Kurumi had imagined this moment for a long time now. What little girl didn't imagine her own engagement and wedding day? She often had down by the stream near her home with dolls her grandmother had made for her. Back then she had dreamed of someone who could take her away from everything. Away from the isolation she felt. Away from all the pain.

This was infinitely better than anything she imagined.

Time slowed down as Lewis took her hand and she could feel her eyes filling up with tears once again. She didn't fight them, however, because everything she was feeling right now was welcoming and warm. Lewis wasn't taking her away from anything like she had imagined as a child. Take wasn't the right word for any of this. Creating. Lewis was creating a life where she didn't need to feel those things. Creating a life. Together.

As the ring slid on to her finger, the tears that had been forming fell down her cheeks and she managed a small laugh as she glanced down at it on her finger. Her violet eyes were back on his just as those three words she could never grow tired of hearing left his lips. "I love you," she whispered back and, because she couldn't stand not to anymore, she leaned forward to kiss him again.

It was official. They had officially promised each other forever and she was the happiest she had ever been.

"So..." she said as she pulled back just a little, her lips still brushing against his every now and then as she spoke. "What....should we do now?" Should they tell their parents right away? Actually eat that dessert she had brought home? Start planning NOW? Just stay out here together and enjoy the stars? But then another questions formed. "When...when do you want to...get married?"