A/N: A bit of Tomoe & Akira won't hurt right…

Disclaimer: All property of Watsuki Nobuhiro Et cetera…

CHAPTER 1

The Ideal Couple

"Sure Akira…." A soft, chime-like voice was heard in the room.

As soon as she walked out from the dining room, Akira followed in suit. He is so in love with his beautiful fiancé and can't keep his eyes off her.

She is oh so beautiful.

Tomoe blushed slightly as she looked back to see Akira, as he failed to give any further response, and she saw a affectionate-glazed eyes looked back at her lovingly.

"Onee-san…"

The voice of a pre-teenage boy really ruined the sweetly electrifying moment that had the lovers' world stopped turning for a while.

Enishi frowned at their exchange of looks. One rather annoyed look from Kiyosato, which was quickly hidden beneath his cool composure, and one smile from his beloved sister. He let a small smile out to his sister, and quickly took hold of her hand while he's trying to separate the shared intimacy that was clouding the dining room.

He saw them inside the house and had tried to spy their conversation from the garden, to no avail. He couldn't seem to detect what they're saying, and as quickly as it came, he saw his sister was hugged by the damned guy. His blood boiled. He ran back into the house as fast as he could.

"Eni-kun…matte…", she gasped a little as he pulled her away. Enishi cast a questioning look back at her, only to have her hand covered his and squeezed his a bit more, before that same hand went to reach out to Kiyosato's, and lingered there for a bit, as she murmured something on his ear. As if to further aggravate him, Akira gave her another hug and it seemed like forever before he let her go and turned around to walk away from the Yukishiro siblings' home.

Enishi almost slumped his shoulders dejectedly at seeing that. He never liked Kiyosato…heck, he loathes him so much! Onee-san is not his, she is mine….

An extreme protective feeling welled up in him, but before he could do anything about it, Tomoe snatched his hand lovingly and hugged her little brother. "Let's go, Eni-kun.." All thoughts seemed to disappear from Enishi as his sister enveloped him tightly. His hatred seemed to be momentarily forgotten as he shot a smile to her, and both of them quickly made their way to the town.

Tomoe sighed as she looked right through the windows in the confinement of her own house. She is twenty four, and Enishi is twelve. Their parents were killed in snowstorm that hit their little town five years ago, and since then, Tomoe took up all responsibilities and became almost like a single mother to her beloved little brother. Seemingly, she showered him with too mush attention and spoiled him by agreeing to his every request. Now he has grown a bit older and he has developed a certain sister-complex toward her. What should she do? She hasn't got the heart to suddenly change her attitude toward him either. But she was quite devastated when he didn't approve her relationship with Akira.

She is in love with him. Her first and last love, her current fiancé, and her only next of kin disapproves of that. She closed her eyes, reminiscing about what happened earlier that day.

"Tomoe, I promise that whatever happens, I will be by your side…"

"Aki,", he placed a finger atop of her lips to quieten her reply.

"I haven't finished yet….I know that Enishi-kun doesn't like me yet…but. I will work at it…I…

I'd like to ask you…..would you be my wife, Yukishiro Tomoe?"

Tears sprang to her eyes as she looked disbelievingly at her fiancé. He wants me to be his wife…he wants me to be…his wife…

"Tomoe…." Akira inquired softly, feeling rather awkward at the prolonged silence.

Tomoe leapt up to hug him closely. She was so happy that words failed her. She nestled her head at the joint of his shoulder as she nodded. Her hands came up to wipe off her tears of joy, but Akira wouldn't let her. He took her hands away with one hand, and his other hand came up to caress her wet cheek.

"I love you, Tomoe Yukishiro.." and he kissed her lips ever so tenderly.

She tightened her hold around his neck.

They stood in the middle of the simple guest room, quite bare with only tatami mat, some pillows to sit on, a wooden desk and a vase of freshly picked flowers that adorned the table nicely. Akira talked about his plan of their wedding, occasionally glancing at his future wife who would blush profusely as his eyes met hers, but at the end of the conversation, he sighed, before half-heartedly told her of his duty.

"Tomoe…I don't know how to say this to you, but at the same time...

I won't hide anything from you…..I was recently sent off for a mission.."

He took a deep breath

"But I promise I will come back to you as soon as this stupid government mission is done"

"…"

"….Then I plan to resign from my position, and settle down with you..and Enishi-kun", he added quickly, "…elsewhere….."

"…."

"That is..if you agree…", he finished hastily.

A soft, feminine voice broke the silence.

"This mission…..is it dangerous…Aki?", she hesitantly inquired.

Akira caressed her smooth porcelain face tenderly "All government mission is quite dangerous, Tomoe…but this is my last mission before I resign….I'll give my best effort on it…I assure you I'll come back to you and we'll have our wedding soon", he smiled at her.

A worried look pasted on her face.

"When…when are you leaving?", she bravely asked, though her heart wavered.

"First thing next week….", he replied honestly.

"…"

"I'd want you to start looking around for the wedding preparation, and the dress…I will come with you tomorrow if you'd like, when Eni-kun is at school, so he wouldn't scowl at me..", he grinned boyishly as he remarked on Enishi's obvious dislike toward him.

Tomoe had to smile at his attempt to bring her out of her fear and worried state.

"I'm sorry about Eni-kun, Aki…" she bowed down, embarrassed at her younger brother's extreme possessiveness toward her; as she was the one who tutored and cared for him since he was little. "I have tried my best to.."

"Ssh.., it's not your fault, Tomoe…I'm proud of you actually….and…if I were Enishi, I'd probably have done the same thing toward my sister's fiancé…'cause she is so beautiful and perfect…" Akira cut her off…

"And…she is mine", he finished in near-whisper.

Tomoe's cheeks pinkened as his words echoed sweetly in her heart.

Enishi came into the house as the couple was just talking about other things. He immediately cast a hateful glance at the tall guy who's standing next to his sister.

He was rather excited coming home because he and his sister were going to the town to get their weekly supplies. The smallest of things, as long as his sister was there with him, make him feel satisfied and fulfilled. When this Kiyosato guy turned up a year ago, he felt a bit threatened. When he was engaged to his sister, he was about to dump a load of protests right off, but he couldn't…

Not when his sister looked so happy….

Nee-san never looked that happy before…

He had to swallow his anger at seeing the loathed guy got engaged to her.

Now he has to put up with seeing him with her every now and then.

Luckily he's a government officer and tends to get quite busy, that he wouldn't see him around too much, but still, once or twice a month for Enishi was already too much.