The next moring when he woke up he got changed then grabbed the tennis ball off his desk. He ran down the stairs and out the door before his parents could even great him good morning. He ran all the way down to the hospital and ran into a nurce who was coming out of Taki's room. She stopped him from going in and told him to come with her to the desk. "Well you finally decided to come and see her." The woman said and he rolled his eyes. "Do you know how many times she and her sister had tried to get a hold of you."

"Yes I know I listed to all the voice mails and read all the text messaged and also read all the pages they sent." He said and looked at Taki's door. "Are you don't lecturing me yet."

"Don't get her mad like you did the last time. She won't be able to take it. Her sister left about two hours ago to go home and get ready for school. As for school why aren't you in your school uniform?"

"You are really irritating. Can I see her now? And about not being in my school uniform it's kind of hard to propes to you're girlfriend in your school uniform." He said and she gasped and then smiled.

"Did you want to get it underway today?" She asked and he looked back at her. "I mean did you want to have a serimony today if she says yes?" She asked and he tilted his head.

"I'll leave it up to her." He said and then went to Taki's door and went in.

"I told you nurces to leave me alone." Taki said curled up on her side with her eyes closed.

"Good thing I'm not a nurce." He said and her eyes shot open.

"Tezuka!" She shouted and shot up from lying down.

"Take it easy." He said and she blushed.

"I was worried that you wouldn't come back to see me." She said and looked at her hands. "Yamato came by yesterday saying that you weren't in a good mood. Then the other regulars came by saying that you dissapeared on them." She said and he took her hands.

"I needed time to think. So I went way for the day. It was a good thing I did or I would still be snapping at people and pushing the club harder then I ever had." He said and she looked at him. " Any way I needed to talk with you."

"I was thinking you would want me to explain things better." She whispered and he shook his head.

"Taki you're mother said enough. And I did my research. I know all about your condition." He said and she looked at him surprised. "Any way." He said and got down on one knee beside her bed. He took the tennis ball out from his jacket pocket and then opened it. There inside of it was a ring.

"Kunimitsu is that…"

"Yes Taki it is." He said and she closed her eyes as tears fell.

"I want to say yes but how can I. Kunimitsu I don't know how long I have." She said and tears came down her face.

"Taki baby you can say yes. I don't care how long you have. This was always going to go to you anyway. I waited so long to have you come back to me. I loved you so much even when we were younger. I want you to always be a part of my as my wife." He said and she nodded.

"Yes Kuni-kun. I will." She said and he placed the ring on her finger.

"Congratulations." The nurce said as she and some other nurces came in with flowers and ballons from the gift shop. "Question as I asked your man here before he came in. Would you like to get this underway today? I could call the preist and have him here with in an hour." She said and Taki looked at Tezuka and then nodded. "Girls we've got a lot of things that need to get done in an hour." She said as they all ran out of the room to get things ready for the two teens. One came back in five minutes later with a few rings to try on Tezuka's finger to get his size. With in two hours the two had a private serimony that the nurces and doctors kept secret just as the two teens asked them to. Tezuka stayed with her till school was let out and the others would be coming by to see her. Once the others left for the day the nurces called Tezuka and he came back to be with his wife.

"Kunimitsu you skipped school to be with me today and I love you for it. But you have to go tomorrow. The others are worried about you. Your brothers even came by today wondering if you came to see me." She said as he layed down beside her with her in his arms.

"Alright I'll go to school tomorrow but I'll come and see you after the others just like today." He said and she smiled.

"Syusuke is starting to get mad at you Kuni-kun. I don't want you both to get into any more fights especially about me." She said as she started to feel tired again. "I'm tired Kuni-kun. Just wait till I fall asleep then you can head home and get to sleep as well." She said and he nodded.

The next morning Tezuka woke up and got ready for school. His parents were surprised when he came down and sat at the table to eat. "Nii-san do you feel alright?" His brothers said and he nodded.

"Im fine." He said as he ate then looked at the time. He placed his dishes into the sink then grabbed his things. "I'll be late coming home tonight so you can eat without me." He said as he left the house. Arriving at Seigaku the others weren't there yet so he did his usual warm him after getting changed for practice. When the others started to arrive they were surprised to see their bucho. "What is wrong with all of you it looks like you've seen a ghost. Get ready and make sure you are prepared for a hecktick practice. I let you all off easy for two days." He said and they all got ready.

"He seems happier." Oishi said to Fuji as they were streching out.

"You think. He hasn't given me my fill of laps yet." Eiji said them was give the last few laps that he needed for the day.

"Bucho did anything happen? You seem really happy." Echizen said and Momo and Kaidoh had to agree with him and eachother.

"I just got time to clear my head yesterday that's all." Tezuka said and Inui held a bottel of his new juice to his bucho. "Not that kind of clear Sadaharu."

"But Bucho what happened?" Some of the others asked.

"Nothing really." He said and was starting to get annoyed.

"But you seem so happy in a strange way Tezuka so something must have happened" Kawamura said in his shy voice.

"If any one else asks what happened one more time that's a hundred laps." Tezuka said and rubbed his head. And true to his word when Fuji opened his mouth. He had to just put everyone on the line.

"Truly Tezuka, what happened?" Fuji asked and Tezuka rolled his eyes.

"That's it everyone run 100 laps now."

"But."

"200"

"But"

"300"

"But"

"400 aren't you getting it yet." He said and then they all took off to do their runs. But being in the good mood that he was in he decided to run with them as well. He had passed all the other regulars and was quite a was away he turned around and shouted back at them. "The last one to finish drinks Inui's latest creation. Also I think I heard that it kills puppies."

"NO!" All the others shouted as they closed the distance between them and their captain.

"It does not I tried it on my kitten she may be a little sick but that's all." Inui shouted up at them since they had left him in their dust.

Later that evening Tezuka snuck into the hospital to bid his wife goodnight. He had a strange feeling that the look on her face of exhaustion wasn't what it seemed to be. Deep down in his heart he knew that their precious time was soon coming to an end. In light of that moment they went out for an evening stroll. They talked about all the good times they had shared, and of all the challenges life had yet to offer.

"Taki I know we haven't much ti-"

"Shh! Koi I know but let it be, this moment is perfect." For the remainder of the night they just stared into each others eyes knowingly until once again it was time for them to part. Little did they know that they had had an audience of one the sneaky Syusuke.

"I wonder what that is all about?" He contemplates as the two before him head back into the hospital.

The next day at school Fuji corners Tezuka after practice. "So have you seen Taki yet?" He interigates with that cunning smile.

"As a matter of fact yes. And as another matter of fact you can be the first one at practice tomorrow and on top of that you can finish 100 laps before everyone arrives tomorrow. Any other questions Syusuke?"

"Sa Bucho as long as it doesn't give me any more laps."

"I knew you knew when to let things go." Tezuka threatens and then walks away with a slight spring in his step. But that spring wasn't going to last. Durrning the last class of the day a cellphone rang in the classroom. The teacher looked back at the students and found Tezuka taking his cell out of his pocket.

"Tezuka I would have expected better." The teacher said and then dropped his textbook and ran up to Tezuka who went pale.