Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. They are the property of Natsume.

Here's the last chapter of the fanfic! It, too, is short, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

Summer Love

Kai x Popuri

Chapter Three

It was at least an hour before they got back. Or, at least Popuri thought it was an hour – the time she had spent waiting passed very slowly. Popuri was both anxious and relieved when she realized that the boys had not gotten in a physical fight. Although she wondered just what they had done.

As soon as Kai stepped in the door, she knew Rick had been victorious over whatever it was they were doing, because he was troubled, Popuri could tell from the look on his face. He called her aside, and the two started to walk.

"Kai, what is it?" Popuri asked, tightly gripping his left hand as they walked into town square.

"Popuri…" he put his head down as he spoke. "There's no quick way to say this, so I guess I'll have to do it a little slowly." He kept his muscles tense as they walked towards the beach, and he must have noticed he was, because he tried to swing their hands a little freely.

"When I first came to Mineral Town, I was a typical teenage boy. I wanted only three things – to do well in my business, to have fun, and to meet girls." He chuckled. "Although meeting girls meant different things to me then than it does now. Back then, it meant flirting with any hot girls here, on the beach." He looked at Popuri, making sure he hadn't gone too far. "But then, I met a very special girl." He squeezed Popuri's hand as he said this.

"She was walking on the beach with another guy, one wearing glasses. He had long brown hair. At first, I thought that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. I thought – and no joke here – 'Damn. That dude is seriously lucky to have her'. But then, I saw how the two were keeping a pretty safe distance, and near the end of their walk, they hugged. Now, to men, that would normally mean that the two aren't together." He laughed a little bit louder this time.

"Kai, where is this going?" asked Popuri, no longer in the mood for stories.

"I'm getting there, babe." Kai answered her. "Now… the next day, I decided to look for this girl. Why? I don't know, she was all I could think about. Maybe it was the sparkle in her eyes." He pulled her face close, now, and looked into her eyes. "Yep. Definitely the eyes. I found her at the Poultry Farm. Her mother, brother and her work there, you know," he added in a matter-of-fact tone, and Popuri punched him playfully in his arm.

"Ow! Alright, alright, I'll quit with the jokes." Kai agreed as they walked onto the dock. "Well, that girl and I got together. I felt…" he squeezed Popuri's hand, "myself around her- both sides of me. Fun, goofy Kai, and a Kai no one else saw. A Kai who wanted to meet that special someone, someone who loved him and would do anything to be with me. In return, I would do anything for her. No matter what anyone says, I would stay with her. Stay faithful to her."

He now held Popuri's hands in his. He looked straight into her candy pink eyes. "Popuri. I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now, almost right since I met you." He reached into his pocket, pulled out a case, and held it in front of her. He watched the understanding slowly fill her eyes as she opened the case.

"Popuri. Will you marry me?" he asked, pronouncing each word as its own sentence.

Popuri didn't know if her pulse was still beating. If she was still asleep and would soon wake up. She had thought that Kai was breaking up with her, but… he was proposing? Both a feeling of relief and a feeling of panic swept over her at the same time. "K…Kai…" she managed to get out, but that was it for her verbal power. Struggling to keep from crying – of joy, this time – she nodded. "Yes," she whispered softly. And that was all she needed to say.

Reading this back, I'm not quite sure why Kai was upset at the beginning of the chapter. But what I've decided is that he was just nervous about proposing to Popuri. And, I believe I wrote this using a Blue Feather instead of a ring, but I'm not quite sure. Honestly, you can use your imagination on that.

I kinda like how Kai came out. He's very protective and cute. I'll have to thank 12 year old me.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it!