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"How old is she turning again?"

"6, Mu,"

"It feels like she just turned 5, how is she 6 already!" Mu commented in denial as he sat next to his wife, who was reading the paper and sipping slowly from her coffee mug.

She then looked up at him with a smile. Their little Mae was indeed turning 6 on that day. April 16 C.E. 78. She didn't want to believe it either, but it was true. They were expecting guests in about a half hour, but Mae was still sleeping.

"Where is Mae anyway, still in bed?" Mu asked as he set his empty coffee mug on the counter next to the sink.

"Probably," Murrue replied as she too set her mug down next to his.

"She sleeps like her mother," he laughed while wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Mother," Murrue said out loud. "I never saw myself being one," She locked her eyes with the floor behind Mu.

"Well, if you ask me you're a damn good one," Mu reassured while lifting her chin up with his fingertips.

The look on her face let him know she wasn't confident about his comment.

"Murrue, what's wrong, why are you doubting yourself like this?" He worriedly asked as he saw her eyes well up.

In an answer she broke down crying as he pulled her head against his chest.

"Murrue, wh-what?" He was confused, why was she crying?

"When we were back fighting the war, we lost Tolle and Flay. If I can't even watch out for children who are old enough to take care of themselves, how do I know I can take care of Mae?"

"Murrue, that was a war, A WAR! There were no guarantees that everyone would survive, and Tolle knew the consequences, he wanted to go out and help fight,"

"He was helping on the bridge, if I would've banned him from the using the Skygrasper, then he-

"Would've done it anyway," Mu finished for her.

"As for Flay, she knew the dangers as well, and of course she was scared, we all were. They both knew the consequences, just like you and me,"

"How do you know?" She snapped quietly, voice muffled by his shirt.

"Because, they died, just like I almost did," He felt her stiffen in his arms.

"Don't say that, Mu, don't you EVER bring that up, please!" She started to cry even more now.

"Way to go, Flaga," He kicked himself for being so stupid.

Before either of them could say anymore, a loud voice sounded from by the doorway.

"Mommy, Daddy, why is Mommy crying?" Their little girl sounded as she walked into the room, fully dressed, waiting for her mother to put her hair up.

"I'm not crying, baby, I'm fine," Murrue answered as she wiped her tears away on Mu's shirt before she looked over at her daughter.

"Come on, I'll fix your hair," Murrue walked over and held M.J's hand as they walked into Mu and Murrue's bedroom.

Mae was kind of skeptical; she knew something was wrong with her mother. Now that she was getting older, she noticed things more and more that went on between the couple. After only 5 minutes the two emerged from the bedroom, Mae's hair being held back by an orange clip, matching perfectly with her sunflower dress. Murrue let Mae go; their company was coming in little less than a half hour, so she let her have her down time. She walked over to Mu, putting her head against his chest, collecting herself.

"Come one, Murrue, today is supposed to be a good day, you shouldn't be depressed," Mu wrapped an arm around her waist, and let the other one run through her auburn hair.

"I know, I'm sorry, sometimes I just can't help it though, I-

"Shh, you don't have to explain," Mu caught her in the middle of her sentence, silencing her with a kiss.

Then the doorbell rang.

Murrue broke away and rushed towards the door. When she opened it she was surprised to see the whole crew there. Kira and everyone else, presents in hand and everything. She let them in and they all gathered by the couch.

"Mae, come on out, our company is here!" Murrue called out with a broad smile brightening her face.

Their little girl came bursting down the stairs from her room and into the main room. She immediately rushed over to Miriallia the minute she saw her, jumping on to her lap.

"AUNTIE MILLY!" Milly had inherited that name when little Mae was born. The days that Mu worked, Murrue was overwhelmed with the new baby, and she was still tired from the labor and medications she was receiving in the hospital and everything, so when Milly found out she needed help she'd spend the days with Murrue, helping her take care of the house and Mae. She still does occasionally, especially when Mu goes out of town on business for a week at a time.

"M.J, it's great to see you, have you been behaving for mommy and daddy?" Milly asked with a smile while tickling the little girl's sides making her squirm and laugh.

Murrue smiled and winked at Milly who smiled back at her. Everyone placed heir presents for the little girl in a nice neat pile for Mae next to her on the couch. Milly reached over and grabbed the top one and handed it to Mae, who was still on her lap. Mae looked at strangely and then picked it up and shook it around gently. Then she looked back at Milly. Milly smiled at her and pulled the card off of the top of the box. Beneath the writing it was signed, love, Auntie Milly and Dearka. The little girl then tore into the wrapping paper and pulled out the box. She then pulled open the box and reached in to the pull the object inside out. There were 3 coloring books and a set of crayons sitting peacefully in the tissue paper.

"Thank you, Auntie Milly and Dearka!" The little girl exclaimed as she hugged Milly.

Mir then handed her the next present from Athrun and Cagalli. Their present to her was a set of books to read for kids her age, seeing that Mae was on a reading binge since entering kindergarten.

Next were Kira, Lacus, and Yzak's present, which they all chipped in for. It was a huge box wrapped up in heart wrapping paper. Mae squealed in delight when she saw this, but she didn't know where to start. Soon everyone in the room was on the ground pulling wrapping paper off of the box and tossing it in random directions. Once the paper was off Mae ripped open the lid to it and her golden brown eyes widened like saucers at the sight.

"A BIKE!" She screamed very enthusiastically.

"THANK YOU!" She turned and smiled at Kira, Lacus and Yzak.

The three turned and smiled at each other, proud that they made the little girl happy. Finally, Mae got to open her final present. It was from Mu and Murrue. Murrue went over and picked it up off of the lounging chair Mu was propped up against from his position on the floor. She handed it the little girl carefully. Somehow Mae sensed that their was something special inside of it, so she handled it with care. She slowly pulled the shiny paper off and opened the lid. She gasped as she pulled a beautiful porcelain doll out.

"Mommy, she looks just like you! Except not as pretty," Murrue blushed at the little girls comment; the doll did indeed look like her, her mother had made it after all. She then knelt down beside her daughter.

"Mae, that doll was given to me by my mother on my 6th birthday. It was the last thing I ever got from her. I want you to keep it until one day you can give it to your daughter," Mae looked into her mother's tawny eyes, and she could see the tears, so she gave her a hug.

Mae didn't understand why her mother was crying, but she didn't want her too.

"Thank you, mommy, this one was the best gift out of them all," Mae cheered her mother up with every word she muttered into her hair.

The party pretty much escalated to eating cake, making jokes about everyone in the room, and singing happy birthday and such. It ended when Milly and Dearka made their way out the door after Milly and Murrue shared a long hug. The door shut and Mu and Murrue leaned against it, casting a glance over at Mae, who was not asleep on the couch.

"That was a handful," Murrue sighed as Mu pulled her over to the couch by her waist.

They both sat down on the couch next to Mae, both ready to fall asleep themselves. The room was lit by the Christmas lights that were lazily left hanging from the balcony to Mu and Murrue's room. They were both practically asleep when Murrue noticed that the doll that she gave Mae was tightly tucked underneath the little girls chin as she held it close in her sleep. Murrue smiled and felt to tears of joy slip from her eyes. The two tears were cleared from her eyes when Mu noticed her not sleeping.

"I wonder what her wish was when she blew her candles out," Murrue looked up into Mu's midnight blue eyes.

"If I know Mae, it wasn't anything selfish like most little kids ask for," Mu answered with a laugh.

"Let's just hope she stays like that," Murrue sighed.

"She'll grow up to be just like you, love," He whispered as he pressed his lips to the top of her chocolate locks.

"I love you, Mu," She whispered back blissfully, surprising him.

"I love you more,"

"I love you most," She retorted back quietly.

"Close your eyes and go to sleep beautiful," And they were both out dreaming up on cloud nine.


:That one was for Seigi-San! (Psycho British people...lol) I plan on making a drabble about Milly spending a week with Murrue and Mae when Mu's out on business, but I will take anyones requests first, so that means nothings changed, you can still give me suggestions. That was was kind of long, sorry guys! I have a lot of ideas right now, so I will have to get them sorted. Until then, request away xD