Comfortable

They approached MacLaren's, still holding hands, "Ready?" she asks, and he nods. When they walk in, Lily notices immediately, gasps, points, and smiles. Ted and Marshall look up as they approach the table. "We have something to tell you guys,"

"We're…wait for it…back together," Lily claps and cheers, Marshall holds up his glass, and Ted just smiles.

"Next round's on us!" Lily gets up from the table.

"I'll help carry," Robin follows her to the bar.

"I can't believe you're back together! I knew it would happen eventually, but wow, Robin, ooh, tell me how it happened I want to know everything," and then she hiccups from all the excitement. Robin just smiled, "Come on! Tell me, tell me, tell me!" she demands.

"Okay, we went out last night," Lily hiccups again, "and then it just kind of happened, one minute we're hanging out, the next minute, we're in love again, it's hard to explain,"

"Wait, in love? You're not just back together, you're in love!" Lily hiccups again. Robin looks over at Barney who smiles, she smiles back.

"Yeah, I guess we are. I mean we kind of said it, so I guess that counts right?"

"Wait, Robin, you said it, you left that out, when, how who first? Tell me!"

"Um, this morning, I did, and I don't really know how it just, happened," Robin thought about it a little more, whoa, it did just happen, just yesterday she was feeling depressed and cynical, and now she's, in love? "That's how it should be though, just natural, right?"

"Yeah, but, that's still huge, you guys aren't exactly commitment junkies, it's just out of character, that's all," She began to question everything, was this just a lapse in judgment? Was she just freaking out? But then he's smiling again, and when she slides into the booth and their hands touch. She looks over at him, and he's looking at her with that undeniable affection she'd only seen in movies, or when Marshall and Lily looked at each other.

"To Barney and Robin," typical Ted to toast them, Lily and Marshall echo with "Barney and Robin," She can't help but notice their names sound good together.

"To us," he says, with his adorable smile and perfect eyes, she's lost for a moment.

"To us," their glasses clink, and to her surprise, she leans in to kiss him, right in front of everyone. It must have lasted a bit too long, since when she pulled away, Ted awkwardly cleared his throat, Marshall was intently staring at his beer, and Lily was smiling excitedly. "Sorry," she giggles. "You could have stopped me; you know I get carried away,"

He smiles back at her, "You're irresistible," they kiss again.

"Do you guys want to go?" Ted asks, they all laugh. "You're just doing that new couple thing where you can't get enough of each other, and that really bothers single people,"

"Let's get out of here Sparkles," he whisks her out the door so fast, she's breathless now. She takes a hold of his tie and pulls him into another kiss, his fingers tangle in her hair.

"I missed you," she whispers.

"You have no idea," They walk all the way to his apartment, keeping as close as they can to one another. They don't have to speak, but she's glad he does anyway just to hear his voice. He'd missed her laugh, her smile, her kiss, "I love you," he says and her heart flutters at the words, they used to scare her, but now she adores them, replays them in her head, loses the ability to think every time she hears them. This was how it should be.