hugged the two of them and then they left.

"I thought nobody would recognise me here." he said as we continued walking towards the market.

"You're definitely not as famous here as in the states." I gave back. Benito chuckled and finished his ice cream.

I was eying myself up and down in the mirror. The Louis Vuitton dress Benito had bought me fit perfectly. It had a dark red color and was made of silk. Since it was so simple, I had put on a golden necklace with a heart pendant on it. Of course, Benito had also bought the black heels that I had been eying in the store and a matching purse. I had not been happy about it but his stubbornness had been stronger than mine and so I had given in. I checked my hair one last time before I left the bathroom. It had been a very long time since I had worn something fancy like this dress but I felt comfortable and a little bit like a princess. Benito had left the room early and had told me that he'd wait in the lobby of the hotel for me; apparently he had wanted to organise a driver for us. As I was grabbing the new purse, I put my phone and my red lipstick into it, then I reached for the jacket in the closet. It wasn't cold outside but I wanted to take it just in case. Carefully, I started walking towards the door. Since the shoes were new, they felt weird on my feet and I was scared that I might trip. When I had made it into the elevator, I let out a sigh. The one minute it took me to get down into the lobby felt like an eternity. I was nervous because I had never had an actual date like that, only ever hanging out somewhere. When the elevator stopped, I took a deep breath and stepped out. The reception was right across from it. Slowly, I started looking around the room to find Benito. I spotted him on one of the couches, tapping his foot, while doing something on his phone. Quietly, I walked up to him. When I stopped in front of him, he looked up.

"You look absolutely stunning." he mumbled, putting his phone into his pocket.

"Thanks, you do too." I responded, eying him. He was wearing a white dress shirt, black dress pants and a red tie, matching my dress. His jacket was laying next to him on the couch.

"Are you ready to go?" he asked, grabbing it and getting up. Even though I was wearing heels, I was still shorter than him, so I had to look up now. Nodding, I stepped back but Benito didn't move.

"I have a surprise for you, before we leave." he said. As if the receptionist had waited for this moment, I could see that he jumped up from his desk, then he hurried off into another room. When he came back out, he was carrying something in his hands that looked like a bouquet of flowers.

"Here you go, sir." he told Benito, when he approached us. Benito thanked him, took the flowers off of his hands and held them towards me. Amazed, I took the beautiful bouquet and looked at it.

"Are those lilies?" I asked.

"Fire lilies, yes." Benito gave back, then smiled at me.

"How did you know that I like lilies?" I questioned, looking up at him.

"I have my ways of finding things out." he responded and held out his hand for me. Shaking my head, I took his hand. The receptionist signalised me to give the flowers back to him.

"I will take good care of them until you return." he told me. Nodding, I handed the bouquet over to him.

Right after Benito had paid for our dinner, he grabbed his glass of wine and emptied the rest of it. I was still nibbling on mine because I didn't want this night to end.

"Oh, by the way, I think you should take that." Benito said, looking for something in the pocket of his jacket. When he had found it, he placed it on the table in front of me. Furrowing my eyebrows, I grabbed the little box and opened it. The ring he had given me in Vegas came to view.

"Benito, you should give it to someone you actually want to marry." I said, putting the box down again.

"Yes but as long as we're not divorced yet, it's yours." he told me. I was okay with that, so I took the ring out of the box.

"Let me do that, please." Benito said, when he noticed that I wanted to put it on my finger. I watched him carefully, then I started smiling, when he was done. After that, I took the last sip of my wine. Benito held out his hand for me to take and I grabbed it. He led me out of the restaurant onto the busy streets of Berlin.

"There's one more thing I need to show you." he said, as we were walking towards a park.

"More? You already did so much today." I responded, putting on my jacket.

"Yeah. C'mon." he told me, pretty much dragging me towards the entrance of the park. At a fast pace, he led me through the darkness until we reached a beautiful fountain. "A fountain?" I asked, studying the statue on top of it.

"The receptionist at the hotel said it grants wishes." Benito said, pulling his wallet out of his back pocket. Amused, I watched as he was looking for some coins. When he had found them, he handed me one.

"Why are you doing all of this, Benito?" I questioned, as I threw my coin into the pond of the fountain.

"I want to show you your worth." he responded, throwing his into it as well. I was confused, so I stared at him with my eyebrows furrowed.

"I want to show you what you deserve." he added, slowly moving closer to me. "And what do I deserve?" I whispered, looking up at him.

"Todo el mundo." (The whole world.) he mumbled, leaning down. Before I knew it, we were kissing each other in front of the fountain.