Sorry—my internet server was down~ so I had to use someone elses!! ACK!

Author's Note: Hey! I'm back with another episode! I tried to capitalize on the beginning of their relationship in chapter 3J… This chapter is more about how you see them in the movie as they were—but with a few personal touches J Hope its not too …lame-- and sorry its kinda short!

Warning!!!: Apoch waxes philosophical on us here! Watch out-- you might actually see some brain activity here (gasp)

Standard disclaimer: I don't own anything!! Not one red cent—so don't sue me!!!

(This is just kind of a bridge to the next chapter)

After that day in the dojo things changed; we both knew it—there was something there between us that hadn't been there before. At least I thought we knew.

I never was one to care for that kind of thing; I didn't have time for romance-- and I didn't mess with the other crewmembers. I don't believe in that kind of thing.

Likewise, I wasn't very interested in women until she came. Then I couldn't think of much anything else; but I never touched her.

And then… it happened; at one moment I was turning her face into a bloody mess and then the next, I had my arms around her. And I kissed her. It was so easy, so-- right.

I can remember times when I would be sitting and maybe modifying a transmitter or fixing a broken LED screen and my thoughts would turn to her and I'd drift off… Only to save the tool from falling out of my nerveless hand. She did that to me sometimes.

But after what happened in the dojo, things were different than I had expected. I thought she would just ride off into the sunset or whatever happy couples do. I just thought we would know; it seemed so simple, that pieces were just going to fall into place.

So I went to the mess hall and sat down at my designated spot on the bench, feeling like I'd won some kind of big contest. I ate my bowl of snot without the usual ceremony of debasing it and even made small talk with Mouse. I was almost human-- how long had it been since I last experienced that kind of sensation?

The last few minutes of our time spent in the dojo kept playing through my mind. I wanted to do it again-- to have that thrill running through me once more. It made me feel almost as if I were alive again.

Then Switch entered. She seemed changed as I looked at her-- I don't know what it was; maybe I had changed. She was cool seeming-- but also innocent and vulnerable, even after what I had seen her do to that puppet the night before. I don't know how to explain it; she was just different.

I turned my face towards her; but she didn't even nod as she passed me. I don't know what I was expecting-- a smile, a hello, a greeting? She gave me none of those things, only proceeded to fold herself into the bench and eat her breakfast quietly, slanted eyes pointed downward.

For a moment I just sat there, my intellect working furiously, trying to reason out what had just happened. But I knew, even as my mind tried to fabricate an excuse, that she had just retreated behind her walls, closing herself to me.

Did she expect me to give up that easily?

A/N: What will Apoch do?! Can Switch stand to love and loose again?? Oh, the drama! Tune in next time to find out! ;)

Err… I turned up the angst-- hope its not too sappy!! Its starting to feel like a soap opera :P Apoch's depressed-- poor guy... Maybe he needs happy drugs…O.o You know… the legal stuff… Ahem.

Don't worry though-- those two will be back at it and defeating bad guys again in the next chapter!! YAY! More gore for all!

-- Anyways… Thanks to all those who have reviewed… you know who you are. J