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O u t s i d e ;

[You know how most students leave the boat docking station to actually go inside? There was one girl who decided to stay behind after being forced to be sorted and then crawl into one of the boats to lay down. Apparently magic had changed her robes because she was too preoccupied to care to change. At least the robes she was changed into magically had a coat that was long enough to sort of work like her cloak did. She'd taken it off to put it over her to act as a blanket.

Instead of actually deciding to go inside, she was too busy moping. She hadn't even bothered to check things out and the idea that she might actually be able to use magic properly wasn't enough to cheer her up. Somebody want to fetch her?]

G r e a t - H a l l ;

[Well now that her stomach was clearly telling her that she needed to stop moping and crying, she finally started to get up and put the coat back on to head inside. Sure she was used to magic, but this wasn't quite the same. They'd never had actually moving pictures or moving stairs. Absent mindely, she continued to walk on until she stopped in front of the giant doors leading to the Great Hall.

At least she wouldn't starve, considering the food replenishes itself. Sitting down idly at the Gryffindor table, she just stared at the food. She was hungry, but there were other things to worry about.]

Saito.... Why...?

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I'm sorry Louise... I really am.

[He embraced her with everything he had, closing his eyes to more keenly feel her in his arms. His 'joke' about Prince Whales hadn't really meant to be a joke, so much as a way of reassuring her that he hadn't come back to life in a similar fashion. Of course it was only after he said it that he realized that it probably didn't help make things better.]

But I made a promise to protect you, and I couldn't let you go.

[No, not really. Joke or not, referencing Prince Whales wasn't exactly a safe thing to talk about.She didn't fight the hug at first, but hearing that... she smacked her fists againsts his chest lightly.]

Damn it! If you had just... I never wanted to involve you in the war any more than I had. You could have found a way home and lived on. You weren't supposed to...

[And she choked up as her face became more tear stained. Setting her head against his chest, it was too hard. It was too hard to think about it or even talk about it.]

DO YOU THINK I WANTED THAT?!

[Now it was Saito's turn to get angry. He was shaking... a mixture of withheld grief and anger, and despair that had eaten away at him in his final moments finally coming back to the surface. He tried to cool his anger just a bit so that he wasn't yelling at his already fragile wife, but it was something she had to understand.]

For better or for worse Louise, my destiny changed forever the day you summoned me. I'm no longer Saito Hiraga of Japan Tokyo, I'm the familiar of Louise Françoise. Do you really think my life would still have any meaning if you were gone? Look at you, you have the princess, your family, your friends, whereas everyone from my own world already must think I'm dead at this point. Do you think I could have gone back to the academy without you? I...

[He looked away, hiding the tears starting to form in his own eyes.]

I know it was selfish of me... I know that... but above all else I've ever had in my life, you are the most important to me. A familiar with no master is nothing but a failure... I'd sooner die a hundred times than let you die even once. You have your pride as a Noble Louise... this is my pride as a familiar.

[His sudden yelling scared her for a moment. That anger.... but he had every right to be angry. If she hadn't ever summoned him in the first place... He would have never had to deal with any of this. ....But she was happy to have summoned him. It was just like when she was talking to her sisters.

"He's just a familiar"

He was so much more than just a familiar to her now. She couldn't help her tears from getting worse and that shaking. She thought she was trying to think of his feelings. That's why she wanted to do this alone. But she was no better than he was when it came to trying to protect who she loved.]

....I'm sorry.

[It came out softly and hard to heard.]

I'm sorry... because you're the most important person to me too. You're not just a familiar to me anymore.

That's why.... That's why I can't lose you.

[She clinged onto him tightly, holding on for dear life as if he'd disappear on her if she let go.]

[He blinked... he was just... so surprised to hear what he thought he heard and then... then he heard it again. The two words that almost never left Louise's lips in conjunction together. She was normally far too proud to say them and yet here she was and she... He laughed... he laughed through his tears, holding her tight and rubbing his face against the top of her head in mirthful sorrow and just silly happiness too.]

Oh Louise, Louise... what are we going to do with one another? We're just too much alike in some of the stupidest and best ways.

[He kissed her forehead still feeling a little shaky from getting that off his chest.]

For better or for worse, lets promise each other never to leave each other's side ever again. No sad goodbyes, no heroic sacrifices for the other... we run away together, or we fight together, and it's the other's duty to drag the other along if they're being too stubborn.

[She was a little confused as to why he was laughing, but she didn't question it. Maybe she was just too tired to do so? Just settling for listening to him... It was something she didn't normally say, but that's the only thing she could think of at this time.]

Okay. [Moving just enough to reach out and grab the magic flower in full bloom now.] I promise as long as you do too.

[And than after a small pause, she gently pressed her lips against his.]

I love you.

[He hadn't dared to steal a kiss from her lips, not after dying on her... yet with that promise and that kiss, it was as if she had forgiven him and he... he had forgiven her. He hadn't even realized that there was a part of him that hadn't, perhaps he'd just brushed it off as thinking it was just the way things always were but now... it was as if they really were on even footing for almost the first time.]

I love you too Louise.

[He leaned in to kiss her lips with his own warm lips, memorizing the silky feel of them against him all over again. He was so certain he'd never have this again, and now it felt like everything was right with the world again. He wanted to weep, he wanted to laugh, he wanted to scream with joy at the top of his lungs, he wanted to let it all out, but the outlet he found was a tender and loving embrace, and a gentle almost hesitant kiss. He loved her so much it definitely hurt more often than not, but that too was the way it should be.]

[All she wanted in the end was for him to be alive. She wanted him by her side. Even if she was able to summon a new familiar had he not come back, she didn't want a new one. She wanted the same failure she thought she summoned in the beginning.

At the very least, she could at least admit that much. She loved him more than anything. She could say it without any snappy comebacks (right now). He was really here somehow. At this point, it didn't even matter how. She would cling onto him for as long as she needed to.]

[It was at least a solid ten minutes of just holding her, emotions bubbling through him in waves of sadness and happiness. He didn't want to say a word and have it all end, he didn't want to make any bold, suggestive moves like he might have done in the past when he had her alone and they were both so overcome with emotion. In spite of how much of a dog she often called him out on being, right now he just wanted nothing more than to be with her, to make sure she never left his side. Yet he knew that at some point she probably would need to go inside for dinner.]

Come on, lets go inside and see if they've still got that feast at the great hall waiting for us.

[Rather than standing up and offering a hand, rather than letting her stand on her own two feet at all, Saito scooped her up in his arms, nuzzling his head against her as he did. He didn't want to let her go after all, and this seemed like the best way to accomplish that while still getting things done.]

Are you ready?

[And as if on cue, her stomach let out a loud growl. Trying to fight that blush, she was then distracted once he'd picked her up and carried her. Normally she'd insist that this was embarrassing and unnecessary. Normally she'd chastise him. But normally he wasn't dead and then came back to life.

So instead of arguing or snapping back like she normally would have, she just let him do it, burying her head into his chest.]

Y-yeah...

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