You arrive at Maison Ikkoku.

You manage to find parking a few blocks from Maison Ikkoku and you are pleasantly bit taken aback when Alex hooks her arms with yours as the two of you walk towards the restaurant.

"Wow, it's busy at this hour!" Alex gasps when you hold the door open for her.

"It's popular with the bar crowd," you reply.

"Hopefully none of my friends are here..." she mutters, scanning the room while you wait for the hostess to take you to a free table. "If we bump into classmates of mine, do you mind pretending to be a friend I haven't seen in a long time?"

"Yeah, sure. Of course."

"How many?" the young Japanese woman, dressed in a pink kimono, behind a podium asks you.

"Two," you answer.

The hostess looks down at her book for a moment and smiles at you. "Please follow me."

The two of you follow the girl to the back of the busy restaurant and Alex notices you ogling the slender Asian woman and nudges you with her elbow. "I could totally fit in that," she whispers to you after sitting down.

"I would love to see you do!" you chuckle.

"Maybe at our next date!" she giggles.

"This is a date?" you wonder.

"Well, we're having dinner to get to know each other more," she replies but then lowers her voice so people sitting next to you won't hear, "but usually the sex comes after the meal!"

"We can still have sex after dinner," you wink at her.

"Only if you pay for dinner!" she laughs.

You are glad your instant erection is hidden by the table cloth.

"Oh my God! Alex!" the two of you hear a voice yell. Alex's eyes widen at the sound of the voice.