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“Can I have a moment alone, Kazuha?”
“Of course.” He plants a kiss in his hair and walks away.
Kuni kneels before the Kaedehara family grave and bows. “I am aware how selfish I am to seek an audience with you. I am not here for forgiveness, nor do I believe I deserve it. Since I cannot ask for your permission anymore, I have come to ask for your blessing. I wish to marry your son. I know, pretty amusing turn of events. You may find me unworthy to hold his heart and I have to agree with you, but he says I make him happy and sometimes I look into his eyes and I am moved to believe him. If there is someone who can provide him with better love and joy than I, please send them his way, but for now, and hopefully forever, let me.”
He stands up and takes the box of peach flavoured mochi from his coat pocket. “I hope you are well, Niwa. I got you your favourite.”
—
Kazuha greets Nahida with a hug. “Ew! Why are you so sweaty!” He laughs nervously in response. She pushes him away to regard him. “What’s going on? Is something wrong with Kuni?”
“He’s fine! We’re fine! Haha!”
She narrows her eyes at him. “Kazuha.”
“I’ve come to ask you for something!”
She scrunches her nose, it reminds him of Kuni. “That can’t be good.”
“Can we sit down?” He smiles sheepishly.
“Of course.” Nahida sits down on her floor pillow and Kazuha takes a seat on the smaller one opposite to it.
“So. You know. I love Kuni.”
“Yeah, I’ve noticed.” Kazuha barks a laugh and she frowns at him. “What’s going on, sunflower?”
He takes a deep breath. “I want to ask him to marry me.” Another deep breath. “I’ve come to ask for your blessing first.”
Nahida’s face blooms into a smile most flowers would be jealous of. She then takes off her shawl, wraps it up into a ball and throws it at him. “That’s why you’re so nervous?!” The shawl softly hits him in the face and falls into his lap. “Kazuha. You know I love you two more than anything, especially together.”
“I know.” He looks down. “I get really nervous around sharing big news. I don’t know why.”
“It’s because of your trauma.”
“Oh yeah,” Kazuha realises and then snickers. “So?”
“Yes, Kazuha, you have my blessing to marry my… whatever he is.” She smiles again. “My whatever is very precious to me so continue to take good care of him, yeah?”
He nods. “I will.”
“I kinda wanna apply dendro to you to see sweat cores explode.”
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Kuni’s orgasm is accompanied with a “Marry me, Kazuha!”
Kazuha freezes. “What?”
Oh crap. Kuni has been practising that line in his head for months (and out loud when Kazuha was a safe distance away) and it just slipped out. “What?” He says it as nonchalantly as possible, which is not nonchalant at all.
“Did you just propose?”
“No.”
“It sounded like you proposed.” Kazuha grins, Kuni looks away.
“Didn’t.” He pouts. He wanted to do it in a very different way. That is, if he ever found the courage.
Kazuha strokes his thigh. “That’s too bad, I would have said yes.”
Kuni’s eyes widen and he jumps off the bed. Fully nude and on wobbly legs he trashes the kitchen looking for a well-hidden ring. Kazuha’s laughter is infectious. Ring acquired, Kuni crash lands back onto the bed and shoves it in his face.
“Did you hide that with your disgusting bitter cookies?”
Kuni smirks. “I knew you’d never go near them.”
“Clever.”
“Kazuha. You are my favourite everything, your love is sunlight, you make the world much easier to endure and your sincerity makes me question my poisoned view on it.” He swallows as he sees tears well up in Kazuha’s eyes. “And you are so hot. Will you do me the absolute honour of marrying you?”
“Yes.” They look at each other’s trying not to cry faces and then burst into laughter. “One moment, before I kiss you silly.” Kazuha reaches for the nightstand and hands him the ring box he takes out of the drawer. “Here’s yours. I was planning a whole day for the proposal, so thanks for that.”
Kuni is stunned and overflowing with love so he asks him, “The nightstand?” in a mocking tone.
“You never open it, Kuni. You always make me get the lube.”
“My dick is in there as well.”
“And you always make me get it!”
“Okay, fine, good hiding spot.” Kuni opens the box and finds a silver ring with a vermillion gemstone.
Kazuha kisses his cheek. “Do you like it?”
He nods. “Y—”
“Wait! I want a different yes from you.” He takes the ring from the box and Kuni’s left hand in his. “Come driving rain or winds that churn, I shall return, by blade alone, armed, if barefoot, to my home.” He wipes a tear from Kuni’s cheek. “Will you marry me?”
“Yes.” As promised, he is kissed silly.