Note: I do NOT own Galactik Football!

This chapter is pretty much Rocket x Tia the whole way through so my apologies to any readers who does not like! However, this is the only Rocket x Tia chapter and the other two couples will have their own as well. It's pretty much a part of the story where every couple has one chapter dedicated to them so, this is Rocket x Tia's one! The next will be…Mei x D'Jok! Sorry for any inconvenience of some sort to some readers!

Previously: How could this have happened...Where could she be...Poor Tia and poor Rocket…Tia…what happened to you…but will Rocket receive the answer he's looking for…

Tia looked at Rocket for a few moments and bit down on her bottom lip. Rocket raised his eyebrows and his face carried a worried and concerned expression. Finally, she answered.

'Nothing happened, I just needed to…get away,' she replied unconvincingly and Rocket could tell she was lying because her eyes betrayed her. He didn't understand why she didn't tell him the truth though.

'Tia…don't lie to me…' he pleaded with her but didn't receive the reaction he was looking for.

'I'm not Rocket!' she said firmly and tried to eye him convincingly but Rocket knew her too well.

'Then…why would you go off without telling me? You were fine when you left here. Why not talk to me?' he asked worriedly. He knew she was lying but he had to understand why. She didn't lie to him naturally.

'Because…I needed to think on my own Rocket. And I know that if I told you I was leaving, you wouldn't have let me go without talking to you first, at least. I never meant to worry anyone, I swear. I'm sorry but I just…needed to get away,' she apologized but Rocket looked at her uncertainly but reluctantly decided to leave it…for now at least. He wasn't giving up however until he knew the truth.

'Alright…' he replied reluctantly and removed his gaze from hers for the first time since she suddenly returned. Within seconds however, it was back to her. 'Tia…' he began and she turned round to him. He didn't say anything but immediately leant in and attached his lips to hers. It was so good to feel her lips on his; he had gone so long without it. He couldn't remove his lips from hers the second they were in contact and he refused to let her go once his arms were wrapped tightly around her waist. She seemed to miss him as well as she passionately kissed him back and dug her hands into him but he didn't mind. Rocket soon began to slowly and carefully push her down on the couch while also nipping on her bottom lip to which she obliged. Soon, he was positioned on top of her and was circling his lover's mouth with his tongue while his hands were trying to grasp every fibre of her body. Soon, his love and passion for her overwhelmed her and he soon forgot about their recent bump as his hands slid down her sides and began to life her shirt up. And for the first time ever, she did something he had never expected…she refused him. As soon as she felt him reach down, she immediately began to struggle and quickly removed her lips from his and shoved him out of the way so she could get up and out of his grip.

'Rocket…no!' was her firm reply as she jumped off the couch with Rocket sitting on his knees looking at her in disbelief as she leaned on armchair and tried to get her breathing back. Rocket couldn't believe it. She refused him. She had never, ever done that before. Rocket could only look at her in shock for a few moments before he fully realised what had happened and began to question her, still breathless from their moment.

'Tia…what…why?' he asked breathlessly. He wasn't sure of how to ask. He had never had to ask before because she had never refused him before. She took a few more deep breaths before replying.

'I'm just…tired, that's all,' she replied and Rocket could tell she was trying to come up with an excuse. Rocket gave her a confused look before finding an answer to reply.

'What?' he exclaimed, now beginning to get angry. She had never lied to him before so what made this time different? 'Tia, what is going on? Tell me!' he nearly yelled but even he could tell the aggravated tone in his voice.

'Rocket, I…' she began but Rocket cut in.

'Tia, I want the truth!' he ordered and Tia looked at him with a scared and sad look. She didn't know how to respond. She knew he cared but she had to get him to understand that she couldn't tell him but without actually telling him and so far, lying wasn't getting her very far. She bit on her bottom lip as she wondered about what and what not to tell him but the way his eyes were pleading at her to tell him the truth made it hard to think let alone decide. And it made it even harder for her to think when he got off the couch, went up to her and rubbed her shoulders for assurance. 'Tia…please,' he pleaded with her, wanting her to tell him what he could tell she badly wanted to tell him. Instead of answering though, Tia couldn't take it and broke down for the second time that night and Rocket left what he wanted, no, needed to know so he could comfort her. He embraced her tightly and rubbed up and down her back reassuringly as well as kissing her forehead. Whatever happened could wait. She was upset and he considered it his job to comfort her…and he also considered it his job to keep her safe which was beginning to become a problem…

After a while, Rocket and Tia were still standing with his arms wrapped around her after she had calmed down but they were both too contented to move but Rocket knew it was getting late.

'Do you want to go to bed?' he whispered into her ear and she only nodded and he released her but kept a tight grip on her hand as they went upstairs to his room. He handed Tia his shirt and her short shorts that she usually wore when she slept with him and he left her to get changed and when he went back in, he found her curled up in a small ball on his bed with a dazed look on her face. He looked at her with a sorrowful look in his eyes before slowly starting towards her and slowly sat next to her on the bed but was careful not to scare her. She jumped slightly when she felt some movement and turned to him but relaxed when she saw him. Rocket never said anything but instead he just grabbed the blanket, and pulled it around them before leading her down on to the pillow. He kept a tight grip around her waist and she clung on to his shirt and closed her eyes and tried to go to sleep. 'I love you,' he whispered into her ear and Tia forced herself to keep it in her head by repeating it over and over again as it was the only thing that kept her from going crazy…

Tia was in a room so familiar yet so new to her at the same time. It was a black room and she couldn't move from the chair she was sitting in because she strapped into it. She forced herself not to panic by focusing on her breathing and not the hundreds of machines she could just about see around her. Suddenly, she heard someone speak in the darkness.

'I hope you're ready my dear…' the voice said before a figure came into view. However, she didn't get time to register its features before she suddenly felt pain shoot all over her body making her scream at the top of her lungs.

Tia shot up and continued to scream before she realised she was awake and the nightmare was over even if it was still vivid in her mind. She buried her face in her hands and tried to calm her breathing while tears slowly streamed down her face when she felt someone's arms try and wrap themselves around her for comfort and that's when she heard his voice.

'Hey Tia, its ok…' he whispered to her comfortingly and tried to wrap his arms around her but instead she shrugged him off.

'I'm fine,' she muttered angrily before jumping of the bed and running into the bathroom, locking the door behind her while he sat on his bed and looked on with a shocked expression on his face.

The second the door was locked, Tia began to pace.

'Calm down Tia, it was only a dream…' she muttered to herself over and over again but knew deep down it was far from it. She could feel her heart thumping in her chest and the sweat dripping down her forehead but that's not what was worrying her. What was worrying her was lying to Rocket…again. She dreaded going out to face him and telling him a random nightmare that scared the shit out of her. She was struggling enough as it was to keep her cool. Even though she knew she couldn't tell him the truth, that didn't make it easier to lie and even knowing the consequences made it harder to lie. Lying to him was just something she wasn't good at and it hurt her and she could see it hurt him. She leaned on the sink and took a few deep breaths while trying to compose herself enough so she could think straight enough to come up with a convincing lie and one she could tell. Finally composed, she took a deep breath before heading back into the bedroom…

'Are you ok?' he asked immediately, ignoring how she brushed him off. She just smiled and nodded as she slowly approached the bed.

'Yeah, I'm fine,' she promised and sat down next to him on the bed again but didn't look him in the eye as they sat in an awkward silence while Tia messed with the sleeve on the shirt.

'Tia…' Rocket began, wanting to ask her something he badly didn't want to be true.

'Yeah…' she replied, sensing that something was wrong and turned towards him. She could tell by his eyes that her senses were right.

'If I ask you something, can you please promise me you'll tell me the truth?' he pleaded with her and Tia honestly wasn't sure as to how to reply. If it were any other situation before what had recently happened she would've said 'of course' but she wasn't sure how to reply since she had no idea as to what he was going to ask. 'Please…' he pleaded with her again and Tia couldn't refuse him in seeing those eyes so she nodded.

'I promise,' she swore and hoped that she wasn't going to regret it when he asked whatever he wanted to ask. Thankfully, it wasn't what she hoping it not to be but it was something she wasn't expecting it to be.

'Do you still love me?' he asked, nearly pleading with her. A part of him was telling him that that's what she went off to think about and was too afraid to admit it to him which was why she seemed so distant and he was trying to convince himself that she as just lying and she did love him when she didn't. However, the part of him still believed she did love him and was lying to protect him which he didn't understand why but he preferred this thought to the other one. He just needed to hear it from her to be sure.

'Of course I do. I know it seems like I'm blacking you out and whatever but there's just a lot going on and I just…need a bit of space which was why I went away but…I couldn't stay away from you for much longer which is why I came back. I just…need time,' she lied to him again only, for him, he thought it was the truth she said it that convincingly. Rocket sighed heavily with relief in hearing these words and smiled at her to which she replied by smiling back.

'I love you,' were the first words he spoke to break the new silence.

'I love you too,' replied Tia and even she knew this was no lie. Loving him was exactly why she was lying to him in the first place. Rocket could also tell this was no lie and leaned in and attached his lips to hers. She happily kissed back before they broke away and snuggled into each other's arms and went back to sleep, both unaware of many new disasters that were about strike over the next coming days…