Ok I'm back with another chapter since I've gotten decent feedback. I hope you all enjoy the story than!
Saito and Louise were in the tea shop about to take off. Louise had her favorite, a strawberry parfait. Saito had nothing other than tea, mainly because she insisted he had some. Once the sweets were paid for the two left the shop with smiles and returned to their apartment.
They both arrived at the small apartment complex. There were around 8 apartments there, so they were friends with most of their neighbours. They approached the door titled with a '4'.
"Ok, we should finish packing for tomorrow." Saito said.
"Ok, let's get to it then." Louise said with a smile. They had planned on visiting Saito's parents who had moved from Tokyo to Matsudo. They had planned to move to be closer to family after Saito disappeared, but when he came back they decided to continue with the move, as the arrangements had been done. It was only the fifth visit to their new home it Matsudo, so it was still an exciting experience for them.
They both went into their room and began packing. Saito only needed a gym bag for his things while Louise had a huge pink suitcase with black polka dots.
"Ok, I will go and get started on the dinner." Louise said as she finished her packing. Saito was watching TV as he had finished quite a bit before she had.
"Do you want me to help you?" Saito asked.
"No, no, no. You just sit and relax. Let me show you that all that practise was for." Louise said with a wink and headed into the kitchen. Saito did as he was told and continued to watch the show that was on. About 35 minutes later Louise returned with two servings of hiyashi chuka.
"Wow, you've definitely improved since last time." Saito said, slightly shocked at what looked to be a professional done meal.
"Well I am a perfectionist." Louise said with glee. The two sat on the couch and ate the meal that Louise had made.
"Ahh, now that's good food." Saito said as he sat back on the sofa.
"Was it really?! I mean, yes it should be." Louise said, trying not to act so surprised and hid her joyful face
"Yep, if only every dinner could be this good." Saito said carelessly.
"What is that supposed to mean?!" Louise said with a clenched fist brought to Saito's face.
"Nothing, nothing I swear! Oh look dirty plates, I'll clean these and you can go get a shower." Saito said while changing the subject.
"Oh, ok then." Louise then jumped up and headed for the bathroom. Saito sighed and took the plates to the sink to be washed.
Around thirty minutes later Louise exited the shower and instructed Saito to get one and hurry up so they could get a good sleep for tomorrow's journey. Saito did as he was told and was in and out in no time at all. Louise was already lying under the covers of the double bed when he entered the bedroom.
Saito rushed around to the vacant side and slide in.
"Hey, hey Louise, remember what you said at the start of the year?" Saito said while tapping on his wife's shoulder. She spun around and looked at him
"Oh let me guess, umm... What were we doing when I said it?" She asked. Saito smirked knowing full well she had forgotten.
"We were at that fancy restaurant, you know with the butler style staff and stuff." Saito said.
"Oh yes that place. Hmm.. Can you give me another clue?" She asked.
"It was an important promise you made to me, about when the winter break rolls around." Saito said with his grin growing wider. After a brief moment of thought Louis's face went bright red and she averted her eyes from his.
"W-What ab-bout it?" She said shakily. Saito inched closer and put his arms around her.
"I'd like to redeem it now." He said as he kissed her.
*The Following Morning*
Saito had woken up early to watch watch some of the TV shows he was still catching up on in his absence. Louise lay happily in bed in the middle of a dream.
She and her husband were standing on a beach front with the tide brushing at their feet. Saito had his arm around her and she was pressed up against him. For her this was complete bliss being in happy thoughts with the person she loved, even if she couldn't show that like a normal couple due to her stubbornness.
In the dream they stayed like this for a good while until Louise heard a faint noise just ahead of them out in the water towards the pink sunset. Without thinking she let go of Saito and began to walk out into the still water. Louise turned to see that Saito was gone, but the sound was louder now. She seemed naturally attracted to where the noise was coming from. Louise made the noise out to be faint laughter. Not evil or even a haha laugh, no it was more of a pure cheerful laugh. Not even so much a laugh more an innocent giggle. Like a school girl. No not even, more childish... Like a baby.
Louise reached the source of this laugh. She could no longer see the beach, however the water remained around knee depth. At her knees a basket floated. Louise lifted it up and the giggling stopped. Louise slowly opened the lid to reveal a baby, no more than three weeks old. It was not crying, but smiling with tiny tears of joy. The baby opened its eyes to reveal pearly pink eyes, much like Louise's but with a shade of blue on the edge of the baby's iris.
With an incredibly huge smile the baby reached out to Louise, and letting out a "mommy"
Wooooooow second chapter, and what has happened already.
Yes, yes yes its been a while, but I have a good reason, that being my tablet had broken almost two months ago and this is my only way of writing, so I was stuck. Anyway it was fixed the other day so I rushed to get this out.
Anyway its good to be back and thank you for reading.
Co-written by Kernals
Please review to let me know how I did after that absence and your opinion of the story cheers!
Saito, Louise and every other character of The Familiar of Zero were made by Noboru Yamaguchi