Ok, the final conclusion of the little Jealousy thing, all four are involved. Please enjoy .

Making up on the Beach

Komanchi was looking for Kristopher, and had been for two hours already. She had woken late and comfortable, with Touma sitting on the edge of the bed, she had not questioned why he was getting up, knowing that he, like herself, could not stay in bed after waking. She had received yet another possessive and passionate kiss before he had left her.

Komanchi of course could not keep this happiness to herself, and had immediately sought out Kristopher, hoping that perhaps he had had the same luck as she had, or if not, then to offer encouragement that Seraphina would eventually come round. But he had not been in his room, nor had he been with any of the others.

She had seen Seraphina by the pier, but Kristopher was nowhere in sight. Which was so unusual that Komanchi felt a little concerned. Which lead her to approach Seraphina. She did not expect the other woman to turn a cold glare on her, and her question got lost.

"You are another I wish never to see again." Seraphina told her, her voice clipped.

"Excuse me?" Komanchi asked, confused.

Seraphina turned away dismissively. "Before you ask me, I do not know where that lying dog is, and nor do I wish to know. Now please remove yourself from my sight."

It took a moment before Komanchi connected the dots, and her hand covered her mouth as she realised that Seraphina must have seen them as Touma had, and how hurt Kristopher must be. "It is not what you think." she said as she turned, it was not her place to explain things to Seraphina, it was Kristopher's. But first Komanchi knew she needed to find him and help bolster his failing confidence.

The only place she hadn't checked was the hidden beach behind the cliff rocks at the end of the main beach, and it was to there she headed.

Touma stopped her before she actually reached the sand. "What is the matter?" he asked, taking in her concerned countenance.

"I think that Seraphina saw Kristopher and myself on the beach yesterday as well, and she was not as… understanding as you were. And now I'm afraid Kristopher may do something stupid. He was quite depressed when we last spoke." Komanchi explained.

There was a slight flash of jealousy that spiked through Touma's eyes, but he covered it quickly and nodded. "I will speak to Seraphina." he said and let her go to search for Kristopher. Komanchi smiled her thanks before taking off in the direction of the hidden beach.

Kristopher was standing at the far side of the hidden beach, sitting on a set of rocks, his feet dangling in the water, staring at his hands looking melancholy. Komanchi made her way to him, and without hesitation put a comforting arm around his shoulders.

"I'm happy for you." he said after a quite moment. "I saw you last night, on the pier with Touma on my way here. I'm glad it worked out."

Komanchi tightened her hold and let out an uncertain sigh, not quite knowing what to say.

Kristopher held up a stone, the most perfect shade of blue that matched Seraphina's eyes and said. "I found this earlier on, around dawn, and the first thing I wanted to do was take it to her, and tell her how it would make her eyes seen even more blue." he sighed. "But she wishes to never see me again."

"She saw us, yesterday, when we were speaking. Touma saw us also, and was jealous. Perhaps Seraphina was jealous to?" she suggested.

Kristopher's back straightened before slumping again. "No, no. Fanciful thinking. She told me she did not wish to see me again, and though it pains me I will do as she commands me."

At a loss Komanchi said. "So you will spend no time with any of the rest of us?"

Kristopher looked at her, a sad smile crossing his face. "Not if it will make my Love uncomfortable."

Unhappy, Komanchi looked round, searching for some inspiration, and saw Seraphina rounding the corner to the hidden beach, a determined look on her face. Komanchi gave Kristopher another squeeze and said. "If she felt nothing for you, why would she be so angry at seeing us together?" She removed her arm and stood. "Don't give up hope my friend, please." and she left him, passing Seraphina, casting her a warning look, which the other woman ignored, her eyes fastened on Kristopher. Komanchi returned to Touma and thanked him for his aid and the two waited on the wall of the beach to see what happened.

Seraphina stopped a few feet from Kristopher and studied him, noting the dejected posture and the sad faraway gaze as he stared at the stone in his hands. Touma had informed her of what Komanchi had said the previous night, and Seraphina had not liked the guilty feeling that welled within her, and she had left Touma to find Kristopher,

When he did not notice her after a few minutes she spoke. "Kristopher?"

Kristopher started, losing his balance on the rock and landing in the water around it. When he stood his eyes were wide, and slightly panicked. "Seraphina? I am sorry, I didn't realise you came here, if you give me just a moment I will-"

Seraphina surprised herself by letting out a small laugh, and the sound silenced Kristopher, who stared at her in shock. She gained control of herself quickly and stared at him seriously, her gaze pinning him neatly and stopping further words. "I wish to apologise." she said.

Kristopher immediately spoke. "It is not you who should apologise!" he said, then stopped and looked at her. "Apologise?"

She nodded briskly. "For my behaviour yesterday." she said. "What I said to you was cruel and unjustified."

Kristopher's mouth opened and closed a number of time's, hoping that eventually to find some words somewhere inside him to speak to her, but eventually he gave up and stood silent, part of him wanted to defend her words, while the other was glad for her words. He had been terribly hurt, and he would give anything for her to take back her words.

"Touma told me that you and Komanchi spent the last five years looking for ways to wake us." she continued, on the outside she seemed unperturbed by his silence, but inside she was worried. "I know that before you would say the words 'I love you' and similar to me often. But I think you did not understand when I told you I did not understand what you were saying. I still do not understand. You say these words often, but you still do not tell me what they mean, or what you expect me to take them to mean." she sighed and looked away from him and at the sea, her eyes narrowed into a frustrated glare.

"I do not understand my feelings for you, save that when I saw you and Komanchi together, smiling and touching, it hurt. I lashed out at you, and that was perhaps wrong of me, but I found I could not keep this hurt to myself, and I wished to hurt you as much as I was hurt…" she trailed off and looked back at him. "Do you understand?"

Kristopher's mouth opened again, but he didn't know what to say. How did one explain what 'I love you' meant? How could he somehow prove his feelings… did this apology mean that she perhaps did like him in the way he liked her, or was it merely an extension of friendship. He desperately wished she was not so hard to read.

Seraphina watched him, watched the confusion dance across his face. "I feel bereft when you are not around me." she said, catching his attention, compelled to honesty. "Though that may be simply because you have always seemed to be there no matter where I turn, I do not know. I do not understand this 'love' you speak of, nor do I understand why you seem to like being around me so." that was the part that was truly perplexing to her, why was it that he simply enjoyed being with her even if she ignored him.

"But I do realise that someone does not spend five years searching for a cure to something that cannot be explained, unless the person they search for is worth something to them."

"Seraphina I--" Kristopher began, but was cut off.

"So I am not sure what it is you want with me, or why, but I feel it would be unwise at this time to turn you away." she looked at him, pleading with her eyes for him to understand what she was trying to say.

Kristopher stood uncertain, his hand clenching round the blue stone he held before his waning determination strengthened and he sloshed his way out of the water towards her, coming to a stop a foot or two away. "You don't mind if I spend time around you?" he asked, his unsurety coming through in his voice.

"No." Seraphina answered.

"And you will give me the chance to prove my love to you? To prove what love is to you?" he asked, looking deep in her eyes. She nodded slowly. He held out his hand, palm up, the stone displayed. "Will you take this? Please?"

Seraphina looked at the stone, trying to work out why it seemed so important to Kristopher, and back up to meet his eyes. He reached out and took the stone, glancing back at it when it was cradled in her own hand, she studied it carefully, as if the stone itself had some sort meaning she could discern, something that would explain everything about Kristopher and his behaviour to her, but it offered her nothing.

"It is a stone." she said at last, confused.

Kristopher nodded, a small lopsided smile tugging his lips. "Yes."

She frowned at him, and noticed something. She held the stone out towards him, her eyes flicking between his face and the stone, and he frowned worriedly at her. "It is the same colour as your eyes." she told him, her fingers folding back around it and pulling it back to her.

I will leave this little snippet here. If I don't it could go on forever, and I'm not very good with romance and the like. I may return to this one at a later date and add a more suitable ending. But I'm afraid this is all you get today. I hope you enjoyed.