CHAPTER 7

Hikaru was reading her favorite shojo manga when Lantis entered the room.

"Hikaru…"

"Hmm?"

"Do you mind to go on a drive with me from now?"

"Not at all, give me 15 minutes to change my clothes." She smiled as she folded her manga and put it back to the bookshelf.

"Alright"

Fifteen minutes later

"Okay, Lantis I'm ready." Lantis glanced at Hikaru in her soft pink one piece dress. He was amazed on how that clothes suit her so much. It just matches her beautiful red hair and red eyes.

"Lantis… earth calling Lantis… can you hear me?" Hikaru asked as she gave a confused look at him.

"Sorry. Shall we go then?" Lantis stretched his hand.

"Sure, let's go!" Hikaru took his hand cheerfully .

"It's been a while since the last time I went to a beach." Hikaru ran happily on the sand then stopped at a spot where she closed her eyes and enjoyed the sea breeze.

"Watch your step." Lantis told her anxiously.

"Don't worry I won't slip up, Lantis. Come on you should join me." Hikaru pulled his right arm and they started to chase each just like the scene from Bollywood soap opera or whatever it may called. Finally, they were running out of breath so they decided to sit side by side on the sand and glanced at the beautiful scenery of endless blue right before their eyes.

"I was so sad when I left you after the last battle in Cephiro." Hikaru broke the silence between the two of them. Lantis listened carefully as he held her hands tightly.

"I started to cry every time I see you in my dream. After we met each other again at the university I began to realized that the being apart had created a big distance between us. I tried to express my feeling to you but I just couldn't. There's a fear in me that I may get rejected and that really scared me to death. That is why I was so happy when you asked me to become your girlfriend after that basketball competition." She stopped for a while then took a deep breath.

"Lantis, I just want you to know that... I love you from the very beginning and the feeling is getting stronger each day." Lantis smiled when he heard her words and hugged her possessively. He released her for a while and slipped his right hand into the small pocket on his trousers. He pulled out a heart-shaped blue box and placed it gently on her right hand.

"Lantis?" She glanced at him confusedly.

"Hikaru, would you marry me?" He asked her confidently as he stared deeply into her crimson red orbs. Tears of joy streamed in her eyes, blurring her vision. She was sure enough that she wasn't a crybaby but, when it comes to love matters it seemed like her eyes refused to cooperate with her.

"Yes, Lantis. Of course." Hikaru answered happily before they wrapped each other in a heart-warming embrace.

Lantis silently rubbed his eyes when he heard the clicking sound from the living room then, he turned on the bedside lamp and took a glance at the wall clock that shown 2:00 am.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up." Hikaru who noticed the light walked into the room.

"Never mind. What were you doing?" Lantis asked in a dreamy voice.

"I was just checking my belongings since I'll be staying at the hospital from tomorrow." Hikaru smiled as she slowly sat on the bed and tried her best to lie there normally but she failed since her tummy was now too big to manage.

"You can't sleep, can you?" She nodded at his inquiry.

"The baby keep moving and kicking especially at night." She sighed as she rubbed her tummy.

"Don't worry she won't be doing that again from tomorrow." Lantis replied affectionately before he patted her head and placed a light kiss on her tummy. She smiled shyly at his action and hugged his waist possesively.

"I look horrible, don't I?" She pouted.

"I don't think so." He denied.

"I'm as huge as a pregnant cow, my hair is a mess since I can't use styling cream or hair spray to set it up and I stink like..." His forefinger silenced her.

"You are still as beautiful as you were before you get pregnant. No, cut that one. You have turned more beautiful after you get pregnant and you look more mature." He told her kindly.

"Sweet talker." She replied, her cheeks reddened.

"I'm just being honest, Hikaru."

"I feel like having an alien inside me that will just burst out in no time." She whined.

"You'll be having a baby, not an alien and the baby won't burst out of your chest. Your brain was just obsessed with some scenes from that favorite movie of yours." Hikaru chuckled at his statement.

A couple years have passed since Lantis and Hikaru got married.

"Ruri-chaaaaan!" Hikaru called her daughter loudly.

"Yes, okaasan!" Ruri showed her face from up on the tree.

"Oh my God!, why on earth do you love to play on the tree?. You might fall down you know?"

"I won't fall down, okaasan. I'm a good climber you see." Ruri started to move from branch to branch smoothly just like Tarzan.

"Well, Hikaru. You shouldn't be so hard on our daughter." Lantis came out from inside the house.

"Otoosan!" Ruri beamed happily while jumping off the tree and rushed to hug her father.

"You are too kind to her, Lantis." Hikaru complained.

"Really?" Lantis replied while picking up the three years old red haired girl with black eyes same as his.

"Yes, you are".

"Well then I should have been kinder to you instead." He put his daughter down and embraced his wife from behind.

"Lantis!" Hikaru blushed red.

"Kyaaa!, otoosan and okaasan lovey dovey!" Ruri said loudly.

"Sshhh!, Ruri-chan. The neighbour might hear you." Hikaru warned her daughter.

"Sorry." Ruri covered her mouth with both hands.

Lantis gently put his hand on Hikaru stomach and felt something different.

"Hikaru... are you?" Hikaru nodded and smiled brightly, she placed her hands on top of his hands.

"Yes, Lantis. The second alien is on the way." Lantis laughed before he gave Hikaru a warm embrace.

The End