A/N: Just another short one. Don't worry, It's half term next week and I'm so sad I have nothing better to do than sit and type on the computer. So hopefully, you should get a few decent chapters. As always, thanks to the great reviewers. You're amazing!!

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Wally and Kuki slowly walked down the corridor. They checked Nigel's room, and Hoagie's then went to check Kuki's.

"No, not in here either. How can you even move in here without tripping over a rainbow monkey?" Wally whispered to her. She smiled, then sighed as they walked out, feeling tired and worn out.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm just, not used to doing twilight missions anymore, you know?" She smiled, rubbing her eyes.

He grinned at her.

"Wow." He said.

"What?" She asked in curiosity.

"I think this is the first time I've ever seen Kuki Sanban tired!" He said with a laugh. She giggled quietly.

"You were always so lively and cheerful, after a mission, in the morning, late at night. You name that time of day. You were hyper as anything. I think I had to have about five sodas a day to keep up with you." He remembered.

"Yeah, you've changed a lot too, you know. Not just your height but, you know, just…you." Kuki replied.

"Is that good or bad?" He asked quietly. Turning to face her and staring at her longingly. She gazed back and slowly leaned closer to him. He did the same and their lips almost met, when...

A loud bang was heard. The lights suddenly went out, making Wally and Kuki jump and pull away from each other. It was now pitch black. Wally turned on the torch of his gumball gun and glanced around.

"Well, I guess the delightful dorks found the power." Wally said.

Kuki gripped onto his hoodie, looking around.

"Y…yeah." She nodded. He looked over at her and examined her facial expression.

"You're still scared of the dark aren't ya?" He questioned. She nodded hastily.

"It's okay. I'm right here. I won't let anything happen to you." He assured her, placing an arm over her shoulder.

She clung onto him tighter as they walked down to what used to be Wally's room.

When he stepped inside, he looked around.

"It's just how it always used to be." He said with a smile, examining the room from top to bottom. "Apart from my stuff not being here, you'd think I never left."

"I know, Numbuh 1 wanted to change it into another training room but I wouldn't let him. It's where I always come when…I want to be near you." Kuki said back, slightly embarrassed.

He smiled and tightened his grip around her shoulders.

"C'mon, we'll check out Numbuh 5's room then you can go and get your cruddy hamsters regenerating the place." He said to her.

"We don't have the hamsters anymore." Kuki said sadly. Wally looked at her to listen to the rest of her story. "Numbuh 5's 'allergies' got worse. She couldn't stand them around her so in the end, Numbuh 2 made a generator and Numbuh1 sold all the hamsters."

A tear appeared in Kuki's eyes.

"It was about 2 months after you left. It probably sounds stupid but, I felt like everything I cared about was being taken away from me. I thought that in time, Numbuh 5 would leave, then Numbuhs 2 and 1. I was scared that I'd just be left alone."

They were now in Numbuh 5's doorway. Wally stopped in his tracks, pulling Kuki back as she carried on walking, she looked at him.

"You'd never be alone Kuki. I'd never let that happen." He said to her soothingly. She smiled and leaned in to hug him. He embraced her protectively. Slowly rubbing up and down her back. She smiled, feeling safe and warm, and snuggled closer to him, nuzzling his orange hoodie with her cheek and nose.

"Not that we don't want to break up the reunion or anything, but…" Hoagie stammered behind them.

They both spun around to see their other three teammates behind them.

They both loosened the hug but didn't let go of each other.

"Well, anyway. The Delightful Children have got away again." Nigel scowled. "So, We're all pretty tired, how about we get some sleep?"

Kuki looked up at Wally.

"Will you still be here in the morning when I get up?" She asked pleadingly.

Wally looked over at Nigel for an answer.

"Once Numbuh 2 starts up the generator, I'll send a transmission over to Sector T, saying you'll be back tomorrow or something." Nigel shrugged.

Wally and Kuki smiled happily and tightened their hug again.

The other three team members smiled and went back to their own businesses. Abby decided to go into her room. She gently moved Wally and Kuki out of her doorway and whispered into Kuki's ear before she went inside.

"Careful girl. Don't get too attached, remember he has to go home."

Kuki looked at her and nodded, showing that she understood what Abby said. When Abby had disappeared into her room, Wally and Kuki finally realized that they were still in each others arms, and pulled apart, blushing madly.

"Well, you'd better get some sleep." Wally suggested to Kuki, rubbing the back of his neck and kicking the air with his right foot.

"Yeah…but…it's dark in my room…I'll wait till the lights come back on." Kuki replied, scared.

Wally took her wrist and led her into her room.

"I'll stay with you till Numbuh 2 gets the power working." Wally compromised.

"O…okay." Kuki nodded.

Wally faced the other way as Kuki quickly changed into her pyjamas and then pulled up a giant rainbow monkey to sit on as she lay in bed.

He smiled at her. She looked so cute. Tucked up in her bed, hugging onto a rainbow monkey. Her lovely long hair spread out on her pillow.

"You never answered my question." Wally said quietly.

"Which one?" Kuki asked in the same tone.

"Me, changing…if it's good or bad."

"You haven't changed drastically." Kuki smiled. "Just different things, like…you're not as grumpy as you used to be."

"I was not grumpy!"

"You were too." She giggled. "I remember when we saved Bradley from the hospital, you were sooo cranky that day!"

"You guys had dragged me out of wrestling practice because a cruddy skunk had got ran over, of course I was cranky." Wally laughed. Kuki did too.

"I knew the whole grumpy thing was always an act." Kuki sighed, rolling onto her back and looking at the ceiling.

"Huh?"

"You, you always used to act all tough and grumpy, but I always knew that deep down. There was the sweetest person anybody could know."

"Yeah, It was only ever you who saw that person. Everybody else either couldn't see it…or I just didn't want them too." Wally uttered. "That was one of the things I always loved about you…You saw people…for who they were."

Kuki's nightlight slowly flickered on and off a few times, until the room was dimly lit by a dull red light. Wally gazed at the walls of the room. The pattern on the nightlight made star shadows all over them. He then looked down at Kuki and realized that she was fast asleep.

Slowly and carefully, he bent down and kissed her gently on her forehead. She muttered a little in her sleep and then smiled.

He looked down at her with admiration.

"G'night Kuki…I love you." He whispered, so soft, even if Kuki were awake, she probably wouldn't have heard it. He then stood up and walked out towards his room.