DISCLAIMER: I just love being teased that I don't own this. -_-

Author Note: Again, any and all reviews will be greatly appreciated. Lay them on me y'all.

It was already the middle of the day by time Maou got back to his humble castle. As he approached it he started to think back to the morning he had shared with his two girls. It had been an especially good morning actually, I guess he could say it was his first family breakfast.

They had gone to a small diner, where they had a wonderful meal. Alas was super excited about her family outing and was constantly telling Emi and Maou how happy she was to be there with them. "We eat as a family!" She had a big smile on her face as she bragged to various strangers about how her 'Mommy and Daddy' were having a good meal together. Emi and Maou were pretty embarrassed by her actions, but also felt a strange pride at their "daughter" for being willing to brag about the time they spent togther. (Even if it was to total strangers.) 'Isn't it supposed to be the parents that brag about spending time with their kids?' Maou thought as a sheepish smile took over his face. Emi herself was thinking around the same lines as Maou but was getting a bit tiresome of receiving all sorts of stares from passing by strangers. Determined to get her distracted on something else Emi quickly asked her: "What do you want to eat Alas?" Alas took a second before saying, "I dunno!" Maou pulled a menu to where she could see it and pointed out various things to her in hopes of finding something to attract her attention. "Do you see anything that you might want to try?" Alas scanned through the menu multiple times before her eyes lit up. "That! I want that!" Pushing the menu down to where her parents could see she pointed to the picture of some pancakes. "Pancakes? You sure about that?" Emi looked a bit skeptical as she had never had them before. "Yes mommy!" Maou looked at the item for a second before speaking. "Well you can get them with fruit. Maybe it's good." "I don't know..." "Mommmyy." The look of adorableness that Alas gave just couldn't be denied. "Okay, okay. We'll get them, maybe we should all try it. You okay with that Maou?" Maou looked at the menu for another second before agreeing. "Not my normal breakfast choice, but hey I'm willing to try new things." He reached over and grabbed Emi's had while looking her in the eyes. She smiled in return and they soon engaged in light small talk with Alas, as they awaited their food.

They watched as Alas took the first bite into her pancakes. They both couldn't resist the urge to smile when they saw her face light up as she took the first bite. She started to giggle and ate more and more. "Do you like those Alas?" Maou asked as he prepared to take a bite himself. "Mmhmm!" With that he took a bite and paused at the glorious flavors he was experiencing. "Oh wow! These things are good!" He took more bites of it as he looked over at Emi. "Hey Emi, you're definitely going to have to try these!" Emi had a split moment of looking at them before she continued on to try them. Her faces lit up as bit into it and nodded with a smile. They continued to eat their meal in a mood of pure bliss. In all honesty, Emi and Maou were pretty stuck on each other. All throughout eating they were watching each others every move. Sure she had been doing it for awhile, but now it was in a more loving way. She just felt a tingling in her body when she was looking at him. Especially when their eyes would meet. There would be a second of not being able to look away, followed by her heart pounding uncontrollably. By the way he looked when he saw her she hoped that he was feeling the same way. If only she knew that he was experiencing the same. It was a fairly new feeling for them and something that they had to get used to. Though Maou had no problem with getting used to it, this is an adventure that he'd love to take with Emi.

They really enjoyed the food so, it wasn't long before they were all done and prepared to leave. Truthfully speaking, they didn't want to leave each other yet, but they had no choice as Emi had to work in the afternoon. As they exited the diner Emi turned to Maou and took a long look before saying: "So I guess I need to really get ready for work soon." Alas understood what she meant by that and looked up to Emi with a tremble in her lip. "Aww. Are we going to leave daddy?" "Yes, but..." "I want to stay together!" Emi's eyes twinkled a bit, 'You don't even know.' Maou, trying to calm down Alas, spoke up. "It'll be okay. We will be able to see each other soon." Emi eyes perked up a bit as she heard this. "Hmm. That is true. Could I come over after work today?" Maou looked at Emi with a look of surprise before breathing out, "Really?" Emi smiled a bit as she said, "Of course. Suppose I could use the good old 'I don't trust what you demons may be up to' line." Unable to resist Maou let out a laugh after she said that. "What?" "Ohh nothing. Just that you admitted that you've used that line, falsely in the past before." Emi blushed realizing what she just did. "Uh-uh...I got to go." Emi turned fast with Alas' hand in hers and started to move when Maou swiftly grabbed her hand. "Hey! I need my goodbye kiss before you go." Emi only blushed more before quickly obliging to what he said. Alas watched as her daddy and mommy kissed and smiled as they did so. "Daddy I want one too!" "Hehe. Of course." Maou leaned down and hugged Alas before kissing her on the cheek. "You be good and I'll see you soon. Okay?" Alas giggled at the affection and excitingly said: "Okay!" He gave her one last smile before looking to Emi. Their eyes met, but instead of looking away after a bit they kept the eye contact and leaned in for one more kiss. Their lips met for a few seconds before Maou broke away, "I can't wait to see you later." "I'll be over by 6." "Good. See you." Maou watched them walk off, and noticed how Alas and Emi looked back on occasion. "Mommy, do you miss daddy?" Emi stopped at looked at her daughter for a second before picking her up and hugging her tight. "That doesn't matter. We'll be seeing him soon!" Alas seemed pretty contempt by this answer and just enjoyed being carried by her mother. Emi looked off in the distance a bit as she let her mind wonder. 'How can I miss him already? I just left him. I never felt this way before. I-Is this love?'