Ryuko looked down at the sleeping child in his hospital bed, and smiled warmly. He was so cute, she couldn't help but give him a little kiss on his forehead.
'Yeah, I'm definitely going to adopt him.' Ryuko thought to her self as she brushed some hair away from Harry's eyes. Her face contorted to one of deep thought as she wondered just how she was going to go about adopting him, not really knowing the adoption process.
'Crap...How am I gonna do that?' She thought. 'Do I know anyone who can help me out here?' She thought for a few moments, then snapped her fingers. 'Of course! Satsuki can help me out!'
She quickly slid her hand into her pocket and pulled out her flip cellphone, a gift from her sister. She opened it up and pulled up Satsuki's home phone number. She pressed the call button and pressed the phone to her ear, tapping her feet in impatience as it rung. 'Pick up, pick up, pick up!' Ryuko thought irritably as it rang, until someone answered.
"Hello, this is the Kiryuin residence, home of Lady Satsuki. May I request the name of the person calling?" Asked the elderly voice of Satsuki's faithful butler Soroi Mitsuzo on the other side of the line.
"Hey, Soroi, it's me, Ryuko."
"Ah, Miss Matoi. I presume you wish to speak with Lady Satsuki?"
"Yeah. It's really important."
"Very well. I will get her on the line shortly."
After a few moments, she could faintly hear Soroi addressing someone, most likely Satsuki, and the sound of someone picking up the phone is heard.
"Hello little sister, how may I help you this evening?" Satsuki asked politely.
"Satsuki, hey..." Ryuko greeted. "So, uh...Know anything about adoption?" A brief pause.
"...Why on Earth would you wish to know such a thing?" Satsuki asked.
"Well...See, it's like this...There's this kid, Harry...And...I wanna adopt him..." There was another brief pause, and Ryuko could imagine the surprised look that was mostly likely on her older sister's face at the moment.
"I'm sorry, but could you please repeat that for me?." Satsuki asked her.
Ryuko rolled her eyes. "I said I wanna adopt a kid. Geez, is it really THAT unbelievable that I'd want to be a mom?"
"No, that's not it at all. I'm perfectly sure that you'll be a great mother, especially compared to her." Satsuki told her, making a reference to their own mother who was a psychopath that had tried to kill infant Ryuko, abused Satsuki for years, and essentially made their lives hell. "But...I must admit that it is rather surprising that you're suddenly calling to tell me that you want to ADOPT a child. Is there any particular reason you wish to do so?" Ryuko took a deep breath, and relayed the events of the night to her sister.
She didn't need to see it, but her sister was looking grim when she described Harry's injuries.
"...And then I called you." Ryuko finished within twenty minutes. She was met with silence for a few seconds until Satsuki spoke again.
"...I'm going to help you anyway I can." Satsuki told her. "One way or another, you will be his mother."
Ryuko grinned in victory and fist pumped. "Yes! Awesome!" She cheered. "Can't wait! So how are we gonna do this thing, anyway?"
Before Satsuki could answer, Ryuko heard Harry groaning as he started to wake up, stirred awake when she cheered.
"Whoops...I woke him up..." She said into the phone.
"I will let you talk with him. I will come to your house tomorrow, and we will discuss this further then." Satsuki told Ryuko.
"Sounds good, sis. Later." Ryuko hung up the phone, then turned to the little boy in the bed. Ryuko smiled at Harry as he looked over to her, smiling back slightly. "Sorry about waking you. Did you enjoy you nap?" She asked him as she walked over to him and sat next to him. Harry nodded in affirmation and rested his head against the woman's side, enjoying the comfort of her presence.
"Th-thank you for being so nice to me." Harry told her as he closed his eyes and soaked in her warmth.
"Hey, no problem." Ryuko replied. "I only did what any decent person would do."
"But...C-Can I ask you a question...?" Harry asked softly.
"Okay, hit me, what's the question?"
"Wh-Why don't you hate me?"
Ryuko looked him straight at his eyes as she replied. "Because you're a good kid Harry. And you deserve some happiness in your life."
Harry looked up at her as she took him into her arms and placed him in her lap. He buried his face into her chest, squeezing her shirt tightly. She felt her shirt become slightly damp... She held him as let out joyful tears, happy to finally have someone who actually liked him.
The tears only lasted a few seconds. He didn't cry or anything as he looked up at her adoringly, tears in his big green eyes. She gently wiped his face clean of tears. "Th-thank you...for not hating me." Harry told her as she finished removing the tears from his face.
Ryuko smiled lovingly and held him close. "I don't see how anyone could hate you, little guy." She said gently. "You're too adorable to hate." Harry blushed from her compliment.
"I'm...I'm adorable?" He asked shyly.
"Totally, little guy." Ryuko said as she ruffled his hair.
"But...what could possibly be adorable about an ugly freak like me?"
She looks at him sadly. "Well...there's your REALLY messy hair." Ryuko said as she ruffled his hair. "Your... adorable face." Ryuko stroked his face."Your big, green eyes, and you cute widdle nose." Ryuko said as she gently poked his nose, earning a giggle from Harry. Ryuko smirked. She normally would have never spoken in baby talk, but that may change now that she was due to become a mother soon enough.
They sat there for a few minutes in each other's arms until Ryuko decided to tell Harry the news. "Hey Harry, I have a question for you." Ryuko asked him, barely able to hide her knowing smile.
Harry looked at her curiously. "Wh-What is it, Miss Ryuko?" He asked softly. She smirked.
"Weeell..." She said slyly. "I've been doing a little thinking, and I decided something really important...I wanna adopt you." Harry looked shocked as she continued. "So how would you feel about that?" Ryuko asked him.
Harry just stared at her, not knowing what to say. 'S-She wants me?!'
Ryuko's smirk turned into a frown, and she blinked at the lack of response. 'Crap! Does he not want me to adopt him?' "Uh...Kid?"
He looked up at her slowly. "D-do you r-really want m-me?" Harry asked her. Ryuko smiled and rubbed his face.
"Of course I do, why wouldn't I?" Ryuko asked. Harry looked down. Ryuko frowned. "What is it?"
"I...I'm just a freak...No one should ever love me..." She looked at him sadly and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Hey now, you're not a freak. And besides, I love you." Ryuko told him.
Harry snapped his head up to look at her, looking stunned by what she just told him. "Wh-What? How? Wh-Why?" Ryuko chuckled and rubbed the back of her head.
"Well, you're adorable, for one...And you're a good kid. Really, you kinda have some sort of aura that would probably make any woman fall in love with ya, little guy."
Harry didn't say anything to her, opting to think about all the major changes that happened in such a short time. He was away from the Dursley's and in a new place. He met a lady that was very nice to him and said lady was going to be his new mommy.
He really couldn't believe that this was happening. Was all this for real or was he in a very nice dream and was about to wake up to the hell that he knew so well?
He wanted to know for sure. Nervously, he looked up at Ryuko. "M-Miss Ryuko? Th-This is real, right? I'm...I'm not just dreaming, am I?"
Ryuko smiled playfully as she poked his nose. "Nope. This is all real and I'm here to stay." Ryuko told him.
Harry smiled softly, and hugged her once again. "Yes...I want you to adopt me..." He said, absolutely certain of what he wanted.
She smiled as she kissed his head. "Awesome. First thing tomorrow, my sister and I will get together to get the whole adoption process thing started." Ryuko told him.
Harry smiled, and rested his head on her chest. It was finally all over now. He wasn't going to suffer anymore.
A/N: Need help...
So, yeah, I've decided to ask for help WITHOUT wasting an entire chapter this time. So, there's a guy on this site, Darkwarriorthecursedhero. He came to me with a request that I had interest in. Normally, when I get a request I like, I ask the requester to help me with it. However, this time, the one who made the request admitted he can't help me because he's no good at writing. But he did have some very good ideas, and the idea does appeal to me...
So, if there's anyone out there who's willing to lend me a hand with a mother fic for Velvet Scarlatine, please send me a PM. And for those of you who want to criticize me for having too many...I'm sorry, but that's just the way I like to do it. So, yeah, I'll appreciate any help anyone of you may want to offer me.