When You Told Me You Loved Me

Author: FuuMegami

Email: FuuNeko@yahoo.com

Rated: PG-13

Disclaimer: I Don't own Fuu and Ferio, *sigh* but CLAMP owns them XD

Authors note: thanks to everyone who reviewed. Sorry I haven't posted a new chapter in quit some time, but I've been pretty busy. Which is why I'd like to remind people that the more reviews I get the more time I'm willing to spend writing. Not to say that I will stop writing or anything crazy like that. Anyway enjoy the chapter, and it's not the last chapter. I have plans for at least 4 other chapters, probably more.



Chapter Three







Saturday had finally come and Fuu was surprised at how nervous she was. She twisted a strand of her golden hair around her finger. She stood in front of her full length mirror looking at her reflection. She smoothed out her pale green ankle length skirt, which matched her button down the front sweater that was over her white tank top.

It felt good to be doing things on her own, even if Masako was still not talking to her. But Fuu felt it was time for both her and Masako to get a life, the two of them couldn't be each other's security blanket forever.

The door bell rang and a grin spread across her face. She trotted down the stairs to find Kuu talking to Ferio.

"Yup only a couple blocks away," Ferio said.

"well, Fuu's here now, I guess he's all yours now sis," Kuu said with a wink.

"Thank you," Fuu said with a slight bow. "We will be back in time for dinner."

"Alright, you two have fun." Kuu said as she waved the two the door.

"Your sister is nice," Ferio said as the two of them walked down the street.

"Yes, she is. And I am very glad to see the two of you getting along." Fuu sais with a smile.

"You wanna go for that walk now?" Ferio asked.

Fuu nodded.

"We'll walk through the park, if that's alright with you."

Fuu smiled, "sounds lovely."

Ferio held out his hand for hers and she gladly took it.

'So, what are you doing here?" Fuu asked.

"I'm here three months on leave from Cephiro." Ferio replied.

"That sounds so formal," Fuu said as she ran her free hand down the trunk of a tree.

"Clef, as my advisor and friend, was urging me to marry." Ferio continued.

"Marry?" Fuu said as she swept a lock of her hair behind her ear.

"Yes, now that Cephiro is without a pillar, it is in even more of a need for a king and a queen. So Clef chose a young princess from a small part of Cephiro. Her name is Sakura, and she's very nice but... She's just not you." Ferio explained.

"She sounds like a wonderful girl." Fuu said softly.

"I told Clef that I couldn't marry her. As much as I care for Cephiro, I worry about causing more heartache, so I could go through with it. I wanted to come here, and be with you. Clef agreed, but I have only three weeks. I have a minimal amount of money, and I had to take classes on how to act in your world, and what to expect."

"Clef let you come to earth just to be with me?" Fuu asked.

Ferio laughed. "He protested it like crazy. He told me after my three weeks I will be begging to come home. But, I don't think that will happen."

"What if you never return? What will become of Cephiro?" Fuu asked her eyes wide.

"It would be passed down to a cousin of mine, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to take over. And Clef would remain advisor." Ferio replied.

"Would you give Cephiro up for me?" Fuu asked as she looked into the depths of his deep golden eyes. "No, wait, I could never ask you to do that."

"Cephiro is my home." Ferio said slowly.

Fuu nodded. "At least I have you for a while."

"But what is a home without the one you love?" Ferio finished.

Fuu smiled.

"I've got a place here on earth. I don't have a lot of money, Clef would only let me have enough to get by on. You can tell this is not what he wanted. Sometime you'll have to come see my apartment."

Fuu climbed onto a large gray rock that was at the foot of a large lake.

Ferio climbed onto the rock with Fuu and sat down beside her. "So, tell me, why is Masako so protective of you?"

"She and I grew up together, we were almost as close as sisters." Fuu began. "We grew apart for a while as she was in a serious relationship with a young man." Fuu paused and took a deep breathe. "Masako became pregnant, and when he found out, he left her. Just a few months later, she lost the baby, a very sad miscarriage."

Ferio put his arm around her and tried to comfort her.

"Afterwards she became clingy, and then protective. And then the whole thing with Cephiro happened. And Masako swore that you had done something much like what he did to her."

Ferio hung his head. "I've spent so much time disliking her, now I feel really bad."

"It's ok, even I have been disliking her." Fuu said softly.

"I've missed you," Ferio said after a moment of silence.

Fuu leaned against his shoulder. "I've missed you too. But you were always in my heart, and my dreams."

"Mmm, do you want to talk about any of those dreams?" Ferio asked with a grin.

"Well... One of them was this terribly romantic kiss..." Fuu trailed off as a dreamy look came over her.

Ferio felt like kissing her, but... Should he just kiss her, or should he ask, or...

Fuu looked into his eyes, they were so full of things, swirling around like a hurricane in his eyes. She then took a deep breath and caught Ferio's lips in what would be their first kiss. Ferio put a hand on the back of her neck and kissed her back.

"Was that as romantic as your dream?" Ferio asked.

Fuu took a moment before she replied. "No. It was even more romantic."

"Hmm, well let's not forget about that movie." Ferio replied.





After her date with Ferio he walked her back to her door step and kissed her on the cheek. Ferio watched her go inside the house and then he went on his way back home.

Fuu went up to her room and sat down at her desk while she brushed her hair.

She sang softly to herself, "stars in my eyes, you in my heart, this is... love?"

"Dinner's almost ready!" Kuu called up the stairs.

"Alright!" Fuu called back. She sighed and put her elbows on the desk and rested her chin in her hands. "This *is* love."

"Dinner is on the table." Masako announced.

Fuu looked up, "what are you doing here?"

"Well, I dropped by to see how your date with Lucas went, and your mother invited me to stay for dinner." Masako replied.

"Lucas, um, well..." Fuu said as she pursed her lips.

"What?"

"I think I stood him up." Fuu said calmly as she walked past a wide eyed Masako.

The two girls went down stairs and silently sat down at the dinner table. Fuu's father said grace and then the family began eating.

"So Fuu, are you going to tell us about your wonderful date with Ferio?" Kuu asked before putting a spoon full of mashed potatoes in her mouth.

"Well, we went for a walk in the park and then we saw a really goofy movie." Fuu replied.

"Ferio, as in Ferio Prince?" Masako said as she blinked.

"Of course," Fuu replied as she began eating her meat loaf.

Masako had a very uncertain and worried look on her face.

"What is it?" Kuu asked.

"Well, it's just..." Masako paused dramatically and pushed around her meat loaf with her spoon. "I've heard some not so nice things about him."

"Masako!" Fuu exclaimed.

"It's the truth, all the girls are talking about him and behind the school this, and behind the market that. You know." Masako replied calmly.

"I don't think you should be seeing a boy who treats girls like that." Fuu's father said.

Fuu dropped her fork onto her plate. "Please, don't say that." Fuu pleaded.

"I forbid you to see Ferio." Her father said firmly.

Fuu stood up and pushed her chair in, "I am no longer hungry. Please excuse me as I have a crap load of crap for school to do." And with that she left the dinning room and went upstairs.

"You were a bit harsh," Kuu said. "She never swears, even in the slightest. That's so out of character for her."

"It's that Ferio I tell you." Masako replied.

"I've never heard any of those things about Ferio, and he seems like a very nice young man." Kuu replied as she pushed her plate in. "I'd like to be excused too."

Fuu sat down on her bed and folded her arms across her chest. "I am a good girl. And Ferio's a good guy. And I have no plans to end up like Masako. But I don't want to be alone..."

She looked out the window at the clear starry sky. A full moon stared back at her.

"I miss Ferio.." She said with a sigh.

And that's when a sneaky smile spread across her face. Sh tip toed out into the hall and picked up the phone. She quickly dialed Ferio's number.

Ferio put down his mail that had just appeared out of thin air, meaning it came from Cephiro. But before he opened it the phone began to ring.

He grabbed it and sat down on his bed. "Hello?"

"Hello Ferio, It's Fuu."

Ferio smiled, "Fuu-chan, how are you?"

"I want to meet with you. Tonight." Fuu said quickly.

"I don't know, it's late." Ferio said in a uncertain tone.

Fuu walked over to her window and looked out. "Take me for a walk in the moon light." Fuu said softly.

"I should say no," Ferio replied. "But I can't."

"I'll meet you in the park on the rock." Fuu said in a hurry.

Then she hung up before he had a chance to say good bye. She changed into a pair of jeans and pulled a gray hooded jacket over her head.

She passed Kuu on her way down stairs, "I'm going to get some ice cream." Fuu said casually.

Kuu nodded, "ok."

She then snuck out the kitchen door and into the chilly fall night air. She grinned wildly, so unlike her, and yet it felt so good.

"I'm good," she whispered to herself. "No, I'm bad... It's good to be bad."

She ran down the drive way and let herself out the gate. She didn't need to run any more once she was past the gate, but she kept running anyway. She could feel her heart beating in her chest and she loved the rushed.

She came to the park out of breathe to find Ferio sitting cross legged on the rock, he too was out of breathe.

Fuu smiled, "nice to see you."

Ferio held out a hand and helped Fuu up. She settled down next to him and leaned against him.

"The stars are so beautiful, I love how when you're looking at a star, you're looking into the past." Fuu said.

"Uh-huh, very beautiful," Ferio replied.

Fuu laughed, "You've been looking at *me* the whole time."

"I love how you hair glows blue almost in the moonlight." Ferio whispered.

Fuu blushed and Ferio laughed.

"My hands are clammy," Fuu admitted.

"And my heart's beating 100 miles a minute," Ferio replied.

Fuu put a hand on his chest just over his heart. "You are right."

Ferio put his hand over hers, "This is right too." And with that said he pressed his lips to hers kissing her softly.

She ran her free hand over the scar on his cheek and his free hand was against her neck.

When they finally parted lips Fuu bit down on her lower lip. She felt like she was going to gush over with emotion, and if she wasn't careful in her gushing, she might drown Ferio.

"I love," Fuu said as she searched his golden eyes.

"I love you too," Ferio replied. Then he let out a loud sigh. "I've been waiting for the right moment to say that."

"I need to get home soon..." Fuu said with a sigh.

"Aww... Alright." Ferio replied he jumped down.

He helped Fuu down and hugged her. "I love how you feel in my arms."

"Mmm I love the way I feel in your arms too." Fuu replied. "But, I need to go home now."

Fuu pulled out of the embrace, but Ferio still held her hand. She walked until their arms had gone as far as they go could. Ferio sighed and let go.

"Sleep well my love," he called after her.

She laughed and hurried home.



When she got home she found Masako waiting for her in the kitchen. "Where have you been?" Masako asked.

"I went for a walk." Fuu replied with a shrug.

"By yourself, or with your boy toy Ferio?" Masako asked. "Because if that's the truth then I'll have to tell your mom and dad."

"Look, bitch, I have had just about enough of this." Fuu said as she became very angry. She took a few deep breathes, she was letting her emotions get a hold of her, a very bad thing. "If it's war you want, it's war you're gonna get." She said finally before leaving the room.

Masako was left standing at the kitchen counter. "I'm worried about you Fuu-chan..." Masako sighed. "But maybe you're right, and maybe you are able to take care of yourself."