Karma sighed as he cupped his chin in his hand at the kitchen table. "Remind me why I'm banned from the kitchen?"

Fia, flitting about the room, sighed exasperatedly. "I told you! It's a secret!"

"What if I told you that I'm hungry?" Karma asked.

"What if I told you to eat your own foot!" she huffed. "I'll make you something."

"Where's Haven?" Nagisa questioned as he entered the room.

"She said she needed to use a kitchen, so she went over to Earnest's house," Karma replied flatly. "Don't even bother trying to get food, Fia's trying to starve us both."


"Out of the kitchen!" Haven grumbled as Earnest stole another chocolate off of the plate in the refrigerator.

"Oh, come on! Some of them are for me!" he protested.

"Then you'll get less later," Haven said as she poured chocolate into a plastic mold. Earnest grabbed one last chocolate and left the kitchen. A few moments later, his gagging could be heard from down the hall.

"What did you put in this?" he coughed.

"No, the question should be what I didn't put in it," Haven smirked.

"It's a 'choc'-astrophy!" he exclaimed. Haven just placed her last batch of chocolates in the fridge and smiled.


Fia dabbed at her forehead with a towel as soon as she finished packaging her confectionary creations. She carried the delicate boxes to her room and stashed them in Haven's microfridge, where she knew they'd be safe.

Fia hurriedly cleaned up the kitchen and made dinner. Had she really been in the kitchen all day? As soon as the rice was cooked, Fia set the table and moved to the couch to close her eyes for a few moments.

Karma entered the kitchen as soon as the scent of Fia's cooking wafted in his bedroom. He surveyed the kitchen but didn't see her at all. Shrugging, he served himself and went to the living room to eat on the couches.

"Fia?" he asked as he saw her spread out on the couch.

She hardly stirred and continued to sleep soundly. Karma chuckled and threw his jacket over her as he took a seat on the other couch. He turned on the tv and lowered the volume.

A little while later, Fia opened her eyes and looked around. As she slowly sat up, her eyes found their way to the screen. "Is that… 'The Notebook'?"

Karma sighed. "It was this, 'Titanic,' or '50 First Dates.'"

Fia laughed moved to sit next to Karma. She leaned against him and draped his jacket over the both of them. "I actually liked '50 First Dates,'" she mumbled. "Wait, is this the rain scene?"

He shrugged a little, as much as he could with a head on his shoulder. "I guess so." His tone made it painfully clear how bored he was with the movie. "Why can't he just drown her spoiled ass in the lake already?"

Laughing dryly, Fia shrugged. "Because there's half an hour left in the movie?"

"I'm surprised," Karma admitted.

"About what?" Fia looked up at him with curious eyes.

"That you're not totally into this lovely-dovey romance stuff."

"I love love, but no romance is picture perfect like the movies like to show them," Fia explained. "At least, I don't think so. I wouldn't actually know."

Karma opened his mouth to speak when he heard a thud and moan from the television screen.

Fia blushed profusely and covered Karma's eyes with her hand. "Don't look!"

"I'm not your little sibling…" He tried to pull her hand away.

"I s-said don't look!" she stammered with red cheeks and red ears.

Karma laughed and wrestled Fia off of him. "Embarrassed, Tsu-chan?" He snatched the remote and turned the volume up all the way.

Fia's face became scarlet as the moans behind her got louder. "W-Why would you do that?!"

He smirked. "To see that face~!"

"Dio!" Fia yelled as she hid under Karma's jacket.

"Umm… what are you guys watching?" Nagisa's voice called from the bedroom. "I mean, I'm not going to judge, but not all of us want to hear…"

Steam escaped from under the jacket. "'THE NOTEBOOK'! IT'S JUST 'THE NOTEBOOK!'" Fia protested.

Karma snickered. "If Nagisa can hear us, I can only imagine what our neighbors must be thinking~."

"Sh-Shut up! That's your fault!" Fia yelled in dismay.

There was a knock on the door. To Fia's horror, Karma moved to answer it. He threw open the door. "Hello?"

"Umm…" A scarlet-faced girl stood there. "Could you keep your activities," she turned even redder, "to a lower volume…"

"Hear that, Tsu-chan~?" Karma called back towards the living room with a smug grin. "Sorry about that," he said to the girl, "she just can't help herself."

"CAZZO! LIKE THIS IS MY FAULT! GET BACK HERE SO I CAN STRANGLE YOU!"

"Didn't know you were so kinky, Tsu-chan~."

The girl just turned redder as the conversation continued.

"KARMA!"

"Screaming my name already, eh?"

"KAR- FUCK YOU!"

"Nice choice of words, Tsu-chan~."

Fia finally got fed up enough that she left to hide in her room and hoped to die.

Nagisa shouted from the bedroom. "Leave Fia alone already, Karma!"

"Alright, alright. That's enough torture for one day." The redhead winked at the girl in the hall and shut the door quickly, going back to finish the movie on his own.

Half an hour later, Haven walked into the apartment holding three tupperware containers. She went to stash them in her fridge.

"Fia, why's my fridge full? I need room in there too!" she yelled from their bedroom to the kitchen. "Nevermind, I'll just clear some space out," Haven said as she began eating sweets. A little while later, she walked out of her room with a small chocolate stain on her face. "No worries! It all fits now!" Haven cocked her head happily. "Oh, Rebecca from next door told me you two were up to something, Tsu-chan," Haven giggled, "she acted like it was rather scandalous."

Fia, in a fluster, dropped the pan she was holding and turned red. "I-It - Th-There wasn't - W-We didn't - " She sighed and covered her face.

"We can go another round~" Karma announced from the living room.

"Let's not," Fia spat as she picked up her pan. "Just do your homework!"

"You know, if you were my homework - "

"Where the fuck are you going with this - "

"I'd slam you down on the table and - "

"Karma, don't you dare!"

"Do you all night!" He laughed loudly as Fia covered her face and dropped her cookingware again. "KARMA!"

"So it was something scandalous," Haven smiled. "Tsu-chan's being scandalous," she began chanting.

"Angel! You're not helping!" Fia cried with a red face. She shook her head as she looked at her bubbly friend. "How much sugar did you have? It's already late." Fia turned to Karma, who had gone to flipping through the tv channels. "Karma, do you have the time?"

He smirked. "Yeah, but do you have the energy?"

Her face turned red again and she began swearing in Italian.

Haven smiled at her, "About this much," she used her hands to estimate the size of three tupperware dishes.

Fia face-palmed. Now she had a hyper child and a bratty, pervert to deal with too. She shot him a nasty glare.

"Hey, Fia," Karma called. "Is that top felt?"

"No," she spat. "Why do you ask?"

"Do you want it to be?" he smiled seductively.

So done with his stupid antics, Fia stormed over to him and slapped her hand over his mouth. "That's enough from you!"

Through her hand, he laughed. Red rose from Fia's toes to the tips of her ears as she heard the next several muffled innuendoes and pick-up lines that he threw out. She couldn't believe how much more raunchy those were compared to the ones before. Unable to make her brain process anymore, Fia ran, once again, back to hide in her bedroom and wish she were dead.

Karma laughed. "Just prep the bed for me, Tsu-chan~!"

"D-DON'T YOU DARE COME IN HERE!" There was a pause. "THAT'S NOT H-HOW I M-MEANT IT! UGH!"

Nagisa entered the living room with a sigh. "Did you really have to get her that worked up? I think that's enough, Karma."

The redhead just laughed before dropping his dishes in the sink and returning to his room for the night with his hands locked behind his head.

"Tsu-chan!" Haven ran into the bedroom. "Tsu-chan, don't leave me!"

Fia watched her hyper roommate flit about the room while she, in her embarrassment, continued to hide under the blanket of her bed. "Angel? Is there maybe any way you can… I don't know, calm down?"

"Nope!" she said as she bounced on her bed.

Sighing, Fia escaped from her blanket cave and left the room to find the one sane person in the house: Nagisa. She tapped on the boy's shoulder and took a seat next to him at the kitchen table. "Save me…" she pleaded weakly. "I can't take it anymore…"

He sweat-dropped. "I can't do much more with Karma. Did you want me to watch Haven?"

She nodded defeatedly. "Please and thank you…"

Nagisa smiled and made his way to the girls' shared bedroom. He was surprised, however, that Haven was nowhere to be found. "Haven?" he called. When he didn't get a reply, he began to search the apartment until there was only one room left to look in. He carefully pushed open the door to his room to find a pissed-looking Karma leaning against the wall.

"If you're looking for the monster on Monster, she's over there." Karma gestured to Nagisa's bed, where Haven was curled up around her plush Gisa-kun.

Nagisa blushed as he approached the girl. He gently shook Haven's shoulders as Karma left the room with an audible sigh. "Haven…?" he said softly.

"I'm trying to sleep the sugar off," Haven mumbled as she curled up tighter. Nagisa sighed as he sat next to her, watching her sleep.


Karma woke up on the couch to morning light filtering in through the shutters. He yawned and sat up just in time to see a flash of pink auburn disappear into the hall.

"Fia?" he called.

"Irk!" Fia slowly backtracked and peeked her head out from around the corner. "M-Morning, Karma." There was no use avoiding him now that she was caught.

"You don't think this conversation is going to be weird with you hiding behind that wall?"

Sighing, Fia came into view and made her way to sit on the couch opposite of Karma. She pouted and avoided his gaze, mostly in hopes that he would ignore her pink cheeks. Karma smiled softly as he noticed that Fia was wearing a familiar belted dress with a white top and floral pink skirt under her usual green military jacket. Fia crossed her sandled ankles and shifted uncomfortably under his gaze.

"You bought it?" Karma asked. "The dress from the mall?"

Fia blushed. "Y-Yeah…" she admitted slowly.

He smiled. "I told you it would look good on you."

Olive eyes widened. "D-Don't tease me, Karma. I-It took me a lot of courage to go b-back there."

"Who said I was teasing you?" he said quietly.

"Good morning," Nagisa said as he and Haven exited the bedroom.

"Good morning," Fia sighed in relief as she saw that Haven had more or less returned to her normal state. "And Happy Valentine's Day," she added.

"Is it really Valentine's Day?" Karma asked. "Maybe I should start with the innuendoes again?"

Fia pouted at Karma with redder cheeks. "I really hope Cupid decides to shoot you through the eye."

Nagisa sweat-dropped. "Um, how about we all just try to calm down? Haven told me that she and Fia have a surprise for us."

"I'll go get mine now!" Haven ran to her room and came back with three boxes. "For Fia," she said as she handed her a box wrapped in green paper.

Smiling happily, Fia gratefully accepted the box from Haven. "I'll open this as soon as I get back," she promised. "I want to get mine too!" Fia ran back to their room and returned with a few packages of her own. Fia handed a small black box with a computer drawn on it to Haven.

"Thank you so much!" Haven smiled as she unwrapped it. Inside the box was an open, chocolate laptop. The keys appeared to be removable, edible, and were all labeled correctly. The keys were milk chocolate but the entirety of the laptop appeared to be dark chocolate, Haven's preferred chocolate. The screen was made of white chocolate and in cursive were the words 'Happy Valentine's, Angel!' "Oh my gosh, Tsu-chan! It's so detailed!"

Fia blushed blissfully. "I'm glad you like it!" As she said this, she opened Haven's present to her. It was a box of twelve strawberries dipped in milk chocolate. They were drizzled with white chocolate letters that were placed to say, 'MADE WITH LOVE.' Fia's face lit up. "Strawberries?! These are my favorite! Thanks, Angel!" Slightly pink, she added, "Love you too…"

"My friend helped me, so they shouldn't taste atrocious," Haven explained.

Fia smiled softly as she passed a box to Nagisa. "I would love anything you make me, Angel… Well, so long as the fire alarm doesn't go off…" She laughed nervously and bit into one of the strawberries. Fia groaned in happiness as the sweet strawberry juice flooded her mouth. "This is delicious!"

Haven nodded and smiled. "Thanks, Tsu-chan."

"Thank you, Fia," Nagisa said as he accepted the box from her. He smiled shyly. "I wasn't expecting anything, so it means a lot." He opened the box and found a frozen white orb. He stared at it blankly. "Fia…? What's this?"

Fia laughed as she retrieved a pitcher from the kitchen. "It's magic!" she announced as she began pouring drizzling steaming chocolate over the frozen chocolate orb. As the white shell fell away, a scoop of blueberry ice cream coated in curly dark chocolate shavings was revealed. Next to the ice cream was a folded, paper flower.

Nagisa grabbed the flower and unfolded it. He read the note and laughed lightly. "You took notes on me?"

"I thought I'd return the favor!" Fia smiled. "Nagisa is a kind-hearted, considerate person who is modest about his insane abilities. Extra Note #1: He likes dark chocolate. Extra Note #2: Happy Valentine's Day!"

Nagisa went to the kitchen to get a spoon. He sat down again and smiled. "Thanks, Fia. This is great!"

Haven passed Nagisa a small blue box. Inside were ten dark chocolate truffles dipped in raspberry sauce.

"It's really good," Nagisa said after he tasted one. "Did you made these?" he gave her a soft smile. She turned a pale shade of pink as she nodded slightly.

"And Akabane," Haven passed him a red box with a black ribbon.

"I wasn't expecting you to give me anything," he unwrapped the box and found nine dark chocolate squares, "Although, dark chocolate isn't really my thing." He popped one in his mouth and began chewing. A few moments later, he ran to the kitchen to spit it out. "What did you put in these? They're bitter as fuck!"

"Let's see, that batch was 100% cocao beans," Haven gave him a smile.

Fia sighed. "And everything was going so well… Angel…" she groaned as she got up to get water for Karma.

Nagisa smiled wryly. "I knew things were going a little too well."

Somehow, Fia managed to coax Karma back to the living room. She placed a rather large box in his lap. "Here," she said with a smile.

Karma looked skeptically from the box in his lap to the white-haired girl who was still grinning smugly at him. "These were in that bitch's fridge. Are you sure she didn't touch them?"

Fia nodded. "I'm sure!" She hesitated for a moment. "R-Right, Angel?"

"Of course, I wouldn't touch anything of yours Tsu-chan," Haven smiled.

Sighing in relief, Fia put her hand on the angry redhead's shoulder. "See?"

Karma relented and open the shiny red box. Inside there were milk chocolate bullets coated in edible, golden shells. The bullets were situated clockwise around a large chocolate heart that read "Happy Valentine's Day" and rested on a china plate. Curiously, Karma pulled a sharp knife out of the box and shot Fia an inquisitive glance.

She laughed and grabbed his hand in hers. Fia guided the knife towards the heart and, together, they pierced it with the tip of the silver blade. Karma's eyes widened as the heart began to bleed, a rich, maroon color flooded onto the plate. Fia touched the red syrup and brought her finger up to Karma's lips. Embarrassedly, he licked it off.

"Raspberry?" he asked as the taste settled on his tongue.

"Yup!" Fia smiled. "And I heard you listening to some Bullet for my Valentine the other day so…" she trailed off and beamed a smile at Karma. "Do you like it?"

His gaze softened. "Y-yeah. Thanks, Fia. I've never gotten anything like this before."

Her cheeks seemed to be stained as red as the raspberry filling in Karma's chocolate heart. "I'm glad to hear!"


Haven shivered in the cold February air. "Why did we go out again, Tsu-chan?"

Fia laughed. "I thought it might be nice to go out instead of having to eat my cooking again. Aren't the lights downtown so pretty!"

She sighed. "I like your cooking…"

Nagisa smiled. "Well, the fresh air is nice to say the least."

The redhead trailing behind everyone else looked around. "It's crowded today, isn't it?"

Fia nodded. "That's because it's Valentine's Day! The couples kind of take over the town. There are groups of friends like us too, and a few people celebrating S.A.D."

"What's S.A.D.?" Nagisa asked curiously.

Haven answered him flatly. "Singles Awareness Day. Last year Benny, Fia, and company dragged me along. Never again."

Fia shuddered. "I never want to see them again…"

"They were hitting on us…"

She smiled regretfully. "S-Sorry that they moved onto you o-once they realized I wouldn't speak… I-I would have told them to stop but…" Fia laughed dryly and began to sulk.

"Their pick up lines were the worst. Even Earnest is less annoying than them."

"It didn't help that Benny w-wanted me to give them a ch-chance!" Fia complained.

The boys chuckled as Fia and Haven continued to animatedly complain about their previous Valentine's Day experience. After dinner in a quaint family restaurant, the four began exploring the lit shopping district downtown.

Fia skipped ahead of the others and peered into the glass window of a pet shop. "Look at the bunnies~!" she squealed as Karma sighed and dragged her away from the window.

Their next stop was initiated by Nagisa, who wanted to go into a small, antique bookstore. The bluenette led the group inside and disappeared behind several tall shelves. Haven began browsing for herself in the mystery novel section.

Fia snuck into the international section, hoping to escape from Karma while he was distracted by some old comics and magazines. Just as she pulled a book from its shelf in the tight aisle, Fia bumped into someone behind her.

"Oops! Sorry!" she apologized as she turned around. "K-Karma?!"

He laughed. "You're as jumpy as ever. Is that a book on Japan?" Karma asked with widening orange eyes.

She blushed and leaned back against the shelf behind her as she tried to put some distance in between them, which wasn't easy to come by considering how narrowly the shelves were placed together. Fia nodded slowly.

"If you wanted to know more about it, you could have just asked," Karma smiled. He snatched the book from Fia's hands and waved it over her head. "C'mon. I'll get this for you."

"R-Really? Thanks!"

After everyone had gotten the books they wanted, the four hit the streets again. Taking to window shopping, they passed a few cafes and several clothing shops. Karma laughed whenever Fia would embarrassedly quicken her pace in front of shops with "cute" clothing. Nagisa and Haven walked more slowly behind them until something caught Haven's eye. She stopped in front of the window of a dazzling jewelry store.

"What are you looking at?" Nagisa asked curiously as he stopped to stand by her.

Exchanging glances, Fia and Karma, although a little bit ahead, also noticed that their housemates had stopped and paused to wait for them.

"Oh, it's nothing in particular. I just think that opal ring looks nice," Haven replied as she turned away from the window.

"Do you like opals?" Nagisa questioned.

Haven nodded, "They don't make me look pale, but they're not too flashy like diamonds. I like the iridescence, how lighting and perspective changes the stone's appearance. It's both beautiful and solid, but also almost fluid."

Nagisa smiled softly, "I think that suits you."

Fia looked up at Karma. "It's like they're glowing…" she commented with a happy smile. "Is that what being in love is all about?"

He peered down at the girl beside him and shrugged as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "I wouldn't be able to tell you."

"Oh…" Fia leaned against Karma. "Haven't you had a lot of girlfriends before?"

He looked up at the sky in thought. "I can't say whether or not I loved them, or whether or not they loved me, but what about you, Fia?"

She blushed and shook her head. "No, I've never had a boyfriend and I've never really been in love." She laughed. "Just school girl crushes. To be honest, I've never been on a date."

"Not once?"

"Is that… weird…?" Fia asked, embarrassed.

"Not really," Karma smiled. "But if you want to know what one looks like, it looks like that." He pointed to where Nagisa and Haven were smiling at each other, seemingly lost in their own world.


"I'll be right back," Nagisa smiled as he headed off for a moment. Haven smiled at him from her seat on the edge of the fountain.

A few moments later, Haven groaned as she saw a group of guys strolling through the park. Hopefully they wouldn't see her. Unfortunately, they began walking over.

"Hey, beautiful!" one of them sauntered up to her. "You're looking pale. I think you're suffering from a lack of vitamin me," he wiggled his eyebrows.

Haven sighed, "Vitamin me does not exist and therefore I am certain I cannot be suffering from a lack thereof." The other guys in the group snickered as the offender slunk back into the group. Another guy walked forward.

"Did we have a class together? I could have sworn we had chemistry," he smiled.

"I'm sorry, you must have mistaken me for someone else. I haven't taken a chemistry class since high school."

"Haven, do you know these people?" Nagisa called as he returned from nearby.

"No, I do not," Haven replied.

"It's impolite to be so casual with strangers," Nagisa told the boys.

"Come on, sweet cheeks, you know us. You met us last year!" one of the boys protested.

"I wish you'd stop bothering me," Haven sighed.

"Oh come on, you know that on a scale of one to ten, you're a nine and I'm the one you need," a guy continued.

"She told you to stop bothering her," Nagisa glared, causing them to run away.

"Thank you," Haven sighed, "I really dislike when guys hit on me like that."

"Well," Nagisa sat next to her. "In a way, you should take it as a compliment. Although you dislike the attention, the fact that they're paying attention to you is proof of how attractive you are," Nagisa gave her a small smile.

"Thanks, Gisa,"" Haven smiled back and leaned against him.


Giggling, Fia swung her feet from the branch she was sitting on. Karma smiled next to her as he made himself comfortable closer to where the main trunk of the tree branched outwards.

"Look! You can see the campus clock tower from here!" Fia pointed in the direction of their school. "I didn't know the trees at the park got this tall!"

Karma lazily looked over in that direction. "Yeah, you're right." The two listened to the quiet rustle of leaves in the wind, which was only occasionally interrupted by a far-off car.

Fia carefully made her way to where Karma was and sprawled out on the flat base of the branches with him. "I'm really glad we came to the park…" she whispered to herself.

"Why's that?" Karma asked as he shifted his body to support Fia's. He was glad for the extra warmth he received from wrapping his arm around her waist and having her rest her head on his shoulder.

"Well, for one, it's nice to get away from the chaos," Fia began.

"You're forgetting that I'm here," he stuck his tongue out with a smile.

She laughed. "I meant the chaos of everyday life."

"You're still forgetting that I'm here," he chuckled.

Fia rolled her eyes with a smile. "You know what I mean… I… like being around you, Karma. I never feel alone or unsafe…" Karma looked at her with a contemplative expression but Fia didn't notice as her eyes purposefully continued to search the sky above. "I love that I can talk to you about just about anything… Jelavic once told me to imagine someone I had a lot to say to until I got the hang of just speaking my mind and, for me, that person was you…"

Karma was quiet for a few moments before he smirked. "I can't imagine you had a lot of good things to say about me."

Fia shook her head. "I actually had a lot I wanted to tell you… Like, how much I love your cooking, how I like the way you get passionate about politics, how I adore how easy it is to laugh when I'm with you…" She blushed and covered her face with her hands. "I wanted to thank you for pushing me out of my comfort zone while still letting me feel safe, and I wanted to say thank you for being so good to my family… And to me…" Fia gasped. "Look, Karma! A shooting star!" Laughing happily, she declared, "Make a wish!"

Karma looked at Fia and up to the sky. "I missed it. Where was it?" His eyes glinted with mischief.

She propped herself up on her elbow and pointed across him. "Over there!" Fia said with giddy smile.

As she crossed him, Karma also leaned forward and allowed his lips to brush Fia's cheek. Her cheeks were already rosy from the cold, so he couldn't tell if she noticed. "Sorry, I guess I really did miss it."

Fia giggled. "That's okay. Look there!" She laid back down and pointed to a group of stars. "There's Lepus and Lupus!"

"What are those?" he asked. "I know Capricorn but not those."

"Lupus is the wolf. Lepus is a rabbit hunted by Orion and his dogs." Fia laughed lightly.

Karma smiled wolfishly. "If I were the wolf, I'd never give up my prey to some lowly dogs."

"Eh?" She tilted her head and stared at him blankly. "What do you mean?"

He shook his head with a smirk and sat up. Karma let Fia situate herself more securely on the tree trunk before he climbed down. "It's been long enough," he said, "We should probably find Haven and Nagisa."

Fia's face flushed as she looked from her spot in the tree to the distant ground. "U-Um…"

Karma sweat-dropped. "It's not that far down… Are you stuck?" he began laughing. "How'd you get up there anyway?"

She laughed nervously and blushed more. "D-Dumb luck…?"

"Just use the notches in the tree," he said. "You can take my hand on your way down. If you don't get too embarrassed, that is~."

Fia's cheeks reddened. "Sh-Shut up!" She laughed as she tried looking for a way down. "I-I don't think I can reach any of those n-notches."

"I guess I'll just have to leave you here then~."

She gasped. "Y-You wouldn't! K-Karma!" Fia yelled after the redhead walking away with his hands locked behind his head. "Por favore, K-Karma!"

Karma doubled over in laughter and quickly hurried back to the tree. He opened his arms. "Just jump."

Fia sweat-dropped and clung to a tree branch for support. "Y-You're serious…?"

He nodded with a smile. "I'll catch you. C'mon."

Covering her face, Fia squeaked and jumped. The drop took longer than she thought and, just as she was convinced that she would hit the ground, she felt herself being caught in strong arms. Olive eyes, scrunched shut, slowly opened and met orange ones.

"You should see the look on your face."

She blushed. "Sh-Shut up!" Fia freed herself and took a few running steps towards where they had left Haven and Nagisa. She stopped herself and turned around with a shy smile. "Th-Thanks, Karma."

He laughed good-naturedly and easily caught up with her. "I won't ever let you fall," he said as he ruffled her hair. "Let's get those two and go home." Fia grabbed onto his arm shyly, and the pair walked together, enjoying the last bit of quiet and starlight.


Fia: Angel, you ran into them again? Those guys who were hitting on us?

Haven: Yes… Nagisa scared them off though.

Fia: (Relief spreads across her face) That's good…

Karma: (Twirling a knife) I could have done that~ (Sadistic smile)

Fia: Where did you get that?

Karma: Your Valentine's Day present, of course.

Fia: (dead-pans) I don't trust you with that! Give it back!

Karma: (laughing) I don't think so~!

Fia: Merda, give it back!

Narrator: I uploaded before the midnight deadline! I'm technically on time! Next chapter, Happy Birthday, Fia!

Fia: (Blushes) W-Wait, W-We're celebrating?!

Haven: Of course!

Karma: You're turning 21, right? That means we can really get this party started!

Fia: YOU STAY AWAY!

Haven: … I'm not old enough to drink anyways.

Karma: (Laughing) That makes you the only one. How about we just hype you up on sugar instead?

Fia: Can we not...?