"E-buga, bwat arb boing (Eruka what are you doing?)?" Free asked surprised over the frog witch kissing him. Only he didn't realize it was a kiss.

"Baka!" She said and lay back down with tears of disappointment in her eyes, also tears of embarrassment. "What do you think I was doing?"

"Uuh." The werewolf said confused. That idiot! Did he really not realize that she just had kissed him? Maybe he just rejected her. No, he really didn't realize what she had done.

"I kissed you." She shouted at him. "Geko." She sighed and covered her eyes with her arm.

"Uh... oh... um... I uuh... Why?" Free stammered confused.

"Just forget it, geko."

"Aw come on tell me. Why did you... uh... kiss me?"

"Why do you think idiot?" Tears started to run down her cheeks. "It's because I'm in love with you."

"What? Me? Why?" He only asked three of the hundred questions in his mind.

"Geko. Because you are like the better half of me. I'm a coward and I'm bound to her. And you are brave and, geko, free." She sobbed. "You always look after me and you help me, geko. And I feel more relaxed when I'm with you."

Did she just confess to me? It was like in movies. But in the movies when a crying cute girl, without a really hot figure, confesses she just gets rejected. But he didn't feel like rejecting her and he didn't really know if she had a hot figure. From what he could see she had a pretty nice figure. He had also always had some kind of need to protect her. Her fragile looks and personality.

"Eruka." He said softly and gently took her face in his big hands and kissed away her tears.

"Geko." She said surprised and then she suddenly burst into tears.

"Ah! Sorry. I'm sorry. What happened?" Free asked shocked thinking he might have hurt her.

"I just can't, geko, take it anymore. I want to be free." She cried and ignored the pain in her stomach and flung her arms around Free. The poor and confused werewolf didn't know what else to do, so he just hugged her back and waited until she was done. It took a while and she frequently tried to say something, but it was drowned in her tears. Once Free made the mistake and patted her head and it just made the poor girl cry even more. She didn't have to tell him what the reason for her shed of tears was. He knew she was bound to Medusa through some kind of spell inside her. But he had somehow never done anything to help her. I can't really go against Medusa, after all she is the one who got me out of jail. And if I somehow got Medusa to let her go… well then she'd be gone.

Finally Eruka was done crying and fell asleep of exhaustion. Free took her in his arms and carried her away from the frozen ruins of the town he had destroyed.

When Eruka woke up she was in a room she didn't recognize. There was a muffled rumbling sound coming from the next room.

"Geko…" The pain wasn't as bad now. Actually it was just a little sore. She got up and went to investigate the odd sound from the next room. Just to be safe she had a spell ready. She carefully opened the door and peeked in. The sound was louder in here. Suddenly it was quiet, and then it came back ten times as loud. Then she realized what it was. It was Free snoring. And the reason it had sounded so muffled was because he had been laying facedown on the pillow and it had gotten louder because he had turned around so his face was loose from the pillow.

"Free." She said hoping he would wake up, but of course he didn't. She called a little louder, didn't work. Louder again, same results.

"Geko. He would sleep through a bomb attack." She sighed. She walked over to his so called bed, it was just a pile of sheets. He was sleeping with his mouth open and he was drooling. Even if he was a grown man it was still cute, in an odd way. She sat down on the floor and watched him sleep. From time to time he mumbled something. She tried to listen what it was, but it was just random nonsense. Something with a sandbox and a spoon.

"Eruka." He said suddenly. He was still asleep, she could tell from the loud snoring.

"Geko." She smiled to herself. He said my name is his sleep. She leaned over and kissed him on the forehead. He stopped snoring for a moment, but then he rolled over and flung his arm over her. It knocked the air out of her and then as if it wasn't enough he tugged her to his chest.

"F-free. Geko. Free wake up." She wriggled in his grasp, but to no use. So she bit him in the arm. And finally he woke up.

"Ow…" He muttered still not fully awake.

"Free, let go of me."

"Hmm? Eruka? What are you doing here? I thought you were sleeping in the other room." He said surprised.

"I was. But your snoring woke me up. Now let me go." She said. He looked at her for a while and then tugged her closer.

"No. I like it like this."

"Gekoo." Eruka blushed. "Let go of me."

"Why? I just got you." He smirked.

"Geko." She tried to move her face in the opposite direction. But he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. He didn't say anything for a while.

"Uhm… Free what are you doing?" Eruka asked embarrassed.

"Looking at you."

"Why?"

"No reason. I just felt like it." He was quiet for a moment. "Did you mean it?"

"Yes." She whispered. He smiled. "Did you mean it?" Eruka stammered. He didn't say anything. He leant over her and kissed her. This time Eruka was the one surprised, but then she kissed back. They lay for a while in each other's arms until the moment was ruined by a snarl from Eruka's stomach. She of course blushed bright red and Free burst in to laughter.

"Sh-shut up geko." She said.

"Hehe sorry. Well I can only imagine how hungry you are." He said and wiped a tear from his eye.

"What do you mean?"

"You've been sleeping for three days."

"For real?!"

"Yup. Wait here. I'll see what I can find." He said and got up. The only thing there was, was some rather dry bread and some old cheese.

"Where are we by the way?" She asked.

"I'm not sure. I went south from the city."

"Oh ok." She said.

"Are you gonna finish that?" He asked and nodded towards the rest of the bread.

"Oh… No you can have it."

"Thanks." He said. He only took two bites and then there was nothing left.

Al right, Eruka thought, you finally confessed and he didn't reject you. What are you waiting for? We're alone here and only God knows where. She blushed at her own thoughts, but she tried to ignore it. This is what I want, she told herself. I just have to find the right moment. She looked at him. He had a crumb on his cheek. Perfect, she thought and leaned over and nibbled it of. And when he turned his face to she what she was doing she kissed him on the mouth. He didn't resist, on the contrary. She felt his tongue asking for entrance and she let it in. She pulled back after a while and went on kissing his cheekbone and gently biting his earlap. He gasped quietly and she continued to his neck and collarbone while she tried to take of his T-shirt. She got it of, with his help, and continued exploring his torso. His breathing had become heavier and a small gasp escaped his mouth once in a while. When she reached his waist he grabbed her chin.

"Aren't I supposed to do something as well?" He smirked. If she blushed any more she'd turn in to a tomato. He lifted her with ease up on his lap and started a similar journey she had. She was louder than he was and her breath became heavy in an instant and she gasped a lot more frequently than he had. It only made him try harder and the results satisfied him. He unbuttoned her dress and they lay down on the sheets. He gently caressed her body and stopped at the scar on her stomach. It made her twitch and he moved up to her face again. They looked each other deep in the eyes and he leaned down and was met by a deep kiss.

Eruka was the first one to wake up. She looked out and saw that it still was night. Even if it was Free's almost inhumanly loud snoring, she was happier than she had been for months. For once she looked forward to the morning.