Disclaimer: I don't own Magic Knight Rayearth.

After everyone had left Fuu cleaned up the kitchen with help from Ferio. After they were done Fuu decided to show Ferio around while telling him what things did. After she was done showing him in the kitchen and living room she took him to the spare bedroom. It was a simple room with a bed and a nightstand, also it was painted with light green walls.

"So this is where you're going to be sleeping." Said Fuu. Ferio walked in and sat on the bed.

"Nice and soft." He laughed while jumping a little. Fuu smiled then sat next to him.

"Yeah this room doesn't get used very much, but I make sure to keep it clean. Though I should probably clean the sheets and blanket for you."

"I'm sure they're just fine."

"You probably have a way better bed to sleep on in Cephiro."

"Nah I sometimes think the beds are too soft in the castle. I mean I used to sleep outside on the ground all the time long before I found out I was a prince. When I take naps up in a tree I seem to get the best sleep."

"That's true. I remember when I first met you you slept up against a tree."

"That's because you wouldn't let me come it with you guys. You were so cold to me." Ferio laughed loudly.

"Hey we were young girls and we didn't know you all that well. It would have been a bad idea." Fuu scowled. Ferio laughed for a little longer.

"I was only joking around. You made the right choice." Fuu's scowl faded and soon she was smiling again.

"It's nice being able to talk about old times with you like this." Said Ferio as he took her hand in his and squeezed it lightly. Fuu looked to Ferio. Ferio Slowly started to move his face towards Fuu's. Without thinking Fuu started to slowly close her eyes. Ferio's lips were inches from hers when Fuu quickly opened up her eyes and stood up causing Ferio to fall face-first into the bed.

"I'll go get those clothes so you can change." Fuu quickly went out of the door and shut it. She put her back up against the door and put her hand over her heart that was beating fast.

'I almost let him kiss me. We never even kissed once in Cephiro. Yet he's only been here a couple of hours and I almost kissed him' Fuu stood there just trying to get her beating heart to slow and her thoughts to stop going around and around in her head. Back in the room Ferio sat up from the bed and smacked himself on the forehead.

'What was I thinking! That's the problem I wasn't. Ugh, I hope I didn't freak Fuu out too much. Should I go get her or wait for her to come back?' Ferio thought to himself. 'I should probably just wait here and let myself cool off. I'm sure it won't take her that long.'

Fuu slowly lifted herself off the door and walked to the kitchen where the clothes that Umi had given to Ferio were on the table. She picked the bag up, opened it, and looked inside. It was just a simple pair of black slacks and a red T-shirt. She closed the bag and headed back to the room Ferio was in. She put her hand on the doorknob and took a deep breath then slowly opened up the door.

"Sorry Ferio for taking a while but." She stopped talking when she noticed him laying on the bed fast asleep. His sleeping face made her smile. She walked over to the end table and put the bag of clothes down on it. She then turned to Ferio's sleeping form.

'Anyone would be tired after everything that happened today.' She thought to herself. She then kneeled to better look at him. She smiled softly as she reached over to his face and moved a piece of his hair behind his ear. She cupped his cheek with her hand.

'Ferio. I can't believe you're really here.' She then looked at his lips and remembered that they almost kissed earlier. 'What am I so afraid of? I've wanted to kiss you as long as I can remember and now I have my chance and I just ran away.'

"Fuu." Fuu jumped up quickly and moved away thinking Ferio had woken up, thinking that he had caught her in a very awkward moment. Ferio moved a little bit but didn't open his eyes. Fuu then sighed in relief. She decided to go grab a blanket and when she got back she put it over Ferio's sleeping form. Fuu watched him sleep for a minute more then went out of the room and slowly shut the door. Fuu suddenly felt very exhausted, the events of the day had finally caught up to her, but she didn't think she would be able to sleep knowing that Ferio was just in the next room sleeping. She went into her living room and sat on the couch while leaning back and putting her arm over her eyes.

'What am I going to tell my boss about leaving early today. I'm sure he won't be very happy. Oh well, no point in worrying about it. I'll need to find time to take Ferio clothes shopping. What is he supposed to do while I'm working? I guess I could talk to Hikaru or Umi about keeping him company while I'm at work. Though Umi's busy with wedding preparations and Hikaru has her hands full with Lantis as well as kendo classes so maybe that's not such a good idea. Why does it sound like Ferio is my son and I'm trying to find someone to watch him. I'm overthinking all this.' Fuu thought to herself. She then took her arm away from her face and looked at the clock. It read 5 p.m.

'How did it get that late so quick? It was 10 a.m. when this whole thing with Ferio happened.' Fuu's stomach growled. 'I didn't eat lunch and only had a snack when the others were over, no wonder I'm hungry. Better make dinner, maybe by the time it's done Ferio will be awake.' Thinking of eating dinner with Ferio made her blush slightly. She shook her head then got up and went into the kitchen.

Back in the bedroom where Ferio was still fast asleep, he seemed to be having a bad dream. In his dream Fuu had her back turned to him crying into her hands.

"Fuu what's the matter?"

"I can't tell you, you'll hate me." This worried Ferio a lot so he went up to her and turned her around to face him.

"I could never hate you Fuu. Now tell me what's wrong." Fuu lifted her face out of her hands and looked at Ferio with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Ferio, but I've fallen in love with someone else." All the color had left Ferio's face and his eyes were wide. He let go of Fuu's shoulders and his arms fell to his sides.

"What?"

"I knew you would hate me."

"No, no I don't, it's just..." He couldn't seem to talk anymore.

"I couldn't wait forever. I was so lonely. I just couldn't stand being worlds apart any longer." Ferio felt as if his whole world was falling apart in front of him and he couldn't speak. Then out of the blue, a man stood next to Fuu. Ferio couldn't make out his face.

"I have to go Ferio. I'll always remember the times we had together. Goodbye." Fuu and the man started moving away from him. Ferio stretched out his right arm towards them.

"Please Fuu don't go! I need you, your my light!" Once Fuu and the man were all the way gone Ferio fell to the ground crying.

"Fuu..." Then the councilman was towering over him while laughing.

"Now you must marry someone of our choosing." The councilman laughed even louder and Ferio covered his ears. Ferio woke up with a start dripping in sweat. He sat up and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Uhh, when did I fall asleep?" He looked down and noticed a blanket was covering him.

'Fuu must have put this over me. I must have been more tired than I thought.' Then a smell hit his nose and he breathed it in deep.

"That smells really good." He pulled the blanket off of him and got up out of the bed and made his way towards the kitchen. When he got there he noticed Fuu with her back to him. The part of his dream where Fuu was turned away from him flashed in his mind for a split second. He stood there for a little while frozen in place.

'It was just a dream, I need to calm down.' Fuu then turned around and started putting plates of food on the table. Ferio notices she was wearing a pink apron that he thought she looked cute in. He started staring without realizing it. Once Fuu got done setting the plates down she looked up and noticed Ferio staring at her. Fuu's cheeks started to heat up.

'How long has he been standing there?' Ferio's eyes moved up to hers and they both seemed to be in a trance. Fuu was the first one to get out of it and quickly turned back to some plates of food that were still sitting on the counter next to the stove.

"You hungry Ferio? I made tons of food." She said over her shoulder. Her face was still a little red so she was trying to avoid looking at him.

"Yeah I'm starving and it smells really good!" He walked over to the chair closest to him and sat down. Fuu came over and sat the last of the plates of food down on the table. She couldn't help but laugh when she looked at Ferio's face. His mouth was wide open and she could swear she saw drool. She then took off her apron and sat it aside. Before she sits down she notices that she forgot the eating utensils so she goes back into the kitchen and grabs them. She comes back, first sitting her chopsticks down by her plate then going over to Ferio and sitting a pair by him. She then quickly sits down. Ferio looks down at the chopsticks with a confused look on his face.

"Is something the matter?" asks Fuu.

"Um, what are these stick things for?" Fuu looks from him to the chopsticks then realizes that Ferio has never seen chopsticks let alone used them. She quickly gets up and heads over to him.

"I'm so sorry I forgot you don't use chopsticks in Cephiro." She grabs the chopsticks and heads for the kitchen grabbing a fork then brings it back to him.

"Here you go." Ferio nods then takes the fork from her. She then sits back down in her spot a little out of breath. Fuu puts her hands together and says "itadakimasu." then starts eating. Ferio watches Fuu for a minute using the "sticks" as he calls them but soon starts eating himself. Ferio makes a weird face and Fuu notices.

"Is something wrong? Does the food taste bad?" Fuu asks with a little worry in her voice.

"No it's not bad, it's just I've never tasted anything like it before." Fuu laughs.

"Oh that's right you're not used to my world's food. I should have realized." Ferio blushes a little out of embarrassment.

"I'll have to have you eat lots of food from my world. Though there are so many, may take a while."

"I love food so much I would eat as many kinds as I could with my time here." Ferio gives her a goofy grin. "Though spending as much time as I can with you is highest on my priorities list."

Fuu smiled and willed herself not to blush.

"There you go being a flirt again and you haven't even been here for very long." Ferio's face turned serious but soft.

"You just bring it out of me." Fuu stared into his eyes then she quickly realized she was doing so and looked back down to her food. She began eating again.

'This is just like so many daydreams I've had. I'm an adult not a teenager anymore.' She was shoving food in her mouth. Ferio decided not to say anything more and went back to eating himself.

'I wonder when I should tell her about the whole thing with the council.' he sighed to himself. He grabbed a piece of food and popped it into his mouth. 'Mmm this really is very good, I think I'll come to like this world's food, or is it just because Fuu made it? hmm.' Once they were done eating they cleaned up. Fuu stretched.

"I know it's a little early, but I think I'm ready for bed. Oh but I guess I need to talk to you about my work schedule." Fuu led the way to the living room and went over everything with Ferio.

"Wow, 8 hours each day."

"It's only for 4 days. I don't work on weekends so we can spend time together then." Ferio had a sad look on his face.

"I'm sorry Ferio, but it can't be helped. If I would have known ahead of time I could have taken time off, but things happened so suddenly. Also, I'm most likely going to get a talking to tomorrow about taking off so suddenly. I'm not looking forward to that." Ferio sighed then put his arms around Fuu's shoulders and pulled her towards him so her head was resting on his chest. Fuu just let it happen.

"I've waited 8 years I guess I can wait 4 more days."

"Ferio." Fuu could hear his heartbeat and it was very comforting to her. Fuu could lay there and fall asleep very easily in his arms, but she thought that probably wouldn't be the best. She slowly pushed herself away.

"I'm going to take a shower and head to bed. I'll walk you to your room if you're wanting to sleep as well?" Fuu stood up and waited for a reply from him.

"Fuu there are still things I need to talk to you about. Could we talk about them soon?" Ferio sounded so serious that it scared her a little.

"Yes of course. When I get back from work tomorrow we can."

"Okay good. I hope that my being here isn't going to end up being a burden for you." Before Fuu could say anything Ferio stood up and yawned.

"Don't worry about showing me to the room I remember where it is. Sweet dreams Fuu." With that Ferio walked past her and headed to the room. Fuu just stood there watching him leave until he was in the room and had shut the door.

'Why did he say that? Am I making him feel that way?' Fuu didn't know what else to think so she went and took a shower. Once she was done she got in her pj's and crawled into bed. Even though she felt tired and wanted to sleep her mind wouldn't let her. She wasn't the only one who wasn't getting sleep that night. They both just stared at the sealing with thoughts of each other and things to come.