Title: The End
Author: Potato Maiden
Pairing: Umi Ryuuzaki/Ascot
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Theme: #30 - Kiss
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth, it, and all it's components belong to Clamp, who refuse to answer my phone calls...
With a content smile on her face, Ryuuzaki Umi, Magic Knight of Water, strolled down the hall to see a certain someone. Reaching her destination, she carefully opened the door and stepped in ever so quietly. On the floor playing with his two year old son, Ascot looked up at the light click of the door. A small smile crept upon his features as he bent over and whispered to the toddler. The toddler turned and let out a happy squeal at the sight of the woman.
"Mama!" he cried, standing and waddling toward her. Umi bent over and picked up her son and kissed him on the forehead.
"I missed you too." she said laughing. "Have you been good while I was gone?" The boy nodded and began to babble the adventures he and daddy had had.
"You're back early." Ascot said kissing Umi on the forehead.
"You act like that's a bad thing, Ascot." Umi said with a pout.
"It's not. As you can tell, Sho's overly excited." The little boy, know known as Sho looked back at his father with a sour look on his face.
"Nuh-uh! Mama's been gone for a long time!" he defended.
"Three days is a very long time. But now I'll be here for an even longer time." she said placing her son in his bed.
"Y-you were able to cut all your ties back on Earth?" Ascot asked curiously. Umi ignored this, wrapping her hands around her husband's waist.
"Somewhat. I have to go back once in a while to see my parents, and they want to see how much Sho's grown up. But other than that, me, Fuu, and Hikaru are here to stay."
"More importantly you." Umi's smile grew larger as she got up on the tips of her toes and softly placed her lips on to Ascot's causing him to turn a deep shade of red. Smiling into the kiss, Umi slowly deepened it, encouraging Ascot to do the same.
"I'm glad to be back." the blue haired beauty said once they broke apart, resting her head against her lover's chest.
"I'm glad your back."
"Ew! Mama! I wasn't done with my story yet!" Sho said, uncovering his eyes from the extra fluffy scene before him.
"I'm sorry, where were you?" Umi asked, turning to face the two year old. While Umi was occupied, listening to her son's story, Ascot was busy digging in one of the drawers. Grinning in triumph, Ascot pulled out a dark blue, leather-bound album.
"Umi." the woman turned around, hair resting on her shoulder as an annoyed toddler crossed his arms in defeat. "Caldina, Hikaru, and Fuu gave this to me before you left. You might want to take a look." Standing once more, Umi sat on the bed with the album in her lap.
Opening it to the first page, Umi gasped softly, in the album was pictures of her and Ascot. The secret room that only she and Ascot had shared the secret too and their first kiss. She turned the page to find pictures of the two of them on the beach on one page and the fallen box of gift chocolates on the other.
"How did they get these pictures?" Umi asked, turning the page to reveal photos from their first date, and the time where Ascot had rescued Umi.
Bumper cars and Valentine's gifts, rinsing dishes and mysterious acronyms, the book held pictures from them all.
"That's what I asked. They wouldn't reveal their sources." Ascot turned the page for Umi. "This is my favorite page." On it was a picture of Ascot thinking, most likely about Umi, and on the opposite was Ascot's failed attempt and rock climbing. They turned the page.
Umi couldn't help but suppress a giggle, there was a picture of Ascot sleeping behind the a bush. His blush returning, Ascot pointed out a picture of the two trying out spaghetti sauce.
"It's not that funny, Umi." he muttered. Umi laughed and kissed Ascot on the cheek as she examined the next two pages. The pages held baby pictures of Umi and Ascot and a wrapper from a bottle of calcium pills. As the two flipped through the pages of their history, only one thing was missing, and that didn't quite upset either of them.
"You know what's missing?" Umi asked, closing the book.
"That night." he replied fondly, taking the book from her hands. Ascot set the book off to the side and kissed Umi once more.
"Love you." he whispered.
"Love you too." she replied. And another chapter of their life together closed that night, and a new one would open in the morning when Umi would tell the castle of good news.
a/n: That's the end guys. Thanks for sticking with me and this coupling. And as a bonus, I made it extra long and included at least half of the previous kisses.