Hearts Reunited - Chapter 4: Romance in the Garden


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Everyone sat down at the breakfast table, except for two empty seats.
"Now seriously, it can't be a coincidence that BOTH Lantis AND Hikaru are gone at the SAME time..."
Ferio said.
Caldina choked on her food. Ascot patted her back to help her swallow.
Lantis and Hikaru came through the doorway.
"Hikaru! Where have you been?" Umi asked.
"With Lantis at the fountain." Hikaru replied.
"I TOLD you that they were doing something," Ferio whispered into Fuu's ear.
Fuu nearly choked on her food. Ferio laughed silently at her. Hikaru and Lantis took a seat beside
each other.
"So what were you two DOing?" Umi asked with a sly look.
Caldina choked again. Ascot gave her a glass of water, which she gulped down.
"I was just talking to him, why?" Hikaru asked. Lantis kept the same unemotional face on.
"Oh. We were just wondering why you were so late." Umi said sitting back into her chair.
Hikaru started getting question marks around her. Lantis coughed.
"I think I'll excuse myself now," Fuu said standing up.
"You gonna eat that?" Ferio asked pointing at the apple. 
Fuu shook her head and walked off. Ferio took the apple and ate it in three bites, then followed
Fuu out.
Everyone was silent, except for Umi and Caldina, who were trying all they could to suppress their
laughter.

"Fuu! Fuu!!!" Ferio yelled after her.
She turned around, "Ferio? Why aren't you finishing your breakfast with the others?" She asked.
"Oh, I...thought I might walk you around the castle is all." He said while he put his arms around her.
"Ferio?"
"Hmm?"
"What do you love me for?" Fuu asked.
Ferio stood back, shocked she had asked that question. He hesitated before answering. "Fuu, if 
I knew then it wouldn't be true love now would it?"
Fuu paused. "I suppose you're right," she said smiling.
Ferio grabbed her hand. "Come on, I wanna show you something," he said, leading her forward.
Fuu blushed, "Alright..."

Umi was turning red from laughter. Caldina had tears running down her face from laughing so much.
"Really...I don't understand those two sometimes..." Ascot said sweatdropping.
Hikaru was sweatdropping. Mokona bounced around the two happily. Lafarga and Lantis each leaned
against different corners, ignoring the entire situation. Clef and Sierra had gone back to Clef's
room.
"I wonder why those two went off in the SAME direction ALONE." Umi said laughing.
"Yeah. I wonder why Ferio finished the apple in THREE bites!" Caldina said. At this, Umi and Caldina
laughed harder. Ascot and Hikaru sweatdropped more. Lafarga coughed. Lantis went to sleep.

Ferio led Fuu to the garden. It was full of colorful flowers and birds.
"It's beautiful," Fuu gasped.
"Not as beautiful as you." Ferio said winking at the now blushing Fuu.
"You even look cute while blushing," Ferio said. Fuu turned a deep shade of red. Ferio laughed and 
hugged her. "I'm glad you came back to Cephiro."
"I'm glad to be in Cephiro." Fuu replied. Her face went back to its usual color.
Ferio kissed the top of her head. She blushed again.

Umi and Caldina finally stopped laughing.
"I don't get it. What's so odd about them walking off in the same direction alone?" Hikaru asked.
Ascot sweatdropped, "Oh nothing. They just had a laughing fit is all."
"Yeah, it was just a laughing fit Hikaru," Umi said smiling.
"I'm going to go check on...err...the garden," Caldina said walking off in the same direction.
"I'll help!" Umi said following her.
Ascot sweatdropped.
"Wait for me!" Hikaru ran after them.
Lafarga followed after that. Lantis woke up and looked around for Hikaru.
"Where did Hikaru go?" Lantis asked Ascot. Ascot pointed in the direction everyone else went.
Lantis followed.
Ascot was left alone. "I will NOT spy on them...I will NOT spy on them........HEY WAIT!!!!" Ascot
yelled after them as he ran off in the same direction.

Ferio kissed her cheek. Fuu blushed harder. 
"You're even fun to kiss," he said grinning widely. Fuu was a deep shade of red now.
Nearby in the bushes...
"I hope I didn't miss anything..." Caldina said peeking on them.
Umi walked up, "So where are they?"
"Shhhhh!!!" Caldina pointed in their direction.
"I don't get it!!!!" Hikaru said loudly.
"SHHHHHHHH!!!!" Both Umi and Caldina clamped a hand over her mouth.

"Do you hear something Ferio?" Fuu asked.
"Just your imagination," Ferio kissed her other cheek.

Lafarga waited outside the doorway on one side. Lantis took the other side.
"You know you shouldn't be..." Ascot's mouth was clamped shut by Umi and Caldina. 
"SHHHHHHHHH" They pointed at Fuu and Ferio.

"I think someone's watching us..." Fuu said.
"Let's give them something to watch then," Ferio said as he brushed his lips softly against hers.
Fuu turned an even deeper shade of red. She literally melted into his arms. He smiled against
her lips.

Umi and Caldina were doing all they could to keep from laughing. Hikaru was staring wide-eyed. Ascot
kept pacing back and forth muttering, "We shouldn't be doing this...this isn't right..." and looking
up from time to time to see what was happening between Fuu and Ferio.

Fuu tried to push away from Ferio to check and make sure no one was watching, but he refused to let
her go.

"What are they doing?" Hikaru asked in a whisper.
Ascot sweatdropped, "Forget it."
Lantis came up and wrapped his arms around Hikaru. Hikaru snuggled into his embrace.
"This is too much..." Ascot looked back from Hikaru and Lantis to Fuu and Ferio, and back to Hikaru
and Lantis. Lafarga then walked up to Caldina. Caldina leaned against him lovingly and smiled at
Ascot.
"That's not funny." Ascot said glaring at Caldina. He then looked at Umi who was staring through the
bushes at Fuu and Ferio.

Ferio finally released Fuu. He had a huge grin on his face. Fuu was still blushing.
"Fuu, you..." Ferio began.
Umi, Ascot, Caldina, Lafarga, Hikaru, and Lantis all fell out of the bush.
Fuu blushed and buried her face into Ferio's shirt. She muttered, "I TOLD you someone was watching
us..."
"Uhh...hi Fuu..." Umi said sweatdropping.
"Konnichiwa, Ferio..." Caldina said sweatdropping also.
Ferio glared at them.
"I take that as a...get away before I kill ya kinda thing..." Caldina said standing up.
Ascot whispered in Umi's ear, "Run." Umi, Ascot, and Caldina ran out of the room. Lafarga walked after
them. Lantis escorted the "unknowing" Hikaru out of the room.
"I'll kill them later, but first..." Ferio kissed Fuu again. Fuu blushed AGAIN.

Caldina stopped to rest, "You just HAD to trip over that vine didn't ya Ascot?"
"G-gomen," he put up his hands defensively.
Umi giggled. "Actually I kinda enjoyed having Ascot on top of me... Wait a minute...I love Clef...
don't I?" she thought to herself.
Lafarga walked up, "Was that what you were trying to do?" he asked.
"No it wasn't. Ascot here had to fall onto Umi like that." Caldina said as she pinched his cheeks.
Ascot blushed, "Gomen, Umi."
"That's alright Ascot, I'm sure you didn't mean to do it," she said smiling.
"Or did you? Good going Ascot!" Caldina whispered into his ear.
"Caldina!" he clamped a hand over her mouth and the other around her neck.
Umi giggled again.
"Umi-chan!!!" Hikaru yelled after her.
"Hi Hikaru!" Umi waved.
Lantis was walking along beside Hikaru.
"Congratulations on your first time spying, Hikaru!" Umi said sarcastically. 
"Honto? I was...spy...spying???!!!" Hikaru said happily.
Ascot sweatdropped, "Does she even know what that means?"
Caldina squirmed out of his grip.
"I thought I was gonna die." Caldina gasped with her hands clenched into fists.
"G-gomen..."
"Well, it's almost time for dinner. Let's go!" Hikaru said as she started walking down the hall.
"Uhh Hikaru?" Caldina said.
"Hmm?"
"The dining room is that way." Caldina pointed in the opposite direction.
"Oh," Hikaru sweatdropped, "I knew that."
Everyone sweatdropped as Hikaru went the wrong way again.

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