DISCLAIMER: U know- Don't own it, wish I owned Kyohei, tho (sigh)

Sunako was in her room, of course, watching horror videos, of course, when someone pounded on her door. That would be Kyohei, she said to herself.

Sure enough, his voice came from the other side of the door. "Oi! It's me, lemme in!"

Sunako got up and unlocked her door. He usually brought her a snack when he showed up, so she didn't really mind at least letting him in until she found out why he wanted in.

As the door opened Kyohei shoved a green tea ice cream into her hands, strode right past her and sat on the floor in front of the television. That was about normal so far... but,

"Sunako, we have to talk." He had started calling her by her name to pacify her aunt, who thought they were dating, but the "we have to talk" was scary coming from him. He and Sunako had kind of an... understanding on how they would get around her aunt's crazy ideas for Sunako. She sat on the floor next to him and waited.

"You know how your aunt is," he began. It was getting worse, Sunako thought. As if she didn't have enough distractions keeping her from living her life the way she wanted, another was on its way.

"I've been thinking," Kyohei turned from the screen to look right into her eyes with his own. Any other girl would faint, but Sunako's eyes widened with fear of the upcoming information.

"We could get them all off our backs if we agreed to do one thing..." Oh, what's this, Sunako's hopes went up, as far as Sunako's hopes would, anyway. Good news instead of ... wait, "What's the one thing?"

Kyohei took a deep breath. "If we got engaged, they would quit bothering us with all these stupid quests and going on dates and stuff . They'd leave us alone and we could do what we want, then. Well, anyway, what we've been doing, and that's not been too bad, huh?" He shoved a spoon of his ice cream into his mouth and looked back to the horror movie, giving her the time she needed to absorb the information.

Sunako pondered what Kyohei had said for quite some time. It wasn't what she had expected to hear. After awhile of thought, should she be upset or glad for the suggestion, she wondered. Sunako took a bite of her ice cream. They sat in silence for at least 10 minutes. Kyohei started to fidget with frustration, then got up and started walking toward the door.

"Anyway, think about it and if you decide anything, let me know. It's no big deal anyway, right?" He closed the door behind him as he left, leaving her alone to consider what he said. No big deal...

A week went by. Kyohei figured she had forgotten about it and decided it wasn't going to happen. Which was fine, he said to himself, it's not like I want it to happen anyway, I was just trying to get her aunt off her back... As he walked into the house, he heard the other roommates talking to...

"Auntie!"Kyohei exclaimed.

"Ah, my dearest Kyohei-kun!" Auntie rushed to him to embrace him. "How is the love of my niece's life?"He groaned inwardly. "Doing alright, I guess."

"And when am I going to be invited to the wedding? It's been awhile since you've gone steady. Aren't you ready for the next step in life?" She smiled so sweetly at him.

"What about you, Auntie? How is your life going?" Kyohei tried to take the pressure off by turning it around on her.

"Oh, fine, fine. Where is my precious little girl? Or should I say woman, eh Kyohei-kun?" Auntie winked at her intended nephew to be.

Ah, an escape route... "I'll go get her!" And off he ran to her room, pounding on her door.

"Sunako! Lemme in!"

The door cracked and Sunako's face peeked. Kyohei didn't wait any longer. He pushed her back into her room and followed behind .

"Auntie's here." Kyohei's face was troubled. Sunako's face quickly followed suit. She slammed her door shut and locked it.

"That would be great to just hide out here but you know we can't, " Kyohei said. "We have to go out, but just be ready for what she's gonna hit us with next, I guess."

Sunako stood quietly staring at the ground. Kyohei moved closer to her. "Sunako..."

She looked up into his eyes. Wow, that's a first, Kyohei thought. She dropped her head back down and sighed. Now Kyohei was freaking out. This is so not her...maybe...

"O.K., let's go," she went to open the door.

Hmm, guess not...He decided to go the extra step. "Hey, what's up with you, anyway?"he grunted.

"Nothing, I guess. Let's just go get it over with." Kyohei stepped in front of her.

"No, really, are you O.K ?"

"I'm just tired of playing along to this stupid situation. Why can't people just leave me alone and let me be myself? "

Here's a chance, he thought. "Well, you know, I did have that one idea a while back..."

"Yeah, and that would work for awhile and then what next? It's always going to be something. Then Auntie will bother us about actually getting married, Then what?"

Kyohei took a moment to consider."Well," he looked into her eyes seductively, "we could get married, then they'll leave us alone..."

Sunako's eyes popped at that remark. "Kyohei! That's not a reason to get married! Are you crazy?"

A knock on the door interrupted them. Auntie's voice called, "Sunako! Aren't you going to come say hello to your aunt? "

"In a minute, Aunt! We're having an important discussion right now!" Kyohei called through the door before Sunako could answer. He pulled her into his arms and whispered into her ear, "Maybe I am, but would you consider?"

Sunako blushed furiously. She had quit having nosebleeds long ago but it was threatening to make a comeback. "Kyohei, I..."

On the other side of the door, Auntie and the other boys were fighting for earspace so they could hear what was going on. "How exciting!" Auntie cried. "He's probably proposing to her right now! My beautiful niece and her true love!" she sniffed. The others agreed, leaning in closer.

"It's not right, to do it for that reason. I just think... that it would be a big deal, and it's an important part of life that you just shouldn't do unless you really mean it." Sunako looked down at the floor and closed her eyes. This was a bit too much for her.

It was a bit too much for Kyohei as well. He caught the meaning of her words and the full force of what he had been trying to do hit him. Did he mean what he was suggesting, or was he just trying to play the game that Auntie had started? Did he even know himself?

Kyohei stared down at Sunako. He knew she didn't want to be going through all this, but maybe...

"Sunako..." he gently turned her face up to meet his. He knew. He was going to do this.

"I... do mean it... really. I .. like you a lot, just how you are, not how others want you to be. I...like being with you. You take for who I am, not just because I look good or anything. I..." he looked into the eyes that were slowly opening and smiled. The others on the other side of the door stopped shuffling around and quieted.

"I love you..." He kissed her tenderly, putting his emotions and hopes into it.

Sunako was taken aback. His confession was shocking enough, but the kiss... He had kissed her before, many times, actually, but this was different. She could... feel a difference. He had told her once before about how it was to kiss and mean it, now she knew and understood. Her arms crept up around his neck and she gave in to her feelings as well. If he could tell her how he felt and still be the same person, why couldn't she? Hadn't they been doing that all along? They broke from the kiss, but he held on to her closely still. He had felt the change in her as well.

"Sunako...," he breathed, "Will you marry me?"

"Yes, I think we might consider an engagement a possibility," she looked back at the ground and blushed. Kyohei ran a finger gently along her face, enjoying the view of his new fiancee blushing. She had become a lady after all, and he had been the one to help her. He was glad he had the honour of having her become his, that she had chosen him. He kissed her again, feeling as if he was the happiest man in the world.

On the other side of the door, four people were straining to hear. "They are taking too long," Yuki complained. Ranmaru and Auntie were beside themselves for joy. "They are finally in love and declaring themselves! How wonderful!" Takenaga pounded on the door. How did they ever beat me and Noi to the engagement thing? "Oi! Open up already! "

The door finally opened and Kyohei came out holding Sunako gently around the waist. Sunako was still blushing.

"Ohhhhh, isn't it so sweet?" Auntie exclaimed. "So are you finally officially engaged then?"

Kyohei stood proudly. "Yes."

"And you will get married as soon as possible?"

The couple looked at each other. "Well, we'll talk about that later. Let's just enjoy this moment."

"Ahhhh, love is so wonderful! I want you to have lots of children so I can have many nieces and nephews to watch grow up!"

Kyohei and Sunako stared at her, looked at each other, then ran into her room, slammed the door and locked it. After a moment of silence, Auntie laughed and clasped her hands together.

"See? They want to start already! Sunako-chan! Kyohei-kun! Don't you want to get married first and do it properly? "

All except Auntie shook their heads and groaned. It would never end.