A/N: I own nothing of the Maid-Sama series. Enjoy!

Takumi got on rather well with her family, Misaki had to admit. Well, perhaps not as well with Shintani. The pair always bickered and made snarky comments to each other. Well, at least Takumi did, but Misaki wasn't sure whether sometimes Shintani really understood the teasing insults Takumi said.

In the end, the whole ordeal with her family ended on a much smoother note than she would have thought for a family that had just seen one of their own naked with a stranger. Her mother quite liked Takumi and even asked him to come over to dinner. Misaki did have a small heart attack when her mother wondered if they should meet with Takumi's family. Luckily, Takumi said they were working overseas, which to be fair wasn't a lie.

"I like your family." Takumi simply said.

"Do you?" Misaki smiled. "You can always visit my family again."

Takumi raised his eyebrow, looking at her strangely. He narrowed his eyes at her as though she had grown two horns on top of her head. "That's quite out of character for you."

"Shut up, Usui. You don't have to if you don't want to!"

"Oh, so now we're back to Usui?"

"I said shut up already!"

But she still let him hug her to his chest.

Takumi would be lying if he said that time wasn't the turning point of his life. In fact he thought of life as having two parts, before Misaki and after Misaki.

Of course, Misaki was adamant that Takumi still keep a large distance at work, for which Takumi was inclined to agree with. Most companies tended to disapprove of relationships between the employer and the employee, as the employer might give the employee certain favors and advantages above others.

But Takumi knew Misaki wouldn't be like that. She worked even harder at her job than when she was just an intern, since her nature was to work hard and do things by herself. Privately after a staff meeting, the head of the PR department had even hinted to him that she could be promoted in half a year, a record for most entry-level employees. The PR department head had even suggested that her DNA be tested to see if hard-working genes could be inserted in other workers. To which Takumi (somewhat) jokingly replied that the PR department head should be the first person to be tested on.

So at work Misaki and he would pretend they didn't have a relationship outside of company matters. It was easy enough since it was rare that Misaki and he crossed paths in the company. No one could suspect a thing.

After work ended though, Misaki would bus back to the apartment complex despite his complaints that he could drive her home. He had planned on waiting on a street a couple blocks away from the company building so no one could see her getting into his car. Misaki naturally refused. At least Takumi had managed to convince her to use public transport instead of simply walking back in the dark. No one could guarantee that she wouldn't be attacked again by a previous client of hers or by some other idiotic pervert. (Misaki found that part of his reasoning ironic since he himself was an idiotic pervert and an alien to boot.)

But back in the apartment building, the time was all theirs. There was no more waiting for the day to be over and no more empty nights for both of them. Both of them discovered things had changed quite a bit in their lives.

More and more frequently, Misaki found she no longer thought her apartment as completely bought from dirty money. Now she thought less and less of her days as an escort as a tiny shadowy blip in her past. She'd never admit it to Takumi, but he was able to forget whatever troubles there were. If it was Takumi, she was sure that everything would be all right.

Though he was still a perverted alien, he was still her perverted alien. And perks did come with dating one, such as no more frozen TV dinners in her refrigerator when Takumi was able to whip up five star meals from different cuisines. And she had to admit she didn't mind such times as when Takumi hugged her to his side while he cooked or when he kissed her into oblivion and the next thing they knew they were both naked as the day they were born.

As for Takumi, he was actually eager to go back to the apartment as soon as his work was done. Before his apartment was just a rest stop until the sun was up and he went to work. But now Takumi discovered the joys of being home with someone to enjoy spending time with.

He had also discovered why most couples prefer a bed to a sofa. While his sofa was comfortable enough to sit and to sleep for one tall person such as he, the sofa was much too narrow for more than one person to lie down. He didn't mind it too much because it meant he could hug Misaki as tight as he want or else one of them would fall off the sofa. But Misaki complained and he had to smother his mortification when she said he snored. What resulted was not him buying an actual bed but that they spend more time at her apartment than his.

And the two of them made sure not a single blip of their relationship would be leaked outside. They went shopping for groceries separately. They already went to work separately. They went on private dates in the safety of their apartments.

It was a pity that Takumi couldn't tell the whole wide world that Misaki was his girlfriend. Already he had to control himself from making some of his male employees absolutely miserable at work when a few of them hit on Misaki. Luckily she shut them down fast. And saying that he was already in a relationship would certainly limit the number of females who threw themselves at him from left and right.

All in all, they did everything they could to prevent their relationship being leaked out. It was safe to say that since he was already displeased when Igarashi Tora walked into his office, he was even more displeased when Igarashi opened his mouth to say what he had to say.

"They know."

Takumi paused in the middle of reorganizing his papers. "What do you mean 'They know'? And why the hell are you in my office without making an appointment?"

Igarashi ignored him and sat casually in the chair in front of Takumi's desk. "They as in your family. No doubt they'll be coming for you and Ayuzawa."

Now Igarashi had his attention. Takumi watched Tora carefully. "How do you know this? And why do you care enough to warn me beforehand?"

Igarashi gave him a bitter smile. "Because it's the same as what my family did. Contrary to what I must seem to you, I did love Misaki. I'd be lying right now if I said I didn't love her anymore. And I did warn you before, not to get involved with Misaki. Your family will force you to choose between everything you have in your life and Misaki."

Takumi glanced down at Igarashi's hand where his engagement ring lay sparkling. From the gossip circles, that ring had appeared shortly after the scandal between Igarashi and Misaki had happened.

His cellphone rang, the screen lighting up to show it was Gerard calling. Now slightly uneasy, Takumi took the call.

Misaki glanced at the clock. It was already 9. Usually Takumi would have rung two or three hours ago. She thought of texting a while ago to check if he was coming for a visit but ultimately thought against it. After all, it wasn't like she was used to him coming over or whatever. They didn't spend every night together since he still had the occasional business meeting and trip.

It wasn't like tonight was anything special either. She had attempted to cook on her own (attempt was the keyword here) and the result was actually pretty decent. While her omurice didn't look as pretty as the ones Takumi made, it at least tasted like omurice, if a bit bland. A little extra salt could fix that. She had learned much under Takumi's tutelage. Misaki could almost see the expression Takumi would make when he realized that not only she had actually cooked a meal fit for a human to eat but she also hadn't burn down the kitchen.

Ding-Dong!

Misaki hurried to the door and flung it open. "Hey guess what Takumi! I-"

Maria stood at the open doorway and gave her a lopsided smile. Though she smiled, the tight expression in her eyes made Misaki wary. "Hello Ayuzawa-san. Sorry to disappoint you, but we need to talk. May I come in?"

A/N: I know. I lied. I was going to post Bloody Rose after this was finished but I got too excited and posted it. I will post later chapters of Bloody Rose when this story is finished. And it is getting to the end! T.T Over half a year of writing! Thank you all for sticking by me c: