A.N. This Is my favorite chapter so far! I actually liked this one, and I don't know if it's because it's actually not completely suckish, or because it's twelve-thirty in the morning and I'm sleep deprived. Who knows.
AllenxRio
What is Love
It was a quiet morning in Echo village, as most of the town's residents were still fast asleep. In fact, all except one were asleep. Adam, Rio and Allen's son, was already awake and full of energy, as he was going to surprise his parents today. While Adam was outside working on the surprise, his parents slowly woke up.
"Good morning," Allen said, gently smiling at his wife.
"Mornin handsome," Rio replied, as she got out of bed.
" Stating the obvious again I see." Allen said, reaching for his glasses. " Want me to cook breakfast this morning?"
"Go right ahead. Just don't be mad when Adam says he likes my cooking better again." Rio replied, a teasing look on her face. Allen scrunched up his nose.
"He's only five, his judgement isn't to be trusted." Rio just laughed.
" Whatever helps you sleep at night." She said ruffling his hair. " I'm going to wake up the 'untrustworthy' child." Rio left to their son's bedroom,and Allen got up and began breakfast.
"That woman of mine.." he said, smiling fondly. He continued cooking contently until he heard an distressed cry.
"Allen!" Rio called to her husband, running back into the main room. "Adam's not in his room or the bathroom!" Rio said, in clear distress. Allen tensed immediately.
" Go check the in the barns outside, ill go to the west farm." he ordered, turning off the stove. The frazzled couple ran outside and frantically searched for their son.
"Adam!" Allen cried.
"Adam?" Rio shouted. When neither of them found him on the farm, both of them were close to tears. "Allen, if he went to someone's house in town, they would have called us. " Rio said, eyes brimming with tears.
" He could be in the forest, or by the river, or...goddess baby will find him! " Allen said, obviously trying to keep calm. " Cmon lets grab Rod and a few others and go search. The couple quickly ran into town , and soon enough, word had gotten out about the missing five year old. As the small town searched, the small child was perfectly happy, still looking for the ingredients for his parents surprise.
"My papa will be so proud!" Adam cried gleefully, as he finally found what he was looking for. The five year old walked back to the farm unnoticed, as the people had abandoned the town to search in the forest. "So proud" he whispered, and walked back into his home.
At the goddess pond Rio and Allen were still searching for their lost son. When the search was unsuccessful, Rio sank slowly to the ground. " My baby," she cried. "My baby," Allen quickly rushed to comfort his wife.
" It'll be okay." he said softly, trying to convince himself. "It'll be okay." Allen wrapped his arms around his wife as she sobbed, still trying, but failing, to keep his cool.
After everyone checked in and reported that they hadn't seen the child, Allen and Rio walked solemnly to their farm. Neither of them said a word, as the walked up to the farmhouse.
" What if we never find him?" Rio asked her husband.
"Rio..." Allen said, as a fresh round of tears started. He clung to her silently, until he said, "We should go in." The parents opened the door, and were in complete shock when they saw their son fast asleep on the couch, with handfuls of mint laying on his chest.
"Adam!" They both cried, and ran over to their son. The little boy opened his eyes.
"Hi papa! Hi mama! Where'd you go?" Adam said sleepily. His parents raced towards him,and wrapped their arms around him.
"Where did we go? Where have you been?"Allen asked, too relived to be mad at his son.
"To get these!" Adam said clutching the mint. " I know how much you like herb soup papa, so I went to get these for you! Now mama can make you herb soup!" More tears sprang to his parents eyes.
"Oh Adam," Rio said, hanging onto her son for dear life. She tearfully looked into his eyes. "You can't just leave the farm baby! You have no idea how worried we were!" She said, nuzzling him into her neck again.
"I'm sorry mama, I just wanted to surprise you." Allen chuckled, as finally, his heart stopped racing. He took his wife and son into his arms, and held onto them like his life depended on it. In a way, it did, as he was nothing without these two. They completed him, in a way that he never even knew existed, and a brief moment without one of them sent his pulse up, as if his heart was trying to contemplate for suddenly being separated from part of itself. He never, ever, wanted them to feel such pain. So he held on, and hoped that the love from his heart was reaching there's, so as to always keep them beating.
A.N.
Hoped you liked it! Please review and tell me what you thought
Mryhh:Haha, I was defiantly not going to do that. I have Vaughn's past planned out to a degree, so hopefully ill get to expand on it later. Thanks for the review!
Rosey: Thank You! I hoped you liked this chapter, and I tried to put in the right amount of drama and fluff.
Thanks for reading
