Chapter twelve: Proposal of a strange kind.
Ruby and Touya were still asleep, tangled in bed sheets that were hanging halfway off the bed. Touya opened his eyes and gazed on the sleeping woman in his arms. He had never felt so contented, so warm. As he looked on her, she murmured in her sleep and snuggled closer to him. Touya smiled at her gently and kissed her tenderly on the top of her head. As he did, Touya took in the scent of her hair, peach blossom. He decided it was a very nice and comforting smell. Ruby sighed very contentedly and finally she opened her eyes. She looked up at Touya and smiled rather blissfully.
"Touya-chan.that was absolutely wonderful, I feel so loved and wanted."
Touya smiled happily at Ruby, very proud of himself for making her feel so good, for making her feeling so loved.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it, Ruby-chan.I've been thinking about something for a long time now."
Ruby sat up in bed, pulling the sheets with her, and looked at Touya hoping and praying that, this is what she thought it would be. She took a deep breath and finally spoke.
"Oh? What is that, Touya-chan?"
Touya smiled to himself, reaching down from the bed into the pocket of his discarded trousers. He brought out a small crimson velvet box that he kept hidden in his fist. "Well, whilst Shaolan-kun and I were trying to avoid killing each other in London, I spotted this." He held out the box.
"Ooh!" Ruby leapt after it. "I wanna see, I wanna see!"
"Ah ah ah," said Touya easily manoeuvring it just out of her reach and making her climb all over him to reach it. "What do we say?"
"Pleeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?" she asked with big eyes, hands clasped.
"You're too good at this," he groaned, as she turned the tables on him.
Ruby giggled, and he put the box in her hand with a chuckle. Slowly, reverently, she flicked the catch and inched it open, hoping but not daring to believe.
(A happy squeal made everyone in Sakura's room look up in puzzlement, except Kero and Miss Mitsuki, who smiled at each other.)
The ring was made of gold and black gold intertwined, with a small perfectly faceted diamond on top, flanked by two tiny ruby hearts. Ruby gasped in delight. "Yes," she whispered, gazing into his intent face.
"Yes to what?" he teased, and was answered by Ruby's palm on his cheek.
"This is one of the most memorable moments of my life and you're making fun of it!" she snapped.
Touya considered for a moment, he rubbed his cheek. Then he, took his hair out of the bun he wore it in, Ruby gasped as waves of raven hair tumbled down his back to, just past his shoulder blades. Touya's hand flashed out, he grabbed the ring. He knelt down on one knee. "Marry me?"
Ruby stared at him. "Haven't I already answered that question?" she answered softly.
"I can never do anything right for you. One minute you're demanding romance, the next you're being the flippant one, I-"
Ruby silenced him with a kiss. "Yes," she whispered.
Touya slipped the ring onto her finger, staring into her eyes. "Oh damn it," he muttered, standing up and pushing her back down on the bed.
"Touya-chan, what are you-?"
"Shut up."
Ruby and Touya were still asleep, tangled in bed sheets that were hanging halfway off the bed. Touya opened his eyes and gazed on the sleeping woman in his arms. He had never felt so contented, so warm. As he looked on her, she murmured in her sleep and snuggled closer to him. Touya smiled at her gently and kissed her tenderly on the top of her head. As he did, Touya took in the scent of her hair, peach blossom. He decided it was a very nice and comforting smell. Ruby sighed very contentedly and finally she opened her eyes. She looked up at Touya and smiled rather blissfully.
"Touya-chan.that was absolutely wonderful, I feel so loved and wanted."
Touya smiled happily at Ruby, very proud of himself for making her feel so good, for making her feeling so loved.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it, Ruby-chan.I've been thinking about something for a long time now."
Ruby sat up in bed, pulling the sheets with her, and looked at Touya hoping and praying that, this is what she thought it would be. She took a deep breath and finally spoke.
"Oh? What is that, Touya-chan?"
Touya smiled to himself, reaching down from the bed into the pocket of his discarded trousers. He brought out a small crimson velvet box that he kept hidden in his fist. "Well, whilst Shaolan-kun and I were trying to avoid killing each other in London, I spotted this." He held out the box.
"Ooh!" Ruby leapt after it. "I wanna see, I wanna see!"
"Ah ah ah," said Touya easily manoeuvring it just out of her reach and making her climb all over him to reach it. "What do we say?"
"Pleeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?" she asked with big eyes, hands clasped.
"You're too good at this," he groaned, as she turned the tables on him.
Ruby giggled, and he put the box in her hand with a chuckle. Slowly, reverently, she flicked the catch and inched it open, hoping but not daring to believe.
(A happy squeal made everyone in Sakura's room look up in puzzlement, except Kero and Miss Mitsuki, who smiled at each other.)
The ring was made of gold and black gold intertwined, with a small perfectly faceted diamond on top, flanked by two tiny ruby hearts. Ruby gasped in delight. "Yes," she whispered, gazing into his intent face.
"Yes to what?" he teased, and was answered by Ruby's palm on his cheek.
"This is one of the most memorable moments of my life and you're making fun of it!" she snapped.
Touya considered for a moment, he rubbed his cheek. Then he, took his hair out of the bun he wore it in, Ruby gasped as waves of raven hair tumbled down his back to, just past his shoulder blades. Touya's hand flashed out, he grabbed the ring. He knelt down on one knee. "Marry me?"
Ruby stared at him. "Haven't I already answered that question?" she answered softly.
"I can never do anything right for you. One minute you're demanding romance, the next you're being the flippant one, I-"
Ruby silenced him with a kiss. "Yes," she whispered.
Touya slipped the ring onto her finger, staring into her eyes. "Oh damn it," he muttered, standing up and pushing her back down on the bed.
"Touya-chan, what are you-?"
"Shut up."