This is for you, Marshall Lee Fan XD. This was a good idea! :)

Stein's eyes slowly opened. Everything was blurry as he looked around the room, but he was close enough to see Marie's face just inches away perfectly clear. Her breathing was light and her eye was closed. She looks so beautiful when she sleeps... Stein stroked her cheek with the backs of his long fingers as he smiled at her. He wanted to just stay in this moment forever. To have Marie Mjolnir in his arms was more than he could ask for. He has been wanting to say something for certain for a while now, but he didn't know if he could. Now, however, he was in fact certain of what he felt. What I feel. The word still sounded alian to him, but he knew that he did feel. And what he felt was something that strong that burned in his heart with fire and fury. "I love you," he whispered.

Marie's eye rolled behind her eyelid and he knew that she was about to wake up. Stein reveled in her beauty for a while longer before her eyelid slowly opened and she yawned. Oh, Marie. You have morning breath. For some reason, he thought that was... Cute? Marie's amber eye focused on his olives ones as she smiled slightly. Her eyelid still seemed heavy.

Once again, Stein spoke. "I love you, Marie." His words were soft, but his voice was firm. It was as if he were trying to tell her exactly how he felt with just a few simple words. Why can't I seem to fully express myself? Marie's eye almost fully opened at his words. If she hadn't just woke up, she would probably be breathless. "Do you believe me?"

Marie tried to find her voice, which took several long moments. Finally, her voice croaked out. It was still a little rough, but it caught on to it's normal sound quickly. "Of course I do, Franken. I... I love you too." Her lips spread into a cute smile. Stein lightly kissed her before he settled his head back into the pillows and smiled back at her.

"What are you thinking?" Marie asked quietly.

"I was just remembering the time when you sang during our graduation party at the academy."

"Oh, but I sounded terrible..." she said as she turned her head down.

Stein lifted her chin up with his middle and index fingers so she was looking him in the eye. "No. You had the voice of an angel." Marie blushed as her cheeks turned pink. "Will you sing to me again? Please?"

"No, I sound-"

"Terrible? Not a chance." Stein adjusted his pillow so his head was propped up better. "Please, Marie? I haven't heard you sing in years."

Marie blushed some more. "I will if you promise not to laugh."

"I would never laugh at you." Stein pledged.

With a nod of her head, Marie sat up, pulling the sheet up with her to cover her chest, and breathed in deeply. She seemed nervous when she began, but after a few lines, her voice was sure and steady. Marie began to sing.

"We tried to walk together, but the night was growing dark. Thought you were beside me, but I reached and you were gone. Sometimes I hear you calling from some lost and distant shore. I hear you crying softly for the way it was before...

"Where are you now? Are you lost? Will I find you again? Are you alone? Are you afraid? Are you searching for me? Why did you go? I had to stay. Now I'm reaching for you. Will you wait? Will you wait? Will I see you again?

"You took it with you when you left. These scars are just a trace. Now it wanders lost and wounded, this heart that I misplaced.

"Where are you now? Are you lost? Will I find you again? Are you alone? Are you afraid? Are you searching for me? Why did you go? I had to stay. Now I'm reaching for you. Will you wait? Will you wait? Will I see you again?"

Marie's voice faded out, leaving a terrible ache in Stein's heart. He had never felt so much emotion at once, but he was enjoying it. Her voice... It just made his heart beat pick up and it gave him gooseflesh. He needed to hear her sweet voice again. Stein sat up. "Marie..."

"I know... My morning voice only makes it sound worse."

"No! That was so beautiful... Promise you will sing to me again." Stein said as he took her hands in his. He waited a moment before he leaned in and kissed her soft lips. He pulled away only about a centimeter.

Marie bit her lower lip. Stein's lips spread into a genuine smile. "Franken, I think you already know this, but I need to be sure you do."

"What is it?" Curiosity and a miniscule hint of worry burned thorugh his voice.

"I have loved you ever since we were students at the academy. Do you remember the song I sang the night of the party?"

Stein thought back to that night. He had to admit that he got very drunk that night and the last thing he remembered was her singing. Damn it, what was the name of the song?! "Uhh... Hymn for the Missing? I think that was it..." Then Stein realized what she just sang. "That was the song... From nine years ago?"

Marie smiled and nodded. "Yes. The reason why I chose that song was because I wanted to sing to you. I didn't think I would ever get the chance to, so I chose to do it then. And you seemed... Happy. You were only a few feet away from the stage."

"Yes..." Stein thought back to that night. He remembered seeing Marie in her flowing white dress, up on stage singing. That's why she never broke eye contact with me... How did I not realize that? Her white dress... She looked so beautiful, like an angel. And with a voice to match. I want to see her in a white dress again. Only this time, I want that dress to have a long train with a veil over her face, with her standing with me on an altar. "Marie, I... I love you. I know that now without a doubt in my mind. All I can feel right now is you. Just you. I can't even feel... The other part of me... in the back of my head anymore. It's gone, and it was replaced by you." Even then, he still felt his words were not enough to tell her how he felt.

A small crystal tear fell down Marie's cheek and pure worry swept through Stein. "What's wrong?"

She wiped away the tear with the back of her hand. "I'm fine... I'm just happy." Marie flashed a huge smile at him.

Stein smiled back and sighed. "You know, I really don't get this whole 'tears of happiness' thing. But I guess I will learn soon enough."

Marie and Stein just sat in bed for another few minutes staring into eachothers' eyes. I wonder if I'd be able to fix her vision and give her a new eye. Maybe, she will have two eyes instead of one at her wedding. Wow, now I'm thinking of weddings...

"Marie, if you promise me something, I will promise you something in return." Marie gave him a questioning look. "If you sing to me again... I promise I will restore your vision." Her eye widened at just the thought of it.

"Do you... Really think you could?"

"I want to, so I will. You just have to promise you will sing to me again."

Marie's lips spread into a huge smile as a few more tears fell. She then wrapped her arms around his neck. "Thank you." Stein found himself smiling also with his arms around her naked torso. No, he wasn't smiling because she was naked. He was smiling because he knew that she was happy, and that he was the cause of it. "I love you," she whispered in his ear.

Stein closed his eyes and held her tighter. "I love you too."

I don't know when the next chapter will be posted, I have registration and orientation for school tomorrow so I am not sure if I will be able to write. I probably will, but that's just a heads-up. -Mikshizels