DCMK - Swingersverse -- coda tidbit

[askerian]

Sequel to that thing I posted yesterday with Hakuba Saguru and Hattori Heiji. This is the lunch meeting between Heiji and Kazuha. 400 words.




"So I kinda picked this up some time ago," he tells her, dropping the box on the round little restaurant table. It looks a little weird, all black and cloth-y on white-painted metal curlicues. He shrugs, scratches his neck. "And I kept thinking I oughta look for -- no, make the right time to... I mean, not just off the cuff but a moment that makes me go, yeah, okay, right now."

Kazuha isn't saying anything, which if you know her is kinda really weird. So he takes a deep breath in and gather his courage as a man of the Hattori family (think of all the ancestors he'd disappoint if he chickens out right now! Worse, think of his mother.)

"But then I realized..." He's blushing now, and not even because realization came in a hotel shower stall as he contentedly scrubbed another man's scent off. His eyes slide away and he coughs into his hand. "... That's. Pretty much every day."

Kazuha pokes at the box with her index finger, flipping it on another face, and then pries it open the way Gojita-san from the bomb squad handles booby-trapped packages.

She stares. Heiji waits. For thirty seconds; after that he starts getting a little annoyed. It's not that surprising, is it?

"Oi. Yes or no?"

Kazuha looks up and blinks at him. "Heiji, you huge idiot." And before he can decipher this one ('you idiot' is a secret language with a hundred possible translations) she's waving her hand under his nose, back turned to face him, fingers extended straight down. "Don't you know yer s'posed to put it on yerself?"

He'd believe her impatience more if she didn't sound all choked up. He's glad he doesn't need to talk right now; he might, too. But he just has to take the box back, and take her hand, and slide it on.

She grins at him and then bursts into tears. Her sobs come out as laughter. "That's the worst... the worst proposal ever. I shoulda known."

"Oi!" Heiji protests, and then he starts laughing with her, because it kind of is, isn't it. "See if I ever propose again."

"You better not need to," Kazuha threatens, but she's still laughing and crying and he hasn't taken her threats seriously for years anyway, and it's a good thing they took a corner table because no one can see their linked hands, the ring sparkling in between their tangled fingers.

Comments

[joisbishmyoga.livejournal.com]

socute. socute that I typoed that as cosute. Now, universe, remember that it's rice that gets thrown at the happy couple, not bodies. Even with Shinichi there. No bodies raining upon the church.

[askerian]

bwahaha that typo is itself also adorable.

Bodies drowned in rices? >__> falling from granaries? Maybe a small delivery plane?

[joisbishmyoga.livejournal.com]

All incidents of bodies from the sky must occur prior to the ceremony and be solved by the commencement thereof, and may not splatter ookiness upon the wedding party, guests, or locale. NO EXCEPTIONS.

[editrixfox.livejournal.com]

....Weeeeellllll......>.>' the perpetrator could be the priest.... ergo, case solved by ceremony time... or maybe solved DURING the ceremony ... in which Saguru, Shinichi, Ran(shudder), and Heiji ALL jump the guy.... ^.^'

[joisbishmyoga.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Kazuha. She does aikido.

[edenfalling]

*melts*

He wants to marry her every day. She calls him an idiot and makes him put the ring on instead of saying yes. He'd better not need to propose ever again. They're holding hands.

*is dead of adorable*

[askerian]

They *are* adorable! It's weird. I am baffled. *tries to make baffled face* *cough*

[midget-arnold.livejournal.com]

...I'm really struggling to put words to this one. In a good way. See- you make my brain work even at ungodly times of night.

The two of them clearly have a history together that's visible in the way they intereact, but also very clear from the way they do interact the type of relationship they've built. They don't doubt the other's sincerity for a moment. Intent maybe, but never sincereity. Most young couples would be nervous about taking a big step like that. (Am I ready, Are they the one, ect.)

I wonder who calls who first with the big news. Mmhm.

Newlyweds...brides on their wedding day...so often the target of crazies. What? No, I'm not suggesting plot...never. maaaybe. Although gratuitous use of the church in a kinky way or the Bachelor/Bachelorette party would be interesting too. Hm. I remember vaguely a picture of everyone in Halloween outfits... themed parties?

Or just this. This is good. I mean, you have to admit it's not often you can read about swingers and think about what an adorable couple they make. :) Due to severe lack of sleep this may or may not have been coherent. My apologies.

[askerian]

♥♥♥

I think at this point they've been in love with each other since childhood, and since they're already dating and Kazuha, who is notoriously jealous in canon, is okay with letting her boyfriend have one night stands with guys, obviously they must have managed to get over some issues and admit/let each other understand the depth of their feelings already.

XD I think Kazuha calls all her girlfriends to squee at, Ran included, and Ran tells Shinichi straight away, who then calls Heiji with his amused congratulations when Heiji was still stuck at "... wait, we have to let other people in on this? maaaan. the parents. and oh hell we have to go through with a wedding now. run and elope plz? DX"

... Damn, throwing plot at me?! YOU EVIL PERSON. D:

[midget-arnold.livejournal.com]

*blinks innocently* I thought of it more as a way to string your snippets together with a overarching subplot.

...Yeah, okay. Maybe a little evil. ;) I'll do my best to restrain myself.



*buys bunny food.*

[flourite-roses.livejournal.com]

So cute! That's the worst proposal ever but so sweet!

[askerian]

Thank you ^________^ ♥