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Chapter 6 :( these types are thoughts, these ones" spoken out aloud)

Swearing quietly and very angrily, ready to explode, she took one step back to look into Neo's face and her eyes widened with surprise.

"Neo, what the hell are you doing here?"

He looks so pale and tired, what did they do to him?

"Hey. I just can't sleep and wanted to walk around for a while to get my head straight..."

She seems annoyed, her eyes are cold and rejecting, and her voice seems very harsh, is it because I wasn't there today?

"Morpheus told me that the Council tested you today, are they finished now?"

His hands are trembling, his face is sunken in, perhaps he didn't even sleep or eat anything today

"Yeah, I think so. I couldn't answer all of their questions, but I think they have what they wanted."

She looks as if she's not so angry anymore...

"What about tomorrow?"

Do you want to spend your time with me, Neo?

"I don't know, I think it's my free-day. We can make up for our tour through Zion."

Please spend the day with me, Trinity

"Well, if you want to..."

He's so sweet and innocent I feel like never before

Yes, the most beautiful woman will be at my side the whole day

Silently they walked side by side both happy within their hearts, until Neo spoke again:

"I know it isn't my business, but you seem very angry, if you want to talk about it... I hope it isn't because of me."

Please, don't reject me now

"What? Of course it isn't because of you. I had a serious dispute with an old friend."

"The one you left with yesterday?"

Are you close to him?

"Yeah. His name is Ryan. A few years ago we were very good friends, but now everything is complicated. "

"Why?"

"He wants more from me than I'm willing to give him."

Because I'm in love with you, Neo, but are you in love with me too?

What if Cypher was right and Trinity only plays with men? But she's so beautiful...

"Does he love you?"

Trinity sighed:

"I suspect. A short time after I was freed we were becoming good friends, even lovers perhaps. But while he loved me with all his heart, I just searched for care and warmth. I was young and scared by the real world, but I never really loved him, he was a very good friend to me and I wasn't alone. But after some time had passed I realized that it wasn't fair to handle the situation like that. We parted when I joined the Nebuchadnezzar."

And soon found you as the only love in my heart

Neo didn't know what to say, or if she even wanted him to say something, he wasn't used to this new side of her; talking about her feelings, but he enjoyed it and thought that she hadn't any other feelings than friendship for him. It was the perfect occasion to convert her feelings for him; they were alone in the dark, well... there was no romantic sky full of stars, but stars weren't important anymore in the real world. Neo stopped his pace, turned around and stood in front of Trinity, blocking the way to the elevators and changing his expression to one that reflected his sincerity.

He laid his hands on her shoulders:

"Trinity, I..."

But before he was able to finish the sentence, she had broken eye- contact, tensing and screwing up her face because of the pain she was experiencing. She touched her hip immediately.

"Trinity, what is it?"

I care for you, so please talk to me

But she had her face under control again and smiled:

"It doesn't matter, maybe a broken rib from training today. Nothing unusual."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I am"

Her smile calmed him down, but he was still worried about her. He wanted to continue where he has stopped earlier, but there were no more words in his head and she hurried to go back to her room.

"C'mon Neo. I'm really tired and you have to sleep, too. Let's go to our rooms."

And she made her way through the streets.

It was easier than she thought to get rid of Neo as soon as possible.

When she touched her shirt, it was wet, full of blood. She groaned of pain when she took it off and what she saw wasn't very good. The wound of Neo's knife was open again, bleeding and purulent, it hurt like hell. She knew that Neo wanted to say something important earlier, but he wasn't allowed to notice the inflammation, she didn't want to feel him guilty, because she forced him to hurt her in the Dojo. She believed that it would be alright in a few days again, there was no reason to worry. But when she woke up the next morning, she felt a distinct throb at her hip and the pain was stronger than before, even bringing tears in her eyes and she was used to the worst pain she thought imaginable.

But there was no time to think or worry about it; someone was knocking at her door. Morpheus informed her that they would be leaving Zion in nearly 1 hour, because the repairs on the ship were finished earlier than they first expected. When Trinity packed up her things, she was happy to leave her problems with Ryan and all of the groupies behind. On the Neb. she and Neo would have time to talk, maybe even talk about their feelings, the only problem was Cypher and his perpetual tries to make trouble. But she was also forced to ignore the pain and the bad situation of her wound, if she visited a doctor now, he would never let her leave Zion. Months without her crew, fighting against the machines, her best friend switch and father like Morpheus and mainly without Neo. No, she had no choice, but ignoring the weakness of her body.

The first 2 days were going smooth, she was able to suppress the pain and nobody discovered her secret. But long conversations with Neo or discussing new strategies to free people from the matrix were hard for her to concentrate on and Neo realized her digressing with distrust, something was wrong with her since they left Zion.

Cypher was especially nice to Neo, wanting to win his trust to manipulate him. In general, Trinity stayed completely retired, even Neo saw her just once or twice a day. When she was on duty she was always wrapped into a huge blanket, because her sweaters were blood-stained after a few minutes and she successfully managed to hide it.

The crew thought she had the flu, but eight days had already passed, they wouldn't believe it much longer and the scar wouldn't heal no matter if she was sleeping or working, running or killing. Morpheus already pressured her to do some blood tests to prove that it wasn't anything serious.

Another day, when she was on duty, she saw black dots in front of her eyes, caused by the pain. But she was a fighter and she thought if it didn't kill her, it could only make her stronger. Her body was trembling; she was gritting her teeth, trying to think of something different. But her body was exhausted, the pain- killers didn't help anymore and she wasn't able to sleep more than a few hours per night. Her eyelids got heavier with every minute she was watching the codes, until they remained closed and she found some rest.

Neo tried to approach silently not to frighten her, but when he arrived at the monitors he realized that she was fallen asleep, tightly mumbled into her blanket. She was so sweet, looking like an angel, saving Neo from everything that might hurt him like in his dreams.

Without hesitation he took her into his arms, very cautious not to wake her and carried her to her room. She was still sleeping when he gently laid her onto her bed and the blanket was sliding from her shoulders. When he wanted to cover her with it again, he discovered the dark smear on her sweater. First, he didn't think about it, but when he looked closer, he realized, that he was blood. Fresh blood, not even dried yet. Carefully he removed the garment to see the inflamed wound.

When he touched it, there was an auditable "Ow" from Trinity and she awakened. She needed a few moments to understand the situation till she realized that Neo discovered her secret. She tried to sit up immediately but felt pain with every movement and let it happen, when Neo pressed her carefully down at her shoulders, to make clear that she has to lie down again.

"Neo...."

Shit, he's seen it...

"Trinity... your wound is completely inflamed; you've got to go to a doctor.

Oh my god, you're hurt, dangerously hurt...because of me...

"That's not your business...Ow..."

Her face expressed the unbearable pain she was feeling, moving or not and she tried to turn away not letting him see her suffering.

Neo took her hand to calm her down and forced her to meet his eyes by supporting her chin with his other hand and ignoring her stiffening muscles.

"Why didn't you say something?

"It isn't important.

She freed herself from his hands.

"We've to fight against the machines; we can't pay regard to personal problems."

"Personal problems? It's dangerous when you won't dress it. You never had the flu, right?"

Don't lie to me

She sighed:

"Yeah, I just wanted to cover the blood under the blanket."

Neo got angry when she had finished, his voice was rising

"I really don't understand you. You can't fight like that, you're crazy. Why did you hide it? When you get blood poisoning you can die."

Trinity tried to smile- "You've uploaded the medical program"-

But gave up after a few seconds; it hurt too much.

Neo released her hand, which was still in his own while he stood up.

"I'll go to Morpheus now; he has to know and to decide what to do next."

I'm never letting you go

When he turned around Trinity held his wrists tight with the entirety of her remaining strength-

"Neo, please...don't..."

I can't leave you

He was hesitating; he would do everything, but bring her life into danger? But how should he resist her pleading eyes and desperate face, in general she was the strong and independent woman, no one except Morpheus dared to contradict her or giving her an order, and now she was pleading him not to betray her.

"Please. I can't leave this ship; staying in Zion for weeks or even months, doing nothing other than sleeping and eating. For 10 years I've been a fighter in this resistance, I have to fight in the war..."

I've to fight together with you, to guard and save you

When she spoke the last words he saw tears coming up in her eyes and felt as if his heart would break into a thousand pieces. He hugged her as strong as possible and mumbled these simple words into her hair:

"Shh...Don't cry...everything will be ok....I promise..."

He loosened his embrace and caught a tear rolling down her cheek with his thumb. He never saw her cry before, such emotions were completely unusual, but it made her even more humane and beautiful.

He whispered, holding her head in his hands:

"Feel better now?"

She only nodded, avoiding eye- contact, while he collected all his strength and braveness within him and leaned forward....leaned forward until their lips touched. The sensation was overwhelming, like little electric impulses chasing through your body. At first, he kissed her careful and gentle, but when she responded the kiss became alive, passionate and vivid.

Trinity was shocked, her emotions were going totally crazy, she couldn't think anymore, only feel. When she felt his lips on hers, she needed a moment to realize that this wasn't a dream, and responded with all passion and strength she had. When his mouth parted a little he felt her tongue, exploring his mouth and finally duelling with his own, feeling the electricity running through their veins.

They parted only to take their breath again. Neo embraced her, stroking her hair and down her back in gentle calming circles.

He almost didn't hear it when she whispered:

"Stay with me."

They sunk back onto the blanket, which Neo used to cover their bodies, after a few moments of silence he heard Trinity's deep breathing. She was already sleeping when he mumbled:

"Forever."