Elizabeth continued to practice all day long until the early hours of the evening. She was clearly exhausted and since they were on the road, she could relax as the amount of customers was limited. She found herself losing consciousness every now and again, which eventually lead for her to call it quits and take an early nap. She thanked everyone once again, said good night and left for the night. This sparked Meliodas's interest and he quickly followed her up the stairs. Ban and Gowther were already in their respective rooms, the former passed out and the latter reading. This left only the sins of Envy and Sloth who were contemplating on going to bed.

"Should we go to bed yet, Diane?" King said, nervously and wondering what his friend wanted to do.

"I'm not really tired though King, I'm sure the others are going to bed early... But, i can't do that at all!" she replied, clearly confused as to why everyone had decided to get their rest earlier than usual. She understood the need for sleep, just not why they had to break their schedule and leave her awake and alone... Well, almost alone.

"I need to kill some time before i actually feel like going to bed, King." she stated, clearly not wanting to break her own sleep schedule. For her, this was important considering she had to walk alongside the Boar's Hat and not being allowed to sleep inside of it. This situation simply reminded her of how annoying being a giant can be sometimes, there was only one person she knew of,in the Kingdom of Liones, who had similar problems to her, in that regard, and that was Escanor during the day. Nevertheless, she still had to find some way of occupying herself.

"Well... What do you want to do until you are tired?" he asked, curiously. Did she have anything in mind?

"I wish i could be inside with captain, so he could fondle my breasts like he does with Elizabeth's... That would be nice and kill time!" she replied, pouting as she did so. She was clearly having her fantasies about Meliodas, despite having a glimmer of hope in her eyes, she knew she could never replace Elizabeth. To captain, she was special... very special.

"I... Uh, think you may find that difficult Diane." he said, honestly and reassuringly. Not going into details as to not aggravate her.

"Either way, I'm going for a walk..." she said, getting to her feet and stretching her legs for a minute. She then began walking towards an opening in the woods, her immense legs looming above the wildlife and her feet crushing much of the roots beneath the trees.

"Hold on Diane, I'll come with you! I'm not tired either!" he said, floating towards her and arriving at her shoulder height. She glanced towards him, then the ground and then further away. She was clearly wanting to be left alone, but, King would not allow that.

"O-o-okay...sure!" she said, fumbling her words as she held back her real answer. She wanted to say "go away King, I'm not looking for company right now!" but, she cared about her friend's feelings and did not want to hurt him.

They started their promenade inside the forest, until they suddenly found themselves outside in the open. They had walked through the forest, silently in the pitch black night. The stars and the moon were the only sources of light which seemed to only glow in a single place. They both chose to investigate where the glowing was coming from. They found the structure that was receiving the moonlight and quickly realized it was actually a cave. The sin of Envy was curious and rushed towards the cave, seemingly thinking it was important to her. The sin of Sloth stayed back as the thought began to dawn on him... This was the same cave he and Diane had lived in for those 500 years they were together. What if she remembered him now? What if she remembered why she forgot in the first place? He could not fathom the though... He lost track of time until his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Diane's soothing voice.

"King... Are you still there?" she asked, puzzled as to why he did not follow her inside.

"Yeah... Coming Diane!" he replied, slowly floating towards the entrance to the cave. He noticed Diane messing around with a few objects, afraid they would spark her memory.

"It seems that a giant and a someone else were living here at some point King... I wonder if it could be..." she said, stopping herself as her head began hurting and her vision became fuzzy. Her expression turned from curious to upset as her memories began rising to the surface and pounding in her skull, she had not remembered a thing, but she had started to piece together a few details. She shook herself to stop this weird feeling growing inside of her and looked towards King with a look that suggested she wanted to know what he thought of the cave, she needed a way to alleviate her attention from the weird feeling she just had.

"I'm not sure about this Diane... It could have been from a long time ago or a few days, it's impossible to tell!" he lied, knowing exactly when and where those things were from. When he noticed the tears he thought she had remembered and thus had no other choice but to lie about it, unwilling to face the reality that this could happen.

"Either way... I'm actually starting to get tired now King, let's head back!" she said, a small smile shone on her face as she positioned herself at the cave's entrance. Before being able to leave both she and King heard a massive crack of thunder, which scared the two sins. The look of panic was clearly shown on both their faces as they looked around to identify the loud noise. Another roaring clash of thunder echoed in the sky and the sins looked outside of the cave to see the moonlight fade, as dark storm clouds covered the sky. The 'pitter patter' of rain hitting everything around them and the constant droplets of rain falling from the sky forced the two sins to stay within the confines of the cave until it cleared up.

"Dang it... Looks like we will have to stay inside the cave tonight King... Unless this clears up in the next few minutes that is!" she said, pointing out that the heavy rain would not only force them to stay inside the cave, but, they may have to sleep there. King's face started to turn red as he broke away from Diane's gaze and contemplated the chance of this happening. Should he be happy that het got to spend some quality time with Diane or worried that being in this place would trigger her memories to return... He had to be cautious, although he wanted her to love him... He did not want the single memory that could ruin their friendship to surface.

Diane walked to the back of the cavern and noticed a large amount of straw laid out on the ground. Judging by the size she estimated that the giant staying here must have been a child, which still meant they were incredibly large. King inspected the place he used to sleep, upon a large rock overlooking the giant's bed. She lay down on the straw and lent her bag against the wall. She tried to get into a comfortable position, regardless of the cave being slightly damp and incredibly cold. King, who was now used to having a comfortable place to rest in the Boar's Hat, was unable to sleep. He had not brought Chastifol because Ban had passed out on it and it would have been incredibly bothersome to get it back, thus he was stuck in a very uncomfortable position.

"Ugh... I can't get to sleep like this, I'll have to get some of the straw Diane is on..." He though, floating down to the giantess who was already asleep. It would seem the alcohol from earlier that afternoon had reached her system and she had easily drifted into her dreams. Her body lay on the ground and stretched outward. Her right arm was positioned above her head, whilst her left was next to her body with her left hand placed on her stomach. Her deep slumber would clearly not be interrupted by King if he took a bit of straw for himself, so he proceeded confidently towards his new goal. The issue was, he could not use 'Disaster' magic as it may affect Diane and hurt her in some way. Thus, he used what little strength he had to gather as much straw as possible by hand. This was an undisputedly easy task for him as even Escanor, in the late hours of the night, could carry large bundles of straw. Thus the sin of Sloth managed to accumulate a reasonable amount of straw and was surprised when he saw Diane's hand reach over his head and grab him. She seemed to have rolled over to increase the amount of comfort her makeshift bedding could provide, probably due to King removing a small portion of it. Either way he was startled by this sudden change and effortlessly attempted to wake Diane up.

"DIANE! WAKE UP! YOU GRABBED ME, I NEED YOU TO LET ME GO... BAN IS TELLING EVERYONE HOW TALL YOU ARE!" he yelled. His efforts proved in vain as she gently squeezed him and brought him closer to her face. He could feel Diane's breathe running down his back, which caused his body to shiver. He was then moved once more as Diane continued to move around. Diane was now laying on her side with both her hands cupped closely to her chest, King found himself in both an equally good and bad position as he was trapped between Diane's breasts and her hands. He panicked, looking for a way to escape before she woke up and found him like that, to no avail... Her grip was simply too tight, as one would expect from a giant. King reluctantly decided to give up... He could not escape Diane's grip nor did he exactly hate the situation, in fact he was more than happy to be there. He knew that behind him existed his equivalent to heaven and that he could easily grasp it without any trouble. His lustful desires were too tempting to resist as he turned around to gaze at Diane's cleavage. His body twisted and prepared itself for the inevitable repercussions of his decision and they followed suite as he had predicted. Once he had stared at Diane' gigantic breasts his nose erupted with a stream of blood and he lost consciousness... His consciousness slowly faded as he heard a soft and quite voice, which seemed to resonate in his mind...

"Harlequin..." it said. That night, King dreamt about what it would be like to share a kiss with Diane. It had never occurred to him until now that her size could impose a few limits to their relationship, but, he didn't care. Love is a powerful force that drives all creatures and eventually resonates within two separate entities, joining them together as one. The concept of King's dream remained short and simple... "Will Diane and I ever find love together?"

In the early hours before Dawn, the storm clouds had cleared up and the sun was shining brightly in the blue sky. The summer breeze blew the scent of flowers across through the forest and into the cave, which woke up the sin of Envy. She awoke from a peculiar dream where she and someone she could not remember lived together in a cave similar to this one... It seemed more realistic than a dream could possibly be and she was unsure of what to think of it. She knelt up to wake up King, however she noticed that she had been holding something whilst she was sleeping... She moved her hands to her face and noticed it was King, in an unconscious state with a bloody nose. Her face turned bright red as she realized that she had slept with King pressed into her cleavage and slowly tried piecing the pieces of the puzzle together. She didn't understand why it happened, she just hoped that King did not remember anything so that they would not be stuck in an awkward situation. She chose to place him down on the ground, where he had chosen to sleep before she grabbed him. She lay back down on the ground and pretended to go to sleep, hoping he would just wake up and believe it was all a dream... Which he did.

King woke up ten minutes later and noticed Diane "sleeping" and without a moments notice jumped up and started stretching. He then floated over towards Diane and started to mutter to himself, although since she was awake she heard every word.

"I had the best dream last night... I really do love you, Diane!" he said, floating towards her face with the intent of waking her up. When he arrived at her head he noticed a problem... She was awake and just heard every word he said. He immediately panicked and started stammering his words whilst Diane's face turned bright red as she used her hair to cover her face.

"D-D-DIANE DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?!" he yelled frantically!

"You Love me, King?" she asked, her face growing ever brighter as the situation became more awkward, let alone the fact that she had snuggled up with him last night, but he just confessed to loving her... This was too much for a young maiden's heart to bear. She didn't know what to do so she did what anyone would do in this situation... Run and tell Elizabeth! This left King floating in mid-air realizing what he had just done and chasing after her telling her to stop running and listen to him.

She quickly ran through the forest and made it to a small clearing, she suddenly stopped and began thinking about what King had said. Her mind began rushing with memories of the past brought upon her by King's confession as she came to understand the feelings that she had been misdirecting towards Meliodas. She remembered the good times, the bad times, every details of her life with King over the 500 year time span were back in her mind. She could not contain the tears as her eyes began streaming with them. She turned to face the Grizzly's sin of Sloth who was standing on the ground about 30 metres away. She looked at him, for the first time in 200 years, as she did back then... Her eyes filled with tears, her body became weak and her heart began racing... Never had she felt this upset or good before. She had no other option than to express herself...

"KING!" she yelled, her voice resonated for miles as if to signal another storm. Whilst yelling his name, she leapt at King with her arms open wide, grabbed him and began hugging him tightly.

*Sob* "I don't know why i forgot about you... But, i never will AGAIN! I love you King!" *Sob* she cried out. Making her feelings known to the man she cared most for and knowing that he reciprocated those feelings towards her. They remained in each other's embrace all while the sun rose from behind the trees. The faint amount of light became an overpowering beacon, symbolic of the love and hope that both these two sins shared. They promised each never to forget and to never stop loving each other... They held each other's hand and, in Diane's case, began skipping back to the Boar's Hat to tell Elizabeth of the news!

Next Chapter: Ban x Elaine