Title: If only
Author: Potato Maiden
Pairing: Umi Ryuuzaki/Ascot
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Theme: #26 – If only I could make you mine
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth, it, and all it's components belong to Clamp, who refuse to answer my phone calls...

'If only I could make you mine... then my world would be complete.' Umi doodled in the margin of her physics notebook. She had been like this for days - doodling in her notebook, making vague allusions about literature, making subtle comments about a certain Cephiran male. Of course, Umi told no one about this sudden attraction to him, not even the two girls Umi had taken to calling her best friends. Unfortunately for Umi, she was in the middle of studying for a physics test when her mind had wandered to this boy. He wasn't a boy really; he was at least a foot taller than her.

Her mind wandered as she snapped in and out of her thoughts, going from physics, to Cephiro, to her family reunion going on at her house and back to Cephiro. This of course was driving Umi nuts as she waited for the approaching footsteps of Fuu and Hikaru so they could go to Cephiro.

'I need to tell him.' She thought as she turned the page of her notebook.

"Let's see. The property of…" Umi trailed off as she gazed outside at the sunny sky. A small smile crept onto her face as she remembered a day very much similar to this in Cephiro about a year and a half prior.

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"Thanks for the help." Umi said smiling as she rinsed off the dishes in the kitchen.

"You're welcome." Ascot muttered, handing Umi an empty bowl of what was once rice pudding.

"Let's see, after this I need to go finish my homework for my class in the morning. You know, you're lucky Ascot, you're home schooled."

"What's that?"

"It's where a person is taught at home instead of with a bunch of kids their own age. Tokyo U is a lot on my back, but since both Fuu and Hikaru are there, it's not so hard."

"Is college hard?"

"If you don't put effort, not really, but if you put effort into your lab reports and everything it is, but in the end it's worth it." They remained in silence for a period of time, only hearing the sound of clinking dishes and running water.

Umi squeaked in pain as she brought her finger to her mouth.

"What happened, Umi?"

"I just pricked myself on a shard of glass. Nothing major to worry about." She said waving it off. Ascot let her continue to clean while he watched as she pushed fallen strands of hair out of her eyes. Umi kept submerging her hurt finger into the water only to pull it out quickly due to the affect soap has on cuts. Ascot, being a brave blushing palu took Umi's hand before she put it back in the water.

"You should stop doing that." He said quickly. Umi nodded.

"I just need to get this done."

"You will, now just wait a minute." Ascot said, before blowing on her finger gently. Umi waited as Ascot blew on her pruning fingers before giving an impatient sigh. Ascot took the reddest finger and brought it up to his mouth, kissing it lightly.

"My mom used to do that all the time." Umi said.

"Do what?"

"Kiss my cuts and bruises. There's an old saying: 'A kiss makes everything better.' Whoever came up with that wasn't wrong either. It made it seem like all the troubles of the world went away with just one kiss. Thank you, Ascot." Umi finished the dishes quickly and wiped her hands on a nearby towel.

"You're welcome." Ascot whispered, watching Umi walk off into the library so she could finish her homework.

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"Miss Umi, are you ready?" Fuu asked, startling Umi out of her thoughts. Umi closed the notebook quickly and nodded. Hikaru pulled her up and dragged her to their leaving point.

a/n: More 30 kisses fun! Enjoy!