"Well, the way I see it, there's really two roads that you're looking at right now." Chrom sat down with a businesslike look on his face as he addressed his tactician. "Wow. Never thought I'd be the one saying that to you."

"Har har. So what are these two roads?"

Chrom ticked them off on his fingers.

"Well, one, you can man up and tell Cordelia how you feel, and then you'll know for sure whether or not she feels the same way for you. Two, you can keep things the same way, and keep hiding your feelings and wondering if she feels the same way, until another man takes the first path that you could have taken and steals her away from you, leaving you in a state of perpetual sadness and regret."

Robin shook his head.

"Well, when you put it like that...I guess I'll try the first road. If she says no, though, Chrom, I am going to kill you. I'm relying on your intel here."

"Please, Robin. I swear on Naga's name that Sumia told me, and Sumia knows everything there is to know about Cordelia. Especially about her love interests. Now go! Before you lose resolve and chicken out again." Chrom shoved Robin out of the tent and zipped up the flap behind him.

Robin took a deep breath before approaching a certain redhead's tent. He knocked on the flap, and she poked her head out.

"Oh! Hi, Robin." She quickly pushed her hair out of her face and beamed at him. "What's up?"

"Er...well…"

"Mhm?" She gave him a bemused look.

"So...IreallylikeyoucanItakeyououtfordinnersometime?" The words quite literally fell out of his mouth in a heap.

"Say what? I'm not sure if I understood you."

"Fwhooo….hah…" Robin took another breath and cleared his throat. "I really like you...so...canItakeyououtfordinnersometime?"

She had to stop herself from throwing herself onto him and embracing him, and from also sounding too eager.

How to Make Him Fall For You in a Fortnight page 67, she thought.

"Of course! Um...when do you want to go?"

They settled on the next town along the planned route, before saying their goodnights. Cordelia couldn't contain herself any longer before he left, though. She tapped him as he turned away.

"Hm?"

She leaned in closer to whisper into his ear, just in case anyone was listening.

"Um..can you check if Lissa's around, first?" They both swiveled their heads, scanning for signs of the irrepressible girl.

"I think we're safe," Robin whispered back.

"Okay...well...I just wanted to say...Ireallylikeyoutoogoodnight!" She half whispered, half squealed as the words came out in a jumbled bunch. She pecked him on the cheek before hastily withdrawing to her tent and zipping the flap before he could see her burning face.


Robin and Chrom were the last two left at the strategy meeting. Of course, Chrom had grilled Robin on how the last night had gone, and Robin had told him everything, causing Chrom to gloat around the room. After all, it wasn't often that he was the the one telling his tactician what to do.

"Chrom, if you don't wipe that smug grin off your face, I will draw battle plans to ensure that you get captured and held for ransom at some point in this war."

"You know what, Robin? I'll probably never get this chance again, so I'll take my chances."

Robin slapped himself on the forehead.

It's only going to get worse once it gets around camp...


Alright, some shameless fluff to help make up for last chapter. This was originally going to be a sad chapter, but I rewrote it in the wake of the damage from the last chapter. I'm still slightly affected by it...but on the bright side, I'm on a road trip to Los Angeles and I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow! :D

Kokiri-Hylian-Hero: Here's one happy one for you! And more will follow, I'm going to try to avoid any more sad ones at least for the next 3-5 drabbles.

Aquawaves: HUGS ALWAYS. ALWAYS HUGS. but yeah, life is fleeting, so enjoy it to the fullest and don't spend time worrying about things out of our control, that's all we can do :)

owenzyronic: it's okay, I guess we kind of needed one of those chapters at SOME point; can't just be 100% fluff, so instead we get 99% fluff and 1% sadness. XD don't let this stop you from thinking of ideas though!

Aust Sakura Kyzor: Hope this one was happy enough for you :) I'll do my best to bring back up the happy meter!

As always please R&R, and enjoy the fluff after that dark last chapter :)