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Team GEMINI

Nameless: The Physical Attraction

Book 1

When The Unstoppable Force Collides With The Immovable Object

Chapter 13

One Day This World's Going To End

Fate laughed sarcastically when Nanoha pointed at a quiet little bookstore from across the street. The shorter woman pouted cutely and grabbed hold of her girlfriend's arm with one hand and began to drag the blonde down the sidewalk and down to the crosswalk. Fate tried her best to break free from Nanoha's grasp, literally kicking and screaming to be set free. People turned their heads to stare at the young couple who were causing such a strange scene. Fate yelped and tried her best to pull away, but she then found that the allure of Nanoha's eager smile was more worthwhile.

"Fine, fine, fine! You win Baby, you win!" Fate chuckled boyishly. Nanoha looked back at Fate and smiled happily, she began to speed her pace down and grabbed hold of Fate's other arm with her other hand. "H-Hey slow down already, you'll make me lose my hat."

Nanoha stopped walking and waited for wait to walk up to her. She smiled up at the younger girl, letting go of the other's hands and brining her arms up around Fate's neck. Fate looped her arms around Nanoha's waist and picked her up, bringing the other woman up for a chaste kiss, but during that kiss Nanoha sneakily pulled off of the baseball cap Fate had on her head and held it up high.

"Gimme that back!" Fate growled as she tried to reach her hat, Nanoha still in her arms.

Waving the hat up high in the air tauntingly, Nanoha laughed playfully. "Nu-uh~" Fate stretched her arm up as high as she could, but she just couldn't reach it.

"Come on pwease, Baby?" Fate pouted stopped her struggling. Nanoha pretended to think if giving the hat back. "Please? I won't make any rude comments while we're at the book store."

"Deal." Nanoha quickly placed the stylish hat back onto her tomboyish girlfriend's head and pushed herself away from Fate's grasp and onto the ground.

Fate walked beside Nanoha, her right arm slung over the older woman's shoulder possessively, glaring at anyone that dared look in their direction. Nanoha was her girl, and it would take a full army of hormonal teenagers to even get her one inch away from the copper haired woman. Nanoha had her own arms coiled around the other woman's waist; the embrace was lithe, but possessive.

"Hope you don't mind I'll only be pretending to pay attention to what you have to say while we're in that bloody bookstore." Fate told Nanoha with a halfhearted smile.

Nanoha didn't even bat an eye when she replied, "I never expected you to care about the bookstore."

"Oh..."

"I know you well enough. Plus I've been meaning to check it out, but I just didn't want to go alone." Nanoha clung onto Fate tighter, her head resting against the blonde's shoulder, a peaceful little smile on her adorable face. "Plus I think the cashier there has a thing for me."

"Aha," Fate's grin faded into a sour scowl, her hold around Nanoha tightening to a where the top of copper haired girl's head was tucked underneath Fate's chin.

"You're jealous now aren't you Baby?"

"No."

"Really?"

"..."

"So you are jealous then?" Nanoha hummed happily when Fate grunted unhappily.

Nanoha knew full well that her boyish girlfriend was the jealous type. Whenever a cute boy would walk up to her, Nanoha would return the flirt just to see Fate's jealous glare. Perfectly shaped blonde eyebrows creasing together, beautiful burgundy eyes flaring in rage, lush lips pursing together, and the way Fate's tender hands would ball into shaking fist of anger. Normal people would find Fate's behavior to be repulsive and controlling, but Nanoha loved that about her girlfriend. The possessiveness Fate had for her, the knowledge that the beautiful teenager wanted for no one else to near her, this fact made Nanoha extremely happy.

The two lovers stopped at the crosswalk, waiting for the light to change from the red hand sign to a green bystander walking. Nanoha took this very limited time to take advantage of the small distance between her and Fate. She snatched Fate's hat off of her head, placed it on her own head and stood up on her tiptoe. She gruffly grabbed hold of Fate's collar and brought the tall girl down to her level, meeting in deep kiss. While Fate had her eyes closed, clearly enjoying the intimate gesture, Nanoha had one eye cracked open to watch the street sign. Fate's hand crawled up Nanoha's back slowly, the fleece sweater she had on crawled up ever so slightly as Fate's hand continue to climb. Nanoha realized that the kiss was getting too passionate for public display; she decided that it was time to break and just hold the other girl close to her.

Slowly but reluctantly, Nanoha broke apart from her lover. The two shared a brief gaze before Nanoha turned to the street sign which had just turned green.

"We are never doing that again." Nanoha grumbled out of breath.

"You say that now, and you've said it before."

"Can it blondie."

"Fine, fine," Fate chuckled. "Let's go see that book thing of yours."

Hand in hand once more, Nanoha and Fate entered the front door of the bookstore. The little bell attached just above the door jingled, signaling their arrival. A beautiful tall girl about the same age as Fate with long raven hair, trembling obsidian eyes, and the most adorable maid outfit greeted them with quivering hands and lips.

"W-We-Wel-Welco-Welco-Welcome t-t-to-to th-th-the," the girl shut her eyes tightly and gulped. "R-Ro-Roa-Road R-Ro-Roll-Rolle-... Road Roller." The girl threw her arms out and formed a heart like shape startling both Nanoha and Fate.

The lovers stood still, contemplating if they should leave... running.

"Moe~ moe~... kyun." Fate mumbled her mouth slack but still forming a lecherous grin. Her eyes trailed down from the girl's trembling obsidian eyes, to her breasts, and lastly the girl's creamy white legs. Fate spent a brief moment looking at the girl's frilly little outfit before her gaze locked with the beauty's right hand.

Nanoha felt queasy watching the mature looking girl wearing the maid outfit. 'Are you kidding me? Seriously, are you shitting me?' Nanoha thought grimly. She looked at the bookstore and frowned. "Are you kidding me?" The dark-haired beauty jumped up and took a frightened step back.

"This place isn't so bad once you get over the fact she introduced this place as the "Road Roller" instead of 'Uminari Bookstore'. It's even got a Maid-san here." Fate grinned playfully causing the Maid-girl to blush heavily and scurry off to another part of the store. "You've totally got my attention now, Babe. If I knew bookstores were this awesome, I'd go more often!"

"They are so not like this!" Nanoha growled, clearly annoyed that her girlfriend was staring at the scantily clad cosplayer. She nudged the tall girl in the stomach, relishing Fate's startled grunt of pain. "I saw you stare at her, and don't you lie to me."

"Yes, I stared. She's hot and I'm a hormonal teenager in the middle of puberty. You do the math, Princess." Fate slung her arm around Nanoha's neck and pulled her close, kissing the other woman on her temple.

"You still looked."

"Oh, so now you're jealous just because I looked at someone else?" Fate muttered half heartedly.

"Why would I be jealous?"

Fate released Nanoha and crossed her arms. "You are so weird. Really you are. Has anyone told you that before?"

"They have now?" Nanoha growled quietly, seething in anger.

They were getting along just fine until someone prettier than her appeared. Nanoha hated it when Fate looked at someone else. She wasn't blind or deaf, Nanoha knew very well that girlfriend was extremely good looking for a fifteen year old, everything about her was amazing! Even her voice was too sexy, a smooth and easy going alto with the slightest touch of a British accent like Carim's. She literally had everything to become a great rock star. The sexy guitars, musical talent, amazing singing voice, and the body of a Greek Goddess. The only thing holding Fate back from her future was her age, school, and of course, Nanoha.

A sinking feeling befell Nanoha when that thought dawned upon her. She was the last thing holding Fate back from her dream. It would be a horrible thing to have on her profile when she makes her debut. "Rising super star Fate Harlaown, dating twenty-something year old biology teacher," yeah not the greatest of news headings. She'd probably lose her teaching license if anyone found out about the relationship she's been having with the fifteen year old. What if her daughter caught wind of this continued affair? She'd lose her chance for legal custody for sure!

Nanoha reached out for a maroonish colored book, her finger tip hooking onto the top of the book's spine and pulled it down. She craned her neck to see the cover of the book, pretending to be interested even though her mind was elsewhere.

"Das Resultat sagt alles, that's a really good book Ma'am." a timid voice said. Startled, Nanoha quickly pushed the book back into place, jumped back, and looked around to find the owner of the voice. "Sorry did I startle you?" a blonde woman about the same age as Fate apologized, her blonde hair swaying to the side when she bowed.

"Er, kind of." Nanoha said uncomfortably. "But I'm okay now."

"Oh thank goodness," the blonde haired woman sighed in relief.

Nanoha examined the other woman carefully, her eyes immediately drawn to the other's rather large eyebrows. She had beautiful clear blue eyes, so clear that they rivaled Hayate's, but still lost by a little. She was also rather well endowed and tall while she was at it. Nanoha did notice one tiny thing though, this pretty girl had… really… really… really big eye brows.

"Forgive me, but my name is Kotobuki Tsumugi. I'm a worker here at the Uminari Bookstore." Tsumugi explained politely. "I was only wondering if you were in need of assistance."

Nanoha blushed and shook her head, "Ah, no thank you. I was actually just looking for this book." Nanoha reached out and pulled out the book called "Das Resultat sagt alles," and gazed at the cover. "I heard that a couple of people were translating this book in English, so I thought it would be worth the read."

"Oh yes, that book really was quite hard to get a hold of. Quite popular in my opinion, also I believe that is our last copy." Tsumigi said with a cheery little smile.

"Really? I guess this is my lucky day then! I've been searching all over for it, and all the other bookstores said that they either didn't hear of it, or that they sold out." Nanoha happily looked at the cover and blushed when she took a closer look. A long blonde haired woman wearing a long dark navy blue almost black over coat with black gloves. She had her arms encircling around a brunette haired woman wearing a pure white dress adorned with a very light pink sash joined together at her hip with a rose like clip. She even had her hair up in a sideways ponytail held up by a ribbon with flowers attached; this hair style was much like how Nanoha wears her hair.

"That strapping knight like person resembles the girl you walked in with." Tsumugi exclaimed with a surprised gasp.

Nanoha's eyes darted from Tsumugi to the character on the book and blanched, "You're right-... they do look oddly alike."

"Hm, and now that I look closer, you look like the princess!"

"Wow... freaky..."

"I guess, or maybe it's just fate?"

"Speaking of Fate, do you know where my girlfriend went? She was here just a moment ago."

Tsumugi looked around the store and frowned, "She might be with the others."

"Where might that be?"

"Just in the other room, you shouldn't be able to miss it." Tsumugi said with a smile. "I have to head down there anyways, shall I escort you?"

"Thank you."

Nanoha followed Tsumugi to the other room and smiled softly. The maid-san from earlier before held a left handed, three-color sunburst Fender Jazz bass with a tortoiseshell pick guard, that was connected to a Fender 75 watt amp. Fate sat on a chair beside an absent minded looking brunette haired girl that strongly reminded Nanoha of her best friend, Yagami Hayate.

"So, Fate-san did you really figure out the bass line for 'Melt'?" the maid asked Fate, her left hand carefully resting over the thick guitar strings.

"Yep, it's a really simple riff." Fate stood up and asked if she could play the maid's guitar. The pretty maid carefully lifted her guitar up off her shoulders and passed it on to Fate. "It's the fifth fret on the A string, then the third fret on the E string, followed by five, and then seven. After that it's pretty much rinse and repeat."

"Ahh..." the maid seemed riveted by Fate's masterful hand on her guitar.

"I prefer playing the guitar more, but bass is just so much fun." Fate handed back the carefully handled guitar and sat back down next to the brunette. "Plus bass feels a little less embarrassing when compared to playing the guitar."

"I completely agree with you on that one!" the maid exclaimed with a sudden vigor. "Standing at the front of the stage, having people staring at you, and not to mention all of that crazy fretting!" The maid began to sway and fell over right into Fate's arms, she had fainted.

"Is your friend going to be alright?" Fate asked the smiling brunette.

"Oh she'll be fine. Mio-chan is always like this, she's really delicate you know?"

"Er, okay?"

"Here, give her to me I'll take it from here." the brunette said told Fate, her expression changing from a dim-witted one to a more reliable expression.

Fate handed the unconscious girl over to the much smaller brunette. Fate felt nervous when she handed the maid over to the other girl, but she was surprised to see that the easily flustered maid curl up next to cheery brunette.

"By the way my name is Yui, what's your name?"

"Fate," Fate said with a grin. "You're a guitarist too aren't you?"

"Haha, yeah. That's my Gita over there next to Ricchan's drums." Yui said, her arms encircling the unconscious girl. The bass guitar was still hung around the maid's neck, but Yui didn't seem to mind it.

"Aa~" Tsumugi dreamily squealed. She had her right hand on her cheek, with a blush staining her snow white skin. In her left hand Tsumugi had a camcorder which had come from somewhere Nanoha did not want to find out.

"Are you okay?" Nanoha dared to ask.

"Don't you think female bonding is wonderful?" Tsumugi asked, clearly not paying attention to Nanoha.

"Er... yeah?"

"And that blonde over there is really cute too."

"Er... yeah?"

"I wonder if she has a girlfriend..." Tsumugi mumbled to herself, eyes still glued onto the tiny LCD screen of her camcorder.

"Yeah, she's standing right beside you."

"I should ask for her phone number..."

"... how about no?"

"Thank you for supporting me on my latest crusade of love, 10% discount off of the book." Tsumugi said her mind clearly not in the right place.

An orange haired teenager with the name tag 'Ritsu' walked into the room, her forehead shining slightly due to the sunlight. She walked over to where Tsumugi and Nanoha stood and sighed. She buried her face into the palm of her hand and said, "Mio, Mio, Mio, must you always attract so much attention?"

Nanoha turned to the new comer and quirked her eyebrow."Can I just buy this book?"

"Oh sure."

"Fate-chan, I got the book I want." Nanoha told her easily amused lover. "Let's get going."

Turning her head to face Nanoha, Fate grinned and ran up to her, "Lemme see it." Fate said with her hand outstretched. Nanoha handed the book over and moved in closer to Fate. "Hm, I haven't treated you to anything in a while, so I'll pay for this okay?"

"You don't have to do that, Fate-chan." Nanoha protested.

Fate smiled at the older woman and snaked her arm around her waist, "I want to okay? I still feel bad about that argument from earlier."

"I'm sorry about that too."

"Then we're both sorry, but I'm still paying for this book you hear me?"

Nanoha smiled and kissed her girlfriend on the cheek and said, "Thank you, Fate-chan."

"No problem, Baby."

Nanoha and Fate followed the other teenager over to the cash register. Fate placed the book onto the counter and pulled out her wallet, ready to pay for the book.

"That'll be 4810yen." Ritsu said with a large grin. Fate nodded her head and cracked out her wallet, Nanoha felt faint just looking at the sheer volume of the bill compartment of her lover's wallet. She didn't even want to know how much Fate carried on hand with her.

"Hope you don't mind I only have a 10,000yen bill with me." Fate pulled out the bill and handed it over to the cashier.

"Thank you, your change comes up to 5,190yen." Ritsu dully said as she pulled out a plastic bag and placed the book within it. "Hope you two have a nice day."

"Thank you, you too."

Fate handed the little white baggy over to Nanoha and grinned, "So I'm forgiven right?"

"Of course," Nanoha blushed cutely and held onto her girlfriend's hand. "Thank you, Fate-chan."

Nodding her head wordlessly, Fate waved at the cashier and headed towards the door with Nanoha in tow. Yui ran down to them, slightly out of breath, and said, "Fate-kun, do you think you can come by again sometime? Maybe bring your guitar over to play?"

"Er," Fate looked down at Nanoha as if she was asking permission. Nanoha nodded her head and held onto Fate just a little tighter. "Yeah, sure I'll come down again.'

"Great! We'll give you a sneak performance to our band, it'll be fun I promise!"

"Can't wait, I'll come down next week. School's getting kind of hectic at the moment so I don't have much time."

"I know da feelin', trust me." Ritsu said with a playful grin. "And if you're any good maybe we'll let you be a member."

"Hm, I don't know about that..." Fate replied bashfully. "Anyways, I'll catch you guys later okay?"

"See yeah!" Ritsu and Yui say before going back to their regular activities.

Finally out of the odd little book store, Fate asked, "So, what happened to that boy?"

"I don't know... fired?"

"..."

"Like the last time I was there I didn't see those girls." Nanoha said with a finger on her on right cheek. "Oh well, he creeped me out." Fate hummed signaling Nanoha that she was paying attention to her. "He wore this really, really weird mask thing, and his outfit was like... really tacky."

"Okay, ew."

"Yeah..."

"Oh and he had this Flying V with him," Nanoha recalled. "I think he might have been a musician too."

Fate looked at her girlfriend with a smirk, "You sure do have a thing for attracting guitarist, huh?"

"Only have eyes for you. The insanely talented, Fender Telecaster guitar player!"

"Stratocaster." Fate corrected without hesitation.

"What?"

"I play a Fender Stratocaster, not a Telecaster." Fate said in a slightly condescending voice.

Rolling her eyes Nanoha muttered, "Whatever…"

A hush fell over between Nanoha and Fate. The cheery little mood they had completely dissipating alongside the bright sunny day. The lovers took shelter in a coffee shop nearby when the rain had begun. Fate ordered them a small coffee and the two sat next to each other in a window seat to watch the rain out. They stared out into the window, just watching the tiny little water droplets pelt the glass.

Firebrick red met with midnight blue in a fleeting glance. There was a strange understanding between them at that moment. There was an award silence that just couldn't be avoided, kind of like how an immovable object meets with an unstoppable force, they just couldn't happen. They couldn't exist at the same time. It was just impossible.

With a timid but loving gaze, Fate looked at what Nanoha wore, and even though what the sienna haired girl was damp from the rain, Fate couldn't help but think that, that outfit was perfect for her. 'Mature yet youthful' were the words Fate chose to describe Nanoha's attire today. The sienna haired girl was really up to date with today's fashion trends, Fate knew this very well. Whenever they went shopping, Nanoha would always point out what was in style for the season and what would match her best, but this would all be in vain because Fate would always choose the crowd favorite, black. Nanoha had given up on Fate wearing something other than black or white.

A small smile graced Fate's lips when she examined the clothes her girlfriend wore. The older woman wore a white fleece sweater that clung onto her curvaceous body; the horizontal red stripe defined her admirable bust well. To match the fleece sweater, Nanoha wore a simple pleated skirt to make the outfit seem a little more youthful. The sunflower hair clip Nanoha on was slightly ajar due to the fact that her hair was still wet from the rain.

Fate reached out to the other woman, her palm caressing Nanoha's cheek lovingly before she used her fingers to push away the wet strands of hair that clung onto her lover's cheek. Nanoha blushed, but she didn't say a thing. She didn't want to ruin the soothing silence between her and her beloved. When Fate began to retract her hand away from Nanoha's cheek, her fingertips lingering on the soft cheek for just a brief moment before parting ways with it, but Nanoha didn't want for that warm hand to leave her just yet, so she reached out her own hand and placed it above Fate's hand and brought it back. Her eyes pleaded for Fate to stay still, at least just for another moment or two. Wordlessly, the blonde complied with the brunette's timid request.

Fate mouthed a simple, "I love you" and caused Nanoha to blush happily. The older woman leaned in closer to the younger, almost to a point where their lips touched, but something held Nanoha back from capturing her girlfriend's lips. It wasn't the fact people were watching them; Nanoha actually got a thrill when she and Fate acted intimate when they got an audience. The thought about her holding Fate back rushed at her like a charging bull, out of control at the sight of crimson red.

She would become the only thing holding Fate back from her dream. Even if she stood behind Fate and supported her, but Nanoha knew deep down Fate would always come back running to her, like a loyal puppy who knows the way home.

After the rain cleared Nanoha and Fate headed on home, they didn't speak to each other the entire walk home. What was there to say? Nothing. They held hands and didn't dare look into the other's eyes, this was a strange time for them, and even though there was no real cause of this sudden tension... it felt kind of right. So that night the two spent as much time together as they could, watching movies, sharing a nice quiet dinner together, and of course Fate played Nanoha a few songs on the guitar, but there was no dialog between them. They were too scared to mutter even a single word to each other, frightened that whatever they had to say would ruin the enjoyable silence.

That night they made love for the last time.

When Nanoha woke up in the afternoon the next morning, Fate wasn't beside her anymore. Instead, there was a large vase filled with many types of flowers. There were three Camellia flowers in the mix: red, white, and pink. Nanoha knew the meanings of these flowers well; they all had something to do with love. Pink and red carnations were nestled in between the Camellia flowers, these flowers meant 'I'll never forget you' and 'I admire you'. Next were a white Chrysanthemums which means truth, and beside that was a single daffodil (you're the only one) and a Cyclamen (good bye). Four purple Hyacinth (please forgive me) were arranged side by side with a Hydrangea (thank you for understanding) resting peacefully above them. A few Irises (your friendship means so much to me), Lavenders (devotion), and Orange blossoms (eternal love) littered the bouquet messily alongside dozens of Primrose flowers (I can't live without you). And lastly in the dead center of it all, there was a single red rose in bloom, "I still love you," but what hurt the most, was that Fate had placed a single Azalea (take care of yourself for me) through the engagement ring and placed it a top a folded white piece of paper with her name written on it. There were deep blue smudges on the paper; a feint finger print at the top right corner was visible, probably from when Fate had folded it into three.

Nanoha knew very well what this piece of paper was judging by the tear marks that stained it, and because of this she wanted nothing more than to tear it up into pieces and throw it out the window... but instead she reached out for both the flower and the letter and cried when she read its contents, snapping the Azalea's stem in half.

The letter was written in pure English, Fate could barely write Kanji when though she could read them fluently. Remembering which strokes come first and where to put them always made Fate struggle, but Nanoha knew English so she always pushed Fate to write anything handwritten in the blonde's native tongue. This made things so much easier, but now reading this was the hardest thing Nanoha could ever do.

She prayed that the letter had been written in Fate's unintelligible Japanese.

Dear, Nanoha

Thank you for all you have done for me, I appreciate it. I don't know how to thank you enough, but knowing me I wouldn't be able say a word without stuttering. You do that to me you know? You cause my heart to beat uncontro-... (a tear had smudged the word here), and sometimes I think that my hea-... -l stop in all wh-... I look at you. You make my hand tremble and my mouth to go dr-... (it was clear that Fate's hand had accidentally brushed the teardrop, smearing the sentence) -imes I think to myself, "Wow, I must have been a some kind of hero to receive such g-... -arma". I believe that I'm the luckiest idiot to walk this Earth whenever I'm-... (Fate had scribbled this portion out, her tears smudging the letter even further)

Nanoha, I really do believe that you're a-... -and my life would-... -sly.

(The next three paragraphs of the letter were vigorously scribbled out. Fate's tears made quick work of the ink that didn't settle)

I'm leaving y-... -t regret, but I beli-... -or us bo-... -hurts so much I want to-... -for-...-n... (Fate had scribbled this section off as well, but the tears had stopped at this point)

"You have a bright future ahead of you" is what you would have said when you realize that you made a big mistake being with me. You would inevitably try to use my dream to forcefully push me away from you, but guess what Nanoha? I love you, and even if you never even love me back in return that's okay. But it's about time we both stop pretending, all of our arguments, our ups and downs, they were all so stupid! But still, I would come back running to you in a heart beat.

I wonder would you-... (the tears started again) -after me? If I left you a single clue to where I will be going wi-... -arch for me?

I'll finish this off here. Nanoha, I really will mi-...

Fate Testarossa

Nanoha was angry. She was angry because Fate had left her believing that she didn't love her anymore.

She was outright enraged that the stupid blonde even dared question her love. She was literally trembling in anger when her sweet, sweet Fate decided that it was time to break things off just because of the constant arguing.

She was crying profusely because her beloved lover had given her a bunch of stupid flowers that said "I love you" in so many ways, but still left.

She was screaming her heart out because her beloved Fate had left without telling her face to face.

She was broken because the one piece of her life that made absolutely no sense, but made perfect sense all at the same time was gone forever.

She was lifeless knowing that parts of the good-bye letter Fate had left been smudged and unreadable.

She was alone.

No one was here to put up with her constant bitching.

She was alone.

Screaming out in the loudest voice she could muster, Nanoha was dumbstruck when the slightest of echoes resounded.

She was alone.

Nanoha got off of the bed, not caring about her state of undress and stomped her way towards the closet. Then she angrily opened it and broke down crying when she saw that her lover's clothes were no longer in the closet.

She was alone.

Leaving the closet behind, with tears still in her eyes, Nanoha ran towards the music room and pushed the door open. She had a small sliver of hope... that faded away all too quickly. Her left hand tightly gripping onto the doorknob while her right hand sunk down the body of the door as she slumped down to her knees.

The music room was empty.

She was alone.

Even the living room, Nanoha sighed and figured she'd give it a shot. She wasn't surprised to what she saw. The goldfish that Fate replaced every week was gone. The place where the fish bowl was, was now replaced by a vase full of flowers similar to the ones in her bedroom. Nanoha walked the vase and noticed that a small bouquet of Forget-Me-Not flowers laid atop a letter in a crisp white envelope. Shoving the flowers aside angrily, Nanoha grabbed the letter with both hands, ready to tear it open when she noticed some writing on the back.

Nanoha, don't open this letter until five years from now, but that is, only if you still love me. Open it if you realize that leaving me just because you think you'll be holding me back is a stupid idea. But, please Nanoha, don't you dare open this letter if you still firmly believe that pushing me away so I can follow my dreams is the correct path. I'll never forgive you if you do.

I love you.

And with that Fate was gone forever.