Milo was stunned to hear that. "Wait... you dreamed of me too?", he said as her eyes widened. "Wait... too?", Kida asked as Milo nodded.

"Yeah... I um... I guess I'm trying to say that I've dreamt about you as well, thought it was much more recent, just only these past few months.", Milo replied.

Kida's heart skipped a beat, and exhaled, "That means...we're destined for each other, to be together...I...this morning before you saw Atlantis, I healed you...I did not like to see you being hurt...Healing a destined mate means our bond would grow stronger...I'm sorry I did not tell you then, but you were essentially a stranger even if I saw you in my dreams...and now...", biting her lip as she averted her eyes in shameful sadness.

"And now?", Milo asked, in regard to being a stranger. Kida sighed as she replied, "Now... now I really do not know. I wish we had more time for you to stay, to not rush things, to not put you in this sort of situation...".

Milo took a deep breath, "Yet we got to know each other a bit better beyond our dreams...There's no guarantee that I...I could impregnate you in one time alone...", and Kida whispered, "But?".

There were no words spoke for a few moments before Kida's hands grabbed his, "Milo, please... I know I'm asking you of so much... but you really are our only hope now...".

Milo looked into her eyes, and he can see pain, hope, desperation, determination, tenderness, and love, not quite the platonic love of friendship or quite the deep love of long-lived marriage, but something in between, and even a smidge of stubbornness.

He whispered, "Kida...", deciding to test out with something first, something he never experienced before, and he leaned in, giving a brief, soft kiss on Kida's lips for 10 seconds, and Kida widened her eyes, her heart racing as she realized what Milo just did, and she whispered, "Not long enough...", with an impish smirk at Milo's confusion before she moved in closer to kiss him deeply yet just tender enough for his first kiss received back, feeling Milo trying to figure what to do with his arms as she wrapped her arms around his head and neck.

Eventually, he just decided to wrap his arms around her back, holding her fairly tight as they continued to kiss while kicking the legs to stay above the air pocket. After almost a minute of near continuous kissing, they finally pulled their heads back while still wrapped in each other's arms. "So, Milo... please... I really need an answer...".

Milo panted softly, his heart racing at how incredibly wonderful their first kiss on the lips was, and that he actually enjoyed it more than he had ever thought, and gave a soft smile, looking into her eyes, "Yes, Kida...I will be your mate, your prince consort, and hopefully, more...beyond that...".

Kida gave a gentle smile, yet her eyes is bright of joy, "You are more than you think, Milo...I know of a better place, where we can rest our bodies, private yet farther from here and the city, if you don't mind a bit more swimming to get there...".

"Well, if it's to give us a child... might be better if we find a place a bit more stable...", Milo joked as she smiled before the two of them took another breath and dived down.

Milo's mind was still running with so many things; both regarding everything centering around the Heart of Atlantis and then what he had just agreed with Kida.

Milo knew that he always would care for Kida from now then, as he found out that he actually likes her, and he wouldn't dare to abandon his own child, even if Kida would be a spectacular mother...He always wanted to feel like home again, to have a family who loves him...He hopes that if his parents and his grandparents, especially his grandfather would understand if they had partially watched over them..

And if Kida's father would let him study, explore the ruins, perhaps he could report his findings and with Kida's trust and all in him, maybe there would be something more to help the Heart of Atlantis, if it's dying, with the King's permission, and then all the people would flourish again, including his own child...

They resurfaced again after a minute in another air pocket, and Kida replied, "Almost there, Milo...Tell me if you want to turn back. I will not force you.", with an understanding smile as it's a lot on his mind.

Milo replied, "Kida, when I'm dedicated to something, I intend to do it right from the start, and I decided to be with you, through and through.", with a nod, and Kida kissed him warmly on the lips for a quick peck before diving back under once again, and Milo followed her.

As Kida swam, she glanced back at Milo with a coy smile as she turned into a funnel of moonlight through the water, with her crystal glowing, she teased her nipples and caressed her belly with her hands and fingers thoroughly, closing her eyes as she moved her hips, her memory instinctually guiding her to the final air pocket, higher and higher as she swam up, feeling Milo's eyes on her.

Milo honestly nearly stopped swimming there for a moment when he saw her teasing her body like that but managed to keep going until finally, they hit the surface again. Milo took a deep breath as he nearly was at the edge of breaking there in terms of holding his breath. "Sorry...", Kida apologized. "It was one of the further swims...".

Milo replied, "It's okay...You really aren't a regular princess...", with a smile before looking around to find themselves in a moonlit area with a narrow opening like a crevice of sorts in a half-submerged bridge, with a boulder-like pillar, maybe one of the pillars that was holding the bridge up, in a cross-cut way of sorts, and there under them, of the area is a islet of sand-like earth, with little saplings here and there surrounding a lone tree, a peculiar tree that is somehow two trunks twisting around into a large and beautiful tree, with a shape between the trunks, a heart shape.

His eyes widen in surprise, knowing that sometimes nature can make shapes, thanks to circumstances within the weather, the location of the planting and all, and he replied, "Wow...This is incredible...", before hearing Kida's voice, "Sia and I found this place long ago and we came here occasionally to take care of the saplings and the tree itself when a festival comes around to celebrate family and love. We agreed that we'd bring our destined mates for the first time someday on our own time apart of each other...", and he looked over, and his throat went dry as his heart nearly dropped yet raced at the same time, seeing Kida slowly walking into the moonlight, droplets of water everywhere as they followed gravity on her, and she smiled shyly yet mischievously, "See what you like, Milo?".

Milo nodded as he sighed. "And here I am having a body that ain't exactly worthy of a goddess like you...", he said as she smiled.

"Well, thankfully, I never really desired that in a mate; I much preferred a man who could capture my heart no matter how they looked.", Kida told him.

Milo exhaled, blushing as he walked up and out of the water, putting his waterproof bag to the side as Kida sat on the islet's warm sand-like earth, not quite annoying or gritty like the beach sand, but like mossy, looking at him with a smile, "Would you like to massage my back? I may be an expert swimmer, but sometimes they are sore.".

"Yeah, sure...", Milo nodded, gulping nervously as he went to kneel besides Kida, his hands touching Kida's shoulders, massaging them, and Kida sighed, purring, "Harder...".

He shivered softly, not from the chill as he's somehow warm from all the swimming, but in pleasure, feeling his penis getting ready into hardness from the first wakeup call of blood rushing to it, and massaged her shoulders deeper, and she moaned in pleasure, "Ohh...Milo...Please follow your heart, your instincts...So good...", relaxing with moaning sighs of pleasure, feeling her core of her womanhood stirring up.

"Okay then...", Milo obviously was very nervous but was somewhat sure enough what to do. He continued to massage, making sure that she was already slowly starting to warm up.

"Doing a good job?", he asked. "Wonderful...", Kida moaned as she leaned back against him and felt his manhood pressing against her lower back.

Kida smiled proudly yet nervously excited on the inside, sighing and moaning, "Yes, Milo...", and Milo took a deep breath, realizing that she didn't back away in fright of feeling himself against her skin, and leaned in to move her hair gently over the front, and kissed the nape of her neck, and Kida gave out a breathy gasp of pleasure, moaning louder in pleasure, and Milo kept massaging her, getting lower and harder while experimenting with his kisses around her neck, to her earlobes, and down to her shoulders, earning Kida to relax further into his chest, moaning and gasping in pleasure, "Please! Oh, gods! You really are a quick learner in this! Ohh...", feeling her core of her womanhood getting warmer.

"Well, there were a few 'special' books that I found as a bit of a guide...", Milo admitted as she chuckled. "Hopefully they knew what they were talking about... they seem to have been correct with how I feel...", Kida said as Milo took a deep breath and stopped massaging her back... instead, his hands were slowly starting to move around her back towards the front as he caressed her.

Kida moaned in pleasure, closing her eyes in bliss as she felt his hands caressing her, "So nice...", while feeling his lips gently pecking her shoulders, and then she shivered in delight as his hands massaged her abs, her abs she gained from hunting, swimming, and general chores...

"You really are in great shape, Kida...You aren't mad if you gain baby weight?", Milo whispered softly, while exhaling as he traced her abs, for he would do this a different way, to feel her baby bump one day...Gods, she would be even more gorgeous if she gets pregnant...

Kida turned her head to kiss his cheek while her hands cover his hands tenderly, "No, for I'd not care when they need room to grow, to be loved and adored, to be the beginning of a new hope, and besides, I can always whip back into shape after a very long pregnancy, and it will be worth it...Sia told me that in some of her findings about romance fiction when there are pregnancies in the epilogue, the birth would be painful, but when in the arms of the mother, it's like everything goes away when they see them for the first time...".

"So... Atlantean pregnancies...?", Milo had to ask as Kida chuckled, "Well, those romances had the idea, but if I remember at least from our history; that our pregnancies aren't really that painful; more just a good amount of discomfort, really.". Milo had to assume that must have been something either to do with the Heart or just Atlantean biology in general.

Milo asked, "And I suppose that since you, all of your people live so long, the pregnancies are similar yet different?", and Kida nodded, "Yes. Carrying for 18 months. 4 months for a 2-month-old baby, 4 months for a four-month-old baby, 4 months for a six-month-old baby, 4 months for an eight-month-old baby, and two months for the nine-month-old baby, and you can figure the math there.".

"Amazing...", Milo muttered as he finished rubbing her belly before he slowly moved his right hand up to slowly cup her right breast, causing her to loudly moan. "Milo!", Kida cried for a moment as Milo smiled.

"You like that?", Milo asked with a curious chuckle. "Play with my nipple too while you touch me there..", Kida told him.

Milo replied, "You got it.", as he then moved his left hand to play with her left breast's nipple, while caressing and squeezing her right breast with his right hand, and Kida loudly moaned, "Oh, yes! Please, more! Ohh!", feeling her core of her womanhood getting close to the boiling point, getting so warm as she arched her back in pleasure, getting closer to his chest, resting her head and hair over Milo's shoulder, showing off her neck.

Milo went to kiss the front of her neck and jaw and lips as he continued to pleasure her, feeling his penis getting hard, almost instinctually thrusting at the crack of her ass, as Kida moaned and gasped in pleasure.

Groaning at the pleasant friction, Milo switched between methods with different breasts and his hands for several minutes, feeling the throbbing heat rushing into his penis, hearing Kida's loud moans and gasps of pleasure before she pleaded, "Milo, please, I want you inside me! I want to be your mate!".

Milo throatily replied, "I want you too, Kida...", before in an almost quick dash, even for himself, leaving from her back, turning over, pinning her back on the mossy, sand-like earth, with the saplings framing herself as she opened her legs, revealing her moist vagina, and she looked at him, "I'm very much falling in love with you, Milo...Please be mine...Be my mate...", throbbing with need, desire, that growing love in her heart and body.

"I could say the same, Kida...", Milo told her as he leaned forward for another passionate kiss as he rubbed against her, his hands still playing with her breasts.

Kida moaned and gasped into the passionate kiss as she wrapped her arms around him, feeling the warmth of his penis rubbing against her womanhood, her vagina, helping it widen up, preparing to welcome him in when he's ready.

After a long minute of the passionate kiss, Milo moved his hands to caress her sides, brushing his thumbs against her belly of abs tenderly, and whispered, "You are glorious...I promise if I get you pregnant from this, I won't ever leave you and our child, Kida...".

Kida's eyes swelled in tears, smiling, realizing that Milo had said basically the vow of the groom to their carrier or female mate, almost like he truly has a Atlantean heart/soul in him, and whispered, "And I believe you, Milo...I'm ready. Are you?".

He took a deep breath as he nodded before he lined himself up, slowly pushing himself against her as she could feel him right at her very walls, just waiting for one last push before they would become one.

Kida moaned in pleasure, caressing his back as he felt so good, awed of her warmth, and he slowly penetrated into her, and then with another passionate kiss, he finally moved his hips, thrusting through her hymn walls, and Kida gasped in muffled pain through the kiss, becoming one with him as she wrapped her legs around his waist, becoming mates the moment they suddenly saw each other's lives in their heads from the first cognizant memories as a very young child to now.

"What... what was that?", Milo whispered as the two of them practically were still, not moving as Milo was trying to process what exactly had just happened in his head.

Kida whispered, "Giving each other our most beloved and beautiful memories, along with the most impactful memories of our lives...You were so adorable in that reflection of a mirror. You were literally the apple of your parents' eyes...Your mother, she was so lovely...Your father, he was so proud and humble...I would've lost you if you went with them...Your grandfather...He really tried to stay strong for you, those tears in his eyes when he had to tell you as soon as you were awake the next day...", her heart aching for her mate.

Milo was practically stunned by hearing that. He had so many questions as his mind was trying to sift through the ones that Kida had given him. "How... how exactly is this possible?", he asked as she chuckled. "You have that exact same question for much of our society too...", Kida teased as she had a good point.

Milo then exhaled as he found the memory, the clear yet not clear memory of her own mother being taken away, and the destruction of Atlantis...He felt Kida's confusion, fear, desperation, hearing her calls for her mother in Atlantean, reaching for her, crying, seeing a bright white light enveloping the sky as faint screams and running people were heard and seen, seeing her father wrapping around her, with little Sia in his arms, ordering her to close her eyes, and an explosion sound within a whirring sound combined was barely heard over the crashing destruction of the outer city borders with waves of water and earth shaking as he felt Kida collapse in exhaustion and stress out by then.

The next day, he felt Kida's grief, confusion, and shame when her father told her that her mother, her and Sia's mother, would never come back again...Milo whispered, looking at Kida, "I saw it...Gods...He wanted to protect you two from going blind, yet he did...She really was beautiful, Kida...I would've mistaken her for an older sister or aunt if she was here. You were so young...", gently kissing her few tears away.

"We truly are meant for each other...Those memories will stay within us to the end of time, Milo...Now, I know...I love you, Milo James Thatch.", Kida cradled his cheek with her hand, her heart full of love for she is knowing Milo beyond today as who he truly is, thanks to the memories.