Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. -Bob Marley

Vasili McFrost presents:

A Katawa Shoujo fanfiction.

Old Bonds and New Experiences.

There are some time jumps here. I've removed the 24 hour clock for simplicity's sake. I know a few of you have been waiting for this, so here it goes.

Warning: Suggestive content, fuzz, fuzz, and fuzz. Viewer discretion advised.

Tuesday

Sitting in the private jet, I look out the window at the green hills and small towns below. I'm sitting across from Lilly and one of the Satou family bodyguards. Akira sits next to me with her head resting in my lap, sleeping peacefully. I look down at her sleeping face and smile, stroking her cheek with my left hand. There's a hand-engraved silver ring on my left ring finger, and a matching ring on Akira's.

We've been married for a year now. I've graduated and taken over the family business, working on it from home. We're currently on our way to Heathrow Airport, from there we will will take a car ride to our new dwelling where we will take up a permanent residence. Me and Akira are going to meet with her parents later to discuss a potential partnership between the Satou Lawfirm and Machina Mechatronics, and to give them an update on the past month.

How did I end up with Akira as my wife? That's a good question. I'll have to rewind a quite a bit.

Friday, One year ago.

When I close my eyes, the first thing I see is short blonde hair and scarlet eyes.

Akira.

BGM: Afternoon

I open my eyes and sit up straight in one fluid motion.

Yorito "Have you figured it out?"

Kuroki "Yes."

Yorito "Good. Now go. You have something to do, right?"

I nod and run to the door, opening it and running through it. As I pass by Hanako, I pull several coins from my wallet and hand them to her.

Kuroki "I have to go somewhere right away. This is for the bus. Sorry I had to bail."

Hanako looks puzzled before nodding.

Hanako "It's... not a problem."

I can tell there's disappointment in her voice. I feel a pang of guilt as I run full speed ahead through the building, drawing the attention of everyone in the waiting area.

Outside, I start up my bike and burn out in the parking lot, nearly breaking the speed limit as I make a mental map of the fastest route home.

I pull into my driveway and dash through the hallway so fast that the flour bomb goes off a second too late, making a mess on the floor and wall where I was a second ago. I run into the living room and speak in a rushed voice.

Kuroki "Where are the rings?"

Riku "Huh?"

Kuroki "The rings! The engraved silver wedding bands!"

Riku "Are you getting married?"

Kuroki "That's for me to know and you to find out. Where are they?"

Riku "The cupboard under the sink. False bottom under the toolbox. Who's the lucky girl?"

Kuroki "You'll find out later!"

I almost tear cupboard door off it's hinges in my hurry. I pull out the false bottom of the toolbox and grab the pair of matching rings. Silver wedding bands that are hand-engraved. I pocket both of them and run out the door again.

Riku "Good luck!"

Kuroki "Clean up your mess!"

Riku "Uuu... My little Kuroki is finally tying the knot..."

I hop back onto my still-running bike and fumble with my cellphone. I manage to dial in Hayate's number and hit 'call'. He picks up on the first ring.

Hayate "What's up, Kuroki?"

Kuroki "White Dice Cafe. Ten minutes. I hope you remember how to wed people."

Hayate "Who's the lucky girl?"

Why is everybody asking that!?

Kuroki "You'll find out when you get there."

Hayate "I'll be there in seven."

He hangs up. I pocket my phone and peel out once again.

If he's going to be there in seven, I have to be there in five.

I rev the engine and speed up.

I pull into the cafe's parking lot and pull my helmet off. I don't put my eyepatch on back on once I take the helmet off, because I need both of my eyes for what I'm about to do.

I stride into the cafe and up to Akira, who's sitting on one of the bar stools. Callum and Lilly are the only others here. Akira turns and looks at me. Sensing something is off, she stands up and looks at me.

Akira "Kuroki? What's going on?"

BGM: Off

This is it.

I gulp, take a deep breath and go to one knee in front of her.

Akira "...Eh?"

I produce the ring and present it to her.

BGM: Innocence

Kuroki "Satou Akira. I love you. Will you be my my one and only? Will you marry me?"

Callum knocks over her drink and Lilly nearly falls out of her chair. As for Akira, her mouth just drops open in absolute astonishment.

I'm looking directly into her eyes as I feel a blush spread across my face. There's no hiding it. I continue to gaze at her, waiting for a response.

Callum "[Holy shit!]"

Lilly "[That was... direct.]"

Akira is still to stunned to speak.

Akira "Ah..."

A full-face blush hits her immedietly once she finally finishes processing what I just said.

Akira "I..."

I wait on one knee as she struggles with her words. Finally she opens her mouth and almost whispers the words out.

Akira "I l-love you too, Makina Kuroki. Yes, I'll marry you."

I finally let out the breath I has unconsciously been holding in. I stand up and take her left hand, sliding the ring onto her ring finger. I pull the matching ring out of my pocket and hand it to her.

Callum "[God dammit! Akira owes me a thousand yen now, but it still feels like I lost!]"

A tear slips down Akira's cheek as she looks at the rings around each of our fingers. I reach up and gently brush the tear away, stroking her cheek as I do so. She moves in closer and wraps her arms around my back while burying her face in my chest.

Hayate "Is this what you needed me for?"

Kuroki "Perfect timing. Do you want to make our vows right now?"

Everyone in the room is stunned, save for me and Akira.

She looks up at me and nods with tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips.

Hayate "Haa... I can't believe you just rushed into this... Oh well. Here goes."

He takes a deep breath and begins.

Hayate "Kuroki and Akira, today you celebrate one of life's greatest moments and give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, as you join together in vows of marriage."

Callum "[He's serious about this!?]"

Lilly "[Hush!]"

Hayate "Kuroki, do you take Akira to be your Wife?"

Kuroki "I do."

Hayate "Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only unto her?"

Kuroki "I do"

He then turns to Akira.

Hayate "Akira, do you take Kuroki to be your Husband?

Akira "...I do."

Hayate "Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only unto him?"

Akira "I do."

Hayate "Now, repeat after me..."

After exchanging our vows, Hayate grins and delivers the final line.

Hayate "I now declare you Husband and Wife. Congratulations, you lucky dog. You may now make out with your bride in front of the witnesses."

Kuroki "That last line could have been delivered better."

I throw a zinger at Hayate before I turn to Akira and press my lips to hers. Her lips taste like pineapple with a hint of white wine. After breaking apart, I smile to her and speak.

Kuroki "Maybe it would have been better if I had been wearing the suit instead."

She blushes and grins like usual.

Akira "You may have been the one who proposed, but I'm wearing the pants in this relationship."

Kuroki "Is that so? I'm fine with being a househusband. You'll get to eat my food every day."

Akira "That's not such a bad idea."

I grin at her mischieviously.

Kuroki "But only if you prove it to me."

She blushes heavily, but smirks cockily as she gets a mischievous glint in her eye.

Akira "Gladly."

She grabs my face and kisses me, this time using her tongue. She breaks away after a few seconds. I make a gentle smile as she shyly looks into my eyes.

Kuroki "You win. For now."

Callum "[Uhh, this is super romantic and all, but-]"

Kuroki "[Oh, is that you, Callum? When did you get here?]"

Callum "[He didn't notice me!?]"

Lilly giggles for a moment, then faces her sister and opens her glazed-over blue eyes. With a gentle smile, she speaks.

Lilly "Congratulations, Akira, Kuroki. I hope you two enjoy your life together."

Kuroki "Thank you, Lilly."

I turn to Hayate.

Kuroki "I owe you, Hayate. If you even need something, anything, just call me."

Hayate "Much obliged. I'll leave you three here to celebrate."

He grins and whispers something into my ear before patting my shoulder and departing.

BGM: Off

"Cherish her."

I intend to do that. Wasn't it obvious?

Present

BGM: Raindrops and Puddles

Unfortunatly, I was in such a hurry, I forgot one thing.

That, of course, was her parents... oh boy...

It took six months for news to reach Akira's parents about our quiet little wedding. Her father wasn't too pleased that we went and got married.

That may make him sound like a bad guy, but hear me out. The reason he was upset about it was because he wasn't invited. There wasn't any 'you'll take her over my dead body' scene. A simple lecture from him over the phone was the worst we got. In the end, he still congratulated us, albeit reluctantly (probably because his wife was pressuring him during the conversation).

On a side note, the legend of Kurotori has completely died out. Black Key remains a best seller to this day, but I never released the sequel I was working on. Maybe it was for the best for me to give up on that career. I could always write stories for a local newspaper as a hobby.

Sadly, in the end, I had to inform Akane of my decision. She wasn't too terribly broken up over it, but she was still upset about it. She promised to keep it secret, which she did.

It got out anyway. Not because Akane or anyone else who knew about it told. It got out because Akira randomly decided to come to school one day. Some of the more observant students in the school noticed that both of our left ring fingers were occupied with identical rings. It wasn't too long before the Student Council caught wind of it and tracked me down to confirm it.

It turns out that Akira and Shizune are cousins, which would explain why Lilly and Shizune have such a tough rivalry going on. It's also how the news of our marriage got out.

But despite of everything that happened, I don't have any regrets about what I did.

I hear a small mumble and Akira slowly opens her eyes. For a moment, she looks up at me with a confused look on her face before remembering where she is. She smiles gently and reaches up to my face, pulling off the pair of blue-framed glasses.

Kuroki "Hey, come on. I'm going to need those."

I've done a pretty good job of laying low since graduation. My method was simple: Get a haircut, wear glasses and a contact, and don't buy anything that requires an ID. Instead of hiding my blue eye, I hid my brown eye instead. Sure enough, by the time I was done with altering my appearance, I looked like an entirely different person.

Of course, I'm not wearing the contact right now because we're the only ones here save for Michael (my bodyguard), and Lilly.

Akira "I want to see your face without the glasses once in a while."

Ah, you're probably wondering why the bodyguard, right?

Well, I was already eighteen when my father was put in prison, so I wasn't adopted back to my mother when the divorce was arranged. That means I'm the only one left in the main branch of the Machina family. That makes quite a few scopes try to find my head.

Kuroki "I feel like they've been growing on me."

And yes, I said main branch. There's another Machina family branch out there, and they've made it clear that they aren't happy with me taking over the company. I'm not talking about my Father's brother, I'm talking about his sister, Freya Machina. I've met her and her family a few times during a family reunion, and not all of them are bad. My young cousin Ron in particular. We share a similar mindset and get along with eachother very nicely. It made me wonder for a moment if he had been treated the same as me. However, when we went into the men's bath together with the rest of the male family members, I was the only one who had scars showing. The stares were pretty uncomfortable, but the reunion was still nice. The only thing that left a bitter taste in my mouth was when Freya started questioning me about how I was raised. I get the feeling she asked on purpose to make me uncomfortable.

Akira "You're a good looking man weather you wear them or not."

In addition to having a bodyguard, I went to a firing range in Germany with my Uncle Aiden for a while, where I learned the basics of disarming an armed assailant.

Enough reminiscing. I have some work I need to do on my laptop that needs to be finished by our arrival.

I gently take the glasses from Akira and push them onto her face.

Kuroki "Hmm. You're quite a looker yourself."

She blushes and puts the glasses in my shirt pocket before sitting up and giving me a small peck on the lips.

Akira "You flirter, you."

Kuroki "You're the one that started it. I have some work I need to do, so I'll be in the office for and hour or so."

She pouts at me.

Kuroki "Don't give me that look. I've spoiled you enough for a while, haven't I?"

Akira "I guess so..."

I kiss her forehead, stand up, and walk further into the back of the private luxury jet.

I sit down at the desk in the small office room and power up my laptop. I make sure airplane mode is on and open up some files that need work.

Roughly forty-five minutes have gone by, and I have gone through nearly all of the files. I had a few corrections to make here and there, but my work was quiet and peaceful.

A few minutes later, I finish my work with time to spare and decide to go through some of the photo albums I have stored on the PC.

Akira walks into the small office, closing the door behind her. She's wearing her usual black dress pants and white dress shirt. Instead of a suit jacket, she's wearing a black vest.

BGM: Off

Akira "...Are you finished?"

She looks hesitant as she asks, as if I might jump out of the chair and out a window, although at this height, that would be incredibly stupid. I can probably guess why she's acting like that.

Kuroki "I just got done. What's up?"

She reaches for the door and locks it while facing away from me. All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the room seems very unusual.

BGM: To Become One

Kuroki "...Akira. Tell me you aren't thinking... what I think you're thinking."

Akira "...So you aren't that dense after all."

Kuroki "How much wine did you drink?"

Akira "A glass or so. I think?"

She turns around to face me, her face fully flushed, and looking a little wobbly.

Kuroki "I would say you're a more than a little bit tipsy."

Akira "I don't see any problem here, though. We're married, aren't we?"

Kuroki "We were last time I checked."

She walks to me, using the wall as support and, despite my protests, sits in my lap while facing me.

Both of our faces are flushed now. Though Akira's blush is probably from the alcohol. I can smell the wine on her breath as she comes in for a kiss, which I willingly accept. I guess there's no escaping from this one. Might as well jump in headfirst.

I can tell by the taste of her lips that she's definitely gone past her limit with the wine. That's saying something.

I can feel her undoing my bowtie, followed by the buttons on my shirt. I slip the vest off over her head and start undoing her buttons as well.

I might add that she's grown in the bust area since last year, so she looks more feminine, even when wearing suits.

She runs her hand down my chest, which is now bare save for a few white scars. She removes my shirt altogether and tosses it onto the desk, me doing the same for her vest. I finish unbuttoning her dress shirt.

Alright, to you perverts that are disappointed that you don't get to see the actual sex, I'm afraid I have to apologize in advance that you do not get to see any sex. I'm already balancing very carefully on the line of the FanFiction law, and I don't want to fall off. (Because I don't want them to just delete the story or anything like that. I didn't pay any attention to the punishment for AO rated content, since I didn't really intend to write anything like that.)

If you want something really steamy and fuzzy like what's going on right now, you'll probably like the other stuff I write. Keep in mind that this stuff still isn't workplace safe, though.

Also, yes, I do like reading/writing erotic fiction (without the actual sex). Yes, that makes me a pervert, but I can control my lust, so there's no issue.

Remember: Everybody has dirty thoughts, and I'm no such exception. I won't blame you if you use your imagination to fill in the blanks here. ;)

Getting re-dressed, I begin to help my tipsy wife with the buttons and the tie on her own formal wear.

Akira "Do you think Lilly noticed?"

Kuroki "Of course she noticed. This office is hardly soundproof. It's only five feet from the passenger area. Not to mention her sense of sound is much higher than a normal person's."

She blushes profusely.

Akira "...How am I supposed to face her?"

Kuroki "I doubt she'll bring it up. Just try to act natural."

I give her a long kiss before re-tying my bowtie and slipping my vest back on.

As Akira moves to the office door, I notice that she's still a little wobbly.

Feeling at least partially at fault for that, I scoop her up in my arms bridal style, much to her dismay.

Akira "Wh-what are you doing!?"

Kuroki "You can't walk properly. I'm you're husband, so I should carry you to your seat, right?"

Akira "It isn't that big of a deal..."

Kuroki "It is to me... So just pipe down and let me do my thing, princess."

She blushes even harder at being called princess, despite the pouting look on her face.

They were a lot of things about to happen that I wasn't aware of. Little did I know that I would end a family feud that had gone on for fifty years. And little did I know that people would want me dead for it.

So, fuzz fuzz fuzz!

This fanfiction DOES have a romance tag, you know. It would be a shame if it didn't live up to it.