This was a one-shot but I kept coming up with ideas for the story so now I'm just going along with it until I finish it since I already have the ending in mind anyway.


"I love you, Rex!"

Rex opened his eyes with a startle and took a gasp of air. He was laying in bed in the middle of the night, now staring at the ceiling. Leaning up, he took a look at his surroundings to see Gramps, Tora, Zeke, and Dromarch all sleeping in either a bed or on the floor. He remembered that they decided to stay another night in Fonsett Village before setting out to rescue Pyra and Mythra.

"A dream...?" he mumbled and lifted his hand up to rub some of the sleep from his eyes. "looking back..." he began to recollect his thoughts on the moment, it all happened so fast.

"Nia, I love you too!"

He lowered his hand looked down at it, deep in thought. "She looked so surprised when I said that... But then.."

"I love you... And all you guys!"

Clenching his hand into a fist, he squinted his eyes in discomfort. "Why did she... Laugh after that...?" Something just didn't feel right about the whole thing to him."And what'd she mean by 'That's all I could ask for'?"

Groaning, he slid his body off the bed and decided to go for a walk outside to try and clear his thoughts. He was met with a pleasant breeze and took in a deep breath of fresh night air. "I should visit Fonsett more often..." he thought and started to walk down the path when he noticed a bright white light shine from behind a couple houses.

"Wha?" he mumbled and walked over then peaked behind the houses to see what it was. He saw Nia, now in her blade form standing on the cliff where some of the kids go jumping off into the cloud sea. "Nia? What's she doing?" he asked himself. She was just standing there at the cliffs edge, staring up into the sky.

"I love you, Rex!"

His eyes winded for a second and he gasped, remembering what she said again yesterday. Letting out a light groan, he shook his head. "Relax Rex, that's not what she meant.." he told himself, but he still felt uneasy about the whole thing. "This ain't like me! I'll just ask her!" he thought and started to walk towards the cliff.


"I can't believe I actually said that..." Nia thought as she stared up into the night sky. She's been out here for a bit already but just recently decided to take her blade form. It's been so long since she'd casually stroll about in it... It felt nice to be open about it now. "The lack of Either must have went to my head or somethin'!" she let out a sigh and looked down at the cloud sea. "Then my stupid laugh..."

"So... Are you gonna jump in already or not?" she heard a very memorable voice say.

"Huh?!" Nia turned around to see Rex standing a few feet away. "Or are you too scared?" he taunted. Nia let out a huff and crossed her arms. "Oh please Rex, who would go leapin' into the cloud sea in the middle of the night?"

Rex took a few more steps forward to be standing next to Nia. "Well, don't knock it 'till you try it." he replied and turned to look off the cliff. With her arms still crossed, Nia turned away from him as well. "Feh... Whatever." she then turn to peak at him. "So what're you doin' out here? Can't sleep?"

Rex twitched for a second and then brought his hand up to ruffle the back of his head. "Well... Something like that..." Though it didn't go unnoticed by Nia. "Hm? Somethin' wrong? Don't tell me you had a 'wittle' nightmare?" she jabbed in a baby voice.

Rex groaned and lowered his hand. "Hey, knock it off..." he said then turned to look at her. She was very pretty in her blade form. In fact maybe she always was, that strange bulky tracksuit she always wore always covered her up. Maybe it was to hide her blade features? "I love you, Rex!" hid eyes widened and a light blush crept across his face.

"Hm? What is it?" she asked noticing him staring and snapping him from his thoughts. His blush went away as quickly as it came but he was still a bit nervous. Looking away from her, he stared down and a random rock on the ground. "W- well... It's about what you said before..." he began to rub the back of his head a little.

"What I said?" she asked, not making the connection just yet. Rex let out a sigh and lowered his hand then looked back up at her. "You know... In the Spirit Crucible... In the vault..."

Nias eyes widened in realization of what he was talking about and she lost her composure a little, stumbling backwards. Though before she could fall, Rex quickly reached up and grabbed her wrist, pulling her back up. "Hey, are you alright?"

She saw him looking a bit concerned. Gritting her teeth, Nia jerked her wrist out of his hand and held it with her other. "Y- yeah... I'm fine." she looked away, not making eye contact. There was a silence after that which felt like it lasted an eternity until Rex broke it.

"Anyway... I just wanted to-"

"Gah! You can be such an idiot sometimes!" she spouted out and glared at him. "Huh?" Rex mumbled, looking confused.

Crossing her arms, Nia stared down Rex. "You think just 'cause you have two girls swoonin' over you that every girl should?" she asked and noticed how flustered he got when she mentioned the 'two girls'. Since he seemed speechless she then placed both fists on her hips and continued. "Well sorry to disappoint, but I meant friendship 'love', just like you said."

Rex opened his mouth to say something but he felt like he was being attacked at all angles right now. "W- Ah-... Of course I didn't think that!" he almost shouted. He lifted his fists up in a defensive stance like he was about to fight someone, but his face betrayed him with a blush.

Nia made a sly grin. "Hmm... Certainly doesn't seem that way... You're face is practically a tomato right now." she taunted. "Ugh! Whatever." Rex said then just turned to stomp away. "I'm goin' back to sleep!" he said and Nia simple stood there and watched him walk away.

When he seemed out of sight she let out a loud sigh. A blush that she was suppressing suddenly made itself very visible and was glad he took a while to get the conversation started, it gave her time to think about how to get out of it, though part of her wishes she didn't.

Looking down, she stared at the ground where Rex had been standing "There's already three of 'em... I'd only get in the way..." she told herself and then turned to look back up into the sky.

"I really do love you, Rex." she said under her breath, smiling. "So... I'll fight for you! To bring you, Pyra, and Mythra back together..." she then looked down and brought her hand up. She released small amount of healing energy and allowed it to flow around her hand. "This power of mine... It can defeat Malos... I know it!"