Disclaimer : I do not own GALS! No any characters in this anime/manga. I just want to write something about them.

BONUS

Rei...

I didn't know that getting engaged was this troublesome. I closed my eyes and massage my temple. This is really getting into my nerves.

This morning as I was about to get out of my penthouse's building, I saw a lot of camera flashes outside. Yes, I am used to being followed by paparazzis, but not this much.

Upon going out, I heard my name several times.

"Otohata-san, is it true that you are now engage? Who is the mysterious lady?"

"Otohata-san, we've seen pictures of you proposing over years before. Is she the same girl?"

"Otohata-san, before the flash news of you getting engaged, we caught you having a date over a coffee shop and it seems like you are with your former girlfriend. How true is that?"

I'm just thankful that Aya's identity remains hidden after all the things they've said.

It's the eighth day since I came back from Germany. Aya was left there to arrange some matters before finally settling here with me. One month. I'd have to endure another one whole month without her beside me. It's a good trade for a lifetime that we'll be spending together.

I was in deep thought, when Yuuya had barged into my office and placed the news paper on top of my desk.

"Good morning to you too," I sarcastically greeted him.

"You're all over the news!" he exclaimed stating the obvious.

"I know. I managed to get here in my office alive even after the swarm of paparazzis outside my house." I replied calmly.

Yuuya knew. The gang knew.

Riiiing…

He picked up.

"Where the hell are you?!" he started shouting on the other end. It's what? Four in the afternoon in Japan and he's probably wrapping up things in the resto before going home to his wife. "You flew to some place on Earth. Even Mai doesn't know where you've gone!"

"Germany," I casually said answering his question.

"Then you could have just told us before-" he stop at the mid of his sentence, probably realizing right now my purpose of leaving and not telling anyone. "Germany?!" he asked. "As in Germany, where Aya is Germany?"

"Don't be silly. There's only one Germany on Earth."

"Don't you roll your eyes on me, Otohata," he said as if he could see me right now. But yeah, he's right, I am rolling my eyes right now with his remark. "Did you saw her? Did you patch things up with her?"

"Say, when do you think Mami would be due?" I asked ignoring his series of questions.

"Probably June. Why ask?"

"I need the help of my best man for wedding prep." again, just casual. I didn't heard anything from the other line. I looked at my phone to check if I was still connected. It might be a shock for him. Let's give him a time to absorb the news.

"Wedding prep." he repeated. Then I think I lost him after that.

The day I came back to, Yuuya and the whole gang were there waiting for me, bombarding me with questions, not even letting me recover from the jetlag. Hell I just flew 16 hours straight.

Kriiiing… Kriiiing…

I heard the sound from my laptop, a call from Skype. Just reading the name of the caller makes me smile and forget all the struggle I had this morning. I clicked the answer button, and there it is, her face flashed on the screen. My wife-to-be.

"Hey."

"I heard from Yuuya," at the mention of my best friend's name, I immediately know why she's calling me. I threw sharp looks at my companion in the room. Yuuya was grinning at me.

"It's nothing," I said to reassure her.

"Hi Aya-chan!" Yuuya suddenly popped beside me showing himself on the camera to wave at her. "I ran here as quickly as I could. I'll be his bodyguard for the whole day." Aya just giggled at his comments.

"Get out of my office will you?"

"See how harsh he is to me? When all I did was to take care of him?" yeah, Yuuya and the drama. I just ignored him and brought my attention back to the girl on the screen.

"Why are you still awake?" I asked changing the earlier subject. "It's like two in the morning already there." I kept count of the time difference that we have.

"I was just checking on you." She been quite direct the moment she went back to Germany. My timid Aya finally gone, though sometimes I do still miss that Aya.

"I told you, it's nothing. Yuuya is just overreacting."

Then she sent me a link of the news from NHK. I opened it and read the headline. Japan's Youngest Business Tycoon, Finally Tying the Knot. And there a picture of me surrounded by cameras and media. I thoroughly read the article and check if Aya's name was ever mentioned. It never appeared but there was a part where the word "novelist" and the country "Germany" were noted. The most alarming part is they got a picture of Aya from ther airport the day she flew back.

"You're not being followed there, are you?" I asked her.

"There's a few-"

That did it. "Change of plans. I'm flying tomorrow."

"What?!" Aya and Yuuya shouted at the same time.

"Look who's overreacting now! Are you sure?" Yuuya asked.

"How could you even do that? You just came back to work. Plus there's no immediate available flight?" Aya followed up.

I looked at Yuuya and he immediately knew what I was aiming for.

"Fine! I'll talk to Mami." He said as he gets his phone and dialed Honda's number, "But just so you know, pregnant women has a tendency to be unreasonable," he warned me.

"I trust you could do something about that," I said before uttering thanks to him. He left the room. The last thing I heard was him convincing Mami.

"I'd never thought you'd go this far. You're making this a big deal." Aya sighing finally giving up knowing that she can't stop me. I turned back to her.

"It is a big deal. I just want you safe. We'll arrange everything then we'll go back here together. I could do my work from there so there's no problem." She just chuckled at me and I raised a brow on that, "Is there anything funny about that?"

"This is just not so you," she said.

Am I that cold that she thought I am not capable of being this much caring? Well, truth to be told, I never also thought I'd be like this. I sighed.

"So, tomorrow?" she asked.

"Yeah, tomorrow." I said as I looked at her on the screen of my laptop.

"I miss you, Rei,"

I smiled and said, "I know."

End of Bonus Chapter

Author's Note : I know it's weird to have a bonus chapter before thr epilogue, but I just want to include this. This is not part of the original plan. It's just too cute to see Rei to be somewhat overreacting. Hope I didn't make him OOC here.