Post by Mlle Bienvenu on Apr 25, 2006 23:36:54 GMT -5
"Wow..." Love said breathlessly, "She's beautiful..."
"Eh?" Mustang said turning around, "Who?"
"OH and look at the little girl! Isn't she adorable!? I'm going over to meet them!"
"NO!" Mustang grabbed Love's arm, "You can't!"
"Why not? She married?"
"Widowed. That's Gracia Hughes, and her daughter Alisia."
"Oh..." Love's face fell, "He was a lucky guy... I'd better make myself scarce ..."
Love stepped out on the veranda and into the cool of the evening.
"Hi, Love!" Chastity greeted him by hugging his leg.
"Hey! Why are you out here?"
"I wanted to watch the sun set." She said brightly. She held up her arms and Love picked her up.
"Why don't we watch it together then?"
"Okay!"
"Love?" She said after a while of watching the sun turn the sky into paint box colors.
"We're pals, right?"
Love laughed his childlike laugh, "Of course we are! Why do you ask?"
"Well, I wanted to ask you something...only.. I don't really know how to start..."
"What's on your mind? Maybe if you start there, the words'll come."
"Well...its just... I've been thinking..." She rested her elbow on his shoulder and held her head up with her hand, "now that we're human. A kid like me can't be running around on their own. I'm liable to be kiddnapped or something. And I haven't got my shield anymore..."
"Yeah... It sure is a big scary world out there."
"Yeah ... but its also really great too. Look at that sunset!"
"It's beautiful." Love agreed.
"And... I'd really like someone to share it with ... like a father."
"You... you want me to be your father?"
"Yeah... I mean, we've always sort of looked out for each other... seems only natural..."
"Alright...you've got a deal!"
"Shake on it... dad?" She grinned at him,
"Alright!" He laughed joyously, "you got it!"
Gracia stopped midsentence ... that laugh ...
"Mrs. Hughes, are you alright?"
"Yeah...um...I'm fine... just a bit tired is all..."
"Yeah it's been quite an evening...good turnout."
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Love leapt over the veranda railing, still clutching Chastity, who yelped in surprise. The sun had sunk below the horizon, making it difficult to see. The ground was not where Love had thought it was and he landed hard on his ankle, stumbling awkwardly onto the grass, using his body to sheild Chastity.
"You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine, you?"
"Yeah, I just twisted my ankle a bit. I forget I can't do that kind of thing. Are you sure you want me as a dad?"
She giggled, "I'm sure."
"Daddy?" Another voice floated through the darkness.
"That's Alicia," Chastity whispered, "We were playing before."
"Time to leave." He got to his feet, gingerly testing his ankle.
"Maes?"
Love limped as fast as he could across the gras with Chastity following behind..
"Mrs. Hughes!" Roy burst through the screen door,"Wait! It's not what you think!"
Alisia was the first to catch up with Love and fastend herself around his leg. He grunted in pain as her weight was added on his injured ankle, "Daddy!"
"Um.... I'm sorry, I'm not your dad..."
Gracia caught up with them, "Maes?" She said in a small quivering voice. Love hid his head with his arm.
"Uh...no sorry," He said, deepening his voice, " You...have the wrong guy..."
"Eh?" Mustang said turning around, "Who?"
"OH and look at the little girl! Isn't she adorable!? I'm going over to meet them!"
"NO!" Mustang grabbed Love's arm, "You can't!"
"Why not? She married?"
"Widowed. That's Gracia Hughes, and her daughter Alisia."
"Oh..." Love's face fell, "He was a lucky guy... I'd better make myself scarce ..."
Love stepped out on the veranda and into the cool of the evening.
"Hi, Love!" Chastity greeted him by hugging his leg.
"Hey! Why are you out here?"
"I wanted to watch the sun set." She said brightly. She held up her arms and Love picked her up.
"Why don't we watch it together then?"
"Okay!"
"Love?" She said after a while of watching the sun turn the sky into paint box colors.
"We're pals, right?"
Love laughed his childlike laugh, "Of course we are! Why do you ask?"
"Well, I wanted to ask you something...only.. I don't really know how to start..."
"What's on your mind? Maybe if you start there, the words'll come."
"Well...its just... I've been thinking..." She rested her elbow on his shoulder and held her head up with her hand, "now that we're human. A kid like me can't be running around on their own. I'm liable to be kiddnapped or something. And I haven't got my shield anymore..."
"Yeah... It sure is a big scary world out there."
"Yeah ... but its also really great too. Look at that sunset!"
"It's beautiful." Love agreed.
"And... I'd really like someone to share it with ... like a father."
"You... you want me to be your father?"
"Yeah... I mean, we've always sort of looked out for each other... seems only natural..."
"Alright...you've got a deal!"
"Shake on it... dad?" She grinned at him,
"Alright!" He laughed joyously, "you got it!"
Gracia stopped midsentence ... that laugh ...
"Mrs. Hughes, are you alright?"
"Yeah...um...I'm fine... just a bit tired is all..."
"Yeah it's been quite an evening...good turnout."
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Love leapt over the veranda railing, still clutching Chastity, who yelped in surprise. The sun had sunk below the horizon, making it difficult to see. The ground was not where Love had thought it was and he landed hard on his ankle, stumbling awkwardly onto the grass, using his body to sheild Chastity.
"You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine, you?"
"Yeah, I just twisted my ankle a bit. I forget I can't do that kind of thing. Are you sure you want me as a dad?"
She giggled, "I'm sure."
"Daddy?" Another voice floated through the darkness.
"That's Alicia," Chastity whispered, "We were playing before."
"Time to leave." He got to his feet, gingerly testing his ankle.
"Maes?"
Love limped as fast as he could across the gras with Chastity following behind..
"Mrs. Hughes!" Roy burst through the screen door,"Wait! It's not what you think!"
Alisia was the first to catch up with Love and fastend herself around his leg. He grunted in pain as her weight was added on his injured ankle, "Daddy!"
"Um.... I'm sorry, I'm not your dad..."
Gracia caught up with them, "Maes?" She said in a small quivering voice. Love hid his head with his arm.
"Uh...no sorry," He said, deepening his voice, " You...have the wrong guy..."