"You...ready to go?"

"...Yeah..."

Laughing Octopus and Crying Wolf both exchanged glances for a moment before stepping out of the taxi and into the streets of Manhattan. It was in the beginning of December, so both girls wore heavy jackets and scarves to keep themselves warm. Laughing Octopus wore a cap over her head to keep people from staring at her unnaturally white hair. Crying Wolf felt a little nervous being around so many people and trying to keep her urges to kill from rising up inside.

Noticing Crying Wolf's discomfort, Laughing Octopus said, "You know, we could go back if you want...we don't have to do this..."

"You know...I may be a bit of a crybaby, but I'm not going to back out of this...trust me..." Crying Wolf replied with a new-found confidence, gently stroking Laughing Octopus' cheeks with her smooth hands. Laughing Octopus blushed and quickly looked down at her feet in embarrassment. Crying Wolf smiled and, once the white-haired girl regained her composure, made sure to hold onto Laughing Octopus' hand the entire way down the street.

Eventually the two girls reached a small Starbucks cafe near Liberty Hall. Although most of the place had been destroyed at the end of the Big Shell incident, a coffee shop was able to thrive quite well near the wreckage. Taking their seats at a small two-person table, Laughing Octopus and Crying Wolf both got a cup of black coffee.

"I'm...I'm really glad I agreed to this..." Crying Wolf said in a hushed tone to Laughing Octopus, "I just feel so happy and safe being right next to you, you know...I don't think I would be able to handle being around so many people without you here..."

Laughing Octopus felt a smile spread on her lips as she replied, "Thank you...that means alot, especially coming from you..."

Both girls blushed and were quiet for a few moments. During this time, Laughing Octopus took a nice long look at Crying Wolf's face and body. She had such a sweet personality, and a great body to go along with it. Even though Laughing Octopus only asked Crying Wolf out so they could become closer as friends, she was beginning to feel more than just friendly desires for the dark-skinned girl.

Forcing herself to speak, Laughing Octopus asked, "...So, do you like the coffee here?"

"Huh? Oh...y-yes, it's very good..." Crying Wolf replied, recently being rather distracted herself.

Almost instinctively, Laughing Octopus slowly moved her hand across the table and placed it over Crying Wolf's. Crying Wolf smiled sheepishly and grasped the other girl's hand, squeezing it tightly.

"Octopus..."

"Wolf..."

Everyone in the cafe turned their eyes away from whatever they had been doing and watched as the two girls leaned in close to one another. Suddenly, just as they were about to let their emotions take over...

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Snake woke up.

Glancing over his shoulder as he drove the helicopter to Shadow Moses Island, Otacon asked, "Snake...you okay back there?"

Snake rubbed his temple and grumbled, "I was...having that dream again..."

A/N: Laughing Octopus is one of my fav enemy characters of MGS4, and so is Crying Wolf. So I decided to pair them up, especially because I like yuri/shoujo ai way too much when it comes to writing fanfiction. That is the origin of this pairing.