Nightingale and Mimi finished packing the last of their things. The movers would be coming soon for their furniture. Shigure, Kyou, Yuki, and Hatori helped them load their bags in the van. Once they had everything loaded and the movers arrived, they hopped in the van. Hatori naturally, took the driver's seat. Yuki sat in the front passenger seat. Nightingale and Shigure took the middle two seats and Tohru sat in the back middle seat between Kyou and Mimi.
The group shortly arrived at Shigure's house. They quickly unloaded the suits cases and boxes. Tohru helped Mimi carry her bags to their shared room. The movers would soon be arriving with her bed. "I'm sorry to be such a bother." Mimi said, as they unpacked a few of her things.
"You're no bother. Why would you say that?" Tohru asked sweetly.
"Because you have to share your room with me. I know it doesn't really seem fair."
Tohru just smiled at her. "I think this will be fun. It'll be like having a sleep over every night."
Mimi grinned and then hugged Tohru. "Thank you."
Shigure wouldn't let Nightingale carry any of her bags. He carried all of them to his room, which would now be hers as well. "I'm pregnant, not helpless." Nightingale said trying to get one of her bags from Shigure.
Shigure just smiled and kissed the top of her head. Then he finished carrying the last of her bags to their room. "I'll let you unpack them and put your stuff wherever you want it." He said, setting down her last bag.
Nightingale just playfully glared at him. She then turned and popped open one of her suit cases and began unpacking it. She hung up some of her clothes and then left some folded and put them away. Shigure began helping her. The first suit case he opened, of course had her underwear and nighties. He pulled out a pair of red lace panties and held them up. "When were you planning on wearing these for me?" he asked.
Nightingale blushed slightly and laughed. Then she took the panties from him. "I'm not sure. Probably whenever I felt like putting them on."
"Do you feel like putting them on now?" He asked.
She grinned at him and then placed her finger to her chin in a thoughtful look. "Nope, not today."
Shigure pouted playfully. "But, I want you to."
Nightingale laughed and then kissed his jutted-out bottom lip. "Maybe later."
Shigure smiled. Then they returned to unpacking. Soon the movers arrived with their furniture. Mimi's bed was taken to her and Tohru's room. A few other small things were unloaded and then the rest was taken to a storage unit.
Everything was unpacked and put away. Shigure sat on the couch and pulled Nightingale in his lap. Just as everyone was settling in to enjoy a quiet afternoon, there was a knock on the door. Tohru got up to answer it.
"Awe, hello beautiful princess!" came the familiar dramatic voice.
"Oh, hello Ayame." Tohru greeted brightly.
The two walked in the living room. "Ah, I see that this house has become much fuller!" Ayame said, greeting everyone in the room.
Yuki was up and running for the door.
"Don't worry dear little brother, I'm not here to see you." Ayame said. "I'm actually here to see Shigure and his dearly beloved." He then sat on the couch beside them.
Nightingale raised her eyebrow.
"What are you here for?" Shigure asked.
"I'm here to help you two plan your wedding, of course." Aya said as of it were the most obvious answer in the world.
Nightingale's face was a mixture between relief and fear.
"Now, I was thinking something big and grand. You," he said pointing to Nightingale, "in a beautiful ball gown with a huge train. There will be doves and..."
"Hold on a second." Nightingale said.
Ayame blinked in surprise. "What's wrong?"
"That sounds lovely, but that's not my dream wedding." Nightingale said, trying to be polite. "I was thinking something much smaller."
"I like that idea." Shigure said and kissed her cheek.
"How much smaller?" Ayame asked.
"I was thinking just a small ceremoney with only the closest family and friends. A simple dress. Something like that." She answered.
"How do you feel about this Shigure?" Aya asked, wanting to plan a big wedding in the worst way.
"I like the idea of a small wedding." Shigure answered, wanting whatever Nightingale wanted. "Besides she needs to be avoiding stress and a arger wedding would be too much stress."
Nightingale nodded.
"Are you sick?" Ayame asked, his face suddenly concerned.
"No, stress just isn't good for me and it's even worse for the baby." Nightingale answered.
"You're pregnant?" Aya asked.
"You didn't know?" Shigure asked.
"No, I didn't." Aya said, his eyes wide. Then he pulled Nightingale and Shigure into a hug, "Congratulations! This is so exciting!"
Ayame stayed for a while longer, but left before dinner. After a while, Nightingale's phone alerted her to a text message. She opened it up and saw that it was from Raven. The text was giving Nightingale orders to get on a plane and come over to help her. Nightingale glared at the text. She was angry. she suddenly felt light-headed and dizzy.
"Nightingale? Are you alright?" Shigure asked, seeing that she was paler than usual.
Before she could answer, Nightingale passed out.
Shigure caught her before she could make contact with the floor. Hatori was quickly called back to the house. He did a few tests. "Her blood pressure is up. It's much higher than it should be."
After a while Nightingale woke up. Hatori explained to her that she really needed to avoid stress. Nightingale nodded and looked at Shigure, "Hand me my phone please?"
"Why?" He asked.
"I'm going to call Raven and tell her to take her attitude and stick it where the sun doesn't shine and then I am going to tell her I quit as her maid of honor." Nightingale said. "Her wedding is stressing me out."
Shigure grinned and handed her the phone. Nightingale dialed her cousin's number and Raven answered.
"Are you on your way here?" Raven asked, her tone hateful and demanding.
"No, and I won't be coming back." Nightingale said, her tone much nicer than Raven's.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't like your attitude." Nightingale replied, allowing her tone to become more acidic. "And further more, I am no longer going to be your maid of honor."
"What? Why?" Raven asked, her tone outraged.
"Because it's too much stress."
"But I need you."
"No, I need to avoid stress. It's bad for my health and it's even worse for the health of my baby." With that Nightingale hung up the phone. She looked at Shigure and Hatori. "No more stress and Raven gets to feel like a heel."
Shigure laughed. "You enjoy making her feel guilty don't you?"
"Just a little bit."
Before long, Hatori left and everyone went to bed. Nightingale snuggled up with Shigure. He smiled at her and kissed the top of her head. "I love you."
"I love you, too." She replied. Then she reached up and kissed his cheek.
They turned the lights out and soon fell asleep, wrapped up in each other's arms.