The helicopter flew over Mid-Childa while Fate was looking out the window with a barely concealed smile on her lips. She had only been three days out of the city, far from home and friends, and although they weren't that many days, she would rather have stayed there with her loved ones.

But we can't always do what we want, and if her superiors sent her on a mission, she had to obey.

Upon landing the doors opened and the occupants started to leave. Fate looked around and placed her backpack over her shoulder, the captain was saying something but she could barely hear it due to the noise made by the propellers of the device. She looked at the sky and took a deep breath as her eyes closed and she started to concentrate on something. It didn't take her long to perceive Nanoha and soon a telepathic channel was opened between them.

I'm home.

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The blonde frowned when receiving no answer, but at that moment her companions started to applaud the captain's speech so she joined them without giving it more importance.

"Fate-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

The applause stopped as suddenly as it started. The blonde looked in amazement at the sky, where a beam of pink light headed towards her at full speed.

She could always hear that voice even if it was a whisper instead of a scream, she could recognize that pink light anywhere, she could find, even among thousands of people the figure that at that moment was flying towards her… but she could never guess what that woman was thinking.

"Nanoha?"

She got tackled by the other girl and landed flat on her back before the eyes of her peers. Nanoha wrapped her arms around the blonde smiling completely happy.

"I've missed you!"

"Me… Me too, Nanoha," Fate stammered while catching her breath. "But you could have waited…"

"No!" She frowned for a few seconds before smiling. "I wanted to see Fate-chan."

Both stared at each other smiling as if nothing else mattered, even though they were still on the ground, one on top of the other, and in the midst of a lot of people. A cough behind them brought them back to reality and they both saw the captain looking at them with a raised eyebrow. Fate stood up completely flushed while her companions could barely hold their laughter.

"Oops." Nanoha stood up and fixed her uniform. "I think I better see you later, Fate-chan. Can you-"

"Takamachi Nanoha!"

The girl swallowed hard as everyone looked up to see a man arriving with the same uniform as Nanoha. Fate looked at her companion in surprise.

"Don't tell me you were in the middle of training?"

"Er… No?"

"Takamachi, return immediately to the training grounds!"

Fate gave a small chuckle as she patted the shoulder of the brunette. She shook her head and smiled as she watched her leave, it seemed like she would be the one to not make it that day.

-.-.-.-.-

Nanoha got in the car and closed the door, she said hi to Fate and apologized for making her wait, Fate just smiled and put the car in motion to leave the apartment complex. They lived in different areas of Mid-Childa but they weren't too far apart. Flying there would only take a couple minutes at most, but Fate liked the car and Nanoha liked seeing her drive.

Besides after the latest incident, they didn't want to have more problems for using the airspace without permission.

It was already a little late, but neither of them had any free time earlier, too many responsibilities and not enough time, however this didn't prevent them from making plans together.

Fate looked at the side mirror and put the indicator to change lane, next to her Nanoha complained that, in her opinion, her superior had been giving her too much extra work.

"And just because I ran away in the middle of class."

"You flew," corrected the blonde and giggled when listening to Nanoha's whine. "And because of your little run away we hadn't been able to spend time together for two days."

"Hey, you've been busy too since you arrived," she protested.

It didn't take them too long to reach their destination so, after parking, they entered that small restaurant where they were already known and sat on the same table as always. They continued talking and after ordering Fate looked at her watch with a small frown.

"Sorry," Nanoha apologized. "It's pretty late and you have training first thing tomorrow."

"Don't worry," the blonde shook her head and smiled. "It's been three days without being able to see you and two more not being able to make plans due to work. Now that we've managed to get some time to spend together, I don't mind having to get up early tomorrow."

"I don't believe you." Fate raised her eyebrows at that accusation. "Then, why did you have that look on your face when looking at the time?"

She blinked upon the accusing look from her friend. She gave a small chuckle and leaned her arms on the table.

"Because I was thinking we didn't have much time to spend together." Nanoha opened her mouth and felt her face slightly flush. "I need one of our talks that last for hours and hours, I miss them."

Nanoha looked at the tablecloth. She missed those talks? They already spent hours talking telepathically. If she had to be honest she missed even more the calm smile of Fate and those burgundy eyes she liked so much. She also thought the talk was pleasing, especially the soft voice of her friend… But she could always hear her voice whenever they talked telepathically… what she liked was to see her talk.

"Yeah, I also needed to see you," Nanoha smiled just as the waiter arrived with their orders.

-.-.-.-.-

The dinner had felt short for them, but without noticing they had stayed there until the place was about to close and they had no other choice but to leave. On the way back, Nanoha turned to look out the window, Fate glanced at her and pressed a button, removing the roof of the car. The brunette look at her with surprise, holding her hair so it wouldn't bother her face. Fate smiled as she watched the road.

"You don't mind the wind, do you?" Asked the blonde and Nanoha shook her head. "I thought so, with how much you like flying, it couldn't possibly bother you."

Nanoha smiled, enjoying the wind on her face while Fate took an exit which lead to the brunette's apartment complex and stopped in front of the entrance.

"When do you think you'll be free again?" Nanoha asked after getting out of the car.

Fate sighed and leaned against the window, leaving her arms hanging on the side of the car in a position of defeat.

"I honestly don't know, but hopefully soon."

"I see… well then…" Nanoha stepped back and moved away from her friend, "see you, Fate-chan. Good night," and turned to walk away.

The blonde waved goodbye and saw her friend enter the building before putting the car in motion. She had to admit that spending more than a day without seeing Nanoha was the most boring thing ever, no matter how often they talked telepathically and although the work didn't leave much time to think, there were times when she just needed to see her. She frowned and turned the wheel sharply.

-.-.-.-.-

Nanoha undid her ponytail letting her hair fall freely down her back, she grabbed the shirt she wore to sleep and was just putting it on when she heard a knock on the door. She frowned and buttoned a few buttons on her way to open the door.

"Yes..?" She blinked when she saw who it was. "Fate-chan?"

"Can I stay the night?"

The red eyes were staring at her rather embarrassed for having appeared without warning and even more noticing the surprise on her friend's face. She was starting to think it hadn't been a good idea after all, wen Nanoha smiled, nodded with her characteristic "Uhn!" and took her hand to guide her to her room.

"Want a snack? I have a few things…" Nanoha commented as she opened a cabinet. "Would you like chips or cookies?"

"Cookies are fine."

Fate looked around with curiosity. She had been in that room countless times, but she had never seen such a mess. She looked at the clothes scattered on the floor and blushed slightly when seeing a pink bra hanging from the back of a chair.

"Here…Ah!" Nanoha left the cookies on the bed without much care and quickly picked up the bar, then grabbed all the clothes that were all over the floor. "Sorry, earlier I left so fast to go see you that I didn't pick things up…"

"Sure…" muttered the blonde not very convinced, because in the ground there was also the clothes she had just taken off. "It's okay."

Nanoha looked at her annoyed to see how she was barely holding back the urge to laugh. She snorted and left the clothes in a basket near the corner. Fate sat on the bed and opened the package of cookies to grab one.

"How come you decided to stay?" Asked the brunette as she handed her a shirt that Fate herself had left there some time before for when she stays there. "You surprised me, you have to get up early tomorrow."

"Don't worry, I can go to work from here," she smiled, starting to unbutton her shirt. "Luckily, I have the training uniform in the locker room."

The blue-eyed girl sat on the bed, leaned her back against the wall and grabbed her favorite cushion to put it over her crossed legs. She coughed, a little uncomfortable when seeing how Fate stood up and took off her pants to put them on the chair, she grabbed a cookie and decided to look the other way while her friend was changing. Fate pulled her long blonde hair out of the shirt and sat down beside Nanoha, grabbing a cookie in the process.

"Well, it has been some time since you last stayed over," Nanoha admitted. "We are very busy lately."

Her friend nodded, biting the cookie. Her new life in Mid-Childa hadn't been easy, although they had stated to have a place after so much effort, they still had trouble being recognized.

Their reputation preceded them, but despite having a magical power superior to that of any others, it wasn't easy for them to be respected. Many times, even after the good results obtained, they were simply ignored by their superiors who didn't want to admit that teenage girls were better than them. That attitude made Nanoha angry, Fate also disliked it, but she would just stay quiet and continue fighting to prove what they were capable of doing. To make it clear that the title of Ace hadn't been for nothing.

The blonde yawned, suddenly feeling the fatigue accumulated in the last few days. Nanoha noticed it and pushed away the cushion to stand up and go turn off the light, the cookies were forgotten on the side table and soon the two were lying on the bed.

"I really needed this," Fate admitted after a while, in a drowsy murmur.

"Hmm? What?" Nanoha asked, feeling sleep taking over her. "To eat cookies in you pj's with your best friend?"

Fate giggled and squirmed on the bed, moving closer to the brunette who put an arm around her. Silence gripped the room for a few seconds before Fate's soft voice was heard again in the darkness.

"No… to sleep hugging you."

T/N: Hello everyone, wasn't that ending cute? I really think it was. Can you guys see the difference between my other stories, it's not so depressing, I think that's why it's kind of harder for me to translate it or maybe it's just because the author is different, idk but it is a little harder I hope I'm doing a good job, I really try to make everything sound right and for it to make sense but I also try to make it sound and feel like the original, get what I mean? Well I hope you're liking it, please review, tell me what you think so far, k?. See u next chapter ;)