Chapter 3
Moving In
At Homura's apartment, Asuka sits on the bed, gazing at her engagement ring. She lifts her hand in the air in front of the window. The diamond glitters from the sun shining on it, which makes Asuka smile. Homura walks in carrying another box and sets it down near a corner when she takes notice of her girlfriend gazing at the ring happily. She walks over and sits next to her lover while wrapping an arm around her with a smile.
"That ring looks beautiful on you," the tanned girl says gently.
Asuka giggles as she turns to her girlfriend and kisses her on the cheek. "Thanks, Homura-chan! I'm so glad you proposed to me." She gazes at the ring again. "And even better, we get to live together, starting today~!"
Homura nods in agreement. "That's right. Which is why you're helping me unpack~." She stands up and gently drags her out the door.
"Aw~! But I thought I helped out already!"
"Nope! Not all the boxes were inside yet," Homura corrects her as she points to the truck. "See? There's just a few boxes left, so why don't you get off your butt and help a little?"
Asuka pouts her lips. "Fine."
The two grab the last three boxes and place them in Homura's room. Luckily, there were only about 6 boxes that Asuka had to move in, so it wasn't that hard as Asuka thought it would be. By the time the truck left, Asuka and Homura get to work on unpacking. They start off with Asuka's clothing. Homura takes a pair of underwear and blushes furiously. Oh, my gosh! she thinks to herself. Wh-why did I pick this box!? This is filled with…Asuka's panties and stuff! Oh, gosh! I feel so embarrassed!
"Homura-chan," Asuka says.
"Uh, y-yes!?" Homura quickly puts the panties back in the box, stands up while turning around and kicks the box away from behind.
"Be sure to not mess up my underwear," she says as she takes some of her hair accessories out of one box. "I like to keep them nice and neat, you know?"
"Uhhh…sure…" She nervously looks over at some of the wrinkled underwear she caused in the box.
Asuka looks at her girlfriend. "Is something wrong, Homura-chan?"
The Crimson Squad leader blushes furiously again and waves her hands back and forth frantically. "Wrong!? What do you mean 'what's wrong'!? I didn't do anything wrong! Honest!"
"Huh?" Asuka tilts her head in confusion as she raises an eyebrow.
"Y-you know what!? Never mind! Just never mind!" Homura stomps over to another box. "Keep unpacking, will ya!?"
"O-okay…" Asuka says as she goes back to her hair accessories.
They continue unpacking, which took about an hour and a half. By the time they were done, the first thing Asuka does is plop herself on the large bed and sighs in relief while Homura double checks their work before giving a satisfied nod and lies down next to her girlfriend.
"Well, we're finally finished," Asuka says.
"Mm-hmm," the dark-haired girl replies as she strokes her hair. "And look at what we've accomplished."
Both of them sit up and look around the room. Each and every one of Asuka's accessories and clothing are in the right place and well organized. The granddaughter of Hanzo gives a satisfied nod and turns toward her girlfriend.
"It's wonderful," Asuka says. She wraps her arms around her lover and rests her head against her chest. "We're finally living together, Homura-chan. I'm so happy."
"So am I," Homura agrees as she gently strokes her hair.
"This is also the start of our wonderful future," Asuka says. "I'm glad we're a happy couple."
"So do I, Asuka."
The lovely couple hug each other with Asuka snuggling closer to her girlfriend, making their bodies touch each other. Though the engagement is the start of their future, Asuka moving into Homura's apartment makes it ten times better. Homura gives a gentle smile as she kisses her lover on the forehead while holding her tightly, never wanting to let go.