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Summary:

Restless, Shizuru goes out for a stroll. Whilst going down the familiar path, she comes across someone she thought she'd never see again. Having nowhere to go, she lets him stay at her house. On the way home, she realizes something she should have realized long ago, but is it too late to tell him how she feels? Pairings? You'll just have to read and find out…

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Sorry if I missed you!

I am REALLY REALLY sorry I haven't updated in forever. Truth of the matter is, I'm lazy. I'm sorry if people were expecting me to update sooner (I don't usually take two months to write a new chapter [sweatdrops]). Here's the ending. I hope you really like it, or at least like it.

REMINDER:

'thoughts (when not in point of view of said person)'

thoughts (when in POV of person thinking thoughts)

'thoughts (of Youko when in Normal POV)'

If that made sense, great. If not, well, you'll just have to figure it out as you go along.

Shizuru's POV

We stay sitting silently in the bed for what seems like forever, and when he finally opens his mouth to say something, he instantly closes it again.

God, he sure knows how to keep a girl in suspense.

Rolling my eyes, and slightly annoyed, I say, "Out with it already!"

"Um…well…" he twiddles his thumbs, "I uh…forgot what I was going to say." Kurama then sweatdrops, and I almost fall off the bed at his statement.

"WHAT?!" I was a little more than just annoyed by now. He continues to smile nervously, and with such a cute face, I can't help but forgive him.

Sighing, I get serious again, and tell him, "We need a plan. I'm not about to give you up to some bitch your mom wants you to marry." He blinks and looks at me strangely.

I narrow my eyes and continue, while getting up out of the bed, "You need to be tougher; tell her how you feel!" Getting more and more into the moment, I continue, "You can't let her walk all over you like that!!" I put my hands on my hips, and then, grabbing his arm and yanking him out of the bed, went on, "Come on!"

Stunned, Kurama asks, "Where are we going?"

"We're going to tell your mom how you really feel, and that you don't wanna marry that slut!!" I respond, red in the face.

"Alright then." He comments slowly, and I think he's sorta scared of me now. Hell, I'd be scared of me too right now.

I'm not gonna let him go off and get married…not after what we shared last night!!!

Kurama's POV

Practically being dragged out the door, I wonder where she got all this energy from.

I really hope she isn't going to do something stupid.

Normal POV

Shizuru asks Kurama where he lives, and before he gets the chance to call his mother to pick him up, Shizuru takes his hand and leads him to the bus stop, where after a while, they board and eventually reach the red-head's house.

"Ow, ow, ow. Can you let go of my arm now?" Kurama asks playfully.

"Can you quit whining?" she wonders aloud, loosening her grip, but still leading him quickly through the front door.

"Shouldn't we knock at least?" Kurama questions.

Shizuru turns around, with a slightly scary look on her face. Kurama can almost see her baring a fang, "It's your house, isn't it? Why should we knock?"

Deciding it's best not to answer this, Kurama silently follows his seemingly insane friend, trying to place reason for her erratic behavior.

'Perhaps she's very stressed out. Or maybe it's possible she's…sleepwalking or something. Well, it could also be hormones. Yes, she could be PMSing…or maybe she's just always been this way and I've never noticed…'

'You sure have strange taste in women, Suichi'

'ME?! You like her too, or so I've heard!'

Merely a snort and a small chuckle is heard throughout his mind. Kurama sighs, and attempts to keep up with Shizuru as she runs through the house, seemingly searching for his mother.

Meanwhile…

Shiori walks around the Misses section of JC Penney, accompanied by none other than Miho Takini and her mother, Shiori's best friend.

Grabbing a fancy looking dress off the rack, Shiori holds it up in front of Miho, and smiles, "This would be wonderful for the wedding, don't you think, Satomi?"

"Of course." Satomi replies, adding it to the pile of dresses already held in her hands.

"Mom!" Miho exclaims indignantly, "I don't need you to pick out my clothes for me anymore. In case you haven't noticed, I've grown up! I'm not a little kid anymore, and I'd appreciate it if you'd just let me leave."

The older women glance at each, frowning slightly, "Don't you want to look nice for your wedding day?" Miho looks at the floor, shuffling her feet nervously and mutters a decent reply.

'If it were up to me, there wouldn't even BE a wedding day. I need to talk to Suichi about this. I doubt he feels any better about the situation than I do. Our love lives don't need to be screwed up anymore by our uncaring parents…'

Back at the house…

Kurama blinks, whilst sweatdropping at the mess that was once his home, and slowly turns his head toward Shizuru, who is stifling a chuckle.

"I guess…they're not here, are they, huh?" Shizuru states, more than asks, and turns her feet inward, staring at them. Kurama looks at her with a sort of possessed look in his eye. Without warning, she then bursts out laughing, scaring the other so much that he nearly jumps up in surprise.

'They should put a warning on girls: CAUTION-FREQUENT MOOD SWINGS.'

Youko laughs, deeply enjoying the crazy situation his human self has gotten them into.

Eventually, Shizuru calms herself down, but is still wearing an amused smile on her face, and looks toward Kurama.

Kurama gives in to a soft smile himself, and tells Shizuru, "You know, you're really beautiful when you smile. You should smile more often." She only smiles wider and quietly thanks him. Realizing there's nothing left to do but wait, they sit in silence, each thinking of the other, and how they were made for each other.

An hour later…

A jingling noise is heard by Kurama and Shizuru, and they are sitting on the couch, patiently waiting for Shiori to come in so they could talk. They are surprised when they see her enter, with two other people at her side.

"Hello, Suichi," Satomi says politely to the red-head, her face tensing when she sees Shizuru, "Who's this?"

"Umm…this is…hehe…" Kurama stutters, not sure of what to say.

Shiori eyes her son strangely, "What's wrong?" Miho peeks out from behind Satomi, and gives a small, but sad smile.

Smiling sarcastically, Shizuru gets up, and chuckles a bit, "My name is Shizuru Kuwabara, and I'm Suichi's soon-to-be wife. You must be his mother. Nice to finally meet you." She smiles again, knowing she caught the three off guard. While Shiori and Satomi stand with shocked looks on their faces, Miho smiles brightly, happy that he has found someone he really loves.

"But-but Suichi, dear, I thought you were going to marry Miho." Shiori states, still wondering where this other woman came from suddenly.

"Yeah, well listen here-" Shizuru is cut off by Suichi's hand on her shoulder.

Sighing, he begins, "Wait, it's my problem to deal with. Let me explain. Mother, I can't just love someone because you and her mother want me to. I'm sure Miho agrees with me." She nods in understanding, and he continues, "Shizuru and I hadn't realized we loved each until just a while back. I'm sorry if it displeases you, mother, but I can't marry someone I don't love, I just can't."

Shiori also nods, and Satomi, looking angry, points to Shizuru, "You! It's all your fault! If you hadn't come along, my daughter would still be getting married to this young man!"

Shizuru narrows her eyes, "Hey, this was a mutual decision, lady! It's not like I forced him or anything. Stop being selfish, and let your daughter marry whoever the hell she wants! Damn…" Kurama sweatdrops, and he looks sternly at Satomi.

She walks out the front door in a huff, Miho following her, but not before turning around to smile softly at him first, "It was fun while it lasted, Minamino-kun."

The door closes, and Kurama looks toward his assumed fiancée and says, "Do you think she'll be okay?"

Shizuru rolls her eyes, and smirking says, "Get over yourself."

Yay! It's all done. It's an open ending. It can be assumed that Shizuru and Kurama will get married, and maybe even have kids! But I want you to use your imaginations, kay? :) Because you know, if I keep writing this, eventually I'm going to make someone die and try and make it angsty and screw it all up -.-

Thanks for reading and please review! Any suggestions for a new fic?

And just because you might be someone who has waited patiently for me to update, here are some outtakes that I just made up. You don't have to read them, but it'd be nice if you did :)

From Chapter One:

Ughhh, I hate when the bus is late…

…

But alas, the bus never comes…

Wait a second…o.O;;; Where's the fucking bus? How the hell am I supposed to get home?!?!?

KH4ever: Umm…a taxi? :)

-.- I have no money, baka!!!

KH4ever: [sigh] CUT!

From Chapter Two:

Kurama awakes with the odd feeling of someone kissing him. He opens his eyes for a split second to see…O.O the bogey man?!?!?!

Kurama: O.O;;;;;;;;;;;; ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! X.x

KH4ever: Ehe, oops [sweatdrops] CUT!

From Chapter Three:

"Ow, ow, ow. Can you let go of my arm now?" Kurama asks playfully.

"Can you quit whining?" she wonders aloud, loosening her grip, but still leading him quickly through the front door.

Shizuru: Hold on…if no one's here, why is the front door open?

Kurama: Perhaps to make things easier for the crazy authoress…

KH4ever: Who, me? Wai-hey! That's not in the script! CUT!

0:) I'm bored, I'm tired, and my head hurts. Please review. This is the end, but maybe someday I'll be bored again and write an epilogue of some sort.