Together Forever

By SenritsuBaroness

"Saici! It is you!" She rushed into his arms. "Oh, I'm so happy to see you!" He was noticeably taller, and his face had grown a bit broader.

"You haven't changed a bit!" Saici smiled. "It's great to see you!"

Cecil looked down at her ugly school uniform, reminiscent of an American sailor's uniform. "Well, I would have changed clothes, but we came straight here from school."

"It's okay, you still look great!" Saici winked at her.

Hans picked up Saici's suitcase. "Why don't you two go eat lunch together? I'll take your suitcase home. You two can take the train to downtown Copenhagen." Hans handed both of them a 100-euro bill. "Have fun you two. See you this evening." Hans smiled at them and turned to leave.

At Le Baron Rouge pizza parlor, Cecil and Saici sat eating cheese pizza and drinking tall glasses of pink lemonade.

"How's your training?" Cecil asked with interest.

"I'm getting better," Saici admitted, and Cecil noticed that his voice was a bit deeper. He sounded a bit more like Domon.

"You look different," Saici smiled at her as he bit a slice of pizza. "You're even prettier than the last time I saw you."

Cecil gushed, "Oh, Saici!" and reached across the table to hold his hand. Saici gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

"You'll have to show me all the sights here in Copenhagen," Saici smiled at her again.

Cecil smiled and nodded, glad to gaze into Saici's scarlet eyes again. Suddenly Ms. Ribbentrop popped into her mind, and she wondered what the crotchety teacher would say if she saw Cecil gazing at Saici and clasping his hand.

"You're such a gullible girl! You really believe that silly boy will love you forever! Your parents did a horrible job teaching you about love!" Cecil shook her head, determined to get the grouchy teacher's hurtful comments out of her mind.

"What's wrong?" Saici asked, and Cecil shook her head.

Forever. It would be nice if we could be together forever. Cecil smiled at the thought.

"The next fight is in F.C. 64, right?" Cecil asked.

Saici nodded.

"Why can't you stay here with me until then? You can stay with me and Hans. We can go to school and visit downtown Neo Denmark whenever we want," Cecil said.

Saici smiled, and his eyes glimmered sadly. "It sounds like fun, Cecil, and I really wish I could. But there's so much paperwork to do. I had to do a lot of paperwork just to come here for a visit. And I don't know if my crew would let me." Saici noticed the sad look in Cecil's eyes and added, "I'll try, though. Will you wait for me?"

"I'd wait for you forever, Sai Saici," Cecil whispered.

After they were done eating, Cecil and Sai Saici went to the mall. They passed the Cookie Corner when Cecil suddenly remembered she wanted to buy a tin of cookies for Hans.

"Saici, let's go to the Cookie Corner," Cecil smiled, tugging at Saici's sleeve.

"Cookies! Do they have samples?" Saici asked eagerly.

Cecil laughed. "Yes, Saici, they have samples. Now come on, I promised myself I'd buy Hans a tin of cookies."