Soft snores and a warm ray of sunlight woke me from a well-needed slumber. Yawning and sighing in content, I kept my eyes firmly shut. I wanted to enjoy this peaceful moment just a little bit longer. Enjoy the warm beam of light, the soft mattress beneath me, Ian's presence right beside me.

After a while I finally decided to open my eyes. Squinting against the sudden brightness, I could see a weak beam of sunlight seeping through a thin crack in the ceiling, dust swirling lazily. It was morning. I was warmer where the sunrays touched my body, but that didn't compare to the warmth I felt inside, having the person I love most lying right beside me. I smiled to myself. I could feel one of Ian's long arms stretched out across my belly, the other one resting right above his head. His snoring, not so light this time, broke the peaceful silence, and I almost couldn't stop myself from giggling. I covered my mouth with my hand to suppress the giggle. His raven hair was a mess, and I brushed some of it away from his pale forehead and gave him a soft peck before, as carefully as I could, I removed his arm from around my body. I didn't want to wake him up, he really deserved some sleep.

With one last yawn, I jumped to my feet as quietly as I could manage, deciding to help Lucina with breakfast. Before I could go anywhere, Ian caught my wrist and pulled me right back beside him, and this time I let the startled giggle escape, and he joined me. I gave him a soft peck on the cheek and looked straight into his eyes, straight into those beautiful sapphire eyes that always seemed to steal my breath away. My heart fluttered and suddenly I realized how happy I was. Everything in my life was perfect. I was so happy all the time, maybe even too happy. Was it even possible to be too happy? As this thought hit me I frowned slightly and my smile vanished. Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't fair that I was this happy all the time when other people weren't. I closed my eyes and sighed silently.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he stroke my hair and kissed my forehead.

"Nothing." I opened my eyes and sighed again. "That's the point. Nothing's wrong, everything is... perfect."

He looked straight into my eyes, waiting for an explanation, but it never arrived. It was silent for a while and he just kept gazing at me, and it was my turn to wonder what he was thinking.

His gaze warmed my whole body, soul and heart – to the core, and I wondered how his eyes could both scorch and warm, with a color closer to ice than fire.

I closed my eyes once again and dug far back in my memory, remembering the very first time I met him, in the baking hot Arizona desert. I had been so close to death in Melanie's body. It seemed so far away, was it really just a little more than a year ago I came here? I remembered how terrified I had been, how terrified I had been of these humans I had came to love. And here I was, kissing, cuddling and confessing my love to the man who once wanted to kill me. That thought made me grin to myself. What a strange world.

"Hey, Ian?"

"Hm?"

"Do you love me?" I asked innocently, even though I already knew the answer. Of course I knew. But I just loved hearing those three little worlds.

His pale lips formed a beautiful smile. "I love you, my Wanderer." he whispered.

I could feel a small smile tug at the corner of my lips and I lowered my gaze, embarrassed. I could feel my face getting hotter as I flushed. Even the tips of my ears were warm. I hated being shy, I didn't use to be, in Melanie's body. Gathering the courage to look him in the eyes again, I found him gazing back at me with a grin, and I felt my shyness being washed away instantly. My smile widened.

"Well, that's all I need to know."