Assurance

A/N: Taking a short break on my math homework. Been working on it since last night. See? Can't even construct a complete sentence. Totally drained. Screw with those pathetic sines and cosines and whatever value they correspond with. At least FFnet unwinds me a bit. Please enjoy. Impromptu. Sort of like: I'm taking a short break. Gonna write. Gonna write. Unbeta-ed. So I apologize for the errors.

Disclaimer: Kyouya challenged me on a math quiz to know if I really do deserve him. I took it he knows my weakness and is therefore taking advantage of it. Poor me. Has to work harder to win him back.

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It never really was something he wanted in the first place. He was happy about their relationship and engaging himself into marriage was far back on his mind. It was simply out of his plans.

Not that he didn't want her, oh no. No one could even compare how crazy he was with her mere presence. And if anyone knew about how Aki drives him insane, it would be his greatest downfall.

She was flipping through a magazine across him with her legs crossed and her one of her eyebrows disappearing dangerously under the bangs of her chestnut hair. And Kyouya wondered what kind of stuff that made her raise her brow on a popular wedding magazine. They were having an appointment with their wedding planner and she was going impatient once again. Hey, it was her idea of a marriage on the first place anyway.

Kyouya never fully admitted that he ever understood her. Her brain was like a storm. Very unpredictable indeed that sometimes would simply unnerve him to his senses and he would restrain from banging his head against the polished surface of his office table. One moment she would act so sweet, cute and innocent and the next thing he knew, her eyes would almost meet and she would mutter under her breath, something his ears could not even comprehend.

Nonetheless, he was in love with her.

He never really knew when. Partly maybe, that moment when he saw her cleavage that night of their company's anniversary party and her family was invited. And heck, he would never let her know that in case he wanted a death sentence.

No, really. Honestly speaking, it simply came out of the blue. He came with an intention of flirting, and then gaining some profit with their connection, but he did not realize that gradually, she was capturing his heart.

And hell, he was liking every moment of it.

He pulled out his computer and propped it on his lap as he switched the power on. Aki noticed this and threw the magazine on the table with a forceful thud and she crossed her arms across her chest. "What's taking that wedding planner so long?"

Yep, another one of her unreasonable mood swings. Kyouya took a mental note to fire that wedding planner if he was another minute late.

"Just relax," he reminded her as his fingers dance over the keyboard. "At least you have to learn how to wait patiently."

She was a brat and he was fully aware of that.

"You know pretty well that I hate waiting this long."

Kyouya repressed from rolling his eyes. They have been waiting for three minutes in total, after all. It was definitely too long for her own good.

Silence ensued for a couple of moments and he looked up from the computer screen to surprisingly meet her gaze. "Why are you staring?"

"Just wondering." Another sudden switching of mood. Oh, how much longer does he have to endure all of this?

"About what?" He decided to keep up with the talking to alleviate her temper, even just for a while so he wouldn't go crazy.

She cocked her head to the side and smiled. God, she's breath-taking. If Kyouya knew no self control, he would have pushed his laptop away to land with a thud on the flood (who would care about the documents on his hard drive?) and pull her up to him to meet his kiss. How he wanted to do that!

"Do you really love me? Or was it all because of profit?"

How many times had he heard that question again?

"Do I really have to answer that?"

Aki stood up, striding up to him in one swift motion. She pushed his computer gently away, and occupied the space in between his legs as she snaked her fingers around his neck. She loved the scent of him. "Of course, you have to."

She's doing it again. That acting-so-cute-that-makes-his-legs-totally-weak kind of stuff. He had to stop this sooner or later before he would be forced to cut his legs off and have artificial ones as replacements.

Her face nuzzled at the crook of his neck and he found it harder to breathe as she clung exceptionally close. Not that he was new to this, but he wasn't simply used to having your girlfriend act lovey-dovey like this, especially if your heart would jump every time you would feel her touch.

"In our three years together, I have never heard you say 'I love you, Aki.' or 'I'm crazy about you, you make me go mad,' something like that."

Kyouya stifled a chuckle as he buried his nose on her hair. It was the same scent he got used to, and yet it was poisoning his senses like the first time he smelled her.

"Do you want me to say those words?" He smiled against the curtain of her chestnut hair as he toyed with the loose strands that fell from her clip.

"Mn. I was just wondering why you were so different." She was tracing shapes on his shoulder with her index finger affectionately. And damn, her voice sounded so sweet that he wanted to gorge himself with it. "Not like those handsome prince-charmings from movies and fairytales."

Kyouya pulled gently away and sought her eyes. She looked up to him expectantly and he simply planted a soft kiss against her forehead. "I'm Ootori Kyouya, what can I do?"

Aki smiled in response. Right, he was Ootori Kyouya and nothing she would do could ever change that. It was a part of him that she wanted and it was a part of him she had learned to love.

"Right," she nestled back on his shoulder and Kyouya pulled her closer as she continued. "I don't have to hear those words."

Because the mere beating of his heart was an assurance enough to tell her about what her truly felt.

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A/N: So, whadd'ya think? /looks up expectantly to the audience/ Kinda fluffy, I know. Like I said, my brain's kinda drained right now so I apologize if it was crappy, which I sorta doubt. I think it turned out fine. Care to leave your opinions? Please do. I appreciate it. So, until then!