In One Week

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series. I am only borrowing them for a little while, and promise to have them all back before nightfall ;3

Setting: Sometime during the Nanoha Strikers universe, though it won't follow any particular plot point in that series exactly :-)

Monday: Sunrise

Nanoha

It was a bright and early Monday morning. The sun was making it's early morning journey high up into the sky. I stretched my arms high above my head, and moved and twisted about, until I could feel all of the joints and muscles in my body pop and flex.

It felt deliciously wonderful.

Continuing the high arc of my stretch, I moved my arm up and over, until I had moved my body to face in the opposite direction on the bed. I was now facing the direction of the wall, and two absolutely beautiful and breathtaking sights, greeted my azure-coloured gaze.

The view of Fate lying peacefully on her side, the very top of her sheer, black lingerie peaking out from the top of her sheet, a small contented smile playing at the corners of her lips as she slept, made my heart do a little two step in near-breathless wonder.

She was so beautiful, it was almost painful to look.

But look I did, and also touch as I slowly and carefully moved forward a little, so that I could gently and oh, so softly move aside an errant lock of hair from before her closed eyes, and then brush my hand gently down the side of her cheek.

I felt a tender smile crease the corners of my lips, and my eyes closed midway, as I just allowed myself to feel the wonder and magic of the moment.

Fate and I had not been 'officially' together for very long, even though we had been 'together' since we were both nine-years old.

I have loved Fate for as long as I can remember, as I know that she has loved me for just as long.

Our hearts were intertwined. Our souls locked together in an eternal dance of love and unity.

I honestly could not imagine spending a single day now, without knowing that Fate would be right there by my side at some point during the day. Whether it be in the early morning hours like it was now, during the heavy training/supervising/briefing hours of our daily lives, or at nighttime when we could finally be together in the way that we both truly wanted, in a way that I know would make certain Forward members of my team blush just to think about.

In fact, I could feel myself blushing at some of the mental images that I was now currently getting, of Fate and myself in some of our most intimate positions. I released a silent "Nyahaha" in my head, as I pulled my hands back to my now bright-red face and covered up my cheeks, as I shook my head slightly from side to side, to try to dislodge the mental images.

Naughty Nanoha and Fate time was definitely not right now.

My face had finally cooled back down by now, as the streaming golden rays of the sun made their way in through our window blinds, and illuminated the sweet, angelic face of the other light of my life, who was also peacefully sleeping, snuggled down beneath her comfy sheets.

Vivio.

The precious, sweet angel, whom both Fate and I had accepted into our home and lives, with open arms and hearts.

She was the light of our lives, and I felt my heart swell with quiet prideful joy, as I traced my azure gaze over my little family.

Arf was also here as a member of our small close-knit family, though she was probably curled up fast asleep in Vivio's bed, where Vivio herself should have been. But sometimes my poor, sweet angel had terrible nightmares of the days when she used to be all alone, and had no one to love or care for her.

Times for her were no longer like that, but she still had the nightmares every now and then.

She reminded me of Fate in that respect.

Even now many many years later after Precia, and her horrible, heartbreaking treatment of her daughter, Fate would still cry out in her sleep every now and again, and reach out blindly in her night terrors, for someone to just hold her hand.

I have been and will always be there to reach out and grab that questing hand, and hold it tight against my chest, as I then pull her all the rest of the way over to my own body, and hold her close until the nightmare finally releases its tight grip on her.

I now rose slowly up in the bed, the covers falling to the side to reveal my sheer pink nightgown, and I stretched one final time to work out the remaining kinks in my body.

I then leaned down slowly and placed a light, loving kiss on the foreheads of both of my sleeping angels.

Fate would soon also have to get up, as the both of us had a pretty busy day ahead of us.

Yuuno-kun would be coming by later to pick Vivio up, and take her to a park on the outskirts of the city, where she would be able to play with children closer to her visible age, which would give her the opportunity to enjoy the sweet, innocent childhood that Jail Scaglietti was trying to steal away from her.

I now moved my legs to the side of the bed, and allowed my feet to touch the plush carpeting beneath them, as I practically purred in contented pleasure.

This was the start to another wonderful day, in what I could practically feel in my bones, was going to be a pretty amazing week.

I now looked over the side of the bed towards my dresser, and saw Raging Heart twinkling brightly back at me, as she was bathed in the sun's dazzling early morning glow.

I felt another contented smile tug at the corners of my lips, as I quickly rose up from the bed, and made my way over to my second life-long partner.

Once I reached her, I brushed a soft, delicate touch against Raging Heart's ruby-red, glowing surface, and felt a nice surge of warmth against my fingertips, as Raging Heart 'woke up'.

"Yes, my master? What can I do for you today?" Raging Heart asked me in her electronic, yet completely-capable-of-human-emotions voice.

"Shhh, Raging Heart,'' I gently shushed, as I placed a finger to my lips. "We don't want to wake up Fate-chan and Vivio yet, right?" I continued, as I removed Raging Heart from her plushy, soft cloth and placed her around my neck.

''No, we don't, my master," Raging Heart answered back, in a decidedly quieter tone.

"Good girl, Raging Heart," I replied with a pleased smile, as I lifted her slightly from around my neck, and gave her a light kiss against her shiny, polished surface.

''Now, let's go and make some breakfast for our sleepyheads. We all have a pretty full day ahead of us, and I want us all to have full stomachs, so that we'll be able to tackle whatever may come our way easily and effortlessly! Are you with me, Raging Heart!" I asked, in an excited whisper, as I made my way towards the bedroom door, opened it, and prepared to head out of it, and downstairs towards the kitchen.

"Yes, my master. I am ready when you are. Let us do it, together."

"You got it, Raging Heart! Let's go!'' I cried out just a little bit louder than I probably should have. I then happily and energetically made my way out through the bedroom door, down the hallway, down the stairs, and into the kitchen to start making breakfast for my little family.

Never seeing the bright, mirth-filled red eyes that followed my every move, as I bounced my way out of our bedroom.

A/N: I know that the 'official' name of Nanoha's device is 'Raising Heart', but I still like and prefer to use 'Raging Heart.' So, I will :3

I hope that you all enjoyed this hopefully-is-only-the-first-part-of-many chapters! Please let me know what you all think, as your words feed the author's soul :-)

Thanks for reading!