Above picture is Cindy & Mark's outfits^

Cindy's P.O.V
Mark texted me that he will pick me up at 6:00pm. I'm almost ready. I looked at myself in the mirror. The dark blue dress that I was wearing was off shoulder and fit me perfectly, showing my curves at perfect places. My eye makeup consisted of dark blue eyeshadows and mascara and my lipstick was old rose colour. I had a bun, behind my head and it was decorated with a silver leafy accessory. I sprayed my perfume. I sniffed the pleasant smell. I had already packed the bag for the 'night out' as Mark called it. I smiled and went to my living room to wait for Mark. To be honest, I'm a little nervous for this date. He also mentioned a night out for which I've packed my lounge wear and other essential items. I've never been on a night out with a friend let alone my crush.

The bell rung and I opened the door. There stood Mark looking breathtakingly handsome. His hair were slightly long , styled yet messed ; giving a bad boy vibe. I smiled at him. "You look beautiful" he complimented. I blushed. "Thank you. You too look handsome" I opened the door wide allowing him to come in. He gave me a bouquet of flowers : roses, lillies, daisies and many more flowers. It's a safe option if you don't know the person's favourite flower and I'm grateful he considered it. "Thank you" I said. "No worries. I should thank you for agreeing on this date" he looked guilty? I think because of what happened at the club... "Stop it Mark" I put my finger on his lips and immediately take my finger away. He nodded slightly amused at my action. I wore my dark blue wedge heels and picked up my packed bag from the sofa. We then went to Mark's car. He opened the door for me and put my bag in the back seat. We talked a little. The drive to the restaurant was peaceful.

The tall building was towering. We parked the car and Mark came to my side to open the car door. Such a gentleman, I thought and thanked him. We then went inside the restaurant. A waitress came and led us to the terrace. It's a rooftop restaurant. I gasped at the stunning view. I can see the bridge with various lights in the distance. There was the river under the bridge. The sky was painted in different shades of blue indicating it was soon going to get dark. The waitress escorted us to the table near the railing from where we could see the beautiful view more closely. The tables and chairs were wooden brown giving a cozy look however the view was giving it a fancy look. In short, it was the best time of the day to be up here.

The rooftop restaurant, view and their dishes: first one is Cindy's and the next one is Mark's. Wine you can imagine yourself^😅

"Do you like it?" Mark asked when we were seated. "I love it" I grinned. Honestly I don't know why I have never been here before. I had been to the fancy restaurants many times especially on our company's occasional parties. I had been to the sweet little cafes and eating points too but I think this type of restaurant was my taste. 'Simple yet elegant' mom's words repeated in my mind. I pushed them away. "So what would you like?" Marked asked . I was too engrossed looking at the view that I didn't even notice the waiter giving us the menus. I took the menu and searched.... It didn't too me long to decide. "I would like to have Fettuccine with salmon pasta" I looked at Mark and he smiled "I will have Chicken piccata with pasta" the waiter noted everything down and then for drinks we decided on red wine.

I couldn't help but think if it's a friendly date or a romantic one. I can't help it, I need assurance before everything and I hate it when I have no idea what is happening. We are friends and he wanted only him and me to hang out. But he never made a move on me to call this a romantic date and I don't know how these type of things work cuz this is seriously my first date. I don't want to embarrass myself but I want to clear things up too. So, I gathered all the courage "Umm..Mark.." I got his attention and let the sentence hang because I didn't know what to say after that. "Yes?" He replied. Now he was giving me his full attention. On times like these I wish I had a girl best friend at least she would have told me or given me an idea about what type of date it is. 'Kyle what do I say?' I linked Kyle. He's the only one to ask such things. 'Ask him. You can do it ' my imaginary friend was trying to cheer me up and it worked...a little. "Why didn't you invite others too?" I blurted out and it caught him off-guard. "I-i just wanted you and me to hang out today?" He questioned ? He doesn't know what he is doing? I could feel irritation rising in me but I controlled it. "It's a friendly date, right? Or is it a hang out and not even a date?" I asked him all worked up. I wanted to say it's a romantic date, right? But I didn't want to seem desperate. "Actually no." He said. WHAT!!? It's not even a date? What's the point of getting dressed up, leaving the comfort of my sweatshirts, chocolate and my house. I sighed , heavily annoyed . He took in my expression before clearing things again. "No no I mean it's not a friendly date Umm.. It's a romantic date. I think I should have cleared things before hand I'm sorry for that." He scratched his neck awkwardly. All my annoyance vanished away. "You don't need to apologize. It's okay" I smiled at him and he looked shy? What's up with him and shyness these days? He never acts shy in front of anyone else. He's acting different now a days.

We talked about school and a little about our lives. Soon the waiter arrived with our order . I didn't ask him further about the romantic date. Atleast now I know what's this date for ? The rest is upto him , how he deals with it. We started eating afterwards , chatting a little. I come to know that he lives with his parents . His parents are into business too. No doubt. In our school almost everyone's parents are rich and high class. My first school was simple and it was easy to make friends. The friends who are real. I told him my mom also helped my dad in business when she was with us. We didn't go into much details about each other. We finished the dinner, paid the bill and tip. We stand to leave but Mark grabbed my hand and went towards the end of the rooftop. I looked down, it was almost dark and the river and the city below looked more fabulous now. I felt his chest behind my back. I inhaled sharply when he grabbed my forearms "What are you-" but he interrupted me. "Shh..Rose I'm here now" He said with a hint of drama, while moving my arms up and open them like wings. He put his hands under my hands, his arms under my arms just like open wings. I know what he's doing. He's trying to mimic titanic although the dialogue was not same. I laughed "Ohh Jack I'll never let you go". These might not be the right dialogues we both were saying but we do called each other Jack and Rose. So it was Titanic for us. He chuckled behind me. After some minutes, the wind blew past us making me shiver and i felt something dropping on my shoulders. His jacket. He didn't just.. Ow it's such a cliché scene but I like it. Actually everything was cliché like him giving me flowers, bringing me here, the titanic scene we made and now this jacket scene. "Let's go. It's getting dark and we still have something else planned ..." He said mischievously. "Right" I replied knowing it is about the night out he told me about.

We went inside his car and he started driving. "What exactly is this 'nightout' plan?" I asked Mark and he replied "Watch some movies, snacks and just chill" he showed his boyish grin. I nodded excitedly and clasped my hands together. "Yay! Movie night" I air fisted then and Mark looked at me amused. I didn't really had a movie night with someone in a very long time.

We reached his house in 15 minutes. It was big and the interior was giving a homey feeling. The house decoration was so cute. As Mark said and I quote, 'This is what happens when your mom loves to decorate'. I wished I could say the same. Anyway , his parents are out of town which he informed me of just now. He told me to change into the comfortable clothes while he gets prepared for the movie. I changed into my clothes and went to the bathroom to freshen up. Then I took out my cleanser bottle from the bag to remove the makeup from my face. I then applied my shea butter lip balm to make up for the loss the lipstick caused to my lips. It's my routine to wash my face and hands, brush, apply lip balm and night lotion before going to sleep. However, not today because I'm not going to sleep now. We're going to watch some MOVIES. Woohoo! I'm nervous. There will be just the two of us, alone, watching movies and I hope it will not turn out awkward. I left the bathroom and I was going to go down the stairs when Mark appeared. He changed into some t-shirt and trousers. And DAMN he looks sexy even in lounge wear. I had to remind myself to stop starting him.

Cindy and Mark's loungewear aka comfortable clothes^😉

He too stared at me then he cleared his throat. He pointed to the room from where he came out from half a minute ago. "You go sit inside. I'm just going to get snacks from the kitchen." He said. "Do you need any help?" I asked. "No. Almost everything is prepared. I ordered the pizza. I'm just going to take a few minutes and in the meanwhile the pizza will arrive too." He said and looked in.... trouble? Never mind. I nodded "okay" I said and went inside his bedroom. Gosh! I've never been to a guy's room before like this. If his parents were at home, what would they have thought? His room was tidy except for the blanket that spread out on his bed and the small things placed on the table opposite to the bed. His room was also decorated? Seems like his mom really likes to decorate. I would have said so, but now that I take a closer look, it doesn't look like it's decorated by her. Oh! it's decorated by him and sure enough I saw fairy lights in his room. I chuckled. As mother as son. I sat on the bed.

Snacks n all that Mark brought^

After ten minutes the door opened and in came Mark with a huge tray file with chips, shakes, cookies, colddrinks, pop corns, roasted peanuts, sweet gems. "You didn't need to bring so much" I said helping him set the tray on the mini table. He smiled "Well I already have now and besides I know you have a sweet tooth" I smiled sheepishly and he put the mini table on the bed. He examined the coldrinks, took a sip from one and gave me the other one. He then placed the bottle on the beside table of his side . Weird... "Umm.. I didn't know we were out of cold drinks. Only these two bottles are left. It was my mom's duty... So leave the coldrink when it comes to half so that you can drink it with the pizza that'll be arriving in" he looked at his watch "20 minutes." He said awkwardly . "Sure. It's alright this happens with me all the time. I too forget to stock up things I'm out of " I said to not make him feel uncomfortable and ignoring his strange behaviour. He settled himself on the bed . I wanted to watch a safe movie so I suggested 'Captain Marvel' . We then decided to watch it while munching on chips, popcorn n everything. I like colddrink more with chips rather than with pizza. I had to remind myself to not drink the coldrink when it comes to half. I don't want him to think that I'm a lady hulk.

Mark kept glancing at me every few minutes or so. I would've appreciated it if he didn't keep glancing at my colddrink too. What's up with this guy? Can't I have like more than half bottle with chips n popcorn and leave only some sips to go with the pizza. Just then the doorbell ring indicating the pizza has arrived. Mark went to bring the pizza but he was taking long. Sorry dude I can't help it, I thought before chugging more cold drink . Mark came just when I took a big gulp and I froze at what I saw.

The secret cold drink message and pizza box proposal^😍 (you can use this idea too)😂

'I Love You' was written with a black marker on the bottle. I didn't notice it before because there was coldrink in that portion which was merging the black words. I still tried to think it was not what it looked like. This is some message the company wanted to share, right? I gulped the coldrink that was still in my mouth. I didn't even notice when Mark sat on the bed until I looked up at him and realized that my assumption was right. It was Mark who wrote those words. My eyes flickered to something he was holding for me to see. All my breath was knocked out of me. He had opened the pizza box that said ' Will you be my girlfriend or is this too cheesy? '. The shock I had at that moment couldn't be described in words. I couldn't comprehend the situation. I just processed that he said he loves me and asked me to be his girlfriend. His actions alone were enough to make me feel loved. I jumped at him "Yes.yes.yes!" I said while hugging him. He placed the pizza box on the table and returned the hug."Thank you. thank you" he whispered in my hair. "I don't know about the Love word yet.." I said and felt him stiffen but I need to clear things before he thinks anything more about my acceptance and so I continued " but I do have enough feelings , for you to be my boyfriend" I completed. He relaxed "That's enough for now" he said softly. He let me go from the hug and interwined our fingers together. We watched the movie taking glances at each other. I couldn't help but feel giddy and happy.

The movie was coming to an end and I just noticed that we've scooted closer while watching the movie. I looked up at Mark only to find him staring me with an intense gaze. My heart was hammering in my chest and I couldn't bring myself to look away. What is he expecting anyway? A kiss? But I never had a kiss..well except the imaginary one I had with Kyle when I was a stupid teenager trying to practice how to kiss. His face inched closer to me tilting sideways. I didn't move just gulped. What happened to you girl? Move forward. Kiss him. My inner inner goddess wake up from her long sleep at that moment. You're the hot n cool girl, aren't you? My subconscious reminded me. I was all that hot and cool cuz I was lonely. Now that I have someone to love me I can't be cold anymore. It's not me. I wanna live again, forgetting the facts that I always tried to ignore, like : I don't have my mom with me anymore, I don't have any real friends; BUT atleast I have Mark and love can change the world. And if someone loves me even when I couldn't love myself ; I will do anything to make that person happy.

When his lips were an inch away from mine he said the words himself that were only written , a few minutes ago "I Iove you Cindy". He said the words with so much desperation, passion and love that I couldn't control myself. So, before his lips could touch mine I confessed something even I wasn't sure of "I love you too Mark" I said even surprising myself along with Mark. Here I was saying him before that I'm not sure if I love him yet.... I'm an emotional person I think, going with the flow, happy if my loved ones are happy. He smiled at me and I crashed my lips onto his. Our lips moved in sync but he was incharge. As this is my first kiss, I let him take control. It was romantic yet sweet. His lips were soft against mine. He kept his hands on my waist and I kept my arms around his neck pulling him closer. I can't believe this all. He's mine? Really? "You are all mine" I blurted out without thinking, between the kiss. He grunted at my posessiveness.

This is what I wanted. To call someone mine.

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Author's note
Aww first of all I'm sorry for updating late (-.-;)
And second the story finally starts from here. Do you have anything in mind for the story? You can dm me or feel free to express yourself in the comments' section (~o~)
Love ya gummy bears. Take care YOU ALL!!
-Savi