A/N: Whoa...long time between updates...my bad. I've got all of them typed out (Finally!!) and rewritten, so I'll (hopefully) be able to put them up on schedule. There're only two more sets of these left, and I'm not planning on doing any more of them, but I hope you continue to enjoy them anyway...and don't forget to review!

Broken

Before she let him in, Beka never gave Rosto a chance because she was afraid of a broken heart, not just the fact that he was a rusher. After, though, Beka couldn't help but wonder how she had ever thought that he would break her heart.

Fixed

After they had been together for a while, Beka began to notice that Rosto had a couple of rather strange fixations. Well, one of them was strange. One was surprising her with presents on days he considered special (or randomly every few days if he felt like it), the other was his vanity…

Shattered

When Rosto almost lost a duel for the Rogue (coming extremely close to getting his throat cut in the process), Beka's faith in him was shattered. He couldn't count how many times he had to apologize before Beka forgave him for scaring her like that.

Rebirth

When she finally did forgive him, there were no words to describe how joyful he felt. To that point, it was during the time the Court of the Rogue was in session on her day off.

The collective gasp that filled the Dancing Dove when his rushers saw the Rogue kissing a Dog was rather funny. Beka and Rosto had broken their kiss just in time to see Bold Brian fall off his chair, too.

Paralysis

Less than a week later, Rosto understood exactly how Beka had felt during his duel. A deep sense of paralysis spread over him when he saw Tunstall carrying Beka's limp form into the Dove after Watch had ended. This time, he was going to burn the Barrel's Bottom down. This was not going to happen again.

Disease

As Beka thought back, it occurred to her that once, before she had met Rosto and Aniki, she had considered rushers to be scum. To her, because of the two who had lived with her mother, they had seemed like the disease of the Lower City. She knew that Rosto, at least, was glad that she had changed her mind.

Agony

It was just like Rosto to go after Beka when she didn't come home from Watch one night. He knew exactly what had happened – ever since their relationship had been revealed, those who wished to bring him down had begun to use Beka against him. He hated putting her in that much danger all the time. But every bit of physical and emotional agony he went through that night was worth it when he got her back.

Healing

The resultant healing wasn't exactly a pleasant thing. As soon as she could, Beka cuffed him upside the head and chastised him for nearly getting himself doused (again) on her account.

Blind

Even after everyone knew about Beka and Rosto, half of the people in the Lower City turned a blind eye when they caught the Rogue kissing the Terrier (or vise-versa). He was a better man when she was around, and nothing stopped her from catching her Rats. It seemed like a fair price to them – all they had to do was ignore the young couple.

Deaf

One could say that Rosto was annoyed after an incident in the Rogue resulted in one of his district chiefs accidentally (or maybe not so accidentally) setting off an explosion near where the young Scanran had been standing. The result of was that he was practically deaf for four days after that. Hence, he was not pleased with being stuck upstairs most of the time. He was pleased, though, that he got to spend more time with Beka.

Posted 19/11/08