Ok I know I haven't updated in a while… sorry. I've been busy with everything, and I've had a touch of writers block… so here it is: the third chapie!

Tart's POV

He was laying on the couch holding Pudding, she had fallen asleep so fast… lucky her, he was stuck in the waking world his thoughts plaguing him. what if Pudding chose that man over him? what would he do then? Heck! What could he do now? he wanted to fight, wanted it badly, but he shouldn't for Pudding's sake.

Tart pulled out a small candy-drop, he always had at least a couple on him since he started dating Pudding five years ago. He popped the candy in his mouth, it was lemon flavored. He chuckled about the irony of this, life was really lemon-y right now,

'I suppose it's time to make grape juice' he thought, remembering a saying he'd heard once. 'when life gives you lemons, make grape juice, sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it.' But maybe he really did have to make grape juice, to turn this sour mess into something surprising and sweet.

Tart looked at the clock, it was 12:37pm he closed his eyes and didn't even feel the sleep as it came.

Pudding's POV

She was wandering around an endless seeming hospital hallway, she could see all the suffering and dying people inside their rooms, she tried to shut her eyes but she couldn't, suddenly she was in a room looking a tart who was the patient, and it was up to her to pull the plug and let him die, or not. She heard her fiancé say

"Don't worry doctor, I do trust Pudding with my life, she'd never hurt me, were in love you see."

But then, she uncontrolled by her actual self took the plug in her hands, and tart stared at her with his bright brown eyes, so full of trust and love, and then she watched as she coldly pulled it and watched him die.

She woke up in a cold sweat, quaking from her dream, or rather night mare, but she felt Tart's strong arms around her and she looked up into his face, right now he was sleeping, his face wasn't touched by worries. It was almost like they were kids again. She pushed herself closer to him, to try to stop the fears that lashed at her like the whip of a cruel master. Was the dream just a dream, or did it have some sort of meaning to it? One thing she knew was she wasn't going to be able to sleep now. She quietly got up, taking tart's arms off of her. She crept into the kitchen, Ichigo was there.

"Pudding? What are you doing up?" she asked

"Nightmare… you?"

"I don't know, I'm nervous, I've never had a kid before, it's going to be boy, I'm going to name him Neko, Kish also like that name, it means cat." Pudding went up to her distressed friend and gave her a gentle hug and whispered into her ear

"Ichigo-onee sama, you know that things will be alright, everything happens for a reason, and at the time you night not know it yet, and you'll be frightened, but just trust." Ichigo looked at her

"You should do the same."

"I guess I should but what should I do? I'm betrothed to a man I don't love! But to marry him would be to complete my duty."

"Pudding, what was your nightmare about?" pudding looked at Ichigo and spilled out the whole dream

"Pudding, Tart does trust you, no matter what you do, and this matter is very important to him, I can see that, he tries to keep his worry covered for your sake, and he trusts you to do whatever you think best for him, that's another thing of marriage, you are always together and you know that you would give yourself for that other person, and take any risk to keep them safe. You become more of one person together rather than two people apart. Your life is in the other person's hands and you feel safe with it there."

"Hmm… thanks Ichigo." Pudding though about what Ichigo had said, hmm… sometime she was really sagely.

She walked back to the couch and lay down again, closing her eyes, daring to get another wink of sleep.

Tart's POV

He awoke to the pale dawn. Pudding was already up. He yawned stretching

"Good morning Pudd!" he said to her.

"Morning Taruto" she answered back quietly, meh? Why was she being so lifelessly dull and quiet? Something was wrong…

"What the matter Pudding?" she looked at him and put on a false smile, tart knew it was false because she smiled so often.

"nothing, I'm fine." He didn't believe it for a second, he nodded to her then went off to find Ichigo.

After he'd found her he had asked her to talk to Pudding and comfort her, he was her fiancé and maybe there were some problems she wanted to keep only between girls, and so he figured since he couldn't do it Ichigo could. Then he went to the candy store to pick up some treats for her.

Pudding's POV

She sat at the kitchen table when Ichigo approached her in a most affable way.

"Hey pudding, how are things going for you?"

"I'm still worried about my love and my duty."

"Oh, 'cause tart came to me this morning and demanded that I make sure you were ok, but I won't tell him about it unless you do, it's got to be your decision but I know you can trust him. make sure you have the whole story and evidence for both sides of the story before you make any judgments"

"Hmm… that's some more good advice Ichigo."

She thought about what she was saying, tart was caring for her and she loved him dearly she really did but what to do?

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What do you want pudding to do? (about her relationship troubles) should she remain true to duty or go for her love, why do you think each?

Anyways got to go. And ong I'm SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED! I'M GOING TO LIGHTS' CONCERT!