The last date night that both Hafwen and Darren spent at the Destiny City Botanical Garden earlier this month had ended in a sheer disastrous mess. As if having their date ruined and getting herself scratched up by the razor sharp leaves of the weird poinsettia plants weren't bad enough already, Hafwen had spent the entire week following the incident sneezing, feverish and with barely enough energy to drag herself to class and back to bed. Probably a very bad flu season going around, the doctor on campus had said when she went to him. Nothing much one can do about it other than lay off all strenuous physical activity and rest up as much as possible till the symptoms go away.

Tch. As if she needed someone to tell her that.

Fast forward to the present - it was the evening of Christmas Eve, slightly over 2 weeks since the Destiny City Botanical Garden incident and she and Darren were currently dressed to the nines as they made their way to the steak restaurant that she had made reservations at. Wanting it to be a pleasant surprise for Darren, Hafwen had deliberately been tight-lipped on where they were heading other than telling him that it was some place nice and that they should make themselves presentable in order to get in.

Decked in a dark blue dress and with her hair done up in a waterfall braid, she was all smiles as she looped her arm around his and tugged him eagerly along. "Almost there now. Just round the corner and we'll be there."

Torvil