Love for Yusuke Urameshi Part 26: Moving Day and Kuwabara's Anxiety

After Yusuke and I changed my rental papers to include his name, we had moved his stuff into my apartment. Now, only a few boxes remained.

"Hey, Ami. Here's the last of the boxes."

"Awesome. That didn't take long at all."

"More time with my special girl now, right?"

I smirked and shook my head as I took a box from outside the door.

"Yusuke..."

"I know, I know. Work now, mushy stuff later."

I giggled at the frustrated look on his face.

"Yusuke, we're always around each other anwway. What's a few more minutes?"

"I know. I just...like relaxing with you, is all."

After putting the box down, I took his face in my hands and smiled.

"Yusuke Urameshi, I enjoy our time together, too. I promise after we're finished moving the boxes in here, we'll have time to just relax."

Being the Yusuke I know, he smirked and ruffled my hair.

"I guess you're right. Damn, I hate waiting."

Once all the boxes were indoors, Yusuke picked me up and sat on the couch, placing me on his lap. I giggled as I saw the look on his face.

"I haven't held you all day, Ami. Let me do this, huh?"

"Oh, if I must."

I rested my head on his chest, and he responded by wrapping his arms around me tighter.

"I never would've guessed when I first met you that you would be so affectionate, Yusuke. You came across to me as a silly punk at first."

"Yeah, but I won you over."

I stuck my tongue at him as I looked at him.

"More like the other way around. You confessed your feelings first, remember?"

His face now held a slight blush to it.

"No need to be embarrassed about it."

"Ami, sometimes...that kind of stuff gets to me. I guess I'm still getting used to talking about stuff like that."

"Well, I'm sure we'll have a long time to get over that kind of embarrassment. With the way things are going for us, I'd say we'll end up growing older together."

What was once a look of embarrassment now was a look of content. Yusuke smiled and gently placed a kiss on my forehead.

"Ya know, I hope that happens, too."

Yusuke's POV:

I considered myself pretty damn lucky to have Ami in my life. Had I not met her, I doubt I'd be this comfortable with expressing affection so openly. Who knows? Maybe sometime in the future, we'd be ready to take "the ultimate step". Of course, I wouldn't do that unless she wanted to. Ami brought me out of my thoughts by grabbing my shirt collar and pulling me into a kiss. After a moment, I responded by deepening the kiss and laying her on the couch. Our moment was interrupted by a loud knocking at the door.

"Hey, Urameshi! Got somethin' to talk to you about!"

I sat Ami up and frowned at the door.

"Damn, I hate him right now."

"Don't let it get to you, Yusuke. Let him in and see what he wants."

I opened the door and let Kuwabara in despite how annoyed with him I was.

"What is it, Kuwabara?"

"Did I interrupt something?"

"Damn right you did."

Ami giggled as she fixed up her hair.

"Ignore him, Kuwabara. I'll just give you two some privacy. Want something to drink?"

"Nah. This will only take a minute."

Once Ami was out of the room, I leaned against the wall and narrowed my eyes at him.

"What's so important that you have to bug me on our day off?"

"Just having...thoughts about marrying Yukina."

The tone of his voice suddenly caught my attention.

"Second thoughts?"

"No, nothing like that. I'm just nervous, that's all. What if I'm not good enough for her?"

"She likes you, you like her, Hiei approves, so what's the problem?"

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Suppose we have kids someday, Urameshi? What if I'm not a good enough provider?"

I smirked and pat him on the shoulder.

"Relax, man. Lots of people go through this before getting married. It's called 'Pre-Wedding Jitters'. It'll pass when the time comes, you'll see."

"Think so?"

"Of course."

We turned to see Ami standing in the doorway to the kitchen.

"I'm sure Yukina is just as nervous as you are, Kuwabara.I think it's best that you talk to her about these things so she'll know how you're feeling. An important factor in marriage is communication, you know."

"Yeah, what she said."

After Kuwabara left, I pinned her to the wall.

"I thought you said you'd give us some privacy."
"Technically I did, Yusuke. I was coming in here to give you a message from Koenma when I heard Kuwabara bring up him not being a good provider."

"What does Koenma want?"

"He...wants to train me so I can join your team."

I raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"I won't need to be rescuing you or anything, will I?"

"Nope, not unless you absolutely want to. Besides, you trained me in hand-to-hand combat and Hiei trained me with a sword, so I should be fine. When I told that to Koenma, he said all that was left to do was have Kurama train me in bringing out my Spirit Energy."

"Why him?"

She blushed as a smile appeared on her face.

"He saw how protective of me Kurama has become. Plus, he has a more calming way about him. You tend to have a quicker temper than he does."

"Yeah, I guess that's true."

She kissed my cheek and rested her forehead on mine.

"Now that we have the place to ourselves again, what do you say we...pick up where we left off? Not that we'll be going 'that far', but I can tell you want to continue."

"Well when you put it that way, how can I refuse?"

That's a wrap for part 26. Part 27 will begin in Yukina's POV as time passes and she has her wedding with Kuwabara. Also in part 27, we hear Kuwabara give a few words to Kurama and Yusuke before the ceremony begins. Stay tuned to see what happens