It was 6 o'clock in the evening and Shuichi would be home soon. Eiri had spent most of his day making a romantic dinner for Shuichi. He thought that it would be better to ask him at home instead of taking him out and him making a scene. He had prepared Shuichi's favorite elegant meal, Elegant Chicken Athena. Shuichi loved this, so Eiri thought it would be a nice touch. For after the meal, he placed rose petals all over the bedroom. He knew that Shuichi would want dessert. He also placed about unlit candles around his bedroom that he would light.

It was 6:15 and Eiri was placing the finishing touches on the Chicken when the phone rang. He let the answering machine get it. It was Tohma. He said, "Eiri, I know your there. Please pick up." Eiri didn't move. "Eiri, I would rather talk to you then leave a message."

Eire regrettably picked up the phone. "What do you want Seguichi? I'm busy."

When Tohma spoke he was nervous. "Eiri, are you sure you want to do this?"

Eiri was getting annoyed. "Yes, I'm sure. Now what do you want because if me chicken gets ruined, you'll regret it."

Tohma knew that if he was going to give advice to Eiri, he had better do it fast. "I only want you to be happy and to give you advice." Eiri didn't say a thing, so Tohma went on. "Just remember to take it slow. I don't want to see you hurt again. Anyway, Shuichi left about five minutes ago, so he should be home soon. Good luck, Eiri." With that, Tohma hung up.

Eiri, remembering how happy Shuichi was this morning, realized that he had very little time to finish. He made sure he had the ring in his pocket, dinner on the table, and a rose on the table. Everything was perfect. Just as Eiri mad e the finishing touch, the door opened signaling that Shuichi was home.

As always, Shuichi yelled right when he got there, "Yuki, I'm home."

Shuichi was not expecting a response, since he never got one, but this time Eiri yelled back to him, "In the kitchen. Come here."

Shuichi did what he was told and ran to the kitchen. When he opened the door. The first thing he saw was the table and how beautiful it looked. He was so entranced by the table's beauty that he didn't notice Eiri behind him. When Eiri touched Shuichi, he let out a yelp of surprise. Eiri just smiled and said, "Like it that much, huh?"

Shuichi turned towards him and said, "Oh Yuki, I love it." While trying to a hide a wicked smile he asked, "So, what is the occasion?"

Yuki just looked at him and said, "What, can't I do something nice?"

Shuichi gives him a funny look and says, "Yuki, you never do anything nice without a reason for doing it. Know what is going on. You made my favorite romantic dinner, there is a rose on the table, you look very nervous, and there are rose petals on the bed."

Yuki remembered that he had forgotten to close the bedroom door all the way. While trying to figure out how he could have forgotten, he couldn't notice the excitement in Shuichi's eyes. For Shuichi knew what was going to happen and was finding it hard to control himself. When Eiri came to the conclusion that there was nothing he could do about it know he said, "The dinner is getting cold. Lets eat."

Shuichi was starting to get annoyed. He wanted Yuki to ask him now. But, he sat done and started eating. The whole time they were eating, neither spoke. Eiri was trying to find the words and Shuichi was wondering when he was going to ask him for he was getting really impatient. Shuichi tried catching Eiri's eye but Eiri never looked up for he knew that Shuichi was waiting for a reason and was trying to push it off as long as he could.

Finally after they finished eating, Eiri decided that it was time. Time to tell Shuichi how he felt. Time to ask him to marry him. But he had no idea what to say or if Shuichi would even agree to it. So as he took the dishes from the table he turned to Shuichi and said, "Shuichi, there is something I want to tell you." Shuichi got all anxious and nervous. "But, will you please go into the living room for a minute while I clean up here. I will be out in a moment."

Shuichi by now was getting really agitated. He wished Eiri would just say it already. When he left the room he thought of the one thing that made Eiri almost always give in, his puppy eyes. He knew Eiri would be unable to resist with what he was going to ask him. He just wished that he would hurry up and do it.