You drive me rich man crazy

While Hikaru was having the time of his life entertaining their grandmother, Kaoru was on the other side of town feeling rather like a stalker than a romantic, concerned boyfriend like he was promised he'd feel like.

From Kaoru's experience, it seemed that everyone with the name, Hikaru, would evidently be an idiot.

He always seemed to find himself revolved around idiots.

"How's it feel to be shotgun~?"

"Shut up."

"Just let it sink in."

"You do know that this is still my car, right?"

"Minor details my friend," the young Hikaru smirked, looking out the side of window of the drivers side, leaning his arm out on the frame, looking towards a random tree that was there in the parking lot. "Don't worry, I'll take it off your hands if you don't want it."

"I never once said that I didn't," Kaoru sighed, flicking the teen in the forehead, rolling his eyes as he slumped back deeper in this seat and pouted, looking out his own window. "I thought you said she would be here, if you lied just to drive my car I'm going to strangle you."

"Chill, she's here, don't get your old man diapers in a bunch."

"Well than where is she!? how do you know for certain anyway? and don't say it's because you guys dated before and you would just know, you were six."

"Like I said, I have my ways," Hikaru said, moving his hand up and down airily as if he was trying to shoo Kaoru away like he was a fly. "I know some people who hang out here, and they've said she's ben coming here the last few days."

"So you're just going off of what other people have ben saying?"

"Yeah?"

"So you don't know for certain! I'm sitting here waiting to see her and she could be somewhere completely different!"

"I said chill, do I need to slap you again?"

"You've never slapped me!"

"No, but I've always wanted to say that to someone."

"I hate you."

Kaoru grumbled, sticking his bottom lip out slightly as he stared intensely at the stereo of the car, having the young teenager one of the six cars he owned, it being his black Chevy, which was his eldest car, but still his car nonetheless.

Stalking out in the parking lot at a random park in the woodsy part of town, where a small, un kept skateboarding ramp was, a few abandoned benches with their legs tangled in brush, and a good sized pond with insects and weeds.

Apparently commoners don't have enough free time to manage their parks, since there seemed to be such a large verity of them that looked rather offending.

Their deal was that if he found Suzuki there, than he would let him drive his car, and so far little man Hikaru wasn't holding up to his part of the bargain.

"Ugh, this is so irritating," Kaoru muttered, running his fingers through his bangs slightly as he rested his elbow on the dash while he blinked irritably at a greyish cloud that was rolling in. "We've ben siting here for almost two hours, I think you just conned me, you're probably planning on killing me right here and take my car."

"That sounds fairly tempting right now," Hikaru twitched, his eyes narrowed as he casted his gaze over their surroundings. "If you're that worried about it than get off your lazy butt and go look for her, you can't really see the whole place just sitting here, now can you?"

"If I leave you'd probably take off with my stuff," Kaoru huffed, crossing his arms as he looked away from him. "I can't trust you with anything."

"Well what's more important to you? your car, or your girlfriend?"

"..."

"Anyway!" Hikaru exclaimed after a while of an awkward silence. running his hand in his dark brown hair, making a small growl sound with his mouth "Um... if we don't happen to find her here, I uh... Know another place we could go, but here it's kind of like a wild goose chase."

"Forget it," Kaoru sighed, slouching down as he looked down towards his lap, looking nothing but depressed. "If she actually wanted to see me than she would have already, It's only ben four days, I'll just hide out at her house and wait for her to go there, cause this is just dumb."

"Ha! she was right, you are a wuss," The teen laughed, sitting proudly in the driver's side. Shaking his head at the adult sitting next to him, as if he was the most hopeless person. "Letting woman control what you do, what kind of man are you? no pride at all."

"Yeah, I've ben called that a lot actually," Kaoru mumbled, loosing tension in his shoulders as he just gave a could hard stare down at the floorboard. "I just thought was being considerate of her feelings, it's my choice, she's not controlling me."

"Well that's why the life of a man sucks," Hikaru said simply, folding his arms behind his head as he pressed the lever on the seat, leaning it back. "Woman always want us to make the first move, such evil creatures, can't live with them, yet strangely can't live without them."

"...You I don't think, have the right to talk about woman with me" Kaoru sighed, almost in a pout as he glared out towards the windshield. "You've never had a girlfriend before."

"But I've never lost one, you on the other hand, have lost two, and if you don't get up and move, you're going to lose another."

"You're making yourself sound like you know a lot about relationships," Kaoru huffed out a small snicker as he rolled his eyes, wondering why he was getting lectured by a sixteen year old boy, who only knew about woman from the things he would find in magazines. "It's different when you're actually in one."

"Which is one of the reasons why I'm not," The young Hikaru sighed in contentment as he relaxed into the seat. "Woman are too complicated, which is why I have those, one day loves."

"Or because the girls realize what a dope you are, and don't talk to you the next day."

"And one I'm sitting here wondering why it is that I did to you, to cause you to bring down my ego, like seriously, what have I ever done to you?"

"That is an endless list, and I'd name every single thing on it, but I'd rather not."

"And this is coming from the guy who's sitting in shotgun."

"I can easily just take these key's and leave you in the parking lot."

Hikaru rolled his eyes, wanting to kick his feet up on the dash, but with the way he was sitting, it was impossible to do so, and decided just to think of ways to get Kaoru out of the car so he could escape.

"I don't get what you're trying to tell me," Kaoru gave out an irritated breath through his nose, tossing his bangs out-of-the-way again as he continued to glance around the outside. "What do you want me to do? letting her come to me isn't going to work she's ben ignoring me."

"Ugh, why are you asking me? I don't have a girlfriend," Hikaru sighed, closing his eyes as he relaxed his head into his arms. "All I said was that you're not getting anywhere just sitting here, so get off your ass and go get your woman."

"I don't know if you've noticed this yet or not," Kaoru twitched, with his fingers quivering as he contemplated strangling the teen beside him. "But you're in my car, and she hasn't shown up yet."

"I'm seriously wondering who's the eldest here now."

Kaoru sighed, laying his temple on his fist again as he slumped back and pouted out the window, flipping the switch on the door, rolling down his window to let in air into the car while the hot summer sun beamed down on them.

"Since when have you gotten so bad with woman anyway?" Hikaru said, with a comfortable sigh as his brown eyes fluttered open slightly. "Guess it can't be helped though."

"I'm not bad with woman," Kaoru insisted, but thought about it anyway as at one point he really didn't think it was all his fault and that he was just absolutely horrible with woman. "I'm capable of keeping a girlfriend for over three years, I just end up doing something stupid at the end, it happens with everyone."

"No, no, no," Hikaru said in amusement, straightening himself out as he sat up straight, looking over at the adult. "You have all these male friends, and yet you don't have a single girl who's just your friend."

"...What are you getting at?"

"You're in love with the idea of being straight, but sadly you're not."

"Get out."

Hikaru snickered, leaning over the steering wheel as he looked out the windshield for no particular reason, and straightened up his face as he noticed a couple of random girls walking down the sidewalk, looking like them had just gotten out of some pool.

He grinned, flipping down his dark sun glasses, rolling down the window as he stuck his arm out the frame, raising his eye brown once as he turned towards the dark brown haired one, wearing only cut off jeans and her bikini top.

"Hey babe," he said, calling out to her as she turned around. "Do you have a sunburn? or are you always this hot?"

The girl blinked, half confused and not even fazed by what he said as she rolled her eyes and continued on walking.

Hikaru sighed, shaking his head as the window was rolled up again. He grumbled and looked back towards Kaoru, who had rolled it back up again.

"Don't try to pick up girl in my car," Kaoru muttered, taking his finger off the button, looking at him as he thought he was the hopeless one. "With the pickup like that, you don't deserve a girlfriend anyway."

Hikaru grunted, puckering his lips out as he folded his arms and pulled the seat back up to its original angle and slumped back into it. "Just because you're down in the dump doesn't mean you should damper everyone's else's attitude."

Kaoru was silent. After being told that, he realized how he was being more of a jerk than he usually was able to be. He was being like Hikaru, which was pretty bad for him, and it was all because he was being ignored by his girlfriend, and he was pretty sure there was a special word for people he was acting like then, he just couldn't put his finger on it.

He wasn't used to doing things wrong and things being his fault. Hew was Kaoru Hitachiin, he always did everything right and it was always someone's else's fault, and he was the one who would make it better. Now it was him, and he had no one to turn to.

There was always Hunny, he they were all grown men now, not some mindless teenagers in a silly club. He was grown now and he had to do it himself. Maybe it was a good thing though, it you don't make mistakes, than how are you suppose to learn?

Kaoru was still trying to figure out what he was supposed to learn in all of this though; Don't try to propose to your current girlfriend with ex girlfriend's engagement ring?

He shook his head, massaging the side of his eye near his left temple, being so confused and irritated was starting to get the best of him. He wondered if this is how Hikaru had became Hikaru this way being irritated so much all the time when they were younger.

Kaoru sighed again, looking up towards the sky as he sulked, listening and watching a handful of birds flap gracefully across the grey and blue blemished horizon, it smelt and looked liked it would rain, but he didn't think too much of it.

Just as he was looking at it, getting slightly bored. He blinked, hearing something making a familiar sound coming from the other side of the lot. He squinted his eyes as he thought about it, thinking about ignoring it as well. When it got closer, and he could tell it sounded like a dog barking.

Hikaru blinked, peering his eyes over the top of the rim of his glasses, looking out his window curiously as the sound of a dog barking caught his ears too. He blinked a few more times, searching for some sign of life source that would make that sound. And his mouth nearly fell to the floorboard when he saw it.

Both the boys in the car were silent for only a few more moments before looking towards each other and yelling at the same time.

"It's Sparta!"

"Hey Haruhi, I think its clearing up outside! Look, I think its perfect weather for driving motorcycles!"

"Why are you saying everything like that? I'm right here, I can hear you."

"Look doesn't it look like people can go outside now Haruhi!?"

"No it doesn't," Haruhi sighed, sitting at the table in the kitchen, watching the trees outside swish in a slightly heavy wind that just drafted by. "It actually looks like it's getting worse out there."

"Haruhi you're not helping," Hikaru grumbled, turning back towards her after trying to kick his grandmother to the curb. "Now here, give her this pickle I dipped in liquid kids sleep medicine."

"Hikaru," She scolded, looking up from her papers she had laid out in front of her, working out the details for the first court hearing, writing down different things Hikaru probably had no interest in. "You're being rude, its only for one night, and she's using the guest bedroom."

"But Hikaru its only one night," Hikaru mocked in his woman voice, moving his head weirdly, moving his hand up and down. "Yeah well she's still here and she's absolutely awful, she's made the kids cry twice!"

Haruhi sighed, not really knowing what she could say to that, since it did sound rather horrible that their own grandmother was making their children cry. And instead just went back to what she was doing.

"Well it can't be helped now," she finally replied, looking back over her shoulder when she heard a loud thud from the other room. "She's your grandmother, don't make her drive home in the rain."

"She probably came today on purpose," He pouted, sticking his hands comfortably in his pockets, leaning his back up against one of the counters. "She knew it would rain, and knew I wouldn't be allowed to kick her out.

This time, Haruhi did ignore him as she went back to her papers, curious about the noises coming from the living room but decided to block it out as she needed to concentrate on her work.

What she didn't know was that the noise coming from the other room, was her children crying for their mother to save them.

"What's this?" Kazuha muttered, picking up a piece of paper she found on the coffee table, bringing it up to her face curiously. Looking at a small drawing of a bundle of poorly drawn flowers. "Did you do this?"

Hayato glared, looking up from the floor as he and his siblings sat there in a circle. He grumbled, folding his arms over his chest. "Yeah, mommy said it was vary good for our age."

"She was just humoring your tiny souls," Kazuha huffed, folding the paper into a square as she hid it in the inner pocket of her tight leather jacket. "This is awful, you three really need to work on your drawing skills, and you call yourselves Hitachiin's."

Hanako's mouth dropped, being the one who had spent almost half an hour picking the right colors she thought would look good for it, and silently went back to looking at the floor.

"Yeah, well no one asked you, you wrinkling old bag!" Keito murmured irritably (a habit learned from his father) as he slumped back on to the pillow he was sitting on and huffed out hot air. "Daddy's enrolling us in a art class at school anyway cause he says we're really good, you don't know anything."

"Your father has never really ben good with real art either," the elder woman sighed, shrugging her hands upwards. "It's a wonder how he's still able to keep up the fashion company."

"Daddy say's he the best in the world, and uncle Kaoru helps too," Hanako argued, scrunching up her little face as he gave a hard scowl towards the hateful woman who called herself their great-grandmother. "Mean old lady probably doesn't know how to draw either."

"Hmm, I like you, you've got spunk," Kazuha muttered wisely, rubbing her chin in her two index and thumb fingers. "Yes, you're my favorite."

Hanako blinked. With her eyes going wide in fear, she turned towards her brothers for some kind of protection and quickly ran over to where Hayato was. "No I don't want to be the favorite! make Keito your favorite!"

"No!" Keito shook his head, hiding behind his elder brother, also trying to get away from the horrible woman. "Make Hayo your favorite, he's the oldest!"

Hayato shook his head, grabbing his siblings hands, taking them and himself to safety towards their bedroom. "To the fort daddy build us! she wont find us in there!"

"Oh?" she grinned evilly, tuning towards them with an evil grin. "You have a fort too?"

"No!"

Suzuki sighed heavily, laying her fist down on her hand, with her elbow slumped down on the wooden rail of the bridge-like walkway going across the small lake-like pound the was filled with insects and weeds.

Watching Sparta sniff and play around the base of a tree, she looked blankly down at the water, wondering what she was going to do next as that decision had still yet to be decided.

She felt like she was hiding, avoiding Kaoru the way she was. She had ben ignoring his phone calls, and kept reading his text messages over and over, but had also yet to reply to them. She didn't know what she'd say, which was just one of the reasons why she couldn't talk to him; another was that she didn't know what she could say that would explain her supposable long disappearance.

She had her grandmother lie for her, they had turned him away so many times when he had come there looking for her. She hated it, but yet it felt like it was the only thing she could do to give herself time to think about things.

Sure she could have just told him to leave her alone and that she needed time to herself for a while, but there was no nice way of putting that sentence, no matter how you'd say it, it would just sound wrong and insensitive.

Hunching over comfortably, with both her elbows on the rail. Suzuki breathed out slightly, looking up towards the greyish purple sky, feeling a small water droplet fall on her cheek, barely feeling like a feather.

Great, It was starting to rain; perfect.

That being harmless sarcasm, she stuck out her bottom lip and gave yet another sigh. Once hoping to not bring home a wet dog since she didn't have a car, but there didn't seem to be any hope for that now.

She took another deep breath, laying her chin down on her arms, reaching her free hand over and grabbed a small twig from the tree she was standing by, tossing the lingering leaves down into the water below. Sad, as if she had the right to be the one depressed.

She really did like him; a lot. She just had yet to actually tell him for real.

She had told him countless of times she liked him, and so did he, but in the three years they hadn't really told each other they loved to other yet, and had only kissed that one time in the car three and a half years ago, being caught in the moment. And a few times when accident stuck, and occasionally on the cheek.

Could they really call them themselves boyfriend and girlfriend?

When she got right down to it, they acted more like just friends than people in an actual relationship, but it always felt like something more, maybe that's what Kaoru was trying to show her when he proposed? he had proposed to her, and she hadn't said anything.

She didn't remember saying 'no', but they weren't engaged now, so it wasn't a yes. Was telling him to get off the ground an automatic no? since it wasn't, and couldn't be considered as a no.

Could it be considered as a 'let me get back to you on that one later'?

Cause she really did love him, she had never ben in love before, and hadn't realized just how much she loved him until she had started ignoring him. She just then realized it, though still had to tell him; but it felt like it was too latte for that. What if he didn't want to talk to her anymore? and had given up trying to talk to her because she had ignored him too long.

It hurt so much, she didn't know what to do, she was so confused and just knew to ignore people when she was upset, she never had someone actually try to reach out to her; which made Kaoru just so perfect.

Suzuki sighed, looking down at the water as she turned slightly, feeling a few more rain drops on her bare skin. Deciding that it would be best to start heading home before it got too nasty, she turned fully around, ready to walk away when...

"Suzuki!"

Her eyes widened, hearing a tired shout from behind her. She wanted to turned around, but it sounded so familiar and sweet to hear, that it hurt just listening to the light panting that followed.

It hurt so much, that she even started to cry.

Turning her head slightly, she stopped and stayed silent as she caught a glimpse of bright auburn hair.

He was so persistent.

"Suzuki," Kaoru panted, feeling as if he could cough out his lungs any second, bending over as he stumbled on to the small bridge like walkway, just a few feet away from where she was standing. "There you are, I-... I've ben looking all over for you, where the hell have you ben?"

That may have seemed harsh, but Kaoru hasn't eaten or slept in three days; he was hoping that, that logic would make up for it.

After locating Sparta with his eyes, Kaoru had dashed out of the car. With having no idea where Suzuki actually was, he had from the parking lot, all the way to where they were standing now, and it had ben a lot farther than it seemed to him.

From tears already stinging her eyes before, the blond shook her head slightly, as if that would help wash them away, and swallowed down the wetness in her throat before she even thought about turning around, and just said the first thing that came to her mind.

"How is it that you always find me though?"

Kaoru blinked, standing up straight after he had regained the air in his lung. He couldn't necessarily be upset about her attitude, since it was all his fault. And instead of being like the Hikaru he had ben acting like for the last few days, he took a deep breath and tried to say something sensible.

"I'm rich I have my ways, though I am seriously thinking about attaching a tracking device on to your earrings."

"...Humph."

Staring down at the water as she tossed down shards of leaves she destroyed , Suzuki scooted a few inches away as he stood next to her, but stayed silent, trying to ignore him.

Coping his girlfriends stance, laying his elbows on the rail. Kaoru hunched a little using the wood to suppose him. He looked down from the twigs she threw down and frowned, knowing that he was being disregarded and was falling into the abyss.

He turned, looking at her and would be able to see her face, but her bangs hid her expression. He let out a small stream of air from his nose, waiting for her to say something or do anything other than just violently attack the water with pieces of the green cherry blossom three.

"Sparta's getting all wet," he pointed out what was already painfully obvious, snickering sheepishly, watching the large dog picking at the damp grass near the water, dirtying his paws in the mud. Noticing how he was ignored once again.

Kaoru wondered what he would do or say that would fix what he did, figured out what, but then wondered if it would work. He didn't really plan on doing something so stupid that it was actually on his brothers level of stupid since when does Kaoru do something stupid anyway?

Suzuki breathed out slightly straightening out her back, throwing down the last stick she had pulled off of the tree, down into the water, watching the ripple. Dusting off her shirt, looked down at her dog, before turning around on her heel and walking away.

Kaoru blinked a few more times, wondering what he had done now, and immediately whirled around. "Wait a second, hold on!" he sputtered out awkwardly, grasping her wrist just in time to stop her. "Please don't go, we need to talk."

he softened his eyes, looking almost concerned as he looked up towards the sky for a split second, before looking back down at her.

She huffed, trying not to laugh then, but managed to keep a straight face. "I thought we already did talk?"

"No," he corrected her. "I talked but you didn't listen, you kept walking away."

"Well if you'd stop trying to follow me, you wouldn't have the problem of me walking away."

"...That wouldn't solve anything."

Suzuki sighed, jerking her hand out of his reach, with her lower lip quivering in frustration as she quickly turned her head, breaking their short moment eye-contact. Trying to look serious as she turned to lean over the edge of the rail again in a pout like a child. "Look Kaoru, I already know what you're going to say, I over reacted over something stupid and your sorry. But quick frankly I don't care, it felt right to be mad at you."

"Close," Kaoru muttered, narrowing his eyes, silently pouting at what she said but let it slid as he looked back at her, wanting to grab her hands, but restrained long enough to stand there. "But you had a right to be upset, I shouldn't be given special treatment for being a complete jerk, I ignoring your feelings, I knew you didn't wan't to see your father but I went behind your back and brought him here anyway."

"Yeah, I was man about that too," she grumbled quietly, narrowing her eyes as looked down at the water, kicking a small piece of gravel into the water. "But you lied to me, you went to America and told me it was for business."

He felt an arrow shoot through his chest as he did remember saying that, and that Hikaru had told him that, that would backfire soon. "It... was only for a week at a time."

"That's beside the point, you left every week."

"...I suppose I did."

"But still," he added, his expression lowering to something more hurt as he tilted his head down, resting his shin on his elbow he placed on the railing. "You could have told me you-... you lied, I never knew you were sick."

"I'm not sick," she argued, standing up again, gripping the side of her arm with her hand, her finger nails digging into her skin as he continued to stare at the water. "It's anything but serious, you don't need to worry about it."

"If it wasn't anything serious, than why hide it?"

"I never lied about it, I just never mentioned it because you never asked."

Kaoru rolled his eyes, folding his arms over his chest as he leaned his back against the rail. "Right, like I would have known to ask that you had something like that? what was the real reason."

"Why couldn't that have ben the real reason?"

"Because it was ridiculous."

"..."

Suzuki lowered her brow, puckering her lips out as she looked down towards her blurry reflection in the water. Running her hand through the hair that was behind her ear. "...Why would I? it was so nice."

"What do you mean?"

Secretly wiping her eye with her palm, she closed both her eyes, trying to make sure none of the tears that were lingering at the bottom, would fall. "I always have fun with you, all the time, I wanted to tell you... I just never did."

Feeling the small rain droplets turn into larger, slightly more heavy ones, damping the shoulders of his shirt and forehead. He shook his head, kicking one leg in front of the other. "That still doesn't make any sense."

"Well I don't know what's not making sense," she finally blurted out, her voice taken over by the lump in her throat, taking a deep breath as she made a fast movement to leave once again. "If you're just going to ridicule everything I say than why did you come out here?"

"I'm not ridiculing you," He insisted, griping her hand in his, catching her again as she tried to run away, apparently she just wasn't really good at doing so. "I came out here looking for you, I had no idea where you were for the last the days, I didn't know what you were doing or if you were-... I don't know, I was worried about you."

She wanted to say that she was just at home, but for some strange reason that didn't feel right to say yet, and while the rain started to pound down on the wood of the walkway, instantly soaking everything it touched. She covered her face, and promptly fell limp to the ground, and would have hit hard on her knees, it if weren't for Kaoru's arms that had caught her.

Which was when she realized her boyfriend had rather fast reflexes.

"Suzuki," he breathed out in concern, wrapping his arms around her waist, keeping her up as it seemed she refused to do that part herself. "What are you-?"

With her hair immediately getting soaked, and with her bangs sticking to her forehead, she covered her eyes with her palms wiping away the tears that were blended into the rain that made its way on her face as she sobbed almost silently.

"I'm sorry Kaoru," Suzuki finally admitted, falling back into his chest. She felt horrible, while he had said he didn't consider her feelings, she had felt that same, and had done the same to him without realizing it. "I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to ruin moment we were having, and by the time I finally decided to, it was too late and we'd get into an argument about me not telling you sooner."

"It's okay," Kaoru said softly, tightening his hold on her, not wanting to let go. "We can just forget about It, it was rude to say those things, I wasn't thinking."

Trying to talk through the heavy rain that soaked them to the bone. She blinked away the water that was in her eyes, not really sure if it was water or tears. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to ignore you, I was so upset that it hurt too much too much to see you then, and I-... I just realized how much I love you."

Feeling so overly joyed at that, that he didn't do anything, and just stood there shocked, listening to that she was saying, which was a little hard to do between the rain and her slight sobbing. He wanted to do something, but didn't know what, until he remembered what his brother had told him earlier that week.

"Actions speak louder than words by dear brother."

He gulped, falling against the rail, as he gripped her left arm, spinning her around almost completely, forcing her to stand on her own feet completely when he smashed his lips to hers without warning.

Surprised that he would be so bold, Kaoru didn't even stop then as he pulled one of his arms free from her body, using it to tangle his fingers in her hair behind her head, keeping her from pulling away. Even if it didn't feel like she would.

Suzuki's eyes shot open, having her mouth suddenly claimed by someone else's. When she hadn't really ben paying attention, and couldn't pull away as Kaoru's hand was preventing her from. Even if she didn't want to anyway.

Raising her hand up to his face, cupped his cheek, feeling his soft pampered skin against hers as they continued to keep themselves engulfed in each other.

Though finally, they had to pull away for air, and slowly did so, but managed to keep themselves attached somehow as they still had no plans to end what they were doing.

But just as he leaned in closer for another kiss, Kaoru finally remembered what it was that he had actually came looking for her for, and reached his hand in to his pocket. Pulling out a small box which instantly got wet after its first sight of outside air.

"Suzuki," he muttered, being so close to her he didn't have to shout anything for her to hear him, and pulled her closer to him as he wrapped his other arm tighter around her waist, flipping open the red velvet lip of the small square. "I love you."

"I know, I kind of guessed that a long time ago."

"And I did this wrong the last time," he continued, holding her a little tighter, but to make sure she wouldn't try to push him away. "But you kind of didn't really give me an actual answer then so..." he paused, lifting the box up to view, through the foggy rain, using the same hand to pull out the silver ring that was snug between the cushion. "Will you marry me?"

Suzuki's lips quivered, as she didn't even need to think before she through her arms around his neck, feeling both his arms wrap around her again in surprise, and slightly stuck her hand out when Kaoru had gripped It hopefully.

She smiled through the small tears escaping from her eyes as he had slipped on the shiny silver ring, three small diamonds sitting on top of the bang, having even smaller ones trailing down and around the whole band.

She just gave a small glimpse to it, noticing how it was completely different then the one he had showed her, and stuffed her face into his chest snugly.

"I was ready to say yes the first time."