Author's Note: This story takes place after Mulan 2, which I do not own. I also do not own the song 'If Tomorrow Never Comes' it belongs to Garth Brooks. I would like to thank Outlaw's Daughter for beta reading for me.
It was late at night, and Li Shang was laying in bed with his new wife, Fa Mulan; well, now it was Li Mulan.
"Li Mulan. I like the sound of that," Shang said, smiling. Then he looked over at Mulan, who was fast asleep.
She had a small smile on her face, and was facing him. Shang smiled at her, and then leaned over to give her a light kiss on her forehead, careful not to wake her. Afterwards, he got up and put out the candle, then he returned back to bed and continued to watch her sleep, as best as he could in the dark.
Sometimes late at night
I lay awake and watch her sleeping
She's lost in peaceful dreams
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark
Then a horrible thought hit Shang, what if he died in his sleep? What if he never woke up in the morning? Granted, that was not very likely to happen, but he knew he was going to die someday. What about Mulan? Would she know how much he cared for her and loved her?
If I never wake in the morning
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my heart
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Had he done all he could everyday to show Mulan how much he loved her and that she was the only one he ever love?
Mulan was a strong woman, there was no doubt about that, but after he died would she be all right raising any future children of theirs on her own, even as strong as she was?
Did I try in every way to show her every way
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were though
And she must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes
Shang thought about his father and how he never even got to tell him that he loved him before he died. But at least Shang knew he had died with honor. Still, he would do almost anything if he could just tell his father one time how he felt about him.
'Cause I've lost loved ones in life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So right then and there, Shang made a promise to himself to show more love to Mulan then he was even doing right now and tell her everyday how much he loved her, so that when he did die she would know how she meant to him. Then when they had children, he decided he would tell them to show everybody they loved as much love as a person possibly can.
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth where though
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes
So, tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes
