(A/N: Hey all! Here is the fic that was a long time in the making. It's a songfic to Edwin McCain's I Could Not Ask For More, but its not just a one shot... more chapters are in the making right now! As always please R&R and most importantly enjoy this crazy little fic! )
The roses were coming along nicely.
Soon, they would reach their full potential, opening up for all the world to see. They would stay in bloom for a short while, their red petals showing the lushness of nature's perfection. How could someone believe that there was so much bad in the world, so much terror and pain, when the simple petal of a rose showed the small perfection of something humans take for granted.
A simple, flowering rose.
Its hard to believe that the Dark Gundam is finally defeated the pretty brunette woman who was working with the roses thought to herself.
I can't believe that its finally over.
Rain decided to take a break from the work she was doing in her beautiful garden. Besides, it was her off day and she was spending it working yet again. Domon always thought that I worked too much she thought to herself in sarcasm, putting her dirtied trowel into her basket. It seems like he's been gone for so long, when in reality it has only been two weeks.
I miss him so much.
Rain walked into the house, towing her basket with her. When she reached the garage, she placed it in one of the shelves that Domon had installed in the garage. I suppose its about time for me to make dinner. I suppose I could just order pizza in. Now that Domon's gone, there isn't really anyone to make food for. Immediately the young woman chastised herself.
"I can't act like he's never coming back. I know Domon, I know he will come back." She said out loud, her usually soft voice filled with conviction. She stopped where she stood, next to the counter in the kitchen.
The memories flooded back without warning.
The laughter they had shared
The disappointment they had endured together
And the adversity they had overcome.
Yet the one memory that was prevalent was the memory where Domon had assured her for the first time, that she was all he ever wanted.
The day he had told her he loved her.
Overcome with emotion, Rain collapsed down onto her knees, no longer able to hold in the emotions she had been feeling since the day he had left.
Without saying good-bye.
I Could Not Ask For More
1 year before
After being returned from space on the beautiful horse that belonged to his master, Domon had immediately purposed to the woman he had admitted his love to just hours before.
Of course, she had accepted.
The wedding had been big and beautiful, with hundreds of thousands of roses – white, red, and pink of course- and the spectacular blushing bride.
Domon had been the epitome of uncomfortable, with his suit that he claimed fit too tight and with a tie that he had declared was trying to kill him. Yet the bride had not taken issue with him, because all of this was said with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye.
And when they had come together, both in the Church and in the marital bed, it had been beautiful.
And all rejoiced in the union of the King of Hearts and his Queen.
Yet none had rejoiced more than the King and Queen themselves.
Waking up next to her husband, for the first time, had been quite an experience for Rain. The early morning light had been creeping through the drawn shades, and the soft rain that had begun the night before had clearly not ceased yet. And everything seemed so perfect in the world that Rain was sure if it had been bright and sunny, that she would have heard birds chirping.
Yet, to the new bride, nothing had seemed as perfect as staring into those dark brown eyes after having woken up in her fighter's arms.
He smiled, and whispered softly,
"Good morning, beautiful."
And she felt just that...
Beautiful.
Lying here with you
Listening to the rain
Smiling just to see the smile upon your face
These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
And these are the moments
I'll remember all my life
I've found all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
After that day, life had sunk into a state of normalcy. Domon had continued his training for the next Gundam fight and Rain had taken to volunteering at the hospital on the days she wasn't acting as the brainy half of the champion Gundam team and fixing Burning Gundam. Although she had received no complaints from her husband as to how it worked, Rain was the kind of person who figured a job was never done, no matter how flawless the work seemed to be.
It was on the one month anniversary of their wedding day that Domon had finally tried to rid her of her worst habit.
"Rain, you've been here all day!" The man with raven black haired shouted in exasperation, standing on the ground and leaning on the towering mobile suit that he knew by heart.
He knew all of the knuts and bolts that went into the highly sophisticated metal
He knew all of the wiring, all of the machine's capabilities
And also how deadly it could be.
Yet the only thing he was concerning himself with at the moment was the woman inside the 'cockpit' that, in his opinion, had been in there too long.
"Domon, I'm almost done, I promise. I just want to reroute the central wiring from the CPU into the..." she drifted off into almost a trance, with her eyes on the task at hand and her hands moving deftly over the complex looking equipment.
Domon, not one to be ignored when he had his mind set to it, climbed resolutely to the top of the plank that led to the Gundam's chest where his wife sat rerouting wires and connecting and disconnecting... well Domon wasn't quite sure what she was doing but she seemed exhausted, so he knew that it was time for him to step in.
He walked up to her, and wrapped his arms around her middle, leaning down and whispering in her ear.
"Rain, honey, come outside with me."
She sat back and turned her head to look into those eyes that she could never resist.
"Domon, I can't. I really want to finish this tonight..." She faded away when he silently kissed his ways from her temple which had been , as much as she didn't want to admit it, throbbing steadily for the past few hours down to the corner of her upturned lips.
"Honey, please. For me."
Now how could she resist that?
The two walked down, walking along the floor of where the gundam was kept and disappeared outside. As soon as Rain stepped out into the darkening night she saw why her husband had wanted her to come outside.
It was raining.
Domon dragged her out into the rain, despite her protests, and gathered her close.
Here it was only them two, a time when his training and her working hadn't been allowed to get into the way.
Here it was just them, standing outside the Gundam hanger, under the beautiful moon in the pouring rain.
And as moments ticked on, Domon was rewarded with his first real smile from her and then he gathered her close and kissed her while the rain poured all around them.
His entire life, Domon had loved the rain.
Looking in your eyes
Seeing all I need
Everything you are is everything in me
These are the moments
I know heaven must exist
And these are the moments
I know all I need is this
I've found all I've waited for, yeah
And I could not ask for more
(A/N: Finite! Please review and let me know what you thought about it!
please, feel free to email me at as well. PS- This is NOT a one-shot.. more to come )