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Story Title: Tiger's Eye
Chapter Title: Better Not Asked
Characters: Misawa Daichi, Taniya
Romance: Misawa x Taniya
Story Word Count: 300
Chapter Word Count: 300
LJ Challenge: This was written for the drabbleday challenge on Livejournal, using the prompt of 'proposal'.
Timeline: Somewhat after the end of season 4.
Notes: There will be implied sex in this, but nothing very graphic, certainly not enough to warrant an M rating in my opinion.
Summary: Misawa's had a question on his mind. But not the answer.

Being Amazons, marriage weren't exactly ceremonies that Taniya's people were very well versed on. For one thing, there weren't that many men in the village, and the women were less interested in them. They were strong, as people, Duel Monsters or humans, had to be in order to survive out here. But they were ordinary, for the most part, blending in as their worth was known and measured.

Misawa was different. Not only was he from another world altogether, but he was far and away the smartest person that any of them had ever met. He was strong as well, in a way that not all of the men there were. Not only could he yank a deeply rooted tree stump out of the ground, but he was a superb duelist as well. It was rumored that only Taniya of the village duelists could beat him.

With those facts to his credit, it was not surprising that the two of them were together. The thought of having some kind of a formal ceremony crossed Misawa's mind more than once.

"Would you if I asked?" Chores were usually divided between them, and he had found he was not only good at washing dishes, but he liked to do it.

Taniya wasn't in the room, but she didn't need to be to hear him. Their home wasn't that large, and she had excellent hearing, after all. "Why would you ask?" she replied simply. "What would change?"

To be honest, Misawa hadn't given it much thought beyond the initial question. Taniya had used the terms when they'd first met, but now, they really didn't seem that important. He'd thought about asking, not what about the answer would mean. They were already together in every way that counted. He smiled.

"Nothing. Forget about it."

To Be Continued