For anyone wondering if i'm still writing my other fics, yes i'm still writing them but life gets in the way and I have to take care of myself and other stuff first so I can give you the best updates I can manage.

I hope you enjoy this new drabble!

A lot of times, Croix found herself frustrated, angry even. Ever since the missile incident, and ever since she came back to Luna Nova, she was met with so many hardships.

Everyone was wary of her, hated her even. The professors were always frowning at her work, the students never come to her class, instead she ends up in an empty classroom with the bitter reminder of everything she has messed up.

Sighing, she sat in the field that she used to come to when she was a student. Years have passed, but it still looked the same, smelled the same… or was it just a wave of nostalgia hitting her? Reminding her of better days? Times where she could stare at the stars with soft laughter coming from the side, putting a smile on her face?

She closed her eyes, taking a moment to rest them. She has been staring at nothing but papers and circuits for the past few hours, and as much as she wanted to continue to work, it was nice to breathe a little.

"I knew I'd find you here." She heard a warm, familiar voice that made her feel even more nostalgic.

Croix smiled slightly, and opened her eyes to find Chariot sitting next to her. Her red orbs staring back with radiating warmth, and her smile was certainly contagious

"I thought I'd stay alone for a while, Finneran's complains were really annoying." The lilac haired witch said, looking back at the green field. She felt a hand slowly reach to her own, and Croix intertwined them, and slowly, she started to feel more at ease.

"But I know you usually don't want to sit alone, right?" Chariot asked softly, but there was a hint of teasing in her voice, and it felt like they were ten years younger, sitting in the same field and holding hands like they were now.

"Well, it depends on who is with me." She answered, looking back at her old friend. "You're the only one who doesn't hate me here, which is strange. I went out of my way to hurt you." Croix frowned, remembering all the things she has done to the red head, and all the ways she had tried to hurt her.

She was blind, too blind by her own ambitions, that she couldn't see what was truly important. She almost destroyed the best thing that ever happened to her.

"Hey, we said that we'd leave that behind, right?" Chariot used her free hand to touch her cheek, and rest against it. "You've changed… or should I say, you're back? You're the Croix I fell in love with so many years ago, but you're also different and I can't help but fall in love all over again."

Croix felt her heart melting at her words, and she grinned. Her eyes however, widened at something.

"Wait… you're in love with me?"

"Oh… Oh! I… Oh this is not how I planned to say it!" Chariot's cheeks reddened and she looked away, nervous, pulling her hands and fumbling with her robes.

"You've been in love with me for that long?" Croix asked, then chuckled. "Really Chariot? You fell for that ball of grumpiness and wild hair that was me? Really? What standards do you have?"

"Oh shut up!" Chariot hid her face in her palms, too embarrassed to look at her friend.

Croix's grin softened and she gently pulled Chariot's hands away, and found red eyes staring back at her shyly.

"I love you too, you goofball." Croix said, patting her head, like she used to when they were kids.

Chariot stared at her, surprised, her eyes holding so much emotion in them. She then wrapped her arms around her, holding her as close as possible and burying her face in her shoulder.

"That makes me so happy…" Chariot whispered, making her… lover's smile widen. Lover? That was such a nice thought, one that she has always dreamed of.

"You make me happy…" Croix said, leaning into the hug. "I should have realized that sooner. You bring up the best in me."

"But I… Our fight… Maybe if i haven't-"

"Chariot, for ten years I've been following the wrong path, and I only dared to do so by leaving you behind… for these past years I've been following the worst in me because you weren't in my life."

"And I was so miserable because you weren't around…" Chariot pulled away, staring at her lovingly. "I guess we do bring out the best in each other?"

"We do." Croix smiled, feeling as if all her worries from a few hours ago have finally faded.