Love Story

Couple: MichaelxCourtney

Fandom: Phineas and Ferb

Requester: Nightflame203

Author's Note: I actually do not own these characters. Nightflame203 owns Pixie, Michael, Emily, and Courtney. They are from her Three Platypi And An Evil Organisation series, which I HIGHLY recommend.

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Yawning, Michael traipsed down the stairs of the house to find his younger sister already sitting at the table, eating her breakfast as slowly as a turtle. "Morning," she grumbled.

Michael smirked. "Not a morning person, are you?"

"You've lived with me for nine years, Michael," muttered Emily. "You should know this about me."

Michael's sigh quickly turned into a yawn. "Normally I like mornings, but today…ugh…I'm just tired."

"I'm surprised you're not more cheerful, Michael," Pixie, their mother, called from the kitchen. "Considering what day it is."

"Oh, yes." A smile spread over Michael's face. "I can't believe it's been six months already."

"I don't see why people celebrate month anniversaries," muttered Emily, stuffing her face with another spoonful of cereal. "It's not as important as year anniversaries."

"Emily, swallow before you speak," Pixie called sternly.

"It's been six months since Courtney and I became mates," Michael reminded his sister. "That's both an achievement AND a worthy excuse for a celebration."

"Who said it's an excuse?" came the voice of Michael's mate as she came downstairs. Courtney the Rabbit smiled at Michael and kissed him. "Good morning, Michael. Happy Anniversary."

"Happy Anniversary, Courtney." Michael smiled back at his mate. "Do you want to do presents now or at the end of the day?"

"Depends what you have planned for today," Courtney said, smiling sweetly.

"Well, considering our opinions of what makes a great date are vastly different, I decided we'd do both," Michael said. "If it's okay with you, I thought we could spend half the day training and doing exercises, then we'll spend the second half of the day at home with some movies."

"That sounds nice," Courtney said happily. "We'll do presents at the END of the day, then."

Michael smiled and kissed his mate again. "Let's get going, then." He raised his voice and called, "Mom, Courtney and I aren't needed in OWCA today, are we?"

"Only if there's an emergency," Pixie called back. "Your father and I are going on a mission, but that's about it."

Michael grinned. "Great! Do you want to get going, then?"

Courtney grinned back. "Only if I'm driving."

"I'll be driving," Perry, Michael's dad, said as he appeared out of nowhere, dangling the keys to the rocket car. "Pixie, Emily, and I are going in too, you know."

Michael and Courtney smirked at each other. "Yes, Dad," Michael said. "We know."

After secretly picking up their presents for the other, Michael and Courtney headed out to the rocket car to meet Perry.

After arriving at OWCA, Perry and Pixie headed off to Major Monogram's office while Emily went to meet with her AIT class. Michael and Courtney went straight to the gym. There were a few agents using the treadmills, but other than that, it was empty.

"Would you care to spar?" Michael asked in a fake English accent, bowing ridiculously.

"Are you not worried I'll kick your butt?" Courtney asked in the same way, accent and all.

"Not at all." Michael grinned, still using the fake English accent. "I am confident you will go easy on me, as it is our anniversary."

Courtney hit her open palm with her closed fist. "You do not know me very well, young sir," she said, smirking.

Michael smirked back. "May the best platypus win," he said.

"Ooh, you are gonna get it!"

Courtney lunged at Michael, who dodged backwards and deployed a strike of his own, landing a hit on her shoulder. She shrugged it off easily and attacked again.

""So what did you do for your six month anniversary, Michael?"" Michael grinned, mimicking no agent in particular. ""Oh, my mate and I had a fight to the death.""

"You're so dramatic," Courtney retorted, karate chopping Michael's arm.

"And you're so violent," Michael countered, smirking. "But that's why I love you."

"You love me for my violence?" Courtney pretended to be hurt. "That is harsh."

"No, your violence is-." Michael stopped. "You know what? It doesn't matter."

Courtney smirked back. "I do love you, Michael. I hope you know that."

"I know," Michael said. "And I love you too."

Just then, something moved in the doorway. Michael's eyes turned to look at it, and in that moment, Courtney landed a blow to his chest. It wasn't a devastating blow, but it was still hard enough to hurt quite a lot. Michael doubled over in pain, wincing. Courtney's eyes widened. "Oh, Michael! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" She bent down next to her mate.

"I'm…fine…" Michael wheezed. "You just…caught me…off guard…"

"Do-do you want to go home?" Courtney asked hesitantly.

Michael shook his head firmly. "N-no. I'll be fine. Just need a break."

"Let's go outside," Courtney suggested. "You can open my present to you. I brought it with me."

Michael grinned weakly. "I brought yours too."

"Perfect, then let's do presents now."

They gathered up the two presents and went outside. Sitting down on the grass in front of the building, Courtney leant against the wall while Michael leant against her. He handed his present to her. "Happy Anniversary, Courtney."

Courtney smiled as she took the present and unwrapped it. Inside was a silver dagger with a leather hilt. There was an engraving along both edges of the blade: one side said Courtney and the other said Michael. Courtney smiled, tears springing to her eyes. "Michael, it…it's beautiful…"

"I know you're not the kind of person who likes traditional gifts like flowers or chocolate," Michael said. "You prefer things you can use. Well, you can use this whenever you want. Or you can keep is as a decoration."

"Heck no, I'm using this!" Courtney held the dagger in her hand. She could definitely see herself using this to fight. "Thank you, Michael, I love it. Open yours." She handed him a small box.

Michael opened the wrapping paper and, inside, saw a beautiful golden photo frame with a heart engraved in the top left corner, the words Michael x Courtney on the bottom right corner, and a quote on the bottom left: "Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favourite". Inside the photo frame was a lovely photo of the happy couple on the day they became mates. Michael could feel his own eyes getting hot with tears. "Oh, Courtney…! It-it's…it's perfect…!"

"I love that quote," Courtney said, smiling. "Because we really are a love story, aren't we?"

Michael nodded. "Yes we are." He kissed Courtney on the mouth. "And ours is my favourite too. I love you."

"I love you too."