So you actually wanted it to go on? Well.. What can I say to that? Here goes:



Tai was looking at the door of his room being pulled shut, and heard the key turning in the lock. Outside he could hear Matt screaming and sobbing his name. He heard his father's voice say "You'll not leave that room until you have forgotten about this stupid crush.. And you'll only get bred and water.. And I will destroy any gay magazines I find.. And you shouldn't reach for the soap when it falls to the ground in the shower.. And…" (About the soap: You know – in prison the guys tend to be raping each other, and when you try to get the soap from the ground in the shower, you're nude, and in a very appropriate pose..)

"Good evening."

'What?' Tai thought. He looked back at his dad standing there in the doorway, his attaché case lying next to him. In the second he had seen his father, Tai had imagined what would happen next. But this didn't really fit in with what he expected. The dad in his vision wouldn't have said "good" evening..

"Why are you all looking at me? Is there dirt on my costume or something?"

"No darling.. You look as perfect as ever.." Mrs. Yagami answered.

"Good evening Mr. Yagami." The youths said, when they had calmed down a little.

"Good evening, dad." Tai said, looking into his father's eyes.

"So what, son? Do you expect me to get you to court and then sentence you to jail forever?"

"You're not mad or anything?"

"No, I'm not son. You looked so happy when you were kissing him. And anyhow your mother and I had felt something long before you could put a name to it.."

"So it's all right, Mr. Yagami?" Matt asked, still unbelieving.

"Nothing is right!" Mr. Yagami shouted, making a few steps towards his son's koi. The next second Tai was standing between his dad and his boyfriend.

The look of anger on Mr. Yagami's face disappeared and was replaced by a smile. He said:

"I won't allow you to call me anything but Shinji. You're my son-in-law after all.."

Both Matt and Tai sighed in relief, and Tai softly punched his father.

"You know you really scared me, dad?"

"You lack humour terribly, son." Mr. Yagami said, still smiling.

Afterwards they all sat down to eat again.

As Matt and Tai had understood that they would die of starvation before their plates were empty, if they went on eating the spaghetti in the "Lady and The Tramp" way, they had decided to just feet each other little bites of the food.

The Yagamis were watching them looking at each other across the table from time to time. They were remembering the way it had been for them.

******

Sakura shot a last glance at the mirror of the bathroom she was in and left for the restaurant's main room. Shinji was sitting there at the table, waiting for her. 'He looks so cute when he's worried. Maybe I should let him wait a little more.' But as she looked at the brown distressed eyes of the youth, she decided that that wouldn't be fair. So she moved towards him swaying her hips from side to side.

Shinji looked up at the young woman walking towards him. She was wearing a long scarlet evening dress and a pearl necklace with fitting earrings. Her long hazel hair was put up and a smile enlightened her face. She looked just wonderful. Shinji could hardly understand how such a beautiful girl could see anything more in him than the shy teenager he was. But obviously she could.

Sakura seated herself in front of the baffled-looking Shinji. The only thing the boy could manage to say was "Wow.". Sakura was very pleased with her effect. She smiled at him pleasantly and said:

"Good evening, Shinji. I hope you didn't have to wait too long.."

"It's..all right.. I didn't mind." Although he had been waiting for her for three quarters of an hour, Shinji couldn't feel anything but happiness when she was around.

"Maybe we might order.. I'm starving!"

"As you please." Shinji waved his hand towards the waiter and so the latter hastened towards the young couple.

"We'll take the spaghetti bolognese." Sakura said.

"And what will you drink?"

"Two lemonades." The girl said.

"Very well."

The waiter hurried back to the kitchen and the couple was left alone again.

They spoke about the future that they would hopefully share, about the dozens of children they would have, about the names they would give their children and about many more things.

Eventually, the spaghetti arrived. But thanks to a strange coincidence, there was only one fork and one spoon on the table. That didn't bother Sakura in the least. She took both instruments and started eating. Then she noticed that Shinji was staring at him and smiled at her selfishness. She asked him in the softest tone she could manage: "You want some, too, don't you?"

"Yes." Shinji answered in a quiet boyish tone. 'He's so small and cute you can't stop yourself from thinking about protecting him.' Sakura thought.

Then she twisted some of the noodles around the fork and brought it to Shinji's mouth. Shinji's lips parted at the soft and warm touch of the spaghetti and Sakura pushed them in. Shinji closed his mouth and Sakura removed the fork from it. When he had swallowed the bite, Sakura gave him the fork and the spoon and opened her mouth, closing her eyes. Shinji fed her one bite, and then they swapped roles again. Thus the meal lasted for a few hours, but in the end they were both full and very very happy.

That evening, Shinji had asked Sakura to marry him. She had agreed and they had sealed their engagement with a kiss and a beautiful ring with a heart- shaped (fake) diamond, that Shinji had bought for his beloved.

******

Those were the thoughts of the old couple as they were looking at their son's happiness with his new found boyfriend. Suddenly as she was looking at the little crystal gleaming on her right hand, Mrs. Yagami felt how much she still loved her husband after all those years and decided that it was time to show him. She stood up from her seat, rounded the table, and as she arrived at her husband's side, the man already had stood up, as in himself he had felt just the same urge to show her his feelings once more. The man and the woman embraced each other tightly and pressed their lips against one another's.

The younger generation felt the magic of the moment and imitated the two adults standing at the edge of the table that seemed to have returned to the very moment when they had fallen in love.

But not all that far from so much happiness, a girl with pink and red hair lay on her bed weeping for her love. Would she never find happiness?



Hope you liked it. The next chapter will probably be up soon. And it's most likely the Mira business will start sometime soon, too. Don't forget to review!