Title: Her Love

Chapter 3

Disclaimer:I do not own MGLN. If I did NanoFate would be more than just subtext.

Nanoha's POV:

I glanced around the small local diner that Fate-chan had chosen for us to eat at. It was one of those small places where the costumers are the same every day and everyone who comes on knows everyone else.

We sat a a small two person wooden table in the back if the restaurant. Silently looking at the menus and with a quick glance at the menu I decided to get the chicken.

Ugh, I should just ask. I cant even think of a way to start asking without sounding noisy. I'll just dive right in.

" Fat-"

" Can I take your orders?" I looked over to see out waitress was looking at me expectantly. Her pen was at the ready, poised to write down my order.

Couldn't she have come a little later?

" Um, I'll have the roasted chicken, with a side of rice and the steamed vegetables. With a coke to drink." I looked over at Fate-chan giving her the go ahead.

" I'll have the same." She said. " With a glass of water."

" I'll be right back with your orders ladies." The waitress gave what I assume is her best give-me-a-tip smile before she walked off.

" Where you going to say something?" Fate-chan asked after the waitress was out of ear shot.

" Yeah, um." Is Soshi your boyfriend? It shouldn't be so hard to ask. " Is Soshi-san your- in your class?" Good going, like that's really what you wanted to ask.

" Yes, he is one of the few people in my class the I would call a friend." She had a soft smile on her face as she spoke.

Is he more than a friend? With that smile your giving I think that he might be.

I felt my heart stop just at the though of Fate-chan having a boyfriend. It cant be true.

"H-how long have you been friends?" Do you like him like that?

" Well let me think." She propped her head up in a thinking position as she spoke. " We started talking about a month before the student council elections. So I'd say for a little over a month. He was the first person in my class to talk to me."

" That was nice of him." I forced out. I am grateful that he was Fate-chans first friend in her new class but I just cant be happy about them meeting. Just ask, the worse thing that can happen is that she will confirm my fears.

And that's what so scary about it. Come on Nanoha, you've faced worse things then this before. It's just a question. Its only a few words. I can do this.

"Fate-chan?" She looked up red eyes met mine curiously. " Do you like him?"

She blinked at me in confusion. " Yes, of course." I felt my heart plummet when she spoke those words. " He is my friend why wouldn't I like him?"

" No, not that kind of like. I mean like how Alisa feels about Suzuka. That kind of like."

Suzuka has to practically beat Alisa off with a stick sometimes. This analogy should work.

" Why the sudden interest?" She asked curiously. Her wine eye bore into mine as if she was trying to read something there.

" There is no reason." I said looking down at the ground.

Only the fact that I am insanely jealous of a guy that I have known for a total of ten minutes. And the fact that I want you to like me in that way.

I looked back up in time to see an immense sadness in Fate-chans red eyes as she turned away. " Fate-chan?"

When she looked back at me the sadness was gone and replaced with the look Fate-chan normally gave. But something was off it was like she was forcing herself. " So what have you been up to?" She said cheerfully but she was little too cheerful. "I feel asleep before you could tell me."

" Oh well, I haven't been doing much of anything. Just training with Raging Heart and doing homework. I have been thinking about joining a club." I spent most of my time thinking about spending time with you.

" Which one?"

" I was thinking about the archery club. It seems like it would be fun." She smiled at this and was about to say something when that waitress came over.

" Here is your food." She sat our plates down at the table and then the drinks. "Can I get you anything else?"

"No I'm fine." I said while Fate-chan just shook her head.

" Okay, just call me if you need anything." After another one of her smiles, she turned and left.

We ate in silence after the waitress left, and to be honest I just wanted to go home. My good mood disappeared after we started talking about Soshi. And I just wanted sometime to think about didn't even give me a straight answer.

I let out a sigh of frustration which prompted Fate-chan to look at me curiously. " So what is it like to have a fan club?" I asked in an attempt to lift the veil of silence.

" It's strange they didn't really notice me before I became a part of the student council. And now I have hordes of people who want to be my friends. It is a little unsettling. A girl came by the council room yesterday and took my pencil shavings out of the trash can." She gave a nervous laugh as she finished.

I blinked. "Really?"

"Yes, She said that she was going to sell them to the leader of the fan club."

" Isn't that a little..." Crazy, freaky, strange.

" Yes, it is." Fate-chan said with a sigh.

I think that I am going to have to keep a look out for Fate-chan weird fans. I don't want them to do something crazy. They are just another batch of names to add to the people-who-want-Fate-chan list.

Later that night...

" Do you want to come in?" I asked. Fate-chan and I stood on my front porch. It was about seven and it was starting to get dark.

"No, I have to get home. I told mother that I would be home before 7:30, and I don't want her to worry." She gave me a smile and continued. "So I should get going."

"Do you have any council work in the morning?" Please say no. We haven't walked to school together in awhile.

"No, I will be walking to school with everyone tomorrow." I could feel the smile on my face widen as she spoke. She smiled back in response.

" Well then I will meet you at the usual spot." I said. " Good night."

"Good night." We lingered there for a moment. As I gazed into those wine colored pools I felt myself being draw in. And before I knew it our faces where only inches apart.

" Fate-chan." I whispered as I stood there entranced by those ruby orbs. We were only an inch apart when she suddenly pulled back and briskly turned around.

"Good night, Nanoha." She called over her shoulder as she quickly made her way down the street.

"Good night." I whispered into the night.

What just happened?

Thank you to those of you who reviewed it means a lot to me. You guys are great! This chapter is not one of the best things I have written. So if it sucks tell me and be completely honest. But don't just tell me it was bad and not tell me what was bad about it.

I don't plan to take the romance fast in this story. I just didn't want you to think that I would because of the end of this chapter. In this story there will be a reason for almost everything that happens, so pay attention. The story should pick up and become more interesting from this point on. I think it should anyways.

~Shaitenshi