So, it has been decided, and there will be the future children in the story later on, probably in three or four chapters' time.

Anyway, since last chapter, I've been asked a few questions about this story, so if they were sent over PM, I've answered them, but as well as that, I've decided to publicly answer some of them here. The main one being "Why is this story rated M?" That was actually explained at the beginning of last chapter, but I will reiterate it now. This story contains references to sex, and may actually contain it every so often. As well as that, I have quite a bit of violence planned out in a few of the later chapters, notably during the Valm conquest and fights against the Grimleal part of the Awakening storyline. B) Anyway, the next question I was asked was "Will there be any other couples in the story, just in the background?" And the answer is yes. For this story, there are three couples that I have decided upon so far. Lissa and Gaius, Cordelia and Stahl (that is going to become more evident in later chapters) and also Chrom and Sumia.

Now, I should probably stop rambling and get on with the chapter~

"No… No sign of the three of them anywhere..." Sumia muttered as she met up with Chrom and Lissa, who were starting to get worried.

After Gaius had decided to tell everyone about everything that had happened between Robin and Frederick, Robin had gone and ran off somewhere because she was that upset that he did that. Frederick quickly went to find her, but he hadn't been seen since. Gaius ended up slinking off somewhere whilst this was happening, so they couldn't question him as to why he did that.

"I'm not surprised that Robin was so upset though… Only me, Cordelia and Nowi knew about her and Frederick! And we were told not to tell anyone! I don't know how Gaius found-!"

"Maybe… Maybe that's why Robin was acting so strange before when I asked her about her plan… Gaius must have found out, and maybe said that he would let it slip..." Chrom mumbled, before shaking his head with a sigh. He was worried about Robin and Frederick. Yes, he was initially shocked at the nature of their relationship so soon… But he was happy for them. He didn't want them thinking that he – or anyone else – would stop trusting them over what the candy loving thief had done.

As well as that… One other thing was on everyone's minds.

What was Gaius' motive to do that in front of everyone? Surely he had a reason…

"Come on… We should keep looking for them..."

Meanwhile, Robin was sobbing as she sat underneath a tree near a small body of water, which she was surprised to have found in the middle of Plegia. "Stupid… I'm so stupid… I should have just saved up some more gold and got myself a book more private… That, or I could have found a way to put a magic seal on it..." She muttered, hugging her knees as she tried not to be too loud, or else she would probably draw attention to herself. She didn't want any attention – especially with how humiliated that she felt.

Slowly, she took off her coat, just so that she could look at the injury on her wrist after unwrapping the bandage. "… Maybe now… This dumb thing can heal..." She poked at it a moment, before wincing. One thing which Robin had forgotten was the pain which she experienced when anything touched it. "It's been what, two, three weeks now?… It's better than it was… Thankfully it hasn't got infected because of how often me and Frederick have tended to it..."

That then led to her crying. She just wanted to forget everything now, all because of Gaius. She had just gone and spent a year earning everyone's trust, just for it to all be threw away in under a minute.

At least that was what she thought.

"Was it even worth building up trust-? Gods, why am I thinking like this?! Of course it was… I've never been happier… I just shouldn't have been so stupid to have wrote everything down!" She grabbed her coat again, and threw it over her wrist to prevent sand getting into her wound. "Damn amnesia! Why can't I just remember my-?!"

Her sudden yelling made her head hurt, and a familiar event then played through her head.

Of course it was her nightmare from just before Chrom, Lissa and Frederick had found her in the field…

The thing is, she had suddenly slumped down unconscious into the sand as she re-witnessed the nightmare. That happened every time that she had gone through it.

No wonder she was unconscious when she was found initially in Ylisse.

The same part of the nightmare always got to her every time. Her vision turning bloodshot… Head throbbing… Electricity crackling through her body as she grasped her tome… And Chrom telling her that it wasn't her fault and to escape as he collapsed to the ground, in the cold grasp of death.

At the same time as Robin collapsing, Frederick was desperately trying to find both Robin and Gaius. Robin to try and comfort her, Gaius to lecture him about invading people's privacy (though at times, Frederick was one to speak, especially when it came to Chrom and Lissa's lives) and telling others about other people's private lives.

Frederick was just so worried about Robin, with the way in which she burst into tears when Gaius had told everyone about what had happened between the two of them that night; and also with the way in which she had ran off yelling at everyone to leave her alone. But he couldn't leave her alone, not in this state. Over the past few weeks, he had seen just how unstable Robin was mentally due to her injuries and what had happened to Emmeryn, so he needed to find a way in which to locate her, and keep her calm…

He would feel as though he would have failed as a knight for her yet again if he were unable to do that…

"Hey, um… You're looking for her, aren't you?..."

That voice instantly made Frederick's insides churn with anger.

Almost instantly, he turned around and grabbed hold of the Gaius' shirt and glared at him. "What business do you have, talking to me after what you did to Robin, thief?! If anything has happened to her, you will be held fully-!"

"I know, I know! Geez, nanny… I get that I shouldn't have done that! I just wanted to help you find her so I could apologise! And to give her book back to her!" Gaius was in a panic with the way in which Frederick had grabbed hold of him and was burning holes into his skull with how harsh his glare was. One thing was definite for him – he was doomed when they would eventually manage to find Robin, and Frederick would most definitely be the source of this doom, Robin possibly also having a thing to do with it.

The knight was unsure as to whether he would be able to trust the thief after what he had done to Robin. His Robin. "If you insist on helping me to find her, then fine. But afterwards, do not even dare try slipping away, or else I will hunt you down for what you did." And he was sticking to his word. He genuinely would hunt Gaius if he tried running away.

The threat was enough for Gaius to gulp, and nod that he would help find her. He did not want to get hurt in any way.

And then, things worked out much to Frederick's convenience. Chrom, Lissa and Sumia had caught up to them in their own search, and better yet, they had an idea as to where Robin could be.

"Yes. I did hear shouting about 'damn amnesia' somewhere to the north, not too far from here, and Robin the only amnesiac we know!" Sumia explained, before stroking her pegasus gently on the head. "It was near some trees, and a rather small lake..."

Gaius suddenly snapped to attention hearing that. "I remember seeing Sunshine over there before, and doesn't Sunshine try to… Stalk Bubbles? So yeah, Stumbles is probably right."

"Now, without the stupid nicknames?" Frederick was simply not in the mood for Gaius to be using these nicknames, despite the fact that it was easy to catch on as to who he was talking about. After all, he had seen Tharja following Robin around quite a bit as of late…

"Frederick, calm down! He's only trying to help-!" Lissa exclaimed, quickly getting cut off by the knight in his frustration of wanting to find Robin.

"I do not appreciate his help. He has helped enough."

"Frederick, maybe you should take a break from looking for Robin..."

"Wake up, Robin..."

The sudden voice in such a hushed tone was enough to wake the tactician up out of nothing but fear. It was a new voice, yet held some familiarity. "Ugh...Wha-?… Oh gods, Tharja?!"

Seeing the dark mage almost right up in her face made Robin shriek, before she began grumbling to herself.

"As much as I loved watching you sleep…" Tharja laughed creepily, before grabbing hold of some of Robin's hair and scarily enough, smelling it. "You're being looked for..."

Robin was too scared to respond. Having Tharja smell her hair was creepy. No, very creepy. Nobody – from what she could remember – had ever done something such as that before. And gods, did she not want it to happen again. "C- Can you… Leave me a- alone?…

"As you wish… But you will not be able to keep me away from you for long, Robin..." And so, the dark mage left, leaving Robin in the sand with a terrified look on her face. The others may not trust her… But Tharja seemed to trust her too much. A little too much.

Slowly, the tactician lowered her head back into the sand, remembering that her coat was draped over her arm to protect her injury as she felt the material against her skin. And then, she began to shiver.

'Shivering… In Plegia?… What is going on? It's not night-!'

Robin was mid-thought when she realised that someone new had approached her, and was stood over her. "In jest of milord… There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, you know?..."

There was nothing but a sigh from the woman then, before she closed her eyes. "Yeah… It doesn't sound right when you say that, Frederick… Anyway, why are you here? I'm surprised that you aren't… I don't know, killing Gaius. Or avoiding me." was all that she could mumble, before crying.

"I… I have chose to avoid the others, over avoiding you. I was with some of them until a few minutes ago, but with Gaius there, I can not control my temper..."

Robin made a small 'hmph' sound, before she closed her eyes with a sigh. "That actually surprises me… I would have thought that-"

"That I did not love you? You are dearly mistaken if you believe that is the case..." The tone of Frederick's voice just did not sound right to her… Was he lying? Was there something else on his mind? "Robin, I can tell exactly what you are thinking… I am not telling a lie. I love you, and no matter what that buffoon dares say about what what we have done to every living soul, I could not love you any less."

That was… sweet. She hadn't been expecting Frederick to say something like that… "Even though… He let it slip to everyone that we… Um..." She was still finding it hard to get over what had happened that morning anyway, but knowing that the whole camp – no, the whole army – knew that she and Frederick were in a romantic relationship already with some sexual activity in it… She wasn't sure about whether she could ever get over that.

The silence from Frederick put her on edge. She still had her eyes closed too, so she couldn't try and use her lessons from Stahl about reading people's facial expressions to see what he was feeling, or even thinking.

Suddenly getting picked up was enough to remove her fears though. "Let them know if they must. I know where my duties lie, and getting bothered about that is not one of them. They lie simply in serving Ylisse… And you, my dearest."

"Context?"

"Hmm? I am not sure as to what you-"

"You said that your duty is to serve Ylisse, which can only have one definition… But you also mentioned serving me. How, exactly? As a knight… Or as my loving companion?"

"Milady, surely we must be returning now-"

Robin cut him off mid-sentence again. "Stop avoiding the question, Frederick…" She then, once she had finished speaking, opened her eyes again, a pleading look in her eyes. "I won't smile for you again if you try to avoid it..."

She could feel him struggle for words then, and she laughed lightly. It was adorable to see him try to come up with an answer which could satisfy her.

It took him about a minute to finally come up with a response. It was only one word, but it was more than enough to bring the withdrawn smile back to her face. "Both."

"I am so annoyed! Frederick just had to escape like that, didn't he?! We don't even know where he went! Back to camp? To Robin? Elsewhere?!" Lissa yelled, getting frustrated that she was having to search high and low for the knight, when normally, it would have been the knight searching for whoever had happened to be absent.

Chrom couldn't help but laugh at Lissa struggling, before looking up at the sky. "As much as I would love to have you searching for even longer whilst we rest, Lissa… It's getting late. The sun is setting… And… No matter what, we need to go back to Ylisse tomorrow..." The prince then closed his eyes, before hearing footsteps nearby too. "And do not dare think about leaving just yet, Gaius. Until Robin and Frederick return to us, I'm confiscating all of your candy."

The look on Gaius' face was priceless.

"Hey! That's no fair, Blue! All I did was say that Bubbles and him had ended up doing some dirty deeds together this morning!"

Everyone raised an eyebrow then. "All that you did? I saw you this morning, stealing Robin's book from her and blackmailing her into keeping quiet about something or else you would tell everyone what was in there! She was left looking as though she had seen a ghost! And then, you go and tell the whole camp anyway, despite her not saying a word about you! I was with her the whole day, so don't dare say that she did either..." Chrom shouted, obviously getting frustrated at not knowing the whereabouts of his two friends.

Everything was silent as they then returned to where the Shepherds had set up camp for the night, and the tension between Gaius and Chrom stayed high. The candy thief was rather annoyed with himself too, as he seemed to be making more enemies than friends at present.

"Ah, finally! You all have returned…" Maribelle was quick to approach the group upon their return, and her face seemed almost enlightened in joy. "You will be glad to know that just a few minutes ago, Frederick managed to return to camp, thankfully with a sleeping Robin in his arms."

That shocked everyone. They would have thought that Frederick would have just stayed with Robin, wherever she was, rather than return to camp with her. But either way, it was a relief all the same.

"However… There was one thing which concerned me about their return..."

Sumia then finally broke her silence by questioning why, and Maribelle's response was a lot different to what they had been expecting.

Slowly, she tapped her foot as she spoke. "Robin, I daresay, was wearing naught but her coat around her body… I believe that the two of them may have been up to something… Well, do you understand what I have been suggesting?"

A small nod was given from everyone then, before they all decided to retire for the night. The had a long day ahead of them.

At the same time, Robin, who had in fact been feigning sleep upon return to the camp in order to avoid questions, was stood near the entrance to the tent which she and Frederick were in. "Maribelle has more of a keen eye than I thought..." she whispered, slowly retreating from the opening and slowly finding herself caught in Frederick's embrace. "Though, I don't think that she realises how uncomfortable it is to get sand inside your clothes…"

Frederick laughed at her disgruntled mumbling, before his head moved to rest upon her shoulder as he let her hair loose. "May I suggest keeping your coat on next time then? It would have prevented a lot more sand-"

Robin slowly moved her finger to rest upon his lips to silence him, before she slowly pulled her finger down and looked at the face of confusion which he was bearing. Frederick was sure of one thing though – Robin definitely had something in her mind, and she was planning to do something.

Her next action was sudden to him though. She wrapped one of her arms around his neck, and used the hand which had been covering his lips to gently take hold of his chin and pull his face towards hers for a kiss.

Frederick was unsure of how to react completely, and Robin laughed as she slightly pulled away from him. "You are clueless with romance, aren't you?… It's adorable, you know… And only I can see this adorable side of you..." Feeling her lips move against his as she spoke helped some of his confusion subside, as he knew that she was right.

"I may not be as well versed with romance as I am, say, at maintaining weaponry, but at least I know that you wish not for that to change… Anything to make you happy, milady..."

Now it was Frederick's turn to confuse Robin. He was the one who resumed the kiss, not the evidently more dominant tactician. The muffled sounds of approval from the woman was enough to tell Frederick that he was definitely doing something right.

"I love you, Freddy Bear..." Robin mumbled as soon as they had separated, before she laughed at the state which Frederick had been left in.

Deciding to shrug off her use of the nickname which he despised with a passion due to how sweet her smile was, Frederick then took hold of her hands, and smiled back. "And I love you too, milady. Now, may I allow myself to be selfish for a moment?"

"Huh? I don't mind when you act a little self-!" It then took a matter of seconds at Robin's incomplete response for the knight to pull his arms around her waist, and place a small kiss upon her neck. He then used the kiss as a distraction to sit down on the bed which was present in the tent, making sure that the woman who was to be his wife was upon his lap.

"I wish to see you once more… As with this morning."

"O- Oh…" Robin went a flustered shade of red then, before she went and ruffled her hands through his hair, Surprisingly, it was a handsome look for him, having his hair tousled like that. "Well, so do I…" Then a smirk formed on her face. A smirk which Frederick could easily read. "And we've got all night."

Come the morning, Robin got an abrupt awakening.

She wasn't wearing anything still, and was also wrapped up in blankets so that she could have been protected from the cold at night, and then Lissa was stood over her, trying to nudge her awake. "Rooooobiiiiiiinnnn, come oooooooon….."

Robin couldn't feel anyone else beside her, so presumably, Frederick had already woke up and got about to his duties before everyone made the move back to Ylisse later that day.

But gods, was she exhausted. She didn't want to move at all, even through Lissa's hassling. "Robin, you need to wake up!"

"Go away..."

"No! Chrom needs you!"

Robin frustratedly then pulled the blankets around her to conceal the fact that she was naked, before sitting up. "Get him to come here then… I'm too tired. And not in the mood to see most people-"

"Are you still not over the whole 'everyone doesn't trust me' thing? Geez, we do trust you!"

The tactician yawned, and her messy white hair fell to in front of her face. "Chrom comes here, or I go back to sleep."

And then, Lissa frowned. She had noticed something which would not work exactly well in Robin's favour if Lissa managed to pursue it. "What's that on your neck? It looks like a bruise-"

She had forgotten about the many times of which Frederick had ended up kissing her neck over the past few days.

The tactician lay back down, burying her face into her coat which she had decided right there and then to use as a temporary pillow. "I guess that Chrom needing to see me isn't so important then."

"Mark my words, Robin… I am going to find out what that is!"

"Yeah, yeah, you just think that then..."

Upon Lissa walking out, Robin was finally able to sit up, and recover her clothes. That was the only reason why she wanted Chrom to come to her, rather than her to go to Chrom. She wanted the chance to get dressed without anyone realising that similar events had transpired that night to the day before. And then, to make matters worse, if it had been Lissa who had realised, things would have become much worse than Gaius telling the whole camp about yesterday.

Grumbling as she pulled on her shirt, followed by her coat, she couldn't help but feel frustration towards her allies at that time. She would probably not be in the mood until that afternoon to start talking to and socialising with everyone else, but if she had to talk to Chrom, so be it

Once she was dressed, she sighed and fell back onto the bed with a deep sigh. Not long after that, she could hear a voice calling out to her. "Robin? Are you in there?" Chrom's voice was hardly much of a comfort after Lissa's awakening, but either way, it was good to hear a friend.

"Yes, I am…"

"Can I come in and talk to you then?"

"Yeah, if you want to… Though I am rather tired..." Robin pulled herself up so that she was sitting, and watched at her messy hair kept clinging to her face and the back of her neck. It was rather hot that day, after all.

As soon as the prince walked in, he laughed. "Gods, you look a sight for sore eyes!"

He received a glare from Robin. "Gee, thanks for the compliment… What did you want to see me about anyway?" She had hoped that this conversation would be over with quickly, but with Chrom's face quickly settling to something more serious, she knew that this wouldn't be the case.

Chrom watched as Robin then threw off her coat behind her, so that she could cool down. It was obvious that she was uncomfortable sitting in here. "I'll talk with you if you leave the tent. You are evidently too hot staying there."

"Fine, fine… But I'm only standing outside, you know that I'm tired..." Reluctantly, Robin stood up, and was then pushed outside by Chrom. "Right, I'm out. What is it?"

Chrom laughed at Robin's struggle to try and get the conversation over and done with, before he explained what he was thinking. "The war is over now… Well, you know that anyway, and we have to return to Ylisse… You've just been moving about with us, but because of your amnesia, you don't know if you lived anywhere, do you?"

"Yes… What are you getting at?"

"Well, seeming as everyone knows now that you and Frederick are engaged… I just thought that maybe, seeming as Frederick does live at the castle alongside me and Lissa… You would want to stay with him there? It could give you somewhere more… permanent to stay, I guess."

Robin raised her eyebrow then, before she smiled. "So, I guess that you can act gentlemanly at times then! Or is this a joke?"

"Gods no! It isn't a joke! I even asked Frederick if he minded if I invited you to stay with him, and he didn't mind!"

The prince was met with a smile then, and also a nod. "Just as long as Lissa doesn't bother me too much, okay?"

For another twenty minutes, the conversation continued with varying topics, from how long they thought it would take to restore Ylisse to its former glory, and as to whether Chrom should sort out a memorial for Emmeryn, and then… There were the more trivial subjects of conversation.

And what was the final thing which Chrom decided to say before walking away?

"By the way… The others have taken it into their own hands to sort out yours and Frederick's wedding. Have fun trying to talk them out of it!"

"Wh- What?!"

So, that's it for this chapter! Hopefully, the wait between this chapter and chapter 6 won't be as long this time! It just doesn't help that I am getting distracted with planning a series of oneshots with the future children in at the same time as trying to get this posted!

That, and thank you for all the views, follows, favourites and reviews so far! It's highly appreciated!

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