Seto steps into the bathroom that is attached to their bedroom, the room they share at Hogwarts when they teach. Pernia is kneeling there, long brown hair pulled up into a bun. She leans against the side of the tub. Her head is resting on her hands and he can see their engagement ring glittering on her right hand, the stone shining in the candlelight. The ring is a sprung balance of dynamic tension caught in platinum, set with a flawless sapphire which hangs between delicate points, suspended by nothing more than the precise balance of opposing forces. Just like them.
She shifts her body and sits up, watching him crouch before her. The celebration would start in a couple of hours and Seto was seriously thinking of keeping Pernia in their bed. She was pregnant again this time; there was only one child instead of two, and this was the first time she had been happy, truly happy, in a long time. The wedding would have to be put off now since she was already showing signs of pregnancy. He wondered briefly how his company would handle the media uproar of this scandal. The media would turn it into something it wasn't--and that would damage Pernia. Unacceptable.
He smiled and pulled her wet body against him, kissing her before wrapping a handy nearby towel around her. He would take care of whatever happened, but until then they had a party to get ready for