Note: This piece is a companion piece/prequel to 'Her Happy Ending'.

Miracle

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A warm candlelight glowed in the small dining room as a young woman with shoulder-length chocolate-brown hair stared down at her lap; it had been well over two months since she'd seen her husband, as he had gone on a mission to extinguish a Level E vampire somewhere in the West that was fraternizing with young high school girls, being friendly and eventually drinking them dry. Her husband was reluctant to go, but she ushered him, knowing it was his birthright to rid the world of the monsters her husband had narrowly escaped becoming.

If she were ten years younger, Yuuki would have wanted him to discontinue his line of work because it was just too damn dangerous, but also, she knew that hunting vampires was a trait that he was born with and trained to do. He was strong, brave, and never held back. At least, not anymore. And, besides; she wouldn't ask him to stop when he was finally at the top of the Hunter chain, as Association President! (She remembered the coronation ceremony; they had a lot of champagne that night.)

Yuuki and her husband, Zero Kiryuu – her childhood friend, her savior, her protector – had been married for nearly two years now, and every single time he left was every bit as hard as the last. However, this time was a little harder for her, because she'd been given some good news and bad news in his absence.

Over the course of his being gone, she'd been having odd, brief moments where she'd be dizzy and feel ill. Often, she had to call her father over to help her with the chores since they didn't live too far away from each other. But, it was one day nearly a week ago that she had begun to feel totally out of it, and had ended up vomiting her lunch that she was having with her adoptive father, Kaien Cross.

For thirty minutes she'd waited for the doctor to see her, and when the woman found out just what was wrong with her, tears streamed down her face; she was an understandable mix of apprehensive, afraid, and undeniably… relieved. At least she wasn't dying, she had thought.

Zero was scheduled to come home that night, and Yuuki had decided to surprise him with a candle-lit dinner of his favorite soup, fresh baked bread from the bakery down the road, and the news. Her palms were sweating and she wiped them on her thighs, clothed in a knee-length skirt. On her torso was a button-down shirt that was too big to be hers – obviously Zero's, which she'd been sleeping in for the final week he was gone – with a locket on her neck.

She absently clutched at it, shutting her eyes. Things would be okay.

Nearly ten minutes later, Zero walked through the door. Yuuki had made it from her spot at the table to his arms in a matter of seconds, having thrown her body into his and embracing him as tightly as she could. He spun her around, giving her a full kiss on the lips, before his stomach pulled him – with her in his arms – into the kitchen. One of his rare grins made its way onto his lips, and Yuuki served him his bowl of vegetable soup and watched him turn to sit at the table. When she served herself, she became enthralled in the swirling steam coming up from her bowl; it was getting closer to that time. And, she couldn't be more anxious in her life.

She sat down, took a few bites of soup, before she let the spoon fall to the table. Gods, she couldn't take it anymore!

"Yuuki, what is it?" her husband's sweet baritone voice made her heart pick up, and she glanced up at him with tears in her eyes. Suddenly, he looked ready to murder someone.

The young wife struggled to find the words before her hands wrapped around her body. "Zero, I… I went to the doctors a few weeks back. I wasn't feeling well, so…"

…he looked scared, now. It was as if every possibility going through his mind ended with her falling ill and dying. His heartbeat was loud in his ears. "What did he say?"

"She," his wife continued on the tail of his sentence, "told me two things; good news and bad news, if you will. Which… one do you want first?"

Zero's silver brows furrowed. "Bad news."

Yuuki swallowed, the tears that were in her eyes now slipping down her cheeks. It took all of the man not to leap up from his seat and pull her into his arms then and there. "Th-The bad news is, my u-uterus is too small to carry a child, so…" her voice died off for a moment, where she wiped her cheeks with her sleeve. "…even getting pregnant would be a miracle."

Zero's heart sank; he wanted to have at least one child with her. "And… the good news?"

Suddenly, the petite brunette got up and walked to sit on his lap, which he happily obliged to by wrapping his arms around her back. "The… the good news is, we get to experience our first miracle as a married couple."

His eyes widened; she couldn't be serious, she could not be serious! "Then, that means you're…"

"That's right!" Yuuki's voice was swallowed by a loud sob, a big smile on her face. "Zero, I'm going to have a baby!"

…And, that night, marked the second time in his entire life that Zero Kiryuu had ever cried. But, at least he was doing so with a smile on his face and the girl he loved.

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As most -if not all- of the other drabbles in this collection, this was written on a whim and as such wasn't quite looked over as much as my major fics. So, if there is anything off or wrong or whatever, please let me know and forgive me for the sloppy writing. (And, that ending? Blargh. I don't dislike it buuuut...)

I hope you enjoyed! I'm still taking requests so if you want to see your ideas published in my style and in this collection, please review with the idea or PM me.

(I'm more apt to check reviews first, just a heads up if you decide to PM me.)

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