As Happy as They Come

Disclaimer: I guess I should give one (better late than never!) It's pretty obvious though don't you think? Do I seem like the kind of person that would own something so huge as Escaflowne? Yes? Well, I'm not so I guess I should disclaim this! I don't own any one or anything!

A/N: Final chapter, sorry it's been a while (but I have been on holiday so I think I can be excused!) Oh well, I'm sure you are all dying to know what happens in this last chapter so I won't keep you!

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The months went by quickly. Hitomi and Van could never have been happier, well maybe Hitomi because she hated being fat but she was happy that she was with van.

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Hitomi woke up early one morning complaining of pains. Van got out of their bed and called for Hitomi's midwife, whom Van had demanded stay in the house in the week that Hitomi was expected to go in to labour.

"Something wrong Lady?" The Midwife walked in to the room. Hitomi took a deep breath.

"Something hurts…" Hitomi whined. The midwife nodded and lifted Hitomi up and moved the pillows around to make her more comfortable. "My waters…" Hitomi said. The midwife nodded again.

"You're going in to labour, it's the right day, just take deep breaths and I'll call for…"

"No!" Hitomi shouted, "I'm having a home birth, we already discussed this." The midwife sighed She thought that maybe Hitomi would change her mind when the moment came.

All this time Van was standing at the side of the room hating to see Hitomi in the pain she was clearly in. Hitomi turned to him and took a deep breath.

"Out!" She yelled. Van felt his world drop. He wanted to be there for her. He wasn't going to argue; he knew she would be very hormonal and so his head fell and he walked out of the room. Hitomi took another deep breath.

"When do I start pushing?" She asked. The midwife shook her head.

"Not yet dear."

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Van paced the hall again. Why Hitomi wouldn't let him in was a mystery to him. All the time before hand she had said he could be at the birth and as he took a step in to the door she shouted for him to go out. He felt quite hurt and now all he could do was sit and stand and walk around until he heard anything about his child.

He sat down at a chair opposite the door to the room Hitomi was in and he put his head in to his hands and sighed. He could hear Hitomi crying and yelling and he felt a tear form in the corner of his eye. He wiped it away and sniffed. He was going to be a father. He'd thought about it all a lot and he was happy, he never really thought that he was going to make a good father but the more he thought about it the more he thought he would be good at parenting.

He lifted his head as he heard footsteps. Merle smiled at Van.

"You would think that Hitomi couldn't make such noises!" Merle smiled. Van laughed.

"Do you think she's okay?" Van asked. "She sounds in pain." Merle rolled her eyes.

"Of course she's going to be in pain." Van nodded.

"I guess so." Van then lifted his head and smiled as he heard the faint sound of a child crying. Merle's ears pricked up and she ran to the door. She then waited for Van to walk to the door.

"Do you think they'll let me in?" Merle shrugged and knocked on the door then she scampered away laughing. Van took a deep breath. The midwife walked over to the door and opened it. She smiled and gave Van a hug.

"Congratulations, you've got a baby boy." Van smiled and walked over to Hitomi who was holding a small bundle. Van leaned over and kissed Hitomi on the forehead.

"You're a daddy." Hitomi laughed and a tear fell down her face. Van wiped it away.

"You're a mummy." He said and he wiped his tears again.

"I never though this would ever happen, I never thought I'd be a mother. I never dreamt that you would really be the father of my child." Hitomi shook her head. "We have a baby boy." Van nodded.

"You have made me the happiest person in the universe." He smiled and he kissed Hitomi again. The midwife bowed and walked out of the room leaving them to be together.

Van walked round to the other side of the bed and laid on it with Hitomi. He gently rubbed the tiny child's head and then kissed him. He opened his tiny blue eyes and gave a smile. Van smiled back.

"What are we going to call him?" Van asked and turned to Hitomi who was yawning.

"I was thinking a mixture, a name from Gaea and a name from Earth to show that he comes from both." Van nodded.

"That's a good idea but we have to think of two names." Hitomi then nodded and yawned again.

"I never thought I'd be this happy and this tired." She said.

"Do you want a rest? I can take him to his new room and put his in his new cot." Hitomi nodded.

"I never saw that, you kept it quiet. I'll have a rest and I'll go and see it later." Van nodded. He took hold of the tiny baby and gave him another kiss on the forehead. He gave a slight cry and then closed his eyes. Van smiled and went to turn back to Hitomi who's eyes were also closed. Van wiped a tear of joy away from his eye and walked out of the room. The midwife was standing outside.

"He's beautiful." Van nodded at her remark.

"He's going to be the heir to my throne." He said. "Another male to carry on the line." The midwife nodded.

"But I'm sure you would have been just as happy with a baby girl." Van nodded again and then walked away. He decorated a room especially for her and he did it all himself because he wanted to add a personal touch. It was a pale purple colour with a cot in the middle of the room with a child lock on it and another lock so as only him and Hitomi could get to their child. Van wanted to take no chances he was the King and people were always trying to take something of royal collection so a child could get them a lot of money. There was also one side of the room dedicated to shelves and shelves of cuddly toys and things to play with.

Van opened the door and placed the baby in the cot then put the two bars over the top so as no one else could get to the baby.

"Hush little baby, go to sleep, go to sleep, sleep for daddy." Van sang gently in no particular tune. He then shook his head in the disbelief that he had actually sung to his child. He never thought he'd see himself do that. He then turned round and saw Hitomi standing at the door. Van walked over to her.

"Van it's a beautiful room." Van blushed.

"It's not that good." Hitomi smiled.

"It is, Van it's super. So many toys." Hitomi said and she walked to the shelves and picked up a small toy. "This is wonderful. You're going to make such a good dad." Hitomi walked over to Van then fell in to his arms.

"Hitomi?" Van asked and he laid Hitomi down on the floor and rubbed her cheek and gently knocked her. "Hitomi, speak to me." Hitomi opened her eyes again.

"Van…" Hitomi closed her eyes again.

"MAY!" Van shouted. The midwife was in the room within seconds. She saw what had happened and rolled her eyes.

"She shouldn't have been out of bed so soon. Her body has to get used to being without a child, if she's not careful she's going to need treatment. Make sure she stays in bed." The midwife then helped Van take Hitomi back to her room.

Van stayed by Hitomi's side until she opened her eyes again. She turned and smiled at Van.

"I love you." Van said with relief and he kissed her on the forehead. She smiled again.

"I love you too." She said. "I've thought of a name."

"Go on." Van said.

"How about a mixture of Folken, after you're brother, and a really common name like David?" Van nodded.

"Fovid of Dalken?" He asked with a smile. Hitomi smiled.

"I'd already though it through and come up with Dalken, I like it, it has a nice ring to it." Van nodded.

"I guess it does." He smiled. "You're very clever." Hitomi smiled. Van stood up. Hitomi followed him until he got to the door. He walked through it, ignoring Hitomi's callings of 'where are you going' he just turned and smiled. He walked back in after a little while carry Dalken in his arms and May carrying the cot in. Hitomi raised an eyebrow.

"You shouldn't get out of bed for a while so I thought instead of you missing Dalken we could keep him in here for a while." Hitomi smiled.

"You do the nicest things for me but I feel fine now." Van put a hand on her shoulder to keep her down.

"I don't care, you aren't getting out of bed. You just spent nine months carrying a child. You can stay in bed for a while and I can do the running around for you." Hitomi smiled.

"What did I ever do to deserve you?" She asked. Van shook his head.

"That's the question I ask myself every morning when I wake up and see you next to me and every night when I see you sleeping." Van leaned over and kissed Hitomi again. "You are everything to me, I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you and I don't want to take any risks, I will look after you through everything." He smiled again. "Hitomi, I love you so much … will you-" at this point Van got down on his knees "-marry me?" Hitomi gasped and then wiped a mass of tears from her face. She nodded and leaned and kissed Van.

"Yes I will." She said. Van gave a sigh of relief and kissed Hitomi again and again.

"I'm so happy, I'm going to spend the rest of my life with you. I know I will make you even happier. You will be my wife and you will be my queen, everyone's queen." Hitomi sniffed and nodded and smiled.

"You will be my husband and I will love you so much and I know that the love you give to me I will give back double." Van smiled and wiped the tears away from his face. May bowed and walked out of the room.

Dalken then started to cry. Van lifted him on to his mother's lap and Hitomi started to pat him on the back.

"You's so perfect." Hitomi said. "Like his dad." Van smiled.

"And his mum." Hitomi laughed.

"I love you Van." Hitomi sighed and closed her eyes.

Their lives could never be more perfect. They were both so happy and neither ever dreamt that their futures would ever turn out quite like how it had. They had each other and they were a perfect family with a child. They had plenty of money. Van was going to make Hitomi even happier than she was now and Dalken would grow up knowing about Gaea and Earth, Van would make sure of it.

Their lives, all three, were perfect.

The End

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