"So, where are we going again?" asked Murrue, looking out of the window at the scenery flashing past the car.

Mwu rolled his eyes. "I already told you, it's a surprise. Wait and see."

"But I hate being left in the dark like this. At least tell me where we're headed, please?"

He sighed, and tapped her on the end of her nose. "The more you keep asking, the less likely I am to tell you. And if you even think about asking 'are we there yet', you're walking."

Murrue pouted, and looked out of the window again.

"Are you mad?" he asked her. She didn't reply. "How come you're the one acting like a child today?"

"I am not." she muttered.

He just smiled. She didn't often get mad at him, and he thought she was so cute when she was angry, that whatever she said to him just bounced off.

Anyway, we've not far to go now. I hope she likes it...

"Hey, we're nearly there now. Can you help me out?"

That got her attention. "In doing what?"

"Kira gave me directions, and I'm pretty sure I know where I'm going. But I need help in finding the actual place. Can you look for a red-brick house on the left-hand side?" She nodded, and looked out of the window, intent on spotting it. After a few minutes...

"There! Is that it?"

Mwu glanced at a photograph he'd pulled out of his pocket. "Yup, that's the one."

Parking the car and getting out, he opened Murrue's door for her. "Shall we go, milady?"

Pinking a little bit, the auburn-haired woman took his hand, and together they walked up the path to the house.

"So, who lives here? Who are we visiting?" she asked, looking around at the house.

"We're not visiting anyone, princess. This is our house."

She looked at him in amazement. "What do you mean, our house?"

Mwu laughed. "I mean, it's our house. Where we can live." Unlocking the door, he pulled her inside.

Murrue gasped as she looked around. The first room was the kitchen, and she could see other rooms leading off it, as well as a staircase just outside the kitchen door. What did Mwu mean, our house?

Was this where they were to...to...live together? Her mind whirled.

Sure, I agreed to live with him after the war, but this is so...sudden..

She backed off until she hit the door, and looked at the floor, her dark hair hiding her face.

"Hey, are you all right, Murrue?" Mwu asked, concern in his voice. She didn't answer.

"Murrue?" he repeated, kneeling on the floor so he could look right at her. "What's wrong?"

"This...this...is so...I never expected..." she stuttered.

Smiling gently, he stood up and enveloped her in a tight hug. "It's a bit sudden, huh?"

She just nodded, head buried in his shoulder.

"Don't worry. It's going to be okay. I know we've only just got back together again, and moving in together is a big step. But it's not like we have to get married tomorrow, or anything. How 'bout we just take things day by day, one step at a time? Would that be all right?"

Murrue raised her head and looked into his deep blue eyes.

"Okay."

Joining hands again, the couple explored their new house. The ground floor rooms were pretty much as you'd expect, living room, dining room, and so on. As they walked upstairs, a sudden thought came to Murrue.

"Who lived in this house before us? And how did we get it?"

Mwu looked thoughtful. "Seems like a family owned it before, but when ZAFT attacked Orb, they decided that it wasn't safe here anymore. As far as I know, they sold up and left for Scandinavia. They didn't even take the furniture.."

"And so, how did we get the place?"

"The kid spotted it. Knowing we couldn't very well camp on the floor of his house much longer, he pointed it out to his sister, and voila!"

Murrue giggled. "Kira-kun picked our house for us?"

As they walked up the stairs, the rooms above came in to view. A bathroom and several bedrooms, including a larger one at the end of a little hall.

"I'm glad Kira-kun thought enough of us to find us a house. But why are there so many bedrooms?"

Mwu grinned. "I saw the info on the house, and I grilled the kid about that. He just kinda mumbled something about him not thinking it would stay just the two of us for very long..."

Murrue's cheeks flamed scarlet, and she hurried down the hall into the biggest room, pulling him along behind her. Mwu smiled, but he was half-daydreaming about a family large enough to fill all these rooms...

That would be so...and Murrue would make a terrific mother...

Reaching the biggest bedroom, they stopped and stared in amazement. The room was huge, with a sofa, and a TV, and even it's own bathroom. A flight of steps led up to a little loft where the bed stood. Mwu whistled. "Nice.."

Murrue's face was still red, but she climbed up the little steps and sat on the bed.

"You can see the whole room from here" she called, "But this bed is huge! I'd lose you in it.."

Mwu ran up the steps and sat down next to her, wrapping his arms around her.

"You could be right. Wanna test that theory?"

Giggling, she pushed him off. "Quit that. We haven't seen everything else yet."

He looked hurt, showing off his best 'puppy-dog cute' expression. "Awww...but there's nothing much else to see..."

"Well, we still need stuff like bedcovers, food..."

He grumbled, but stood up. "Guess you're right. Shall we go shopping then?"

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After an afternoon shopping in the city, punctuated by lunch and mild bickering over what sort of stuff they should buy, they returned home. Murrue smiled as she looked up at the house. This is home now. Our home...

She wondered why the house she had lived in before hadn't been rebuilt, but she was kind of glad that it hadn't. Too many sad memories, and it was scary in a storm.

As they reached the front door, Mwu suddenly remembered something. Setting down the bags in the kitchen, he grabbed Murrue's hand again and pulled her around the side of the house, down a tiny path.

"Mwu! What are you...where are we going?"

"There's one thing that I wanted to show you more than anything. The one thing that made me decide 'this is where we're going to live'."

She was baffled, but followed him down the path and into...the biggest garden she had ever seen.

Oh, my...this is amazing...

The garden was filled with flowers of every kind, and even trees and a little pond. Murrue's marigold eyes grew huge as she looked around her.

"Isn't it great? When the kid asked me what kind of house we wanted, all I said was that 'it had to have an awesome garden, because Murrue loves flowers'. That's what we decided, right? On our date?"

Tears came to her eyes, and she hugged him so tightly she almost cut off his breathing.

"Thank you..." she whispered, so happy she could barely speak.

As the couple took their time wandering around the garden, they spotted something by the far wall.

A pair of yellow flowers, one a little taller than the other. Murrue frowned and walked towards them.

"Sunflowers? But they..."

Mwu was confused. Sunflowers? What about them?

She touched the petals of one of the flowers, then looked at them both.

"They're not tied to a stake or anything, shouldn't they have fallen over? It's like...wait. Look!"

The two flowers weren't tied to anything to keep them upright, but they were still standing. Their leaves had curled around each other, and they were supporting each other.

Mwu grinned. He understood. These flowers didn't need anything else to help them, because...

"They're okay because they're together, see? They don't need extra support, because they have each other. Kind of like us. We're gonna be just fine, because we can depend on each other and support each other, just like the sunflowers"

Murrue looked up at him, a wide smile on her face. "Yeah, you're right..." Standing on her tiptoes, she kissed him gently, as the flowers waved in the light breeze.

That night, they lay in bed together, talking about all that had happened that day.

"Do you think we'll be all right living together?" Murrue asked, looking up at the ceiling.

"Yeah, " he replied. "I think we'll be fine. I can't imagine anything better than coming home after a long day knowing that the one I love will be waiting when I get there."

She laughed. "What if you get home first?"

"Then the same applies to you, surely?"

She nodded silently, turning to face him. "What will happen now?"

"That's for the future. But whatever happens, we'll be together to see it happen" Mwu replied, putting an arm around her.

"Hey" he suddenly realised. "You didn't lose me in this bed after all"

Murrue blushed. "And?"

"Well," he said, grinning. "This is a new bed. How about we test it to make sure it works?"

She didn't answer, just kissed him passionately.

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( Meh, it didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped. At least, I don't think it did...

I know sunflowers can't really do that, but allow me the poetic licence T T

Read and review, please, then I can find out if it sucked or not...)