AN: Thank you for the continued support for this fic. I really hope that you enjoy it. I know that Hikari isn't this outwardly loving and affectionate in the manga but I feel she would have evolved this way if she became his fiancée. Anyway I hope you enjoy.

Chapter Three - Relocation

Hikari nervously looked out the window again, he hadn't been back all night and she wasn't sure whether to call someone from animal control or not. It made sense that she should probably move the beast out from the front of the house but part of her didn't want to. It was as if she was being told that the monster needed to be there during this time.

Maybe if she went out to see it, that would be better. She put on a jacket and pair of sweats that she usually did her early morning runs in and went over to where someone she wasn't expecting was sitting, looking at the dragon.

"Sui?" Hikari asked as she approached him and the dragon seemed to freeze and stared at her panicked and confused. "You were -"

"You need me to move him then tell me," Sui said as he put his hands down by his sides in fists. He lifted his head to stare at his future-sister-in-law. "Dad told me all about it. I'm not going to let you hurt him anymore than you already have."

"Hurt the dragon?" Hikari asked as she tilted her head to the side. "Sui, I'm a little bit confused but if it's important that Satoru-jii knows then I'd be happy to call him. I didn't know that dragons were real until last night." Hikari paused as Sui had tears in his eyes and he wrapped his arms around the dragon as one would hold a beloved family member. It was very strange.

"You're a total idiot," Sui said as he pointed to her, "you're not worthy of my big brother and don't you dare protest that," he said as he tried to get the tears out of his eyes whilst staring at the creature in front of him. "I'll tell Dad where you are," he said before looking again at Hikari. "You do anything to hurt him and I swe-"

Before Hikari had realized it, the dragon had crept forward and shared a knowing look with Sui before shaking its head.

"She hasn't even figured it out yet," Sui commented as he pointed to Hikari and then bit his bottom lip. "I'm going to call my father and he'll take him somewhere safe since you're far too stupid to figure out what's going on. I don't even know why he loves you so much, why he'd return here where he's in danger."

Hikari froze and paled as she started to reflect on some of the behavior that had happened. With wide eyes and a trembling body, she reached out to put a hand on the dragon's snout, tears filling her eyes. "Kei?" she whispered as she remained extremely still and looked into those eyes that had always made her so weak.

The dragon nodded its head a little fearful of her and Hikari froze, she had a blank expression on her face for a moment before looking down and the dragon started backing away from her in fear. "No, it's….has he always been a dragon?"

"How stupid are you!?" Sui asked as he stared at her, "Have you seen any dragons before last night? Have you ever gone on a date with a dragon? Have you ever gotten onto a train before with a dragon or a private car?"

"I don't know," Hikari sighed, "It didn't seem a stupid question to me."

Hikari stood up to face the younger male as Kei tried to back away from them. "Are you really going to call me stupid because I didn't know that Kei had turned into a dragon? People don't just go turning into dragons unless it's in a fantasy story. I don't know the first thing about dragons. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I had one."

Sui paused before looking at the dragon who was slowly drawing back from the two of them, his heart broke for his foolish big brother. He had fallen for this idiot woman who was now calling him less than human. "I won't let you hurt him," he said seeing the agony on Kei's face as he looked up at his fiancée. He could see the pain that this was causing him and the fear of losing someone as annoying as Hikari.

"I don't want to hurt him. I love Kei," Hikari yelled before pausing and she took a few breaths in before brushing Sui aside so she could return to sit in front of Kei. She bowed her head, closed her eyes and let herself cry silent tears, "I love you," she whispered. "I want you. I don't….please don't ever…I love you."

Kei nervously moved closer to her and Hikari threw her arms around him, letting her head rest on his body. "You've always waited for me so patiently. Done everything as slowly as I needed to go. I'm here," she whispered as she felt her tears flow through her and she looked at Sui. "Can you please ask your father to take him someplace safe?" Hikari said as she pressed soft kisses to the hard scales on his body.

"You should stop crying, you stupid girl," Sui commented before taking out his phone and Kei coughed out smoke hearing that. Hikari very gently ran her hand up his snout hoping to comfort him.

"I'm here, Kei," she whispered before hearing content purring from her love. Hopefully there was a cure for this? Hopefully Kei Takishima wouldn't be cursed to be a dragon forever. Hikari closed her eyes, not being with him was worse than being with him as a dragon. She just had no idea what she could do to help.

She saw Kei try to move his front left claw closer to her and Hikari placed her hand over it and tried to smile a little. "I'm here and I love you," she said as she let herself fall into the grass so she could lay beside him.

"Father's coming," Sui said and Hikari nodded. She reached out to put her hand on Kei's scaly cheek.

"Stay with me?" she asked him and he nodded. She could see how much he still loved her and wanted her in his eyes. She was just glad that it hadn't been too long before she had realized the truth.

…..

…..

"Hikari," Satoru said as he came over to the woman he already felt was his daughter despite no marriage certificate yet. "I have the car for you to ride in and the truck is going to take him to the stadium," he said as he looked at the animal handlers who were staring at Kei as if he were to attack them.

Hikari stared up at her 'uncle' "They don't realize how scared he is and after what happened. Is there any way that I can ride with him?" Satoru looked at her with a sad expression on his face.

"Hikari-chan, I think he's scared himself. If he were to hurt you then…"

Hikari rolled up her sleeves, "You think that I'm not capable of defending myself?" she asked before laughing, "I don't think that he will hurt me and I don't like you saying that. I've ridden in a lot of things before and I don't think a van like that is going to hurt me." Hikari shook her head before going up to where they had just packed Kei in. Satoru followed her.

"It's a long trip," he told her and Hikari nodded as she sat beside Kei who had been harnessed and chained in. That wasn't necessary. He shouldn't be held like this.

"Then I'll make sure he's not lonely," she said before feeling the cold interior on her back. She laughed softly and placed a hand on the muzzle on his mouth. "I don't think you need all of this," she said but he flinched as she tried to take it off. HIkari sighed and wrapped her arms around his snout and closed her eyes. "I know you're scared. I know that some of that fear is probably coming from an idea that I don't love you but losing you would be more painful than anything else. I'm here for the ride and I'm not just talking about the one in this van. We'll figure it out together."

Hikari paused as she saw Kei's tail move but he was moving some of the softer boxes to behind her. He had noticed that her back was pressed against something cold and hard and he was hoping to help her. It felt tight with the two of them in here but it would be an inconspicuous vehicle compared to something larger.

"Try to get some rest, okay?" Hikari asked as she ran her hand up Kei's dragon snout. "They say it's going to be a long ride and you must be tired." Hikari froze. They were going somewhere far away? That's what she felt he had said and that meant that she might not be able to be with him.

All of a sudden she heard a loud voice, his voice, but his teeth were pushed together, "Hi—kkari…" he struggled and Hikari immediately put her hand over the muzzle. She heard the sound of the back of the truck get closed and she had to adjust herself to the limited light.

"Kei, did you just say something?" she asked before breaking the muzzle and pulling it off his snout.

"Stupid number two," he said with a soft teasing laugh and Hikari reached forward to him. She placed a hand on his cheek and smiled with pain in her eyes as she felt the vehicle moving. "I…I wanted to…figh—find you…" he said with slight mouth movements. "Hurts….Talk hurts."

"Well if it hurts to talk then I don't want you to do that," Hikari whispered. She kissed him again, "We'll slow down and we'll get used to it. You have always told me not to do it, not to overexert myself, take your own advice Kei. I love you. We've been competing with each other since we were little kids and we'll get married once you're not a dragon anymore."

Kei watched her before closing his eyes,

Can you hear me, I don't know if this is me talking to you? Can you hear me?

Hikari froze. So not only was Kei a dragon but he could also communicate with her telepathically. She softly let her hand rest on his head. "I can hear you."

My voice, I don't know how it sounds in your head, Number Two, but if I'm getting through then I need you to know that I never expected any of this. If I had known then I would have told you.

"Well, that's good," Hikari smiled as she watched Kei and felt the soft movement of the road below them. "I'd like to know that the man I plan on marrying wouldn't hold back the truth that he could one day turn into a twelve foot dragon."

Twelve foot? Does that include wingspan? I actually thought that I was bigger. Kei joked and Hikari rolled her eyes. You know how much I love you but I don't want to bind you to me. If it is easier for you to just stop being my fiancée and to -

"Don't you dare, Kei," Hikari whispered. "Don't you dare break up with me. I'm not willing to be broken up with."

I'm a dragon. Just consider that Hikari. I'm not able to be human and I don't know if there's a cure. What if I'm a dragon for the rest of my life? What then? Don't be idiotic. I love you but it would be better for you if you weren't with someone who was cursed.

"And curses can be broken, stupid Takishima," Hikari said as she felt tears in her eyes. Somehow hearing his voice in her head was proving to her how much she still loved him and wanted him even if he wasn't human, even if she had fallen in love with a demon then she would break the traditional conventions and be in love with a dragon. She only cared about the two of them being together and her being with someone who had shown her more love than she ever believed possible.

I love you but you have to think of the truth. I can't marry you if I'm a dragon.

"Marriage isn't everything," Hikari whispered, "and I refuse to stop loving you. I will continue arguing with you until you understand that I am here with you and I love you."

If you ever change your mind

"Impossible," Hikari argued before placing a hand on her belly. She didn't know when the best time to tell him about the pregnancy was but she had a good feeling it wasn't now. Hopefully he wasn't reading her mind, just projecting his thoughts.

"I lo—love you," Kei tried to get the words out to her in English but it was followed by growling.

"I love you too," Hikari whispered as she watched him. It had taken her such a long time to be able to say those words to him and she didn't want to say them to anyone else. There was nobody else like Kei.

End of Chapter Three

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