AN: Hi all! Here with chapter 4... the last chapter before the epilougue. It turned out different from how I'd planned it... now there is definitely MarthxSamus... did the change of pairings warnings in chapter one. the ending of this chapter is not my best... but I think it's alright.

Thank you to nameisDooM (This is longer than the earlier draft, honest!), Trisero Greil Calcumdoria (Yeah, I know their out of their minds. I made them that way. :3) and Anyone (It's no problem, the thanking. Hope you like this chappie!) for reviewing the last chapter. Thank you also to 123 for reviewing the first chapter!

Enjoy, peeps!


Marth hummed softly to himself as he drove home, worrying over Samus's problem. She had been avoiding him since the day she told him about her past, making excuses whenever he tried to talk to her. Her performance during working hours have also slipped from their usual standard and Marth was doing everything to stop their easily infuriated boss from firing her; he knew Samus just had some emotional stress with losing her pen and would be alright after a period of time. The fact Zelda was going through the monthly female you-know-what was certainly NOT helping him though.

Abruptly, through his musings, a boy ran across the road, causing Marth to screech to a stop. The boy stared in terror at him for a fraction of a second before bolting to the other side of the road.

"What do parents teach their kids nowadays?" he muttered to himself. Oh, great, he thought, I'm starting to sound old.

He soon reached his home and parked noisily into a lot, causing the next door neighbor to glare angrily at the car. Marth rolled his eyes: it is not like he can help it if his car is noisy. Realising he had dropped his keys when he's stopped the car suddenly, he bent down to pick it up when he froze with shock at what he saw next to the keys: a slim, lilac-blue shape.

Picking it up, he noticed engraved words in red on it. Squinting through the dim light from the street lamp, he realized, with surprise, that it said, "For my one true love, Samus."

The next day, Samus, as listless as the day before, walked into her office and was greeted by Marth, who was leaning against the door frame of her office. She tried to slip past him into her office, but he straightened quickly and grabbed her hand before she had moved a step.

"Marth, I have no ti-" She began to protest, but he interrupted her.

"I believe," he said slowly, reaching into his pocket, "I have something that belongs to you."

-Just a few minutes before the exchange-

"Where is that foolish Lowell boy?"

Zelda muttered under her breath as she walked furiously towards Marth's office, which was just next to Samus's. As she walked, she stopped at the corner just before Samus's office when she heard soft voices past the corner. Peeking past, she covered her mouth with one hand when she saw Marth confronting Samus – in a corridor with no one there. Being the overly curious and secret-telling person she was, she quickly gestured to all her other employees to come watch the scene…

-Back to Marth and Samus-

Samus gasped as Marth pulled out the lilac-blue pen Roy gave her those five years ago.

"I know I told you to let go," Marth said softly, solemnly. "But letting go doesn't mean you must forget."

Grateful tears ran down Samus's cheeks as Marth place the pen in her trembling hands. The pen was the same as when she had lost it, not a scratch on its lilac-blue metal surface. Looking up into Marth's blue eyes, she tried to find the words to express her gratitude, but they just would not come. However, she knew the one thing that could truly show her happiness.

Leaning forward, she kissed Marth full on the lips.

He was surprised, but he enjoyed it so much… it seemed to light a fire in him. Samus, too, felt a warm glow when her lips met his-

"Marth and Sammie sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-NG!" The two broke apart when they heard the teasing singing of all their colleagues. Zelda stepped forward, her eyes half-amused, half-angry.

"I cannot say that was not tension lifting to us all, my dear Samus and Marth, but DO YOU NOT HAVE WORK TO DO?"

The couple blushed furiously as their colleagues laughed at their expense. Nodding meekly, they then promptly fled to their offices.

Watching the rest of the police officers disperse back to their offices, Zelda quietly thought to herself, "Thank you, Marth… for finally teaching Samus how to let go."