"Well, well, well, the gang's all here," Megumi muttered as she looked out at the crowd. She had known Shuuhei was going to talk to their friends about coming, she didn't know he'd convince them all to come on the same night. It was her first performance since they had gotten back from their mission. She'd waited a week before she told her manager that she was back. She had to wait another week before he added her to the line-up.

"I thought you told me a few weeks ago that he wasn't your boyfriend."

"At that time he wasn't and now he's so much more." Megumi watched Shuuhei as he talked to Kira and Yumichicka. As if he had known she was thinking about him, he looked up at the mirror over the stage. He couldn't see her standing there looking at him but he knew she was.

"You're doing the new song tonight?" the manager asked.

"Yes." She looked over at him. "Keep up with me."

"Don't do any fancy shinigami moves." He hesitated a moment. "Be careful out there."

"Shuuhei won't let anything happen to me." She laughed and headed down to finish getting ready.

The curtain never opened for her. The music began, and those that had their eyes on the stage missed her entrance. Shuuhei met her eye.

You're so good to me, baby, baby

Megumi walked amongst the crowd. At the chorus she stopped next to Yumichicka and Ikkaku.

You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
It's so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me baby, baby
You're so good to me baby, baby

She didn't notice that they followed her as she continued to work her way through the crowd.

You're so good to me, baby, baby
You're so good to me, baby, baby

Megumi winked at her captain when she walked away from him. Seeing him in the crowd was unexpected. She didn't know that Shuuhei had told him to come tonight.

Kiss me gently
Always I know
Hold me, love me
Don't ever go

The crowd had parted some and she smiled at Shuuhei. The next chorus was sung to a regular patron she had seen before. The last chorus brought her to Shuuhei.

You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
It's so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me, baby, baby
You're so good to me, baby, baby

She kissed his cheek.

You're so good to me.

The spotlight went out, applause erupted around them. Taking off her headset, she laid it on the table. Megumi sat next to Shuuhei and took a long drink of water before leaning over to kiss him.

"Everyone's here," she said, amazed.

"I told them they didn't want to miss tonight."

"Our captain is here."

Shuuhei grinned. "I know. I had to bribe him with beer to get him here."

"You didn't have to force him to come."

Shuuhei waved off her comment. He did need to force their captain to come. He needed to witness what Shuuhei was planning.

Reaching over, he ran his fingers through her hair. "I like it," he told her as pink highlights spilled through his fingers.

"They are called peek-a-boo highlights because you can't see them all the time."

"I like them," he repeated. "I had an ulterior reason for inviting our friends and our captain here tonight." Shuuhei took her hand. "I wanted them all here to witness this."

"Witness what?" she asked, confused.

"Megumi, you are my best friend and the only woman I'll ever really truly love."

"What do you want?" She was suspicious now.

He grinned. "First I want you to answer my question. We can talk about the other things I want later."

"What question?"

"Megumi, will you marry me?"

It wasn't the question she was expecting him to ask. She'd thought he'd ask her to sing a different song or move in with him but marriage...She hadn't thought of that. She didn't have to think hard about it. "Yes, Shuuhei."

He leaned over and kissed her. Around them, their friends cheered. Shuuhei knew that while others might think this wasn't a perfect moment, for him and Megumi, it was. Even if she had interrupted him.

The manager emerged from the crowd. "Congratulations," he said, picking up the headset.

"Thank you. I have another song tonight."

"No you don't. You have more important things than another song tonight."

"Thank you," Megumi repeated. He nodded and walked back up to the room above the stage. She turned to Shuuhei. "You planned all this out, didn't you?"

"You didn't really think he couldn't work you in for a week, did you?"

She shook her head at him. "What else do you want?" she asked with a grin.

"I want us to live in one space. Not two. Mine or yours, it doesn't matter."

"Yours. It's closer."

"You didn't have to decide now."

Megumi shrugged. "Your place is also bigger. What else do you want?"

He leaned in to whisper in her ear, "I want to make love to you while you're dressed like that." It was the same outfit she had been in when they had their onstage kiss.

Megumi laughed. "You said you never fantasized about her."

"I didn't. It was your face, her body... which was really your body."

She shook her head at him. "Anything else you want?"

"Well there is one more thing. I want you to know that I love you and I want you to never doubt that and never forget it."

Megumi smiled. "Only if you know that I love you and you never doubt that and never forget it." Shuuhei nodded in agreement. She leaned over and kissed him to seal their deal.