Emma had always considered mood rings a dumb child's toy. They never really worked, and most of the time the color rubbed off onto your hand anyway. But this mood ring had to be special. It had, after all, come from Gold's shop.
Henry had gone to look for something for a school project, and had liked the look of the ring. He brought it home, much to Regina's dismay, and had happily shown Emma the ring. Emma had waited until Henry was off doing homework to give the ring a try.
Slipping on the ring, Emma gasped. The ring glowed a dark shade of blue, signaling that Emma was very happy. She wholeheartedly agreed. She was very happy. Smiling, Emma walked into the kitchen where Henry was dutifully doing his homework.
"Put this on," Emma commanded. "It really works."
Henry rolled his eyes. "I bought it for fun, ma. It doesn't actually work."
"Just try it," Emma said, holding out the ring. "Try it, and then you can decide what your think about it."
Henry nodded and slipped the ring on. His eyes widened as the color changed from dark blue to a bright yellow. "It really worked," he whispered. "It turned yellow. And I'm nervous about this upcoming test. It was right."
Emma smirked. "Told ya," she said.
"We gotta get mom to do this!" Henry exclaimed, pulling off the ring. "I wonder what her color would be."
"Hold your horses there kid," Emma said. "We can't just spring stuff on her, remember? Plus she doesn't like anything that comes from Gold's shop."
Henry nodded before handing Emma the ring. "You do it," he said. "Pretend that you're proposing or something romantic."
Emma laughed and held up her left hand. "Your mom already beat me to that."
"Touché," Henry muttered.
"I got it," Emma said. "I'll be back in no time, mood and all."
"Regina?" Emma called.
"Up here," Regina replied. She was in their bedroom, going through all of her clothes. "I need to get rid of some of this stuff," she said.
"Why?" Emma asked. "You look so sexy in all of it."
Regina laughed. "Thank you dear. But we need more closet space for your things. You are moving in fully quite soon."
Emma couldn't help but smile at that. She had a few clothing items in the closet already, but most of her stuff were still in Snow and David's apartment.
"How are you feeling about all of this?" Emma asked. She ran the mood ring in between her fingers, marveling at how the ring changed from dark blue to lime green. Romance. Of course.
"I'm excited," Regina said. Emma looked at her sharply. That was the only answer that she was going to get?
"Hey I want to test something quick," Emma said. Regina turned and looked at her curiously.
"Henry gave me this old ring of his," Emma explained. "He said that it's your ring size, so I thought that we could try it out. Make sure that your ring size hasn't changed."
Regina looked at her skeptically before giving Emma her hand. Emma smiled before slipping the ring on. The ring hesitated before turning from lime green to a slightly darker green. Mixed emotions.
"Did that ring just change color?" Regina asked, starting to pull her hand away.
"Yeah, it's just one of Henry's toys," Emma reassured. "Just be glad that this won't be our actual wedding rings!"
Regina smiled, but the ring rapidly turned from green to brown. Fear. Emma looked at the ring with wide eyes. Why had the ring turned brown when Emma had mentioned the wedding?
"Regina?" Emma asked. "Why did you suddenly get scared when I mentioned the wedding?"
"That's not a toy is it?" Regina whispered. "That's the mood ring from Gold's shop." Emma nodded before slipping it off of Regina's finger. As soon as the ring rested in Emma's palm, it turned from brown to bright yellow. Of course she was nervous.
"Well it certainly is accurate," Regina said. Emma squeezed her hands.
"I repeat my question," Emma said. "Why did you suddenly get scared when I mentioned the wedding?"
Regina sighed and looked down at her feet. "Every person that I've ever loved, I've lost. All of them. Every time. I can't lose you too."
Emma pulled Regina in for a kiss. "I don't plan on going anywhere," she whispered.
"You say that, but you have no control over it," Regina countered. The ring touched her hand and starting glowing an even brighter brown.
Emma glanced at it before kissing Regina again. "You're right. I don't have control over it. But if you do lose me, you'll see me again someday. It wouldn't be goodbye forever. But. I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon, because I will always fight tooth and nail to be with you."
Regina smiled and hugged Emma tightly. Their fingers intertwined as they pulled apart, and the mood ring brightly glowed a light purple. Love.
Ahhh that was so fluffy and cheesy. I honestly don't know what made me think of a mood ring. Personally, I hate them because they always just give me green for "mixed emotions" and then the green rubs off onto my finger. Anyway, prompts anyone?