"Now," Sapphire started, "we need to rest up, and get some training in tomorrow before we fight him again, hm?" She wanted confirmation on her plan as she stretched and yawned, wincing as her arms popped.

Niko nodded and walked off. He walked into his room and sighed as he collapsed on his bed. He began to dream about putting a sword in Herato's forehead and smiles in his sleep. Because Niko ran out of guest rooms, Sapphire would find a note on her room's door.

To Sapphire,

I gave your room to Garnet and my dad has the couch. He promised to help us find a spot to train. He said he had an old training arena nearby and he said he'd make eggs benedict for breakfast! Isn't that nice? Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your viewpoint), the only room I got left with ample room for you is mine. Don't worry, I won't make you sleep with me. That is not me, you know that! Anyhow, There's a bunk bed in the room for me and you so please feel free to take the bottom bunk...or grab me and put me on the bottom bunk. I'm a heavy sleeper so I won't even notice.

Signed.

Niko

PS. I might be sleep talking the moment you walk in. Just try to ignore it.

As a weary Sapphire read the note, she sighed and cursed under her breath. It wasn't too bad of an arrangement, though. Not too big of a deal.

Sapphire padded quietly to Niko's room. She opened the door slowly, stepped in, and closed it behind her. "Niko?" she asked quietly, checking to see whether or not he was still awake.

Nothing but a quiet and gentle snore is heard from Niko as he smiles, most likely dreaming so deeply he can't hear his name being called.

Upon receiving no reply, Sapphire walked to the bed slowly. She noticed Niko on the top bunk immediately. While she preferred the bottom bunk anyways, she quietly climbed up the tiny ladder to get to the top bunk, moving very slowly and precisely as not to wake Niko up. She crawled to his left, closer to the wall, and worked the covers up and over her legs. She laid down on her side and, carefully, draped an arm over Niko.

Niko smiled in his sleep and began to dream and smiled as Sapphire wrapped her arm around him. He dreamed the two being on the beach, sitting on the sand. Niko looked into the sunset and smiles.

"Hey Sapphire?" Niko asked.

Sapphire frowned. This must have been the sleep talking Niko had mentioned in his note. Was he... Dreaming about her?

"Yeah?" she asked quietly, despite the sleep talking, shutting her eyes and wiggling a little to get comfortable.

"When this is all said and done...would you still stay so distant from me...or will you be a bit more closer to me" The truth is..I want you to marry me. I keep dreaming about it."

The scenery in his dream changes to a beachfront wedding. Niko sat down and smiled.

"Before I lived with Tails," Niko said. "Mom told me the greatest Psis in the world are at their prime when they're our age. when they do surpass our age, they begin to lose their luster...I want to spend the rest of my life with you...if we were to disappear where would we go? What would we do?"

For sleep talking, Niko was sure asking a lot of deep questions. Sapphire wondered what his reaction would be when he woke up to find her actually there.

"I want to be with you..," she whispered, voice ever soft. "I want to get closer... I'll take you to where I ran to before, and we'll just work on us. We'll rebuild each other."

"That's good" Niko said. "I'm glad to know that we will just be alone...only us...no one else...but I have to know. Where did you go?"

Sapphire was silent for a moment. She was getting more and more sleepy, and she was soon going to doze off. However, she answered, her voice full of a yawn and weariness.

"One of my father's old houses," she murmured. "I stayed in lots of his old homesteads, seeing as they're mine now... All secluded." She subconsciously pulled Niko gently against her. "There's one in particular we'll go to... It's in an unnamed forest, not far from a beach, and not far from a river..."

Niko turned to Sapphire and kissed her cheek. Niko had no idea that the actual sapphire was in the bed with him as he did so.

"I .love you..." Niko said. "No matter what you do...I'll always love you."

With this Niko began to snore once more and never spoke again the entire night.

Though initially wary, Sapphire's eyes shot open at Niko's small kiss. Nonetheless, she recovered quickly and smiled slightly as Nero's snore began again. She snuggled herself against Niko's chest, curled up, resting her head under his chin.

"I love you, too," she whispered.

Soon enough, she was asleep, too.