Ritsu did a little twirl as she entered the apartment with a smile "It's good to be back in japan" Ritsu hummed. Masamune placed their bags to the side as Ritsu wondered around with a smile.

"it was fun being somewhere new I guess" Masamune shrugged. Ritsu smiled warmly at her lover when a small meow caught her attention.

"Sora-chan!" Ritsu cried happily as she scooped up the black and white cat "You've put on some weight, Sorata" Ritsu giggled and Sorata meowed in return.

"Rido must have dropped him off earlier today" Masamune commented as he scratched the cat's chin. Sorata purred happily as he settled in Ritsu's arms. Ritsu let out a yawn and Masamune removed Sorata from her arms placing him on the couch with a pat before guiding Ritsu into their bedroom

"M-Masa-kun!" Ritsu cried with a bright red face

"It's bed time"

"It's still bright out" Ritsu argued

"We also came from a country where it's currently midnight" Masamune pointed out. Ritsu scowled as Masamune forced her to lay on the bed before walking over to the curtains and drawing them shut blocking out the light. When he turned back to Ritsu he noticed her fighting to stay awake. "Sleep"

"But it's your birthday, we have to celebrate, not sleep" Masamune crawled into bed pulling Ritsu close as she snuggled in close despite her words.

"We can celebrate when we wake up" Masamune whispered knowing that Ritsu was fast asleep, and he followed suit not long after.

Takano Masamune

Masamune woke feeling well rested. Ritsu was still cuddled up to him, her soft and even breathing signalled she was still fast asleep. Masamune slipped away stretching as he walked into kitchen via the living room and made himself some coffee. Looking at the time, he noticed they had only slept for 3 hours.

Masamune, hearing from within the quiet of the apartment Ritsu leaving their room, Masamune pulled out another cup and poured them both some coffee. Ritsu leaned against his back wrapping her arms tiredly around his waist "Good morning" Ritsu mumbled

"It's one in the afternoon" Masamune chuckled.

"Don't care" Ritsu mumbled. Masamune didn't move loving the attention. However, Ritsu released him and moved to stand in front of him and hugging him that way, demanding some of his attention. "Happy 20th birthday" Ritsu mumbled into his chest.

Masamune smiled stroking her hair "Thank you, Ritsu" Masamune lifted Ritsu's chin and kissed her. Ritsu melted into the kiss moving her arms from around his waist to around his neck in order to bring him closer when she suddenly jerked back.

"Wait I have a present!" Ritsu cried now fully awake. Masamune let her go as she ran out to the living room

"Present?" Masamune asked following Ritsu.

"Well 2 actually, but the second one has to wait for tomorrow" Ritsu answered digging through her bag before pulling two wrapped presents, both obviously in boxes that were wrapped in Christmas paper, one smaller than the other. "Pick one" Ritsu chirped

Masamune looked at the boxes held out to him. Masamune picked the smaller one and ripped off the wrapping paper while glancing at Ritsu. Once the paper was off he lifted the lid to see a watch. Not just any watch, "A Rolex? This must have been expensive" Masamune asked in awe

"I saved up for most of it but my parents helped me out a bit obviously" Ritsu giggled "And you said your watch was broken so…" Masamune leant over and pressed a kiss to her cheek.

"I love it, Ritsu" Masamune hummed. Ritsu beamed up at him happy that he loved the gift.

"The other one is your present for tomorrow" Ritsu grinned before skipping off to the kitchen.

Onodera Ritsu

Ritsu bounced around the apartment. "Come on, Masa-kun, you said you'd take me on a date" Ritsu whined. Masamune laughed at his girlfriend's eagerness.

"Don't you want to do presents first?" Masamune said pointing to the two boxes under the tree. Ritsu froze as if she was having an internal debate. Masamune didn't really mind either way.

"Presents!" Ritsu cheered sitting herself on the couch. Masamune smiled handing Ritsu a couple of gifts and Ritsu smiled and Masamune grabbed his own before sitting on the ground in front of her.

"You go first" Masamune said nodding to the presents "we'll take turns I opened one yesterday so now it's your turn" Masamune smiled. Ritsu hesitated for opening her present, going for the larger of the two, Ritsu saw a velvet box

"Masa-kun how did you know I wanted a velvet box" Ritsu teased.

"Just open it" Masamune urged. Ritsu cheekily stuck out her tongue opening the box and she gasped. In the box was a necklace with the matching earrings. The necklace was a strip of Velvet with an amber heart hanging off it and the two earrings were matching hearts along with a handwritten note.

"Masa-kun this is beautiful!" Ritsu gasped. Ritsu lifted the necklace and it glittered in the sunlight as she did. She then noticed something and giggled "It matches your eyes"

"Well last time we were shopping you said my eyes reminded you of amber so…" Masamune shrugged.

Ritsu unfolded the note after placing the necklace back in the box and read it aloud "Ritsu you mean the world to me so with this I give you my heart" Ritsu blushed and she slid off the couch and hugged Masamune tightly. "Thank you"

Once Ritsu let him go Masamune, after Ritsu pressing him to open his present, ripped away the paper and opened the box and found a suit complete with cuff links in the shape of books. "Hmm, this may be useful" Masamune hummed appreciatively.

"Well, I wanted to get you something nice and I didn't know if you had a suit for when you graduate collage" Ritsu gushed

"Thank you Ritsu" Masamune praised. "Open the last one" Masamune nodded to the forgotten gift on the couch. Ritsu jumped and reached for it and quickly opened the gift – Well the first layer – Ritsu found a note.

I love you more than anything else. You gave me what I needed and you still do, and I hope to return the favour for the rest of our lives.

"Masa-kun…"

"Keep opening it" Masamune urged gently, nudging her shoulder with his own. Ritsu opened another layer and found another message.

You will forever be my family and my precious girl and I promise I will try my best to keep that beautiful smile on your face. Ritsu felt her heart start racing even faster as Masamune moved to sit in front of her watching her face as it turned bright red.

Tearing off the last layer she found a smaller velvet box and she opened it and another note fell out as it revealed the ring that looked like it was made entirely of pink opal in the shape of Sakura petals all the way around held in place by a gold setting. And she gasped when she read the note.

So, will you please marry me?

One of my friends recently got engaged and so I felt the need to celebrate by writing a chapter like this. I honestly wanted to cry writing this hahaha