He couldn't sleep. The night was rather warm, and the March breeze kept him awake as he was standing on the balcony, wearing only shorts, smoking his cigar. In the distance he could hear cars on the road, and see some faint lights behind the taller buildings coming from the centre of the city. Even at this hour there was always someone out on the streets, heading somewhere. Probably home. He noticed a cat jumping quietly from the tree on his left, before the animal hopped into the night.
He looked at the can of beer in his hand, shaking it as he checked if there was anything left. The can was half-empty when he took it from the fridge, so he hasn't drunk much. Taking the last gulp that was there, he looked up at the dark sky. The stars were surprisingly bright, but they didn't amuse him much. They just made him think. He was thinking about life, about time that was passing quickly. Where was he heading?
"Where are we heading?"he corrected himself. He wasn't alone on this amusing path of life. Teru was with him...and, officially, for almost five years. Five years, and still couldn't get enough of her. But that was what he expected. Remembering that she was still in the bed, sleeping, he took a quick drag on a cigarette. He wanted to go back to her.
Soon he heard faint footsteps coming from the inside of the apartment. He put out his cigar and turned to walk in, when his eyes met sleepy ones leaning at the door frame.
"Is everything alright?" she asked worried, taking a sip of water from the glass she was holding with both of her hands. She was wearing only his shirt, and had a dreamy look on her face. Also, he couldn't help but notice the ring on her left hand as she raised it to take a drink. Thin, delicate and tension style wave band that curves to securely hold a gently polished round diamond. Nothing too much, but still elegant. Simple beauty, just like her.
In five years she has grown up, and matured so much. Already twenty-two, she graduated from college a month ago and was engaged to him.
He smiled at her and shook his head.

"I just couldn't sleep" he said as he locked his hands around her waist "And you?"

"Me? I'm okay. I was just thirsty and worried when I didn't find you next to me." she smiled. He intertwined his right with her left fingers, and then raised their hands up, showing her the ring she was wearing.
"I'm always next to you." he whispered, kissing her. She leaned into the kiss, inhaling the mixed scent of his shampoo and faint cigar. The kiss was soft and sensual. No matter how many kisses she got from him, she still wanted more. After all these years she still had those butterflies in her stomach she had when she fell in love with him.

"And I'm engaged to you for about four and a half years" she smiled into the kiss, happy by that fact.
"Well, now that you mention that" he looked at her "You finished college, maybe we should plan that wedding?"
"Really?" she beamed.
"What do you mean really? Were you thinking you would be my fiancé for the rest of our lives?" he laughed at her
"Well it worked fine all these years." she shrugged, laughing before she kissed him "I remember when you proposed. 1st of January, and I woke up with you kissing me and a ring on my finger. It wasn't even six months into our relationship. You really surprised me."
"Six months or six years, it wouldn't make a difference. The ending is still the same."

He stole a sip from her glass smiling at her. Looking back at him she could only smile back and roll her eyes. But he was right, they would end up the same way. In five years they became so much more than just friends or lovers. They became a part of each other that could not be replaced. No one knew them like they knew each other. No one understood them like they understood each other. Even when there was silence, they read each other like a book.

Even now, Tasuku knew something was going trough the girl's head.

She wasn't being herself lately. And Teru was one good actress. Well for the rest of the world, Tasuku saw trough her. He noticed how she was being pensive last couple of days, and how she often had that blank look on her face she had while thinking about something. He came to the conclusion it was nothing major, and decided he would not push her...yet. She might only be thinking about what to do now, since she is done with college. He wanted her to tell him what was bothering her.

"So, you really won't leave me?" she asked suddenly, finding her fingers rather interesting now.
"Why even ask that? I thought I told you billion times already" he said a bit shocked "No matter what, I could never leave. What's going trough that head of yours?"
"Nothing, I'm just making sure." she smiled again, but couldn't fool him
"C'mon Teru, don't lie to me." he kissed her "What are you constantly worrying about? I can see how you often lose yourself in your thoughts."

The firm gaze he held on hers made her unable to turn away. She just could gaze back at him. She knew she could trust him and tell him everything.

"Well... you see..." she trailed off when his hands around her waist tightened, assuring her he was there
"Okay, Tasuku don't freak out...but..." she licked her lips, and drank everything that was left in her glass. He watched her sternly, waiting for an answer.
She looked at him carefully now, and realised how uneasy he was feeling. "Why is this so hard?"She thought to herself. Inhaling deeply she managed to whisper her thoughts.
"I might...I might be pregnant."
She turned her head away from him, looking outside at the buildings that could be seen from the balcony. Actually she didn't really look. Her eyes were fixed to one spot, but her mind was filled with thoughts. She waited for some response. She was prepared for anything. Anger and yelling, happines and joy, shock and disbelief. She has been thinking about the possibilities ever since the day she realised she could be pregnant. She even had thoughts about them separating if he didn't want kids. That thought scared her and she was very worried that day, but that didn't last long.
He wasn't the type of guy who didn't want kids. In fact, she remembered how he smiled at kids that were playing in the nearby park. And she knew he would never leave her alone, he has proved it time after time.
A few moments passed in silence and she was getting nervous. She looked back at him slowly. His eyes were slightly narrowed in confusion, his lips slightly parted, but his hands were still firm around her waist.
"Tasuku?" she whispered with a worried voice.
"Are you...How did you...What do you mean by might?" he couldn't find his words.
"Well, I'm late. I was supposed to get my period two weeks ago" she started slowly "First I thought it was because of the stress from graduation and that It's just postponed, but after four or five days I started feeling sick. After that I started to get very sleepy during the day no matter how long I was sleeping at night, and I vomited three times by now. Yesterday morning too. Even now I got up partly because of nausea. It's probably from the dinner we had."
Giving him a blushing smile, she shrugged her shoulders. He looked at her eyes, than down at her stomach.
"But I didn't take the test. I was scared." she confessed "I bought one today, but I wanted to wait untill the morning. But I feel different, so I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant"
Suddenly she found herself in Tasuku's bear hug. First she was shocked, but then she put her glass by the window and hugged him back. She blushed when he kissed her cheek and temple and buried her face into his chest.
"So you are okay with it?" she asked with a smile
"Sure as hell didn't expect it, but I'm happy. Shocked but happy." he said with a quiet voice "You have no idea how much you make me happy."
After these words her eyes filled with tears of joy. He felt her shaking a bit, and felt her warm tears and loosened his grip. He backed up a bit, and laughed when he saw her.
"Another symptom I guess?" he said wiping her tears. She laughed and wiped her tears looking at him.
"The things are pretty clear, but I should take the test anyways. Just to make sure."

It was four thirty when she had entered the bathroom with the test in her hands. Tasuku patiently waited in the living room, his elbows on his parted knees, and his foot tapping nervously. His fists clenched as he waited for Teru to come out. "What's taking her so long" he thought. Then he realised she was there for less than a minute. Every second was like eternity.
Soon she came out, and smiled at him. "Now we have to wait" she said as she sat in his lap with his arms around her stomach. They intertwined their fingers and waited.
At four forty she got out from his embrace and went to the bathroom. Tasuku stood up and waited for her, slowly walking around the living room. Teru took the test with both hands from the sink and closed her eyes. Breathing out she opened them and looked down at the result.
When she walked into the living room, she found Tasuku nervously walking around. He turned to face her, and tried to find the answer in her eyes. She looked at him and waved with the stick in her hands before putting it down on the table. He walked to her but before he could take a look he was interrupted with her voice
"Positive" she grinned at him with her hands behind her back.
He looked at her, smiled widely and a moment later she was up in the air in his strong hug. He twirled her around a few times, kissing her. They both laughed as he stopped, still holding her with his arms around her hips. She wrapped his legs around him, balancing them, and hugged him around the neck.
Placing her forehead on his she sighed looking at his eyes. He smiled and kissed her one more time, but briefly.
"So I guess that's it. We'll be parents." she smiled
"We'll be mom and dad in, what, eight months?"
"Yep. And we should hold that wedding soon. I don't want to be fat on that day."
"You won't be fat, you'll be pregnant and still beautiful, and you could blame me as much as you want. But if you want we could hold it in a month or two." he started walking to their bedroom with her in his arms, turning off the light along the way
"Deal."

The End

I can't believe it's done :O A year and a month or so...I'm happy, proud and sad at the same time :')
Review, and give me your opinions on this ^^ and the whole story, have you enjoyed it? :3
I want to thank some pretty awesome reviewers lovemondotrasho, AliceXxX, lara etc...everyone who reviewed thank you. And also a big thanks to my two friends Tamara and Alexandar...they helped me a lot with the story, and Tammy had the honour to give the name to the epilogue and by the total accident she said "Something about time" and I was like "TIME AFTER TIME" :))) She really had no idea about how the song was related to the manga...

-I'm opened for any one shoot requests, or if you want to tell me about what would you like to read in my next ff, Kaichou wa maid-sama :3 maybe even a small sequel about the pregnancy and stuff like that.

Regards, your Wolf ^^