Sorry for putting this up so late, but hopefully it makes up for it! :P
Chapter Twenty-Five
Fiyero woke up the next morning to find Elphaba sleeping beside him. He smiled at her sleeping figure, her face peaceful. He watched her sleep for a few minutes before she stirred, "…How long have you been watching me?" she said, groggily.
"Not long, I promise." He leaned over and kissed her. "Good morning."
"Morning," she said, returning the kiss, "Did Rao get up last night?"
"Only once, but he went right back to sleep."
"Thank you."
"Anything, for you Elphaba."
She smiled at him, "I slept with you, didn't I?"
"Yes you did." He said, chuckling.
"I love you, Fiyero."
"I love you too, Elphaba. Come on, let's get something to eat." The two clothed themselves and went downstairs to eat breakfast.
While they were eating, Niq and Kells arrived back home from their vacation. Kells greeted the couple, "Nice to see you two together."
Fiyero responded, "How was your trip?"
"Nice." Kells said. "Your father and I have business to attend to, so we'll see you two at dinner."
"Alright." And with that, they left, "What was that?" Fiyero said.
She smiled at him, "I don't know. Why do you think I know everything?"
He shrugged, and the two concluded their breakfast. They went back upstairs to greet their son, who was waking up from a rather short nap. Fiyero held Rao while Elphaba cleaned up the room, "Hey, Elphaba?"
"Yeah?" she said, not turning towards him.
"If you had a choice, would you want me now, or before I was injured?"
She sighed and turned towards him, "Why on earth would you ask that question?"
"I'm just curious."
"Fiyero, I'm not answering that." She said, turning away from him.
"Please, Elphaba? I won't be mad either way, I just want to know."
She sighed and turned back around, "We went through so many struggles before, struggles that I can only tell you about, and that you will never experience. That made us so much closer, but we did fight more than we do now."
"So me before?"
"And then there were the good memories, like our wedding, Rao's birth, back at Shiz…and I wish you could remember those. But then again, now I feel like there is no tension between us…before there was always something. I'm not saying we were always fighting, but we had a lot more to fight about. But then and now, you always loved me, and that's more than I can ever ask for."
He smiled at her, "Oz, I love you."
She smiled back, "It's funny, sometimes you say things like you would before. Just little things, but they make me smile every time."
"Thank you for being honest with me, Elphaba."
"You're welcome, Yero."
He looked back at Rao, "I know she would pick me now though, Rao. Don't you?" he paused, "You do? Ah, that's my boy!" he said, laughing.
Elphaba turned to him and said, "You're an idiot." And gently kissed him.
"An idiot who loves you, and thinks you are the most beautiful person he's ever met."
She blushed and he continued, "Thank you for believing me, Elphaba."
She smiled at him, and took in the sight of Fiyero holding their child, completely content with his life.