Applause and cheers greet the newly engaged couple as they walk out to tell their friends.
"So you knew all along what was going on", Tsukushi questions her friends.
Soujirou answers her question. "Tsukasa had called us and told us he wanted our help with a huge welcoming. We just assumed that he meant to propose."
Karin adds, "I got the details on the situation from them."
Shigeru clasps her hands in front of her and stares dreamily into nowhere. "I love weddings. They're so romantic." She turns her attention back to reality. "You're going to have to start all the planning. You have to pick a date, find a location, find a dress, and get a cake, flowers, and a lot of other stuff, not to mention, when you're going to tell your parents."
Tsukushi stiffens with the last word that Shigeru says. Tsukasa feels her unease and tries his best to comfort her. "I'm sure everything will be alright. I don't think we'll have to worry about my mother anymore. I'm sure your parents are going to be elastic."
"You mean 'ecstatic'?"
"Whatever, plus, we don't have to tell them until we're ready and maybe have a date planned."
Tsukushi relaxes slightly, "I guess you're right but we're not getting married until after I graduate."
"Deal."
Sakurako takes one of Tsukushi's hands and pulls her away from Tsukasa. "It's time to show everyone just what you've learned in the past three years." She guides Tsukushi into the ball room with everyone following. Sakurako continues into the room with Tsukushi all the way to the grand piano. Tsukushi turns to face her friends as they gather around the piano. With everyone situated, Tsukushi sits down on the bench and looks up and down the key board and sighs. She places her fingers lightly against the keys and breathes deeply. She starts to play the familiar piece 'Air' by Bach. The melody engulfs the room and seems to elaborate her few mistakes causing her to blush but she keeps going. The music entrances Tsukushi and she starts to rock back and forth with the beat putting everything she has into it.
As the last note rings out, cheers and applause take its place. Tsukushi stands and smiles at her friends as she takes a slight bow.
Shigeru steps forward and takes Tsukushi's place at the piano. "It's time for you to take the floor now and show Tsukasa what you can do there", she says to Tsukushi.
Tsukasa extends out his hand which Tsukushi takes. Shigeru starts to play a lively melody of 'Waltz of the Flowers'. Tsukasa takes the lead and they spin across the floor. Tsukushi keeps her step in tempo and avoids Tsukasa's feet, all the while keeping her eyes locked with Tsukasa's.
When the song ends, Tsukasa leans in and kisses Tsukushi. "You're a wonderful dancer."
"I had good teachers", she casts a sideways glance at Shigeru and Sakurako.
Akira comes up behind Tsukasa and throws an arm around his friend's shoulder. "Now, you didn't think we were going to whole night without planning anything of our own, did you?"
"What are you planning?"
"We're going to go out and celebrate of course! And we have many things to celebrate tonight." The group walks out the front door to a waiting stretch limo big enough to hold all ten of them. The limo drives off and stops at a popular dance club.
Akira and Soujirou look at everyone else's waiting expectations. Soujirou explains, "The entire club is ours for the night."
"You got the whole club?" Tsukushi wonders how much the two paid for the night of if they had some kind of frequent customer discount.
Soujirou grabs the two bottles of chilled champagne from the limo and Akira grabs enough glasses for everyone. Once inside the club, Soujirou pops the corks on the bottles and pours the glasses as Akira hands out the filled ones.
Once everyone has one, Soujirou holds his up in the air. "A toast, to Tsukasa, for his long awaited return to Japan. We missed you, buddy. Finally, to the happy couple and the day we never thought we'd see come."
"What? You never thought I would marry Tsukushi?" Tsukasa questions.
Akira and Soujirou say in unison, "We never thought you'd lose your virginity." Tsukasa and Tsukushi both don't hold back their restraint on their anger. Once Tsukasa and Tsukushi have calmed down, everyone's glasses clink together in toast and they drink. The rest of the night is spent drinking and partying.