A/N: I'll try to keep this note short...and will probably fail. So, this is my first fic here. It is yaoi, shounen-ai, boy/boy love. That means, if for some odd reason you find sappy homosexual romance off-putting, this is not the story for you :) .

Now, for my fellow Bionicle yaoi fans (I know we're still out there!), this story is set immediately after the destruction and subsequent rescue of Le-Koro. The Bohrok nest has been found, Le-Koro is in the process of being rebuilt, and the group has not yet ventured after the Bahrag. Tonight's couple is Lewa/Kopaka, a personal favorite of mine (although I usually put Lewa with Onua, and Kopaka with Tahu, the plot bunnies made me use this couple instead. Damn things.).

DISCLAIMERS: The characters and universe of Bionicle belong to LEGO. Not me. Not anyone on FFnet. Blah blah blah stereotypical ownership complaints. The title is based off a quote by Richard Bach. The original quote is: "True love stories never have endings."

Wish me luck, and for the love of everything that's holy and/or unholy, review! It's what convinces me to do more work :)

Flames will be used to help me get my recent craving for s'mores under control.

There will be two versions of this story, Masks. Both are slash, one is a romance fic, and one is a tragedy. The only real similarity is the first chapter. I'm gonna publish the epic, long romance one first, and the other (which will be shorter, 3 chapters long or so) a few weeks after.

Let the story begin!

Eliza Loves Yaoi is proud to present...

Happy Endings Are For Things That End (Masks Version One)

Chapter One: Trials, Tribulations, and Tahnok

"That dust-brained fool!" grumbled Lewa as he swung through the dark forest. At this point in his life, he had pretty much settled into a routine of perpetual annoyance. The Bohrok were a constant pain in the ass. His fellow Toa were always arguing. And, to top it all off, his treespeak was still out of whack from being possessed by a krana. He hoped that once they took care of the damn things, life could go back to normal. The lack of being able to talk like he always had, and like his entire village did, worried him somewhat. But there was a greater concern on his mind right now. Pitch black midnight, swampy, and Rahi-filled were not conditions he wanted any friend of his wandering in, especially with the Bohrok still around. And he wasn't afraid to admit that Kopaka was more than just a friend.

At least, he wasn't afraid to admit it to himself, alone, in the middle of an empty forest. Never to the rest of the Toa. He grinned widely as he remembered his exploits with the Ice Toa just a few hours ago, currently providing an interesting distraction in the form of trying not to twist lest pain explode through his lower half. Unfortunately, this rather limited his mobility, and he was already looking forward to repairing at least seven tree-caused dents in his armor the next day.

The grin disappeared as he saw flashes of light ahead. As he neared the source of the light show, the sounds of a raging battle reached his ears. Suddenly, pain exploded through his chest and he fell to earth. An echoing thump was heard clearly by the members of the fight. Kopaka knew in an instant that it was Lewa, but he couldn't do anything. A squad of Tahnok were keeping him busy at the moment. He skillfully weaved around their attacks and was taking them down consistently, there were just too many to run away from. A small group of the red bastards turned away from the bright-white warrior and moved towards the lime-green one instead. A protective growl emitted from Kopaka's throat, although he knew his lover could handle himself. Besides, that was all the emotion he showed, mind quickly returning to his own problems.

Lewa, meanwhile, had noticed the group of Tahnok rapidly approaching him. He forced himself off the ground, readying his blades while trying to blink the stars out of his vision. The smoke rising from his flame-charred armor wasn't helping, either.

-I do not want to deal with these firespitting automatons right now, or even be open-eyed at all. - thought Lewa as he threw a blast of wind at the nearest Bohrok. He narrowly dodged a beam of fire, somersaulting towards his attackers. A quick upward stab opened the head of the Tahnok that had fired at him, and he easily snagged its krana. He was leaping towards the next before the first had even landed on the ground.

The fight continued for a few minutes, the number of non-Toa participants rapidly shrinking. Soon, there was but one left. The two lovers pounced on the Bohrok together, a smirk on the green one's mask sharply contrasting the emotionless stare of the other. Its krana was retrieved, and the pair started the walk back to Le-Koro.

"How did you know I was gone?" asked Kopaka, gently grasping Lewa's shoulder from behind.

"I made a heart-swear that I would never let you find trouble-danger like that on your own, right?"

"I remember that. How many drinks had at that point?"

This comment was met with a powerful yet musical and delicate laugh, putting a grin even on the face of the infamously indifferent Ice Toa.

"That's a good question. But nonetheless, I just couldn't sleep without you. Everything feels too warm now," Lewa smiled innocently. Kopaka pulled his uke into a quick, passionate kiss.

"I'll take that as a compliment. Race you to Le-Koro?"

"You know I'll destroy you," giggled the younger Toa.

"Maybe you should think-talk* before you say that," the other growled deeply. Lewa's giggling only intensified at the attempted treespeak, and they ended up kissing there for far longer than either expected.

*think-talk: think before you speak. Basically, what he's saying is "yeah, right. Bring it."

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...coulda sworn this was longer in my head :( Meh. Set-up doesn't need to be too long, right? *grumbles* Still tho, less than a thousand words (705, as a matter of fact). I write more than this for school essays (which I currently have an annoying amount of).

Anyways, please review! I would try to sell/farm that more, but I think you all know why reviewing helps.

This is Eliza Loves Yaoi, signing off.