Purple - Yata Misaki Love Story

Part 79

The move in was an eventful day, and also the day Jesse decided to set out for good. At the end of the day, after helping us move our stuff in and making sure we were settled, we ate the large dinner Misaki and I whipped up together, and now he stood outside the building with all of us to say his goodbyes.
He'd be backpacking all through Europe with only a small allowance that Munakata gave him out of courtesy when Jesse told him all about his wishes. I was more happy than I was sad that he was able to do this, after all that we've been through, but when Rei started crying I did too.
Misaki squeezed my shoulder tightly as I wiped away a few stray tears, sniffling as Rei stepped back from hugging Jesse.
"I wont be gone forever, kiddo!" He assured, rubbing his head, "You work hard, and do great things!"
"O-Okay!"
"Goodbye, Yuri." Jesse said, standing straight with a grin, we technically had already had our hug goodbye, but I guess he had something more to say, "I am so proud, to have had you as a daughter."
My eyes widened slightly, and I chuckled lightly as I took in his words, "Thank you, I love you, dad."
"Love you too. See you later then!"
"See you!" I waved in reply, watching the male as he turned his back and walked off to his future, to the rest of his life, and I knew that even though this was as sad as it was, this was something we were both grinning about anyways.

The next morning, both Yata and I had the day off while Rei was at school, and we cuddled close as we napped. Well, at least, napping is what we were attempting to do.
"Hey Yuri?" Yata began, moving his hand to run his fingers through my hair, "Let's make a promise."
"A promise?"
"Yeah. I've thought about this for a while. I want to make a promise that we'll stay together forever. I don't have any money, barley enough to get a ring and certainly not enough to get married - and I don't really care about all that fancy stuff anyways. I just know that I wanna be with you forever." He paused, swallowing, "I should probably ask Rei too, if it's alright."
"Little Rei loves you, Misaki-kun, I'm sure it'd be fine." I assured, smiling lightly.
"You think so? I'm gonna ask him anyways."
"I do promise, though, you know? I think I even did subconsciously a while ago. I made a promise to myself, that no matter what, I would stay by your side - because your side is where I want to be."
"Yeah. Me too. I promise, no matter what, to always be with you." He replied, pressing his forehead to mine gently, "I love you."
"And I love you..." I whispered, even though at this point, 'I love you' didn't seem to be enough.