Disclaimer: I do not own Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, or Looney Tunes or any of their characters.
Characters I do own: Ethan Le Skunk, Robert Mouse, and Fio Figaro
A/N: Well it's February, once again, and this story is officially a year old by the 24th. Dang I can't believe it took this long to finish this, and it's only five chapters long! Oh, well, it seems to be a good time to finish this anyway, ending a romantic story in the most romantic time of the year.
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Hamton had found a good place to sit and mainly get all his feelings out without anyone seeing. He was still extremely depressed as tears covered his face and even staining his black tux.
"Ethan's right. I'm only a pig, Fifi deserves a man who can understand what she has to go through.....a skunk." Hamton thought to himself.
"I love her, so if she's is happy, why I'm I sad? I should be happy that she's happy, so why should I be so sad?"
"Because.....I love.....her." Hamton said silently to himself as his hand went to his face as he began crying heavily again.
Fifi wasn't all that far, she was wandering the forest looking for Hamton. Slightly cold, since she forgot to grab her blazer before leaving the restaurant.
"'amton! 'amton!" Fifi called out as she searched
"Damn zat Ethan." Fifi thought to herself, "Eef I see 'im again, moi is going to...." then gritted her teeth
"Forget et, I 'ave to find 'amton first." Fifi said firmly to herself and took her shoes off (they were high-heels), picked them up and ran as fast as she could to find Hamton.
"W-w-well, might as well head home. No point in staying here." Hamton stated as he was about to stand up to leave.
Before he could get on his feet, he heard someone call out his voice. It was somewhat faint, but was quickly growing louder.
"'amton! 'amton! Vhere are vous?"
"Fifi?" Hamton said to himself curiously, "Over h-h-here!" he shouted
"'amton?" Fifi simply stated than ran as fast as she could to where she heard Hamton's voice, till she finally found him sitting on a bench.
The two just silently stared at each other, both not exactly sure what to say, Fifi panting from all the running
"Fifi.....w-w-what are you doing here?"
"I.....I was searching.....pour vous." Fifi stated between pants
"Me? But why me? W-w-what about....Eth..." Hamton was going to say before Fifi simply put a hand up to his mouth shutting him up.
"Zon't....vous say his name." Fifi stated angrily, as she retracted her hand, she sat down on the bench as well and said, "I wantid to apologize, to vous."
"Apologize? Apologize for what?" Hamton asked curiously.
"Vhat 'appened at ze restaurant, Moi....moi zidn't mean et to 'appen." Fifi stated, "Tu es ma amour, 'amton" (You are my love, Hamton.)
Hamton smiled at that statement, but before he could say anything, both heard someone coming towards them.
"Over here, I think I heard them over there." Babs's voice stated
No sooner had they heard that they saw, Buster and Babs come into view."
"Hey, guys." Buster greeted them.
"Buster? Babs? Vhat are vous..." Fifi was going to ask before she saw that Ethan and Robert behind the two, "Vhat ez 'e doing 'ere?" she asked with venom in her voice.
"We saw what happened at the restaurant, and I think Ethan here has a few things to say to you." Buster stated, as Ethan walked up to them with Robert close behind with a considerably long stick in his hands.
"Go on Ethan, tell them." Robert ordered
"..."
"Ethan, come on, say you're sorry."
Ethan simply crossed his arms in defiance
"Ethan!"
"Ethan, tell them already." Buster stated loudly and moderately punched Ethan in the back of the head.
"Buster, I'm going to kill you for that." Ethan stated
"Come on then, buddy, and we'll see how long you last." Buster stated
"Go on, Ethan, tell them." Robert ordered as he poked Ethan in the back with the stick, "Trust me, it's going to be much less painful for you if you tell them yourself than if they hear it from me."
Ethan simply sighed, then looked at Hamton and Fifi and said, "Ok, look, I'm sorry. I got carried away. Since the meeting at the theater, I tried to ruin your date, and I tried to hit on Fifi, hoping I might get a chance with her."
Both simply looked at Ethan with anger in their eyes, but Fifi was also balling a fist.
"What happened at the restaurant was a last ditch effort, but it ended up blowing up in my face. I heard from Robert that you two had a good thing between you two, and your friends backed him up on it. So I came to apologize and ask for your forgiveness."
Hamton and Fifi just looked at him, still kind of pissed, but overall Hamton was rather forgiving and extended a hand to the guy.
"It's ok, y-y-you have my forgiveness." Hamton said as Ethan shook his hand.
"Zhen, I guess moi forgives vous to." Fifi stated as she shook Ethan's hand as well, "But, try et again, and I will show vous 'ow strong moi can be."
Ethan simply smiled and laughed nervously at Fifi's comment
"Go on, Ethan, you're not done yet. You still have to give the item back to Hamton." Robert stated, again poking him in the back.
"Item? W-w-what item?" Hamton asked quizzingly
"After I woke up from the pounding Fifi gave me, the four of us found this." Ethan stated as he pulled out the ring case from his pocket, instantly earning wide-eyes from Fifi, who began digging around in her purse, "We figured it was yours. Sorry, if I ruined anything."
Hamton just observed the item, as his hand crossed the pocket of his tux, as he felt the ring case he bought and said, "S-s-sorry, Ethan, but that doesn't b-b-belong to me."
"Really?!" Ethan asked, rather surprised
"Actually, he's right it isn't his at all." Buster stated
"Wait, you know?" Ethan asked, as Buster nodded.
"Yeah, I know it wasn't his either." Robert admitted
"That ring case actually belongs to..." Babs began saying before Fifi interrupted.
"Moi. Ze case belong to moi." Fifi stated with a sheep-ish grin, earning a surprised look from both Ethan and Hamton, "Et....et ez my surprise pour vous, 'amton."
"Wow, I was completely out of my league here." Ethan stated as he gave ring case to Fifi, "But, why you?"
"I chose to be ze one to propose, since I thought zhat 'amton vould be too shy to propose to moi." Fifi replied as she looked at Hamton
Hamton simply crossed his arms and stuck his nose in the air at that statement.
"'amton?" Fifi asked, somewhat confused at Hamton's reaction
"What's wrong, Hamton? I thought you loved Fifi." Buster stated
"Yes, I d-d-do, but I'm not 'THAT' shy anymore." Hamton replied, then turned to face Fifi, "I've grown quite a b-b-bit since the prom, besides wasn't it me who asked you out?" he asked as he pulled out a ring case, the one he actually bought.
Fifi said nothing but smiled widely as she put the one she bought down, and slowly took the one in Hamton's hand.
Buster simply chuckled, and said, "I'll vouch for that. Afterall, he is doing a much better job at proposing than you are, Feef."
"Buster, how could you say that?" Babs asked, more or less scolding him for what he just said
"Because the one he bought is more impressive than the one you bought." Buster replied
"What? How can you out-do anyone with the ring?" Robert asked
"Remember, we got a good look at the ring Fifi bought? It was a simple diamond ring with a gold band." Buster stated
"Yeah, so?" Robert asked again
"Well, it was my shift when Hamton bought the ring he was going to give Fifi. So I know what he got her." Buster replied
"G-g-go 'head Fifi, open it." Hamton stated, considerably nervous, but still there was a smile on his face
Fifi did just that, and smiled as big as she can with tears going down her face as she saw the ring that Hamton gave her. Babs and Buster walked a little bit closer, as Babs joined Ethan and Robert in surprise as their eyes looked at the rose-diamond ring that Hamton bought.
"A rose-diamond ring?! How much..." Babs was going to ask Buster, but he seemingly knew what she was going to ask and interrupted
"It cost him 15-hundred dollars, and I think to him, it was well worth it." Buster replied, as Babs simply smiled in agreement, "The band has engraving on the inside, Feef, you should check it out. I don't even know what he wrote down, it was in French."
Fifi took the ring out and began reading the engraving, "Je suis a vous, pour.....pour toujours." more tears running down her face as she read the final part.
"What does that mean?" Babs asked
"I believe it means, 'I am yours, forever.'" Ethan rang in
"Aww! That is so sweet." Babs stated
"But, I thought you can't speak French." Robert stated as he looked at Ethan curiously
"Yes, but I did say I hear my parents say all those romantic french words to each other, so I do have some understanding of the language." Ethan replied.
"So w-w-what do you say, Fifi? W-w-will you marry me?" Hamton asked, kind of already knowing the answer.
Fifi simply looked at him, then shouted "Oui!" and pulled him into a kiss.
Everyone just smiled for the two, even Ethan, who did sigh in defeat, smiled that at least Fifi was happy.
"Well looky who we found." a voice from behind Buster and Babs stated
As the six of the turned around, they saw that the person that spoke was Yakko, with Wakko, Dot, Plucky, and Shirley behind him.
"Hey, guys, nice to see you four again." Yakko said to Hamton, Fifi, Ethan, and Robert, greeting them
"Oh, great, them again." Ethan said quietly.
"What you guys d-d-doing here?" Hamton asked
"We came to return this to you." Wakko rang in as he presented Fifi's blazer, "You kinda forgot it at the restaurant."
Fifi just scoffed as she took her blazer from Wakko, and looked at it, "Merci, Monsieur Wakko."
"How did you manage to find?" Babs asked
"We bumped into them....." Yakko stated as he pointed a thumb at Plucky and Shirley
"...and they asked us to help them find you." Plucky finished
"Like, your auras aren't that hard to find." Shirley stated
"So anything we miss?" Dot asked, noticing a difference in their mood from earlier.
"Oui, 'amton just propose to moi!" Fifi stated, then not hesitating to hug Hamton again.
"Really? What about you?" Wakko asked, "I believe you stated you're proposing."
"Really?" Dot and Yakko stated as they looked at their sibling
"It just made making it that much more easier for her to say 'yes'." Buster stated, "Hamton just wanted to make today the day he asked, he made that clear to me this morning when it was my shift the jewelry store."
"That's sweet!" Dot stated
"And not a moment too soon. In about 35 minutes, you would've missed that deadline." Yakko stated as he looked at watch
"Hold on, w-w-what time did you say it was now?" Hamton asked, getting a rather serious tone
"Uhh......It's 11: 25, why do you ask?"
"Fifi, mind if I get the ring b-b-back real quick?" Hamton asked Fifi, rather quickly
"Huh?" everyone but Hamton, said out of confusion
"But, vhy, 'amton?" Fifi asked
"B-b-because, I need it for the surprise." Hamton stated with a smile
"I thought ze ring and vous proposing was ze surprise." Fifi stated, giving the ring case back to Hamton
"Not exactly. Follow me." Hamton stated as he grabbed Fifi by her hand and dragged her down a path, running
Everyone just looked at Buster and Plucky, hoping they knew, but all they gave them was a shrug. With that one of the grabbed Fifi's blazer and ran off to catch up with the two. Once they caught up, they all stopped close to the lake in the park. They all stood near it's edge that had been slightly developed but was still dirt, and a clear view of the sky.
"Mind telling us why you just had us run to this spot." Ethan stated
"This was w-w-where I wanted to propose to Fifi." Hamton replied
"Here?" Babs asked curiously
Hamton simply nodded, and said, "I d-d-did want to try at the restaurant, since I worked up the c-c-courage to, but then Ethan and Robert interrupted."
"Oops." Robert just said, speaking for Ethan as well.
"But why run here?" Plucky asked, "What's the rush."
"You'll see." Hamton simply stated, "Yakko, what the time?"
"It's now 11:28." Yakko said, checking his watch again.
"Yakko, m-m-mind telling me when it's 30 seconds to 11:30?" Hamton asked, rather hopeful
"Sure, it's not like I got anything better to do." Yakko said as he stared as his watch.
"Hey, what's up kids?" a voice asked
"Hm, Bugs?....We're apparently waiting for 11:30." Buster replied, once he noticed that it was Bugs, Lola, Pepe, and Penelope.
"Why? Other than that, what else is going to happen?" Bugs asked
"That? What do you mean by, 'that'?" Babs asked, curiously
"Hey, what's with those two?" Lola rang in, once she noticed that Hamton and Fifi were infront of the two just standing there.
"Oh, Hamton was is going to propose to Fifi." Babs stated happily
"Fifi originally was going to propose, but since Hamton is going to, we went with him proposing. Then he dragged us here."
"So they both know the other was proposing?" Lola asked
"We kinda helped spoil the surprise." Ethan stated
"So, eh, when is he doing it? He hasn't even taken a knee yet." Bugs stated
"We think 11:30, since he seems to want it at that time." Plucky rang in
"Hmm....Clever boy." Penelope stated as she looked at them
"Oui, very clevair." Pepe said agreeing with her
"What is?" Bab's asked
Before she could get an answer though, Yakko stated, "Okay, thirty seconds riiiigggghhhht now."
As if on cue, Hamton took Fifi's hand and got down on one knee.
"Fifi, ever s-s-since our first d-d-date to the prom years ago, I've really seen you as the w-w-wonderful skunk you are, and in th-th-those years we've grown together as a couple." Hamton said, as sincerly and as heartfully as he could, while Fifi just stood there blushing, "I know that you l-l-love me, and I love you, so w-w-would you do me the honors of allowing me t-t-to ask, Fifi will you marry me?"
Hamton finished, just right on the perfect time he wanted, because before Fifi could possibly answer or do anything else. The group heard a loud whistling followed by loud explosion from a firework lit up the night sky.
"Fireworks?" Plucky stated, rather amazed
"Oh, now I remember." Buster stated as he slapped himself in the face, "It was in the paper for the last two weeks or so. They were going to shoot off fireworks this year for all couples."
"Oui, that's why we're here." Pepe voiced in
"It wasn't too hard to forget for us, since the Looniversity helped pay for them as well." Lola added.
Fifi had turned her attention to the fireworks since it was a complete surprise and was completely amazed, Hamton had managed to plan this so perfectly. He didn't just make a simple proposal, in her opinion he made the perfect proposal.
Hamton just waited a minute while he took in the happy and amazed look on Fifi's face before, finally speaking up and saying, "S-s-so what you say Fifi, will you accept?"
Fifi simply looked at Hamton from the corner of her eye, and said, "Vous should already know.", then before Hamton could do anything else, she pounced and kissed him passionately
"That's love for ya." Dot simply stated
"Today was definitly an interesting day, saw a movie, we watched two toons get engaged, and we got paid for dropping a tub on someone." Yakko stated
"Definitly beats watching re-runs on TV." Wakko added
The other couples watching, either scooted closer or held their lover closer to them, as they watched the tender, romantic moment between Hamton and Fifi. Hamton and Fifi eventually stopped kissing and just stared into the eyes of their future spouse, not getting up. It was about this time that Ethan decided to take his leave, closely followed by Robert.
"Leaving already, Ethan?" Buster asked as he noticed them leaving
"It's getting late, and there really is no reason for me stick around. The only reason I came out here was to try winning Fifi over, but it's already clear I lost." Ethan stated
"At least stay to watch the fireworks. It's not very often that the city decides to do this." Bugs voiced in
"It's suppose to be for couples. So unless I decide to try dating my friend here." Ethan stated as he pointed a thumb towards Robert, earning a surprised look from the mouse, "I really have no reason to watch them."
"Then how about staying t-t-to here for h-h-help?" Hamton stated as he got back onto his feet
"Help? What kind of help could you possibly give me?" Ethan asked genuinly curious.
"Even if you d-d-did try ruining our evening, I'm willing to give you help to g-g-get another girl you might like." Hamton stated
"And how are you planning to help me do that?" Ethan asked, interested but skeptical
"Yeah, Hammy, how are you going to help him with that?" Plucky asked
"All of us really." Hamton replied, "Remember Fio?"
"Fio?" Buster said as he thought about it, then smiled, "Oh, yeah, she'll be a perfect match for Ethan."
"We'll, like, have to see. It might not work, but their aura's seem like they could mix well." Shirley stated with a smile
"Uh....what are you two talking about?" Babs asked, "And who's Fio?"
"My question exactly." Ethan rang in
"Don't-cha remember? Fio, she's that one pink feline in our gym class Babsy." Buster replied
"You mean the one with white hands, feet, and eartips?" Plucky asked
"And has a purple-heart tattoo with white bordering on her right upper-arm. Exactly." Buster replied
"Not that it's any of our business, but who are you guys talking about?" Babs asked, speaking for the Robert, Ethan, Fifi, the Warner siblings, and some of the adults
"Fio is Furball's girlfriend." Buster stated, "They've been seeing each other for the last four months."
"Well, use to." Shirley corrected, "They, like, grew apart a week ago and decided it was better to be friends. So she's totally available now."
"So you interested, E-E-Ethan?" Hamton asked
Ethan thought about the matter, he hardly knew Fio, he hardly knew she even existed, and he was curious why they would help him. Especially after what he did.
"The adults can help too if they want." Buster stated, then looked to them, his face saying that he wasn't even sure of what he said was true.
"I don't know, that's abuse of our authority." Lola stated
"Vell, not exactly." Pepe stated
"Exactly, the school rules doesn't exactly say teachers can't play matchmaker." Bugs added with his arms crossed, "Afterall, the students have access to the costume department to help them play that part at anytime the school doors are open."
"Isn't that a bit of a bad habit?" Lola asked amusingly
"Eh, it probably is, but the students are allowed to do it." Bugs replied, "Even the Warner siblings are allowed, but of course they have to speak to me first."
"Ze staff of ze school seems to 'ave our backs, so vhat do vous say Ethan?" Fifi asked
"Sure why not, it can't possibly kill me for trying." Ethan stated, with a slight shrug
"Alright, we'll talk about a plan. We better get Furball, I'm sure probably willing to help." Buster stated
"Let's see if we can get to him tommorow at lunch, afterall we got to kill 30 minutes of lunch." Plucky stated.
"Sounds like a plan. Let's do it." Buster said as he put thumbs up
"Hey don't forget us." Robert complained, "We're not letting have all the fun in this."
Ethan showing a grin of agreement, and with that they agreed to it and decided to watch the remaining fireworks before going their separate ways for the night.
Epilouge:
The toons did exactly as they planned and talked to Furball about the matter, he agreed to the idea, and said he'll bring Fio to the gym if they can provide the distraction to get her and Ethan alone together. They had to hire the Warners for extras, but overall it worked, Ethan and Fio hit it off fairly quickly, not that it didn't mean they actually argued before deciding to try a relationship.
Buster got to work on trying to top Hamton's proposal, since he and Babs were the top most likely couple in the school, he had to find some way to make his eventual proposal to Babs worth while. Babs of course waited for that day, in the mean time she and Shirley had thier hands full helping Fifi for her wedding and one bachelorette party. Buster and Plucky helped Hamton with his things for the wedding, of course also setting up a bachelor party for him. It wasn't much, just lots of soda, food, movies, and many of their friends who are male being very loud.
The wedding was held in a modest church near the more quieter ends of Acme Acres, and Hamton and Fifi spent their honeymoon in two places, half of it they spent in Florida for a traditional honeymoon, and the other half was spent in a cabin in the outskirts of Acme Acres. The cabin belonged to Hamton's Uncle Stinky, but was hardly used at all. Fifi eventually moved out of her cadillac home and moved in with Hamton at his home, Hamton had actually insisted on the matter. Overall, both were quite happy with the end result of everything, their friends were incredibly supportive and helped them prepare for their wedding and they're still supportive now, and Ethan is pursuing another girl that likes him in return and he's a good friend. After the proposal, Ethan had been trying to stay as a friend to the others, on occasion he proves he's a worthwhile friend.
The End
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A/N: Ok, again I'm sorry it took so long to finish this (one year). I think I'm rather glad how this story turned out, it stayed on track of how I originally planned it after I found out it was going to end up as a multi-chapter story. The fireworks during the proposal was something I picked up from my teacher, when she told us about that, I thought that was a wonderful way to make a proposal and I couldn't resist using the same strategy. I hope you liked the story and I'll see you next time.
BTW, I just want to say this. If anyone here knows, has written, or plans on writing a story where two characters get engaged, please let me know, I'd like to have a read at that. Ok thx.
-Pokeblue