31. Ring

Mamoru first learnt about the Three Stone Jewellery, when he was looking for a gift for his 5 year wedding anniversary, and to be honest, the idea of giving his wife jewellery had not crossed his mind in the slightest; it was Motoki who actually suggested it.

Motoki, who by know was aware of their other lives and their current identities and who thought that "if someone should have jewellery like that, it should be you".

At first, Mamoru was not exactly enthusiastic with the idea, especially since they both still possessed some jewellery and tokens from their other lives, however, after a few more minutes of consideration, he decided to go along with it, because in al honesty, the only jewellery that he had given her in this life were the promise ring, a bracelet and their wedding bands.

His first obstacle appeared when he decided that he wanted a ring instead of a locket or a pendant. Most of the rings on display were engagement rings and not actual bands to commemorate a special date. He scoured most of the commercial area in Minato and Azabu, and still ended empty handed.

There was nothing that would really satisfy him.

He was about to give up and simply look for something else when he became aware of his surroundings. He knew that street, and he even had really fond memories of the exact place where he was standing.

He was in front of the OSA-P store; the place where their current story really began.

And the store where his wife's best friend still made "anonymous" designs.

So he gave the ring idea a last chance and went inside.

At first, just as with all the other stores, Mamoru was not satisfied with the pieces on display. All of them were quite simple or too ostentatious, or simply not something he could envision his Usa-Ko really wearing.

That is until he saw one that was a little hidden behind an admittedly really pretty necklace.

The size of the stones was perfect, all of them the same size and the same cut, with all of them resting on the spaces left by the metal; said metal, or should he say metals, were a combination of gold and silver, the exact shade as the light from their respective crystals and that were kind of braided into a small rope that gave the illusion of being eternal.

It was the perfect ring. A ring that represented exactly what Usagi and Mamoru's story was what had been and what they hoped it will be.

An unending love story.