How can I be so late on this? I am now a fishy in high school and it's oodles of work. I'mma be like that C-Sec Turian and say "Sorry for the inconvenience ma'm". I did not mean to put this off for so long, damn you PreAp Biology...

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN BIOWARE/ANY CHARACTERS, BUT I SURE AS FUCK WISH I DID

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It was always amazing waking up next to Thane. His emerald scales gleamed against the white sheets. He breathed heavily and evenly. Shepard felt at peace when he was asleep and not shooting up the enemies in front. This type of sleep was better than battle sleep.

"Shepard, I have noticed that one of your message has been left unread for quite some time now. Do you wish to open it?" EDI chimed in at the most random times, "It is from the Alliance"

Shepard groggily pulled the sheets away, somehow the room seemed colder without Thane by her side, "Thank you EDI, any thing else?"

"Garrus would like to speak to you in the forward batteries when possible, he wanted to see you last night" there was a long uncomfortable pause, "But, I locked your cabin. He was not to pleased with that. I suggest that speaking with him might me a top priority."

Shepard let out a soft giggle, Garrus was a little hazy on her relationship with Thane. Then again, it wasn't his business. She could imagine him now, not seeing Thane was in Life Support and then storming towards the elevator. He'd probably knocked over some poor crew member, most likely Kelly, in the process. EDI would tell him that she was unavailable, but Garrus would storm up to her quarters. He probably waited outside her room for quite some time before retreating back to his calibrations. EDI had helped her dodged a bullet.

"Much appreciated, now can you tell me if Thane is asleep or just eavesdropping?"

"He is asleep, Shepard."

"That'll be all EDI"

"Of course Commander, Logging you out."

Shepard dragged her feet toward her private terminal, there were stacks of data pads and bottles of vodka surrounding it. The terminal came to life with a soft "ping", the first message was from The Illusive Man, she didn't care about his existence at this point, so it was deleted. The next was the one from the Alliance she refused to open ,"About Horizon…" She knew who it was. The fact was, she didn't want to read it. Shepard knew she was not a traitor, Kaidan had overreacted, it wasn't fair to say that he loved her and say she betray him all in one sitting. He didn't deserve her love anyways.

She skimmed the note with little enthusiasm. He used the phrase "Take care" too often now. The words rang hollow in her head, everything he said felt like a lie. She could remember the times when just the thought of him would send a flood of emotions into her head, her stomach would get butterflies, and her heart would skip a beat. Now, it was nothing. She imagined seeing him again and all Shepard could think about was punching him. She felt no more emotional ties to him, he might still love her, but she did not. Shepard didn't care either, Kadian was the someone she would never love again.

"Shepard, need me for something?" Garrus asked nonchalantly, he knew exactly why she was here.

"Have you got a minute?"

"Sure, just finished some calibrations. Wanted to make sure everything was in perfect condition after leaving the Relay. We're all good Commander." Garrus dropped a data pad on his monitor, "Something on your mind?"

"EDI told me about your little rampage. Care to explain?" she raised an eyebrow, there was no time for bullshit on her ship.

"I wouldn't call it a rampage, it was a sudden burst of adrenaline in the form of anger. I saw that… well, Shepard you're really putting me on the spot here. What exactly are you asking?"

"I'm asking why did you get so angry last night? You know you can talk to me about anything, but something that might have to wait. I had other matters that needed to be attended to."

He sighed, and sat on the crate not to far from the monitor, "You don't need to lie to me Shepard. The whole damn crew knows, you and Thane aren't as secretive as you think."

Shepard felt her cheeks beginning to turn red, "And by that you mean…?"

"I didn't know you could become a pirate, and steal your crew's underwear."

There was a long pause. Shepard suddenly didn't feel like a commanding officer anymore. She felt as if Garrus was an older brother and he was making fun of his younger sister's relationship. Obviously, Garrus didn't mean for it to end up like that though. There were always those moments where the lines between friend and well, "more then friends" got blurred for him. But, Garrus was one of the only people she trusted with her life, there was no time to screw that up.

"You still haven't answered my question. Why the hell did you get so pissed?"

"Shepard look, I watched Kaidan stomp on your heart like a bug. Did you really think I'd let that happen to you again? Honestly, I don't know Krios too well yet. I just don't want- You get the point, can we just drop this? I feel awkward and cynical now."

Shepard smiled, it was cute to see Garrus be overprotective, "Of course, and whatever you know about Thane and I, is not as bad as what Joker knows…" she giggled and walked off, it was funny to see Garrus confused. He'd be giving Joker hell later.

"Do you need something?"

"Why so formal, no one can hear us. I was very surprised not to see you sleeping when I got back. How did I miss you? I was only in the forward batteries for a couple minutes." She sat on his cot, it was much closer than the chair on the other side of the table. Shepard couldn't stand that much distance between them, plus she loved how he'd turn around and lightly stroke her hair.

"Forgive me Siha, but I feared that Garrus would find some way to strangle me if I stayed any longer. He did seem very upset when he almost broke down your door. I apologize if I crossed some boundary."

She placed a hand on his knee, "You're apologizing? That's very amusing, you did nothing wrong."

"In Garrus' eyes I did, perhaps he has some unresolved-"

"No, Thane it's fine. He had some concerns and I reassured him. There is nothing to worry about. And you shouldn't worry."

"Sometimes I feel as if our relationship is a burden to you, I feel as if… you're always picking up after my mistakes. Always making sure I am content, I do not want to cause you any distraction."

This seemed random, they went from talking about a pissed of turian to his love being an issue. Shepard almost laughed at the absurd remark, but the serious manner in his eyes threw her off. He really did feel guiltly.

"Thane. is this your way of saying you don't want to be with me anymore?"

"I will always love you Siha, but I fear you won't always feel the same way…"

"Alright, you need to listen to me", she gently intertwined her hands with his and looked him right in his onyx eyes, "Thane Krios, I will always love you. You are the person I want to be with for the rest of my life. I want to spend every second of every minute of every day with you. I have never been with anyone who I've felt this strongly about. I will love you for eternity."

He gave her a small smile, the only one he had, "Thank you Siha, your words… are more than I could have hoped for."

"I say these things because I love you, dumbass. Now I have to go rally the crew together. There's some pressing matters that I have to take care of. Be in the debriefing room in five." Shepard got up and aimlessly started to press buttons on her Omni-tool.

"Very well, I love you."

She smiled, a flood of emotions filled her head, her stomach had butterflies slowly rising, and her heart skipped a beat, "I love you."