Aly was silent, before her eyes lit up.

"Oh!" she exclaimed.

"Yes!" she said.

"I'd forgotten you promised me you would play the piano for me." she admitted.

She then smiled, and took a seat nearby.

"All right, let's hear you play."

Aly was entranced and enthralled by the performance.

She couldn't help but be swept away in the music, and she almost felt like she was being teleported to another dimension.

A heavenly one.

She even made her way over to the piano and leaned against it, her expression dreamy.

It was as though she had left her consciousness and was in a state of euphoric dreams.

Aly snapped out of the dream world she had been in, and her face turned a matching shade of red when he kissed her hand.

"Oh, you are such a charmer." she said.

"And you're so darn handsome as well." she went on, using that descriptor for the first time.

"Hearing you play... it makes me realize that you ARE handsome. Adorable, and handsome at the same time." she explained.

"And you really know how to make a girl feel good." she then added with a small giggle.

Aly was definitely surprised when Eke deeply kissed her, as she let out a muffled exclamation.

She seemed to be frozen in place for a moment, but quickly fell into him, returning the kiss.

She wrapped her arms around him, and allowed their lips to caress each other, as Ryker peered into the room from the doorway.

'Oh my...' he thought.

'THAT escalated quickly.'

"....I know it's soon." Aly replied after a pause.

"One could argue TOO soon." she went on.

"...but... I... I feel the same way about you." she then admitted.

"I feel... like my life is complete with you in it." she told him.

"..." she was then silent, as her face turned light pink, and she smiled at him.

Aly returned the hug, and held him close.

"I think we were destined to meet each other, and be together." she said.

"I just... feel that way." she said further.

"But regardless of the reasons or not, I'm glad you're in my life." she then told him.

"I... yes. I'm sure of it, now." she continued, before pausing.

"I love you."

Aly just continued to smile.

"I'm glad." she said.

"I may not be able to stop your disease, cure it, or prevent the inevitable..." she went on, a sad tone to her voice now.

"But I CAN make it bearable for you, and make sure you're comfortable." she told him.

"And I can be here for you." she then said.

"I don't care how short a time you have left, I want to be a part of that time."

Aly responded by wrapped her own tail around Eke, and continued to smile.

"Thank you." she said.

"I want to do my best to give you the best life you can have." she told him.

"...and I want to be with you to experience it all." she continued.

She then leaned in and gave him another hug.

Aly laughed as Eke said what he did.

"All right." she said.

"Come on, let's get something to eat." she told him.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Ryker had planned for this.

He was in the kitchen, doing up a dinner for Eke and Aly. He was preparing the best meal he knew how to make. Which wasn't anything too spectacular, but it was his best.

He was doing up massive slabs of steak, cooked to medium-rare, which he would cut into thick strips, and lay them on a bed of creamy mashed potatoes, with gravy drizzled over them, and mixed steamed vegetables on the side.

"Steak!" Ryker replied.

"AAA-grade steak, cooked medium-rare, with herb-infused creamy mashed potatoes, and steamed vegetables." he said.

"And gravy as well." he added.

"Oh, my." Aly mumbled as she followed Eke.

"It smells divine." she said.