Lita felt her stomach drop. She began to shake a little.
"Oh, it's not for you?" She said in a meek tone, realizing the false assumption she had made.
Everyone sat in silence all of a sudden. Kento was still grinning and shook his head.
"Sorry I didn't hire a marching band." He said as he reached into his pocket.
He pulled out what looked like a stone the size of a child's fist. By all accounts it looked like an ordinary rock. He got off the couch and down on one knee. Lita's eyes got wider by the moment. She attempted to keep herself firmly grounded on the couch as she felt herself being lifted into the air by some unknown force. Kento opened the rock to reveal a beautiful diamond ring.
"Lita…uh…gosh I've never had trouble keeping my mouth shut. Will you marry me?"
He smiled and Lita saw that old confidence return to his eyes. She looked at the ring for a moment and then got onto her knees at his level and threw her arms around him. She held him tight and closed her eyes, a million different thoughts were running through her head, but too fast for her to distinguish one from the other.
Kento pried her away so he could face her for a moment.
"Is that a yes?" He said with a hint of sarcasm.
"Of course it is Hardrock." She said and decided she could kiss him now.
"I gotta hand it to you Kento," Rowen said. "I didn't see this one coming."
"Yeah that's why I was running a little late today." He replied. "I was picking this up." He took the ring out and placed it on Lita's finger.
"It's so pretty, Kento." Lita said looking at him rather than the ring.
The girls began to gather around Lita to get a closer look much as they had done with Amy's ring. It was only too much of a treat for them to get to admire two magnificently crafted pieces of jewelry in one whole day, three if you include Rowen's watch.
"I'm surprised you didn't forget about the ring in your pocket Kento." Sage said with a laugh.
"Hey you guys aren't making fun of me are ya?" Kento replied with a grin.
"Nah, we're just mad you beat us to it." Ryo said.
"It's never too late." Raye said.
"Oh would you look at the time. Hey guys we should be going."
"Right," said the rest of the Ronins in unison, getting up from their seats.
"Hey we'll see you gals later we're gonna go to…uh…yeah." Ryo said as he waved and followed the rest of the guys toward the door.
"I'll call you later Amy." Cye said.
"Now wait a minute." Amy said getting up.
"You're not going anywhere without us, we have important things to discuss." Mina said.
With that they exited through the door leaving Sage, Serena, Kento and Lita the only ones left of the room.
"Finally, I get to say something," Serena said. "I'm so happy for you two! I…oh…"Serena paused for a moment. "Excuse me." She rushed up and ran into the bathroom.
"Serena are you alright?" Sage yelled to her. "I'll be right back." He said to Kento and Lita and excused himself.
The two of them were left alone.
"This isn't how I planned it you know." Kento said.
"I wouldn't have had it any other way." She said with a sigh.
Author's Note: I wanted to send out a special thanks to Athena Kyle and Girl of Darkness who seem to like this story so much that they have written a copious amount of reviews even after I thought people lost interest in it. Thanks so much! - Europa