"Mine you do wonderful work!" Aya said, watching his two cousins and best friends make out with the women they love.
"Romance does seem to be in the air." Mine said.
Just then Shigure and Nightingale broke apart, suddenly remembering where they were. Hari and Jin did the same thing. Jin and Nightingale's faces were red. Hari looked perfectly composed as usual. Shigure just grinned like the little kid caught doing something naughty, but didn't care.
"So you guys like the outfits?" Mine asked.
"Yes, of course Jin looks lovely all the time." Hatori said and kissed her cheek.
"Yes, I was hoping for a school girl uniform the last time." Shigure said. "I can think of many many uses for this."
Nightingale's face turned a bright crimson. She burried her face in the side of Shigure's neck.
Shigure laughed and hugged her closer.
Suddenly Nightingale's cell phone began ringing. She walked over to her purse and picked it up. It was Raven again. She walked to the back room, not wanting to disturb anyone and answered the call. "Hey, Raven, what's up?"
"I was just wondering if you had talked to that guy about my wedding dress yet?"
"No, not yet, but I'm at the shop now."
"Okay, oh and my ring finally got resized!"
"That's wonderful!" Nightingale squealed. "Send me a picture already."
"Already did. You should be getting it ...now."
Just then a beep sounded and Nightingale had a picture message.
"I'll let you go so you can look at it. Send me a message and tell me what you think."
"Okay, will do." With that the conversation was ended. Nightingale got into her messages and opened up the picture message. A white gold band with a princess cut two carrot diamond in the center was on Raven's finger. Nightingale felt a twinge of jealousy as she stared at the picture. Maybe someday. She thought wistfully and then walked back out.
"Raven again?" Shigure asked as Nightingale walked over to set in his lap.
"Yes." She replied with a sigh. "She wanted to remind me about her dress."
"Oh, yes that's right." Aya said enthusiastically. "Do you have her measurements?"
"Yup." Nightingale said and closed the picture message and pulled up the text with Raven's measurements. She handed the phone to Aya so he could write them down.
"And I thought you were tiny." Aya commented. "Is she just as short as you?"
"Actually she's slightly taller...okay a lot taller." Nightingale said. "And I'm not short, I'm fun-sized."
The group shared a laugh. Then Nightingale got to work helping Aya figure out what style to make the dress. "That high of a neck line? Are you sure?" Aya asked.
"Yes, she's very conservative." Nightingale replied. "Well, uptight is more like it."
Shigure laughed. "It sounds like you two don't get along very well."
"We are just complete opposites is all." Nightingale said.
"Even physically from what these measurements tell me. She has no figure at all." Aya commented.
Shigure nuzzled Nightingale's neck. "And you have a wonderful figure." He said, his words tickling her neck.
She giggled.
"Will you two please keep it PG over there?" Hatori asked.
"Hey earlier you and Jin weren't so PG." Shigure remarked.
Hatori glared at Shigure and Jin just laughed.
"Seriously though, what is it with you and Raven?" Shigure asked.
"We've always just had a competative relationship." Nightingale answered with a grin. "When we were little we were always trying to outdo each other. Who had the better barbie dolls, who was prettier, who was smarter. That kind of thing."
"In my opinion you win." Shigure said and kissed her cheek.
Nightingale giggled. "Well I think you're just slightly prejudiced."
"Perhaps, but you are always prettier and smarter than any other woman." He told her and kissed her cheek again.
After a while, Nightingale and Aya had designed the perfect dress for Raven. She sent her cousin a picture message of the design and she loved it. They visited a while longer and then Nightingale and Jin changed and everyone went their separate ways.
The teens were still gone when Shigure and Nightingale arrived at Shigure's house. "We're all alone my love." Shigure said with a wicked grin.
"Really?" She replied. "Whatever shall we do?"
"We can start off with you putting that school girl uniform on again." Shigure answered.
Nightingale walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She stretched up and kissed him softly on the lips. "I'm just not sure I can walk all the way up to the bedroom." She said a grin on her face.
"Well I can fix that for you, my lady." Shigure said and then scooped her up in his arms and carried her upstairs.
Three hours later, Nightingale laid snuggled with Shigure in his bed, the blankets messed up around them and their clothes strewn on the floor. "I love you, Nightingale." Shigure said, his face inches from hers.
"I love you, Shigure." Nightingale said just before kissing the tip of Shigure's nose.
Shigure grinned and tenderly kissed her lips. Then he leaned his forehead against hers. "I can't wait for our trip to the hot spring." He said, softly.
"I know. Then we can stay together all night like this." Nightingale replied.
Shigure grinned impishly. "And don't forget, we get to be in the hot spring." He kissed her forehead and held her close.
Nightingale let out a small sigh. "I hate to, but I need to be going home."
Shigure pouted. "But I want you to stay."
"I have to." Nightingale replied, looking just as sad about it as he did. "I can't leave Mimi alone."
Shigure sighed. "I know." He kissed her forehead again. "I'll walk you home."
Then they both got up and got dressed. Then they headed downstairs, still straightening some of their clothes. "Oh I didn't know you were home Shigure." came the sweet voice of Tohru. "Oh and Miss Green, it's good to see you."
Both Shigure and Nightingale stopped dead in their tracks. Soon Tohru was joined by Kyou and Yuki. The boys just stared at them in shock. Tohru smiled sweetly, oblivious as to what this all meant.
Nightingale's face flushed slightly."I...it was good to see you too, Tohru. We were just getting ready to leave. I need to be getting home."
"And I have to protect her from all of those weirdos and perverts." Shigure said.
They hurriedly rushed out the door. They enjoyed the walk back to Nightingale's apartment. They stood on her front step, saying good night. Shigure cupped Nightingale's cheek in his hand. "I love you, so much." He said and kissed her lips.
"I love you...more." She said with a grin and then kissed his lips.
Shigure laughed. "We'll see." Then he kissed the top of her head and pulled her close. "Just a couple more weeks and we go to the hot spring."
"I can't wait." She said.
They kissed one more time and then Nightingale went inside and Shigure headed home, a huge ear to ear grin on his face the whole time.