Pranks, memories, a wedding and a slightly drunk Robin. Need I say more?

The look on Robin's face was one which nobody could hold back their laughter at, not even Frederick. Her eyes wide open, one of which twitching, and her mouth agape in shock. As well as that, her arms were shaking as she continued to stare into space.

"Lissa… You are so dead!"

The sudden change in atmosphere was enough to wipe the grins off everyone's faces.

You see, Lissa had decided, much to Robin's frustration, to continue pranking her as she had done pre-war with Plegia. She hadn't just carried out a small prank, such as having a toad in her hand to creep Robin out, this time. No… She had gone all out with her prank.

And how?

She had decided to spike Robin's food, a simple soup, with the spiciest chillies which she could find. To make matters worse, she had done the exact same with Robin's drink of tea, which other than the chilli, was perfectly attuned to Robin's tastes.

Chrom was trying to hold back a laugh at his best friend trying to catch his sister from the sidelines, whilst Frederick had now gone from quietly laughing to having a raised eyebrow. "We have been back in Ylisse for a week now… And already the princess has broken Robin..." Frederick sighed out loud, before deciding to intervene just in case Robin actually did start to kill.

Despite it being only a week, things had actually been very eventful, and many things in the future were organised.

The next week was set aside for the entire halidom to recover and rebuild, before a few days of rest… The first of which being set aside for a memorial for Emmeryn across not just the entirety of Ylisse, but also within Ferox, and even a few Plegian villages too. Almost the entire continent. After that, two days later, Chrom was to be officially declared the new Exalt of Ylisse.

And then… Two weeks after that… Was when the wedding between Robin and Frederick had been organised for, despite the fact that neither of them knew. The couple had strictly told everyone in the Shepherds to allow them to organise their own wedding, but they continued to plan behind their back. Even Chrom was in on it now, despite being against the idea at first.

They had various different plans set out for if the two were to discover that they were still planning also. If it were Frederick who found out, they would quickly try to distract him with things such as fake injuries from 'tripping over rocks in the castle courtyard', or with tasks such as helping organise a few bookshelves. If it were Robin, they would try and talk her into letting them continue to plan by showing her the dress which they most definitely want her to wear, and tempting her with it. If it were both… They were just going to try and lure them away (somehow) so that they could plan without the two of them trying to intervene, and also to allow the couple to wind down and relax beforehand, and also to… Give them some time alone.

Of course, it was Lissa who had come up with those plans. Nobody could come up with any better, so they were what had to be followed come the discovery of their planning – that is if they were discovered.

"Let me get her, Frederick! She ruined my food!"

"You can get more!" Lissa sulked as she hid behind Chrom, who was beginning to get bored of the situation. "It's not as though we don't have food here!"

"So what?! That was my food that I wanted to eat then! Not later!"

Chrom sighed, before he grabbed hold of Lissa's wrist. "Frederick… Why don't you try and calm Robin down, whilst I have a word with Lissa..." He didn't even wait for a reply, before pulling his sister outside the room despite her protests.

"Chrooooom! Please, let go of me!"

"Lissa… You do realise that you could make things so much worse for us by agitating Robin like that?" Lissa gave him a confused face, so he sighed, and had to explain what he meant to her, "If she is agitated with you… And then she discovers that we are planning her wedding despite her telling us not to… She will probably tear off a few heads – namely ours."

The princess bit her lip, and then sighed. "Yes, you're right… Sorry about that, big brother!" She followed that with a grin, before happily skipping away.

The prince awkwardly looked back at his sister, before he went to go and see if Robin had calmed down. As he opened the door slightly, he changed his mind though, as he could hear the conversation between Robin and Frederick.

"I know… I know… It's just that… At times, she's really nice and I love to spend time with her… But at other times… She's a bit… Obnoxious- Well, actually… More annoying than anything. Her pranks in particular… I pranked her back the first few times, but after a while it got a bit over the top and has stayed over the top..."

"She does mean it in jest, I am sure of it, Robin. Maybe you should just tell her that-!"

"I have done! And then she poured water down my back! Please, can't you tell her?..."

There was a small sigh from Frederick, and Chrom wasn't able to hear a response from him. He assumed that he had either nodded or shook his head, but he didn't stick around to see what Frederick was going to do.

He was going to leave those two to deal with that situation themselves.

"… You guys have got to be kidding me… Right?..." It was just over three weeks later – as a matter of fact, the day before the entirety of the Shepherds had organised the wedding of Robin and Frederick. "Please… Tell me this is a joke..."

Robin had just been confronted by the women of the Shepherds barring Miriel (who was in the middle of researching an undisclosed subject) and Panne (who claimed not to "participate within such mediocre traditions of the manspawn as of yet") and had been told that she was going to be getting married the next day.

"We're sorry… We've been keeping it a secret from you!" Sumia laughed awkwardly, much to Robin's frustration.

She shook her head, and held her hand on her forehead as she sighed. "I think that I get that already… But… Why? Why did you still plan this when both me and Frederick said not to?..."

Maribelle smiled at the tactician, before she nudged Robin with her parasol. "Why, darling, it is quite simple! For one, you and Sir Frederick are the first of all of the Shepherds to enter a committed relationship! And two, it is Frederick! One would not expect him out of all of the men amongst our ranks to become betrothed! Now, we must prepare you for tomorrow!"

"N- No! I was going to meet Frederick this evening to go to the-!"

"Do not worry, I am assured that Chrom and his companions are trying to distract Frederick as we speak!" Cordelia smiled, before she and Sumia grabbed hold of Robin's arms. "Now… We need to show you the dress that we got for you!"

Robin attempted to resist, but suddenly, Tharja emerged behind her. "Come on… I just have to see you in your dress..." Just the tone of the dark mage's voice was enough to terrify her into doing what they wanted her to do.

"Oh yeah! Weirdly enough, Gaius has a brilliant sense in dresses! He thought that he could make up for what he said the other week by helping to choose it! And it really is pretty – perfect for you, Robin!" Lissa smiled, before she decided to laugh at the sheer panic in Robin's face. "It isn't a prank, trust me on that! I was told to stop the pranks, so I have done! Anyway… Let's actually get to showing you!"

Elsewhere, Frederick was stuck in a relatively similar situation.

"No. I am set to escort Robin this evening to the town, as I did promise her that I would help her find some new books. I have no time for other business." Frederick gave his trademark stern glare to the men in front of him, before shaking his head. "Please, allow me to pass."

Chrom laughed, before shaking his head. "I just think that you may have to reorganise… Robin is rather busy at the moment."

The new exalt hadn't even seen Robin that day, how in the name of the gods could he know if she were busy or not? That, and why was he not allowing him past, alongside Gaius, of all people, as well as a few others?

"Milord… I honestly can not believe that you could know whether she is busy or not. Now, I must be leaving-"

"Gods, you don't get it, do you? We don't want you to see Robin today!" Chrom shouted in exasperation, before Vaike took over in explaining, due to Chrom becoming a bit frustrated.

Though, that was after he had a laugh at Chrom's face. "What ol' Chrom was trying to say is that we have to keep you away from Robin, whilst the women keep her away from you, because behind your back, we have been organising your wedding for tomorrow! You can see her all that you want tomorrow, especially in the evening... alone... in your bedroom… wearing a dress which you would just want to tear off her right there and then-!"

"Explain why you assume that I would do such abhorrent things to Robin!" Frederick almost went and lost his temper completely then, before he could hear Stahl mumbling to himself at the side, about how 'he mustn't be bothered over us organising his wedding for him then', and that make him growl. "And I will be coming onto that next, Stahl… Why did you all completely disrespect our request, and continue with your planning?"

By that point, Chrom had managed to calm down, so he was able to provide a response, "Because knowing the two of you well enough, you would end up too busy to find a time to organise your wedding, plus, it's a big thing with you and Robin ending up as the first two Shepherds engaged to be married… As for the dress thing… That's on Vaike, not us."

"Hey!"

That night, Robin was sat alone with a frown. She had been told that Frederick was being forced to sleep elsewhere that night, because according to Maribelle, "it is bad luck for a man to see his bride on the day of the wedding before the ceremony, especially once she is wearing her dress."

"Stupid traditions..." she mumbled, before lying back. She felt horribly cold, even once she had pulled the bedsheets over herself, all because of her isolation from her love. It had become a common occurrence over the past month since returning to Ylisse for her to cuddle up to Frederick at night, due to her needing reassurance for when she began to experience her nightmares – which were unfortunately becoming more common since the time where she had yelled about having amnesia in Plegia. "Can I not just stay with him for one more night?..."

What made things worse were that she had ended up being locked into the room too, after an attempt about an hour previously to slip out of the room to find her future husband. Well, rather than locked into the room… It's more like the door getting locked, and even though Robin had a key, Gaius had stuffed a sticky lollipop into the keyhole from the outside, so that only someone removing it from the outside would make it possible for the door to be unlocked.

It was impossible for her to get to sleep. Not like this.

Frustratedly, she stood up and walked over to a bookshelf which she had recently set up…

And then she noticed something out of place. A piece of paper had been slipped between two of the books.

Robin pulled it out and went to throw it into the bin after crumpling it up, but she suddenly noticed that there was writing on it. Familiar writing too… As a matter of fact, it was too familiar. It was her own handwriting.

"What?… Did someone rip this out of-! Gaius, he must have ripped it out… He still has that book… But why did he put this here?..."

Reluctantly, she then read what she had wrote a few weeks previously out loud to herself, but in a hushed way so that if anyone were outside, they couldn't hear her. "Oh gods… Things seem to be happening so fast at the moment… One moment, I'm stuck with Frederick as a bodyguard whilst my wrist recovers, and now… We're engaged?..." She looked at her previously injured wrist then, and trailed her fingers across what was now a pale white scar – a big contrast in comparison to her pale enough skin tone, and that was saying something.

After that, she returned to reading. "He's strong, dedicated, and damn, he is handsome. I have no qualms about saying this on paper, but out loud, I'm not as confident, because there is almost always someone there when I am with him… Well, except that time where we were trapped in that snowstorm..." She laughed at those memories then. Frederick's proposal was so… Well, clumsy in comparison to his normal self. She was so glad that they were alone at that time…

"But I have seen him in an even better state… Last night, for that matter! Under the covers of my bed, my hands tangled into his hair as we kept sharing delicate little kisses… I'm surprised though, I was never expecting his body to be as muscular as it was! I mean, I knew he was definitely well off in terms of his muscles, but wow. No wonder he was able to keep me from working on my strategy for Chrom until just now! Not to mention that I never exactly thought of him as the sort of person who would make his mind up so quickly about sleeping with a woman, not just sharing a bed together… Ah, I can't wait to be able to settle down with him when the war is over!"

She laughed at her past self then, her face a flushed pink shade. "I bet that the others used this to make up their minds about sorting out our wedding… W- Wait, if they did, that would mean that they- They-!" Her face went a deep crimson shade then. "They know all the details about that night now… Not just that we slept together… Ah! Gods!"

To quickly distract herself, she then grabbed hold of a random book from the shelf, before scrunching up the paper and tossing it into a bin. Unfortunately… The book was one of the romance novels which Sumia had previously given her.

Despite that, she still read it.

Her imagination was a wild place at that time though, so what happened when she got to the steamier parts of the novel, between the two main characters? She found herself replacing her images of them with her and Frederick. Not good for her trying to forget that he wasn't with her.

After some time, she then began to cry due to her loneliness, and in turn, it developed into exhaustion. She essentially cried herself to sleep.

The tactician's awakening was abrupt though, with someone diving onto her. "Come on, sleepy head! We've been trying to wake you up for ages! You're getting married in an hour!"

"Frederick, you just need to relax, okay? There's still a few minutes to go before the women bring Robin here..." Chrom stated, noticing that Frederick was starting to mess with his fingers. He assumed that his fidgeting was to do with the fact that normally, he would be holding Robin's hand no matter what he was doing unless he was required to use both of his hands.

"I know, milord… It is just that I have not been forced to stay away from her for so long since we became engaged, except for the day which we fought Gangrel..."

The memories of that day were still bitterly present in Frederick's mind, despite him wanting to just get rid of them completely. Well, except for the memories that night. He would treasure the memories of that night dearly. The exhaustion which both he and Robin suffered the day after through lack of sleep was worth what had happened that night.

"Don't worry, okay? I have made everyone promise to back out of your personal lives for now, until you both settle down into married life. We won't keep you separate again- Oh, Sully is calling for me… I will be back in a minute."

Frederick gave Chrom a confused look as he suddenly ran over to the cavalier, who had suddenly emerged in the room. He could hear the conversation, even though they were trying to be as quiet as possible.

"She's kinda in a panic at the moment… We're managing to get her here, but it's taking time. Pretty crap, I know, but at least she hasn't ran away, right?"

"Gods… How long do you think that it will take to get Robin here then? Because Frederick isn't being himself and is getting very restless..."

"Um… Oh, wait, here she is! It's about time, Robin!"

Just hearing that made Frederick all the more anxious. After all, the wedding had been suddenly sprung upon them, and he also had no idea on how Robin had coped ever since she had found out herself, not to mention… He wasn't so keen to have so much attention diverted to the two of them.

And then she walked in.

And gods, she looked like an angel to him.

Her dress was all flowy and white, with a pale purple tint at the bottom of the skirt and at the top of the dress, just above her chest. What blew him away even more… Was that the dress perfectly framed her figure, which would normally be covered in the various layers of her typical attire, especially her coat. And on top of that, she was red in the face, so she was obviously embarrassed at the entire situation.

One final thing which was notably different to her appearance was that her white hair, normally just scruffily threw back, had been neatly brushed through and tied into a delicate bun behind her head, and was adorned by little purple flowers.

Frederick could feel the heat in his face then. This was happening… And this spectacle of beauty before him was to be his wife.

Robin smiled gently as she quickly hugged Frederick, and shared yet another kiss with him. That was about the tenth time which she had done that in about the three hours which they had been married, but it wasn't as though anyone was bothered – the day was about them after all.

The entire ceremony, despite the secret planning and abrupt announcement of it, had gone off without a hitch.

By far, everyone had decided that the best part of it was the kiss at the end. The sheer passion which the two felt for each other could be picked up by everyone else, and they knew that what they had done for them had been the best thing that they could have done.

"Sooooooo… When are the kids coming~?" Lissa jokily questioned once Robin had finally decided to separate from her new husband, and she couldn't help but glare at the princess.

"Do you seriously think that we would have children yet, Lissa? Honestly!"

"Well… I wouldn't be surprised if you were pregnant now, with how often you two sleep with each other!"

Robin sighed out, before flicking the princess in the forehead. "Trust me, I couldn't be… Because how exactly do you know that- Ah, forget it… But I'm not pregnant, Lissa! Gods!"

Chrom raised an eyebrow at Robin's sulking, before he decided to talk to Frederick. "Have you heard those two?..."

"Yes, unfortunately… And before you say a word, milord, no, Robin is not bearing a child..."

The exalt was shocked at how the knight was able to read his thoughts exactly, but he shrugged it off. "Anyway… Why aren't you with Robin?"

Frederick sighed, and rubbed the back of his head. "The princess keeps pulling her away from me now-"he stopped mid-sentence as Chrom walked over to the two women, before watching as he grabbed Lissa's wrist with one hand, and nudged Robin towards Frederick with the other.

The knight thankfully nodded to Chrom, who then pulled Lissa away… but after winking back to him. He knew exactly what Chrom was insinuating, and it made him turn a bit red in the face.

"Finally we can't be separated from each other..." Robin smiled, her hazel eyes shining in the ambiance created by the candle-lit room. It was starting to get late now, so the candles were a nice touch for such a romantic occasion, at least in his opinion. "Hey, smile, why don't you? Rather than give me that flustered face!" She laughed rather loudly, which was making Frederick think that she was pleased that she was with him, before there was a loud cough for attention nearby.

It was obviously Maribelle with something planned. "Now… I believe that it is appropriate, now that our beloved Sir Frederick and Lady Robin are neither separated nor distracted, to play some music to dance to. Of course, that is unless the couple decline?"

Robin was a bit puzzled then. Dance? She hadn't danced before… At least, from what she could remember… The mix of a drink of alcohol from earlier and amnesia didn't exactly go hand in hand. Of course, she wasn't aware of the alcohol part.

Frederick could see the confusion in her face, and smiled at her gently as he took hold of her hand. "Here, allow me, milady… I would not wish to see you fall over today, not whilst you are in such a magnificent dress..."

She couldn't help but notice the delicacy of every single action as of the moment which he held onto her hand, before his other hand moved over to her waist. The music which Maribelle had requested was slow and peaceful too, even more fitting to the atmosphere created by the lighting.

Everyone couldn't help but look in awe at the couple. Though they initially held much dislike for one another, to see the love between them was something of beauty. The way in which Frederick was handling Robin as they danced, and the way in which Robin seemed more composed than her mental state had allowed her over the past few weeks was a marvel too.

Once the music had died down, and their dance had drawn to a close with a gentle kiss which Frederick planted upon her hand, Robin began to smile as her eyes welled up in tears. "I love you, Freddy Bear~ Thank you for everything..." was what she then whispered, before nestling her head into him as she felt him pick her up off the floor.

"No… It should be me thanking you… You've changed both me and my life completely… And I couldn't have things any better than they are now."

"Just think… We wouldn't be together if I hadn't told you to smile, would we?" She then laughed, kicking her legs out a bit, before kissing his cheek. Frederick passed off her strange actions as she spoke as restlessness.

"Speaking of time together… We need to make up for that time which we were kept apart over the past few days..."

"Then how about we slip away then, and find somewhere quiet? Nobody would suspect a thing – after all… Look, almost all of them are either drunk now, or asleep! Hah, just look at that silly sleepy face of Chrom's!" Robin found it funny looking at everyone then, before sighing. "We've got all the time in the world to be alone now~ Our room, maybe?"

"If that is what you wish… But you've got to sleep first, okay? You're starting to look tired too, Robin..."

"Fine then… I'll sleep… But only on the condition that you abandon your duties for the next few days… Hmm… In jest of a certain person obsessed with candy… Robin needs her sugar~"

"R- Robin! Gods, you're drunk!"

"Noooo! I mean, I've only had a drink which Gregor gave me before, whilst he was with… um… Was it Vaike?… And Gaius?… Maybe Virion?… It was… Um… Straight after we got here?… But I'm noooooot drunk!

With a sigh, Frederick pulled her closer to him as she threw her arms around his neck. "Come on… Let's go and get you some rest..."

So... This chapter was the fluffy stuff, the next chapter we get to some of the good stuff~

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