Mise was currently sitting in his room, talking with Octavia’s mom on the phone

“Hey Mrs. Melody…yes it’s good to talk to you…yes, I was wondering if it was alright if I stopped by for little while today to talk with Octavia’s father…excellent! I’ll be by in few hours…ok thank you…ok…ok bye.” Mise said as he hung up and went downstairs

“Who was that Mise?” ironsides said as he was watching TV

“Oh it was Octavia’s mom, I'm heading over there for a visit today, I’ll be back tonight.” Mise said as he walked out the door

Mise went into the whiskey cellar and grabbed a bottle of 75 year old whiskey and walked out and made his to his tank

Mise took out the address Artemis had given him, punched it into his phone’s GPS and set off down the road.

While Mise was driving his phone began to ring, he picked it up and saw it was someone who he had not talked to in a long time

“Hey dad, what’s up” Mise asked

“Mise, I don’t have much time to talk, but I just wanted to tell you I'm on my way to the hospital with your mother.” Mise’s father said hurriedly

“Oh my god, is everything alright?” Mise asked pulling over

“Yes, everything is perfect, your mother’s water broke and she’s going into labor. She told me to tell you to get over here as soon as you possibly can, we both want you to be here your brother and sister arrive. I got to now, talk to you later, bye!!” Mise father said hanging up

Upon hearing this Mise let out a loud fangirl type scream, he was so excited he could hardly contain himself

“I have to call Octavia and tell her the news and to tell her to pack her bags!” Mise said he tried to dial Octavia, his hands shaking with excitement

“Hello?” Octavia said picking up the phone

“Octy, I have great news! My mom just went into labor, my brother and sister are going to be born soon and my parents want us to be there when they come.

“Oh my god, that’s great! I'm so proud, when do we leave?” Octavia said excitedly

I'm out visiting a friend right now, but I’ll be back tonight, we’ll hop on my plane as soon as I get back” Mise said as he continued back on the road

“Alright, I’ll go pack my bags, GEEEEE!!!, I'm so excited.” Octavia said as she hung up

Mise continued on to Octavia’s parent’s house, with many thoughts racing through his head.

Timeskip: hour and a half

Mise pulled up to the house and knocked on the door as Octavia’s mom answered the door

“Oh hello Mise, come right in.” riveting said as she let Mise in.

“Hello Mrs. Melody, Mr. Melody here?” Mise asked with a hint of anxiety

“Yes, he’s in his study, and you can just call me riveting, you are my daughter’s boyfriend after all.” Riveting said

‘I'm going to be more than her boyfriend if this all goes well’ Mise thought but instead said “thank you, riveting” Mise said

Mise made his way into a small room off to the side and knocked on the door frame

“Hello, Mr. Melody?” Mise said into the room

“Yes, who is…Mise, my boy, good to see you again!” octave said getting up from his chair extending his hand

“Good to see you too sir, there’s something I need to discuss with you.” Mise said shaking octave’s hand

“Take a seat, and we talk. Now, what is it you need to talk about?” octave asked

Mise sat in the seat next to octave’s and took a deep breath and spoke

“Mr. Melody, I know we’ve only met once, but…I’d want to ask for daughter’s hand in marriage. May I have your blessing?” Mise said calmly and straight forwardly

“I see, and what makes you think that you’re ready for marriage, let alone good enough for my little Octy?” Octavia questioned.

“well to answer the first question, I have an incredibly stable job, I have enough financial stability that I can give Octavia the best life possible and I recently inherited my grandfather’s mansion, so I already have a house to live in. and to answer your second question, well no one can compare to a woman’s father, but I can assure you that I’d be willing to sacrifice everything in my life if it meant that Octavia could be better off. And I know it sounds like I'm blowing smoke up your ass but I truly mean it.” Mise explained

“And what about those recent incidents with you running off, leaving her behind? Care to explain?” octave asked

“I'm not going to lie to you, those were entirely my doing, am I proud? Not in the least. Do I lay awake at night sometimes thinking about it? Absolutely, those were terrible decisions on my part, and based on those things alone I don’t deserve Octavia, but we’ve manage to work through it and I’ve put the causes of those things behind me and moved on.” Mise said

Octave sat there staring intently at Mise, looking him up and down, he remained silent for a minute or two, but for Mise it seemed like hours before octave finally broke the silence

“Mise? I will let you marry Octavia…" octave said

“Thank you sir, you won’t regret it!” Mise said excitedly

“…on one condition. That you don’t do ANYTHING that hurts my little girl, if you do, I will hunt you down and mount you in my trophy room, do I make myself clear?” octave threatened

“Yes sir, again, you won’t regret this. Also I brought you this” Mise said as he pulled out the bottle of whiskey and gave it to octave

Octave took the bottle and looked it over

“It’s a bottle from my personal collection, it was aged for 75 years, it’s one of the oldest and highest qualities in my collection, and consider it a token of my appreciation.” Mise said

“Thank you Mise, here…” octave said as he pour a glass for Mise and himself

“To Octavia, may she have a happy life with you!” Octavia said raising his glass

“Salud!” Mise said clinking his glass and taking a sip

Author's Notes:

I know you were expecting the African trip, but I need to put this out first, but don't worry its coming, after the next chapter anyway, next chapter we finally meet the rest of mise's family and visit the town he left behind, where everything went so terribly wrong....