I'll Follow (Royai Fanfic)

Chapter: 7

*Days Later*

"Roy, help me with this." I groaned, lifting up a box and soon handing it to him.

He took it from me and walked up the steps to his house as I leaned up against the truck I borrowed from Rebecca.

"When do you want to start unpacking?" He asked.

"After I get the truck back to Becca."

"Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it." He stopped as he walked passed me to kiss me on the cheek. "I'll be back in a few minutes, go make yourself at home." He smiled and shut the car door.

"Alright, I'll see ya." I waved.

I turned around and saw a middle aged woman leaning up against the fence separating our yards.

"Hello! I don't think we've met." She said in a friendly voice.

"Hi, I'm Riza, and you are..."

"Marie. You're moving in with Roy, I see? He finally settled down?" She chuckled.

"Not quite, We're only dating but I'm sure we'll get there." I looked down at the small child walking up behind her.

Black Hayate ran up behind me with a stick in his mouth, enjoying the opportunity to run around at his new home.

"Mama, can we go to Jenny's now?" She asked, rocking back and forth on her heels.

Marie scooped her up and tilted her head smiling at her sweetly. "Of course you can, we can walk over in a little bit but right now I'd like you to meet our new neighbor, Riza."

"Hi!" She said excitedly.

"Hello, there, what's your name?" I smiled at the cute, blonde.

"I'm, Alice." She smiled back at me.

"Pretty name. How old are you?"

"Four." She held up her fingers to show what she was saying.

"So I see you have a little one of your own?" Marie looked down at Black Hayate and I chucked.

"Doggie!" Alice gasped.

"Would you like to see him?" I picked him up and she nodded, reaching out for him. "You can pet him but he's a little too heavy for you to hold."

"That's okay." She said, patting his head.

"So, anything special happening soon?" I asked Marie.

"My birthday!" Alice squealed happily. "It's tomorrow. You should come to my party, it's tomorrow too." She smiled.

"I'd love to, I'll see if I can get a day off." I set the dog down and he ran after a squirrel.

"That'd be lovely." Marie said. "We have to get going but it was nice meeting you, Roy is a lucky man." She flashed me a big smile.

"Have a nice day, Marie."

"You too!"

She turned away just as Roy pulled into the driveway with his car instead of Rebecca's.

"Making friends with the neighbors, I see." He smiled as he stepped out.

"Yeah, she's a nice woman. Her daughter's cute too." I grinned, throwing the stick Hayate had just placed in front of me.

"Eh, they're okay." He shrugged and we made our way into the house.

"Oh come on, I got us plans for tomorrow." I nudged his arm.

"Oh, no-"

"Yes! Come on Roy, the little girl is turning five tomorrow, it'd be nice if we came to her party."

"You can, I'll be at work." He shut the door behind us.

I frowned at him and he sighed, lifting me up on the table. "I would go but I have better things to do than go to some kids party, okay?"

"I get that, but she's so sweet I was-" I looked away. "Never mind."

"What?"

"Forget about it." I leaned forward but he pushed me back.

"Come on, Riza just spit it out." He caressed my cheek with his hand. "It can't be that bad."

I sighed and squeezed my eyes shut. "I don't want to create any unwanted tension between us but," I took a deep breath. "seeing that adorable little girl just makes me want one of my own and I don't know if you want that. I worry about it sometimes, I want to be a mother. I realized that when Fuery mentioned it the other day. I know it was a joke but I just can't stop thinking about it." I sighed.

"We're a little early on to be talking about kids don't you think?" He raised an eyebrow.

"I know but it's been a dream of mine to have a cute little family and we could have that together. I understand that good things take time but honestly within the next year or two that's what I want. We're only getting older and I don't want it to get too late, you know?" I looked up at him and he smiled subtly.

"Yes, I understand and that's exactly why," He knelt down on one knee, pulling out a little box. "I intend to waste no more time. Riza, will you do me the favor of making me the happiest man alive and marry me?" He smiled up at me and I jumped up.

"Yes, yes of course I will!" He slid the ring onto my finger and stood up, taking me into his arms.

"I love you so much, Riza."

"I love you more." I gushed.

"No you don't, I love you more." He rubbed his nose against mine.

"No, I-"

"Just shut up already." He laughed and pressed his lips to mine, silencing me.

"We better get started, now." He pulled away and bent over, handing me a box full of my clothes, then another box on top of that as he carried the one with my shoes.

"Yeah, make me carry the heavy boxes." I rolled my eyes, jokingly.

"Hey, you're the one with all of the clothes!" He stuck out his tongue.

I attempted to swat at him but nearly fell and banged into the wall beside me.

"Okay, I'll admit that was kind of stupid." I said once I regained balance.

"You can't blame me for that one." He laughed.

"Hush." I chuckled.

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After we settled down and had some dinner I did the dishes and got ready for bed.

"I'm so tired." I yawned as I fell onto our mattress.

"Before you fall asleep do you think you could rub my shoulders?" Roy muttered into his pillow.

"Sure," I sat on his lower back and as my hands moved I watched the diamonds in my ring glisten in the moonlight.

"I love you." He said about ten seconds before I heard him start snoring.

"I love you too." I whispered and kissed him on top of his head before laying next to him and falling asleep myself.

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