Destructive Models

If it was interesting to her, and she had fun...and wanted to learn these things...then he could accept that; she wouldn't change who she was just to fit into the clan's standards... Mia was stubborn, he knew...but he'd just wanted the reassurance. Mia was Mia...

He wouldn't worry then.

C-Co...Consort...t-though...

S-Saying...as such like that... He...He wasn't even sure if he could say the word, much like...like the earlier ones.

"I-I...I-I believe...I...w-will stick with future wife...e-even if it is a bit more of a mouthful..." It was the one he could manage saying...

Not amazing though? She was wrong... She was amazing; now that Mia had released his hands, his arms moved back around her to hold her. He could lie them back down in a moment, and they could cuddle up again; doing that would be nice...relaxing. They still needed baths, but...

"You are amazing, and wonderful..." She could think him silly all she liked; she was amazing, and there was nothing that would change his mind on the matter.

He continued with his earlier nuzzling for a few moments, focusing on showering her with more affection as he'd been doing earlier.

"That's really cute of you... B-But that is a mouthful... H-How about your love? E-Easier?" Mia was embarrassed to offer that but... future wife was a mouthful and more embarrassing! Just because it was now...out there as their... future life checkpoint... that this was what they both wanted and intended... Didn't mean they had to just say it all the time.

Mia smiled sweetly as Masaru's arms slipped around her again. She lifted her head a bit to plant a soft kiss on his chin in thanks, glad that he had accept her words... and that they'd had this talk. He understood a bit better... Now they just needed cuddle baths! And more kisses in a bit.

Lots of kisses, his word provoking an obvious response as she hopped in place. Why did he feel that way?! Mia was red as she gave him an almost pouting reply. "You can't just...not explain how... The other person can't understand your feelings i-if you don't tell them! F-Feelings aren't always logical b-but its.."

She gave up with a sigh, too flustered to continue. "...Thank you...for...saying I am...those...things..."

"M-Maybe it is...th-that's definitely...easier...Love is...easier." Love was a lot easier for him to say...i-it was also less than an a mouthful...

For now, Love worked...it was...flustering to say, but much easier in comparison to the other...other terms. They had...their future set then... With this conversation i-it... They knew their next...step to be taking in the future...

E-Eh?

He looked down to Mia as she hopped in place and... W-Well... He should...explain then?

"W-Welcome..." Masaru replied, glancing to the side for a short bit as he rested his head on top of her own. "I...don't even...k-know if I could describe all the reasons...personally...but..."

In some aspects, it was as Mia had said...sometimes feelings weren't the most logical, b-but there were some explanations he could give! He just...needed to...muster the nerve...

"I love your kindness, I love how we can talk about things... I also love your stubborn side, you've helped me a lot..." He began, letting out a breath afterwards. "Despite your shyness at first...when I fell from that tree you still went to see if I was alright, and sometime after you even accepted a friendship between us...It made me happy, e-even if...I was...a bit ridiculous when it came to...the first confession...

I'm happy...about encountering you in the past...even if I don't like what those bubbles did... I was...really happy that day too.

I'm...likely mixing in a lot of moments...I know, but...it's difficult to describe...everything, so...so I'm starting with how happy you make me...

When I was sick...I'm sorry I worried you, and overworked myself, but...I'm glad you stuck by me, and...even when I acted childish about the medicine...you sat there with me and helped me become alright with it...at least, for that moment..."

There were...lots of times...she'd made him happy...whenever they were in each others presence really...

"I'm happy, and feel happy whenever you're simply standing here with me...o-or in this case sitting...t-the point still stands..."

Mia... Mia, bless her soul, died there in Masaru's arms. She hadn't honestly expected him to say a damn thing. The expected outcome had not been for him to describe it, Mia was just pointing out a fallacy in his...his words...and actions...

And say a damn thing he did. Many damn things. Pulling back, she stared as the heat in her face burned bright, unable to reply but for tiny squeaks. Mia was even unable to bury her face in his neck or hide it, she was too stunned and frozen... He loved her stubbornness, how they always talked about things... How she had opened up to him despite being shy... That she came to see if he was okay...

That she...had met him then...in the past and made him happy...

He didn't have to be sorry... He didn't... It was okay, she was there to help him especially when sick... They could cover for each other's weaknesses... And he had...been so cute but also... had had such bad memories... It was...Mia wanted to say this but couldn't. She couldn't speak from her shock...

As he trailed off slightly, for what she assumed was only a moment, her hands came up and covered his mouth. Covered it. Kept it covered. Her head shook, her flushed face bright and burning and she couldn't speak. He thought all of that...of her... And more...

"H-H-H-Happy!" Mia burst into tears but she was smiling, those words meant the world to her... And it showed how her eyes shined. Also that was the only word she could get out...

"A-Mmph-!" Masaru could get no more out, just as he'd attempted to do so... Mia had... Mia had cut him off! She'd covered his mouth before he could say more! He was...was trying to explain his feelings!

By her reaction though...it seemed she'd had enough for now; his arms continued to remain wrapped around her, his eyes blinking as he looked down at her.

"M...Mia?" His words were muffled as he saw Mia shaking her head, her face bright in color. His...His words had meant that much?

H...Happy...

His eyes had widened at that one word before softening; he was smiling and one hand left her to move up to wipe her eyes. She was crying, but they weren't sad tears...

Good! Plan Muffled Masaru and stop the words that flustered and broke her heart all up into bit of pure and utter joy was a complete success! She couldn't explain one bit and shook her head more, her mouth opening to try but failing as he stared at her in confusion.

His eyes though widened as she had at least gotten one word to tell him out... Luckily... That was good, he understood and she sniffled very softly as his hand wiped tears. She leaned against it, nuzzling it softly before she leaned forward to kiss him... And kissed her hands.

...

She turned red again, this time with shame before letting her hands fall from his lips. He had stopped... So it was safe... But now Mia stared down at his chest because...hand KISSING?! Only he had done that while fevered and...and... She was a failure. An embarrassing failure!

They seemed to have some silent understanding, and Masaru was happy about that; they were both happy, both very happy with one another...and he had been able to at least describe his feelings somewhat...

They were both happy...

His eyes were still on Mia as she leaned forward and...kissed...her hands... She had meant to kiss him...

Her action earned a happy chuckle, she had...had done what he had when he'd been sick, though...her action now hadn't been an intentional one.

"I'm not sick, Mia." It was a joke, obviously so as he reached for one of her wrists, bringing it back up after she'd let them drop to kiss her palm.

He lowered her hand afterwards, and moved to lift her chin; leaning in, he placed his lips against hers in an actual kiss. This had been...waht she'd wanted to do...

Mia was a failure! An utter failure! A disgrace! Masaru was even chuckling! Aaah she was going to die!

...Masaru though was at least amused, small comfort as she wished to die by curling up into a ball and keep curling until she disappeared into oblivion. Disappear... Utterly disappear...

His words stopped her thoughts in their tracks as she froze for a moment. He wasn't sick... He wasn't sick! She knew that! He.. was teasing her and Mia's face grew in heat as she squeaked and smiled when he took her hand. His lips on her palm were... were... that kiss was flustering. Intensely flustering... It felt nice though, this kind of fluster and she finally went to reply just as his hands lifted her chin. "I-I kno-Mm!"

He kissed her! After all that he kissed her! Like this! So... so... Mia melted against him, her hand gripping his while her other slipped into his hair to keep him there. He was killing her with emotions...

Masaru continued with the kiss after Mia had responded, unable to help but smile against her lips for a short second before his focus returned to the kiss.

He felt her hand grip his, and the other move to slip into his hair. She was...holding him here? Well, that was certainly fine by him. He was happy to continue kissing her.

They had had a nice talk... Sorted things out...and were now set with...f-future plans. Now was a time to relax with all of their happy feelings...

Mia felt Masaru's smile and tried not to giggle. She really failed but it was hard not to when he did such things. The kissing was sweet and gentle... very nice... Mia may have been emotional right now but it wasn't tied with anything else and she was happy with that. They should both relax...

She continued kissing him for a few more moments as her fluster calmed enough to speak and focus, pulling back once she felt okay enough. Her eyes shined with love as she smiled, a small kiss unable to be helped as her mouth found his for a second after their kiss broke. "I love you. Those...all you said... It means the world to me... A-And the palm kissing and...teasing... was cute...and nice... M-Masa you can be smooth!"

Mia was all laughs as she said that, her head shaking a bit. Utter honesty was them! There was one thing on their future plans list that...was important even if it was embarrassing... "U-Um... before we go bathe...how...how do you feel about children? I-I know you'll need an heir when...when we... officially..."

The second small kiss after they'd separated earned a chuckle; he was happy with the affection they were sharing right now. Just happy affection...

He was...happy to know his words meant so much to her, relieved he'd been able to show her somewhat of how he felt, and why...

H-Huh!?

He seemed surprised for a short moment before slight fluster took over. S-Smooth...w-well...yes... He supposed...

"I-I..I suppose..." He answered, voicing his thoughts as one of his hands threatened to reach for the back of his neck.

Before they bathed... T-That...

"H-How I feel...? I...I mean, I like children? I-Is there something you...were concerned about...?" W-Well...a-an heir was necessary, yes...

Mia enjoyed Masaru's enjoyment and the shared affection they were giving each other, the soft playful and happy ones... It made her so happy on top of everything else. He could be free and safe here with her. Even being as naked as he was wasn't bothering him! It wasn't bothering her either... She did smile though and tug his hair softly. "Very. I was flustered by that and the hand kissing combined... And that kiss... You were... very very impressive."

At least...Masaru liked the actions that would...later make his...heir... Mia was red faced at that thought but smiled still as he said what she wanted to hear. She let out a sigh of relief and spoke up to explain. "I-I had... hoped... I-Its best to know! M-Masa?"

Looking rather serious, Mia stared up into Masaru's bright blue eyes with her violet ones. She was intent on her words and nodded first. "...I want a lot of children. A lot! I want a really large family, a large family with you one day... Is...is that okay?"

H...He had been...impressive...

It was a bit of a surprise to hear that, he had...been mostly joking when he'd spoken then before he had kissed her, but she had thought that and the kiss...had been...smooth...

She had hoped...he liked children?

Now she looked rather serious; she was... S-She wanted...a large family? L-Lots of children...

She was asking if that was alright...

He seemed surprised for a moment, and blinked...before smiling again, leaning in to kiss her forehead before pulling back slightly. "I would be happy with that... If that's what you wish, I would be happy to give you a large family... A large family...with you...would be really nice, I think."

They could...have a large family... That sounded nice...

Mia noticed Masaru's shock but waited before she started panicking. If he... was shocked...better than angry or worried or pensive. If it was those it could be...be bad... he'd be thinking on a reply that wouldn't hurt her possibly...

His smiled washed away all worries and hope shined from her eyes as he kissed her forehead. Mia didn't resist a happy giggle, though it was a twinge muffled as she waited for his reply. It was... he'd be happy...it sounded nice... Mia let out the happiest cry, jumping up as she wrapped her arms around Masaru's neck in a warm hug. "Thank you! Thank you.... I've always... always wanted... to...have a large family with...lots of children... Thank you Masaru! It means...so much to me!"

When...they married... she would... take the spell off... then...

They still needed a bath... she was lost for the moment though. Her dream, one of her dreams would definitely come true because of Masaru now.

Mia's joyful reaction earned a laugh from him, a cheerful one as she shot up and wrapped her arms around his neck; that happy cry of hers. He returned her embrace, holding her to him as she began to thank him.

"Aha... You don't need to thank me; I'm would be happy to have a large family with you, Mia... Welcome, though... I'm happy I can give you this."

They would have a large family; they would...marry one day in the future...and they would have a nice, large family...

Mia seemed to want this more than he'd realized at first, and again...it made him happy to know that he could give her this.

"I wanted to!" Mia nuzzled her head against Masaru's, smiling up a storm as he held her close to him back. It felt like her whole world was just perfect right now, she had Masaru who loved her utterly, wished to be with her and have a family... A father who adored her and wanted her to be a large part of his life... A job she liked and was happy with... A little sister who loved her...

Friends... So many friends...

She wasn't alone at all anymore, her world had expanded so much. And Masaru had helped it along so much. "I'm happy you want to... That its not a problem at all..."

"We should get a bath in though now... M-Maybe I can...cuddle you in it?" Snuggling up in a bath sounded nice right now... Mia wasn't sure she wanted to get robes on and head to a bath. But it was needed...

Mia's nuzzles earned more happy chuckles from Masaru; they had...planned so much now, but he wasn't bothered in the slightest. He was glad to have all of this...out there, and discussed; they'd talked important things over...so...when the time came...t-there wasn't anything to worry about...

"Mhm..." He gave a nod; it wasn't a problem at all...

Baths... They did need them.

"Of course you can, we can head to the baths and clean up, and then relax together." They could get some robes on and head down there...

With Masaru as happy as she was, Mia was far too overjoyed. She nuzzled his head more as he chuckled, before planting a few kisses and deciding if she did not pull away they would be stuck on the bed getting and giving affection for hours.

She would marry him one day... and they would start a nice family... It was more than enough to keep her happy for days, if not weeks.

It took her a few moments though before she could make herself pull away, slipping from his arms and settling back on the bed with the happiest grin that she allowed him to see. Then she turned, moving to crawl off of the bed as her hair trailed after her in a black train.

"Okay, I'll get off now then... Or I'll never want to bathe! Masa, thank you... I mean for...more than just that. For...for everything. And making me so happy too." She glanced back for a moment as she reached the edge of the bed to smile at him before her face shifted to shocked dismay as she crawled right off the edge of the bed. "Eeep!"

Thud...

"Right, right; aha..." Masaru gave another chuckle as Mia parted from him; she had a point, if they didn't find some stopping point they'd never bathe... "We'll get our robes, and get to the bathes then."

Mia was edging towards the side of the bed to get off and...thanked him again...

"It's not a problem at all Mia, Welcome; I'm happy I co-ah! M-Mia!?" She'd slipped off! Quickly, he moved towards the edge and got off the bed, moving to her side. "A-Are you alright?"

It had...happened before, but...but he still had to know!

Why couldn't she just get off of this bed like a normal person? Mia had made a habit of just falling off of it it seemed... Masaru followed her, much more gracefully as she laid against the floor and wished for that magical hole to appear. Seriously, with how much they wish for it... it should have shown up by now!

He was worried though...

"My pride...is dust... b-but I am fine." Mia murmured as she flipped to her back from her scrunched up position from landing. Masaru was there and worried... She pushed herself up, her hair a mess now over her face and body around them and brushed it all back to smile.

Mia had a small mark from where she had landed on her cheek but was otherwise unhurt, the woman's pride busted mostly.

Her...pride...

W-Well... They'd...both suffered a bit today... Still, Masaru stood with Mia and waited as she brushed her hair back after it'd covered her face. A frown appeared as he noticed the marking, and without having to think much on it reach out to use kido to heal it.

"There...was a mark." He explained once he was done, pulling his hand back and offering a sheepish smile of sorts.

At least...they'd both embarrassed themselves...in each other's presence, no one else's. It had just been the two of them, alone...

Mia hopped slightly as Masaru's hand came out and the mark she had barely felt went away. Her hand moved from brushing hair back to touching the spot that had previously been a small injury. It wasn't... wasn't there anymore and Masaru was a dork. She just sighed with her grin and shook her head, he'd frowned so that wasn't good and the sheepish smile wasn't much better! Mia leaned forward and kissed the corner of his mouth, both sides before pulling back and moving to stand.

She held tinted cheeks on her face as the woman moved to grab one of her many robes hanging up in the closet, heading for it to get them for the pair. Mia wanted to explain her actions but couldn't and instead tried to speak her mind. She also failed at this... "W-Well...if it gets you to...Um... I don't know where I was going with this but... I like it, when you worry...? I-I mean not in the bad way but like... small worries. When you take care of me! Aha. So it isn't so bad to me, getting hurt, if it means I get taken care of by you Masa."

K-Kisses...?

W-Well, if Mia wanted to do that then it was fine; kisses were welcome. She'd given him two on the corners of his mouth...after he'd healed her scratch...

H-Huh? W-Wasn't so bad getting injured like that...well, it was just a scratch; "D-Don't...make a habit out of it, aha... I'll heal any injury like that you ever get though." He gave a smile as he stepped over to where Mia was as she got the robes for them.

He didn't want her getting hurt like that, but...they weren't life threatening or anything, and he was well able to heal such injuries, so of course he would watch out for her and always make sure there wasn't a scratch on her.

"I won't do it on purpose! But... I'll definitely enjoy all that attention and having you protecting me like that." Mia admitted with a smile, turning back part of the way to smile towards Masaru again. The closet was close though and she quickly found two of their robes for bathing, pulling one out for him first and handing it over.

Hers was pulled on and tied after she made sure nothing was sticking out that shouldn't. It took only a few moments before she was ready for the bath and Mia turned to Masaru with her hand raised up for him to take. "Ready, My Lord?"

She'd definitely try not to get hurt... But it was so much... so nice really having him give her attention.

"I-I would...and will give you...attention regardless of whether you're hurt or not..." Masaru muttered, glancing off to the side, his hand itching to move to the back of his neck, but he was resisting the urge.

He would though, he would give Mia plenty of attention...l-like earlier, when they'd been all snuggled up... He could do that again when they settled in the bath!

Masaru accepted the robe from her, slipping it on and tying while being utterly focused on his plans of affection before...

"!!" T-That again!? "T-That...again...?" He questioned, blinking once before...taking her hand as she wanted him to.