"Hachiman, did you finish cleaning the living room?!" My Mom asked me from the kitchen.

"…sure…" I lazily say. "It wasn't dirty to begin with…" I mumble to myself as I sink further into the living room couch.

"What was that?"

She heard that? Why do Mom's always see and hear everything?! Do they have some sort of powers they receive when they enter motherhood?

"N-nothing!"

"hmmm."

"So this 'girlfriend' of yours is really coming then?"

I hear my Dad's comment coming from behind me.

He was currently looking over the newspaper as he sat in our modest dinning table.

I turn around and pop my head just barely above the couch so that my eyes are visible.

"yeah…"

Today was the day. After Yukinoshita's request to meet my parents had been processed and accepted by me, the day had finally arrived.

My parents were in shock yesterday when I told them Yukinoshita would be coming over to meet with them today.

-Flashback-

"You were actually serious about having a girlfriend?!" My Dad asked in astonishment.

"You're not lying to us, right?" My mom asked with a worried expression.

What the hell? They didn't even believe me when I had first told them?!

Well, whatever.

"Kaa-san! Otou-san! Of course Onii-chan wouldn't lie about that! That would be waayyy too pathetic! Even for him!" Komachi had attempted to reassure them.

Thanks, Komachi! … I think.

-End Flashback-

So here I was or should I say 'we' were. My Mom had been diligently preparing dinner and asking the rest of us the clean the house. Of course, my Dad pushed his responsibilities onto me while he sat and read the newspaper.

Damn old man.

I didn't really expect this kind of reaction though. My Mom seemed to be working extra hard and my Dad…well he seemed to be cheering her on, I suppose.

I will say, when I first told them I was dating Yukinoshita Yukino, they gave me a weird reaction. I thought it was because I told them that I was actually in a relationship, but the more I thought about it, the more it became clear that they gave me that reaction not because of my announcement per say, but because the name I had said.

Yukinoshita.

The company my parents were slaves to had worked hand in hand with the Yukinoshita's, so it was obvious they were aware of the family. Honestly, if you were from around here, the Yukinoshita name was well known, so it wasn't a surprise my parents gave me that kind of initial reaction.

Maybe that's why they didn't believe me until today. There was no way I, Hikigaya Hachiman would be dating Yukinoshita Yukino. They hadn't believed me until I told them yesterday that she would be coming over to meet them today.

I don't blame them really. It was something to see for yourself after all. I think we might be the eighth wonder of the world.

So here we all were on a Sunday afternoon. It was rare really. For the most part I hardly spent any real time with my parents, aside from weekend dinners and even then, now that I was in a relationship, it was an even less of an occurrence.

"Onii-chan, what time was Yukino-san supposed to be arriving?" Komachi asked as she came downstairs and lay herself on the couch next to me.

I check the hanging clock on the wall. It reads 5:30 exactly.

"Around half an hour or so."

Just as I had finished my sentence, the doorbell chimed.

Everyone stopped what they were doing. It became way too silent all of the sudden.

I looked around and everyone was looking at me.

What?! I wasn't lying! She really was coming!

I let out a short sigh as I get up from the couch and make my way to the front door.

As I'm leaving the living room I hear Komachi speak up. "Onii-chan."

I turn around.

"For her sake, don't get nervous!" she says with a big dumb grin.

Damn it. I wasn't nervous at all until you said that!

I nod and proceed to the entrance.

Before I lay my hand on the doorknob and let the person behind inside. I take one last deep breath.

I shouldn't be nervous. Yukinoshita is great! If anything, I should be worried that they'll drive her away.

At that last thought, I open the door.

There in front of me, was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She wore a beautiful white spring dress. Black pumps and a white purse that slung around her small shoulder. White looked so good on her. It really made her silky raven-hair and ocean-blue eyes pop out.

"Hello." She says behind a small but warm smile.

One word.

One word was all it took from her and my worries were washed away.

"Punctual as always." I tease her with a smile of my own.

"I'm not too early am I? I just wanted to make sure I wasn't late. Perhaps I will be a nuisance if I come in right now. Should I just walk around the block for a few more minutes? Maybe this-"

"Yukino." I say to snap her out of her rant.

While I had felt better, she was still nervous.

"It's okay. I told you my parents are thrilled to have you over."

"I see…" It seemed her panic had subsided a bit.

"I'm here. Don't worry." I say as I move out of the way to let her in.

She gives me a smile and nods at my gesture.

"Pardon the intrusion." She says in a very quite voice.

Just as we make our way around the corner I freeze at what I see in front of us.

"Welcome to our home!" My Mom, Dad, and Komachi all stood next to each other as they all gave the greeting in unison and finished with a bow.

What are you doing?!

This startled Yukinoshita. "Y-yes! Thank you for having me!" she said in a slightly panicked voice and gave a bow of her own.

Ah, geez. You guys are making this worse.

I let out a sigh.

"Yukino. This is my Kaa-san, Otou-san, and Imouto. Officially." I say in a tired voice.

Giving proper introductions like this was awkward to say the least.

"Hello, nice to meet you. I am Yukinoshita Yukino. I'll be in your care." She politely states, again with a bow.

It seemed she had recovered from her initial shock. Or maybe she's used to doing formal introductions?

"Thank you for visiting our home." My Mom says in a cheerful voice.

I've never seen that face on her before.

"Yes, please come in and make yourself at home." My Dad speaks up.

What's up with that smile?! It's like I'm in a different house!

"Yukino-san! Yahallo!" Komachi gives her a big smile and waves at her.

Ah, leave it to my dear Imouto to revert things back to normal.

"Y-yahallo…Komachi-san…" Yukinoshita's voice died out as she gave her a small wave back.

"Well, dinner will be ready in a few minutes, please have a seat!" My Mom said as she led the rest of us along.

Yukinoshita and I sat next to each other on one side of the table while my parents sat across from us on the other side. Komachi pulled up a seat at the end of the table and sat next to Yukinoshita.

"Yukinoshita-san, you're not allergic to anything correct?" My Mom asked.

"N-no. I'm not. I will be perfectly fine eating anything you serve."

I felt bad for her. I really did. But she shouldn't be this nervous. My parents are like fly's compared to the lion her mother was.

For a moment, no one else makes a sound. My parents both just keep staring at Yukinoshita as if trying to figure out if she was real or not. Yukinoshita on the other hand is having a hard time knowing where to look, and below the table I can see her hands fidgeting as they lay on her lap.

Kaa-san, Otou-san, please stop staring! I assure you guys she's a real human! I should know!...

I feel my face begin to redden as certain memories begin to race across my mind.

I need to do something to ease this awkward tension but what?!

"Are there certain foods you dislike, Yukino-san?" Komachi asks with an inquisitive look.

That's twice Komachi has come to the rescue!

Yukinoshita jumps ever so slightly at Komachi's bubbly and loud voice.

"Oh, umm. No, not particularly. My Mother had taught me not to be picky with food."

"I see, you're such an adult, Yukino-san. Hear that Onii-chan! You shouldn't be picky with your food!"

"Leave me alone." I say as I turn away from her.

Komachi laughs at my reaction.

"Are you perhaps referring to Hikigaya-kun's dislike of tomatoes?" Yukinoshita asks Komachi.

"Oh! So you knew?" Komachi gives Yukinoshita a mischievous grin.

"Of course." Yukinoshita replies without any hesitation.

"Oh, my!" My Mom stated, grabbing our attention.

"Unexpected." My Dad said under his breath.

Why are you guys acting so weird today?!

"As expected of the girlfriend!" Komachi teased.

Yukinoshita only blushed and looked away from Komachi.

"Hey, stop teasing her please." I say.

"Oho! The boyfriend come's to the rescue!" Komachi now targets me.

Geh.

Now it's my turn to blush.

"It seems we were wrong about you two." My mom says in a soft voice.

"Huh?" I say turning forward to look at her.

"When you first told us you had a girlfriend, your father and I were indeed surprised. But then when you told us who it was, we were certain it was some sort of delusion you had come up with. You know, like you used to!"

"Everyone goes through those fazes!" I try to defend myself.

"I thought today was going to be some sort of trick. Blackmail perhaps?" My Mom continued.

"Kaa-san, please!"

"But well, looking at how you two have been acting towards each other… it's safe to say I was wrong." She says with a warm smile.

"It appears even your family knows how despicable you can be…" Yukinoshita teases me with a smile of her own.

"Oi, you're supposed to be my support…"

Yukinoshita giggles at my retort.

"Yes, I suppose you're right…"

Yukinoshita finally seems to have calmed down. Her hands were finally laying still. And that smile she was giving me made me only want to smile too.

"Holy cow!" Komachi Yelled.

"W-what?" I asked.

"You two were totally in your own little world! You saw, right Kaa-san?!"

"Indeed. It was something else. I didn't know my little boy could make such a face." My Mom said, looking a little sad.

Strange.

"I'm not sure exactly what part of my son you find attractive, Yukinoshita-san. But please continue to look after him." My Dad said as he gave her a small bow.

"Yes!" Yukinoshita also gave back a small bow.

"You might have just used up a life's worth of luck, Hachiman!" My Dad said behind a hardy laugh.

"Honestly, I'm the lucky one." Yukinoshita interjected.

My Dad was surprised at her response.

"Hikigaya-kun…" She turns towards me and gives me a shy smile. "Hikigaya-kun is the best part of my life right now."

Do you want me to die of embarrassment?!

She lets out a small laugh. "So, please continue to take care of me…Hachiman…" She says, never breaking eye contact with me.

If a black hole could come up and swallow me whole right now, that would be greeaaattt.

It seemed like time had frozen. No one else made a comment and I was too embarrassed to look at any of my family members. Although I could hear Komachi trying to hold back a laugh.

Just as I felt like I was about to break, the beeping of the oven began to echo in the silent home.

"Oh! The chicken is done!" My Mom exclaimed as she quickly stood up and made her way towards the kitchen.

Dinner was calm. More so than the conversations we were having. My parents kept on asking Yukinoshita embarrassing questions about herself, me and us. She answered as best she could.

After dinner was done, my parents announced that they had some business to take care of and needed to leave. Komachi claimed she had homework she needed to finish and also left. So, with a farewell to Yukinoshita, my parents and Komachi were gone, leaving her and I alone.

As my family left, I made my way to the living room couch were I practically threw my self at. I sank into the soft material and let out a sigh.

Yukinoshita fallowed suit and sat next to me.

"That went well, right?" She turned to look at me for confirmation.

"I think so."

"Your family…" I notice she had turned away from me. "They were very kind."

That's because you were here! They'd normally not give me that much attention. Well, I mean to be fair, I didn't particularly beg for it either. I never really liked talking to my parents about stuff. It was a mutual understanding.

"They're tiring…."

"You should be more nice to them."

"mm. I'll try."

As much as I like to claim that my family is embarrassing and that they make it obvious which one is the favorite child…moments like today…aren't that bad, I guess.

"Maybe one day…we can also be…" Yukinoshita's voice grew more inaudible as she went on.

"What was that?"

"N-nothing! Just forget about that!"

Her face had gone completely red.

Just what was she going on about?

"hmm…Well, all in all it went great…Even if you did say some pretty embarrassing things." I tease her.

"It couldn't be helped." I turn to her, she was looking ahead as if thinking about something before she turned to me and continued. "I had to make sure they knew I was serious about you…after all, that's what you did for me when you met my mother, right?"

She had a point. I did say some embarrassing things to her.

I chuckle at this realization.

"Look at us, a couple of romantic saps."

"It would seem so."

We both look at each other and chuckle.

"Y'know…we're alone right now…"

"Don't even think about it. Komachi-san is still in the house." She angrily whispered to me.

"Why are you whispering?"

It was amusing though.

"It's not polite to raise your voice in someone else's home. Don't you even know this minimal level of etiquette, Hiki-pervert-kun?"

"Hmm. As I recall, the last time you were in my house, you were letting out some pretty loud screams-"

I stopped because Yukinoshita was giving me one of the nastiest glares I had ever seen. It told me that if I said another word, the Hikigaya family would have one less breathing member.

"Sorry."

"Unbelievable." A red Yukinoshita said in an exasperated voice as she held her temple trying to suppress a headache.

Yukinoshita was angry with me. It took me promising her to take her to a pet shop to see some kittens, for her to forgive me.

We spent the rest of the evening on my living room couch as we both rested from the…interesting dinner we had. She lay her head on my chest as she wrapped her arms around my torso. My cheek rested on top of her head as I wrapped my arms around her small frame.

We stayed like this, intertwined with each other for as long as possible before it was time for Yukinoshita to go home.

This was probably the least action this couch has seen from us and yet it felt just as good.

Being able to silently enjoy the company of the person you most care about like this, is an amazing feeling. I just hope there are more moments like these in our future.

Family…maybe one day…

A/N: hmmm... Anyway, guys, I think this story will be coming to an end! I believe only a couple more chapters are needed in order for me to reach a good conclusion to this journey. So, as always, I hope you enjoyed and please review! Thanks for your support!