Disclaimer: I do not own MGLN

Some warnings before hand, this chapter is a little different? I don't know, i just feel weird writing this chapter, maybe the characters seem a little out of place too. I apologize beforehand. Sorry.

But I hope you will like this chapter.

Chapter 4

Her head was spinning. She rubbed her forehead gently in a feeble attempt to her headache better. It was early in the morning, and she was already woken up by the sunrays peeking through gaps between the curtains. Her vision was blurred and it took her awhile before she managed to guess the time that was shown on the clock residing on the bedside table.

"7Am. Still early I guess, there's no work today… I can sleep more…" Her lips curved up into a smile before pulling up the blankets.

She lay on the bed, so softly, no movements. She really felt comfortable; it felt as though she was sinking into that soft bed that she was sleeping in. There was calmness in that large, spacious room; it's as though she was dreaming right now. She did not want to wake up from this peaceful dreamland.

Then, her eyes suddenly shot up, and she immediately came to realization. No. Her room was never so big. The walls of her room were never pale green and heck no. If only her bed was that soft.

Nanoha frowned, obviously not very happy with her new discovery. Where the hell is she? How did she get here? Why can't she remember anything? Her head was hurting again. Last night… I remembered… Going to Hayate's party? Then… Then i… Vita… Ah. Vita. The last thing I remembered was Vita pouring down large amounts of beer into my throat… Then… I…"

Nanoha's forehead winkled when she tried to remember the rest of the exciting night, but a stir beside her prevented her from doing so.

It was only slight movements that Nanoha felt, so she ignoring it, hoping that it was just her imagination. But, soon it grew more obvious that she could felt the bed beneath her shaking, moving her along for the ride.

Oh my god. Was Nanoha's initial thoughts. She could not believe it. She refused to accept the thought that was already making its way into her head. But she knew she had no choice but to confirm it.

She closed her eyes and turned her body around in slow gentle motion, careful not to wake up the stirring body beside her, if there was someone there. Yes, indeed there was.

Nanoha opened her eyes and saw rustled dark blue hair in front of her. It belonged to that of a male. His back was facing her and he seems to have stopped his movements. Nanoha mentally cursed herself. Was she that drank? That was why she always refrained from drinking. This has never happened to her before. Nanoha decided to do one last thing in order to confirm; she looked underneath the blanket that was covering her whole body. Ya, she got what she had already expected, but only refuse to accept.

Nanoha was so embarrassed that she thought that she could just kill herself now.

She covered her face with her palms and wished everything would just go away, but obviously, the problem was still there. Well, at least now the body beside her had already stopped all his movements and showed no intention of waking up.

She tried to get out of the bed using the softest movements she could perform but as soon as Nanoha pulled the blankets in hopes of preventing her body to be shown in all glory, she had accidentally pulled the man causing him to roll over too.

The identity of the man was now clear as day.

It was Chrono.

The man who already have a lovely wife and two beautiful kids.

Crap.

Nanoha quickly picked up all her clothes on the floor and put them on at lightning speed, hoping she could leave before he wakes up. However, due to her hastiness in putting on her pants, she tripped on the low laying bedside table and fell butt first on the ground with a loud bang sound.

"Ouch!" Nanoha was really annoyed at the way her day just had to start. She rubbed her butt, and just when she thought it could not get any worse, she noticed that Chrono was already rubbing his eyes with his hands, already woken from all the commotion.

Chrono sat up on the bed and was staring lazily at the half dressed girl in front of him for a whole 10 seconds before the whole matter could register in his brain.

"NANOHA!" His eyes widened and he jumped off the bed. He then realized he wasn't wearing any clothes.

"Oh god, oh god…" Chrono began chanting as he rushed to put on his pants that were abandoned on the floor.

Nanoha took this chance to put on her remaining clothing. There was an awkward silence between them, with only sounds of rustling clothes.

Once both were fully clothed, Chrono walked towards the guilt written girl in front of him.

"I…" He paused, for a lack of words. "That… How… What… I can't remember what happened… Did we?" He decided to end with a question with an answer that both already know.

"From the looks of… Things… There's a high possibility? I… I remembered getting drunk by Vita…"

"Ahh, Vita." Chrono looked at the floor he was standing at and closed his eyes, trying to remember the last bit of memory he had of the night before. He felt a headache coming on, so he sat on the bed, unwilling to look Nanoha in the eye.

Slowly, the memories were starting to flow in. He remembered he was trying to find a place to be alone last night, and then he saw Vita and Signum. He was unwillingly (Seriously, I don't think anybody would be willing) held captive by the already drunk pair, forced to drink so much beer that he didn't think was possible for any humans to remain sober after that. Chrono was sure he saw a drunken Nanoha after what seemed like enternity after being tied up to a chair. They ended being alone in the washroom to avoid the constant noise coming from the rest of the house… And then…

Ahh… I think… We kissed… What happened after that…

After a few moments have passed, he realized that they were at his house and the things they did there. All his memories had all came back to him, and this was one of those times he wished his memory could fail him, even though the feelings that resulted from this are pleasant ones.

Chrono wanted to do it again.

Upon realizing what he had just thought of, he wanted to slap himself for even thinking that. Chrono, you already have a wife! Stop it. He mentally reminded himself.

Nanoha, who was just standing there, was too remembering all those moments last night.

"Erm… Chrono… I…"

"I'm sorry." He cut in firmly. "I do not know what I was doing."

Nanoha lifted her head up upon those words. She felt hurt, even though she was not supposed to be. She tried to laugh it off, "Chrono-kun… This is just like 6 years ago right? Hahhah… You were drunk too that time and… Got Amy…" Only when those words came out of her mouth could she realize how awkward and wrong she sounds.

"I guess… I should get going now.. Before anybody finds out that I spent the night here. Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this, afterall, it those not do me any good either." Mustering all her courage not to cry, Nanoha inhaled a big breathe. "I hope this does not affect our current working relationship." She made sure she emphasized on the word "working".

"Nanoha… I…"

"I'll be going now." Nanoha took a bow and immediately left with all her belongings, which she had gathered up while talking.

With a loud bang on the door, Chrono was all alone in that big empty room. He sat on the bed, inhaling in the scent of Nanoha as he stuffed the pillow she once slept on in his face, silently wishing his memories would just go away…

Fate was walking up and down the living room, wondering why her best friend hasn't come home yet. She couldn't reach the other since yesterday night, and that has got her worrying, that something might have happened to her at the party last night.

She was too busy thinking of the possible scenarios that she did not noticed that half distracted, half guilt-ridden Nanoha opening the door and walking pass straight Fate without a word.

"Nanoha!" Fate finally called out after Nanoha was about 5 metres away from her.

Nanoha stopped and turned back to look at the blonde, with a tired and questioning look.

"Ya?"

Fate quickly approached her and hugged her tightly. "Where were you? I couldn't reach you last night! I was so worried!"

"I'm sorry." Nanoha did not even think about that answer before answering her. She was just too tired and troubled. "I won't do it again…"

From her best friend's faint voice, Fate knew something was wrong immediately, but she did not dare question as she knew that a moody Nanoha was not someone safe to mess around or be too close with.

"I'll be going to my room now… If you need me, just… No, if you don't need me, I hope to rest for the rest of the day… Thank you, Fate." Nanoha smiled at the last 3 words and placed a hand on Fate's shoulder before retiring back to her room, leaving a stunned (Half frightened if you must.) Fate in the living room.

The moment the door slammed shut, Nanoha slide down to the floor, feeling her legs giving way. She felt numbed, emotions overflowing as she started to cry.

"Why….? Just when I've finally gotten him out of my life….!" She blurted out before attempting to wipe her tears with her hands. Unbeknownst to her, Fate was just outside the door, listening to the silent cries of her very first friend.

As I thought, she must have met Onii-chan yesterday… So what on Earth happened?

She decided, she's not going to sit there and do nothing while Nanoha suffers in silence. No, she was not going to let her go through it again. Fate picked up her phone (Do they even use phones? I really don't know so let's just keep it that way.) and began to dial the number she was all too familiar with.

Meanwhile back at Chrono's bedroom, he was busy trying to clean the room up. If it is still not obvious enough, he was trying to get rid of any trace of evidence. Amy and the children are coming back that afternoon and there was absolutely no time to waste.

Well, Chrono decided to keep the whole thing a secret, because he did not want to hurt Amy like he did with Nanoha all those years ago.

Just when he was finishing up the final touches, he heard the sound of the door opening and the happy giggles of his kids.

Chrono hastily finished up and breathe a sigh of relief before going to out to welcome them back.

"Amy, Carol and Liera!" He went up and hugged his kids. "Did you guys have fun? Sorry I couldn't join you guys, I couldn't take a holiday."

"Don't worry Daddy! We had a lot of fun! But promise you must come next time okay?" Liera put out her little pinkie in front of Chrono.

"Ya ya sure." Chrono replied half-heartedly and turned away without even locking his pinkie with the girl's.

Amy noticed that Chrono was rather weird today… He normally would not ignore the kids like that. But she decided that keeping quiet would be a better choice.

"Ok kids, why don't you go change into comfortable first?"

"OK!" Both of them said at the same time and ran towards their bedroom.

Amy marched towards their room while Chrono followed behind her, praying that he had gotten rid of all the evidence.

At first, Amy was skeptical of Chrono's behavior, like how closely he was keeping her in surveillance and not letting her out of his sight while she was inspecting the room for any sign of messiness. But now, she was just suspicious.

She raised an eyebrow, wondering what on earth had happened to the man who had slept next to her for 6 years. This is the first time she left him alone at home, and he managed to produce such cleanness. Now, she was really suspicious.

Chrono noticed his wife's weird look and realized that he had never really managed to clean the room, or done any housework for that matter, all the years they've been together. He knew he had to think some good excuse, fast.

"Surprise!" Chrono yelled. "I wanted to surprise you… With the cleaning…" He could not find any words and most definitely knew she was going to catch onto him.

However, inside Amy's mind, all she could think of was, He did all of these for me? This is the first time he had ever given me a surprise… And I thought he had only always treated me as a friend…

Amy was deeply touched and threw her arms around him. His first reaction was to shake her off, that has always been his first reaction. But, he decided that it was now wise of him if he did that, so he returned the hug, even if it was weird as he had always thought of Amy as a friend.

"Thank you so much!" Amy choked on her words, showing her clear happiness. "This is the first time you've ever done something so sweet for me…"

When Chrono first heard those words, he felt a gush of guilt rush over him. He wanted to spill everything out, but he knew that Amy knew about the relationship between him and Nanoha and he did not want to hurt anyone again. Keeping silent has proved to be most effective and painless currently.

Well, at least he managed to get himself off Amy's suspicion radar. Now all he had had to do was settle things with Nanoha to make things less awkward between them, and seeing her at work every day does not seem to help much either.

Author's note: Hey there. Haha, thank you spending time reading this, reall realy appreciate this =))). So, maybe I've made Chrono to turn out to be some kind of a jerk, so sorry for all Chrono-lovers. The characters, I've already tried my hardest to make it in character, but maybe some turned out a little OOC, and I will also apologize for that. Sorry.

Anyways, about Chrono's kids' names, I don't know where i read it from, can't remember but I think they're spelt like that...

So, thanks again for reading, and will update as soon as possible if possible. =)))) Please review also. Thanks a million!