One-Shot time.

:Accident:

"Mu, sweetheart, I need to go take the car for inspection,"

"I'll do it, you stay here and rest, you had along day at work last night, you need it,"

Mu and Murrue both worked at Morgenrate and Murrue was just recently put on night shift. She sometimes worked nights and sometimes days, and she wasn't too happy about it. They said it's temporary, but you know how things go when people say that.

"No, I'll be fine, it's only right in town," She insisted as she poked him playfully on the chest.

"Yeah, except that thing hasn't been inspected since C.E 65 according to the expiration date," He argued back while grabbing her by the wrist and whirling her around to face him.

"That thing is my car, and I love it almost as much as I love you. Besides C.E 65 wasn't that long ago," She whined childishly but smiled widely at him.

"Well then I guess you love it very much," Mu shot back at her.

"Yes, I do. And I'm taking it to get inspected,"

"Alright, ok, just make sure you call me if you need anything," He finally gave in to her demands, seeing her was getting no where fast.

"Ok, I promise," She gave him her word and one last sweet kiss before heading out the front door.


Murrue was well on her way to the car dealer driving through the city limits and away from their countryside neighborhood. She was driving through a primarily heavily trafficked area and approaching a green light. She a driving slightly over the 70 mph speed limit, which is kind of crazy, but seeing that there was so much room and quite a bit of traffic all trying to get to the city at once, the pace needed to be pretty high up there to get the people to where they needed to be quickly. She was around 30 feet away from the light when it flicked to yellow, and a few seconds later, flashed over to red. She pressed down on the breaks, keeping an eye on the car speeding through their now green light. Yes, she pressed down on the breaks, but what they didn't do, was respond. He eyes widened in a silent panic once she realized what was going to happen. She quickly jammed the steering wheel to the left and they car swung sideways and spun in one swift circle before crashing into the side of another car. She could barely make out other cars skidding to a halt and people pulling out cell phones to call 911 through her cracked wind shield.
Mu was sitting on the couch watching the news when the phone rang. Thinking that it was probably Murrue, he swiftly picked up the phone and answered.

"Hello?"

"Remember when you told me to call if I needed anything?" The small voice at the other end if the line asked.

"Murrue, are you ok?"

"I'm alright, I just called to tell you that I'm in the hospital, I was in a car accident, but I'm fine so don't worry,"

"I'll be right there," He hung of the phone before she could protest, grabbed his car keys and ran out the door.


At the hospital, Murrue was getting the finishing touches to the gash in her head when Mu came rushing in.

"Murrue!"

"Mu, I'm so glad you're here!" Murrue went to stand up, but he beat her to it.

His eyes caught the stitches in her head and he looked at her. "I thought you said you were ok,"

"It's just a bump on the head, nothing to worry about, I have to come back in a week to get the stitches out,"

"Thank God," Mu breathed out in relief as he wrapped her up in a tight hug.

The doctor then came in with the release forms saying that she could go home.

"Well, Murrue, everything seems to be normal. Now you're sure you're feeling ok?"

"Yes, doctor, everything's fine," Murrue answered happily with a smile.

"Alright, here are your release forms, you can give them to Lisa, the nurse at the front desk. If there are any problems, you make sure you let someone know right away, understand?" Murrue nodded her reply.

"Thank you so much," Murrue stood up to shake his hand. Then a thought struck her.

"One more thing,"

"What is it?" Her doctor asked her.

"The person that I hit, are they…"

"They're just fine, she's in the room down the hall, it seems she just hit her head as well," He explained, setting Murrue at ease knowing that they didn't die.

"Thank you," She sighed in relief.

"Ok, take care now," He dismissed the two after giving Murrue her papers.


They were both quiet for the ride home, Murrue still shaken from the accident. Although she wouldn't let him know, right when they got to the car she started to feel a terrible pain in her stomach. She didn't tell Mu because she didn't want him to worry like she knew he would.

'It will probably go away soon,' she kept on telling herself. 'It's nothing,'

Once they got to the house, Mu helped Murrue inside and sat her down on the couch with him. She was still rattled from the crash, clinging on to him burying her face in his chest. She had no time to feel the shock before, so now it was hitting her full force. He wrapped his arms around her tightly to calm her nerves, rocking her back and forth gently.

"It's ok now, Murrue, it's all over," He cooed into her ear to soothe her.

"I know, I'll be fine," Se smiled as she looked up at him, pulling her cheek off of his shoulder. "I'm just glad it wasn't you. You're the one that always itches to speed,"

"I would've preferred it to be me. You scared me. I guess you weren't kidding when you said it needed to be inspected. You won't have to worry about that for a while, huh?" He had a goofy grin on, bet then he suddenly remembered something and sighed.

"I'm sorry, Murrue, but I have to run into work and get some papers, do you wanna come with me?" She was about to say yes when the pain in her stomach reminded her it would be a problem.

"I…better stay here and rest," She answered reluctantly, trying not to let the pain from her stomach reach her eyes.

"Ok, sweetheart, I'll be back soon, ok?" He planted a kiss on her forehead, making sure not to touch where her cut as.

She saw him to the door and waved him off. The minute he was out of sight, speeding down the road she shut the door and slumped against it. She held her stomach in pain as tears began to fall from her eyes and run down her cheeks.


Mu came home about an hour later with a pack of paper for him to work on and a grocery bag.

"Murrue!" He called in to the empty house.

"Murrue, where are you?" He Called again when he didn't get an answer upon entering the living room. It was then he realized that she was sleeping on the couch. He smiled at her and walked over, setting his papers and the bad on the coffee table. He knelt down and pressed a loving kiss to her lips, causing her eyes to flutter open.

"Morning, sleepyhead," He at down on the edge of the sofa and entwined his fingers with hers, playing around with them.

"How do you feel?"

"Much better, thanks," The pain in her stomach had subsided in her sleep.

'See, you knew it was going to stop,' She told herself again.

"You hungry?" He asked while running a finger across her cheek.

"Kind of," She answered back quietly.

"Really?" He raised an eyebrow accompanied by his trademark smirk. "Well I kind of went to the grocery store and got your favorite," He laughed as he watched her eyes widen happily.

"Are you sure?" She tested playfully.

"Chicken Fajitas?" He gave her a lopsided grin.

"Mu, did I tell you how much I love you today?" She laughed as she stand up to hug him and he tickled her sides.

"Silly, I already know how much you love me, as much as I love you I'd hope," He laughed along with her, glad to see her back to normal, her dried tear stains from earlier completely missed.


After they ate they snuggled back up on the couch. Mu looked over at his lover, who was fighting sleep as her eyelids bobbed up and down. He chuckled lightly, catching her attention. Sh looked up at him with a tired gaze.

"What?" She asked innocently.

"You can got o sleep if you want,"

"It's only 6:00 though, its way to early," She whined in her childish demeanor, causing Mu to smile.

Dinner that night had taken longer then either of the two had anticipated. During the time it took to cook the chicken, there was some 'fooling' around in the kitchen. They almost successfully burnt the chicken and the house down with it. All in all, things ran pretty smoothly.

"Well, what do you want to do then, princess?" He asked her as he wrapped his arms around her wait, breathing onto her neck, knowing full well that was one of her more sensitive spots.

She squirmed inhis grip, his breathe becoming tantalizing.

"I'm sensing that you already have something in mind, Commander," She purred into his ear, pressing a gentle kiss to his ear lobe, his most ticklish spot, nibbling on it as she did so.

"You caught me red handed, but I know that you were thinking the same thing, Captain," He growled lowly, mouth inches from hers

"Guilty as charged, so what will my punishment be?" Her eyes held a spark to them as she spoke.

In an answer he kissed her on the lips and pulled her back on the sofa on top of him.


After their little 'moment' on the couch was done, Mu and Murrue fell asleep next to each other. Murrue's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the room at her surroundings. She realized that she was in the living room when her eyes fell across the Christmas lights hanging from the balcony still. It was May, but they left the lights up, deciding that they had a nice touch. She sat up and let the blanket covering the two of them fall into her lap. She kissed Mu gently on the forehead as to not wake him before she stood up and picked up Mu's button down sweatshirt that she had thrown carelessly across the room a few hours earlier. She put it on and wrapped it around her body as she made her way to the downstairs bedroom and into the bathroom. She turned on the water gently and cupped her hand underneath the faucet. She splashed the warm water in her face. While she stood there washing her face her throat got all dry and scratchy, it's been happening for a few days, she was just getting over a small cold. Every time she breathed it irritated her and made her cough. She turned off the water and leaned over the sink. She covered her mouth with her hand as she continued to cough violently. She tried to muffle the sound, not wanting to wake Mu up like she did every night when she did this; she forgot to take the cough medicine Mu bought her again. After a good 5 minutes of that she began to calm down.

"Stupid cold," She said to herself quietly.

She pulled her hand away from her face, but before she proceeded to walk back to the living room, her eye caught something bright. She looked down at her hand and her eyes widened as they ran across the splashes of blood there. She quickly ran her hand underneath the faucet and quickly dried her hands, stiffly turning around and opening the bathroom door. She almost screamed when she looked up and saw Mu standing there, suspicious glint in his eyes and everything.

"You okay?" Great now she's worried him as well.

"I-I'm fine, just something in my throat is all," She covered, pleading with her eyes to not betray her.

He was apparently too tired to notice the falter in her voice, as he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her over to their bed.

"Go back to sleep, it's late," He mumbled as he covered them both with the comforter.

He pulled her into his arms and quickly fell asleep, mumbling something about how she should've taken her medicine. She laughed softy as he talked in his sleep, but then was quickly reminded of what just happened in the bathroom.

'I have to tell him bout this, but how?' That was her last thought before her mind gave into sleep.


She awoke the next morning to a bright and sunny day. She pulled herself out of bed and walked out of their room. She was startled when she saw Mu standing in the kitchen.

"Mu, don't you have work today?" She asked as she walked over to him.

"Ah, I took off to make sure that you would be ok. He answered sheepishly, rubbing at the back of his head. What, not happy to have me home?"

"Oh, no, it's not that, of course I'm happy to have you home, but, you didn't have to do that, Mu, I'm perfectly alright, there's nothing to— She was suddenly cut off by another coughing fit.

'Oh, no, not now, please don't make this happen now,' She pleaded with her lungs, willing them to stop before Mu saw past her little cold, but it was no use, She was already doubling over and Mu was already worried.

"Murrue!" Mu ran over and grabbed her by the waist. "Take it easy now, I told you to take your medicine, your colds not gone yet.

He sat her down in a kitchen chair and she began to calm down from the fit. She attempted to hide her hand that was surly covered in blood, but he was too quick to grab. He pulled her hand in front of his face and gasped. She hid her eyes form his widened ones, afraid to see his piercing gaze. He forced her to look at him in the eyes by grasping her chin in his fingers and turning her head in his direction.

"Murrue, how long has this been going on?" He looked angry, but of course her would be, she lied to him.

"The first time was last night in the bathroom," She answered in a low voice, trying to avert her eyes away form his.

Mu then stood up and walked over to the phone. He threw a towel to her so that she could wipe away the blood form her hand. He was calling her doctor. He explained what was going on and then with a thank you, hung up the phone. He walked back over to Murrue and knelt before her. She was half expecting him to yell, and she didn't blame him one bit if her did. He could tell she was scared and that's why she probably didn't tell him last night, she was scared. He then opened his mouth to reassure her.

"The doctor saidthat it's nothing to worry about, and that he's coming over with a prescription to stop that, you're gonna be just fine, Murrue," He smiled at her warmly and wrapped her up in a tight hug as she started to cry in relief.


"Well, Murrue, it seems that when you got into that crash, you hit your stomach on the steering wheel. That caused some very mild internal bleeding and it will stop within the week. Dr. Steele explained to her and Mu as they sat on the couch, the doctor standing in front of them.

"Those pills in your hand will clear that all up, 2 pills a day, 1 after you wake up and 1 before you go to sleep," As he said this, Murrue glanced down at the blue bottle filled with caplets.

"So…" Murrue spoke up. "It won't affect child-birth, will it? I can still have a baby, right?" She anxiously sat on the edge of her seat, waiting for his answer.

"Of course you can. It didn't affect the part of your body needed to have a baby. Even if it did, it will be all back to normal in a few days anyway," He answered with reassurance.

Murrue let out a big breath of air and squeezed Mu's hand gently. He smiled a toothy grin back at her, blue eyes flashing, happy to know she wants a baby eventually.

After the doctor bid his goodbye, Mu and Murrue sat down on the couch together again.

"So…the next time something like this happens, you'll tell me right?" Mu asked in a playful tone.

"I'm sorry, Mu, it won't happen again, I promise," She answered back and rested her head on his shoulder, linking her arm with his.

"Ok, and remember, you promised me," He answered as he kissed the top of her head.

"Hey, Mu?" She asked, a childish tone slipping into her voice.

"What?" He smiled feeling all warm upon hearing her childish tone.

"Wanna go outside?"

"I'll race ya' there!" He answered as he bolted for the patio door in the kitchen.

"Hey, no fair!" She retorted with a fit of laughter as she ran after him. The rest of that afternoon was filled with the two of them wrestling in the backyard, and then when the sun went down, the candles and tiki torches on the patio were lit and they both spent the rest of the night enjoying the warm spring air…together. The almostperfect ending, to an almostperfect day.


:Awe, happy ending! Yay! Scared you guys for a minute there didn't I:laughs: I would never hurt Murrue beyond repair…that would made me and Mu cry. ( See ya next update xD