The corners of her mouth turned up, as she slid that hand up and down Fate's back. "I've been thinking about it since the mission," she said softly. "You've been in my life for so long, and I... almost can't remember what it was like without you there."

There was something shining in her eyes in the soft ambient lighting of their bedroom. "Fate-chan, I don't know what sort of life we'll have, fighting the Ohm like this."

"But I want it to be with you."