gaia09: Last chapter. Now I'm already done! Yeah! Okay, the pairings are IsaacxJenna, IvanxSheba and GaretxMia. Nothing else. I'm waiting for reviews on the other fic, The Tale of the Four Scepters. It's about four new heros holding mysterious weapons and of course! The GS gang are still in the fic. Okay, enough is enough! On with the fic!
Chapter 5: The Reason Why 2
"Good night everybody!" Felix said as he gave out a loud yawn.
Everybody slept under the moonlight. Well... not everybody, that is.
"Mia! Psst! Mia... you still... gulp... awake?" Garet whispered.
"Why Garet? I'm still wide awake" Mia replied.
Garet turned red that Mia could see Garet being red in the dark.
"Well... I-I-I was thinking that... you know... you... me... could... um... uhh..." Garet stammered.
"What Garet?" Mia asked excitingly.
"We... could go... you know..." Garet stammered again.
"Hang out? Sure, I would love to" Mia smiled.
Garet turned red even more.
Garet and Mia were walking in silently to be sure enough not to bother anyone.
Mia chuckled. Garet was puzzled.
"So... what kept you awake Mia?" Garet asked her.
Mia looked at him. She sat down under the nearest tree. Garet followed.
"Well, I was thinking a while back when Sheba was chasing you. You reminded me of the children in Imil. And the cold wind reminded me of the the cool wind in Imil and--" Mia said looking up at the moon.
"You sure miss Imil a lot" Garet said looking at the ground.
"Not a whole lot. Just a tiny bit. You know, you guys make me feel at home here at Vale" Mia grinned.
"The reason why I invited you to walk with me is that... I wanted to say something to you" Garet said as he blushed.
"What's that?" Mia asked, admiring the stars as they twinkled in the night sky.
"It's- it's- oh! Don't the stars look beautiful tonight?" Garet excused.
Mia laughed. "Come on Garet! Spill it. I know what your trying to say is--".
"I-I-I love you" Garet said shyly.
"Pardon?" Mia asked.
"I love you" Garet repeated. "Y-y-y-yeah. I know what's on your mind. You think it's funny that this particular guy loves you and you--".
"I love you too, Garet" Mia whispered as she held his cheeks.
Garet held on her and leaned closer and kissed her. Mia kissed him back.
"Mia, I promise you that I will always stay with you and always love you" Garet whispered to her ear.
"Promise?" Mia whispered back.
"I promise. No matter what happens" Garet replied.
"Thank you" Mia said as she fell asleep on his lap. Garet hugged her as a reply.
Back at the camp site...
Sheba stood up and and walked towards the forest behind them.
"So, you're going to leave us here" a voice was heard behind her.
Sheba turned around and saw Ivan sitting comfortably under a tree with few leaves.
She turned her back on him. "You know you're always welcome to follow me around, if you're not going to bother me".
Ivan smiled beneath his hair-covered face.
"Where are you heading to?" Ivan asked coldly.
"I'm just going to have a night walk. So, you coming or what?" she said.
Ivan stood up and didn't notice a tree branch sticking out.
He tripped and fell on Sheba.
Darn it!
He accidentally kissed her!
Sheba became too uncomfortable with the incident. Well, as for Ivan he was... enjoying it!
What a fool!
He closed his eyes and took time to enjoy it.
Sheba pushed him.
"What the heck are you doing? I could have been hurt or something! While you're enjoying that... that.. that... oh! Next time don't do that or else!" Sheba warned.
"Hey! It was an accident! The tree branch stuck out and... and..." Ivan explained.
He grabbed Sheba's arm and headed towards the forest.
"What are you doing now, Ivan?" Sheba said stopping herself.
"Would you just come? I'm showing you something!" Ivan scolded her.
"Fine!" Sheba gave up.
Ivan dragged her to a place somewhat familiar to her.
He stopped.
"Is this place somewhat... familiar?" Sheba said.
"This is the place when I told you to wait for me when I come back from Kalay" Ivan said.
Sheba looked at him for a moment.
"And this will be the place where I will confess my love to you" Ivan whispered.
"Your... what? Did I hear right? Sorry, pardon me but did I hear you right?" Sheba said as she shook her head.
Ivan took her hand. "Sheba, I love you".
Sheba was stunned. She silenced for a moment.
Then she shook her head to let her thoughts come back to her.
"Ivan, well... I might say that you are sometimes cold and quiet but deep inside, I know that your gentle and kind and I... I love you" she said.
Ivan leaned closer to her. Then he kissed her. Sheba kissed him back this time.
Felix awed at the moment they were having together.
He knew that he didn't have the chance to have her.
"You live, you learn" Felix whispered so soft so they couldn't hear him.
Piers patted him on the shoulder.
"So, you're okay with Sheba having Ivan?" Piers asked.
Felix just smiled for the two.
gaia09: I don't know if that's really short but still I'm sorry. False alarm. Jenna and Isaac were at the third chapter so I decided not to put them in this chapter. Hope you liked it a lot. Well, not a lot but I just hope you liked it.