We walked on over to the library, we were working in the stack this afternoon. The smell of the books was like walking into a school, it smelled like autumn leaves and musty air. We walked in together, but soon went to our respective stations. My station was on the second floor, and Atsushi's was on the ground floor of the stacks. Every now and then, we would brush hands when we'd pick up an order sheet from the upstairs. We would play fight a little bit until a second order sheet came up very quickly.

There would then be a chuckle behind us from Komaki, and Tezuka would clear his throat. They were always sure to keep us on track with our job.

I spun around but hid the ring in my breast pocket. I'd have to find a way to keep my ring hidden. Maybe I'd get a chain for safe keeping.

"Lieutenant Komaki, how are the plans for your wedding going? And how are yours going, Tezuka?" I wanted to drift a conversation to them so that they wouldn't be able to catch the fact that I too was getting married.

"Things are going well, Marie is planning it with our mothers. I go over to help when I'm done work for the day. We're still looking for a date though."

"Asako has finished all the planning for ours. She is one amazing strategist when it comes to events. She's done all the research for this and more."

"I can't wait for your weddings, I'm sure they will be magical." I said in a way that teenaged girls do when the get excited but not too excited.

They smiled, it seems that they can't wait either. Another order came in and we all snapped out of it.

"I'll take this one," Tezuka said. He picked up the paper and made a dash for the second floor of the stacks.

I noticed that there was a stack of books waiting to be returned. I went to pick then up, and Dojo looked at my hand and looked for my ring which wasn't on my finger.

"Kasahara, where did you put it?" Dojo asked. Komaki turned to see what we were talking about.

"Don't worry, I put it in my breast pocket with my other important daily items," I replied, patting the pocket gently. Dojo blushed a little, but went back to work. Komaki stared at my pocket wondering what Dojo was referring to.

"Did Dojo give you something?"

"No he didn't give me anything at all. Why do you ask?" I denied, I could feel my face getting redder by the second.

"It appears that you're lying about something. But I won't ask you unless you're ready to answer."

I sighed, man that Komaki was one sneaky bastard. I wanted to tell him now; but if I did, he'd probably tell Shibasaki. I wasn't ready for that yet. I needed a lot more time before I declared our engagement to the task force or anyone in the library.

I finished my job for the day, but I was exhausted of keeping this secret. And one problem of getting married, was that Dojo and I could no longer stay in the dormitories. People who entered the dorm of the opposite sex, end up beaten to a pulp on the girls side, or made fun of on the guys side. I don't want to risk this just yet.

"Dojo, we need to talk."

"What is it Kasahara?"

"We can't stay in the dorms if we get married." I whispered to him.

"I have a plan for that, I've been planning to leave the dorms since Komaki asked Marie to marry him."

"But that was almost a year ago." I said a little loudly. Thank goodness that the area was empty.

"Yes, but I found a small house not too far from the library, for a really good price. A three bedroom house for the price of thirty thousand dollars. There isn't anything wrong with it but it's a very good price, all because it's close to a possible war zone."

"That's an amazing price. But it would be suspicious if we were caught buying furniture together."

"The furniture is included for an extra price. It's used but in excellent condition. I've put a down payment on the house about a year ago, I just never moved in. But I'm going to move in a few weeks once I've paid for it completely. Would you join me when you're ready to move out of your dorm?"

"I'll do that, but I feel bad for having you pay for everything. I need to make it up to you."

"No you don't. I can handle this, I'm good with my money. I'll think of a way for you to repay me if you feel bad about it."

I stopped in my tracks, he was being sweet now. It isn't often when he shows me this side of him when we are at headquarters. I reached into my breast pocket and took out my keys and my engagement ring. I held on to the ring and put it on after making sure that no one was around to see me put it on. I smiled at Dojo and I brushed his hand with mine.

I locked the door behind us and we walked over to the dorms. There was nobody out side the dorms right now. It was close to curfew after all. We stopped in front of the vending machines and I bent down a bit to give him a kiss on the cheek. I was about to pull away, but Dojo trapped my face within his hands and kissed me back. I blushed furiously, even my ears turned red.

"Goodnight Atsushi. It's getting really late, but I'll see you in the morning."

"Goodnight Iku, I'll see you in the office."

We said our goodbyes and went in opposite directions. I walked down the tiny hallway to my dorm, which was up the stairs. As I entered the room I had all to myself, I turned on my cellphone. There was text message from Shibasaki, asking if I wanted to go out for drinks on Saturday. I replied that I would go, as long as the bar was close to the library. We usually stayed for a long time, but I didn't want to stay out past curfew, I'd get in big trouble otherwise.

I was about to go to bed, but then I remembered the chain that I was going to put my ring on. I found my tiny jewelry box that my parents gave me and found a half empty locket that I used to love when I was in high school. The locket was an antique that I bought at a garage sale. It was rectangular and was big in size, so that pictures would actually fit in it.

I opened it, there was an old picture of me from high school in there. Maybe I'd ask Dojo if he'd want to go out on an errand with me, and I could bring him to a photo booth. I'm sure that he'd do that with me.

I put my ring on the locket chain and put it on my night table. I then went to sleep for the night.

Author's Note

Hey guys,

How did you like it so far? This is my second Library Wars fanfic, and I'm really starting to enjoy the idea of writing again. There was a lack of stories that happen after the movie. I think I saw about two, but I can't remember exactly.

Review if you wish to do so.

Thanks for reading,

shadow-of-doubtfulness