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Chapter 11 To live hand in hand
Rain moaned lightly as consciousness slowly came back to him. The first thing he noticed was that he was lying in the Infirmary. White sheets and a white nightgown solidified the thought of where he was. He groaned as a large headache suddenly hit him. He really didn't care about how he got it, he figured it had something to do when his machine was attacked. He moaned as got out of bed. He figured Meia would have a heart attack when Duerro told her he vanished. He groaned again as he left the room, heading for the one place he knew he'd be safe.
It's good to be back in the Engineer Room. Now I can fix you Dale. I just hope you're still sleeping like the big idiot you are. Rain thought with a smile. He slowly brought Dale's systems online, moaning as he saw that someone had turned his speech unit off. Probably Parfait. She's the only one that knows how to do that since I showed her how to do it after he saw her naked in the shower. Man, that idiot must have picked up some bad habits from Uncle Raider. Rain thought as he turned the speech unit back on. The system once again kicked on, causing Rain to grown as he pulled out the small chip that Spark had given him. Rain sighed as he placed the chip in again. Okay, lets see what that does.
"Dale, you up?" Rain asked. Dale appeared with a scowl on his face. "I assume I woke you from your beauty rest?"
Dale laughed as he glared at the young pilot. "Hate I you!" He growled.
"That's all about to change. I think I figured out what was wrong with you." Dale stared blankly at him. Rain just smirked as he pulled the chip out and put it back in, but this time put it upside down. "When I was out cold for God knows how long…"
"Weeks two." Dale muttered.
"…and I started thinking, what if that idiot, Spark, gave me the chip upside down. So, we are about to find out." Rain started punching keys at blinding speed. Dale went wide eyed as he found himself suddenly unable to speak again. Rain smirked as he realized that Dale was glaring at him. As soon as Rain started, he quickly finished and was smiling at the screen. Dale was still glaring at him. "How do you feel now?"
"Like killing you." He seethed. Rain smiled as the little AI blinked in surprise. Rain continued to smile as the AI looked around the room a few times before saying, "You did it. You ixed me!" Rain frowned at the missing letter. This was obviously something he wasn't expecting. "What the hell did you do to me?! I can't believe you screwed me up again!"
"Dale, say… France." Rain joked.
"Rance." Dale stopped and glared at Rain while giving him the finger.
"Dale, say… the F-bomb." Rain started laughing like crazy.
"I ucking hate you!" He shouted while flickering away.
Rain crashed to the floor from laughing so hard. Rain couldn't help it. It was just too funny listening to him now butcher any word that had an F in it. It was just too much for him to take.
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"What do you mean he just disappeared?" Duerro winced under Meia's piercing glare. He figured that she was pretty mad and was just hiding it very well.
"Like I said, I went out to get something to eat, and when I came back he was gone." Duerro sighed. Meia glared at him for a number of seconds before Dale appeared with a smile on his face.
"What do you want?" Meia seethed.
"What guess." Dale stated. Meia snorted at the little black AI. The AI just smiled as he continued to look death right in the face. "Rain ixed me, well sort o anyway." He said with a sigh.
"You can't use the letter F though." Duerro pointed out. Dale flipped him the finger while Duerro continued. "So is Rain in the Engineer Room?" Dale nodded as he continued to give him the finger. "Found him." Duerro turned to look at Meia, but found her already gone. "That was fast."
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"So you managed to fix him?" Maya asked. Rain smiled as he leaned back in his chair. Maya had gone back to the Infirmary to check up on Rain, but when she found him missing, she quickly went to one of the only places he would probably be after waking up. Sure enough, he was still in the Engineer Room, and finishing up with Dale's programming.
"I actually fixed his speaking, but unfortunately it killed his ability to use the letter F. So I have to go back into his systems to put every letter F in every kind of language he knows." Rain stated with a grin.
"You do realize that he knows about one thousand different languages, right?" Maya asked as she watched him stand up and stretch. Rain sighed, knowing she was right, but he wasn't going to mess it right now. "So, what are you going to do now?"
"I've been asleep for nearly two weeks, what do you think?" Rain walked out of the room with a grin on his face.
"For the record, the Male showers are out!" Maya yelled before he left the room. She could hear Rain laughing slightly before the door closed. "I guess I better go let Meia know he's okay." She mussed before flickering away.
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"There you are." Meia said sweetly. Rain stopped and spun around to see Meia smiling at him. Rain's danger instincts began screaming at him. He fought the will to run away from Meia. He had last count on all the times he had been in trouble and Zoey or Asaugi would put on that fake smile just to get close to him. "Do you have any idea on how worried you had me?" Yeah, he knew he was in trouble.
"Meia, please don't yell at me until I can get a shower." Rain begged. Meia just smiled as she continued to walk towards him. He knew he was in trouble, and Meia was probably about to get his ass chewed out for running way.
"Rain, please tell me why you left before Duerro could check you over?" Rain winced at the fake sounding happy tone she was using at the moment, but he figured he deserved what was coming. "Did you know that you could very well be blind in your left eye?! If you haven't noticed, you have a long scar across it and Duerro was worried that you could be blind in it!"
"But I'm fine. My body's built a lot different from yours. I don't mean that in a bad way, but I think you know what I mean." Rain wiggled his ears and tail, calming Meia down slightly. "Listen, I understand that you're mad at me for leaving, but I had an idea about fixing Dale, and it worked… well almost anyways." He grumbled.
"Okay, but just don't ever pull a stunt like that again. You really had me worried." She told him with a smile. Rain smiled back as he walked past her, heading straight for his room. "You know that the male showers are out, right?" Rain waved at her as he continued walking.
Meia sighed as she followed him. "Doesn't matter, I have to go to my room to get my clothes anyways. Besides, I'm sure you wouldn't mind letting me use the Female Showers, that way I don't stink up the place." Meia thought about that before sighing.
"You promise to make it quick?" She asked. Rain raised a brow before nodding. "I guess. I need a shower to. I just got back from working out in the training room." Rain smiled as she followed him to his room to grab his stuff.
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"This feels great." Rain said with a large smile on his face. The Female Showers were actually a large Bathhouse that Rain was finding rather fun at the moment. Meia was a little surprised that Rain was happy to see something like this. "I forgot how good these were." Rain added.
"I'm glad you enjoy it." Meia said from the other side. The two were separated by a large cloud of steam, much to Meia's, liking. Rain however, didn't truly care. "So, will your mother or sister kill me for returning you with a scar?"
"No, you'll be okay. Zoey-nee-chan will probably yell at you and threaten you a few times, but she won't hurt you. Okaa-san will probably threaten you so bad you'll start sleeping with your eyes open, but she won't do anything like hurting you." He replied.
"So I'm in the clear?"
"Yep." Rain replied with a large grin.
"That's good to hear. I don't want to have to worry about them trying to kill me because I returned you with a scar." She laughed. Rain started laughing to as he had a mental image of Meia being chased after by Zoey and Asaugi. "I do have one question." Rain's ears perked up as he started listening to everything she said. "Why did you do it? Why did you move in front of the attack to defend Barnette?"
"I don't know, I just knew that I would feel like crap if she died." He admitted. Meia closed her eyes as she tried to picture his expression. "Why are you so curious?"
"I just wanted to know why you did it, that's all." She defended. Rain scrunched up his nose at her reason. He knew she was lying, but he didn't feel like trying to figure out why. "So, what do you have planned for the rest of the day?"
"I figured as soon as I was through taking my bath, I'd go to the kitchen and make something to eat. Then I'd go work on my homework, and then try to find something to do afterwards." He paused. "Why? You got something planned today?"
"No, I just wanted to know what you were doing." She answered with a sly grin, though hidden by the thick steam.
"Whatever." Rain muttered as he got out of the water to get dressed. "You want something to eat? I was going to go make some Dango as a snack. You want some?"
"I've never had that. Is it good?" She asked while getting out.
"I'll make you some." Rain laughed.
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Meia's light giggling filled the kitchen as she continued to watch the very funny thing before her. It wasn't often she got a chance to see something like this, and it was still funny as hell. Rain could hear her, and was smiling like a mad man as he continued to search for ingredients for his favorite snack in the universe. Meia continued to giggle as he found what he was looking for. Rain was bent over and the only thing she could see was his tail waving back and forth. The only way she knew he had found something he was looking for, was that his tail would speed up, much to her amusement.
"I know what you're thinking, and I'm telling you now, it isn't very funny." Rain warned.
"But you look so…"
"Don't you dare say it!" Rain yelled as he came back up with some Rice Flour and a few ingredients that Meia couldn't read. "So, what do you like?" Rain asked as he pulled out some Beef Ground in powder form. Meia blinked as she looked at some of the ingredients. "You want me to just make a batch of what I like?" Meia nodded as she watched him go to work.
"What are you two doing in here?" Barnette asked as she walked in wearing an apron. She took one look at Rain, then one at Meia, and then back to Rain. "Rain, is that you?" She questioned. Rain looked down at himself with a curious expression. "Where's your uniform?" Rain placed a mixing bowl on the counter as he walked over to her with a sideways expression. "You just look a bit different."
Rain smiled as he looked down at himself again. His SWAT uniform was gone, and was replaced with a sleeveless ghost white trench coat. He wore dark red pants with black flames coming up the left leg. Since his arms were visible, say for the fishnet long sleeve shirt he wore, Barnette was able to see the FireFox insignia on his right shoulder. His coat was open, showing a sand colored muscle shirt that had red wolf head in the center of it, howling at the moon. On the back of his coat was a pair of grey spheres that looked like eyes. His tail was sticking through the back of his trench coat from the split in the back, and waving back and forth happily.
"Sorry, but my old cloths were getting pretty worn out and I figured I could us a new look since you all seem to accept me for who I am." Rain said with a shrug. Barnette smiled at that while looking at his ingredients for whatever he was making. "I'm making Dango's, you want some?" Barnette blinked a few times before shaking her head.
"No, I came down here to make a cake to celebrate our new victory." She said with a grin. Rain smiled as he pulled out his small book.
"Here." He tossed her the book. "I'm not sure what recipes you know on cakes, but if you go to page a hundred and twelve, it has some good ones." Barnette started flipping through the pages of the book while Rain went back to making his treat.
"I never would have thought you to be a cook until I saw you fight while reading this book." Barnette stated as she sat down on one of the chairs to read the book. "How did you learn how to do that? I've never seen anyone that good."
"Uncle Raider taught me that trick." Rain answered as he started mixing his ingredients.
"Raider, you mean Raider Katon, the pirate?" Meia asked. Rain nodded as he continued to add ingredients. "How good of a fighter is he?"
"He once beat up a bar filled to the rim full of bad ass fighters that thought they were someone while reading his dirty book." Rain said while shivering at the thought of his book.
"What kind of books does he read?" Barnette asked as she flipped a page on the book.
"He reads naughty books that always have mom, Aunt Suki, and Aunt Willow very angry. He's always getting into trouble with Zoey, and has a bad habit of picking up women and never being around for the next day." Rain paused and placed the bowl onto the counter. "He really isn't that great of a role model, but he's still really fun to be around when you get to know him. But when it comes to training under him, his methods are a little… strange." Rain shook his head as he placed pulled out some dumplings and stuck them over a small grill to let them cook.
"Why do you say that?" Meia questioned as she watched the Dango's cook.
"He never once took me seriously. Hell, he never takes anyone seriously when he fights. I've only seen him take someone serious once, and that was when he was training against Uncle Blood, Aunt Suki, Aunt Willow, mom, Zoey, and brother. He nearly got killed fighting them, and he still came out on top, but that was only because brother refused to take him seriously as well. Willow was doing the same thing, but she wasn't using her mini Shotel's she often uses." Rain looked down at smoking Dango with a large smile on his face.
"Wait, he's that good but even they wouldn't take him seriously?" Barnette gasped.
"Alex must have been pretty good back then." Meia said with a sad smile.
"Brother never lost to anyone when he fought once I came around. He often beat up people that chose to pick on me for my features." Rain's ears dropped down as he remembered those days. They weren't ones that he liked, but they were still good ones. "I remember one time, Zoey-nee-chan, and Alex-nii-san beat up three hundred people because one person pushed me through a glass wall in an attempt to kill me, just because I was different."
"I'd a killed him for doing such a thing." Meia said sternly. Rain nodded as he pulled the small sticks off the grill and handed three to Barnette and Meia while he took four for himself. Meia and Barnette blinked as they looked at the strange things before taking a small bite. The two women blinked in surprise at how good the Beef Ground was while they continued to eat the little snacks. "These are pretty good."
"Yep, this was what Okaa-san first made for me when they brought me onboard the Eternal." Rain chirped as he finished eating his snack. "I always liked this kind more than the others. Not sure why though." He stated as he threw the small sticks in the trash. "Well, I'm off to do my homework so incase we survive everything I don't have to worry about Okaa-san yelling at me about not doing my homework." Rain groaned as he started walking out of the kitchen.
Meia watched him leave, making sure that he was out of hearing range since he did have good ears. She smiled as she turned to look at Barnette with a grin. "So, what kind of cake are you going to make?" Meia asked with a blank expression.
"I don't know." She mussed as she started pulling out ingredients for one of the cakes in the book.
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"So it's true!" Dita asked as she bounced up and down on the bridge. Maya and the bridge bunnies just smiled at Dita's reaction to the news. "Rain is really up!"
"That's right." Maya said with a grin. Dita continued to jump up and down as a smile appeared on her face. "He should be doing his homework right about now. So it would be best not to bother him unless he comes out to ask for help. He's not aloud to have me help him, but he's smart enough to not need help. He should be done with his work in a few hours so he won't be long."
"Why does he have to do homework if he works for the military?" Amarone asked.
"That's because he wants to be a Flight Instructor when he's considered able to teach. Even though he's a pilot, and a damn fine one I might add, he still needs to have a certain educational degree before they'll let him do just that." Maya answered.
"I wonder what kind of teacher he'd be." Misty mussed to herself.
"A pretty funny one if you ask me." BC commented while chuckling. "I can't see someone like him being a Flight Instructor since he's normally really grumpy when it comes to being in those strategy meetings with Meia and the other pilots."
"He's only like that because he's use to working alone." Maya answered. The Bridge bunnies all frowned at that. "It's actually not what you think. He's always had teammates when he goes out on missions; it's just that most missions wind up with them splitting up to deal with multiple enemies, or reactors that need to be shut down. I'm sure you get the picture."
"So what kind of homework does he deal with?" Magno questioned.
"The basics, Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry, History, Aviation, Space Science, Human Science, and Advanced Robotics." Maya said with a large grin. "I personally like the last one." She said with the same grin.
"He must be smart if he can do all that." Celtic gasped.
"Yes he is, that's why he tries so hard to do everything he can so he make his dream come true." Maya said sadly.
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Rain moaned as he finished up his homework. He knew it all, but there was just something wrong with him. He couldn't figure it out. He knew all the answers to all the problems; it was just that his mind wouldn't let him write it down. It was something he hadn't felt before. It was just strange to him. He groaned again as he put all his books away while looking back at the photo on his laptop. He closed it slowly with his tail as he finished putting away his books.
Brother…
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Barnette sighed as she sunk down into the water in the Bathhouse. She sighed again as her eyes scanned to the left, listening for anything really strange. Her mind was drawing up blanks on as to why she was feeling the way she did. She knew what had caused her to feel the way she did, but she didn't know why she did. Her mind just couldn't understand what had caused it. She wanted to understand why, but she couldn't. She wanted to know why this was happening to her, but there was no one she could talk to.
I wonder why this is happening to me. Barnette grumbled as she got out of the water.
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"Hey, Meia." Meia turned to find Barnette walking up to her. Meia was in the Bio Garden, one of the few places she loved to be in. Barnette noticed that she was now listening, and she continued while taking a seat next to her. "What was it like?" Meia blinked, not truly understanding what she meant. "What was it like when you realized when you loved Alex?"
"Why, did you fall in love with Hibiki or something? Dita and Misty would skin you alive if you tried to steal him from them." Meia replied with a grin. Barnette shot her a dirty look while shaking her head. "So this has something to do with Rain, doesn't it?" Barnette nodded slyly. "I see." Meia took a deep breath. "I don't really know. I know he played hard to get. He actually tried to come up with a bunch of reasons on why I shouldn't be with him. In the end, we actually got together." Meia turned to face her with a shy glance. "Does Rain make you confused now?"
"What makes you say that?!" Barnette stammered. Meia just chuckled. "I just wanted to know because… because…" Barnette stopped as she looked up at the stars.
"You're never really this confused about anything and you never ask about men. The only reason I say this, is because you haven't been the same since Gascgone died. I know its not because you miss her, but as to what changed you is something I'd like to know about." Meia confessed with a grin.
Barnette turned her head to look at her with a strange smile. "Can you keep a secret?" Meia raised a brow while nodding. "Before I chose to take up the Registry position, I went to visit him in the Infirmary. When I got to see him, he was still out cold. I thanked him for saving me before leaving. When I started walking towards the door, he said something smelled nice, and that it must have been me." She blushed. Meia started chuckling lightly while Barnette just grumbled. "Don't you dare laugh at me!" She threatened.
"I'm sorry, but I just find that a little funny." She chuckled again. Meia stopped laughing as she turned to look at her with sad eyes. "I don't know what he thinks of you though. I know that he is lonely. He's lonely of the heart though. He views me as a sister since I loved his brother." Meia paused again. "You should talk to him though. He's the one that's on your mind. The only one that can help you with your problem is him. That's what I did when Alex got on my mind." Meia stood up and stretched before leaving.
I have to talk to him about this, huh? Barnette stood up with a slight worried expression written on her face. She sighed as she went to go find Rain.
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Rain growled as he stared at the note on his door. It was from Barnette, and he didn't feel like going anywhere. He was tired, despite the fact that he had been a sleep for nearly two weeks, and he didn't feel like going anywhere. Rain grumbled as he ripped the note from the door, crumpled it up, placed it in his pocket, and opened the door to his room.
"I guess I was right." Barnette stated. Rain glared at her while he continued walking into the room. "You're tired, aren't you?"
"Barnette, why are you in my room and asking stupid questions?" Rain growled as he threw his coat across the room. "I'm not in the mood for an argument."
"I don't wanna argue. I just wanna talk." She stated as she took a seat on his bed.
"I don't wanna talk. I wanna sleep." He moaned as he threw his combat boots into the corner of his room. "Now… get out!" He growled as he glared at her.
"It can't wait for tomorrow." She said sadly. Rain snorted at her words, causing her to bite her bottom lip. "Please, just listen to me." She whispered. Rain sighed as he took a seat on his computer chair. Barnette took a deep breath. "What do you think of me?"
Rain raised a brow as he said, "An annoying woman that never leaves me alone," while turning to look at the door. "Are you happy?" Barnette glared at him.
"Rain, I'm serious." She said sadly. "Can't you just be serious for once in your life? You've never said anything nice to me while you were awake."
Rain raised a brow at that. Something smelt funny when she said that. "What are you talking about?" He inquired.
"When you were out cold in the Infirmary, you said something to me in your sleep." Rain sat up, wanting to hear this. "You said something smelt nice, and that it must have been me." Rain went wide eyed as his face turned bright red. He was happy that Barnette wasn't paying attention to him as he quickly regained his composure. "You do have feelings for me, and I have feelings for you. All I wanna hear is you say something like that again. I wanna hear you say that again."
"What, that you smell nice?" He moaned. Barnette nodded slowly. "Look, I was out cold, I was probably drugged up on something Duerro was giving me. Don't think too much about it." He told her.
Barnette closed her eyes as a single tear slide down her cheek. Rain didn't see it, but Barnette slowly stood up and walked over to him. "Rain…" She whispered. Rain turned around and sighed. "Why are you so hardheaded?" She whispered. Rain narrowed his eyes on hers.
"Get out." He moaned as he spun around to face his computer. Barnette spun his chair around, much to his displeasure. "Hey, I told you to get out!" He growled as he stood up. Barnette shoved him up against the wall, a scowl on her face. "First you barge into my room to talk to me and ask stupid questions!"
"Shut up." She cried silently.
"Then you say that I said something in my sleep!" He continued as he pushed her away. "And now you're asking my if I'm hardheaded!"
"Rain, please shut up and listen." She cried as she engulfed him a hug. Rain stopped and pushed her away. "Please just answer me one question." Rain glared at her. "Can you love me?" Rain stopped and turned away. "Can you love me like what Alex and Meia had? You've been on my mind since I heard you say what you did. But now… now I'm just confused."
Rain looked away as he said, "It won't work." Barnette went wide eyed as she looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"Why?" She whispered as she punched his chest slightly. Rain looked down at her with sad eyes. He had never once figured that she would act like this. It just made him feel bad for once.
"I can't be with you because I tried to kill you three times." He whispered. Barnette looked up at him with sad eyes. "I don't want to be close to someone like that. I can't be close to someone I tried to kill."
"I already forgave you for that moment. I started it and I deserved what you did to me." She cried as she punched his chest again.
"Barnette," Rain cupped her chin with his hand so he could look her in the eye. She had tears in her eye as she looked at him. "I can't be with you because I've tried to kill you three times in my life." He whispered.
"What do you mean by that? You only tried twice." She whispered as she regained her composer slowly. Rain's hand went to her side that had her old scar. Barnette went wide eyed as she realized what he meant. Barnette's hand slowly crossed over his scar that was on his chest. "It was you." She whispered.
"I'm sorry. But it wouldn't work between us." He whispered as he lowered his hand. Barnette dropped her hand as she placed her head on his chest. "That's why it won't work between us. I don't want to be with you, because I hate you." He slowly pushed her away.
"I know you don't mean that." She whispered. "I know you don't mean that."
"Barnette, you're not like me. I'm… I'm not human." He looked down at his hands and tail with sad eyes.
Barnette slowly grabbed his hand while looking into his sad eyes. "But you are human!" She cried. "We accept you. That's got to show you that we at least view you as something that others think you're not."
"Barnette…"
"Please, if you really hated me…" Barnette slowly leaned towards his face. "…then you wouldn't resist this." She pressed her lips against his. Rain closed his eye slowly as he pressed his lips against hers. Barnette slowly pulled away while smiling.
"I still hate you." He whispered while leaning his head on hers.
"No you don't." She cried.
"Barnette, I can't make this work. I… I don't know anything about being in a relationship with another." He whispered.
Barnette kissed him again. When she slowly began to pull away, she said, "Well make it work. I don't know how to do this either," while wrapping her arms around his waist. Rain smiled as he picked her up bridal style to place her on his bed. "How are we going to deal with this though?" She finally asked. Rain smirked and slid her jacket off. Barnette closed her eyes as she pulled his shirt off.
"Once step at a time I guess." He whispered before kissing her again. Barnette moaned as she lied down on the bed while Rain slowly slid her pants off. "Barnette, thank you, for saying that you love me. It means more to me to hear those words from someone that isn't family related." He whispered before kissing her again.
"Just promise me you won't leave another scar on me, and I promise to love you for as long as I can." She whispered.
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The next day was a little strange. Rain awoke to a strange feeling. It wasn't something he was use to, but at the same time, it felt normal to him. Rain stared at the ceiling of his room for a few seconds before a slight moan caught his ears. It was just low enough for him to barely hear, but he was still able to hear it. Turning his head to the sound, he smiled at the sight of Barnette lying beside him. Barnette's naked body was barely covered by the thin sheets. Rain smiled as his mind played back what happened last night, while he pushed a strand of hair out of her face.
Barnette slowly began to stir as she felt Rain's hand brush against her face. She slowly opened an eye to see him smiling at her. She smiled back as she pulled the thin sheet over her shoulder. "How long have you been up?" She whispered while sitting up straight in his bed. Rain smirked as the sheet fell off, showing her breasts. Barnette smiled as she looked down at herself.
"Just a few minutes ago." He whispered while placing his hands behind his head. "I was wondering, why do you love me?"
Barnette rolled over onto Rain's chest while smiling down at him. "I don't know why." She whispered while snuggling up against his chest. "Why? Are you afraid that I would leave you or something?"
"No." Rain paused while rubbing her back. "I just wanted to know, because… I don't want to be left alone again."
"Were you alone at one point?" Barnette looked up into his eyes that seemed sad. She bit her bottom lip knowing this was probably something that had to do with his past on Taraaku, but for some reason, she had a feeling that she shouldn't push to hard on the subject. If there was one thing she had learned from dealing with him for so long, it was that he would get really annoyed when he was asked about his past on Taraaku. Barnette sighed as she leaned back down on his chest. "I won't leave you. I promise to never leave you." She promised.
Rain closed his eyes as he raised her head so she could look at him. "Thank you." He cried while placing a tender kiss on her lips. "But you are right; I was alone at one point. I don't wanna feel that way… ever again." He stated after they parted.
"I promise that I won't leave you… ever." Barnette kissed him again. A knock at his door caused Rain to growl at the mood kill and Barnette to sigh as she rolled off of him. "Please kill the idiot at the door." She moaned.
"I can't." He said with a sigh. Barnette placed a pillow on her face as he continued. "It's Meia-nee-chan. She must be looking for me so she can see if I'm okay after what happened to me." He finished while getting out of bed to put on some pants.
Barnette pulled the pillow off her face as she looked over at Rain with a curious expression. "What does that mean?"
Rain brushed off her comment with a wave before opening the door. Sure enough, Meia was on the other side and raising an eyebrow at his lack of a shirt. Meia took a deep breath as she asked, "Have you seen Barnette? She's been missing since the party last night and a few people are worried about her," while trying to take a peek into his room.
"No." Meia snorted at his lie as she pushed him into his room so she could enter. A smile formed on her face as she saw Barnette lying in bed with just the covers over her body. "I know what you're thinking, but it's not what it looks like." Rain joked.
"Oh, please pray tell what you mean by that." Meia mocked as she took a seat on the bed. Barnette kept her eyes on Meia, just in case she somehow went into Big Sister mode. "I would love to know what you were actually doing then."
"We weren't having sex if that's what you were thinking." Rain started chuckling at his own joke.
"Oh, what were you doing then?" Meia inquired, looking down at the naked form that was Barnette. Barnette started chuckling as she watched Rain pick up a nearby piece of garbage and threw it into the waste basket.
"We were playing Strip Hoops. Every time you miss," Rain made his shot. "…has to take off an article of clothing." He finished with a grin. "If you can't tell, Barnette's losing. And she's a bit of sore loser if you ask me."
"So that would explain the odd noises coming from your room last night then?" Meia questioned. Barnette paled as she remembered all the noises she made during the night.
"That was me crying myself to sleep because of the pain I was in." Rain laughed as he doubled over from his joke. Meia just smiled and shook her head before walking out. "Looks like this is something else you have to keep a secret, eh Nee-chan?" Meia nodded with a smile as the door closed.
Rain shrugged his shoulders as he climbed back into bed with Barnette, much to her enjoyment. "So, that means "Sister" right?" Rain nodded as she rolled over onto his chest and placed her head on his chest. "I do have a request to make however." Rain blinked as he looked her in the eye. "I want you to start teaching me Japanese since you tend to use it so often."
"Sure thing, Koibito." Rain said with a grin as his pants slipped out of the covers.
"And what does that mean?" Barnette kissed him gentle on the lips.
"Lover…" he whispered before his tail wrapped around her waist. Barnette smiled at the nickname as she slowly fell back asleep on his chest. Rain followed suit a few seconds later, making a pretty peaceful image for anyone who could get through the looked door to Rain's room.
A/N
Well, I finally got them together and Dale's been somewhat fixed. For those of you that still want a mobile suit in the fic that would you like to see at the end, I'm still open to requests. As always Read and Review.