It's the Fireworks Festival once again in Shibuya, Ren and Makoto decide to attend for the third year in a row, the second time as a couple. Sae accompanied them, both sisters adorned in beautiful kimono's as they, along with Ren, witnessed the fireworks light up the sky.
Now in their 20's, Ren and Makoto decided to partake in the celebrations, toasting with sake along with Sae, which is what led to this moment right now;
"I've don't think I've even seen Makoto drunk!" Ren gulps at his girlfriend, who had quite a bit to drink, but she is holding herself up admirably, mostly because her arm is slung over Ren's shoulders.
"I luuuuuvvv yoouuuuuu!" Makoto happily slurs out, attempting to kiss him on the cheek but is so out of it that all she does is shove her nose into his ear, and Sae laughs.
"Why don't we take a break?" Sae suggests and Ren is happy to comply. They find a bench and the three sit down. Almost the instant they do, Makoto's head slopes onto Ren's shoulder and snoring loudly
"She's seriously out just like that?!" Ren squeaked, Sae laughed once again before she looked directly at Ren
"Did Makoto ever tell you what I said to her just after she started high school, Ren-kun?" Sae asks, and Ren shakes his head.
"No, why?" Ren asks testily.
Sae smirks before he glances at Makoto, who is smiling softly in her sleep. She looks back at Ren.
"I told her that if she met a nice boy, to bring him home and introduce him to me so I could judge him!" Sae snipes and Ren gulps loudly
"I think you're a bit past judging me" Ren musters up the courage to say "You literally interogated me once"
Sae smirks at his responce before shrugging with a small chuckle
"You're right, I judged you a long time ago...but after everything you did, I knew you were worthy of Makoto." Sae says sincerely to him, looking directly into his eyes "You've been at her side all this time and never ever thought of leaving it for a second. You never dragged her down, you helped her reach new heights"
Sae looked sadly down at her feet, closing her eyes and she sulked
"You helped her more than I ever did..."
"Hey..." Ren tries to comfort her, but Sae waves it off as she looks back at him
"Now, a few years later…and you two are completely in love." Sae smiled happily "Maybe by this time next year, you'll be married and I'll be expecting my first niece or nephew." Sae says, and Ren sputters.
"I wouldn't go that far! We're still young" Ren coughs, but Sae is smiling broadly.
"You do know, Ren-kun…that you are the only guy she's ever shown in any interest in, don't you? In fact…the only person she ever shown affection to was when she was 5 and told me she wanted to marry Buchimaru-kun when she grew up." Sae says, and Ren has a look of horror on his face.
That damn Panda!
"Really?" He asks smiling, since Sae brought up the idea of them being married. Little did she know that Ren had practically been waiting to propose to Makoto since around a week after he met her.
"Honestly, I've long accepted that I won't marry or have children" Sae's whisper is soft but that doesn't stop Ren from feeling sorry for her. "But until she met you, I was beginning to worry that Makoto wouldn't either...I chose my way, but she deserved her happiness, she didn't deserve to not have a life after our father died, and honestly, I don't think she ever would have, unless she met you"
Ren doesn't know how to respond to all of this, so he sits there, taking in every last word. He moves his eyes and looks at Makoto's smiling face, happily on his shoulder
"I'd give her the whole world if I could" Ren declared and Sae smiles at that
"You can stay at our house tonight if you want to." Sae says innocently which makes Ren almost cough.
"He accepts." Makoto slurs out as she wraps his her arms around his, and Ren fights the urge to chuckle.
"I'd like to allow you to stay in there all of the time, but I'd actually like to be able to sleep at night without all that noise." Sae says, and Ren coughs loudly, he figures she must have a decent amount of alcohol in her for her to say that so casually.
"That's very conscientious of you." Makoto says, and Ren can't help but to snort at that comment.
"I have always been conscientious!" Sae insists, and Makoto snorts.
"Is that why you called me useless?" She asks in a snotty tone, and Sae chuckles nervously as she scratches her head.
"Of course you have to focus on that." She says, and Makoto scoffs again.
"You're the one who brought it up." Makoto says with a frown, and Ren rolls his eyes at her.
"Alright, drop it, it's in the past." He says in frustration, and Sae laughs.
"Why do I even try." Makoto slurs as she begins to nod off once again
"Come on you, time to go home" Ren says as he gets them to their feet. The three begin to head towards the train station
He slows down a lot and lets Sae get further ahead of him. Makoto stays in step with his Sae though, and Ren just thinks about how it will be with her in her bed tonight.
They get on the train and once again, Makoto is out like a light. Sae lets out a big sigh.
"She held out longer than I thought she would." Sae says, and Ren gives her a questioning look.
"Sorry?" He asks, and Sae smiles at her before glancing back to be sure Makoto hasn't woke up.
"I didn't get to finish what I was trying to say because she kept waking up, but now we have some privacy, there's something I want to say to you, Ren-kun." Sae says, and Ren is fairly shocked.
"What is it?" He asks, and Sae gives her a huge smile.
"Thank you Ren-kun. For coming into my sister's life, for changing her world, and for being her future husband." Sae says, and Ren blushes.
"You don't have to thank me." He says in a low voice but Sae shakes his head.
"I do…she was very miserable before you came along. I am very thankful to you, for bringing light back into my sister's eyes. Light that was missing for too many years." Sae says, and Ren smiles shyly up at her.
"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." Ren admits. "Makoto's life wasn't the only one profoundly changed with our meeting…mine was too."
"I'm glad to hear that" Sae smiles with a nod
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"You...uh...don't have a brother do you?" Sae asks, averting her gave and twiddling her hair "Older? By maybe 6-7 years? Around my age?"
"No..." Ren shook his head "I don't have any siblings"
"Damn..." Sae cursed