Back To Work...With A Date

In the "real" world, I started back at work today. So sad that the Christmas/New Year break is over! Anyway, it's still Winter Vacation in Towano, which means that you can date your girlfriend any time (rather than waiting all week to date on Sunday). So I decided to book a date for lunchtime today and play it at work.

And it turned out to be a very charming date, in fact. Rin-rin arrived with a new hairstyle, which is still semi-long, but which looks like one of the short hairstyles she wore previously. It's a nice change, though. Her clothes were part-casual, part-not, which again looked ok.

We stopped into the Coffee Shop for a quick refreshment. Rinko always complains about going there on dates, but then ends up enjoying it anyway.

Because I've been concentrating on unlocking the date locations around Ten Feather Station, I was able to date Rinko today at the Game Centre for the first time.

There are a number of choices at the Game Centre, and I chose to play Billiards with Rinko. You don't get to play an actual game of Billiards though - you basically just stand in the Billiards room and talk. But that's fine.

Next stop was the Ramen Shop for lunch.

It's a nice place to eat, and Rinko's meal of ramen and gyoza made me really miss the experience of eating out in Tokyo.

After lunch, Rinko fell asleep on the train going back to Shin Towano. (You can also see her little pink heart earrings in the next shot.)

And finally, this shot was taken while I was walking Rinko home from the station. I used a low camera angle here to show the sky, which was wintry but a deep shade of blue.

All in all, it was a really enjoyable date, and a perfect way to lift my spirits on the first day back at work.