Parental Approval
Fate Testarossa Harlaown took a nervous breath, the blonde looking down
to make sure her clothes were neat and tidy, her reddish eyes narrowing
as she flicked away a piece of lint from the black dress. Squaring her
shoulders in the matching top she knocked on the door, waiting patiently
for a answer.
Momoko Takamachi smiled sweetly as she saw Fate, then shockingly reached
out to pull Fate into a hug. "Fate!" she said happily, "So nice to see
you." She released Fate, her eyes twinkling with amusement as she saw
the teen blush, "But Nanoha isn't here."
"I know," Fate acknowledged as she met the taller reddish brown haired
woman, "actually, I wanted to talk to you and your husband. Is Shiro
home?"
Momoko raised her eyebrows in surprise as she answered, "Yes, he is. Do
you want to join us in the living room?"
Fate nodded, "If it's not a imposition."
Shiro Takamachi smiled warmly in greeting as Fate entered, his brown
hair falling into his eyes. Shiro and Momoko ran the Midori-ya café, a
popular eatery in the city, but Fate was well aware both were formidable
people. Shiro had once been a professional bodyguard, a man who could
kill with surprising ease while Momoko had supported him through all
those hard times.
"Welcome, Fate," Shiro said as he put the newspaper down, shifting a bit
on the couch so that Momoko could sit beside him.
Feeling a odd degree of deja vu Fate sat on a cushion on the other side
of the coffee table, much like the night she, Lindy and Nanoha had told
the Takamachi family about magic. "Thank you for seeing me like this,"
she said quietly.
"You're Nanoha's dear friend," Shiro said, "we're glad to help."
Momoko gave Fate a worried look, "Do you need help?" She bit her lip,
"Is there some problem with your mother?"
Knowing how close Lindy was to the two of them Fate quickly headed that
off, "No, no, nothing like that."
Shiro gave a relieved smile as he asked, "So why did you want to see
us?"
Fate opened her mouth, then closed it as she tried to get her thoughts
in order. After struggling with it a moment she formally bowed, letting
her head nearly touch the floor as she blurted, "I humbly request
permission to date your daughter!"
After a beat of dead silence Momoko cheerfully said, "Finally!"
"Finally?" Fate looked up in surprise, feeling relieved to see two
beaming faces.
Both Shiro and Momoko looked more relieved than anything else, sitting
back with smiles on their faces. "You mean you haven't been dating
already?" Shiro asked Fate curiously, his expression amused.
"Well, not really," Fate admitted sheepishly. "You're not surprised?"
"Fate," Momoko gave her a wry smile, "our Nanoha has been in love with
you since she was eleven."
"At least," Shiro agreed, "you'd have known it yourself if you had seen
her eyes light up when she got a video mail from you."
"Me, too," Fate admitted, blushing.
Momoko gave Fate a long look, her eyes twinkling with amusement. "I do
have to ask what your eventual intentions are for our Nanoha, Fate," she
said.
"Intentions?" Fate echoed weakly.
Shiro nodded firmly, "Momoko has a point, Fate. Do you intend to make a
honest woman of our Nanoha?"
"A lot of that would depend on Nanoha," Fate said honestly as she met
their eyes and said, "but speaking personally, I love her with all my
heart. If Japan would allow it, I'd marry Nanoha tomorrow."
"Well, I wouldn't insist on tomorrow," Momoko said gently, "but I'm glad
your and Nanoha's thoughts are going in the same direction."
"She wants to...?" Fate blushed.
"I think she would if she could," Shiro agreed. He sat back with a
satisfied sigh, "To answer your original question, yes I give you
permission to date Nanoha."
"Thank you," Fate gave them both a blinding smile as she hoped Nanoha's
meeting with Lindy Harlown was going as well.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
"Hello, Nanoha," Arf smiled, the tall, busty orange haired woman opening
the door with a fang bearing smile, "what are you doing here?"
Nanoha Takamachi smiled back, glad to have learned that Arf was more
bark than bite, especially with people who were friends with Fate. "I
was wondering if Admiral Lindy was home?" she asked, her reddish brown
hair flowing down her back in a pony tail. She wore one of her good
dresses, the type she might have normally saved for a formal dinner.
If Arf noticed Nanoha was dressed a bit oddly, she didn't mention it.
"Yup, come on in," Arf smiled, she orange and white tail swinging from
the back of her bike shorts as she lead Nanoha into the apartment, her
breasts contained by a small top.
"Hello, Nanoha," Chrono smiled, the tall young man standing nearby his
mother, probably visiting between TSAB missions. He was dressed in a
simple dark business suit, probably the first thing he had available.
"Chrono!" Nanoha gave him a welcoming smile, then looked towards Lindy
as she said, "Admiral."
"Lindy, please," the taller green haired woman chuckled, dressed in her
usual stylish housewife clothes, her long green hair slightly poofed out
from her head.
"Yes, ma'am," Nanoha smiled back, remembering all the months she had
reported to her during the Jewel Seed and Tome of Darkness cases.
Chrono smiled as he sat down at the kitchen table and said, "Don't tease
my mother."
As Arf sat too down Nanoha sighed, knowing she was going to have to deal
with three people rather than two. Lindy gave her a gentle look, "Fate
went out a little while ago, you can wait till she gets back if you
want."
Arf shook her head as she nodded at Nanoha, "She said she wanted to see
you."
"Oh?" Chrono looked curious.
Nanoha took a breath then faced Lindy. "There's something I wanted to
talk to you about," she admitted, "because I don't want to sneak around
or deceive you."
As Nanoha fell silent Lindy gently prompted her, "Yes?"
A blush staining her cheeks Nanoha confessed, "I'm dating your
daughter."
Arf thumped the table with her palm as she said, "About time!"
Somewhat more thoughtfully Chrono mused, "Do you want Amy and I to
gently break it to Yuuno?"
"Good idea," Arf nodded to Chrono.
"Congradulations," Lindy said sweetly, firmly clasping Nanoha's hands in
her own
"You're not surprised or anything?" Nanoha blinked a few times.
Lindy looked amused, "You two haven't exactly subtle, Nanoha."
Chrono looked a bit sheepish as he added, "Well, Amy had to point it out
to me, but once I knew you were pretty obvious."
Arf rolled her eyes, "Typical guy."
"Don't be mean," Nanoha scolded Arf, hiding a smile. She turned back to
Lindy as she mused, "I guess you're right, we weren't hiding things very
well."
"I don't object to your dating Fate," Lindy said gently, "but I do hope
you'll be cautious. Earth is much less accepting of this sort of things
than other dimensions."
"I know," Nanoha sighed. She smiled a bit sadly, "One of the things Fate
and I have talked about is moving to Midchilda eventually...."
"It would be safer for you two," Chrono agreed. He smiled suddenly, "Not
only that, but you two could get married there too."
"Yes," Nanoha blushed.
Lindy felt a wicked urge rise up that she couldn't resist, "So,
Nanoha... when can I expect some grandchildren?"
"Grandchildren?!" Nanoha yelped as she blushed brighter, if that was
possible.
End
Notes: I wanted to do a 'meets the parents' kind of story, so here it
is. I could see Fate feeling she needed to do something like this,
though I doubt Nanoha would be too worried. It also occurred to me that
their relationship might explain why they moved to Midchilda in
Strikers.
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