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through the fabric. "I
love you, chere."
"And I love you, Remy LeBeau. I think I have ever since I
met you." They lay together in silence for a time, feeling the
beating of one another's hearts, bathed in the moonlight coming
through the window.
After a while, Gambit said "Can I ask you a personal
question?"
"What," Saki Ninomiya replied, "and we haven't been as personal as
possible with one another tonight? What is it, my love?"
"Well, I've asked all the other X-Men, your foster mother
Mystique, and checked all the records I could find, but I still
haven't been able find the answer for the one big question I have
about you."
"And what's that?"
He drew Saki's closer. "What's your real name?"
Saki Ninomiya was silent for a minute. "This has to be a secret
between us."
"You know how good I am at keeping secrets, chere."
"Okay, then," Saki Ninomiya replied. "I guess if I can tell anyone,
it's you. My real name is..."
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