It was 5:30 in the morning. Everything was quiet. The only thing that could be heard was Shuichi's faint breathing as he slept alone. Eiri was on the balcony. He had woken up an hour ago out of a deep sleep. He wasn't sure why he had woken up, he only knew that he was unable to fall back to sleep. So he sat on the balcony hoping that the night air would make him fall back to sleep. It was no use. He just couldn't fall back to sleep.
So to pass the time, he determined how the wedding was going to look and what was going to happen. So far all he had completely done was the line up and where the honeymoon was going to be. He chose Paris for where they should go. He chose Paris because it was a lovely place, romantic and he wouldn't die of a heat stroke wearing black.
He was now thinking of possible colors for the outfits and what to do at the reception. For the chose colors that the guys on his side were going to wear he had light blue, purple, and white. He wanted black but knew that Shuichi thought that he wore too much of it as it was. For the girls and guy on Shuichi's side he had pink, orange, burgundy, and ivory. He was unsure if he and Shuichi were going to wear the same colors and the rest of the people on their side or not. He felt that they probably should. That would make Shuichi happy.
As for the reception he figured Karaoke and dancing were good ideas since Shuichi loves to sing and he loves to dance. He although only loved ballroom dancing and other romantic dances. He wasn't really that good at the more modern dances. Shuichi has only seen him dance but a few times, and it never was with him. Eiri knew that he was going to have to dance with Shuichi at the reception and knew the perfect one to. He was going to dance the tango with Shuichi. He just wasn't sure if Shuichi knew how to tango or not, but he knew away to help him get the gist of it. Since Tohma taught him, he was going to have Tohma teach Shuichi. He just wasn't sure how or if Tohma would even agree with it. He figured that he more than likely would.
By now it was 6 a.m. and the Sun had begun to rise just a bit over the horizon. He knew that Shuichi would be up soon and wanting him. But he wasn't sure about when to tell Shuichi his ideas for the wedding, after he had just proposed last night. Before he knew it, the balcony door slid open. Eiri quickly turned to see a half asleep Shuichi staring at him. Eiri quickly hid his notes. Shuichi slowly walked over to him and said, "Yuki? What are you doing out here so early?"
Eiri just looked at him and said plainly, "I couldn't sleep."
Shuichi walked around to the front to the chair and took a seat in Eiri lap holding him tight. "I love you, Yuki." Shuichi looked at the ring on his finger and remembered what it said. "Tell me that you love me. I want to hear you say the words."
Eiri knew that Shuichi had heard him say them last night. He knew that he would have to get used to saying this to him. So he figured that he might as well start now. "I love you, Shuichi." Shuichi just smiled and together they watched to the sunrise. Neither one of them said another word for an hour. They just both sat there watching the sunrise and wondering what the day was going to bring for them.
Before either one of them could say anything, the doorbell rang. They just looked at each other, both wondering who would be there at 7 in the morning. They could have been sleeping. They decided to just let it ring and continue to watch the morning sky. But, the person didn't go away. They tried to ignore it, but it was really getting on their nerves. After about 10 minutes it stopped. They thought that the person had gone away, but the person had a key. Neither one of them had heard the door open. The person entered and walked very slowly and quietly through the apartment. The person walked first to the bedroom, peered inside and saw no one so they walked to the kitchen, Eiri's study and the bathroom. They finally walked into the living room and saw the back of Eiri's head on the balcony. They walked up to the open door and watched them sit there. The person watched them for a minute before walking up behind them and said, "Morning Eiri."