He stood near her bed. The Goddess of Nature was sleeping peacefully on her back, one hand on her stomach and the other one at her side. It was very early in the morning when Pit woke up, the sun not even having risen yet. He felt sore and had not slept for very long.

There was a lot going through his mind with the whole Chaos Kin's stuff. After clinging to the thought of Palutena being controlled, he had managed to ignore her attitude towards him. It still hurt though. He had been anxious when he had had to fight her and terrified when the Chaos Kin had taken the Goddess of Light's soul into the Chaos Vortex.

To the angle's delight and surprise, Dark Pit and Phosphora had appeared and helped, all self-motivated. Viridi had not had to tell them.

Viridi...

Pit returned to the present and looked upon his crush. His eyes trailed along her curves, narrowly defined underneath the blanket. She was facing the ceiling – or more the ceiling of her canopy bed. Pit bit his lip when he surveyed her pale face, her long eyelashes and her slightly parted pink lips. She moved her hand in her sleep, now resting both on her stomach, and sighed dreamily.

The angle's fingers twitched. He could swear he had seen this before. Then he remembered. The book in the library He thought, still regarding the goddess' position. Pit slowly leaned down and placed his hands on each of her sides on her bed, next to her shoulders.

Viridi slowly woke up when she felt a warm kiss on her lips. Her eyes fluttered open when Pit drew away.

"My sleeping beauty." The angel whispered lovingly, touching the goddess' nose with his. Viridi softly giggled and reached out for his face. Pit leaned into her palm, cupping his cheek, sighed in relief and forgetting about all of his worries for a moment. She raised her head a little to kiss the tip of his nose. He closed his eyes for a second and smiled back at her warm smile.

The Goddess of Nature let her hand slide down onto his chest, while the other one reached up to the back of his head, gently stroking his hair. Pit was about to lean down and kiss her again, when she moved away. She slid to the side and made room for him to lay down next to her. Stunned by the offer, Pit slightly opened his mouth to say something, but decided to remain silent and take the chance.

As soon as he laid down under the sheet, he felt the young-looking goddess snuggling up to him. Her hands held on to his toga at his chest and he instantly wrapped his arms around her slim form, thankful for the moment she let him share with her. Her gaze met his and she tenderly stroked his cheek with the back of her fingers.

"Don't worry," she whispered and passionately kissed his lips. He kissed her back and pressed her tightly to his body. "It's gonna be alright." She added after a moment when they parted. He smiled at her and she nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck.

"Thank you, Viridi. For everything." He mumbled, placing a kiss on her head and both drifted off into sleep.

Have a nice day/morning/evening and enjoy life to the fullest :)