The car ride to my graduation consisted of lots of random conversations. About my moms bakery and what Nezumi did while he was gone, which weirdly made him quiet. It also sparked my interest.

Even though he had already been here for almost 2 days I hadn't really asked much. I remember him telling he had moved because his dad had found a new job in the letter he sent me but that was all I truly knew.

Now he sat beside me saying few sentences about how it was fine and had been pretty boring. He said he was glad he was able to get away.

The last sentence, though to my mom just made her think he missed me a lot, made me know there was something else hidden there, besides any want for me.

We pulled up to the school before I was able to settle my uneasiness and it only grew as we walked into the auditorium.

This was my graduation. I would be officially done with high school and move on in life. It was a big stepping stone. How would the rest of my life be? Nezumis hand gripped mine softly assured me we would at least still be together. But would that be for the rest of our lives?

"This way please, sir. Graduating students sit up here." A woman said, touching my shoulder. I looked up at her surprised.

Wait, yes I already knew this. They had told us all of this at a practice ceremony a few days ago.

I looked up at the sea of red gowns sitting right in front of the stage.

Nezumi voice came from next to me.

"Goodluck." He whispered with a smile. He started turning away to find a seat with my mom in the audience.

Suddenly my heart sped up and hands became clammy. What was this? I didn't want to go up. I felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders as soon as the black haired boys hand slipped out of my grasp.

I was nervous.

"Wait!" I almost yelled, taking a quick step towards him. He twirled around and for a second I could see a worried glint in his eyes before I threw my arms around him, hugging him tightly with my face scrunched up to his chest.

"Shi-!"

"Please, just one second." I whispered, cutting him off.

A silent moment passed before his own arms wrapped around me, bringing me closer.

"Hey it's ok." He whispered into my white hair. "I'll be right over here. Just look my way if you need me."

I nodded my head eagerly into his shirt and let him go.

My cheeks were lightly flushed as I realized a few people were staring. I had forgotten for a minute that I was hugging another man in front of a growing audience, which sadly still wasn't very accepted in society.

I looked up at him one last time as he gave me a smirk.

"Remember, we have plans later."

My blush only grew brighter.

"Y-yeah" I mumbled, trying to hide my excitement.

At that I turned around and found the lady still waiting there, trying to lead me to my seat.

"Sorry." I whispered.

She grinned at me, waving her hand as it was no problem.

"Oh it's fine... Is that your boyfriend?" She asked politely.

The question caught me off guard and I looked up at her. Her graying hair topped with a cute hat. She seemed sincere as she asked it with no hint of disgust.

"Y-yeah." I muttered cautiously.

Her smile grew and she motioned to my chair among the many others.

"Well you guys are cute."

My face became pink but I couldn't help but give her a bright cheesy smile.

"Thank you. That means a lot."

The sides of her eyes crinkled before she walked away to get the next graduating senior.

Besides Safu and my mom I thought that was the first person to not call us gross or wierd. It caused my spirits to lift and any nervousness left to go away.

A light tap came upon my shoulder and I spun around to another bright smiling face.

"Oh Safu!"

She grinned. Her hair was lightly curled and seemed to even have a little makeup on.

"Hope you haven't forgotten about me yet" she teased.

I shook my head and chuckled.

"No way. You look great by the way."

Safu gave me a delighted grin.

"Thanks."

We chatted for a few minutes before the audience hushed as the principal walked onstage and to the mike.

"Welcome to the graduation ceremony of the 2015 senior class. I am delighted all of you could make it to see this big step being taken by these wonderful young adults." He announced. The enthusiasm in the claps of the audience did not match his voice.

He went on for a couple minutes describing how hard all of us have worked. My eyes, disobeying my thoughts, looked up to find Nezumi. They scoured the rows of filled seats until they rested on my gray eyed boy. He looked up and gave me a encouraging smile.

"We will start off with the amazing students who have all kept a GPA of 4.0 their whole time here and have exceeded the limit of extraordinary. They will come up one by one to receive a small medallion and their graduation diploma." The principal said.

I knew that would include me.

Despite my one/two years when I was seriously depressed I had mostly kept my grades up. Except for one semester where I got a B in a class but in the long run that didn't matter.

I glanced at Safu, who glanced back at me.

She would come before me since they go in alphabetical order.

She smiled

"Ready?" Safu asked

I nodded

"Yeah. You?"

Her smile deepened and she nodded.

I turned around as the principal started naming off names, having the kids come up and receive their diploma.

"Alexia... Ayden... Becca..." The list started going on and on.

Finally Safu's name was called and I clapped, proud of my best friend as she walked up.

She got her diploma and shook the principals hand, then came back down to her seat.

"Shion."

My name echoing off the walls surprised me, I hadn't expected to be right after her.

I stood up and walked slightly unsteadily up to the front of the stage. I guess this was it. The official end of high school.

I looked up quickly to find Nezumi's face. He stared cheerfully at me, my mom at his side, clapping loudly as I was handed my diploma. I shook the wrinkled old hand and sat back down, smiling.

The rest of the ceremony buzzed past.

Tons of other names were called and when we were finally done there was one last speech from a student.

After all of that I shook my teachers hands and caught up with Safu quickly, promising to get together sometime in the near future.

I shuffled through the thick crowd trying to find my... family.

The black little pony tail was what my eyes found first and he quickly saw me as I shuffled closer.

"Shion! Congratulations!" He grabbed my hand, giving me a bright smile.

"Thanks!"

My mom appeared from behind him.

"Yeah congratulations!"

She handed me a little bouquet of light purple flowers which I immediately sniffed.

"Oh, thanks mom!"

She grinned and patted me on the back.

"Well I've heard you guys want to party and stuff tonight." She said, giving Nezumi a glance. "So I'm just going to go home. Do you want me drive you anywhere on the way?"

Nezumi shook his head.

"No, it's ok, but thank you!"

My mom nodded and gave me one last hug before she left.

I turned to Nezumi once she was out of sight.

"Party?" I asked, confused.

He chuckled and grabbed my hand, leaning in close.

"Well not with other people. Just us." He said huskily.

I blushed and looked away, realizing what he meant, but definitely happy we weren't going with other people.

"O-oh."

Nezumi smiled and grabbed my hand.

"Come on." He urged me, dragging me out of the crowded room.

I was so glad I had worn regular clothes under my graduation gown, that way I was able to immediately return it to the school and didn't get any strange look from the lady at the desk of the hotel.

It felt a little uncomfortable when she looked us up and down for luggage and we told her it would only be for one night, but all my worries receded as Nezumi was handed our room key and we walked into the elevator.

The light tinging music did not seem to match the mood at all and we stood there in silence, Nezumi rolling light circles over my thumb with his own.

It had been so long, I still barely believed he was here standing beside me.

We walked into our room. I was still slightly nervous, but it was Nezumi, what on earth could go wrong?

The dark haired boy shut the door behind us with a quiet click and turned to me.

"You okay?" He asked, seeing my nervousness.

I nodded

"Yeah. Sorry, just.. It's been a long time." I told him.

Nezumi gave that little devilish grin he always gave me and took a step closer.

"I know." He said, watching as his finger gently ran down my waist.

He looked up into my eyes, staring there for a few seconds.

I gazed back into the beautiful gray orbs, slightly older than they had used to be.

Nezumi ran his fingers up my torso, still staring into my eyes. Finally he let a finger slip into my collar as he inched closer, our foreheads almost touching. He rubbed the pink streak there lightly, knowing it was quite sensitive.

My eyelids fluttered closed for a second before popping back open.

"Nezumi.." I whispered, close to his mouth.

I could feel his lips form a smile close to mine.

He pushed me back a little bit more till my back was against the wall, finally un-buttoning the top button of my shirt. His other hand gently rose the hem, tracing the top part of the V that disappeared into my shorts.

"You don't have anything going on tomorrow right?." Nezumi hummed into my ear.

I shivered and shook my head as he lightly brushed across my nipple from under my shirt.

I was so glad I didn't.

My hands clenched at his shirt, my neediness starting to show. I tried to pull him down to my lips but he wouldn't budge.

"Nezumi." I whined.

He grinned, still lightly rubbing the skin under my shirt.

"What?" He asked teasingly.

My lips set into a little pout. And I tugged at his shirt again.

"Come oonn." I pleaded.

After another grin he finally captured my lips in his own. His hand cupping my cheek and guiding me closer to him.

I stood on my tiptoes, wondering how he had grown so much while I had pretty much stayed the same height.

Nezumi suddenly wrapped his hands around my thighs and pulled me up, wrapping me around him before he started caring me to the bed, all the while kissing me deeply.

He laid me down and separated us for a second to take a breath before getting on top of me and meeting our lips once again.

I let out a little noise of pleasure as his fingers drifted down my sides, lifting my shirt off and feeling my skin underneath.

"N-nez.."

He tucked a hand under the back of my hand and kissed up and down my neck, sucking or biting every now and then.

My breaths slowly turned heavy and came out faster as my body was touched. My fingers wound their way into his hair and gripped at it, pushing him down or moving him slightly when he found a better spot.

Nezumis hands reached down, slyly unbuttoning my pants and sliding then off.

Afterwords his mouth traveled from my neck and down to my stomach, kissing and lightly sucking at places.

My body shivered and I whispered his name, my mind going blank as his mouth practically drove me insane.

"Nezumi- mm."

The black haired boy sat back up, looking at me for a second with a quirked smile.

"You.. You are really..." He said while a single finger traveled down my torso and to between my legs. Goose bumps sprung up along my skin.

"Something." He finished.

...Was that supposed to be a compliment? I smiled at his loss for words, something that was very unusual as he usually seemed to know exactly what to say.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and lightly kissed him.

"You are really something too."

An hour or two later we laid breathing heavily next to eachother, our minds still fuzzy from our previous actions. Nezumis hand rested in mine and our bodies slightly sweaty.

As our breathing slowed I turned on my side and cuddled into him.

"Nezumi?" I asked.

He turned his head a little but kept his eyes closed.

"Hm?" He hummed.

I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him.

"I love you." I smiled.

Nezumi turned around, grinning down at me and scooted me closer to him with a quick tug.

"I love you too." He whispered close to my lips.

As I was just about to lean in for a kiss nezumis face softened, loosing his smile and looked down from my eyes.

My eyebrows knit in concern.

"What's the matter?"

Nezumi shook his head and glanced back up. His eyes held a meaningful look and stared into mine intently, making me worry even more.

"Shion.. I-.. I want to marry you." He confessed, dodging from my eyes a few times as the words spilled over his lips.

The words jumbled together in my brain as I sat astonished and in awe.

My throat seemed to suddenly swell up and it was hard to speak.

"M-mar...marry? Nezumi, that's-" my voice cracked and I stopped, unable to tear my eyes from his.

My heart felt like it rose in my chest and a uncontainable smile formed on my lips.

"Nezumi" I said before suddenly kissing him.

The gray eyed boy looked up a little shocked as our lips parted.

"You aren't weirded out by it at all?" He asked.

I shook my head, feeling happy tears form behind my eyelids.

"Of course not. Nezumi I would love to marry you."

Nezumis eyes brightened and the biggest smile I had ever seen him make sat on his face.

He leaned forward making our noses and foreheads touch.

"Good." He said, a smirk forming on his lips.

Epilogue

Nezumi grabbed my hand as I was cooking in the kitchen, giving me a little twirl before lightly tugging me to him and setting his lips on mine.

"I'm back." He smiled

I grinned back at him.

"Welcome home." I practically sang.

Nezumi lightly kissed me again and began to help me cook dinner.

We talked about our day, like we always did when he got home.

He had had a good day at the theatre, the new play they had been practicing for over 4 month had it's opening showing next week and Nezumi, like almost always, had the lead part.

As for me, I told him about my day at college. I had just completed a couple classes and only had two more I needed to take before getting my bachelors degree in medicine and start my way up to become a doctor. It also turned out that Safu also had to take one of those classes for psychology so we would be able to see each other a little more.

Nezumi reached over grabbing the salt and pepper and set it on the table as I got the plates. My mom and Safu would be here soon, as they always were on Friday nights for dinner. It was nice still being close to both of them, only a half hour away for my mom and Safu being only about 5 min away.

The doorbell rang and soon we were all sitting at the table, digging into the soup I had made and making small talk.

My mom was doing great with her bakery and someone had come to her asking if they could start a little bigger business.

Halfway through when the conversations died out Nezumi suddenly grabbed my hand, giving me a look. I smiled at him, giving him a nod and we turned back to our company.

"Mom, Safu, we also have something to announce." I said.

They stopped and looked up from their plates. They had heard these words before, when we had announced we were getting married.

"What?" Safu asked.

I squeezed Nezumis hand, glancing at him one last time.

"We are thinking about adopting!" I told them.

Safu's face brightened up and my mom clapped her hands together.

"Oh that's so wonderful Shion!" My mom said.

"Are you getting a boy or a girl?" Safu asked.

I took a sip of soup letting Nezumi go explain.

"We aren't sure yet, we will probably just go to the center and just try to feel what's right." He said.

The rest of dinner we talked about the details a little more. We probably weren't going to adopt for at least another few months so we could really think about it but we were too excited not to at least mention it.

A couple hours later my mom and Safu left, hugging us goodbye and saying they would see us next week.

I turned around and saw Nezumi setting the dishes in the sink.

"They gone?" He asked.

I walked into our kitchen, twirling the ring on my finger with my thumb.

"Yeah... Wanna do something?"

The gray eyes boy turned around as he finished, smirking at me sexily.

"I sure do." He replied.

He grabbed my waist and brought me tightly against him.

I smiled and grabbed his hair, leaning in to kiss him deeply.

Even though we've lived together for almost 2 years now we were still as together as ever. I was worried at first if it was possible we could somehow become separated again. But I had found that to be untrue.

Nezumi lifted me up and wrapped my legs around his hips.

He separated our lips quickly, breathing heavily.

"Upstairs." He whispered before quickly walking us upstairs, kissing me all the way.

Sometimes I still couldn't believe he was here with me. That we lived together and that we were even married. It was amazing and felt crazy at the same time.

Now I laid awake in the middle of the night, staring at my beautiful gray eyed boy laying asleep beside me. He was curled on his side breathing softly, a lock of his dark bangs hanging in his face.

I gently moved it away and brushed his lips.

Over the time we had lived together I had learned so much more about him. (One of them being how well he looked as a girl) I had found so many secret talents and learned the truth about why he had moved all those years ago. And all of it only made me love him more.

I gently pecked his lips when suddenly a gust of wind came through the open window across the room, making the curtains billow out towards us and a few papers on the desk move.

I stealthily crawled over Nezumi and out of bed. Staring out the window as the moonlights shone in.

This was the happiest I had ever been, and I believed I would ever be. Nezumi was here and he wasn't leaving me.

We were even starting a family soon.

I glanced back at my gray eyed boy one last time. He was here.

I smiled at the ground and turned around, reaching out and closing the window.