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"Only if Ami is here. She likes to act out and Sachi is normally the one to reign her in. You two are so funny." Amelia slowly eats the yokan that Gabriel was feeding her. "Thank you, Gabriel." 

"Anything for my angel. Feeding you is something that I will enjoy doing for the rest of our lives." He cuts another small piece off and feeds it to her. 

Sachi sits back down slightly embarrassed. "Sorry for causing a scene but sometimes that is the only way to get that one to remember that she cannot cause trouble." 

"I heard that!" Ami says and glares at Sachi.

Sachi looks over at Ami, "Good! You were meant to hear it. Now if you want help on your homework you better sit down so we can get started." 

Ami sits down muttering but no longer fighting. "You win this round but I will prevail!" 

"Is there a lot that you need to do?" Gabriel looks down at Amelia

Amelia shakes her head, "I am ahead in most of my classes. It is more like I just have to hand things in. Sachi usually collects my homework and takes it in for me but I do help these two when they get stuck." 

"Amelia, is a great help and I have no idea how she is able to work ahead so much. Sometimes she is so far ahead she can rest in class. Which happens after an attack and the teacher doesn't question it." Sachi smiles and starts to pull out her papers. 

"That is because the teachers are aware of the fact that I am sick. I found that the homework is very simple and I don;t struggle much. I also have a lot of time on my hands so I am able to sit there and enjoy the rest when I need it. I have been offered to move up in grades but with my body I said that it would be best if I did not." Amelia starts to look at the papers that Sachi handed to her and she sees the new needlepoint assignment. Her eyes shone mischievously and then read through the assignment. "Oh Ami~" Amelia sang Ami's name and drew out the last symbol. 

"What is up?" Ami looks at Amelia kind of scared. 

"New needlework assignment. I expect you to follow the things I taught you last time." Amelia giggles and places the papers on the table for the others to see. 

"You are a lifesaver. I dislike this type of work so I guess that is something that I will start tomorrow…" Ami looks away trying to find an excuse. "Ouch! Sachi, stop it!"

After pinching Ami in the leg Sachi smiles as if she did nothing wrong. "I see that the theme is interesting. Something to gift to a loved one. I can only guess that we are of marriageable age." 

Gabriel watches everything happily, still feeding Amelia the yokan until she shakes her head, then he starts to finish it off. "If you need things for the needlework then I can get Miyuki to show you to the room." 

"Can I get a white square as well as a variety of colours." Amelia watched as the others left the room after she made her request. She sighed and looked at Gabriel.

"If you are tired you can always lay back down." Gabriel touched her cheek. He then cupped both her cheeks with his hands and kissed her on the lips.

"I was thinking about what I should do this time. I already gave you a gift so who should I do this for?" Amelia was thinking about it seriously. 

"Make it for Sachi. I can tell that her feelings for you are deep. I know that I should be upset over it but honestly I am happy that you have friends that will take care of you when I am unable to do it myself." Gabriel lifted her onto his lap and kissed her on the lips for a short moment. He sighed when the kiss was done and looked into her eyes. "You and I belong together." 

Amelia returned his kiss and smiled happily while blushing, "I will do as you suggest. I know what I can do for Sachi -but I am surprised that you noticed it before I did. I had no idea that is how she felt about me." 

Gabriel picked up the painting and showed Amelia, "Look at her eyes. When I paint I take note of the expressions and the love in Sachi's eyes is real. She is your friend and I will not stop you from being her friend. Besides, I know that you love me. These two girls are your friends, therefore they will be my friends as well. They are welcome to come here anytime. Except, We will be going away for a short period of time. I want to take you somewhere nice." 

"I look forward to going out with you. I think that it would be wise for us to take some alone time with no one else. Do you have a place in mind?" Amelia touches his cheek and snuggles in. 

"I want to surprise you but it will have a hot spring." Gabriel thinks about the inn that he found Kazuki in. "I know the perfect place." 

The girls come back and see the two cuddling. "For a couple that is recently engaged, I am surprised at how close you really are." Ami says this and sits down. 

"Ami, sometimes I wonder about you. How can you be so blunt!" Sachi shakes her head and sits down. 

"It is okay, Sachi. Gabriel has done a lot for me and my family. If he takes care of me this way then there is nothing to worry about. Besides, I told you both that I was secretly admiring someone. Gabriel is the one that I was crushing on." Amelia hides her face in his neck. Her neck and the tip of her ears was red. 

Gabriel pats her head and runs his hand down her hair. "I will promise both of you that I will take care of her. She is my life. I will use all my skills to take care of her." 

Sachi smiles sadly but nods her head happily. "I will entrust her to you but, I still want to see her when I can. We all will be busy but I think that it is a good thing that we can be together now." 

"No wonder you are okay with this. Monday will still be a fun day for me." Ami sits there looking at the cloth she picked out for the arranged meeting partner. 

Amelia looks at the clothes that they both chose and smiles, "Ami~ how did your arranged marriage meeting go?" She watches as Ami turns away completely embarrassed. 

Sachi giggled and touched the emerald green square. 'I can tell that Gabriel -must know of my feelings. With the way that he painted the picture of me with Ami and Amelia. So I think that he will not mind if I make my gift to her.' She looks up and sees Gabriel nod to her.

After nodding to Sachi he helps Amelia get more comfortable in his lap then sits there watching the girls start on the needlepoint. "This is an art that is very detailed and not one that I really understand but I know that it takes a lot of time and effort." He kisses the top of Amelia's head as she works. 

Amelia starts on the white cloth and quickly stitches an emerald border. It was vines all along the edges and when she finishes that she stops and yawns. "As much as I want to keep going it is getting late. Miyuki you can clear away those dishes and that will be everything so then you can come and join our sleep over." 

Miyuki stacked up all the dishes and picked them up. "I will be back in a bit." She smiles and leaves the room happily.

Gabriel lifts Amelia up and carries her to the bedding and lays her done in the center. He kisses her lightly on the cheek and pats her on the cheek. I will be in my room if you need me but you have everyone here with you." He gets up and leaves the room.

Sachi follows him out when Ami had her back turned. "Gabriel, You know about my feelings, don't you?" 

"I do but that is not an issue as you also love Amelia and you will help her out as much as you can. Before you ask it does not bother me. You have known her longer than I and your friendship is something that she cherishes so do take care of yourself and watch over her when I cannot." Gabriel looked at the girl that had her head down and smiled.