Another slow update... This is getting too usual, don't you think? I might, repeat MIGHT, be able to update faster. The thing is that it is just going to be little one-shots with multiple pairings from now one. Don't worry, the more better chapters are coming soon.

Review Replies!

MewIchigo-chan - Awwh, I'm so sorry for making you mad!!! But I promise you that I don't hate him at all. It's just fun to make my favorite male character suffer. You understand, right? There just has to be controversy in a story to be good. Maybe things will get better for Steiner? *nudge, nudge. wink, wink*

BlueRoxx - You shouldn't be talking, missy. I don't see you updating your stories at FanFiction anymore. You're so obssessed with FictionPress as I am with FanFiction, yooo. But...hopefully, we'll get some hugs tomorrow???

kikimimi222 - Awwh, thank you. Skye just didn't have the best life, and Laine came into it and just brightened it all up. But now that light is obscured by that monster Daryl. And they do want each other... They just don't know it.

Crazy Cinnamon Goodness - Hey, that rhymed! But, anyways, I'm trying to make faster updates for Fate. That will happen depending on my motivation. So far, it's very low. I just hope you keep reviewing, eh?

Skye's POV - Spring 4, 6:30 PM, Year 2

I heard Laine stagger up the stairs of the apartment building, even though the door was shut tightly. It took her so long to unlock the door, that I thought she left and went somewhere else.

But I wasn't going to check.

I felt too lazy to stand up from this warm couch just to open the door for her. I wasn't her slave, now was I? And this wasn't my home, so I shouldn't be opening doors in other people's houses, right?

I heard her grumble to herself for a while and then, a triumphant squeal. She must have found her keys. The door unbolted and she trudged in, carrying in various colored bags. A blast of cold air made its way in effortlessly with her.

Oh, that was just appealing.

She glared at me. "You couldn't stand up to help a poor girl?"

"I don't think you can use the word, 'poor', now can you? Maybe 'selfish, back-stabbing loser' is more appropriate?" Okay, I admit that I was being childish at the moment. But I couldn't think of a thing to do to her without hurting her. Or me.

"Are you still mad at me for that?" She asked innocently.

Ignoring her immaturely, I scoffed at the massive amount of bags she propped on the floor. "I thought you went out to buy some clothes for yourself."

She stared at me. "I had to buy a lot of stuff! I just remembered that Celia's birthday is on the sixth, Rock's on the eighth, Lumina's is on the twenty-ninth! And also, Celia asked me to buy some hair gel for Marlin because his birthday is on the twenty-fourth. But you know, I managed to stay on budget."

I blinked. "How long do you plan on staying here?"

"I didn't plan on leaving." She retorted. A wave of nostalgia swept over me. If I went back without her, I would have to take care of her farm. If she did, I still would. But if I stayed here, someone was bound to find me…

I stood up to help her carry the bags to her room. Just when I was about to pick one white paper bag up, she smacked my hand away.

"Don't touch that!"

I frowned. "Well, excuse me for trying to be a gentleman."

"What? Now you help when I don't need it. How great of you." She shot sarcastically while piling the assortment of bags on her arms.

My frown turned into a full-fledged scowl. I curled it upward uneasily, smiling a grimace. I picked up the white bag again. "I'm very sorry, fair maiden." I spat.

Her eyes were shielded, facing the white bag. She smacked it out of my hands for the second time.

"What are you trying to do? What is in that bag?!" I demanded.

She gulped heavily. "Um…nothing, just…some feminine things."

"Oh."

I helped her carry her stuff to her room. This was…awkward.

Laine's POV

"Thank you." I muttered, and I slammed the door, not wanting to wait for a response. I blew the stray hair out of my face. Well, he shouldn't have been nosy if everything was just going to conclude weirdly! I sighed once more, before opening the little white bag. I sighed at the contents in it. He almost found out.

I cleaned it, before piercing the needle through my skin. It didn't hurt, not as much as losing Skye did.

Review, pwwzy? I'm thinking the next chapter will be focused on Rock x Lumina, with slight Skye x Laine. Mkay, bye!