"It was possible that his mind was playing tricks on him. It wouldn't be the first time he'd conjured her up as a familiar face in a crowd of strangers." Precisely 10 months to the day since Fraulein Maria's sudden departure from 53 Aigen, Georg catches a glimpse of golden hair when on an outing in town. What he later discovers sheds light on truths he's not yet ready to confront.

"But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined!" Maria has been told that there are certain rooms that are not to be disturbed, but she never listens.

"Could she take one kiss? Was it possible to have just one? One kiss to keep and cherish forever. To hold onto and never forget, to keep secret from the rest of the world." Slight AU from after the Ländler but set a month after the party. ONE-SHOT.