Chapter 54: Going Back

Yuzu walked in the door and slugged her bag on the floor. She was just getting in from work, it was a little past eleven and she was exhausted. Work had been busy since she walked in the door, she hadn't been off her feet all night and now she just wanted to collapse into the couch.

Though she was soon met with the picture of a tired Mei sitting at the table across from a plate of food.

"Mei, what all this?" Yuzu asked cautiously as she slipped onto the chair opposite her girlfriend, glancing briefly down to the meal in front of her.

"You didn't have dinner tonight, so as I said last week, I stayed up until you arrived home to make sure you ate. I won't have you losing weight again, so sit down and eat, we need to get to bed." Mei said as she pushed the plate slightly towards the blonde, trying to encourage her to eat quickly so they could sleep.

A smile broke over Yuzu's face as she picked up her chopsticks and began to eat her meal. "Sorry I didn't send you any pictures tonight, I did have a small snack but it was soo busy I just forgot." Yuzu gave a nervous laugh as she continued to stuff her face. Since Mei had called her out on losing weight Yuzu had sent Mei proof of he eating dinner each night, but tonight her she was so busy she hadn't managed to.

"It's fine, I know you won't always have time to message me, I just want to be sure you are eating properly," Mei said as she sat quietly waiting for the blonde to finish. Both knew the blonde didn't mean to skip her dinner, but while Mei was aware that Yuzu was eating properly since she had called her out on it, she couldn't shake the worry.

Yuzu becoming ill due to her not paying attention or being persistent was not something she could handle, even if it meant she was a little over the top when it came to monitoring the blonde.

"It just shows you really do care!" Yuzu grinned as she winked at Mei who immediately scoffed in response. "Of course I care, I wouldn't be with you if I didn't would I?" Mei said with a raise of her brow as if she was stating the obvious.

"Yeah I know, but it's super cute when you show how much you care." Yuzu grinned as she watched Mei pout her lips and turn away.

"Thanks for dinner Mei," Placing her dish in the sink, Yuzu turned to wrap her arms around Mei who was quick to return the embrace. It was warm and gave both a sense of secure comfort that they just didn't get from anything else. Something Yuzu was prepared to look forwards to for the rest of her life; she was sure Mei felt the same, and it would only be a matter of weeks until she would finally be able to express her feelings to the younger Aihara who was clutching tightly to her shirt as she held her close.

"Let's head to bed?" Nudging Mei gently, Yuzu smiled when she got a yawn and a nod from the younger girl.

Author's Thoughts:

The short updates continue, I'm not too sure on how I'm going to do the proposal, I'm thinking it might be cute to include the piano in some way, but I'm not too sure yet so here's a small chapter for the time being.