Title: True Love's Kiss
Author: Potato Maiden
Pairing: Umi Ryuuzaki/Ascot
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Theme: #27 - Overflow
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth, it, and all it's components belong to Clamp, who refuse to answer my phone calls...

Umi's mind went blank. 'Does not compute' was what she saw run through her head. She blinked and shook her head.

"Excuse me?" she asked again, as if not hearing him.

"I said I love you." Ascot replied.

"That's what I thought. I..." Umi's pale features turned a deep shade of pink and she looked down at her feet. What was this feeling? Was it nerves? No. Not nerves. Ryuuzaki Umi never got nervous. Ascot looked down in shame and shook his head.

"Forget it. Forget I said anything." he muttered. Umi looked up and frowned.

"It's not that. It's just that... I... I..." Umi's blush became deeper as she realized that she was stuttering. "I love you too, Ascot."

"You're just saying that." the dejected palu muttered.

"No I'm not! I honestly mean it. I've been waiting for you to say it and when you did it just didn't register in my mind that you said it. It was so... unexpected and sudden."

"I wasn't exactly going to say it like that but it just happened."

"Look at me Ascot." Umi stated firmly. Ascot looked up at Umi's waist. "No, look me in the eyes and ask me if I'm lying when I say that I love you too." Ascot did as told and watched the cerulean orbs staring back at his own emerald ones. Her eyes searched his, looking for his true emotions, whether this was a whim or the real deal. His searched hers, looking for the little grain of lie in her spoken words.

The next scene happened like a movie in Umi's opinion. Ascot strode over, pulled Umi into a dip and placed a very longing, very needing, a true love's kiss onto her lips. Umi allowed herself to be brought into the sense of euphoria and wrapped her arms around his neck. It was either in her head, or Hikaru and Fuu coming in on the scene, that Umi heard music, the love theme from Romeo and Juliet to be exact, during this moment.

Ascot's mind and heart had overfilled with joy as he and Umi parted, a satisfied smile on her face, a glow seemed to surround her.

"Told you so." Umi half-whispered, her smile becoming softer as she righted herself. Umi turned and picked up the chain, continuing on her path to put it up. Ascot followed, as if none of this happened, and watched the chain. If one were in the hall, they would say it was a very romantic moment, but, since the only people there were Umi, Ascot and the Creator, the scene that had been played out wouldn't be spoken of unless someone asked. Either that, or when the future offspring ask all sorts of questions regarding something like romance, the tale would be told. But that, my dear friends, is for another day.