Hi. Please don't kill me. This chapter is going to be focused mainly on Raine and Linar, and some Genis and…someone else…Muahahaha…Maybe a little Presea and someone else. Except I'm not telling…I'll never tell! When it comes to RaineLinar, it's going to be mostly fluff humor, something to lighten the mood. Don't worry; they're not going to act like hyper-active baboons. I'm still going to leave you hanging about the triangle situation. Bwahahaha! You still have to read and REVIEW this chapter to understand the rest of the story anyway. I will aslos be pairing the following people, but with whom, I shall not tell you.

Presea

Genis

Zelos

Sheena

Lloyd

Colette

Some of those people will be paired with each other, however, some will not.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I owned Tales of Symphonia, this would be it.

Raine stood up and examined the bandage across Linar's forehead. "There!" she sighed. "Done!"

Linar rubbed his head. The bandages were REALLY tight, and truthfully, really uncomfortable. It certainly felt like the bandages were only making his situation worse. Not to mention they were rough, and he was pretty sure it had scraped some skin. "Thanks Raine!" he smiled. "It feels much better now." He obviously wasn't going to say anything bad about them for two reasons: (1.) He was afraid of Raine, and he knew better. (2.) He obviously wasn't going to say anything in hopes that her affection might possibly raise an insignificant little amount.

Raine smiled, obviously proud of herself. Then Genis butted in. "What are you talking about? You look so uncomfortable! Besides, those were the roughest bandages we had!"

Oh, COME ON Genis. Raine lifted her staff over his head as he cowered under his own arms. "What are talking about? Maybe they are rough! But that's because rough bandages heal wounds quicker!"

'Seriously? Wow; maybe she knew what she was doing.' "Uh, Raine!" Linar interrupted before Raine could maul her brother. "You did a great job! Plus it doesn't hurt as much as Genis makes it out to be!" 'Yes it does.' "I'm sure it will heal soon."

Raine turned back smiling. "Ah! That's good. I'm glad."

Linar blushed profusely. When Raine smiled, her whole face lit up. Her lips, which were redder than cherries, would curve into a charming smile. And her eyes were so pretty and deep…and…and…(A/N: Aw, screw this. Moving on!)

"LINAR!"

"WHA?" Linar shook himself out of his daze, and looked at Genis, who had interrupted his thoughts.

Genis turned back to Raine. "Listen, we need to get going! We need to be in Meltokio for the wedding! Actually…before it. We need to help with the preparations and such."

Raine sighed. "Yes, I know. I guess it is time we left." She turned to Linar. "Would you like to come with us?"

Both Genis and Linar were a little surprised. "Sure!" Linar replied cheerfully. 'Woo! Score!'

"What? You need a wedding date Raine?" Genis snickered. (Bonk) "Ouch!"

Presea had been in a somber mood today. After what she told Colette, would she ever forgive her? And what of Sheena? And Lloyd? Presea shook her head. Too many thoughts, too many worries. She had to concentrate on her work; after all, it wasn't every day somebody gave her a job. Being a woodsman had its perks, such as high pay, and being able to express yourself in an obscure way. As she chopped the wood, she began to think of new designs for her new piece. She began to think of things like flowers and weather and such for the drawers that would be in this soon-to-be dresser. As she thought of these things, all she could envision were trampled roses and thunderstorms. Indeed, she was feeling down.

Bah. She was feeling down, so why not think of a bittersweet image? It would be better than attempting to carve something happy, when she was not. It was no secret that if your heart wasn't in your work, its beauty would not shine. She let her mind wander a bit. 'Something bittersweet…How I feel this will all end…' She caught herself before she chopped off the top of her piece. Deciding, it would be wiser to stop chopping, and sketch on a piece of paper.

She popped out a pencil and snatched some paper from a book that was not being used. She sat down and thought…nothing seemed to come to her. Why was it when she got orders she could never conjure up enough imagination? She was beginning to think the world hated her. Sighing, she decided to close her eyes, and just draw. It was childish, but she had no idea what else she could do. One of the children here in Luin had been doing it. To her, it appeared as scribbles, but the child could point out every excruciating detail. Meh, maybe she would see her own picture. She opened her eyes. Just a bunch of scribbles. She sighed. She crumpled up the paper and went back to work.

After hours of just sitting around, doing nothing, she grew frustrated. She decided to go to bed. Of course, she had to take out the trash first. She picked up her bag of scraps and continued out the door. She back in, and noticed her paper wad lying on the floor. Grumbling to herself, she picked it up and started out the door again. Out of curiosity, she opened it up for a quick glance.

Her eyes popped open. At first faintly, she could make out a hairline, and then those eyes…the nose and the mouth appeared, and a picture of a certain angel am into focus.

"Hey ugly!"

Zelos head was still bent, however, examining his work. Ugly? Psh, yeah right! Couldn't mean him! Of course, hey thought otherwise when a kendama was tossed on his head and the voice again screeched in his ear, "I said, 'HEY UGLY!'"

Zelos whipped his head around to bash the little punk who just called him that and came face, to face, with Raine. "GAH! Um, Hello Ultra Cool Beauty! I was just…"

"Uh-huh. Bet you were just-" Before Genis could finish, both Raine AND Zelos gave him several beatings over the head. "Ow…Fine I'll just go somewhere where I'm wanted," Genis slurred as he walked over to another area where decorations. He actually looked like a drunken person or something, with the way he was swerving, and such.

Raine eyed him with annoyance, then turned back to Zelos. "Zelos, we've come to check up on you and see how everything was going."

"Well, so far everything seems to be workin' out just fine."

"Hm…" Raine eyed the place with interest. "Everything is blue."

Zelos smiled. "Heh, that's how Miss Angel wanted it."

"It just doesn't seem fitting for a wedding…"

"Whatever will be, will be," Zelos chirped. Raine still hadn't figured out if Zelos was just a positive, upbeat person, or if he just never cared. Colette always insisted he was a positive person, while Lloyd wasn't really sure either; although he trusted Zelos enough to say he was a good guy.

She sighed, eyeing a piece of paper behind Zelos' back. "Oh, invitations?"

Zelos looked at her blankly for a minute, until she pointed to it. He turned around then came back with a huge smile. "Oh, yeah! And Miss Angel wanted me to do them, too! Well, I better take this a get started on the others!" Zelos picked it up, along with the utensils he had been using and scurried off.

Raine paled slightly; VERY slightly, but still she paled (slightly). She shook her head and muttered, "Well, it is her wedding…I sure wouldn't have trusted him.

Genis swayed and swerved, as he tried to help out. Eventually, he just gave up, and limped outta there because he was only getting in the way. After all, he certainly didn't want his best friend's wedding to look like some drunk did the decorating! Sitting down on the grass outside, he sighed and let the wind blow through his hair. The coolness helped his aching head a bit. He was actually starting to feel a bit better…until a certain red-head came through with his arms full and tripped over him.

"BAH!" "Ouch…"

Zelos tumbled over Genis and his utensils fell all over the ground, along with his papers. "Ow…Thanks, Brat."

"Stop calling me that! Why don't you watch where you're going? Or get a box to hold all your stuff!"

A light bulb seemed to appear over Zelos' head. "Oh! Great idea! Thanks brat."

"Yeah, yeah. And don't call me brat," he mumbled as he helped Zelos pick up everything. While he was helping (and not screwing things up for once), he picked up a paper and looked it over. He was astounded at what he saw it was beautiful with sparkles, and curved lines, and a necklace was embedded in it. 'Must've used magic,' he figured. Most surprising of all, though, was that it was-

"Hey, brat! Don't look at my stuff!" Zelos swiped the paper from Genis' hands and gave him a stern look. With that, he turned around and stomped off. Genis blinked in confusion over what just happened, or what was on the paper for that matter. The paper couldn't have just been paper. If it looked that pretty and was that durable (the way Zelos practically ripped it from his hands), it had be made out of mana or some magitechnology material.

Genis stood up, and decided to go the shop. Walking away from the Meltokio church, he made his way to the Katz shop. On his way, his thoughts drifted to other things in other places. Like the pope; when the heck were they actually gonna catch that lunatic? He had been hiding for months, and they still hadn't caught him! Genis was seriously thinking about becoming a mercenary, just so he go and hunt down that guy who dared to call himself "the pope". After everyone had found out about how he treated Kate, his own daughter, Genis had held a permanent grudge. His sister told him that sometimes you have to forget things, and that they needed to arrest the pope just so he didn't do anything else stupid. Bah! Genis didn't believe a word of that! At least he KNEW he could count on Presea to understand it. She had had so many wrongs in the past; she must still have some hatred in her! She was really cute when she was mad. In fact she was really cute all the time. He remembered one time, when his shirt was undone, and she had offered to tuck it back in for him. Just her touch seemed to make his heart jump. Man, she was really beautiful…Wait, where was he? It was at that point Genis realized he had walked all the way to Tethe'alla Bridge.

"Meep!" Genis turned around and ran back to Meltokio.

It had taken him about an hour to get back to Meltokio. He was grumbling and blushing. 'Luckily, no one saw that…' he thought as he entered the Katz store. Genis bought a few Lemon gels from the old man at the shop, when the Katz said, "Meow! Would like to buy one of these?"

Genis looked at it. "One of whats?"

"Meow! One of these!" The Katz pulled out from behind the counter, a little vase of flowers. Genis peered at them curiously.

"What kind are they? And I never knew you sold flowers."

"Meow! They're fake. They look real don't they? As for your other question, meow, since there's a wedding going on, we Katz decided to sell these! Meow, meow!"

Genis considered Presea again. "Do you always sell flowers like this when there's a wedding going on?"

"Important ones, yes, meow! Over time, we were able to get our hands on different types! Such as Tulips and rhododendrons!"

"Do you have…roses?"

"Meow! Of course!"

"How much?"

Genis swerved around on his Rheaird. As he neared Luin, he clutched his bag to make sure that his treasure was still there. Along with the wooden bear Presea had carved for him. Five hundred gald wasn't a bad price for the flowers. Not a bad price at all. He wondered how she would react.

By the time had gotten to her room's door, he was nervous wreck. What if she was working? What if she didn't want to see him? A million different thoughts raced through his head with worry. Taking in a deep breath, then knocked on the door. A few moments passed, until Presea came to the door.

"Who's there?" she called.

"H-hey, P-p-presea! It's me, Genis!"

The door opened, and Presea stood there. She was covered in sawdust, and looked exhausted, but Genis thought she was the prettiest thing in the world. "Um, d-did I come at a bad time?" he stuttered.

"No," she replied flatly. "Come in. Don't mind the mess."

Genis walked in, and noticed the piece she had been working on. It had angel wing patterns outlining the drawers, and he could see that the handles were becoming chakarams. "Thinking of Colette, huh?" Genis smiled.

Presea shrugged. "Not really. Angels mostly. Chakarams seemed to be fit for being handles anyway."

"O-oh…" Genis stuttered.

"I'll get us something to drink," Presea said. "Tea?"

"S-s-sure…" Genis gushed.

Presea smiled a little, and went to get it ready.

Genis stood there for a few minutes, shuffling his feet until he decided to look around some. He examined her piece that was so close to being done. It was truly a masterpiece. All it would need soon would be a little paintjob and it would be a beautiful dresser. He wondered who she was making it for…? His eyes shifted around the room until his eyes landed on a piece of paper. Curious, he picked it up. He was astounded at what he saw. The picture popped out at you, Genis could make the lines of the face, the body, the clothes, and the wings out perfectly.

"I've got the tea…" he heard Presea say, as he turned around.

She noticed immediately what he was doing, and almost dropped the tea. "Genis!" she hissed. "What are you looking at?" Although, she already knew.

"I-I-I was j-just…" Genis then noticed a faint blush on her cheeks. He looked at the picture, then back at her, picture, her, picture, her. I didn't take long to figure it out. Genis felt his heart snapping in two. He suddenly became very upset, and became angry. Before he could stop what he was doing, he ripped the dumb picture in half. What did he care? He looked up and Presea, very angry and upset, and saw the expression on her face that was full of shock, embarrassment, agony. He couldn't look her in the eye, and he through the halves on the floor, and ran out. He couldn't look back, and was running at full speed. Even when he hit a few things, the never stopped running.

Bah. Long time, no update. Seriously. Bad way to end a chapter, I know. Currently, I'm working on Momodo Drabbles. Hope you liked the chapter. R&R.