AN: I'd like to thank you guys for making my first fanfic experience a blast. I had so much fun writing this. Thanks so much for the love, the positive reviews, the following, the favoring, the alert and everything. I'm so grateful and I've gotten some more confidence to continue with writing fanfic. I hope you'll enjoy this last chapter. And I already have some exciting ideas for another Ninja Assassin fanfic on the way. There are not many NA fanfics here so it's a pleasure to write some more. Much love xoxo.
Mika opened her eyes and realized the other side of the bed was empty, she loved waking up in her husband's arms as always but his absence did not bother her at all. She knew where he was and it bought a big smile on her face. She slipped out of bed and walked to open the French doors that led to their bedroom's balcony. She breathed in the fresh Alpine air that blew across their home. She dreamily surveyed the faint outline of the Alps in the far distance and the stretch of the deep blue Cote de Azure Sea that graced the landscape. After much deliberation, the couple had decided they wanted to live in France and there was no better place than the Provencal province. Ever the thoughtful husband, Raizo had bought a house which was close to the sea as a present to his wife and as a reminder of their first trip together to the Almafi Coast in Italy.
The ironic thing was Provence bordered Italy and also it was in Italy where they had unknowingly conceived their children. They only got to find out during their honeymoon in Bangkok when Mika had a fainting spell that she was a couple of weeks pregnant with twins.
Every single day up to now had felt like a dream to Mika, she was ever cautious, afraid that it wasn't fair for one to be this happy, that somehow something bad would wait around the corner. She had voiced this to Raizo, who to her surprise was actually optimistic about the future.
"We've always been in this together sarang and we'll make it through together as always" Raizo had said reassuring her.
Being married to Raizo was not exactly a textbook version of rainbows and unicorns all the way, but it was just somewhere close to contentment and satisfaction for Mika. Raizo had his flaws, he could be stubborn, unrelenting and uncompromising in some matters but at the end of the day he adored her and could always try to see things her way. She remembered their first major fight when Mika had wanted to remain working for Europol even in France. He had been adamant in stating that she had enough of fielding cases that bought only chaos and could pose a threat for their family in the future. Mika had been headstrong about the love of her career and Raizo wanting to turn her into a textbook version of a housewife whose only job was to have babies, look good and stay at home. In the end they had both compromised, Mika would be a freelance consultant for Europol and if the case required extra investigations it was Raizo who would take it from there.
Despite their disagreements, never for a second had Mika doubted that she was married the right man. She had a mantelpiece full of pictures to boast about. Ever since their honeymoon Raizo had taken a surprising interest in photography. He had said he wanted to capture all the happy moments of their life and he had done exactly that and was still doing so, his favorites being that of a heavily pregnant Mika. Mika's pregnancy had somehow fascinated him in a rather curious way. When he wasn't busy praising her about how more sexy the pregnancy had made her look; he was poring over pregnancy books with her and dishing out advice superiorly. He had enjoyed touching her swollen belly from time to time and picking the heartbeat of their children just like he could easily pick hers. Any sign of her being under strain from the pregnancy would produce over the top anxiety from him and a ban to bed the whole day.
When she had given birth he had been there all the way and she had never seen him look so scared and helpless while she howled in pain accompanied by endless cussing. She had not forgotten the tears that slid on his cheeks when the obstetrician and one of the nurses had handed them the tiny sniveling babies, a boy and a girl.
Mika left the balcony and exited the bedroom making her way to the nursery where she knew she could find her husband. Raizo's fixation with the newborns was to be expected, not only because he was the father but because to him it was a miracle, the fact itself. She knew he had never seen himself having such a future, holding children of his own and the fact that there were now two little beings with his DNA was enthralling.
She found him in the rocking chair swinging gently holding the twins in his steady arms. He was talking to them softly in Korean and smiling at them. Mika had chosen Italian names; she named the girl Alessandra after her great grandmother and the boy Ricardo after her grandfather; while Raizo had added the Korean ones Dae-Hyun for the boy and Hana for the girl. Mika had jokingly called her babies "the Blasian jewels" and Raizo seemed to like the term, he found it hilarious, whenever they jokingly talked about the twins they would just use the term "our blasians". This usually confused people who heard these conversations and it made Mika and Raizo smugger to share such a family joke.
"Hey daddy" Mika murmured to Raizo as she approached him.
"Hey mommy" Raizo joked back in a whisper as not to startle the babies who lay quietly in his arms. Mika kissed each of her babies crooning to them in a soft voice.
"They're so beautiful Rai" she said, her eyes sparkling with the overwhelming love she felt for their children.
"Just like their mother" Raizo smiled at her with adoration.
"And they hardly cry too"
'Just like their father" he finished proudly and handed her Dae-Hyun who was getting frisky once he heard her voice.
"I think he's just remembered he hasn't had his morning milk yet" Mika said settling in the other rocking chair so she could nurse the baby who was now on the verge of crying. Mika studied the little person in her arms; he had tufted black hair on his small head and smoldering dark eyes like his father's looked back at her. No doubt he would have a lady trail following him around when he grew up.
Mika and Raizo tucked the twins who were now asleep back in their crib; Mika had taken the nurses' advice that it was a good thing for twins whilst they were still babies to share a crib. Not only did it make the bond between them stronger but it also brought a good psychological stimulus for the babies.
Raizo wrapped his arms around his wife as they exited the nursery. His love for Mika surprised him sometimes, how was it possible that you would look at the same person every day and still feel like it was your first time seeing them? The look of pure amazement and adoration never left his face whenever he was with her and when they were apart he would always feel like a part of him was missing.
"I better shower, Marlene and Henriech are arriving for their vacation today" Mika said once they were in their bedroom.
"A shower…. sounds nice" Raizo gave her a knowing look that made her blush. It was funny how Raizo could still knock her down with his words and flirtatiousness.
"You naughty, naughty man" Mika threw a pillow at him and ran into the bathroom.
"I love you Mika Coretti and I'm joining you in that shower" he called back following her.
The End.