Gokudera smiles and runs his hand up Phoenix's arm and to the base of his neck, where he feels a scar and quirks his eyebrows a bit.
"What's that?"
Phoenix closes her eyes as she feels Gokudera's hand on her neck.
"What's what?"
Gokudera traces over the engraving he feels on the back of her neck.
"This."
"You do realize that I have lost track of all my scars right? I am going to need a little more to go on then 'this' and you giving me goose bumps."
Gokudera bites his lip a bit as he begins to trace each symbol.
"They're…letters and…numbers?"
Phoenix goes perfectly still and Gokudera hears her breath catch.
"AAL4782. It's my…my O-Loughlin Identification."
"What do they stand for?"
"The letters are my initials…the numbers are a personal code. Think of it as a kinda ID number. Everyone in the O-Loughlin Family has one of these on the back of their necks."
"Your…initials? What does the second A stand for?"
"Annabella. My full name is Aydan Annabella Lynch."
Gokudera's eyes widen at Phoenix's Italian middle name.
"Annabella…" He smiles and buries his face her hair. "Molto bella."
"The only reason I have it as a middle name is because my mom was twice as stubborn as I am.
She wanted me to have a name that meant something, a name that was 'As beautiful as our little girl' But my dad wanted my name to exemplify my Irish blood. So they compromised."
Gokudera's smile widens.
"It truly is a beautiful name." He bends down and kisses Phoenix forehead. "Un nome bella per una ragazza molto bella."
Phoenix smiles and reaches up to peck Gokudera on the lips.
"I like my first name better. It means 'Little Fire.'"
Gokudera scrunches his nose up a bit.
"It's cure but there's just something about Annabella…" He smirks "It sounds so classy."
"You just like it because you're Italian." Phoenix sticks out her tongue at Gokudera. "Aydan sounds strong and immovable. Annabella sounds like a housewife."
Gokudera grins.
"A housewife is good. Stays at home, cooks, cleans, watches over the multiple little shits that run around all day." He kisses her again and laughs. "Perfect name for a housewife."
"And Aydan is the perfect name for someone who carries a couple knives with them where ever they go. Someone why gets up at five in the morning to go to a gym and spar with guys three times her size. Someone like me. I'm not a housewife Hayato, and it's going to take a lot for me to even come close to being a housewife."
"Oh come on, it was just a joke." Hayato hugs Aydan a bit closer. "But it really is a beautiful name."
"I know it is…I do like it. I just like Aydan better."
Gokudera smiles softly.
"Il mio piccolo fuoco."
He runs his hand though Phoenix's hair.
"I like being here with you Hayato. Just lying here with you...I wish we could do this forever."
"What makes you think we won't? For as long as we're together we will, I'll make sure we can continue to be next to each other. I swear on my life I'll make it possible."
"I just know how much the world likes to mess with my happiness...But for now I am just going to ignore the world and whatever it throws at me and just focus on you. And if I have to do that for the next couple decades...so be it."
"And what have I been telling you this whole fucking time?" Gokudera presses closer to her. "Screw everyone else." He looks into her bright blue eyes. "It's only you and me right now. E per sempre."
"Shhh. You're messing with my happiness." She laughs and snuggles closer to him. "Hayato…I'm still confused as to why you chose me. I tried to kill Tsuna, I have an open grudge against your Family, I'm one of the most messed up people on the planet and you could have anyone. So why me?"
Gokudera thinks about her reasons for a second.
"I actually have no fucking clue. I should hate you for even contemplating assassinating Juudaime, but I don't. Even I don't understand it." Gokudera bites his lip. "I somehow got the feeling you didn't really want to I guess…" He runs his thumb along her cheekbone. "We're both messed up in our own way, so I don't care. I love your personality…Not to mention your body."
"I…I did want to."