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[Video before beach party]

[Leanne in robes during the hottest part of the day. She was sipping a glass of wine, shivering just a little bit.]

So many people seem to think it is hot outside today. I don't know why I am so cold.

[It was confusing to her as to why she was so cold.]

I heard there was a beach party. I don't know if I should go, I don't have a proper outfit and I am not sure if Darling is desiring to go. But it could be fun, to enjoy the beach.

[But she is not sure if she wants to go and show off her scars.]

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Kidnapping shenanigans!

[He's sure, that if Saori or Tatsumi would saw him, they would have a heart attack. Or at least be frozen in shock so much that they may remain like that for a few days. Phoenix Ikki, the rebel, the one that refused to do anything when asked... Bothering to take care of a mansion as big as Saori's as if he was some servant. But he isn't and he knows that if one day he stops doing it or doesn't do "everything" no one will demand him to do it. But the place is big and there are many people there, more and more it seemed, and he still feels as if they are taking advantage of Grell's and Marco's kindness so he keeps making sure that there's enough food, that even if someone gets up in the middle of the night they will find something to eat, delicious and ready so they don't have to bother preparing something or going back to bed while hungry.

And after he's made sure of that, he makes sure that everything is in order, doors locked, windows secured, nothing on the halls that would make someone trip if they walked around half asleep. He's sure that it's not even half the work of what someone like Tatsumi would do, but it's still a lot more than what Ikki would ever do in the Kido mansion. Even now. Still it takes time to do it all and be satisfied, even if he tries to do it quickly so his wife isn't left waiting for him for too long in their room.

Either way there's a smile on his face as he comes into their room.]

Still feeling cold? You may be the only person to complain about that during what seems to be a heat wave for this place.

[She was quite proud of herself. There is now a new family member living with them. Leanne couldn't help but to keep her chest puffed up with pride and chuckles at his words, when he enters. She was wearing a see through nightgown as it was only hi to see her like this.]

Yes, it is odd how I am feeling so cold all the time.

[She chuckles and shakes her head.]

I don't know if I should feel lucky or jealous of the others. How are you handling the heat, love?

[He raises an eyebrow slightly at the glow of pride she has, he has a good idea why, he could sense the new Cosmo in the house and he knew who had been the one that brought it. He has yet to bother to talk personally even with the first of Leanne's friends to come, but he's still happy to see Leanne finding more people from her world. Though it worries him a little how she's bringing people there, he doesn't mind sharing the living space with them, even if it was a smaller house, but this isn't their house after all. Hopefully Grell won't get angry with them, though if she does then he will go and find another place for all of them.

Maybe he should start checking already just in case.]

It hardly feels like heat to me, Japan used to get temperatures like those and Death Queen Island and Kanon Island... Well, in the first one metals melted in the summer, so you can take a guess of how much hotter that was.

[And he lived in a volcano in Kanon Island which is even hotter. As he speaks he moves around to undress himself to prepare for bed.]

Maybe your problem is that you need some help to be hot.

[She always has the coldest hands but it is true that those days that she has complained about feeling cold she was cold to even his touch. Her hands were still the coldest, though, so he wasn't too worried about her being sick. Maybe it was a side effect from not having mated during Spring, or something.]

[She smiles at the sight of his raised eyebrow. She couldn't leave Michiah alone with no place to call home here. It was nice to have friends and adopted family members come here. She can introduce them to Ikki with pride and they can see her happiness that he has given her.]

It's probably an effect from being a phoenix. Though.... How could you stand heat that high?

[He always seem to find new was to amaze her. She watches him from her place on the bed, idly scooting over to for him to get his spot on the bed.]

You think so? I bet you can help with that.

[She wasn't sick despite feeling so cold but she remembered back in Nautilius how she would use Ikki as a means to stay warm.]

Perhaps my body is just used to having you here to keep it warm.

[It could be due to not mating. She always felt weird and semi-annoyed with her body for a few months after Spring.]

The human body is far more capable of adapt to things than we give it credit for. That and I'm pretty sure that the phoenix thing had something to do with it all.

[He sits on the bed, taking off his pants before turning to look at her and pausing for a moment, simply admiring her there, waiting for him.]

You know, I don't think I'm ever going to get used to this. Going to bed with a goddess by my side waiting for me, without having been beat up and without any war going on outside.

[It's just so surreal, something so... Normal for most people but something he never thought about. Something he would have never thought to be able to enjoy even if someone had told him.

He raises a hand to caress her face, pulling her hair behind her ear. Every day was a blessing since he had asked her to marry him and it still marvelled him.]

I noticed you brought someone new to the mansion.

[She giggles and shakes her head.]

I am sure that you being a phoenix has everything to do with it, Darling.

[It always felt something special. Feeling his eyes looking at her, those eyes that shine with love for her and just her. A blush forms on her face and under that gaze, she feels beautiful.]

I am no more a goddess than you are a god. You should get used to it, I will always be here, waiting for you.

[She closes her eyes as she feels his hand caressing her face and a soft and gentle coo leaves her lips.]

It still feels like a dream... Having you here and loving me.

[Her eyes open and the look of both pride and love is shining in her eyes. Having only him in those emerald eyes.]

I did, she was homeless and a good friend from home. She shouldn't cause trouble for my lady Grell.

[A small sigh as she goes to cup her wings around him before speaking in a serious tone.]

Her name is Miciah. She is a Branded, but she is still Miciah and an ally to the Heron clan. My oldest brother followed her during the final war.

[He can't help but laugh when she claims that he's a god, even with her loving him like that he knows he is far from being one. Even if he ignores the way the gods that he knows are.]

You know that with the way they are in my world, being called a god isn't a compliment, right?

[He's joking, though, he knows well what she means, even if he's far from one. He's nowhere as perfect as she is, much less as pure hearted, because even with everything she has gone through and suffered, she still managed to keep her light intact. That was a strength he had only seen once before, in Athena, and not even Athena could do it as well as Leanne did.]

The only dream I never want to wake up from. Even if it means giving up everything else.

[And that thought is still a bit scary, the realization that if he has to choose, when he has to choose, he will choose her no matter what. Even above Marco, even above Athena and his brothers. Because it's as he had told Marco, with his brothers and Athena he was always the phoenix more than Ikki, Ikki was just the vessel, the second name attached to the one that truly mattered. But with Leanne, Ikki was just as important if not more. He could be a phoenix or just Ikki, whatever he wanted, whatever he needed, and she loved him either way, accepted him whole. With his scars and his shadows.

He could spend hours simply looking at her lovingly and he wouldn't be able to transmit how much he loved her through that alone.]

I'm sure she won't, but even if she did we will figure something out... I'll start to look for a place for us all should Grell decide she has enough with us bringing people in.

[Not that Ikki had brought anyone, but he was Leanne's husband and so what she did was something he did as well. He supported his wife and took responsibility for her actions as much as she did.

There's something in his eyes that shifts the moment she mentions that her friend is Branded, recognizing the term. How could he not when it's something that has been in the back of his mind for months?]

Branded... Things must have been hard for her, I hope we can make her feel safe and at home.

There aren't any from your world that would recognize that term here yet, right? No one that would try to hurt her or you because of that?

[Because if there are, he will have to take meassures to make sure that Micaiah is protected as well as Leanne and Nephenee. He can sense that none of them really need his protection, but that won't stop him from giving it to them.]

I know but then you will become the first good god.

[It was a bit of playful verbal play. He was perfect to her. She reaches over to first lightly pet his face before lightly touching his scar. Every part of him, even his past.. It was perfect to her. He is who he is, how else is she supposed to see him.]

There are some things you should never give up, Ikki. But aye, this would be a dream that I never want to wake up from if I can spend it with you.

[She shifts her position to try and coax him to either rest his head on either her chest or her lap.]

Are you sure? What about reforging your bond with Marco?

[She notices the shift in his eyes and slowly nods her head.]

She is stronger than she looks. But I am sure that she will appreciate your protection as well.

[At his question, she goes to shake her head with a sigh.]

To my knowledge, all of those from my world now live here. Big sissy wouldn't hurt me. She will be like you and probably attack anyone that threatens me because of it. Me or her. I don't know though how much longer our luck will hold out though.

[She sighs and reaches up to comb his hair with her nails.]

I love you, Ikki... You are fretting again.

If you had asked Nephenee if it'd be too hard to find a cute swimsuit for Leanne, she'd have chuckled and said it shouldn't be too hard. After all, Leanne was a very pretty young lady, and had a nice figure and good coloring. Surely it couldn't be too bad...

What she'd forgotten was Leanne was somehow more modest than her. So they'd gone around shops, trying to find something that was modest enough to not freak Leanne too badly, but also was pretty and that Ikki would like. And failed for the most part...but as they had found some slightly nicer ones at the first store, she'd insisted on going back to try some on..with some modifications, she could make something wearable! She was sure of it!

Course, she'd also bribed the heron princess with ice cream; that helped.

"Ya know," Nephenee said after a lick of her cone, "that ruffley sit would look real cute with your wings. Ah think Ah can make the straps larger..."

So I shall be the exception that proves the rule? I think I would still rather just be the solitary inmortal bird that was spared from years of loneliness by a goddess.

Just because I may be willing to give something up doesn't mean I will do it, you know I'm possessive and stubborn.

[Even if he would do it, he wouldn't do it without a large and long fight, it wasn't his style. It was also oddly comforting, though, to realize that if he ever had to give up everything else, so long as he had her, he would be able to get up and go on.

He sighs as he shifts, obbeying her coaxing and resting his head on her chest, because he always chooses her chest when given the option. The part that she is embarrassed about the most, the part he wants her to come to accept and appreciate the most.]

If it comes to it I can still reforge my bond with him without living in the same place, it depends on Grell, though. It's her mansion, I just don't want us to cause her trouble or annoyances so if it does do to her, we will leave. But not before that.

I'm mostly just worried that if this keeps going on and more and more of your friends arrive we will run out of rooms in this mansion anyway, even if Grell doesn't mind the extra guests.

[After all, Leanne had a lot of friends. If they all came and wanted to live together, getting another whole place for themselves would be the best option.]

Hmm... She would have it even if she wouldn't appreciate it. Your friends are people I will protect, even if she wasn't Branded, her being so just means I may try to pamper her a bit if she allows it.

Your luck may indeed not hold on for much longer at this rate, but let's hope for the best. If any of them came, though, I will make sure to make quick work of them as soon as they reveal themselves.

[His eyes close as she combs his hair. Is he fretting? Maybe, but not too much. It's natural to worry and it's in his nature to try to be prepared. Even if he's used to being thrown into situations without knowing all of them, he still prefers to learn as much as possible and be prepared for them. He's a warrior, a soldier used to a constant war, so even when he knows that things are at peace, he keeps his guard up for when war may return.]

I just like to be prepared. Don't like being with my guard down. And with what you have told me about Laguz and Branded and your world... I just want to be sure you all are save and loved. I won't let anyone say that someone's existence is wrong or anything like that, not hers, not yours... Nor that of the children we shall have.

This was a task that was supposed to be easy. Find just one bathing suit. Just one for her to wear. But all the ones they found, they were practically underwear! So far, each and every one of them, Leanne refused to even try on. Even to just humor the other woman, but then comes the bribe of ice cream.

Bribing the birb with food is the best way to make her agreeable.

"You think so? But my legs and ankles are showing on that one...."

Anything worth doing was worth doing well, and sometimes that meant having a harder time of something.

"But ya have nice legs. Ya should embrace 'em," Nephenee said helpfully. For her part, she was wearing shorts, partially because it was entirely too hot, and also because Morgan might pop up at any moment. It was a long shot, but she really did hope. "An' it looks so good with your wings...Ah think Ikki will really like it..."

Being a big sister, Nephenee had no trouble using things to coerce her siblings, as long as they weren't actually bad things.

[A soft chuckle as she goes to slowly nod her head.]

Yes, because I wouldn't let you be cruel like your other gods. But I guess we will just have to settle on being just ourselves. We are both just birds who happened to meet each other.

[And okay, she has to giggle quite a bit.]

I would be worried if you weren't those two things. And you are not one to give up easily, especially when you care for it.

[Even though she is used to his touch, she still couldn't help but to blush quite a bit when he choose to rest on her chest. It was a battle, to try and accept that part of herself. Though it did felt good to let him know of the guilt and battle she was having because of it. She wants to accept it so desperately, if only because of how much he loved that part of her.]

Thank you Ikki.... For going along with my selfishness when it comes to my friends. I am sure that you and big sissy will get along. Even if it just tolerating her.

[And then she giggles at the thought of Ikki trying to pamper Miaciah. It would be quite the sight to see.]

I will let you know if any of them show up. You will be the first to know. I will let her know as well to give you a heads up.

[Because what better way to let a phoenix's flames shine the most then when they are protecting. A small light chuckle.]

Though if anyone starts bothering Miaciah, I may have to jump in to try and chase them away as well.

[She closes her eyes as she combs his hair, just enjoying this time of closeness with her mate. Letting him be pampered, and trying to let him hear the sound of her heart beat and breathing. Leanne half opens her eyes as he speaks, just listening to his heart and words until one phrase is said.]

...Eh?

[She couldn't have heard right... Could she? He mentioned their children.]

The children we will have?

[She blushes quite a bit and her heartbeat increases a little bit. She had to be hearing things. But as usual, there were no lies coming from him. A part of her now really believed she was dreaming. In fact, one hand stopped combing his hair in order to pinch herself...

Okay, she wasn't sleeping. This was real.]

But... But didn't you not want to have nestlings? [She just had to make sure that she was both hearing and understanding him correctly.]

Even though one of us didn't believe the other was a bird when we met.

[He chuckles a bit before taking a deep breath, allowing himself to be surrounded by her scent.]

You're hardly selfish, my love, and even if you were, after all you have gone through it's only fair to allow that selfishness from you. All the years that you spent alone, thinking that everyone you cared for was gone can't be fixed, but we can make sure that you never go through them again.

[He hums in agreement, hoping that she will truly make good of her word and tell him if any of them appear.]

Indeed, tell her. It's also probably better if you also warn her about me, otherwise she may be in for a surprise when an angry fire bird comes down to whoever looks funny at her.

[At the very least it would be one way to make an entrance, but it would probably be a terrible first impression.]

[He opens his eyes as he feels her hand stopping, carefully watching her face and her eyes and his words sink in. Seeing the emotions go through her, the disbelief laced tightly with the hope, the anxiousness, but he doesn't see fear, nor sense it. Not yet at least.]

I'm sorry, my love, I should have been honest with you much earlier. But you seemed so worried and scared even just from accepting me as your mate, as happy as you were I could sense your worry. And then your heat came and... I didn't know what to do.

[He shifts to be able to look at her eyes on equal level.]

Marco says that birds aren't like cats, but I still felt as if Spring wouldn't allow you to make a compossed and calm judgment. So I waited and allowed my nervousness be taken for something else. But...

[He pauses and takes a couple of deep breaths. Truth is, even if he wants it all, he's nervous and worried because... Well, all that comes with that is totally unknown for him, he can't even begin to imagine how it works, even if he has worshipped her body and explored a bit. It somehow feels different. And he would be lying if he said he wasn't worried of being terrible at it even if he didn't hurt her.]

I want to have nestlings with you. Not just one, but as many as you want. Three, five, a dozen, I don't care as long as I have them with you. I want see you holding a child that is ours and glowing with happiness for it. And I know it's selfish, I know what you may lose, but if you're willing to risk it, I'll take the jump with you. Though I'm sure that we won't have Branded kids nor will you lose your magic, but even if the worst comes to happen... I'll make sure that those kids and you still have the best live that you could dream of.

[Oh goddess, that memory! Leanne couldn't help but to laugh a little at that memory.]

We were a little petty with each other at first.

[The sound of his chuckles, she always enjoyed them. They were almost as good as his smiles and laughter.]

But even with my past, I have already been quite selfish. I have been asking for so much from you, brother Marco and my lady Grell. Especially with bringing in two friends into this house.

[Another small giggle escapes her.]

I will try to remember to tell her that. Hopefully she won't be too startled, when you come to her aid.

[But... How can one truly respond to hearing those words. Her blush deepens and it was hard to focus on words.]

How long? How long have you had this desire, Ikki?

[She closes her eyes and quickly shakes her head. This, she honestly can't believe this was happening. They were actually having this talk and.... Wait a minute.]

Did brother Marco knew about this?

[So much pouting right now for the fact that Marco got to know about this desire before her. The pouting stopped when he paused to compose himself and his nerves. She can sense his nervousness. His fears right now, but most importantly... The truth in his words.

Leanne doesn't break eye contact with him as she listens to his words. His heart and soul. Tears start welling up in her eyes before she could stop them and she reaches up with a hand to start caressing his face. Her wings glowing as well as her ears wiggling.]

I also want to have nestlings with you. I have been praying that I will be able to have at least one. A son. I have always wanted to give you a son. We don't need a dozen nestlings as I will be content to have just one with you. I know of all the risks but, I cannot think of anyone better than you. I was always nervous to bring it up to you because of your past and I always thought that you didn't want any. I didn't want to force you into doing something that you didn't want to do.

[She couldn't stop the tears of happiness right now, no matter how hard she is trying.]

I love you, Ikki and if you are ready, than I am ready for this as well.

"But I dont want anyone to see my nakedness besides Darling." So much blushing as she licks her ice cream. Her blush deepens when she had to mention Ikki liking that one swimsuit.

"I dont know... He's not here so he won't know about it."

She is countering that coercing with her own. She has noticed Nephenee's choice of clothing and is quite shocked about it. But... It was the other woman's choice to wear it.

I gues I also did find a bit hard to believe that someone like you wasn't a servant of the gods the way I knew them.

[He sighs before shaking his head.]

If you call that selfishness, I wonder what you call what I am. Because I'm far more selfish than you.

[He can't help to smile as the blush on her face grows. He's nervous and scared but he also feels incredibly relieved and happy for having saying it. Confessing it to Marco had helped a bit, the admission of a deep secret that had been doing nothing but bounce inside his skull, but it's nothing compared to telling her. Because now it's no longer just a confession, it's a plan, because if she's ready and he's ready then it's only a matter of time. And it may still take years for whatever reason but... The knowledge that it will happen is simply amazing.]

I don't like to do things halfway, Leanne. I... A part of the reason why it took me so long to ask you to marry me was also because I worried about those things. So when I asked you, I already had come to terms with it and wanted it.

[She may hate him for keeping it for so long, for allowing her to believe something that wasn't true. But just because he had been ready for it didn't mean that he hadn't been caught by surprise with her heat and everything that came after. He still should have said something as soon as her heat was over but never found a way to do it subtly or naturally.

He will have to thank Micaiah for her existence and arrival.]

I told Marco, not long ago... When he was trying to tell us how to deal with your heat. He seemed to have the idea that I was terrified of having kids and that I didn't go any further simply because I couldn't separate both things. I guess the me that he knew before was far more fucked up than I am... Then again, that me didn't have you the way I do so I can understand it a bit.

[He has no idea how that Selphie that Marco had mentioned was, or how much he truly loved her, but it's hard to imagine him loving someone as much as he loves Leanne. It's hard to believe that anyone but Leanne could make him feel so right, so healed. Leanne and Athena didn't really have much in common, but he couldn't help to compare them because both had done the same thing, both had tried to reach out to him, to his very soul and heart and soothe the scars there, fill the holes with light rather than pain and anger. But only Leanne was able to do it, only Leanne was allowed to do it by his own subcouncious.

He smiles as she pouts before leaning in to kiss her briefly, both to erase that pout and keep calming himself.]

Ah... Is this the way we're going to argue next? I do want more than one, at least two. So that if anything were to happen to us they would have each other to lean on, as an orphan... I know how important that is. And how much it can ease things even if it also makes everything harder.

I should have said something before, but I didn't want Spring to affect your judgement, even if Marco said that all it did was augment what you already wanted. I wanted to talk with you like this, calmly, but then I never found the way to bring it up. I'm sorry for making you suffer with this.

[His smile only grows even as she cries. And maybe for the first time he actually finds himself liking those tears, because he knows they are from happiness. Maybe her crying isn't that bad, if it's done with such a beautiful smile and her wings glowing and her ears wiggling so much.]

I love you so much, you're my biggest treasure. And I can't wait for us to have another treasure of our own.

I won't say that I'm not scared or worried but... I can't think of anything else in our future but a family. Be it here or in your world or mine or anywhere else.

[He kisses her again, embracing her tightly as he does.]

Clearly you need phoenix cuddles to warm you up.

I remember that and I remembered not quite believing in this bird called a phoenix.

[She giggles at the fondness she had about it.]

You? Perfect. My fiery hot-headed husband.

[She isn't sure when the blush is going to go away. Especially when he smiles at her and she can sense his happiness so easily. This... This was actually going to happen now. They were both ready for the next step.]

I don't think I have every seen you do anything without giving it your all. You have thought everything through, my love? And you wonder why I say you worry so much more than me.

[It was a playful tease as now, nothing can be said or done to ruin the joy going through her.]

The moment I told you yes, it was then that despite my own fears and worries... I was willing to accept everything that came with becoming your wife. Even if our lives will no longer be easy.

[And yup! This is perhaps her biggest pout she ever produced. Especially when he mentioned the time he told Marco.]

I probably didn't help with giving him that idea but... I was going off what I believed were your wishes and desires. Marco claimed that he had never seen you so happy and your fire so bright.

[She is so going to take credit for that. His happiness. Despite her pouting expression, love can easily be seen in her eyes as she looks at him. All she did was love him. Love every aspect of him. Both him and the phoenix.

And no! That is cheating! Kissing her is so cheating when she is trying to pout at you, Ikki. If only because it is super effective in making it go away.]

I guess so. I admit that at least I would like to try and aim for 8 but, I think we should be happy with whatever Ashurea gives us. But we will try and aim for two at least.

[She reaches up to pet his hair, nodding her head.]

I am grateful that you waited though we missed our best chance at having one. That maybe the case but Spring is when we Herons are the most fertile and primed for nestlings.

[And yup, hearing him say how much he loves her... She felt almost overwhelmed by his love. She raises a hand to try and wipe away the tears of joy from one of her eyes.]

They will be a treasure and the symbol of our love to the world. I also cannot wait for them to come.

Our family, no matter where we are... We will be happy and loved.

[And then the kiss and his tight embrace. Her eyes closed and she returns the kiss with a loving one. Her arms moving to embrace him as tightly as she can, idly trying to tug him to lay down with her.]

Bro-Brother! I already have been taking much of his time away to have him try and warm me up.

This feeling of being a wanderer was all too familiar to her. The lack of a roof over her head was really the only new thing added to this... but she could deal. It was back to the basics; keeping a low profile, making sure no one knew who she was.

There was less reason to worry, she knew in the back of her head. After all, there were all sorts of people in Genessia now. Would she really stand out negatively? But old habits die hard. Being slow to pick up a job this time had been too convenient an excuse.

However, Micaiah had heard... familiar voices walking down the alley. Should she talk to them? Maybe it wouldn't hurt. But she looked bad, and she was sure she probably smelled bad too (nevermind the fact that Leanne could probably pick out her scent regardless). But curiosity won over shame. She leaned past an alley, spotting... white wings. One of the Herons?

"Excuse me?" she ventured, pushing down her anxiety to speak.

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