When You Told Me You Loved Me

Author: FuuMegami

Email: FuuNeko@yahoo.com

Rated: PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own rayearth or any of the characters, never have, never will.

Chapter Four





Fuu's right arm dangled over the side of the bed. She opened one eye as she felt the sun on her face. She opened her other eye and smiled. For the first time in years, she had smiled and really felt like smiling.

Fuu sat up and stretched her arms over her head. "Today's a good day, I can feel it."

She got out of bed and slipped on her slippers, then she went to the window. Masako was on her way up the walk way.

"'Morning Masako!" Fuu yelled as she waved.

Then she grabbed her uniform and ran into the bath room to shower. She showered and as she did she made a decision: she was going to tell Masako and Kuu about Ferio. She let the water roll off her and onto the bath room carpet. Then she quickly dried off and dressed.

Masako was in Fuu's room waiting for her.

"Give me a sec, I want to get Kuu. I have something to tell the both of you!" Fuu said.

Fuu then ran off leaving Masako to wonder. She found her sister and pulled her into her room.

"Alright, I think to stay honest and keep from sneaking around, I need to tell you this." Fuu paused and looked at them both, so wide eyed.

"What?" Masako said as she blinked, wondering if Fuu was about to tell her off again.

"You were right Masako. Ferio isn't who he says she is." Fuu replied.

"I knew it! That bastard." Masako said as she made a fist.

"He's a prince. he's here on leave to see me." Fuu continued.

"Really?!" Kuu shrieked.

"That's not the big one. You see, he's from another world."

"Woah, hold up, what do you mean?" Masako questioned.

"You heard me, another world. I've been there, it's an amazing world. Although not all of the memories are pleasant, but they are because of me, not him...."

Fuu told a summerize version of both of their trips to Cephiro, Kuu and Masako listened in silence.

"Wow." Kuu said finally.

"Now, we are going to go down stairs and tell mother and father that Ferio Prince was not the one we heard all those bad things about. And that I am inviting him to dinner tonight." Fuu said as she marched out of the room.

Kuu and Masako followed, still in a bit of shock, and the worst part was they were unable to tell anyone about the story.

"Mother!" Fuu called as she swept up her lunch box.

"Yes?" Said Mrs. Hououji as she walked into the room with a laundry basket on her hip.

"I am inviting Ferio Prince to dinner." Fuu announced.

"You see we had the names wrong, it wasn't him," Kuu piped in.

Mrs. Hououji didn't look convinced.

"It's true Mrs. Hououji," Masako added.

Fuu watched as her mother was thinking, crossing her fingers behind her back and trying to keep from jumping around.

"Oh Fuu dear I don't know..." Mrs. Hououji said as she frowned.

"Come on mom, you remember how Cid and I were we loved being together until you told us we could be." Kuu pointed out.

Fuu was now hopping from one foot to the next. "PLEASE!"

Mrs. Hououji sighed, "alright."

And with that Fuu tore out of the house with Masako close behind her.

"Hey! Wait up!" Masako called.

Fuu continued running. "Thanks for your help!" Fuu called over her shoulder.

"Anytime. Now that I know the story. But I warn you..."

Fuu shook her head, "don't bother." Fuu finally slowed down. "You'll love Ferio once you get to know him."

"Well, I'll have to be the judge of that." Masako said in her usual snappish tone. "But I'm sure if you say he's ok then he can't be all bad."

Fuu grinned and then started running again.

"She should join the track team." Masako mumbled to herself.

Ferio mean while stood outside the school waiting for Fuu. He had something for her, a small gift. He stood there grinning stupidly.

"Hello," said a voice he didn't recognize.

"Hey," Ferio replied as he looked a blue eyed blonde haired girl in the eyes.

"You're in my math class, my name's Himiko." The girl said as she tossed her long straight hair over her shoulders.

"Oh... I'm Ferio," replied.

"That's a cute name," she said with a smile.

Ferio didn't reply and just continued searching for Fuu with his eyes. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a gold ring. Himiko at the same time reached to touch his arm but ended up bumping his hand. The ring fell on the ground. The two of them brushed hands as they both bent down to get the ring. Himiko smiled at him.

Fuu flew through the school gates. She looked around the school yard for Ferio. He was no where in sight.

"He must be inside," Fuu observed.

"I figured," Masako replied.

The two girls went into the building Fuu scanned faces until she spotted him. She froze when she saw him, her breathe caught in her throat. She bit down on her lip and held back tears.

A girl with long blonde hair had her arm rapped around his, and he was talking to her and smiling. Fuu turned to run out the of school, but Masako grabbed her arm.

"I'm going to go beat him up," Masako said angrily.

That was when Ferio spotted them and pulled away from Himiko. He hurried over to find Fuu crying.

"I should hit you right now," Masako said as she glared at him. "But I'm going to give you time to explain yourself."

Ferio held out a little box to Fuu. "I was showing her this and it's for you. We were just talking, she's really clingy."

Fuu sniffed back her tears and took the box. Inside was a little gold ring, just like he had given her in Cephiro.

"Oh Ferio!" Fuu said as she slipped the ring on.

Ferio smiled, "you still mad at me?"

Fuu thought about it for a moment. "No, not really."

Ferio let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh yeah, I wanted to invite you to dinner tonight at my house." Fuu said quickly.

"Sure," he replied.

"Great!" Fuu said as she hugged him.

"Wear clean clothes," Masako said as she walked past.

"Uh... Will do..." Ferio trailed off.

Fuu laughed.



That evening Ferio showed up dressed in a nice pair of black pants and green shirt. Fuu answered the door wearing a long sleek dark green dress.

"Oh wow, are you sure I'm at the right house?" Ferio said with a grin.

She stuck her tongue out at him and motioned for him to come in.

"Mother, this is Ferio Prince, Ferio, this is my mother Mrs. Hououji." Fuu said as she began introducing her family to him.

"Nice to meet you," Ferio said as he bowed.

"I like him already," Mrs. Hououji said with a smile.

"And this is my father, Mr. Hououji," Fuu said as she pointed to her father.

Ferio bowed again. Her father reached out his hand and shook Ferio's.

"Then you already know my sister Kuu and my cousin Masako, who has no life and seems to live here." Fuu finished.

"She just can't get enough of being around me," Ferio reasoned.

"Mmm hmm..." Masako said as she rolled her eyes.

"Well dinner is on the table so we should go into the dining room." Mrs. Hououji said with a smile.

Ferio fallowed Fuu into the dining room, pulled out her seat, waited for her to be seated and then pushed her chair in. Kuu and Masako grinned.

"He's so princely," Kuu said dreamily.

"In a manly sort of always lived on earth kind of way," Masako added.

Fuu's parents both just stared at them.

"I told you guys not to eat all those cookies," Fuu said as she unfolded her napkin and put it in her lap.

"So Ferio, how long have you lived here?" Mr. Hououji asked.

"Not long, just since a week before school started." Ferio replied.

Everyone began eating, Masako and Kuu kept watching Ferio as he ate.

"Are you girls alright?" Mrs. Hououji asked.

"Of course," Kuu replied as she put a big piece of meat in her mouth.

"I hear you own a computer company," Ferio said to Mr. Hououji.

"Yes, are you at all interested in the field?" Mr. Hououji replied.

"No not really. Business management and computers are not something I am at all good at. I was thinking about becoming an ancient literature teacher." Ferio replied.

"Oh really?" Said Mrs. Hououji.

Ferio nodded, "I've always loved reading."

"Fuu here loves reading too," Mrs. Hououji said with a smile. "Especially stories about princesses and happy endings."

"So unlike her," Kuu added.

"So, what do your parents do for a living?" Fuu's father asked.

"They passed away when I was young," Ferio replied.

"Oh! How terrible... Do you have any family?" Mrs. Hououji asked.

Ferio shook his head, "no, my sister died a few years back and so now it's just me."

Tears began to well up in Fuu's eyes all of the sudden. Ferio knew even after the time that has passed that Fuu would still tear up when Emeraude was mentioned. He put a hand on shoulder for just a moment.

"You poor boy," Mrs. Hououji said as she began to tear up.

"I didn't mean to make everyone here cry," Ferio said as he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"It's ok," Fuu said with a smile.

"I don't look to the past, I don't try to live in it. If I did I'd forget the present, so don't worry about it." Ferio said.

"Well put," Masako said sounding surprised.



After dinner and desert Fuu walked Ferio to the door. "They loved you," she said with a huge smile. "But not as much as *I* love you." She added.

He laughed and kissed her on the lips. "I love you too, and your family, and your cousin too."

Fuu laughed, "don't get to carried away."

Ferio kissed her again and then went out the door. Fuu closed the door and then spun around. She rapped her arms around her self and just grinned. "Oh, the love him!"