The Only Gift

Written by: FuuMegami
Email: FuuNeko@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Fuu and Ferio ::huggles them:: I just obsess over them and what not.

Chapter Five

Ferio arrived at the cabin and let himself in. He flipped on a light switch and was surprised to see the room had furniture and even a Christmas tree in the corner.

He threw his bag down on the couch and went sat on the bed. He decided to lie down for a bit, maybe take a nap. Even though it was Christmas he felt a lot more down than usual.


Fuu arrived at the place Umi had told her to go. It was a cabin in the woods, she was glad to get there, the snow was getting heavy. She parked outside the cabin, all she had to do was go in and get the star for Umi's tree...

She put the key in the lock and turned it, as she did she glanced towards the window and was surprised to see that the light was on. She decided to enter with caution. She opened the door and stepped in.

"Hello?" She called in a small voice.

Ferio sat up, "what are you doing here?"

Fuu's eyes widened. "I should be asking you the same thing."

"Umi sent me here, I needed a place to stay." Ferio replied.

Fuu closed the door behind her, but kept her scarf coat and gloves on.

"It's your turn," Ferio said as he stood up. "What are you doing here?"

"I had a fight with Sam. Umi sent me here to get the star for her tree and all." Fuu replied.

"But she already had a star on her tree at home." Ferio said as he scratched his head.

"Oh no. Oh no no no no...... I get what Umi's doing and it's no." Fuu said as she turned around.

"Fuu, have you looked out the window lately?" Ferio asked with a grin as he folded his arms over his chest.

"No, as a matter of fact I haven't but on my way here it was snowing." Fuu replied.

She opened the door and realized the snow she had seen before was nothing compared to the heaviness of what was now.

"Oh no...." Fuu moaned as she closed the door.

"Ah well the snow will let up soon and you can go back home and you and Sam can make up." Ferio said as he shrugged.

Fuu nodded slowly. "Yeah..."

"You know I left to give you space and all. But I must say, fallowing me here is sneaky. Did you also know that the snow storm was coming?" Ferio said with a grin.

"No. It was all Umi's doing. She is so sneaky." Fuu replied as she threw her gloves onto a chair.

Ferio shrugged.

"I really need to go see Sam," Fuu said with a sigh.

"Yeah, and you're stuck here with me, what a damn shame." Ferio grumbled.

"Exactly." Fuu replied. "I really wish you hadn't come in fact. I wouldn't have any problems with Sam if you hadn't come."

"What did *I* do?" Ferio snapped.

"You complicated things by coming here." Fuu replied quietly.

"Yeah well you haven't exactly be a bowl of peaches. I gave up Cephiro for you, I gave up a woman who would have gladly ruled by my side. I gave it ALL up just for you." Ferio said as he plopped down on the couch. "I gave it all up."

Fuu tried to swallow the growing lump in her throat. "I uh..."

Ferio stood up and grabbed his coat. "I can't stay here with you." He opened the door and despite the frigid cold and the awful blinding combination of snow and wind, he went out and closed the door behind him.

"It's too cold for him to be out there," Fuu whispered.

She looked over at the chair where her gloves where, and hers lay on top of his.

She bit down on her lip, he didn't know much about snow, he didn't know anything about it in fact, Cephiro didn't have snow.

She grabbed her own coat and both their gloves and went out into the cold herself. Once the door was closed behind her she realized that she couldn't see Ferio the wind was whipping the snow around too much.

"Ferio!" She called.

There was no answer and that scared her.

"Ferio-chan!" She yelled despite how her throat hurt from the cold. "I'm not coming back," Ferio replied, he wasn't quit yelling so one would assume he wasn't too far from where Fuu stood.

"Please," Fuu pleaded. "You could die out here."

"Sounds like a good idea to me." He replied.

"No, no please come back inside," Fuu pleaded as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Ferio came into view. "It is a bit chilly out here huh?"

Fuu gave him a big straggling hug around the middle.

"You plan on squeezing me to death and burying me in the snow?" Ferio joked.

Fuu laughed and let go. "Let's get inside."

Ferio nodded and the both went the 10 feet back to the house. Fuu took off her coat and went over to the stove.

"I'll make us some hot chocolate to warm us up." Fuu said as she sniffed.

Ferio shrugged. "If you want to."

Fuu stuck out her tongue and Ferio laughed. He still felt way to nervous around her. Like she couldn't make up her mind wether she hated him or wanted to kiss him. It was very confusing to say the least.

When she was done making the hot chocolate she sat down. She handed him a mug and then let her eyes meet his.

"We need to talk." Fuu said finally.

Ferio nodded. "I should start by saying I'm sorry I came here and messed up your life."

Fuu shook her head. "No, I should start and I should say, I'm sorry I let your love slip between my fingers. You and I, Ferio-chan, you gave me that feeling of pure joy. I'd never had that before and didn't find it again. Until now."

Ferio moved closer. "All I ever wanted was to be with you, not to cause you pain."

"Shhhshh," Fuu said as she held a finger to his lips. "This is the part where you kiss me."

Ferio grinned and pressed his lips against hers. He put his hand on the back of her neck and pushed her closer still. She was soon in his lap with her arms around his neck.

"Are you sure about this?" Ferio asked.

"I love you. I trust you. What more do you want?" Fuu asked.

Ferio smiled, "I love you too."


They made love together in the cabin despite the weather and everything else, at that moment in time, nothing else mattered.

When Midnight rolled around Ferio reached for a ring box on the night table.

"Hououji Fuu, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" Ferio asked, full of fear and hope.

Fuu smiled, "I can see you're scared I'm going to say no." She put her hand oh the side of his face. "But my answer is.... Yes!"

Ferio kissed her right then and there without another word.

Fuu grinned, "and I have a gift for you."

Ferio blinked, "what is it?"

She put a hand on her bare stomach. "A baby. Our first baby."

Ferio smiled. "So, will we live happily ever after?"

"Of course, we deserve a happy ending." Fuu replied.


A month later Fuu and Ferio married, 8 months after that Fuu gave birth to a blonde haired gold eyed baby girl. And then they set out to make sure their happy ending, was happy, but not really and ending.

The End.