Author's note: I don't own Sailor Moon or its characters. This is slightly AU.
Ruby
Jaden ducked. The book impacted on the wall. Rei glowered at him. All and all it was a pretty normal day.
"So I take it you're not that pleased about having to deal with your guests and fellow mikos flirting with me?"
"What gave it away?"
Rei really was quite beautiful when she was angry. Her anger made her cheeks flush and her eyes sparkle. That was probably why he couldn't resist baiting her much of the time.
"I wasn't flirting back."
She made a little noise in the back of her throat. "I know."
It sounded like she was just having a bad day then. Jaden smiled at her. "You can throw another book at me if it will make you feel better. Or, and I like this idea better, you can stop throwing things at me, and I can take you out for dinner."
Arching one eyebrow at him, Rei smiled. "And when you say dinner, you do mean some place other than MacDonald's, don't you."
Jaden held up his hands in defense. "Hey, that was a fun date. You got jewelry out of it didn't you?"
Rei laughed and glanced down at the gold and ruby ring that graced her hand. "I wasn't expecting a proposal of marriage at a fast food restaurant."
"It's where we met wasn't it?"
"If you can call you stealing my French fries meeting, then yes."
It had been an honest mistake on his part, though Jaden doubted Rei would ever see it that way. He and Zach had been grabbing a quick lunch together before Zach had needed to get back to the hospital. Jaden had accidentally grabbed Rei's fries along with the rest of their order, and then had been confronted with an irate woman who had threatened him within an inch of his life before walking off with her fries and his chocolate milkshake. Jaden had been entranced.
Of course, it had taken him quite a bit of time to convince Rei to speak to him again let alone go out with him. Luckily she had been a friend of Zach's girlfriend, so she had been easy enough to track down. That had probably been the easiest part of their whole relationship. Still, despite countless fights, hurled objects, threats of death, pranks, and fast food flitching, he and Rei had started something special. It had taken Jaden less than six months to realize that this was someone he never wanted to lose. He had prudently waited longer than that to tell Rei this. Building trust with her took time, but it was entirely worth it.
Gathering her into his arms, Jaden smiled. "I'll let you chose the restaurant."
Rei smiled. "Deal."
