Title: Good night, sleep tight
Author: Potato Maiden
Pairing: Umi Ryuuzaki/Ascot
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Theme: #24 – Good Night
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth, it, and all it's components belong to Clamp, who refuse to answer my phone calls...
Ascot was proud. More proud than you could be. So proud, that it would make any of the Seven Deadly Sins envious. That's right, even Lusty would be jealous of him, not as much as Envy, but jealous enough. Why was he proud? Simple, really; he had asked Umi out on a date. All right, so it really wasn't a date, it was more like a stroll in the gardens, in which Ascot (with the help of Fuu and Hikaru) made a lovely picnic dinner for Umi and himself.
When Ascot stood outside Umi's door, he froze. The minute he knocked, Umi would come out and that would begin the 'date', thus creating mad chaos throughout the world, sending Cephiro hurtling into the sun. All right, so Ascot was a little bit … a lot nervous. He knocked and waited. He heard a shuffling noise from inside the room before the lock clicked, the knob turned and the door opened.
Standing in the doorway was Umi, in a light blue breezy sundress with matching sandals and her hair was pulled back into a half pony tail with matching hair tie. In Ascot's opinion, Umi looked gorgeous.
"Are you ready?" Umi asked, stepping out of the doorframe to greet Ascot properly. Ascot nodded mutely.
"Y-you l-look great. B-beautiful really." Umi turned a light shade of pink and smiled.
"Thank you." Ascot led Umi to the garden, down the tree, shrub and flower lined crushed pebble path to a smallish clearing, where the picnic was set out waiting for them.
During the duration of the evening, the two made small talk, pausing only to take a bite or a drink. As the sky got darker, the two made their way back into the main part of the castle, stopping only at the kitchen to drop off the dirty dishes. Umi's small hand masterfully made its way into Ascot's much larger one as they walked back to Umi's room.
"Thank you for the wonderful meal, Ascot. Maybe we could do something like this again?" Umi suggested, her back to the door.
"If you would like to." Umi smiled.
"It's a date." There was an uneasy pause as they thought of something to say. "Well, good night."
"Good night Umi, sleep tight."
"Don't let the bed bugs bite." She mused, a hand running through her hair nervously.
"Bed bugs?"
"It's a saying on earth."
"Oh, right." Ascot chuckled nervously as he turned to walk away. Umi quickly grabbed his wrist, causing him to turn around in blushing confusion.
"No good night kiss?" she asked, pulling Ascot's face toward hers. She made it brief, to put the poor, ready to implode, blushing palu out of his misery. "That's more like it." She said, setting his lips free.
"Good night, Umi." Ascot walked quickly down the hall as Umi smirked, walking into her bedroom.
"Good night, Ascot."
a/n: Hmm…Dominant Umi. Who wouldn't have guessed. Remember folks: You're still special!