Once in a Lifetime

Slaine and Inaho

It was February 6th, tomorrow was Inaho's birthday. Slaine had the best present for her. Slaine hadn't forgotten that Inaho was a major romantic. He wanted to give her something that she would love. He'd known on Christmas eve what he wanted for her. He'd been in shops, sneaking around to find it, which wasn't easy. The paparazzi were everywhere wanting to know everything there was to know about Slaine Saazbaum, fiancé of Kaizuka Inaho.

Sometimes he wondered if he had met Inaho in a different way, would he have had a chance with her? Once again, he was struck with the thought that he wanted to know everything about her. He could admit that he was hopelessly in love with Inaho. She made it so easy to get along with her. How could he have resisted?

Slaine saw her shutting down her laptop and stretching in her room. She preferred to do all of her work in her room where no one could see her. He didn't know why, but he figured it was so no one could comment on how long she'd been working. "All done now?" He asked, leaning against her door.

Inaho looked over her shoulder, and nodded. She was exhausted. He couldn't help but admit he loved when she was sleepy; she showed an adorable side of herself when she was. She would get clingy, and he never minded that.

"Do you want to go to sleep now?" Slaine asked, and she struggled to stand without falling over.

"No…" She mumbled, and held onto his arm. Someday, he was going to force her to sleep for a whole day. For someone who claims they only do the bare minimum, she always managed to wipe herself out.

"We can watch a movie until you fall asleep?" He suggested, while he took most of her weight, but he didn't carry her. Inaho didn't like to be picked up at all. He still didn't know why, but he figured he'd find out someday.

"Su… yeah." She said when they were halfway down the steps. He turned on the television to some opera that he hadn't watched before. One of his guilty pleasures was watching operas and ballets. Inaho indulged him, although he didn't know how she felt about them. The more he knew about her, the less he understood her.

They sat on the couch, and Inaho immediately fell asleep on his lap. Junko bounded into the room with the fastest waddle. The puppy's tail was wagging hard, as she sidled up to Inaho on the couch. Junko's favorite would always be Inaho. For some reason, she could never refuse Junko anything.

Slaine gave Inaho her present, and smiled. She was going to go crazy. He was happy he gave her present early. Yuki and her friends would no doubt be at the door before eight. Despite their ignoring each other, they always got together for birthdays and holidays.

He was never going to get tired of falling asleep peacefully with her in his arms.

Inaho woke up on the couch, laying on Slaine. She didn't know how she managed to go down any steps without tumbling to her death, but she was happy she was near Slaine. Junko was cuddled into her side. The little puppy's ear flung upward, and her tail wagged at Inaho's activity.

Inaho quietly chuckled. She rubbed Junko's head, and froze at what she saw.

Slaine was awaken to something hard falling on him. His eyes immediately shot open to see Inaho hugging him hard, and her face buried into his chest. He smiled, and hugged her back.

"How do you like it?" He said, and she turned her head further away from him.

"Who told you that you could get me a ring for my birthday? You didn't have to." Slaine could tell her face was completely red. When she got really embarrassed, she hid her face and sometimes she would hide in her room so he couldn't see.

"Who told you to propose to me?" He teasingly said back. He lifted her face towards him, and saw how red her face was. "Happy birthday, Inaho."

She looked at him, and then looked at her ring. It was designed like his pendant, but the color scheme was a reflection of her eyes. He always liked her eyes. It was a bittersweet feeling. He was happy she hadn't seen the inscription inside of it. He would wait for her to see it herself.

Inaho leaned forward, and kissed him. Before he could follow the mood, they heard heavy knocks on the door -even though they had a door bell -making them both jump. Slaine almost got up to murder the multiple people outside. Inaho was finally taking the initiative, and he would have to wait a while for her to get that close again. She was incredibly shy.

"I'll get the door." She said quickly, and Slaine sighed as Junko whined.

"Yeah, Junko." He didn't know what he was agreeing to, but he figured it was either "man, that sucks" or "you've been up for about twenty minutes, and I haven't been fed".

This is from Chapter 12 Pt 1, and there are two more extras after this.

This is for Inaho's birthday (2/7) because the months correlate with From Beyond's newest chapter. Also I'm ashamed that I missed so much.

Sorry for not updating in a long time, but a lot happened. Nevertheless, I'm putting my focus into schoolwork and my stories.