I don't own.

Fanger sat next to the red head, legs drawn up to his chest. "Laval? Are you afraid of anything?" The lion turned to his guest, looking startled. "Of course. A couple of things, actually. Lossing people I care about, letting said people down...Why?"

"Just wondering"

"Fanger, if your afraid of something..." The young man paused. "If something's making you uncomfortable you can tell me. I'll try and fix it for you."

The saber curled into a smaller ball, "It's just so cold." Laval blinked, that wasn't what he'd been expecting. Glancing towards the window he studied the lack of leaves on the trees.

Last year Chima had a warm season and a cold one, with a transition season in between them. They believed it was a side affect of the Ice Tribes being healed. But this year did seem to be colder than last year.

"Fanger do you dislike the cold." He rested his hand on his friend's knee. "It-it just feels like I'm going to slip back into the dark." Footsteps, and when Fanger looked up, Laval was gone. He felt his eyes sting, and he lowered his head again. But then Laval was back with a large, thick blanket. He draped it around him.

"Better?" Fanger nodded. "Thanks."

"You're afraid of the cold, aren't you?" Fanger wrapped the blanket tighter. "It's stupid, not like any of you fears."

"It's not. I'm...Well I'm also afraid of heights. It's silly because I use to jump of everything, but then I fell of the bridge during a fight. I nearly died, and well suddenly jumping seemed a lot scarier."

Fanger looked at him. "You fly though, I saw you on the Phoenix and Eagle ships." Laval looked at his hands. "It's easier to deal with when I'm with friend. I knew they wouldn't let me fall, but it was still hard to get on the ships sometimes... It raised awkward question a couple of times."

He blushed, and Fanger let a small smile slip onto his face. "The others don't know about this, do they." It was a statement, rather than a question.

"Uh, no they don't. But you have to realized that it happen during Chima's Civil War, and it was actually Cagger trying to kill me that pushed off. And, well that would be awkward conversion." Fanger nodded, letting silence filled the air between them.

After a while the prince stood and offered his hand. "Come on Bucky, I want to take you to get some warmer clothes."

Fanger accepted his hand, and for the first time since he was healed, he felt that he had a true, genuine friend.

I LIVE! I was on family vacation for the last week