Disclaimer: Do not own, please not to be suing me would be great.
Authors note: Be prepared for the next chapter...or is it the one after? Oh well, the next two are a little bit cracky, but cracky romance is good for the soul, or so I've brainwashed myself into thinking.
The Doctor left the Master alone for a while, knowing that the TARDIS would provide him with anything he needed like food and such. He couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if he had continued his original path and opened the door that concealed the darkness, maybe the Master would be a bit more appreciative for all he's gone through just to get him back to normal.
The Doctor was sat in the kitchen having a cup of tea when the Master came in.
"Didn't come to find me I see."
"Why should I bother? You told me you would have answered."
"I know but I would have thought you would have at least came and begged, I like it when you beg."
"No begging Master."
"Spoil sport."
A silence descended over the pair of them, the Master prepared himself a cup of tea and sat down opposite the Doctor.
"Got nothing to say Doctor?"
"Nope."
"Would have thought you have."
"And I would have thought that even you would be decent enough to say thank you for all I've done for you."
"What? Getting my memories back and healing my soul? Yeah well you'll have to do a lot more than that if you want my thanks."
"I heard it you know."
"Heard what?"
"The drums, when I went into your mind, I heard them."
"Yeah I know. Funny thing about that, since I've been in my room I've not heard one beat."
"Really?"
"Yeah. What exactly did you do when you went in my mind?"
"Nothing really, fixed your soul, then restored your memories and then got kicked in the stomach."
"I suppose I'll become your pet now then. Doomed to be kept for eternity."
"Nope. I promised."
"You promised? Promised who?"
"You."
"You didn't promise me anything."
"Yes I did, I promised the Master you were before I got your memory back, I promised him that I'd save his life, I wouldn't keep him and that I'd try my hardest to give him every memory back but make it so you don't hate me, but I guess I failed."
The Doctor grinned stupidly and stood up, dumping the contents of his tea into the sink along with the mug, he was about to leave the kitchen when he heard the Master speak up.
"I don't hate you."
"You could have fooled me Master."
"I don't though. You saved my life, gave me my memories back and you took the drums away."
"Consider it a thank you for saving me from Rassilon."
"Were you really scared?"
"Scared about what?"
The Master looked at the Doctor and sighed.
"When you said to me that you were scared that you'd left me to battle Rassilon alone, were you really scared?"
"Yes, I thought that I'd left you to suffer that when you saved my life and technically saved the planet and as your reward you got to battle him alone."
"Nah, I fell from the Vortex, hell of a fall. Besides if I was left to battle him on my own I'd have beaten him anyway, I had most of the Time Lords on my side, he really was a jackass."
The Doctor looked at the Master and smiled.
"I'm glad that I was able to keep my promise."
"Yeah well just because I don't hate you doesn't mean I like you."
The Master strode past the Doctor and the Doctor smirked and followed him.
"That's good enough for me."
"Good, 'cause it's all you're getting."
The Doctor broke off from the Master who was heading to the wardrobe room to change his clothes, the Doctor all but ran down the winding staircase and into the console room.
"Oh Master!"
"What now!"
"Where'd you want to go next?"
"Surprise me!"
The Doctor grinned, he programmed the coordinates, if a surprise is what the Master wanted, then a surprise is what he would get, but he'd have to have the surprise on the Doctor's terms.
"Dress nice!" he shouted up.
"Like I dress any other way, and if you mention hoodies I'll kill you."
The Doctor frowned.
"I thought hoodies looked sexy on you." He muttered into the console as he stared at the screen.
The Master came down around an hour later in a black suit, the Doctor looked at him and smiled and then turned to the console, his eyes widened and then he looked back to the Master.
"What happened to your blonde hair?" he asked in a state of panic.
"It looked silly with the suit."
"Aww...that suited you."
"Doctor, no, just no okay. The suit is more my style, besides, I refuse to become one of those blonde companions you're so fond of."
"You mention Rose Master and you can stay in here while I go out and enjoy your surprise."
"Ooh, you've got me a surprise, I love surprises."
"You asked me to surprise you."
"Yeah but...is this a present? I love presents, is it a planet."
"It is a planet but like I said in the Naismith mansion, you don't have to own the Universe, just see it, and you're going to see it at its best."
The Doctor threw the dematerialization lever and the Master was thrown to the ground as the TARDIS shook.
"What are you bloody playing at you lunatic driver!"
The Doctor turned to the Master who was sprawled out on the floor, he grinned stupidly.
"I never said this before but, welcome aboard."