A little bit of love

by Flare Haynekie

Disclaimer: …………..
Warnings: OOC-ness, shonen-ai, Sophia and Cliff bashing??? (is there any? Really?)
Author's note: OMG, I was filthy rich in Tales of Phantasia, before I restarted the game, of course! OMG I SAW THE ENDING OF ABYSS IN JAPANESE!!!! Meaning: I HEART YOU LUSCH!!! Ahh, but I liked Aschy more… And the Japanese voice cast is better than the American one. Or rather, I prefer them over the American one!

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Chapter 10: The half fulfillment of our promise
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Albel watched in complete boredom as Fayt, with the help of the others in the workshop, played around baking the pie. They had to do it here at the workshop because the inn's chef told them he was too busy to spare some space for them to bake, so they resolved in doing it at the workshop.

"You'll burn it." Albel murmured, Fayt smiling at him.

"No I won't. I'm good at baking." Fayt simply replied, placing the pie into the old steel oven that was mostly used for item creation rather than baking.

Once Fayt had the pie in, the others went and left them alone. If it was to leave them alone, or to be as far away as they could from the Wicked one, Fayt didn't know, but he did appreciate the gesture. He sat on the stool, facing Albel who sat on the other side of the counter.

"Are you sure it'll come out right?" Albel wondered, leaving little claw marks on the wooden counter.

Fayt smiled at him. "It'll be okay. I just have to check up on it every once in a while. And it's only because this oven's temperature is odd."

"Well, as long as you don't burn it…" Albel trailed off, suddenly grinning.

Fayt wondered what Albel was planning now before he saw Albel reach over the counter to grab his shirt and pull him closer. The blue-haired earthling closed his eyes as Albel took his lips fully with his own. When Fayt sighed, Albel took that as his opportunity to slip his tongue into his small lover's mouth. Fayt moaned and squirmed on his seat, a bit before Albel let him go, giving him a small peck on the lips before sitting back fully on his stool.

"That was satisfying." Albel grinned, watching Fayt's blush and stare rather dazedly.

He was about to reply when Sophia's voice called out to him, the young girl waltzing into the room with a basket.

"Lunch was being served, Fayt." Sophia pouted. "So Mirage and I thought it would be nice to bring you some! Of course, I brought some for the idiot here, but only because you would've been mad if I didn't." She placed the basket on the counter, right between Fayt and Albel, deciding to completely ignore the bright blush on her childhood friend's cheeks.

Fayt smiled up at her. "Thank you, Sophia. That was very thoughtful of you."

"Don't worry about it!" She smiled, happy to have been praised. "Well, unfortunately I have to leave you, since Maria and I are going to the castle for a bit, and then shopping."

"Are you done yet, Sophia?" Maria called, looking into the workshop. "Come on, leave them alone to eat."

"Coming." She replied, then smiled at the boys again. "I'll leave you to eat. I'll come back later to pick up the dishes." And with that, Sophia and Mirage left the workshop, closing the door with a soft click.

Fayt rummaged around the basket, talking stuff out of it and placing them on the counter as Albel separated the portions. Once that was done, they ate in silence. Albel looked up every once in a while, until Fayt paused eating to look at him.

"What's wrong?" Fayt asked, lowering his fork just as Albel shoved some food into his mouth. He chewed and swallowed quickly.

"Can't I feed you?" Albel softly asked.

"Sure." Fayt smiled, letting Albel fed him.

Once the food was done, Fayt quickly got up to check on the pie. He got it out with a relieved sigh, placing it at the end of the counter where the window was so it would cool down. He went over to put away the empty plates, Albel getting up to lean on the counter and childishly tap the base of the apple pie with one of his claws.

"Albel, leave the pie alone." Fayt scolded, looking up to slightly glare at him.

Albel grinned, but left the pie alone. Once Fayt looked away again, he tapped it once more. Fayt looked up to glare at him.

"Leave the pie alone, Albel." He scolded again.

Albel tapped it again. "I want some now while it warm."

Fayt sighed, deciding to comply with his childishness. "Fine. Bring it here."

With a grin, Albel grabbed the pie with his clawed hand and placed it in a spot Fayt had cleared up. Fayt grabbed a knife and two of the forks, cleaned them up, then used the knife to cut the apple pie. Albel sat on his stool with a happy smile, gladly eating half of it in a hurry once Fayt had placed a piece on a plate in front of him.

"Eat some." Albel urged, before eating the rest in one bite. "More." He then ordered, raising his plate.

Fayt sighed before placing another piece on Albel's plate and starting to eat a bit himself. "Hey, it came out great! I'm glad!"

"Well, of course it came out great! It had better have come out great." Albel said rather serious.

Fayt paused at that. "Was that a threat?"

But the elicoorian simply grinned. "Shut up and eat." He ordered.

Deciding not to push the subject any further, Fayt did exactly as told, he shut up and continued to eat his piece. Once he was half way done, he noticed that Albel had long finished eating and was simply staring at how Fayt ate with a rather amuse grin on his face.

"Is there something wrong?" Fayt wondered, tilting his head to the side.

Albel shook his head, smiling. "Nothing."

Not dwelling much on it, Fayt returned to his eating. Right when he was chewing the last bite, Sophia and Maria returned, a rather happy grin on both.

"Shopping went extremely good!" Sophia declared, approaching the desk and noticing the dessert. "Oooh! Apple pie? Did Fayt make it?" she giggled. "Of course he made it! It smells like his special way of baking the pie after all!"

Albel rolled his eyes. "There is only one way to bake a pie, idiot. It's the way the ingredients are put together that makes the difference."

Maria gave a sigh, approaching them. "No fighting, guys. It's been a good afternoon so far."

"True enough." Fayt smiled, placing the re-used plates and silverware in the basket. "We're all done for the moment, Sophia, so you can take the basket back to the inn." He said, pushing the basket a little bit towards her.

Sophia nodded and then smiled. "Was it good? Did you like it?" she asked, looking like a rather happy puppy awaiting a treat.

"Yeah, it was really good." Fayt smiled at her rather happily, a loud squeal from the happy girl resounding through the workshop, both Maria and Albel covering their ears.

Once she stopped, they lowered their hands, Albel quickly reaching over to soothe Fayt's ears in silly hopes of stopping the quickly forming headache.

"Oh, stop touching him already!" Sophia quickly argued, Albel turning to glare at her, stopping his motions and leaving his hands on Fayt's cheeks.

"Why should I?" Albel defied, noticing full well that Fayt was nuzzling his hands.

"Ahhh! Stop it already!" Maria decided, coming between them and looking at both with a glare before settling her gaze on the rather happy and cute Fayt nuzzling Albel's hands.

Sophia blinked confused. She was going to argue, but decided to turn to look at Fayt's direction. Albel also turned to look at the blue-haired earthling even though he knew full well what Fayt was doing.

"That… that's so cute…" Sophia murmured, a slight blush crossing her cheeks.

"It really is." Maria nodded, smiling.

Noticing the rather lack of arguing, Fayt stopped and opened his eyes to notice they were all staring at him. He blushed, a deep red color. "Um… why are you all staring at me?"

Albel was first to answer. "Because you're so damn cute." He grinned, leaning over while pulling Fayt towards him seconds before kissing him.

Maria's eyes slightly widened at the sight. Sophia's eyes widened as big as plates and her mouth hanged open. She didn't scream, didn't squeak, and barely breathed from the shock. Her blush turned a darker shade of red before grabbing Maria and the basket, and running out the workshop. Albel smiled, turning to where the girls had been and staring rather confused at the empty workshop.

"Where the hell did they disappeared to?" he softly wondered, before he noticed that Fayt was purring. "Well aren't you the happy kitten?" he asked with a chuckle.

Fayt smiled, giving a small giggle. "Sophia didn't scream."

"Luckily enough. I had enough high-pitched sounds coming from her mouth for today." Albel growled. "It's a miracle that my eardrums are still in one piece."

Fayt shook his head softly. "That's mean, but I get what you're saying."

They smiled at each other just as Mirage came running to them.

"Is it true that you guys kissed in front of Sophia?" Mirage asked, a rather pleased smile on her lips. "She came with Maria in a hurry. She's actually still in shock while Maria is laughing at the whole thing."

Albel grinned at her. "Of course I kissed him. Besides, she was being more annoying than usual."

Mirage sighed rather happily, but shook her head at them. "I can't believe you had the courage to do that so extreme in front of her."

"It was just a kiss. It's not like I was trying to rape him in front of her or anything like that." Albel replied.

"Please don't." Mirage said. "Well, I guess that's it. Just wanted to know if it was actually true. Do you guys want anything from the inn?"

Fayt quickly nodded. "Oh! Me! I want some juice, please."

"Me too." Albel added.

Mirage nodded and left. She came back some time later with two glasses and a pitcher of juice, leaving it on the counter before going back to the inn. Fayt grabbed the pitcher, serving himself some juice before drinking it in one gulp. Albel drank a bit before putting his glass on the counter and grabbing Fayt in a tight hold.

"And so it begins." Albel mused with a grin.

Just as Fayt was about to question what was beginning, Albel softly licked Fayt's collarbone, the earthling shuddering at the contact.

"A-Albel…?" Fayt stammered, but Albel simply kissed him, pulling Fayt towards him before forcefully grinding his hips against Fayt's.

First rather strongly, before starting a soft rhythm until he felt Fayt holding onto his arms for support. Albel's grin widen, if that was at all possible, as he started trailing a hand up Fayt's waist, pushing the white shirt higher and higher. He sat Fayt on one of the stools, then proceeded to kiss and nibble the newly uncovered skin, Fayt's moans encouraging Albel even more for he trailed his hand down to Fayt's stomach, touching softly as he moved even lower, undoing Fayt's pants.

"Albel! Fayt!" Maria called, opening the door. "Are you guys coming back to the inn any time soon?" she called, hearing a loud thud of a stool falling and some running. "Guys?" she looked around, finding the fallen stool where Fayt had sat merely seconds before. "Come out before I force you out." She threatened, glaring as she looked around and wondering why they were suddenly hiding.

She didn't have to look anymore since both Albel and Fayt quickly exclaimed in surprise, Maria jumping over the counter to find them.

"No! This isn't fair!" Albel whined.

Maria giggled. "What happened?" she asked, Albel glaring at her.

"Do you seriously think I know the answer to that? After I was so far! I was so close to doing it too!" Albel whined even more, receiving a soft pat on the head from Fayt.

"Maria? Weren't you bringing them back?" Mirage asked, entering the workshop. She spotted Maria and went to see what she found so amusing. "Uh oh. I think I just gave you the juice Sophia made…"

"Sophie?" Fayt asked, Albel taking hold of his hand.

Mirage sighed and nodded. "She was hanging around with Peppita a bit ago. Sorry Albel."

Albel glared at them as much as he could before dragging Fayt out the workshop. "I'm going to murder the next one who thinks it's a fine and dandy idea to shrink me again!" he exclaimed as he entered the inn and went up the stairs, Fayt giggling at him, happily watching at their small hands together and how well they suited each other.

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The End!
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(Author's rants)
Yeah, that was all. This is just a filler chapter (I think) so I could finish things in an even number. BUT! I bet you didn't see that coming! Lime! Whoot! (I suck at it! Whoot!)

Noxie! I dedicate this to you, the most awesome and loyal fan of Star Ocean ever! XD (and because I love your reviews 3)

(Things you should know)
OMG, I'm playing Persona 3! XD It's awesome! It has people shooting themselves on the head! But the pairing that I like is not that famous. I read two fics about them. One was awesome (and had to do with gems and their meanings) and the other one was meh. Yeah. Anyways! That is all! I be too lazy to reply to all the reviews, but someone did ask if Abyss was good (or that's what I understood), and that I'll answer.

If you like plot twists that make you go "WTF?!" (like in SO3 XD; 4d space anyone?), then you'll like Abyss. Yay!

Bye byes! Thanks to everyone who stuck by and nearly ordered a lynch mob to find me (I know you were all willing to!). Hmm, dedicating the last chapter to "The Fishtank". Where me and my retarded friends hang out (you can see this on youtube … yes, I was shocked too).