Goodness, another long interval between chapters. At least I'm still here. Spoiler for those not keeping up with the manga, but Hori and Miyamura decide to get married much earlier than they do in my story. Obviously, there was no way for me to predict that, but it was funny that it happened so soon after I started writing this. Well, anyways, here's the next chapter.

Kyoko exhaled slowly as she set down her pen with finality. The clerk smiled as she picked up the form and looked it over, then nodded to both her and Miyamura.

"Congratulations. You're officially married," she said. The edges of Kyoko's mouth curved up into a smile. She was now Miyamura Kyoko. A warmth spread through her chest. Fingers grazed her hand and Kyoko grabbed onto Izumi's hand like a lifeline.

"Thank you," she said.

"Yes, thank you," Izumi said. Then they both began walking out of the government building in silence. She felt Izumi squeeze her hand tightly. His hand was kind of sweaty. Once they finally exited the building, Kyoko slowly peaked over at Izumi. He was already looking at her.

"…We did it," she breathed.

"Yeah…" he said, blushing. Kyoko smirked then took out her phone and checked the time. It was 12:00 noon.

"I'm hungry. Let's go eat lunch."

"Alright," Izumi said, and they both set off to the nearest ramen shop. Once they ordered, Kyoko folded her hands and watched the bustling employees.

"So, what should we do anyways?"

"What exactly?"

"Well, we can't move in together yet. I need a job."

"But I have money saved up from working at the bakery for four years…" Kyoko stopped him with a hand.

"No. I am not letting you pay for anything until we can split expenses equally. Never."

"Okay, sorry," he said, sipping some tea, "but then when will we be able to do that?"

"In a few years, maybe? I barely have any money saved since I've always been watching Souta," she said, tipping her head to the side. Izumi groaned. "What? That's not that long. We got married really early anyways so in the end we're barely waiting long at all."

"Alright, makes sense…" he said, sighing. Kyoko frowned.

"What is it?" she said.

"Here is your order," their server said, setting down two steaming bowls of ramen before them. They each grabbed a pair of chopsticks and began to eat.

"When's the party again?" Izumi said, slurping up a noodle and gingerly wiping his mouth with a napkin.

"This Saturday."

"Ah, so soon?"

"Yeah, everyone will be so surprised when we tell them," Kyoko said, grinning.

"You didn't say anything to them yet?" he said, shooting her a look. She crossed her arms and shook her head.

"Nope. It's a surprise."

"I bet Remi will be mad…" Izumi set down his chopsticks and leaned back into his chair yawning.

"Haha, yeah probably," she said. She took one last bite then set her chopsticks down as well, "Well then, let's pay and leave. I have to do some cleaning at home."

"I'll help," Izumi said, standing up and pushing in his chair. Kyoko smiled as she did the same.

"Thanks." Izumi smiled as well and they held hands as they walked over to the register to pay.

As Izumi grabbed the handle of the door, chatter and laughter could be heard from the other side. He slowly opened the door, peaked in and was greeted by loud cheers. He winced as he closed the door behind him, a cake box in the other hand.

"Miyamura!"

"Hey Miyamura-kun!"

"Izumi!"

He waved to them with just the tips of his fingers and smiled weakly. Everyone from high school had rented a room and gathered together for a party, partially to celebrate graduations from college and partially to just see everyone again. Remi, Tooru, Yuki, Sengoku, Sakura, Shuu and even Shindou were there. Izumi spotted Kyoko and quickly took a seat beside her before one of his more excited friends went after him. Kyoko smiled as he sat down and he smiled back.

"Hey, what took you so long?" she said.

"I reached the station before I realized I had the wrong cake so I had to go back."

"That sucks. Well, at least we're all here now," she said.

Now that Izumi was here, he joined in as everyone updated everyone else on their lives. Remi and Sengoku were still engaged and Sengoku was going on to graduate school, though Remi said she's done with college. Sakura is also going on to graduate school. She found a nice boyfriend but she doesn't know how she feels about their relationship yet. Yuki obviously still has a crush on Tooru and the two have been close since then but neither of them have made a move. Shuu hasn't been doing that great in school but he's participated in a lot school activities and he has a part-time job. Shindou will graduate from college next year. Fortunately, he's still only a year behind everyone else. He is still going out with Chika but there are no big developments yet.

As for he and Kyoko, they hadn't said anything about their surprise marriage yet. He kept shooting glances at her, but she either avoided eye contact or shook her head. He wasn't sure what she was waiting for. Everyone had pretty much finished eating and Shuu was already opening the cake box. Izumi snuck a look at Kyoko once again and to his surprise found that her eyes were sparkling. Her hands gripped her pants under the table. She abruptly grabbed his hand and he jumped a little. He tipped his head to the side.

"Izumi and I got married," she said, raising her voice a little. Suddenly, all conversation in the room stopped. Shuu had even stopped in the midst of eating a bite of cake. They all looked over at he and Kyoko. Izumi squeezed Kyoko's hand like a vice.

"…What did you say?" Remi said with a frozen smile.

"I said Izumi and I got married," She said, grinning. Like the calm before a storm, the room was tense. Izumi slowly raised a hand to cover his ear. Kyoko wouldn't let go of the other hand. Everyone's shock and confusion suddenly burst upon them like water from a dam. Kyoko looked ecstatic but Izumi couldn't handle all of the questions.

"What!? Married!? When? Why didn't you say something?"

"Guess I can't call you guys Miyamura and Hori now!"

"Why did you get married so early?!"

"I didn't think this would happen so soon!"

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"Congratulations!"

"I feel so lonely now…"

"Wow, so mature…!"

Kyoko happily flaunted her wedding band and finally let go of his hand. He just smiled and tried to ward off Shindou and Shuu the best he could. Everyone was so surprised, shocked and happy that he thought the party would never end. To Izumi's relief, the party eventually did end as the hype from their announcement died down and everyone returned home.