The sun was setting quickly over the horizon when Zelos arrived outside. He could see two figures sitting on the railing watching it set. One of course was Sheena and the other was Genis who was currently holding a tray of snack crackers. Zelos laughed to himself as he leaned on a wall and watched them silently. They were both wearing dress clothes but still sitting there dangling their legs over the balcony like children.
"Are you sure, Genis? That's what happened?" Sheena inquired taking one of the crackers.
"Yeah, from what I heard… but no one tells me anything…" Genis confirmed in a mopey voice "They treat me like I'm a little kid."
"Don't pay them any mind." Sheena said reassuringly and patted him on the back "I know you're not just some little kid. In fact, you act older than Lloyd most of the time." With that they both laughed and then sat there in silence for a while watching the sky.
Zelos spent a bit more time watching the two interact. It must be boring for Genis at this party being the only one his age. But, Genis did volunteer to come to the dinner. He wanted to support the cause of peace and equality. But still it must be boring for a boy of his age at a charity dinner.
Zelos was just about to step forward when he heard Sheena's voice "Hello, Zelos, Are you going to say something or just stand there?"
"I forgot… never sneak up on a ninja…" Zelos said and walked up to them. He sat down on the railing with them. "So you mad at me, Sheena hunny?"
"Genis told me what was going on," Sheena replied. Zelos took it as a no.
"I knew Genis would pull though for me. A true bud." Zelos beamed "And even if he didn't I knew my favorite hunny couldn't stay mad at me for too long."
"Don't push your luck, idiot…" Genis said taking the words out of the ninja's mouth.
"Ow… I thought we were buds…" Zelos said fake flinching at Genis's words.
"Come on, lets get back inside, the dinner is almost over and we should be mingling." Sheena said and started to walk back inside.
The boys got up and followed. Zelos wound up talking to some boring old men about politics. He looked over at Sheena and Genis. 'so much for mingling…' he thought as he watched then sitting off by themselves playing tic-tac-toe on a napkin.
There were then various speeches by different people and rights groups. After a while Genis fell asleep curled up in a chair in between Sheena and Raine. Zelos was sitting next to Sheena and noticed that she looked tired too but she was a bit too old to fall asleep at a dinner party.
After the talking was over Sheena stayed with the sleeping Genis while Zelos and Raine went to shake hands with everyone. After all, Sheena was really only there to help Raine and (thought she wouldn't tell them this) to watch the boys. Raine and Zelos were the important ones tonight, the rights activist and the diplomat. Soon, the crowd had filed out and only a few stragglers remained behind. Shortly after that they left too. Zelos and Raine helped to clean up and the started to head over to Sheena and Genis.
"I'll carry Genis if you want, Raine." Zelos offered, he knew she had worked hard to make things go smoothly tonight.
"Thanks for the offer but then who will carry Sheena?" Raine asked.
Zelos looked down with a smile, Sheena must have fallen asleep when they were cleaning. They looked so cute, Genis and Sheena asleep on chairs in the corner. "I guess I'll carry Sheena and you'll carry the twerp?"
"I guess, just don't do anything funny…" Raine said as she picked up her brother and carried him on her back.
"Would I do something like that?" Zelos asked in an innocently shocked tone. He picked Sheena up bridal style and she subconsciously held onto his neck. "Are you and the little guy sleeping over at my place or going to an Inn?"
"Probably the Inn. We're going out early tomorrow morning and wouldn't want to wake you. Sheena's staying in your guest room right?" Raine asked a bit concerned about her female friend's safety.
"You might as well just call it her room." Zelos stated. "She's been staying over for weeks now, like's my company I guess."
"I think its just because she's doing that business…" Raine said getting a little bit less worried. She remembered how Zelos had defended Sheena before and she doubted he would do any harm to her.
"That too." Zelos smiled "Well, this is where we split ways, my lovely. Make sure to stop by when you get back."
"We'll be back on the day after tomorrow. Tell, Sheena I said good bye." Raine said happily as she started to walk off but then called back "And never call me that again!"
"Got it, night!" Zelos called as he walked towards his mansion.
When he got inside he walked up stairs and put Sheena down on her bed. He didn't know if he should let her fall asleep in her formal dress or try waking her. He chose the latter.
"Sheena, wake up… Sheena Hunny…" He said shaking her gently and yawning "Sheena… wake up… Hunny… Sheena… hun… zzzz" and with that he fell asleep too. He was sitting on the ground with his arm and head on the bed.
What seemed like a few hours later he woke up to the sound of Sebastian's voice "Master Zelos, Miss Sheena. Its morning and there is a package for you."
"Wha… five more minutes… I don't care about a package…" Zelos said tiredly and climbed up so the rest of him was in the bed.
"The package is for Miss Sheena." Sebastian said plainly.
"I said five more minutes… she had a long night last night, let her sl…" He yawned "sleep…"
Sebastian entered the room again what felt like a few moments later "Sir, I know you instructed me to leave you alone, but it is past noon and I must insist you get up."
"Sebastian… go... away…" Zelos said again. He could feel Sheena burrowing into him and hear her yawn a bit.
The next time Sebastian entered the room it really was only a few minutes later and this time he was carrying the bell he usually used to ring for dinner. "Master Wilder, wake up…"
"Noooo" Zelos whined.
"Have it your way, then." Sebastian said and started to ring the bell loudly right over the bad.
"Woah!" Both of them woke with a start.
Sheena looked around the room in a daze for a moment. First she noticed that she was still in her dress clothes with her hair up. Then she noticed that the sun was high in the afternoon sky. Then she noticed that she was in the bed with Zelos. 'In the bed with Zelos!' she thought in shock. "What's going on, Chosen?" She asked angrily getting out of the bed.
"I.. I don't know…" Zelos said lying back down and burring himself into the covers. "Maybe you finally came to your senses last night…" he yawned.
Sheena was seeing red and was about to kill the tired red-head when Sebastian spoke up from the doorway. "Don't worry Miss Sheena, I can assure you he was sleeping on the floor until this morning, he crawled into it when I tried to wake you two up. But don't ask me why he was sleeping on the floor in your room…"
"As for your information, I was trying to wake Sheena up so she could change into her pajamas instead of sleeping in formal clothes." He explained "So much for that plan."
"Did I fall asleep at the party? Oh no, was Raine upset?" Sheena asked forgetting she was mad at Zelos.
"Nah. You fell asleep after all the guest were gone." Zelos said brushing off her worry "You should thank me for carrying you home."
Sheena opened her mouth to speak but Sebastian beat her to it. "Before you get into your scheduled pre-breakfast fight, there is a message for Miss Sheena." He said and held up a small envelope.