Hi again! Finally updated the ficcie. Meant to make it longer, but ran out of ideas. The next one will be longer, I promise! Onto the fic, please R&R!

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Ocean Till the End of Time nor the characters.

Chapter 2 - The Romantic Evening

"Nel, come back to bed..." Nel shot Fayt a dirty look. "I cannot just ignore the phone!" Fayt sighed. "It's probably the wrong number or something."

Nel shook her head. "It could be important!" she walked toward the phone and picked it up. "Hello?" "Nel, hey it's Sophia.." Nel smiled. "Why, hello Sophia! How are you?" Sophia sighed. "Not good. You see... Maria and Lieber were coming to visit us for the weekend. Well, Albel said he'd go get extra supplies..but he hasn't returned yet. Now I'm worried."

"I'm sure he'll be home soon. Do not trouble yourself with worry so much." Sophia smiled. "Yeah, you're right. Thanks, I'll let you go back to Fayt now!" Nel chuckled. "Alright, then keep in touch!" she then hung up the phone. Fayt looked at her as she was getting in bed. "Who was that?"

"Sophia."

Albel finally calmed down. Cliff and Lieber, on the other hand, were still scared he might try and kill them. They had just arrived back at Sophia and Albel's house, when they heard footsteps running towards the door. And then suddenly, Sophia was standing there and ran towards Albel, running into his arms.

"Albel! You're back! Do you know how worried I've been!" Cliff found this somewhat funny and started laughing. Albel glared at him, then turned to Sophia. "Hmph. You worry too much, maggot." Sophia looked at him angerly. "Yeah, well, you don't worry enough!"

Maria stepped in. "Stop it you two!" Sophia looked at Maria. "Maria! Sorry, I didn't see you there.." Maria smiled. "I noticed. Cliff and Mirage are also here."

Sophia hugged Mirage and Cliff. "It's been a long time since I've seen you guys!" Mirage nodded. "Yes, too long, perhaps." Cliff also nodded. "Yeah, just call it...a hunch." Everyone giggled. Then they went inside.

Albel sighed. "Is this really going to work?" Maria smiled. "Of course! She'll have no choice but to forgive you!"

They had just finished lightning the last candle in the dining room when the oven made a 'beep' noise. "Oh! That'll be your dinner!" She put everything on the table. Now all that was missing was Sophia herself. "Okay! Here's the plan. I'll go tell her to come down here and you, my good sir, wait here. When she comes in pull out a chair for her. She'll like that. And be all sweet and stuff to her. Okay?" Albel growled. Why should he have to do all this?

"Fine worm. Hurry up!" Maria nodded and ran upstairs.

"Maria, why do I need to go downstars for?" Maria sighed. "Because! Now go!" Sophia nodded and left.

As Sophia got closer and closer to the dining room, she could hear music playing. "Is that..." she stopped walking for a minute to listen. "Hey, that's the song me and Albel first kissed to.." suddenly she saw a shadow moving in front of her. "Close your eyes and come with me." she was scared to go at first, but she then listened and did as she was told. The person took her hand and lead her into a lit room. Wherever she was being taken to, she could smell candles. 'What a wonderful smell.' She thought. She felt someone grab her hand. She realized who it was right away. "Open your eyes." and she did. Boy was she surprised! "All this... for me?"

Albel nodded and pulled out a chair for her. Sophia took a moment to look around and then back at Albel. She realized he wasn't wearing his usual outfit. That he was wearing a tuxedo! She stared at him. 'He's so handsome!' she thought. Albel looked at her, then smiled. "Something wrong?" Sophia was shocked. Not once has he said 'worm, maggot' or anything of the sort.

And the fact he's smiling. She shook her head. "No, nothing. What's the special occasion?" she asked, pointing to his tuxedo. Albel smiled. "You." and he leaned over to kiss her.

"It's going great!" Maria said excitedly. "Well, looks like the captain did it again!" "Yes, it does seem that way." Cliff looked at Maria, confused. "How did you talk Albel into being so sweet and romantic for Sophia?" Maria smirked. "I threatened to cut off all his hair!"

Lieber and Cliff shook their heads. "You're mean to us men, yannow?" "So what? Got a problem!" They backed away. "N-no!"

"Good!"

A/N: Yeah, yeah. I made Albel all mushy. XP But... I decided to do it different. He'll be back to his old self again in the next chapter, don't you worry. XD