She pulled back a little when he opened his eyes, mostly so she could see his face fully and take his expression in its entirety, and smiled when she noticed the blush growing on his cheeks. Before she could stop herself, her fingers on her one hand were tracing over his cheek, feeling the warmth from his blush against her fingertips and giggled softly. He could always make her blush, even with the simplest of looks, so it was always nice to see that she could have the same effect on him.

Her gaze followed his hand, almost pouting, as it left her face and traveled down to her hand. Could he put that back where it was? It felt nice having him hold her face like that and her cheek was feeling cold and lonely without his touch. But then he spoke and she temporarily forgot about missing his hand on her cheek and her eyes were entirely focused on his face. "I..." she smiled, tucking some of her hair behind her ear. Was she supposed to say you're welcome here? "I...um....it was the easiest question I've ever been asked."

And she meant that in a good way, of course. A VERY good one. And this, plus more was reflected in her eyes.

She laced her fingers together with his when he whispered his next words, her bashful smile once again tugging at the corners of her lips. "I should be thanking you," she whispered before leaning forward to give him a soft kiss on the lips. She pulled back again, her eyes looking down at their hands for a moment. Really, he had picked her. Allowed her into his life and allowed her to stay there. Accepted her for who she was and all her failings. So she gave his hand a soft squeeze as if to say thank you. There was really nothing she could think of to say or do that could thank him enough. Although saying 'yes' just now was a good start.

She blinked a few times when he said he had something for her, her mind not exactly putting the pieces together until she saw a small black box in his hand. Only her eyes could not stay on the box for long when she saw the expression on his face and the excitement in his eyes. Biting down on her lip as another smile graced her pale features and both hands flew to her mouth when the box was open to reveal a ring and she gasped. Her hands were still on her mouth as she squeaked and slooooooooowly lifted her head so she was looking back into his eyes.

For the second (third?) time that night Kurumi found herself speechless. Her hands slowly lowered and moved towards the ring in the box, but instead of there she rested her hands on his and just continued to look into his eyes.