Chapter 2 – confession

Shion had arrived at Vector's Second Division and retrieved KOS-MOS. They told her that everything had gone well and there shouldn't be any errors with the programs. Shion thanked them and then walked KOS-MOS back to the Elsa.

"All right, are you ready to get back to the Durandal?" Matthews asked once Shion arrived. He had woken up a few minutes after Shion left.

"Yes. What time is it Hammer?" Shion asked, turning to the co-pilot.

"It's almost 6:00 right now." Hammer replied. Shion nodded and then waited for Matthews to order Tony to lift off.

It had been about two hours before Jr.'s makeover started. Shelley and Mary were giggling as they stared at their creation. Jr.'s left eye was twitching in embarrassment. He had bobby pins on either side of his head, a choker necklace, blue mascara, cherry red lipstick on and rosy pink blush placed on his cheeks.

"Come on guys, can I wash it out now?" Jr. asked pleadingly. The two girls looked at each other and shook their heads. "Can you at least untie me from this chair?" The two shook their heads again. Jr. had been roped to one of the 100 Series' chair.

"Not until Master Gaignun arrives. He has to see this!" Mary said in excitement. Shelley nodded in agreement. The 100 Series had gathered around and were now giggling along with Mary and Shelley.

The girls and the 100 series stopped giggling when they heard the Durandal's elevator coming. Mary and Shelley turned around quickly to see Gaignun arriving. Jr.'s expression changed from pleading to humiliation in seconds.

"Perfect timing Master Gaignun!" Mary said as she ran over to him, her sister accompanying her. They both grabbed each of the black haired man's arms and dragged him over to their 'prisoner'.

"See! We gave the Little Master a make over." Shelley said. Gaignun looked down at Jr. with his normal expression. Jr. looked up at him with a crooked smile and an innocent expression. Everyone watched Gaignun carefully to see what his reaction was going to be.

"Well?" Mary said impatiently. Everyone gasped when they saw Gaignun's mouth curl into a small smile. He was trying to suppress laughter, but this was too funny for him. He bursted out laughing, making everyone smile. Jr. sighed as he watched his brother burst into laughter.

"We never heard Master Gaignun laugh before…" One of the 100 Series said in amazement. Gaignun eventually clamed down.

"Wow…I haven't laughed like that in a long time." He said wiping tears from his eyes. Jr.'s eye began twitching again.

"NOW can I go and wash it off?" Jr. said impatiently.

"What do you say?"

"PLEASE?" Jr. whined. Mary and Shelley were trying to teach him some manners.

"Okay, and don't forget the last part of it all." Shelley reminded.

"Thank you…" Jr. replied. Mary nodded while Shelley went and untied him. Jr. sighed in relief and ran to the nearest bathroom to wash his face off.

"How'd we do?" Mary asked. Gaignun looked down at her.

"You did fine. You made me laugh didn't you?" Shelley walked up and nodded along with Mary. "It changed the atmosphere a little bit from this seriousness." Mary and Shelley agreed again and then they walked back to the command board to continue working on their current objectives.

The Elsa had arrived and docked with the Durandal about 7:15 PM. Allen thought that he would go to the park and wait for Shion there. He had enough time to think about what he was going to say and how he was going to say it.

Shion, on the other hand, was wondering why he wanted to meet her so late and what it was for. She looked at the time and thought that it was a perfect time to see if Allen was at the park or not. She took another look around her room and found herself at her desk again. She again picked up the fragile necklace given to her by the late Kevin Winnicot. She sighed as she held it tight and then set it back down and made her way to the park.

"Awe…man, I can't tell it to her like that…" Allen was sitting on the bench beside the fountain that was in the middle of the Durandal's park area. He heard light footsteps coming towards him. He picked his head up and saw Shion approaching him.

"Hi Allen. You know, I forgot to ask you what you wanted to see me for…and why this late." Shion took a seat beside him and tilted her head in confusion.

Allen gulped and didn't say anything. He twiddled with his fingers and then sighed.

"W-well, uh, Chief. Actually…uh, I wanted, to tell you…" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "T-t-that…I…I…"

"Go ahead. Spit it out Allen. I won't bite." Shion said, putting her hand on top of his shaking hands.

"I…I love you…that's what I've been wanting to tell you…for a really long time. I just, couldn't get enough courage to tell you…and when I finally did I would always get interrupted and …" Allen was silenced with Shion's fingers pressing to his lips.

"You sure do talk a lot when you're nervous." Shion giggled which made Allen look at her. "You know, it's not often you see some one like you over come their worries like this. It's hard to commit your love to someone." Shion took her hand away from Allen's lips and smiled lightly. "You're really brave…and I knew you were all along."

Allen looked at her with loving eyes. Shion looked into his eyes and smiled. "I love you too Allen. Since Kevin died, your compassion was surprising. You always worried about me. It made me…feel safe. Thank you…Thank you for being there for me." Shion put her hand to his cheek, watching him blush. She slowly leaned forward and they kissed. Allen's eyes widened when they connected. His heart skipped a beat when they broke apart. He couldn't do anything but sit there in awe.

"Damn! That's a thousand bucks out of my pocket…I guess he really is underestimated after all…heh…" Jr. whispered to himself. He was hiding behind one of the trees that had been placed. "Lucky bastard…"

"Allen, would you like to go out to eat one night?" Shion offered, taking his hands and rubbing her thumbs against the back of his hands.

"S-sure…when?" Allen said. He felt revived. He had gained a lot of confidence this night and didn't want it to go away.

"How about…Saturday night?"

"Sure." Allen replied. Shion smiled and got up. Allen did the same and put his arms around her. They both made their way back to the Elsa, leaving Jr. behind the tree. Little did Jr. know that with his regained confidence, Allen was planning to help Jr. with his 'girl problem' as well.

Shion had asked Allen to escort her to her room. Gladly, Allen did so. When they arrived, Shion kissed him once more and turned to go into her room. Allen grabbed her arm just before she entered.

"What's wrong Allen?" She asked. Allen looked in all directions and then he whispered into her ear.

"Do you think that you could help me help the Little Master out with confessing to MOMO?" Shion's eyes lit up and she turned to Allen with a surprised look.

"Uh…oh, why not! I'll help…but what were you planning?" Allen whispered into her ear again, giving her a small smile. "It's perfect Allen! We'll meet in the park early tomorrow morning okay?" Shion said.

"All right. Thanks Chief…"

"Allen, you can stop calling me chief."

"Oh…okay. Then, thanks Shion…it feels different…" Shion only giggled and then replied.

"You'll get used to it." Shion was going to go back into her quarters when Allen pulled her again. "What is it?" Shion said, getting a little bit annoyed.

"Did you get your message Shion?"

"Huh? That was you?" Allen nodded. "I'll check it tomorrow, okay?" Allen nodded again. Shion kissed him again and went into her quarters. Allen sighed and then made his way back to his own quarters.

Hello again everyone! Yes, I know I updated before what I was going to actually update it...I have four of the chapter ready, but i want to leave you all in suspension! Mean while, I'm working on another JxM fic. It reminds me of Crocodile Dundee...but not really, if you know what I mean...Just go check it out.