Bright sunlight shined through the crack in the curtains. I must have slept in. I looked to my side, and Haruhi was gone. I could hear her in the master bathroom, quietly singing to herself and picking things up and setting them back down. I'd never actually heard her sing before, and I could have listened to it all day.
I sat up and stretched. I hadn't slept that well in a long time. I reached over to the end table to grab my glasses. There was a little note sitting by them. I put my glasses on and opened it. It just read "It's real. -H" with a little drawn heart at the end. This might officially be my favorite possession of all time.
Just then, Haruhi quietly opened the bathroom door. "Oh, you're up!" she beamed.
She was already ready for the day. She had on a swimsuit cover up, which was a thin white dress that came to her upper thighs, loose sleeves reaching her elbows, lace on the bottom and on the ends of the sleeves and a small bow tied in the front. I adored her in it. Her hair was pinned out of her face with white pins.
I swung my legs over the edge of the bed, and she walked toward me. "Good morning, Love." I quietly said to her, as I wasn't fully awake yet.
"Good morning!" she smiled. She was clearly much more of a morning person than myself.
"So, I'm going to order us some breakfast and hop in the shower." I stood up, and put my hands on her hips. "After that, I'm all yours for the day if you want me." She tugged on my hands to pull me down, and gave me a quick kiss.
"Of course I want you." She said in a slight whisper.
"Is that so, hm?" I smirked at her, slowly moving my hands to her rear. She gasped a bit in surprise. I moved my hands back away. "Maybe later." I winked at her.
"That's just rude." She said.
"I have to keep you on your toes, now don't I?" I kissed her forehead. "What do you want for breakfast, Love?"
"Uhh…" She took a moment to think. "Belgian waffles…" she said quietly.
"That, I can do." I smiled. "Go enjoy the sun for a bit while I get ready, hm?" I told her.
"That...I can do." She giggled a little to herself, and walked towards the door. "Have fun showering!" She stuck her tongue out at me as she walked out. She would pay for that later.
After I ordered our food and triple checked that she was outside, I quickly opened my laptop. I knew I wanted to ask her in a more official way to be my girlfriend. Which felt almost weird to think about.
I'd known how I wanted to ask her for months. I just never thought I'd get this far. I'd found a beautiful 24 karat yellow gold necklace of a rose with a stem on its side that I always thought would look great on her. I put in an engraving and ordered it with expedited shipping.
I closed my laptop and went to jump in the shower. I showered quickly, and changed into my swimsuit and put on a white tank top. I shook some of the water out of my hair and pushed it back out of my face. I put my glasses back on and stepped out of the bathroom.
Just as I turned to walk out of the bedroom, Haruhi walked in the door with a bag. "Foods here!" She gleamed. "I hope you don't mind, I saw that the restaurant was calling while you were in the shower, so I just picked it up and went to go grab the food myself."
"I don't mind at all." I went and took the bag from her. "Would you like to eat in here, or outside?"
"Outside! It's perfect out today." She smiled.
So of course, we took the food outside and ate at a shaded table. She honestly never looked happier than when you put good food in front of her. I loved it.
She set her fork down and stretched. "That was incredible." She looked at me. "So, what do you have planned for today?"
"I want to take you through the 'jungle'..." I told her. "I know you've seen it, but it's been updated since you were last here, and we were looking for a missing person last time. I want you to get to enjoy it."
She stood up with her plate, taking mine as well. "That sounds great!" she exclaimed. "Give me just one second, okay?" She asked. She kissed my cheek, then turned to walk back to our suite, presumably to wash the dishes.
I got up from the table just as Haruhi came back outside. "You know Haruhi, you look absolutely lovely today." She just about stopped in her tracks. I don't think she was used to getting compliments that weren't as aggressive as Tamaki's or the Twins'.
"You ready?" I gestured towards the walking path through the jungle. She smiled and nodded as she walked back towards me. I grabbed her hand and held it in mine as we walked.
She spent a lot of the walk just looking around. She still couldn't walk very fast because of the boot, but I just walked at her pace, letting her take in everything around her.
"This is crazy." She said, to seemingly herself.
"You know, all of these beautiful flowers and plants, and still the most beautiful thing I see is you." She looked up at me, wide eyed. Then looked away and blushed.
"Oh, stop." She smiled, squeezing my hand a little tighter.
I was not planning on stopping.
"I just can't bear the thought of you not knowing how perfect I think you are." I smirked at her. She was cute when she was embarrassed.
We came up on a white gazebo that had no table in the middle, only a few small benches in the corners. I happened to know that there were speakers in this particular area. I led Haruhi to the center, and walked to the corner that contained the controls for the speakers. I activated the music, a slow classical string piece.
"My love?" I held my hand out to her. "May I have this dance?"
She blushed again. "Kyoya, you know I'm terrible at dancing…"
"Well someone has to teach you."
She reached out and grabbed my hand, smiling. I slowly guided her through the basic steps of slow dancing. She stumbled on her own feet, but not nearly as much as I thought she would.
She looked beautiful when she was concentrating. I couldn't help to lose focus a bit myself just looking at her.
I stumbled a little. Haruhi immediately burst out laughing. "You're supposed to be the one who knows what they're doing!" She teased, through her laughter.
"What can I say, you make it hard to focus…" Her laughter quickly stopped as I leaned her back and kissed her as I held her up.
I sat her back up, and she looked at me. We both just smiled and laughed.
Love felt good. I'd never been happier.
