Tezuka

I watched in silent fascination as Ryoma and Syuusuke performed their courtship flight. I had been incredibly surprised when I had first realized that it was the two of them up there, and yet, I had kind of expected it.

As the flight neared its end, the two of them joined hands as they floated gently to the ground to be swarmed by the well-wishers who wanted to congratulate them and welcome their new prince.

It took a good hour or so for the crowd to thin enough for me to get anywhere close, and when I did, I bumped into the others.

"Ah! Buchou!" shouted Momo as soon as he saw me. "We were wondering where you were!"

Going up to them, I smiled a little. "I was helping Nanjiro-jisan with something. Are you all going to congratulate Ryoma and Syuusuke too?"

"Hai!" said Eiji excitedly. Then, pulling on my arm, he said, "Now let's go! We've been trying to see ochibi-chan and Fujiko for a while now, I don't want this chance to slip away!"

Chuckling lightly, I followed quietly after him.

When Ryoma saw us, she smiled brightly, waving us over. "Hey guys!" she said enthusiastically.

"Congratulations," I told her, wrapping an arm around her and placing a quick kiss on her temple.

"We're so happy for you guys, nya!" shouted Eiji happily as he tightly glomped Ryoma. "Don't forget to invite us to the wedding, okay?"

Ryoma chuckled at this, but beside her, Syuusuke seemed to be emitting a very dark aura, even though his expression was perfectly pleasant.

Momo seemed to notice this too, as he immeidately pulled Eiji away with a smile and a quick hug for Ryoma. "It was about time, you know, what with the two of you making googly eyes at each other this whole week."

Ryoma didn't seem too pleased about this remark, but Syuusuke's aura immediately disappeared, and I let out a sigh of relief.

Next in line was Kaido, who gave a polite bow and said, "Congratulations princess and sempai."

"We'll miss you back at school," said Inui sadly as he, too, bowed to Ryoma.

There was a moment of silence before all the humans shouted in unison, "EHH?"

"What do you mean, you'll miss Ryoma-chan, Inui?" asked Oishi, looking worried.

Taka, remembering something from one of the books he'd been reading earlier, said in a quiet voice, "Once the crown princess becomes engaged, both she and her fiancé must begin their studies under the current monarchs to properly learn their duties for when they inherit the throne."

It was then that a sombre mood settled on the group.

"W-well, we have another week together before you guys have to go back, at least. And we'll visit a lot too," Ryoma told them, trying to cheer them all up.

"But I don't wanna say goodbye to ochibi-chaaaaaan!" wailed Eiji, throwing his arms around Ryoma.

This time, Fuji didn't hesitate to interfere. Pulling the redhead's arms off his fiancée. "Saa, well you'll just have to deal with it," said the brunette with a pleasant smile on his face that was only skin-deep. Because now that I have Ryoma-chan back by my side, there's no way I'm letting her go ever again."

~Owari~

SkyGem: Yatta! Yet another fic is finished! It feels weird to be parting with this idea now, since it's one of the first fics I started writing. I can't believe it's gone on longer than Twin Samurai and Hidden Himesama, even though it's so much shorter XD. Anyways, thank you all so much for sticking with this fic for so long, and please do leave a review on your way out. *Bows respectfully* Sayonara minna-san.