Finally, they came to a small clearing. Li asked her, "Do you recognize this?"
Sukura did. "It's -- it's the place that I ran to on the day you went back to Hong Kong -- and where you bumped into me, and --"
"Where we had our first kiss." Li finished. "Sukura, listen to me. Ever since I went to Egypt, I've known that I had to spend the rest of my life with you. I fell in childhood love with you, and then I fell into true love with you again. I would die a thousand times before I hit the ground if the alternative was you dying. That's why I need to ask you -- Sukura..."
He got down on one knee, and took a box out of his pocket. When he opened it, a ring of white gold set with chips of every jewel imaginable glistened in the moonlight.
"Will you marry me?"
* * * *
Sukura and Li walked back into the apartment, holding each other's hand and beaming. Madison stared at them. "Uh-oh, I missed a great shot, didn't I?"
"Umm, you could say that," said Sukura.
"The thing is..." Li started and when he was finished, everyone in the room save Sukura was staring at them as if they had just learned that the End of the World was this Saturday. Then Eriol got up, shook Li's hand and said, "My congrats to the bride and groom."
