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Chapter 24: Sai hasn't Proposed Yet

By Slavedriver2008

"Since when had the two of you been together?" I fidgeted when Sai's grandmother dropped the question. I looked up to Sai and he smiled warmly, lacing our fingers together under the table.

"A month or so, grandma," he said. "We're really not counting, doesn't matter as long as we're together." I blushed, biting my lip. Saihitei had never been outrightly romantic. He was never verbal with other people, especially with his emotions. Dad cleared his throat and I looked up to him, trying my best to smile. He still looked mad, uneasy with Sai's presence in the dining table, or maybe with what we're doing under the table.

"So, when are you planning to get married?" Grandmother asked and I made a sound. Dad choked on his drink.

"Mama, Yui is only 18—she is not getting married at that age," he said sternly. "I will not allow it."

Sai's father laughed and I went red because of Dad's protectiveness. "Saihitei has his duties too, but I am amenable to the marriage. The royal family always marries earlier than the usual."

"Noburo, we have been good friends since birth and we've never disagreed on anything but my daughter is not marrying your son at her age. She's too young!" Dad said, trying to control his emotions. Mom rubbed his arm, trying her best to comfort him.

"Dad," I reached out to him. "Sai and I are not getting married." The elders on the table made a sound. "At least not yet."

"Father," Sai said hesitantly, earning a raised eyebrow from my dad. I tightened my hold of my boyfriend's hand, he seemed to tense up in the presence of my father. "Yui and I…love each other but we agreed that such commitments are too early in this stage of the relationship." Sai sighed and I rubbed his arm, comforting him the way my Mom comforted my Dad.

"How about an engagement?" Sai's mother asked. "We need to at least have a foundation, right, Yui?" Mom grinned and I don't know what to say.

"I don't know…Sai hasn't proposed yet." Sai made a sound. "I mean, we haven't talked about…the future."

"Why?" our grandmothers asked together. I wanted to laugh at them.

"We'll do things in our own pace, grandmother," Saihitei said. "Please forgive my bluntness but Yui and I…are still starting this relationship. I don't want to keep her away from her dreams. She wants to become a doctor and I will support her. For now, I will wait." I leaned down on his shoulder and smiled at him. He leaned down to kiss me but before our lips met, Dad cleared his throat. Boushin was blushing, trying to look at us straight.

"Now that we've clarified things, I have conditions." I looked at Dad skeptically. Conditions? "No touching, no kissing, no anything intimate until you two are married."

"Dad!" I looked at him with disbelief.

"Dates should be with my approval and you should be home at 8 p.m." I was about to butt in when Dad spoke again. "No buts, sweetie or else you can forget that relationship and let's just go home and forget this night happened."

"You're being unreasonable, Hideki," Grandmother resisted and I sighed.

"Fine." Everyone looked at me. "But Sai's accompanying me to Berlin before I start university." Dad looked like he was going to faint. Boushin and Houki gasped but I didn't care. "We won't do anything crazy Dad, I don't want a bloated tummy when I start college."

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Linz was glimmering under the purple Austrian sky. Snow enveloped the city and coldness stung the air. I decided to return to Linz with Sai. Dad was adamant but he promised to give us our peace before I start my studies in Berlin. It's a month since the pool event happened and we have been literally inseparable. News spread in Tokyo and we often became the headlines. Tokyo have become a cage for us, we can't find our peace with paparazzi in every corner, taking photos of us.

A winter vacation sounded suddenly alluring, and we ended up flying to Linz, a place where nobody literally knew us, save for some selected few. Sai wrapped his arms around me and he leaned down on my shoulder. For a while, nobody spoke, we both stood at the terrace, silently watching the coming twilight.

"Sai…Have you ever imagined us getting married?" I asked Sai. The whole month after we told our families the relationship, they have been constantly asking us about our plans. We never talked about it, it was too early.

"Have you?"

"How about having children?" I asked, not answering his question. Sai turned me toward him and nuzzled our noses.

"Why are you asking me these?" he asked softly.

"I don't know. Our families have been asking me about it. Heck, even Miaka and Taka's asking me, now that they're getting married and a baby is on the way..." Sai let out a low laugh.

"What did you tell Miaka?"

"I told them we haven't talked about it yet. We do think it's too early to settle down, right?"

Hotohori cupped my face and leaned down to kiss me, I kissed him back. "Do you want to get married now?"

I gasped, my cheeks burning. "Saihitei!"

"We can make this legal," he turned his attention on my neck and I uttered a soft moan. "And your Dad doesn't have to take you away every now and then."

"But I'm only 18—" Sai carried me and brought me back inside the room. He plopped me to the bed and kissed me more passionately.

"You do love me, huh, Yui Hongo?" he asked and I nodded, pulling him down for another kiss. Our tongues met and I swore I would have given up my whole life just to be with him. We never broke the kiss and it went on until we were pulsing with desire.

We made love under the sheets, in a familiar tempo we've been dancing like forever. We made love like it was the first time, even though we've been literally doing it every chance we got away from Dad's gaze. At that instant, I wanted Sai to know how willing I was to give my whole life for him. I was willing to give up being a doctor to be his Empress. He only needed to ask, but he won't. He will never ask too much from me, in the same way that I will never ask too much from him.

Kissing Sai, memorizing each part of his body, knowing full well what he felt for me was enough. Since the time he confessed his feelings, I never needed assurance. All I really needed was to know he loved me more than I love him. I contented myself with the promises we uttered as we make slow aching love night after night. I don't need a ring, he was enough. But still…when the climax has ended and we lie there, looking at each other, relishing the feel of each other's skins, I knew I wanted him to propose. When he looked into my eyes and kissed me very tenderly and I brush strands of his long brown hair, I knew I wanted him to ask.

We were young, yes. But I knew I wanted him more than wanting itself. He planted a very sensuous kiss and looked deeply into my eyes. My world stopped turning and I wished I could capture this moment in my memory and replay it over and over again.

"I will miss you…terribly," he whispered. I smiled and closed my eyes when he planted another kiss. "I will try to visit every month, every week when I can." He was thinking of the separation we have to endure because I have to start pre-med while I was thinking of him proposing while he was worried not seeing me for the coming school-year. I wanted to slap myself for being selfish.

"I love you," was the only words I can utter. "Take care of yourself when I'm gone. Don't stress yourself too much." I was finally able to tell him. He kissed me and I let myself be swept away by his lips. I pushed him to the bed and straddled him. "I'll miss you too…I'll miss this." I lowered my mouth to his throat and he groaned. I realized then that he had always been going down on me and I have never returned the favor. I smirked and kissed him lower. Sai realized what I was trying to do and he grabbed my shoulder.

"Yui…are you sure…?" he looked down expectantly, I nodded and he bit his lip. "But…"

"Relax. I asked Miaka how to do this."

Sai's eyes widened. "What? Why did—" he gasped when I leaned to put a hard nipple in my mouth, playing at it the way he always does with mine. "Yui…" I gave the other the same attention, getting another moan from him. His hands clutched my short hair and I giggled as he hardened underneath me. I continued traveling south, planting light kisses in his perfectly-built abdomen, teasing his bellybutton, planting heavy kisses above his crotch. By the time I reached the prize between his legs, he was so hard I wanted him to just come inside me and blew me away. But tonight was about him, not me.

"Yui…" he called and I looked up at him. He was breathing heavily, waiting. You have to be nice and gentle, I remember Miaka saying. You have to see that as his alter ego and stroke it right. I bit my lip, looking at him.

"Can I?" Sai let out a frustrated groan.

"Help yourself…and stop teasing," Sai breathed out and I swiped the tip with my tongue. Sai cursed loudly. Satisfied at his reaction, I swiped my tongue from the base to the tip, licking every part of him. His eyes were closed, groaning heavily with each touch from my tongue. "Yui…come up now, I want to be inside you."

I laughed and shook my head. Before he can say anything more, I put the tip in my mouth, licking and sucking his erection. He arched from the bed and his hand tightened on my hair. I bent lower, putting more of him into my mouth. I was still not sure if he'll fit but hearing him make all those sounds made me want to try. It wouldn't hurt right?

He was halfway inside me when I realized it was impossible for him to fit without me gagging so I placed my hand on the base and rubbed him in time with my mouth. Sai let out a louder groan. "Yui…I can't hold on anymore…please…I want to come inside you." I shook my head and moved faster. He bucked wildly, trashing in the bed, and when he came, he called me so loud I thought I moaned with him. His juices filled my mouth and I swallowed him hungrily. I swiped the tip one last time and looked up to him.

Saihitei was breathing hard, looking straight at me. "You—" He smiled naughtily and pulled me up to him. In swift movements, he was on top of me. "You'll pay for that." He hastily went between my legs and planted slow kisses on my inner legs. I moaned contentedly and wetness gushed from me. But Sai took his time, kissing a patch of skin and I was briefly worried kiss marks will fill my inner thigh after this session. He stayed there between my legs for a long time and I wanted him to move faster. It was one of those instances where he would tease me by delaying the foreplay.

"Sai…gods…hurry…" I breathed out, feeling his mouth nearing my aching center. In one fluid motion, he crawled up to me and kissed me passionately. I arched to him, desperate. "Fuck me…please…" I whispered in his ear. He laughed and went back between my legs, finally devouring me whole. I arched to his mouth in ecstasy and as his tongue explored my insides, I grabbed the headboard, holding to it very strongly before I exploded in his mouth.

Sai nuzzled my neck as the pleasure subsided. I caressed his hair and my hand settled on his nape. He looked down on me and I swallowed hard. "Yui…" he started. My heart palpitated. Was he finally going to ask me to marry him? My breath caught and I looked up to him expectantly. He laughed at my reaction. "What time are we supposed to meet Nakago for dinner?"

A/N: Hope you like this chapter! Two more and I'm done with this story!