Chapter 22: Shopping

The next few days were difficult as Seiya and Haruka adjusted to each other again. Seiya was learning, by trial and error, to be a father to Ariana, which wasn't easy. He didn't know how Haruka could have raised this child on her own for so long.
One afternoon Haruka left Ariana with him when she went to a senshi meeting at Raye's temple. So he decided take Ariana to do some shopping for Haruka. There was something he had wanted to do for a long time.
So they went down to a nice jewelry store downtown to look for the perfect ring. Ariana looked over the glittering jewels, her hands pressed on the case. Seiya looked over the various assortments of rings. But he wanted to find something that was just right for Haruka.
It wasn't until Ariana tugged on his hand and pointed at a ring that he found what he was looking for. It was a simple gold ring with an amber stone set in it.
He wasn't certain that Haruka would even marry him but after waiting so long, he just wanted to ask her.