A/N: Here's chapter four, thank you for reading and reviewing and favouriting - you've all really made my day :)
Thank you to Maria (for the help and ideas) and my awesome beta, and Sal for the support.
"If something were wrong you'd tell me right?" Aurora asked softly as she sat brushing her hair out at the vanity in their bedroom. She liked to sit there taking off her makeup and prepping for bed so she could watch the reflection of her love moving about the room. "You'd never keep such a thing from me?"
"Yes, love." Mulan replied as she double checked that her things for work were sitting organized on the bedside table next to her side of the bed. The dark haired woman made her way back over to stand behind Aurora at the vanity, taking the brush from the frowning woman to began gently running it through the soft tresses. She wanted to tell her so badly exactly what was worrying her but she couldn't ruin the surprise after all the work they had put into it even though she had been encouraged to lie about it she couldn't find it in herself to allow another lie to pass from her lips to the other's ears. It was silent in their bedroom as she slowly ran the brush through the silky red strands.
"Mulan?" The former princess asked after a few moments of silence. "I won't ask further what's bothering you but I'd like it if you could promise me that it isn't anything serious. I trust you, I want you to know that."
"It's nothing serious, I promise you'll know as soon as I can tell you." She said gently before giving into temptation with a gentle kiss against the top of her hair. "Why don't you tell me about your day?"
The prompt was all the woman needed to launch into a detailed story about the events that had filled her day, everything from the book she had picked up from the library right down to how wonderful this drink she had tried at Granny's diner was - could there be anything more [i]amazing[/i] than liquid chocolate as a drink? - followed by her exciting escapades with trying to figure out exactly how to work the oven so that she could learn to cook which Belle had ever so graciously agreed to teach her to do. Then there was the amazing necklace she had found in Gold's shop that matched almost perfectly with that pretty pink dress. Perhaps they could go pick it up tomorrow if they had a spare moment?
The words made Mulan realize that this was a perfect entrance to set up for the planned romantic evening. "Of course I'll find time to allow us to pick up the necklace but it may have to wait a few days, I have already made plans tomorrow night for us to have dinner with Robin Hood and Regina... You mentioned wanting to socialize more so it seemed an appropriate setting."
"Oh, you're so sweet!" The redhead replied excitedly, turning to face her. "Perhaps I should wear that pink dress, the one with the lace... Or would the one with the satin be more appropriate? And where will we be going? There are so few places here to visit although I haven't had many chances to adventure around as it doesn't seem appropriate to do such things alone."
The dark haired woman snorted in amusement at that comment. "I told you that as long as you don't go over the yellow lines leading out of town and stay in populated areas everything should be fine - it's a different world here, no one will force you to stay caged up."
"I worry that this world might change us. What if I become someone else and you don't love the person that takes my place? Or if you change and no longer want to be with me?"
"Aurora..." Mulan quickly wrapped her arms around the smaller woman." No, nothing will ever separate us here. We came to this place to be together and I meant every word I promised when you agreed to it."
Aurora could feel the tears prickling in her eyes though she didn't want to ruin the moment with another breakdown. After two years she still feared this world and all the changes it had brought into their life's, resisting any attempts to teach her about the new things around them - in fact, the only devices she had learned to use were the phone (due to its usefulness in letting her hear Mulan's voice even when the other woman was a distance away) and the radio (because she was fascinated by the way the music came out of it from nowhere) - though with Belle's gentle prodding she had now agreed to learn to cook so she could make Mulan dinner. As a princess she had never even put a thought towards entering the kitchen because a princess never wasted her valuable time on such things. "I love you." She finally managed to whisper with only a hint of breaking in her voice.