Lost Universe Fanfic

This is all I've got written so far for this fanfic...please give me some more ideas, everyone! It doesn't have to be NeenaxRail necessarily! ^^ Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed what I've written so far...

Neena yawned as she exited the Universal Guardians Headquarters. She made her way down the sidewalk to the subway home. She passed by the usual stores, all closed, due to the late hour.

She slowed down as she approached Rail's car in front of the bar. She looked into the window, but couldn't get a good look inside. Her brow furrowed with concern. She walked in, and almost immediately gagged at the stench of cigars and cigarettes.

"Rail-keibu?" Neena prayed she wasn't mistaken. She'd hate to make conversations with a complete stranger in this place.

Another familiar face looked up to Neena as Rail turned around.

"Kane-san!" Neena's eyes widened.

"Neena." Rail looked to his assistant, who was still in uniform. "What are you doing here?"

Neena looked to Rail. "I worked late..." she looked to Kane. "Are Milly-san and Canal-san on Swordbreaker?"

"Yeah." Kane smiled. "Hey, Neena! Want a drink?"

Rail kicked Kane, and shifted his attention back to Neena.

Neena blushed, "I--well--your car was outside..."

Rail smiled, and pulled out a stool next to him. "Have a seat."

"No, thank you..." Neena timidly declined. "It's late..." she took Rail's arm, and urged him up. "Let me drive you home."

"I do have work tomorrow..." Rail sighed as he stood, his footing a little weak. "What about you, Kane?"

Kane smiled. "Swordbreaker's a walk from here, thanks."

"Suit yourself." Rail sighed again.

"You need rest..." Neena said as she walked Rail out of the bar.

"Don't come into a place like that again, Neena..." Rail mumbled.

Neena smiled a bit. "But you were in there, Rail-keibu."

Neena opened the passenger door, Rail leaning on her.

Rail muttered. "What's that mean...?" He straightened up. "Damn it, Neena! I'm not drunk enough to use a crutch!"

Neena blushed, and quickly bowed. "I'm sorry!"

Rail sighed, and stuck one hand in his pocket, and rested the other on one of Neena's shoulders. "Obviously I'm too drunk to watch my mouth, though..."

Neena kept her eyes lowered, "Uhm...would you like help in...?"

"I'm all right, Neena." Rail got in the car, and shut the door.

Neena got into the driver's seat, and began the car.

Rail rested his head on the back of the seat, and closed his eyes. He sighed.

"...what would you like for breakfast tomorrow, Rail-keibu?" Neena asked, pulling out into the street.

Rail paused, and opened his eyes. He turned his head a bit to look at Neena. "You're coming in tomorrow?"

"Of course!"

"You don't need the day?"

"It would just make me feel worse." Neena smiled, "Besides, I didn't plan to have anyone fill in for me tomorrow."

Rail closed his eyes again, and smiled.

"Have you eaten?"

"I'm not hungry."

"...." Neena frowned, and turned onto a street. "You sure?"

"Yeah..." Rail replied.

"What's so funny?" Neena noticed the smile on Rail's face.

"...no, nothing..." Rail quietly replied. "Would you drive around for a bit? I really don't want to head home yet."

"...is everything alright?" Neena quickly glanced to Rail, and looked back to the road.

Rail sat up, and looked back to Neena. "Are you honestly not bothered by today?"

"...honestly?" Neena asked, and then blushed. "Of course I am..." she paused. "But what good would I be to you if I showed it?"

Rail blinked once, and looked out of the window.

Neena kept her eyes on the road, and listened to the cars speeding by outside.

"...I wouldn't mind so much." Rail muttered below his breath.

"...I beg your pardon?" Neena cheerfully queried.

"...it wouldn't be so bad, you taking care of me."

Neena blushed, and turned to look at Rail, her eyes huge. She saw a glare in the corner of her eye, and she turned back to face the road, only to wind up dodging out of the way of a car she was about to run into.

Both she and Rail screamed at the top of their lungs.

"My assistant is trying to kill me!!!" Rail clutched onto the seat.

"I'm so soooooorrryyyy!!!" Neena wailed, spinning the steering wheel quickly.

Neena and Rail both caught their breath as they reached the stoplight.

Neena's face was a deep shade of red. She looked to the frazzled Rail, nervously smiling. "Home?"

Rail was still catching his breath. "Not yet. Just drive on the highway for a bit."

Neena began to accelerate again. "Why don't you want to go home?"

"Same reason you don't." Rail replied, the streetlights shining on his face.

Neena paused, and blinked. Quietly, she muttered, "I had work to do."

"Nothing that could've have been finished tomorrow." Rail calmly replied.

Neena gripped the steering wheel, and stiffened her shoulders. "The office has people."

"Yeah."

Neena's brow furrowed, and she sheepishly continued. "You're cruel, Rail-keibu."

Rail turned to Neena again. "How so?"

"Forcing me to admit that I'm lonely. It injures my pride a bit." Neena frowned.

Rail tilted the back of his seat a bit. "At least you can admit it."

Neena was afraid to look to Rail again, being on the highway, and all.

Rail sighed. "Kane's got it better than he'd like to admit, I think."

"Oh?" Neena smiled at the subject change.

"Just stating an observation." Rail rose his pitch for a moment, and folded his arms over his chest.

Neena tilted her head a bit, and watched the road. "At the same time, I think Milly-san is grateful to Kane-san."

"Why's that?" Rail stared at the roof of the car, his words slurring a bit. Neena was glad they were quickly approaching Rail's apartment. She'd never actually been in his apartment, nor did Rail ever know that she'd been to it.

It was ridiculous, actually. She made it a point to go by his apartment on occasion, for no reason.

Well, no good reason, anyway. As much as Neena tried to cover it with excuses, such as taking her uniforms to the dry cleaner's near his apartment (no matter how far out of her way it was...), she passed by routinely after work, trying to spot any traces of women coming to pay her handsome Inspector a visit.

Much to her pleasure, she hadn't found anything except for showering and a good night's sleep waiting for Rail at his apartment at night.

Back to Rail's question.

"Why?" she repeated, and laughed. "Isn't it obvious? The security of having someone around." She drove up to the sidewalk in front of Rail's apartment, and kept the car running. She sat back. "It can get scary living alone. Milly-san won't admit to it, but she feels safer with the thought that Kane-san's always around, looking after her." She frowned, and then turned to Rail, who was leaned back in his seat, staring at the roof still. She held up an index finger, "And Kane-san is watching after her, as much as he may deny it, I can tell!"

"Of course he is. A fool can see that." Rail said with a sigh, sitting up.

Neena's eyes widened as Rail undid his seatbelt, and she pressed her back against her seat as Rail reached over her, and took the keys out of the ignition.

"Come upstairs with me." Rail sounded very casul as he spoke in exhausted sighs. But that didn't take away from the boldness of the request.