No, but he has a date

Malik spends the last few days getting 4 credit cards and manages to get a decent credit line at $5k. He plans to credit cycle these cards to do in person purchase using each card 8 to 9 times like this per week per card to a limit of $45k. He formed this plan after looking up how the system tracks this and with the help of google AI got a decent sense of how he could maximize his fortune. Obviously he could not extract all the money left in his trust from his biological parents life insurance and police benefits pay outs or at least his share of them totaling to $500K.

First of all that would be a lot of pallets of physical cash second of all it would be flagged and could take weeks to sort out time which he did not have. Though he could use a series of wire transfers to pay for things up to a certain amount and then get the rest through his credit card cycling method. He was already putting that money to use to online order cold weather gear in bulk.

Well and to use some of it for the date his self before he stepped back in time made for him on Friday. His girlfriend Rin Takahashi wanted to spend time if he recalled properly to talk about some things. He had gone on the date last time, but forgot all the details of their conversation. 'Maybe it has something to do with her disappearance?' He thinks to himself as he walks to the coffee shop they arranged to meet at. He thought about doing something extravagant get her a proper dress, take her to a fancy restaurant, and let her pick expensive things on the menu. However that would be him acting how she has told him she dislikes.

Rin had come to America from Japan trying to get away from her oppressive traditionalist parents who wanted her to marry some one of proper up bringing class. Though she lacked the means to flee on her own she made the argument to them that she should pursue an education abroad before settling down. Make it so that she could help bring the family business into a more global market or at least parts of it that are not restricted by the Japanese government to be domestic only an industry that thrived shortly after the second world war and was vital to Japans planned economic success. This appeal to her parents and they allowed it under the condition she agree to consider the next suitor in earnest. This was a small sacrifice to make for her as she had no plans of ever returning.

This was as far as Malik had learned of her past or at least what he understood of it. To be fair her English was not that good and explanation the more complex traditions and cultural stuff went over his head. However he understood one thing and that was the most important thing she loved him with all her heart. She was not physical with him other then kissing and holding and even then only in private never in public not out of shame, but more out of decorum that comes from her upbringing. That and the amazingly funny personality and lust for life she had is what drew him to her.

She was unapologetic about her wants and desires she as often the driving force of them going on public dates early on as well. You could honestly say that with out her taking charge in this case their relationship would never have worked out. Though he did have to work up the nerve to ask her in the first place. That brings him to his prefect date today. The place of their first day a coffee shop in town that serves the only green tea frappuccino for miles. It was a local joint not some starlux chain making it a special place for them. Course he took her there the first time thinking she would want that drink only to find she wanted a black coffee with two sugars. Which made she later shared that this consideration is what cinched it for her about him.

Upon entering he could see her sitting in the booth where they had their first date the same waitress who took their order was there to a small request on his part in advance. It was a hard ask cause of their shift schedule but when he explained how it was important date she seemed to get it some sort of an idea what this was about and agreed. "Well now the other half is here I take it you want a green tea frap then?" the waitress says with a smile and a playful wink, "For the young lady that is?"

This gets a lovely bell like laugh out of Rin that makes Malik's heart squeeze as he smiles a warm smile. "No I think she will want a coffee black 2 sugars I will take the Green tea Frap." Malik says a smile with a warm smile that reaches his eyes and draws Rin's attention to him. She stops laughing as he takes in her appearance a soft oval face framed by long wavy soft obsidian colored hair. Her kissable lips a cute little cupids bow and only lightly touched by a lip balm. Her naturally flawless skin only lightly touched by make up to accentuate her features. Course Malik knew that that blush was all his doing. Then there were here eyes she was one of the few japanese with distant danish blood in her family line and it showed in her frosted cornflower blue eyes that always startled him when she focus on him and only him.

He respected her to much to let his eyes drift lower, but they have dated long enough that his mind could recall his soft curves, pert but on the larger side breasts, and tight tush on her womanly hips. She was shorter then him by 6 inches which they both liked the dynamic of as it allowed her to rest her head easily into the crook of his neck when they just wanted to have an in home date.

The intensity of his gaze as well as the length of it must have cause some discomfort for the waitress whom quickly made her self scarce to get the order in. Rin was left alone with a man whom was looking at her like he had not seen her in years even though it had only been a week since they last hung out. "Are... you okay Malik? Is some thing the matter?" Rin asked in her cute way, "You staring like that... it feels like well. You are seeing me for the first time in a long time." Her face is now fully flushed and Malik shakes his head realizing what he was doing.

"S-sorry I did not mean to stare like that." Malik manages to which she reaches across the table and cups his face with one hand.

"Do not ever be sorry for that. I want to know what would make my handsome man want to look at me so..." she says a quiver in her voice as she fails to complete her question purely out of decorum for the public space.

"Oh I just could not help be caught off guard I have been very busy lately and looking at you just made all that noise go away." Malik said plainly stating the truth in that moment he had forgotten about every thing the system, the apocalypse, the preparations to be made, and most important of all the hellish memories he carried back with him. It all went silent in that singular prefect moment. 'This time I will protect you, Rin, I swear on it.' he thought to himself as he placed his handover hers enjoying the warmth of her on his cheek the light scent of her perfume soothing those trouble away and grounding him in this moment. "But enough about my week how about you? What is new with you?" He asked hoping to steer toward the conversation he had long forgotten.