a/n: I'm so sorry I haven't posted in forever. I'll try to get these next chapters posted soon. I'll probably be taking down A Love You Can't Touch and Nothing to Look at though because I've lost my inspiration. If you want to continue reading me work, you can read the end of this fic and the rest of A Drastic Turn. On I am writing three more stories, however, so look for them. I'm Greenwood Dancer there as well.

"Mmmm, I don't know, I don't think it's for me," Kai said, turning in front of the mirror. She lifted up the many skirts of the wedding dress she had on with difficulty as she turned. "I can't move in it!"

"And it isn't exactly the best cut either. Here, try this one," Mai said.

"It's nice, but I don't think it's right," Elaine said, eyeing the dress the blonde was holding up. "What about this one?" She pressed a wedding dress with a knee length skirt against her.

"You can't have a wedding dress that comes above the knees! At least, not in a wedding like this. You need something more like this," Tea said, raising a satin one with a long, straight skirt.

"I don't know, I kind of like this one," Serenity said, looking at a different one.

"Oh, hey Serenity, let me see that," Kai said, stepping down off the platform, holding her skirt in her arms with difficulty. She took the dress from Serenity and smiled. "Let me try this one." She disappeared into the dressing room and the other girls began to hang up their rejected choices.

"How's it coming, Kai?" Elaine asked after a few minutes.

"I like it, I like it!" Kai said, opening the door and stepping out. She wore an off the shoulder, long sleeved dress with a full skirt. She jumped up onto the platform and turned. "Ooh, I think this is it! Where's the veil, Serenity?"

"Here!" Serenity said, placing it on Kai's head. The sheer material reached her ankles in the back, her shoulders in front.

Flipping the front back, Kai hugged her friend. "Thank you! This is it! Maybe I should call Yami over to be sure he likes it."

"What? Kai, it's bad luck for the groom to see the dress before the wedding," Tea protested.

"I thought that was just the bride right before the wedding," Kai said, confused.

"This is before the wedding, isn't it?" Elaine said.

"But what if he doesn't like it?"

"Trust me sweetheart, he'll like it," Mai assured her.

Elaine smirked. "Yeah, I'll bet you anything he doesn't care what dress you have on. In fact, I'm sure he'd be just fine if you came down the isle naked!"

"Elaine!" Kai exclaimed with a laugh as Tea and Serenity stared at her, shocked grins on their faces.

"Good one, Elaine," Mai said, smiling.

"You know, Kai, you never told us how Yami proposed," Tea said.

"Oh it was so romantic," Kai said, sweeping into the chair between Elaine and Serenity. "Well, it was Valentine's. See, Yami had gotten sick and had to stay home, so I made sure he was set and I went to work. When I came home, all the lights were off."

"Honey, I'm home!" Kai called, stifling a giggle. As the front door to their apartment swung shut behind her, she realized she was standing in darkness. Unable to see two inches past her nose, she concentrated for a second. The hall light flipped on and she hung her coat on the hook by the door.

"Yami?" she said, looking down the hall to where the bedroom was. The door was cracked, just as she'd left it earlier that morning and there was darkness coming from it.

Yami must still be asleep, poor thing, she thought, walking down the hall to the door. As she gently pushed the door open to see him, the light in the hall went out. She started, snapping her head to the front door, her eyes darting around nervously.

"Yami?" she asked slowly, turning around. She headed towards the door again, her stomach starting to jump. This time she felt along the wall for the light switch, but her hand touched another. She gave a short scream as the light flicked on. Her eyes widened as she saw the familiar smirk on Yami's face.

She stared at him in disbelief for a moment, looking him up and down. His white shirt was unbuttoned at the top, revealing a bit of his chest. It hugged him nicely, as did the jeans he wore. The Millennium Puzzle hung around his neck on its chain and, the eyes of the cobra wrapped around it seemed to sparkle. He smiled down at Kai, his deep violet eyes warm and kind.

"What…? But you're sick…!" she stammered, confusion replacing her panic.

Yami chuckled. He placed a hand on her shoulder before flipping the light out again. She stumbled a little as he guided her down the dark hall. As they reached the doorway to the living room, Kai noticed there was a dim light coming from it. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw the source. On the coffee table was a dinner that looked like it came from the local restaurant. Two candles stood in the center of the table, their flames flickering. The fireplace crackled, a soft red glow engulfing the room.

Kai felt Yami's hands take hold of her shoulders lightly from behind and she turned her head to him. "Did you do all of this?" she asked, her emerald eyes finding his violet ones.

He nodded, turning her around gently and pulling her close. "Happy Valentine's Day," he murmured. He kissed her gently, his lips soft and tender. Kai slid her hands up his arms around his neck as Yami tightened his hold on her slightly. The sensation of his lips on hers still sent butterflies through her stomach and there was nowhere she'd rather be than in his arms. He made her feel so secure, so safe. Nothing could hurt her while he was there. She didn't want to end the kiss, and as he pulled away gently, she could sense he was somewhat reluctant as well. Their eyes met for a few brief seconds and the soft smiles on their faces as they gazed at each other could have been a scene from a movie.

They let go of each other and moved to the couch, the candlelight flickering as Yami and Kai disturbed the air around them. Yami smiled at her before picking one of the empty plates up from the corner of the table and proceeding to put mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, turkey, and cranberry sauce on it. He handed it along with a fork to Kai, who took it with a smile. She took a bite of the potatoes as Yami gathered some food for himself.

"This is really good; did you make all this yourself?" she asked in surprise.

Yami nodded and smiled at her. He reached down beside the table and pulled a bottle of wine from an ice bucket. Kai couldn't help but go slightly red as he poured some into two glasses. She read the bottle as he moved to put it back in the bucket. Arbor Mist. Her favorite. She couldn't believe Yami remembered.

He looked about ready to toast her when he turned and reached for the remote on the end table by the couch. He pointed it at the stereo and a soft melody began. Kai's smile widened as she recognized her favorite song, Key Largo. Her heart completely melted as Yami raised his glass and said in his smooth, velvety voice, "Here's lookin' at you, kid." Their glasses chimed as they touched and, smiling at each other over the rims, the lovers took a sip.

"How did you do it? I mean, make such great food?" Kai asked. She couldn't figure out how he could use the exact same recipes she did and come out with gourmet food while hers was barely fit for the rats.

Yami chuckled. "I just followed the directions and made sure I had all the right ingredients. I didn't improvise basil for garlic."

Kai blushed. "Oh."

The song changed to Carly Simon's Coming Around Again, another one of Kai's favorite songs. She suspected Yami had specifically picked the ones she liked out and put them on a CD special for this night. He always did something wonderful for Valentine's Day, but this was by far the greatest he had done yet.

"This must have taken you all day," she said, taking a forkful of corn.

Yami laughed, the most soothing sound Kai had ever heard. "It did. I wanted to do everything from scratch and I got the cream for the corn wrong many times. Mashing the potatoes was no easy task either and only after I had finished I realized I had forgotten to peel them."

"You mean you had to go fishing through it for all the skin?" Kai laughed and he nodded.

"I would have been a tremendous joke for more experienced chefs," he said, smiling.

"Well, you did a wonderful job," she said, the candlelight reflecting in her emerald eyes.

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue was playing now and Kai was humming it softly to herself. She looked up as Yami asked her to sing it a little louder.

"Oh no, I can't," she said, blushing. The orange glow from the fireplace made her cheeks seem even redder than they were.

"Of course you can," Yami said. She knew from experience he would just stare at her until she gave in. So, she sang. Yami just watched her, a soft smile on his face, the dim light enhancing his every feature. His eyes looked so romantic, as though she were the only thing in the world he cared about. Kai knew he could get her to do anything he wanted if he only gazed at her like that, but also knew he would never try. She loved him more than anything and wanted so much to be able to show him that somehow, but she couldn't find the words or the way. So, she could only hope he knew.

"That was beautiful," he said when she had finished singing. She blushed as he traced her cheek with his fingers. He leaned in and kissed her softly. When he pulled away, he reached over to the end table again and held a small box tied with a red ribbon out to her.

Kai smiled as she took it and gently pulled the ribbon off. She lifted the lid and the necklace inside took her breath away. Two golden cartouches hung vertically from a bar on a delicate gold chain.

"It's beautiful!" she breathed as Yami took the necklace from the box. "But why are there two?" she asked.

He leaned forward to put it around her neck as he said, "One is my name, and one is yours."

Kai smiled, touching the cartouches. "Just a minute while I get your present," she said, getting up from the couch. She went down the hall to the closet and took out a flat, square present. She brought it back to Yami and handed it to him. She bit her lip as she waited for his reaction.

As the wrapping paper fell away, Yami's eyes rested on a color painting of the pyramids. They were visible in the distance across the desert sands, which blew in a mist around the canvas. "Did you paint this?" he asked, looking up at Kai.

She nodded. "Remember I was taking art classes?" she asked.

Yami set the painting beside him on the floor, leaning against the couch. "It's wonderful. It looks so realistic," he said, leaning over to her again. Their lips touched, this time slightly longer than before. "I do have one other thing," he said when they pulled apart. He brought around from his back a small velvet box and Kai's eyes widened as he spoke. "Kai," he said, pulling the lid of the box open. A diamond ring sat in a tiny cushion, reflecting the light of the candles and the fireplace.

Kai felt a tingling sensation flood through her as her pulse increased tremendously. She'd forgotten to breathe, her lungs and every other organ in her body seeming to refuse to work correctly. Her hand rose slowly to her chest, unable to believe Yami was giving her a ring.

"Kai, will you be my queen?" he asked, his eyes locking on hers. For a split second, he looked as though he was holding his breath as well, waiting, hoping for her answer.

Her mouth opened and closed wordlessly for a few seconds, her hands starting to shake. She forced her vocal cords to work finally. "Yes! Oh Yami, yes!" she cried, throwing her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her tightly as they found each other's lips.

"Oh that's so romantic!" Tea said, clutching her hands to her chest. A dazed look was in her eyes as she sighed.

"I know," Serenity said. Her shoulders rose to about her cheeks as she sighed heavily, a soft grin on her face.

"Sometimes I wonder how Joey would propose if he ever did," Mai said. She sat with her legs crossed and her arms along the back of the bench the girls sat on. Even she had a dreamy look in her eyes for a second. Then she laughed and said, "It'd probably be at some restaurant where he'd hide the ring in my muffin."

The girls laughed as the rest started thinking of how their boyfriends would propose.

"I could see Yugi watching the sunset with me, his arm around my shoulders, and just before the sun completely went down, bringing out the ring," Tea said wistfully. She got a few "awww's" before Serenity spoke.

"Tristan might take me for a ride on his motorcycle to the beach where we'd have a picnic under an umbrella," she said, her hands clasped in her lap.

"What about you Elaine?" Kai asked, looking at the Italian.

"Yeah, come on," Tea encouraged.

"Well, actually, I don't have a boyfriend right now. But I could say how I think Carlos might propose," Elaine said, stealing a glance at Kai. The bride showed no signs of suspicion, and Elaine breathed in relief.

"All right, let's hear it," Mai said.

"Well," Elaine started, grinning. "First, he might make take his girl to some extravagant Italian restaurant and then take her for a moonlight walk on the beach. They'd hold hands and yadda yadda," she said, waving her hand. "And when they got back home, he'd get down on his knee and give her the ring."

"That sounds kind of nice," Serenity said, looking at Elaine.

"That's Carlos for you. He can be really sweet when he wants to be," Kai said, smiling.

"Mmm," Mai said. In the few moments in which she had met Carlos, she had noticed his attraction to Kai and perhaps she thought it best to change the subject. "Well, let's make sure this is the dress you want and get to buying it. We have a lot of things to plan."

"Right," Kai said, getting up. "Find me a dress!" she said, getting up on the platform in front of the mirrors. The rest of the girls began searching through the wide assortment of dresses again, laughing and joking all the way.

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