Akito and the Loonatics

chapter 107

At the Loonatics Tower...

Ace was on his way out. "I'll see you guys later, I gotta take care of something."

"Okay, take your time and be careful!" Rev said.

Ace smiled as he then went down the street.

"Where do you think Ace's going, Lexi?" Estelle wondered as she watched the male bunny leave.

"Beats me..." Lexi shrugged as she was straightening out her ears. "Hope it's nothing too serious."

Akito, being the most curious, decided to fly off to follow Ace, so then he could find out himself, but of course, decided to not be seen by the male bunny.

Ace took out a wad of cash and was going into a jewelry store.

"Huh, that's odd..." Akito said to himself. "Why would Ace go to the jewelers?"

Ace looked at the engagement rings in the case with an eager smile.

"Oh, my gosh. He's buying an engagement ring? But, why would he--?" Akito asked before getting an idea.

"Find anything you like?" the jeweler asked.

"They're all so good," Ace looked up to the woman. "What do you recommend to a really swell gal?"

"Ooh, is this for a special occasion?" The jeweler asked.

"Well... I've kinda had my eye on this one close friend of mine for a while now..." Ace smirked casually.

"Ooh, well then, I think I know just the one you're looking for." The jeweler said.

Ace smiled, very eagerly and he rubbed his paws together. Akito smirked a little, plus, he was very proud, he had a good feeling that Ace and Lexi liked each other, but they never said it. It was more obvious from Lexi though, especially when she thought he exploded and she was more worried about him an the others than in that space mission.

"Here it is." The jeweler said, showing him a ring with a rainbow jewel on it.

"Sweet!" Ace beamed. "I'm sure she'll love it!"

The jewler smiled and put the ring in a tiny black box and gave the price. Ace looked through his bills to make sure he had enough for the ring. And where to his luck, he did have enough money for the ring.

"Thank you, Mr. Bunny." the jeweler told him.

Ace took the ring and put the box in his pocket. "Keep the change." he smirked, then walked off, feeling satisfied.

"Have a good evening!" the jeweler told him.

"Oh, I will." Ace smiled.

The jeweler smiled and let him go. Ace smiled, feeling really excited and happy with himself as he left the store and went to report back to the Tower. Unknown to him, Akito had seen everything and had an idea of why the male bunny wanted to buy an engagement ring.

Ace felt a disturbance, he took out his sword and wielded the blade. "Alright, come on out!"

"Relax," Akito dropped down safely, and walked forward to him. "It's only me."

'Ah, Akito," Ace said, withdrawing the blade. "What're you doing out here?"

"Oh, I was just following you and saw what you bought and I have an idea of who it's for." Akito smiled.

Ace blushed slightly and he rubbed his arm. "Just don't tell anyone, okay?" he had him promise and swear, but was already sure he could trust Akito with this secret.

"I promise that I won't tell anyone." Akito promised.

"I knew I could count on ya, kid," Ace smiled. "You'd make an excellent best man."

"Thanks, Ace." Akito smiled.

Ace smiled, he then walked with Akito back to the Tower.

"So, when are you going to ask her?" Akito asked.

"I don't know, kid..." Ace sighed. "I kinda wanna do it and get it over with, but at the same time, it might be too dangerous when we have a mission... Every time I see her, I just feel like I lose my nerve... Sometimes I wanna wait until we don't have to worry about saving Acmetropolis so much, but... We're superheroes, when do we catch a break?"

"Ace, I know it isn't easy, but you two do love each other, I know that very much and I know that you two will be able to handle anything you two face in the future, including missions." Akito assured him.

What Akito said to him really did the trick as Ace now felt confident, but also still a little nervous.

"What if she says no?" Ace then bit his lip.

"You'll never know unless you ask her," Akito said. "But I can assure you, she definently does love you, she'll say yes."

Ace had to take Akito's word on it, but he needed to ask Lexi just to be sure. He tucked the ring in a little tighter so it wouldn't fall out of his pocket. "Really hope Zadavia doesn't call tonight..." he whispered to himself as they went into the tower.

"I'm sure we won't have any missions tonight." Akito smiled.

"I sure hope so." Ace smiled back.

"Oh, come on, what could possibly happen?" Akito asked.

Ace chuckled. Akito then smiled to him and went back to finish up some of his homework.

"Now time to finish off my homework." Akito smiled.

Ace glanced to Lexi as she was talking with Estelle, he sighed, he really wanted to do it, but maybe he should wait, so he went to his own room.

"You think you and Ace will get married?" Estelle asked the female bunny.

"What? No way... Well, yeah, I guess we will, but I just have to wait for him to ask me." Lexi smiled.

"You know you could always ask him?" Estelle shrugged.

Lexi looked curious. "My dad always told me that a woman has to be asked..."

"Ohh." Estelle said in realization.

"You're lucky to have a kind and caring father, Estelle..." Lexi whispered, lowering her head slightly.

"What about your father?" Estelle asked.

"My father wasn't really there for me..." Lexi looked away distantly. "He was gone most of the time and when he'd be back, it was kinda ugly... It's just really painful to think about sometimes..."

"Can't your mother do something?" Estelle prompted.

"My mother died giving birth to me." Lexi explained.

"Oh, dear....I'm so sorry." Estelle apologized.

"That's okay..." Lexi released a sharp sigh. "Sometimes I feel like my dad might've blamed me... The Loonatics are my family now though."

"I'd love to give him a piece of my mind!" Estelle glared.

Lexi gently patted her on the head. "I'm going to bed, see you in the morning."

"Yeah..." Estelle folded her arms, but nodded to her, "Good night."

"Almost done..." Akito said before finally getting all of his homework done. "Finally."

"Was it hard?" Leo smirked.

"Yeah." Akito nodded.

"Well, you're smarter than the average bear." Leo reassured.

"Um, thanks, I think." Akito said.

Leo laughed a little. Akito smiled, he then put his homework in his room's desk so he would remember to give it to Tech in the morning tomorrow. All was well for the Loonatics, but unfortunately, the same couldn't be said about the Fudo home.