A Dream Come True

Chapter 68: Date with Romance

"Wait!" Han says urgently as he sees Cheyenne about to open the car passenger door. She turns around and sees Han briskly walking towards her. He reaches for the handle and holds the door open. Cheyenne smiles and gets in the car. "Thank you." She says to him.

Han gets in the drivers seat and starts driving. "Your car is nice." Cheyenne says as she notices the black leather interior with the touch screen radio. "Thank you." Han says with a nod. "I hope you have a fun day today." He continues. Cheyenne nods her head, "I have a feeling that I will. You seem like a nice and fun guy to be with." She answers.

They arrive at Lotte World Ice Garden. Han parks the car and looks at Cheyenne. "You have your socks right?" He asks her. "Of course, I wore shoes that required socks already." She chuckles. They both get out of the car and start heading inside. "So ice skating huh?" Cheyenne asks as she walks next to Han. "Yeah," he answers with a nod and then quickly looks over at Cheyenne; "you can ice skate right?" He says worried. "It's been a long time, but yes. I'm not great, but I'm not awful either." She answers as they enter the building. "It's sounds like we're both just as good then." Han says with a chuckle.

They get their skates on their feet and approach the rink. Cheyenne looks at the rink and sees that it's empty. She observes her surroundings and notices that they are the only two in the building. "I know it's a Tuesday, but it's like a ghost town in here." She explains as she stands up next to Han, who already has his skates on. "Oh, I rented out the place for us." He says casually. Han looks over at Cheyenne. Her mouth a was hanging open and her eyes were wide. "What?" He asks. Cheyenne scoffs and blinks quickly, "I just, that probably cost you a lot of money. You didn't need to do that." She says. "Don't worry about my money." He says as he steps out onto the rink, holding out his hands. "I didn't want any distractions from you." He says smoothly. His words made Cheyennes heart melt like butter as she blushes and grabs his hands.

They skate around the rink hand in hand. They both stumble a couple times due to them not being the best, but they seem to help each other stay up and keep balance. As Han pushes off from his right leg, his foot ends up in front of Cheyennes left foot and they both lose their balance and fall. Han sliding on his stomach like a penguin and Cheyenne on her back. They both come to a stop and look at each other, they bust out in laughter.

Han gets up onto his feet and holds his out to Cheyenne. She grabs his hand and thanks him. Han looks around the rink and sighs. "This has been fun, but I think I'm ready for the next part of our day." He says looking at Cheyenne with a smile. Cheyenne nods and holds out her hand to Han. He happily grabs it and they skate off of the rink.

"May I stop at the restroom?" Cheyenne asks Han as they drop off their skates. Han nods and points towards the restrooms.

Cheyenne exits the bathroom and sees Han talking on the phone across the way. The closer she approached him the more she could hear the nervousness in his voice. As Han sees Cheyenne approaching, he quickly gets off the phone and puts it in his pocket. "Who was that?" Cheyenne asks him. "Don't worry about it." He answers calmly. Cheyenne just nods and walks with Han hand in hand back to the car.

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"Well, here we are." Han announces as he parks the car. "Han river?" She asks looking out the window. "Yeah. I thought we could go paddle boating. I already rented out a boat. I can cancel it and we can do something else if you would like." Han says with urgency. Cheyenne chuckles, "no no, calm down. Paddle boating is just fine." She answers. They both get out of the car and go to get their boat.

They get to the dock and find their boat. They climb in and start to peddle their way through the water.

"So I'm assuming that, that woman that answered the door when I came to pick you up is your friend that you moved in with after your place burned down?" Han asks Cheyenne. Cheyenne nods her head yes. "And the baby that she has, that's the one that you carried for her?" Cheyenne again nods her head yes. "What's her name?" He asks out of curiosity. "Ran Hana." Cheyenne answers.

"I couldn't be more grateful to have a friend like her. I don't even know where I would be if it wasn't for her. I'd probably be back in the states." She explains. "Do you ever think about going back?" Han asks as he looks at her. His heart racing, he doesn't want her to leave. He knows that he hasn't known her very long, but he feels connected to her. "No. There's nothing there for me anymore." Han feels weight being lifted off of his shoulders and his heart rate settling as he hears her response.

Cheyenne takes a deep breath as she looks at the red, orange and pink sunset above the horizon and closes her eyes. "God," she exhales breathlessly as she looks at Han, "it is so beautiful out here!" She exclaims with a shoulder shrug and smile as she puts her head back. Han is in awe as he stares at her. Her skin glowing from the light of the sunset, her smile and her personality. She was pure beauty.