BAREFACED

Chapter 100

You push yourself off the bed and then slowly towards your closet. You take a deep breath, staring at the closet door before reaching it and opening it. You push through your clothes to find something to wear. You stop at a nice pretty black dress. You look at it more, questioning if this dress has always been here. You sigh, pulling it out of the closet and placing it on the bed. You stand still staring down at the dress. 

After taking a shower, you put the dress on. 

You stand in front of the mirror in the bathroom. You touch your hair, examining it in the mirror. You tilt your head, watching all the hair fall to the side. You take a deep breath and slowly walk out the bathroom towards your bedroom. You grab a hair clip from your dresser and pull your hair back with the hair clip. You can't remember the last time you dressed up nicely.

You look down at your dresser to close it but then pause when you see a small purse in the drawer. You furrow your eyebrows confused to whose purse it was. You pick it up and open it. It has makeup in it. Mascara, blush, lipstick... lip gloss, and some eye shadow. This must be Hikari's. You stare at it thinking about what Izana said and then sigh a bit, staring out your bedroom door. You walk towards the bathroom and look back in the mirror, holding the makeup in your hand.

You pull out the eyeliner and hold it tightly in your hand. Yuki never really wears makeup but she knows a few things. You pull the eyeliner towards your eye and begin to apply it. You then apply mascara, eyeshadow and blush. Lastly you add a natural but pinkish color on your lips by applying a bit of lipstick and lip gloss. You stare at yourself in the mirror. You look very different. 

"Is this too much?" You quietly say to yourself. You walk out the bathroom and close the purse, softly placing it back in the drawer. Your eyes widen when your phone starts vibrating on the bed. You walk towards it and pick it up. The contact says Izana. You hold it up towards your face.

"Hello?" You softly say.

"Hi... I'm waiting outside." He replies. He sounds happy. You slowly nod and hang up. You throw your phone onto the bed and turn away, walking down the stairs. You look up towards the door of the bakery to see him standing outside waiting. He can't see you since the bakery is dark and it's also dark outside. You pull open the door and step out. Izana backs away a bit to see you better. His eyes widen when he sees you.

"Yu-ki..." 

"Izana." You stare back up at him, a soft smile on your face. He smiles back.

"You look really... pretty."

"You think?" You smile more and he nods. He holds his hand out for you to hold it. You look at his hand and slowly reach for it. He holds onto your hand tightly and guides you along with him. 

After walking a bit, you both arrive at a nice restaurant. You look around feeling kind of shocked that you are even there. Not just that but you look at Izana, surprised that he was able to afford something like this.

"I made a reservation." He softly says. The waiter nods and walks off for a bit. You look at the decoration and the people there. You take a deep breath, glad that you applied makeup and actually decided to wear something nice. Otherwise, if you hadn't you would have really stuck out.

The waiter comes back and directs you two to a booth in the back. She smiles and hands you two menus. She turns away and walks off. You look down at the menus confused on to why there was four of them. Not just that but why is Izana sitting beside you and not across from you. You tilt your head a bit, looking at him. He notices you looking and smiles as he turns his head and looks back at you.

"Is someone else coming?" You ask. He slowly nods.

"A friend of mine." He softly says.

"A friend?" You look at him confused. He nods.