Tuesday: After School Movie Date!

Even though I had to go to work today, I decided to book another After School Date with Rinko. I knew it was going to be a little difficult - I think the latest you can start an After School Date is 4:30, and I don't finish work usually until 5:00 - but I managed to take a break long enough to start the date, then closed my 3DS and finished the game after 5:00 when I'd left work for the day. In the end, it worked out pretty well.

Rin-chan was waiting for me, right on time...

We stopped into Dixies for a snack, which turned out to be just a milkshake. Still, it's nice to share a drink with your girlfriend after school.

Then it was off to the Towano Cinema to catch a movie. Rin-Rin looks cute, bundled up in her winter school coat and scarf.

Then we finally arrived at the cinema. I chose to watch "Never Tough Guy", which is one of those dumb action movies. I didn't know how Rinko would go with that...but she seemed happy overall with my choice.

I got to sit close to Rinko inside the cinema, and of course it was a good opportunity to kiss her.

Then, all too soon, another after school date was over and it was time to take her home.

After School At The Movies (Sort Of)

Yay - I had a whole beautiful day at home today! No work, no interruptions. Hehe. I always think I'm the luckiest guy in the world when Rin-chan arrives to walk to school with me. This never happened in my real life in high school - though I kinda wish it had.

Who could resist that face??? Anyway, when 3:30 rolled around, I met Rinko for our After School Date. It's really just like a normal date on the way home from school, with the added benefit of your girlfriend wearing her school uniform. Rinko met me in the corridor outside my classroom...

Then we set off together for our date. First, it was over to Aisha Dining for some ice cream...

Then to the main part of our date - the movies. The Shin Towano cinema was playing two films today, and unfortunately I chose Cinema 1 - which turned out to be some kind of outer-space horror movie.

Wow, Rinko really didn't like the movie. I think it shows on her expression in the next two shots...

But you know, it was a fun date, and Rinko said how much she enjoyed herself at the end (and she even called me later in the evening to say she had fun - or maybe she was feeling guilty about trashing the movie?).

I made sure that I kissed Rin-chan so much she would forget about the movie. I don't think I've ever seen her face turn so red.

And then our second After School Date was over and it was time to say goodbye. I managed to grab the next two shots, though - because this is possibly the only time in Love Plus when you get to see your girlfriend almost full-length wearing her uniform. You can also see how Rinko ties her school sweater around her waist. I think you'd probably get kicked out of a real Japanese high school for doing this...or suspended, at least. But Rinko is a bit of a rebel. (Manaka and Nene always wear their sweaters properly, by the way.)

Premium Movie Date

Today was the day of my first big Premium Date with Rinko. It started well enough, with Rin waiting very sweetly to walk me to school.

And she was waiting in the corridor at lunchtime with yet another bento lunch for me.

We sat on the school roof to eat together because it was a nice sunny day...

Would you like some, too?

And once more, Rin was waiting to walk home with me in the afternoon, too!

When 6:00 pm finally arrived (you can't start a Premium Date early), I waited for Rinko in the little park opposite her apartment building:

When she arrived, Rinko was wearing pretty nice clothes (thank goodness), but she'd gone back once more to the short "pixie cut" hairstyle that I don't like much. Oh well, swings and roundabouts...

We stopped at Dixies for a drink before the movies. After telling Rinko that I didn't like the hairstyle, I had enough hearts to trigger the "change hair length" option. I selected Medium-Long hair (my favourite for Rinko)...so hopefully soon she might change, because I actually like every single one of the Medium-Long hairstyles for her. 

I'm not sure what movie we saw, but it made Rinko cry! This is a very rare thing - the only other time I've seen her cry was the dream sequence where her Grandmother passed away. So it must have been quite moving.

And here's Rinko when the movie was over.

Premium Dates usually give you a lot of extra stuff, and this one was no exception. After the main part of the date, Rin-chan came back to my place

We hung out together for a while, kissed a lot, listened to one of my CDs, and played a game of TwinBee.

And after that, Rinko went to the kitchen and cooked a meal for me.

It was very nice food (even though she seems to have stolen one of the large bowls from Yoshinoya ^^).

And at the very end of the date, there was a little more private conversation, sitting in the park opposite Rinko's apartment building.

And then, time to say goodnight (after 35 rich very well spent). This full-length shot shows what my girlfriend wore tonight. Not too bad...

Rinko Is Wearing...WHAT??

Well, at lunchtime today I visited the Flea Markets in Fountain Park and bought two things - a Premium Date ticket (for a special showing at the Cinema) and a Silver Ring for my one-month anniversary with Rinko in the new game (which is rolling around in a couple of weeks).

At 3:00 pm, I waited for Rinko to arrive for our Sunday date, expecting the same nice hairstyle and good taste in clothes I've been enjoying from Miss Kobayakawa lately. But no. It wasn't to be. When Rinko arrived at Shin Towano station she looked...she looked...no, I'm lost for words.

This is really a throwback to the "bad old days" of Rinko's clothes in the previous game. Nothing matched. Nothing looked good. And I actually found the courage to tell her so. Last game, I just wanted to keep her happy and so I let her wear anything. No more mister nice guy. Also, that cute hairstyle of the past week was gone, replaced by Rinko's old pixie-cut. It's okay, I suppose - but once again, I said I didn't like it. Rin wasn't too happy that I put her down twice...but hopefully now at least her hair will go back to the way it was tomorrow or later today. And those clothes have really got to go!

I took Rinko to the Coffee Shop for a drink first. Maybe she was in a bad mood after being told how much her fashion style sucked, but she wasn't happy about going there. (And it's usually our new favourite place to go.)

I detect a wry smile on Rin's face in the next shot. Sometimes, I get the feeling she's like a little kid, and she tries to test me out and see how far she can push things just to test me out. What do you think?

And, looking at these eyes in the next shot, she's definitely up to something...

Our main date was at the Zoo, where I took Rinko to see the lions. At least she enjoyed THAT part of the day. Wow, having a girlfriend is a challenge.

After the Zoo I had an option to continue the date, so I took Rinko to the fancy Lakeside Restaurant. It's the nicest place to eat in the Mountain Area.

But I have to say I felt a little embarrassed taking Rinko to such a fancy place, dressed the way she was. Oh God.

To prove my point about the clothes, I just had to take a full-length shot at the end of our date. I really hope I never see Rinko looking this this again!

On the good side of things, Rinko called me this afternoon to rave about how much she loved the food at the Lakeside Restaurant, and how much she would love to go back there.