Author's Note: Heh...hi, readers. I, uh...had writer's block?

Seriously, I've been having ideas for other fics, but I was pretty stumped on this one for, oh, the past couple of months or so. And that's not even factoring in the fact that real life has been kind of crazy lately—college will be starting up again soon; no doubt that'll be taking up most of my time.

So anyway, I've finally gotten some inspiration for the next chapter. Remember how I gushed about the Shirou/Saber pairing in the author's note for last chapter? Well, this chapter basically consists of me waxing through Kitty about Shirou and Saber's romance and finding parallels between that ship and Kurtty.

Disclaimer: As much as I'd love to own Fate/stay night (or at least Shirou and Saber...or maybe just Shirou...), the rightful owners are Type-Moon and Studio DEEN.

Parallels

Kitty huffed suddenly, causing Kurt to jump.

"Saber, you're being ridiculous! Just say you love him already!" the brunette snapped at the TV screen.

"Keety, zat's not going to help anyzing," Kurt said, trying to calm his girlfriend down.

That evening, Kurt and Kitty were sitting together on the living room's couch, watching the twenty-first episode of Fate/stay night, an animated fantasy adventure series based off of the visual novel of the same name. In this particular episode, the protagonist Shirou had declared his love for the main female character Saber during a rather bloody fight with Gilgamesh, one of the antagonists. The scene that had caused Kitty's outburst was the one where Shirou ended up kissing Saber and the latter acted as though the kiss meant nothing to her.

"But Saber loves Shirou!" Kitty went on, casting a frustrated glare in Kurt's direction. "She knows she does! And even if Shirou hadn't said he loved her—twice—he took Saber out on a date in the last episode! How could she not know why he wanted to go out with her?" She drew in a deep breath at the end of her rant.

Kurt couldn't help but crack a grin. "You seem to be very...involved in zis, Kätzchen."

Kitty's expression went from annoyed to sheepish. "Well, I just think Saber's being both really clueless and really stubborn. I mean, she kissed Shirou back, and yet she's still acting like she feels nothing for him."

"You know," Kurt said, looking back at the screen in time to see Shirou arrive at Kotomine Church, "zey kind of remind me of how ve vere."

"What do you mean?" Kitty asked.

"Shirou's been in love with Saber since ze night he summoned her," Kurt replied, "but she only saw him as her Master at first. And at zis point, he believes zat his feelings for her are unrequited."

A slightly bittersweet smile crossed Kurt's features. "In his mind, she vill never love him, no matter vhat he says or does." Boy, did he know how that felt.

"But we're not bound by a magical contract," Kitty pointed out, suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable at the direction the conversation was taking. "And we definitely don't have the whole 'after the Grail War is over, we're most likely going to be separated' thing."

"Ja, ve don't," Kurt agreed, looking at her. "But back zen, before ve got togezzer, you sure did a very good job of convincing me you didn't love me."

Kitty winced, not having a response to that.

Kurt put an arm around her. "Hey, I'm not mad at you or anyzing; ve're togezzer now, right?"

"I guess that just hit a little too close to home," Kitty admitted.

"Sorry about zat." Kurt grinned. "But you know, I zink zere's somezing else ve have in common vith Shirou and Saber."

"What's that?"

"Zeir extreme protectiveness over each ozzer."

Kitty laughed slightly. "Really? So you're saying you have such a massive hero complex that you'd rush in to try to save me from a bad guy even if it might kill you?"

"I zink you already know ze answer to zat. And speaking of vhich," Kurt added, glancing at the screen in time to see Shirou get stabbed by Lancer's Gae Bolg, "let's see if Saber can get Shirou out of zis von."

About an hour and a half later, the twenty-fourth episode was nearing its end. Saber and Shirou had defeated Gilgamesh and Kirei Kotomine, and Shirou had decided to allow Saber to destroy the Holy Grail, despite knowing that it would result in her disappearing from his life.

Kurt felt Kitty take his hand as the two characters began their final conversation, and he heard her gasp as Saber quietly confessed to Shirou that she loved him.

"Oh my gosh, she said it; she finally said it!" Kitty's voice sounded choked, and Kurt couldn't quite blame her; right after Saber's confession, the already sad music playing seemed to get even sadder.

When Saber disappeared only seconds later, Kurt turned to see that Kitty's eyes were welling with tears. Wordlessly, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.

"It's just so sad, y'know?" Kitty paused. "Kurt, if you ever decide to disappear, I'm going with you."

"I'll keep zat in mind ze next time I teleport," Kurt joked halfheartedly.

The next few minutes were spent in silence as the couple watched Saber return to her era of Arthurian Britain and die, while Shirou mused on his belief that they would be together again.

"If it makes you feel better, Keety, I don't zink zat's ze end," Kurt told her as the credits began to appear onscreen. "I've heard zat ze remake of ze visual novel has Shirou and Saber reuniting."

He had barely finished speaking when Kitty's face lit up.

"Are you serious?" she exclaimed, her sadness towards the star-crossed nature of the fictional romance forgotten upon hearing that bit of information. "Is it online?"

"I zought you said you had sworn off ze Internet," Kurt reminded her.

Kitty shrugged. "I can make an exception, can't I?" With that said, she got up and hurried out of the living room, leaving Kurt still sitting on the couch, a mixture of confusion and amusement on his face.

Author's Note: Kitty's reaction to Shirou and Saber's last scene together in the anime isn't too far off from how I react every time I watch it. By the time Saber finally tells Shirou she loves him, I'm already teary-eyed. *sighs* Really, the last five minutes of the show is a tearjerker, but at least the unlockable epilogue to Saber's route in the PS2 version makes things a little better. :)