Shigure and Nightingale left Hatori and Jin and headed to visit Ayame and Mine next. "Oh you'll love Aya and Mine will want to dress you up." Shigure told his love.

"Really? What's wrong with the way I am dressed?" Nightingale asked.

"Nothing. Aya owns a dress shop and Mine just loves to dress up everyone that comes in the shop." Shigure told her.

"Oh." Nightingale said in relief.

Shigure laughed and kissed the top of her head. "You are so short." He teased.

Nightingale stopped where she was and pulled her hand from Shigure's. She glared playfully at him. "I'm not short, I am fun-sized." She told him, trying hard not to laugh.

"Fun-sized you are my dear." He replied with a smile. Then he pulled her close and softly kissed her lips. "I love you."

"I love you."

They then resumed walking to Aya's shop. Mine greeted them at the door. She was wearing a rather adorable nurse's uniform. "Hello Shigure!" She said brightly. "And who is this lovely lady?" Mine asked eyeing Nightingale.

"This is Nightingale. She is my girlfriend." Shigure answered with a smile.

Mine's face lit up. "Oh I'm so happy for you!" She said and then pulled both of them into a hug.

"Shigure is that your wonderful voice I heard?" Aya said coming in from the back, his voice in its usual dramatic tone.

"Yes, Aya it is I!" Shigure sang to him.

"Ah, yes!" Aya said now standing by Mine at the door. "And who is this lovely creature?"

"This is Nightingale, my girlfriend." Shigure answered, really loving the sound of the word "girlfriend."

Aya gasped dramtically. "Oh no! You have left me!" He cried.

Nightingale looked confused. She turned her head to Shigure, with an eyebrow raised.

Shigure laughed nervously. "It's a little joke." He replied.

"Oh." NIghtingale said.

"I knew that this day would come." Aya said. "Of course I always have Mine."

Mine giggled and her cheeks reddened. "You guys should come in."

"Yes, you should." Aya agreed.

They all entered the shop and went to the back. They sat down and had tea. "So how long have you been here?" Mine asked Nightingale.

"Just a couple weeks." She answered.

"And you two have formed a relationship that quickly?" MIne asked.

Nightingale and Shigure both laughed. "No, we met in college." Nightingale answered.

"Yes, I traveled abroad for college." Shigure replied. "And I'm so glad that I did."

"Oh that's wonderful. So you guys dated in college?" Mine inquired.

"No, we were just best friends." Shigure answered. "She was too intimidated by me then."

Nightingale laughed. "You do flatter yourself too much."

"You know you love me." Shigure said with an impish grin.

"That I do." NIghtingale said and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Even when I was a dog."

"You still are a dog even though the curse is broken."

"She knew about the curse?" Aya asked, his eyes wide with shock.

"Yes, she hugged me one day and found out." Shigure replied.

"I told him it was cool." Nightingale said with a grin.

"Does Akito know?" Aya asked.

"No and he never will...just as he does not know tha Mine knows." Shigure said.

"Okay, I got it." Aya said.

Mine was staring intensely at Nightingale. Suddenly she stood up and grabbed Nightingale by the hand. "I'm sorry if I seem rude, but I was just thinking of the perfect outfit for you." Mine said and then practically drug Nightingale to the dressing rooms in the back.

Shigure smiled. "I'm hoping for a school girl uniform." Shigure said with a devilish grin.

Aya laughed. "Who knows what Mine will put her in. Whatever it is I'm sure she will look lovely."

"She could look lovely in a paper sack." Shigure said and then added, "Or nothing at all."

"Shigure you are such a little devil." Aya told him with a laugh.

Shigure got a dreamy far off look in his eye. "I have missed her so much."

Aya blinked. "She'll be right back..."

"That's not what I meant." Shigure said. "Ever since I met her in college I knew that she was the one I wanted. The day I had to leave her...it felt like I was leaving a piece of myself behind."

Aya smiled. "And now after all of these years you have been reunited."

"All because she took a teaching job." Shigure replied.

"I'm glad that you have found someone who makes you as happy as Mine makes me." Aya told his friend.

"Thank you."

A few moments later Mine came out. "I give you the newly dressed, Nightingale."

Nightingale walked out hesitantly in a beautiful orange sundress, with a yellow ribbon around the waist. Her cheeks were a bright red as she sat back down next to Shigure.

"You look beautiful as always." He said taking her in his arms and placing a kiss on top of her head.

Her cheeks flamed even brighter.

"Yes, you must keep that dress." Aya said.

Nightingale looked up at him. "Oh no. I couldn't do that."

"Consider it my gift to you for making Shigure so happy." Aya said.

Nightingale's whole face was as red as a beat now. "Thank you." She said.

"Think nothing of it." Aya said waving her off.

Before long Nightingale changed back into her regular clothes and Mine wrapped up the sundress for her. Then she and Shigure left and headed back to her apartment. It was Shigure's turn to meet someone.