A/N: Challenge 5, gogogogogogo! Also, Happy Halloween to all my six loyal readers! I really appreciate all you guys who post reviews and who have followed, so keep up the good work of making me not hate myself! Thanks to you guys, I only kinda' dislike myself!

Just kidding. I love me. And you. so much. soooo much.

Audience: "You suck."

Anyways, to commemorate Halloween, I wrote a short Halloween story starring me in the A/N! I hope you like it.

w01100111: "Wow, loyal readers! Thank you so much for reading my stories! To reward you, I took a picture of my face. Please look at it!"

w01100111 was SO ugly, that everyone died. The end.

Wasn't that great? Anyways, today's prompt was kissing. I had fun writing this one because hey, kissing. Writing about a robot and her human boyfriend makes kissing pretty interesting. I hope you have fun reading it! Even though it won't be HALF as good as my Halloween short. Duhhhh.

Enjoy!

The movie ended for the third time as Labrys leaned back in the chair, letting out a deep sigh. She wasn't watching the whole thing, just one scene in particular. Once again, she watched the couple embrace and kiss, the strange warmth she felt that day returning. Labrys couldn't really explain why she kept watching that one scene, she just . . . felt like it. She knew why she felt like it, though she wouldn't admit it to herself, more out of fear than anything else. Still, watching it happen on screen was a sort of consolation to her. Maybe one day, Makoto and I will. . .

She didn't finish the thought, blushing and letting out a squeal as she flopped further back onto the chair, hands on her cheeks. "What am I thinking?" she asked herself, standing. She pressed the power button on the remote and paced about the room, twirling her hair as she fantasized.

"Oh, Labrys. . . I love you so much." Makoto held her in her arms, drawing her face closer.

"M-Makoto. . . Stop, we shouldn't. . ." His face was now as close to hers as it could be without touching her. His eyes were focused on a particular part of her face.

"But. . ." He didn't finish. As he pulled her even closer, their lips. . .

Labrys let out an excited squeal, blushing furiously. Stop it, stop it, stop it! Her cheeks were usually never this red unless she was actually in Makoto's presence, but at this point, just thinking about him made her feel nervous. That'll probably never happen. . .

She sighed to calm herself down. She pulled her phone out of her bag to check for any messages from friends, trying to pull her mind away from things.

It had been a few days since Makoto and Labrys watched that movie. The emotions she felt during it still hadn't quite completely left, and when the movie arrived on her doorstep, all those feelings of warmth and nervousness came back. She'd been watching it all morning, convincing herself it was to calm her down, but all it managed to do was spark her fantasies even further. It didn't help that the holiday season was around, so romance was in the air. Every time she read the news or talked to a friend, they mentioned something that caused her to blush furiously, Makoto filling her thoughts. He was all she could think about most of the time. She didn't mind, but she wished she could calm down about this whole "kissing" thing. . .

After all, she was a robot. She was an Anti-Shadow Suppression Unit, Makoto would never kiss her, right?

But then again, he did say he loved her. . . And they've been dating for a little while, now. . .

But there's no way. She's made of metal! He wouldn't even consider it.

Oh, I just don't know what to think. . . She groaned, opening the messages on her phone.

There were a few in there. One of them was from Yukari, just asking what she was up to. Junpei had sent a text about getting everyone together this weekend to watch the team he coached at their game on Saturday. Akihiko, as usual, had texted everyone their new weekly training schedule and their necessary daily dosages of protein. Come to think of it, everyone in the Shadow Operatives was pretty fond of their phones. E-mailing Mitsuru to get her attention was far less reliable than actually texting her, and Labrys didn't even know Akihiko's e-mail address. Junpei and Yukari never checked theirs, and Ken was usually too busy with schoolwork to talk anyways. Aigis hardly knew how to use her phone, but she was usually around, so it wasn't hard to get in touch with her. Makoto checked his pretty frequently, but that was only because he was always on a computer. With all these friends feeding her addiction, Labrys had gotten pretty fond of texting rather quickly.

There was one more message in there, causing her heart to jump into her throat. It was from Makoto. "Hey, Makoto here. Kinda' bored. Wanna' come over and hang out after work? I'll make dinner."

Labrys always admired the way he texted. Everyone else she knew (even Mitsuru, probably at Yukari's insistence) texted with emoticons and silly abbreviations. It was endearing, but kind of silly at times. Makoto always seemed super serious with his. It was attractive. She hurriedly texted back her reply. "Sure! I can't wait." She contemplated sending a winky-smiley face, but that seemed like it would make her look childish. She blushed, deciding against it. "Your place, right?"

"Of course. See you there. Love you."

Labrys always freaked out a little when he texted "I love you" or something along the lines. She awkwardly texted back "Love you too!", putting a lot of effort into it to make it sound as casual yet heartfelt as possible. She really did kind of over-think something as simple as texting.

"After work" probably meant as soon as Makoto was done sitting in his office chair, filing paperwork for Mitsuru and occasionally playing a round of trash-bin basketball with Akihiko. Labrys was technically on the job, too, but just being there, ready to respond whenever necessary and occasionally doing favors for Fuuka and the rest of the technology department, was her job. That was pretty much all she and Aigis had to do, and they got a free room in the base, so it was a pretty nice gig. She liked it. Makoto got off at around six, so she'd meet up with him on his way out. Alright, I have time to watch it just once more. . . She sat down in her chair and booted up the DVD player for the 4th time that day.

"Hey, sorry to keep you waiting!" Labrys ran towards Makoto, who turned around, pulling his earphones off as she approached. She gave him a quick hug before stepping back, smiling warmly.

"No problem." He took her hand in his and patted the top of her head in a strange fashion that Labrys found comforting. She looked up towards Makoto, staring at him intensely, the red reaching her cheeks already. His gentle smile and warm eyes seemed to draw her in, as if just asking for her to love them. It was the most compelling thing ever. Her gaze shifted to his lips, so she turned away quickly before she embarrassed herself. He laughed a little internally, starting to walk, leading her with his hand. "What do you want to do tonight?"

She looked up towards him, still not having fully calmed down. "I-I dunno, it was your idea." She laughed a little. "You can pick."

He put a finger on his chin, putting on a thoughtful expression. "Well, video-games are out. . ." Labrys briefly turned away with embarrassment as she remembered what she'd done to Makoto's second controller. He still hadn't bought a new one yet. He continued. "Anything you wanna' watch?"

"Uhm. . ." She couldn't think of any movies that Makoto owned that she wanted to watch. Truthfully, she was happy with any way she could spend time with him. Saying that would make her seem pretty pathetic, though, so she tried to think of something. . .

Makoto was flipping through her phone, seemingly investigating. She found herself compelled to stare at him, once again finding her vision drawn to his lips. They looked so soft. . .

As she drifted into her fantasies, Makoto put his phone in his pocket. "Hey, Labrys." She snapped back into reality, blinking a few times. "There's a horror movie marathon on tonight."

Truth be told, Labrys hated horror movies. Even kid's horror movies scared her to death. She'd only seen a couple, with Junpei and Yukari, with only the former of the two actually liking them, but they still really freaked her out. She didn't deal very well with the super-natural and creepy. But Makoto wanted to watch them with her, and she could spend time with him, so. . .

"Sure. I'd love to." She smiled at him, masking her actual opinion on the horror movies.

"Great. It starts at nine, so I have some time to cook us some dinner." Once again he took out his phone, seemingly establishing a plan. He really was quite the reliable guy, always having just about everything totally planned out. It was one of the many things Labrys admired about his personality. She could always count on him to always have everything perfect. While she wasn't thrilled about the horror movies, as long as she was with Makoto, everything was amazing. She squeezed his hand, smiling warmly at her. He looked up, also smiling, as if understanding her thoughts.

As they walked, the couple talked about a great many things. The movies they would be watching later seemed like they were pretty generic, but Labrys would probably still be horrified either way. Makoto asked what Labrys wanted for dinner, even though she wouldn't be eating any of it, which reminded her that he was the best boyfriend in the entire universe. She hardly even felt like an Anti-Shadow Suppression Unit when she was around him. He made her feel amazing. They agreed that ramen sounded pretty good, and Makoto had ingredients lying around the house for it, so they settled on that for dinner. He could afford something better than cup ramen that night, so he might as well use the opportunity to impress Labrys.

Upon arriving at the apartment, Makoto got right down to business with dinner. He set Labrys up with Blazblue for the second time in her life, trying to encourage her to try harder this time. She didn't have fond memories of the game, but if it would make Makoto feel better, she would try her best.

It was hard to pay attention to cooking dinner when the cutest thing in the world was in the middle of the room, licking her lips in concentration. Several times he slipped and spilled something because he couldn't pry his eyes away from how adorable she was. This was a different kind of beauty than the kind that she usually possessed; her regular elegance was replaced by pure adorable when she was playing video-games. Something about her sheer concentration and the brief moments of adrenaline just made her look really cute. And she looked like she was having fun with it, so he had nothing to complain about.

Surprisingly, she was having fun with it. When it didn't feel like a competition with her pride at stake, it was actually a pretty enjoyable pass-time. So this is what Makoto does, huh. . . It felt a little weird to her. Even the shortest combos seemed difficult to her to pull off. She had to admire Makoto's dexterity when it came to handling a controller. He really was amazing at anything he did, after all. Truly a perfect guy. She found her thoughts drifting to him as the round ended, with her emerging as the loser.

"Ugh!" She moaned, turning to face Makoto. "How are you supposed to beat this Hakumen guy? His sword is so huge!"

Her protests were even more adorable than her actually playing. "I'm sure you can do it. You're the strongest person I know."

She turned back towards the screen, now with a new motivation as she attempted to defeat this white warrior once again. If Makoto thinks I can do it, I know I can!

Of course, she lost again. But at that point, the marathon had almost started and Makoto was finished with dinner, so she gave up on Blazblue for the night.

"Makoto, hurry up, hurry up!" She patted the seat next to hers, Makoto rushing over with his dinner in hand. "The movie's almost starting!" The eerie, creepy music in the background was playing from Makoto's TV as he sat down next to her, bowl in his lap. He had just made some plain ramen, nothing special. It wasn't like he had a culinary degree or anything, but it tasted alright. "The movie's starting." She wrapped her arms around one of his in anticipation, an excited smile on her face. It gave her a childish cuteness that made it seem like she had just woken up on her birthday, waiting for presents from everyone.

Makoto admired his girlfriend in the dim light of the screen for a bit before turning his attention to the actual movie. The black and white glow indicated that it was a pretty old movie, but he couldn't yet pinpoint the plot. After several moments, it was revealed that it was some ancient vampire movie about Count Dracula and his quest for the blood of all the humans in the world. Pretty generic, but at the time it could be okay. Just gotta' give it a shot. Makoto decided to give it his full attention, eating as he watched.

Despite the simplicity of the plot and the performance, Labrys found herself completely horrified by the displays on screen. Something about a human drinking the blood of another human really frightened her. She cowered at just about every blood drinking scene. Just seeing the vampire creeped her out. Whoever did his makeup must have been rather talented if he was capable of scaring a powerful, shadow-destroying robot.

"Johnson!" The girl's pronunciation of the English name almost made Makoto laugh. "We'll never make it out alive!"

"I know, Stacy." Once again, he stifled his childish giggles as the dialogue continued. "But I also know. . . That I love you."

That was easily the cheesiest confession scene he'd ever seen in his life. In fact, he thought the relationship was already implied from the beginning of the movie. As the vampire drew in on them, the pair held each other in their arms, and slowly but surely, kissed one of those movie kisses.

Labrys's fear was replaced by the insatiable warmth she knew all too well by then. Even in a horror movie, scenes like that one got to her. Especially when she was with Makoto. She found herself staring at his face, ignoring what was happening in the movie entirely, only focused on one thing. She had to strengthen her resolve to get what she wanted. "Hey, Makoto," she whispered.

He looked towards her, eyebrow raised.

"Uhm. . . D-D-Do you think. . ." She poked her fingers together, not really sure how to phrase it. "I-I mean, what they just did on screen. . . Uhm. . . D-Do you. . ."

A loud shriek came out of the TV as the vampire happened upon his victims, drinking the blood of the woman. She screamed in pain and suffering as the blood poured down her neck in quantities that it didn't look like a small bite could actually produce. Still, it scared Labrys to death. She jumped, burying her head in Makoto's chest to hide from the vampire on screen.

Darn it! I blew my chance. . . She sat there for a few moments as the credits rolled, not really sure what to do. Clearly, she was trying to ask a question about the kiss, but the atmosphere was gone now. If anything, she'd look foolish if she asked now. . . So she just clung to his chest, acting like she was still afraid. While the scene had scared her, now she was just more disappointed that she couldn't get to talk to Makoto about it. That was scarier than the movie.

"Labrys," he said, breaking her out of her trance. She looked up.

"Wha-"

She was interrupted by the presence of Makoto's lips on hers.

It was fast. Unexpected. He just quickly cupped his hand around her chin and pulled her face in, bringing his lips to hers. Her entire mind went blank for the first couple of seconds, completely and totally in shock at the feeling. After those next couple of seconds, it was as if fireworks had gone off inside her and shot her into space. It was the most amazing thing she'd ever felt. Not just the kiss itself, but the feeling of unity that came from kissing the person she loved more than anything else. The kiss in the movie didn't even come close to doing justice to the warmth she was feeling. She didn't know how she expected it to feel, but nothing ever could have lived up to just how amazing that moment was. The feeling of Makoto's lips was everything she wanted it to be and more. She found herself reciprocating the action, arms wrapped around Makoto's back.

The second movie had already started by the time they actually pulled apart. Makoto was panting. They were kissing for quite some time, but Labrys didn't need oxygen like Makoto did. He didn't care, though. He had waited too long to do that.

Labrys brought her fingers to her lips, as if trying to replicate the feeling. "M-Makoto. . ." She looked towards him, the warm smile on his face making her feel completely at ease. She could feel the overwhelming joy bursting forth. She wrapped him into the tightest, warmest hug she was capable of giving.

"H-Hey!" he said, caught off guard. After a few seconds, he returned the hug. "I love you."

"I-I love you, too." She buried her face into his neck, in the happiest moment of her life. "Y-You really . . . really kissed me, huh. . ." She giggled, pulling back just slightly enough to plant a kiss on his cheek. "Even though I'm a. . ."

He interrupted her yet again, with another kiss. While this one lasted for a shorter period of time, it sent the same electricity running through Labrys's body. When he pulled back, he made a "tsk" sound. "Every time you do that, I'm going to do this to keep you quiet." He kissed her again, this time only a slight peck.

Labrys giggled. "Maybe I'll just have to complain more often, then." She pulled her face closer to his. "Oh, it sure sucks that I'm -"

Just as she was expecting, Makoto kissed her again. After several more seconds of unity, they separated once more. Labrys giggled, releasing the cutest sound Makoto could think of. "I really do love everything about you. And I always will," he said, completely confident in those words.

"I know." She smiled. "And I love you too."

After separating from their warm embrace, the couple finally started to pay attention to the movies again. Labrys still couldn't get the feeling out of her brain, though; that wonderful feeling she'd just experienced. She didn't think she could ever forget.

And so, the movie marathon continued through the night, but Labrys was fast asleep before she could finish the second movie. Makoto stayed up, staring at her sleeping face. The face he'd just kissed, only minutes ago.

Closing his eyes, he enjoyed the bliss of being completely and totally smitten.

A/N: SUPER fluff today! Like, fluffier than a bunny wrapped in fluff, rolled through a field of cotton balls and topped off with the fur of a BILLION puppies. Live puppies, of course, because those are the cutest kind. Don't you think?

Audience: "You suck."

Seriously, quit flattering me! You're making me blush. Allllsoooo, I was thinking about doing a Halloween story today or tomorrow to commemorate the great holiday! Probably about Persona, but maybe about something else? I think some Persona 3x4 Halloween antics would be pretty awesome! So let me know if you wanna see it and I'll probably write about it sometime this weekend if so!

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