To the recent guest reviewer where did you get 18 for Ven? I'm not too sure on actual in game age but he's like 15 in here. As for Des' age I made her the same age as him, I'm pretty sure I made that clear in chapter 3. Just wanted to clear that up is all. Now loyal readers and random newbies welcome to chapter 26, hope you like it.

Ven had taken Evy to the summit to get a crystal clear view of the sky. They decided to sit next to one of the mounds of snow that Ven had used for the snowball fight with Terra and Aqua a couple days ago. They sat down on the cold snow covered ground, not caring if their pants were going to get wet and leaned back onto the snow mound behind them so they didn't need to stretch out their necks to look up at the sky. Evy was taken aback by the clear winter night sky, there were so many stars in the sky that it almost made the dark space around them look like the minority of the sky.

"This looks so beautiful Ven" she said as Ven looked over at her and grinned, he loved the way the stars were reflecting in her eyes.

'not as much as you' he thought to himself as he reached to his side for the container of egg nog and poured himself out a cup and took a sip. Then he nudged Evy and offered her some

"Want any?"

"Sure" she said as she grabbed the cup, pulled her scarf down and sipped a little then gave it back to him. Unbeknownst to her she gave herself a little egg-stache making Ven laugh a little when she gave it back to him "What?"

"Oh nothing, by the way I really like your new mustache" He said with a laugh at the end as Evy licked the top of her lip then just to be funny poked the tip of her nose with her tongue. Which made Ven laugh more "Hey I didn't know you could do that" He said through giggles

"I'm the only one in my family who can do it" she said proudly. Actually not only could she do that she is also the most flexible in her family. In fact back when Aqua and her were younger their mother signed them up for gymnastics, because they were really hyper and she and her husband needed some way to get the energy out of them, and she was doing cartwheels and summersaults before Aqua could even get through hurdles without tipping them over as she jumped. She eventually got it but by that time Evy could practically do flips in mid air.

"You should do that more often. It makes you look cute" He said with a smile as Evy blushed.

"Thank you Ven" She said for a split second forgetting to change her voice slightly to sound like Des. Ven didn't notice her voice as someone else's but did recognize it as something else

"You sound a little funny. Maybe you're getting sick" He said as Evy shook her head

"No I feel fine" She said remembering to change her voice, but she didn't completely convince him

"Maybe we should go back inside, after all you don't want to be sick tomorrow" The instant she heard the words 'back inside' she started shaking her head.

"No not yet… please just a little bit longer" she said leaning on him and looking up at him with puppy dog eyes. Ven looked at her eyes and saw something different from what he saw only a little while ago. Maybe it was the moonlight or something but those didn't look like Des' eyes. But he melted all the same by her puppy dog stare

"Ok ok a couple more minutes" He said, Evy mentally yelling out 'yes!', as he leaned back on the snow with her laying her head on his chest, enjoying every moment of this night.

Meanwhile …

Aqua, her mother, and Dante were making their way to the summit. Aqua's mother was out in front in a fast walk down the path while Aqua and Dante were walking steadily behind her

"Gezz mommy slow down" Dante whined but didn't get that much of a response back from his mother.

"Yeah mom c'mon give the little guy a break" Aqua pleaded as her mother responded without stopping

"If he's getting tired then just pick him up and carry him!" She barked back shocking the both of them "I just want to hurry up and get Evy then head back into the castle so this day can just end" she said as she sped up a little to get to the summit faster. Aqua and Dante were left speechless; they had never seen their mom act snappy so this was a new thing to them.

"What happened to mommy?" Dante asked his big sister

"I honestly don't know" She answered as she looked at Dante. He looked pretty tired, guess that cure boast was starting to wear off. Dante let out a small yawn and rubbed his eyes, that Aqua had to admit did look cute, struggling to stay awake. "Here hold up little guy" she said as they both stopped and she knelt down to his height "Here hop on" She told him gesturing to her back as he tiredly hopped on and hugged his arms on Aqua's neck while she supported his feet with her hands. Dante nestled into her and steadily began to drift away as his sister continued forward with him on her back. She caught up to her mother who was almost to the summit

"So what are you going to do when you get there?" Aqua asked as her mother shot her a irritated glance

"I'm going to grab her by the arm and drag her back to the castle"

"Uh… doesn't that seem a little much? I mean she just did this because she likes Ven" Aqua stated to her mom "I mean yes her methods were a bit… drastic but can't you give her some benefit of the doubt?"

"No" she said solemnly as walked a little faster, leaving Aqua shaking her head, this wasn't going to be pretty for anyone.

Back with the 'couple'

Evy sighed as she continued looking up at the sky with Ven keeping a gently grasp around her waist. This was something that could only be summed up in one word to her, amazing. She wished she could enjoy this forever, however she was getting tired, letting out a gentle yawn and rubbing her head a little deeper into Ven's chest. He let out a small chuckle, it tickled when she did that. He looked down at her and noticed her went back a little revealing her hair. At first he was going to stroke it when on further inspection he noticed something off with her hair in the moon light. It wasn't its usual cool black color, it was blue. And not a dark blue that could be confused for black, it was blue. It was as blue as Aqua's and her whole family's hair.

'Hey… wait a minute!' Ven mentally shouted in his head as he looked down at who he thought was Des and pulled her hood down. The instant he laid a finger on her hood Evy snapped out of her sleep and jumped off Ven to try and keep him from pulling away her hood. But in doing so Ven grabbed onto it quicker and when she yanked away from him it made the hood tear clean off. Evy had pulled away to hard from Ven and was now lying in the snow as Ven stood up and took a look at her. She wasn't Des, it was Aqua's sister

"Evy? What the heck are you doing out her… and why are you wearing Des' jacket!?" Ven asked her wanting to get straight down to why she was here. Evy picked herself off the ground and patted to snow off the arm of 'her' jacket

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Isn't what?" Ven asked as Evy let out a sigh, she had no Idea he was this thick headed. She had given him signs that she liked him and all this time he just didn't know they were signs, it all made sense to her now.

"I… like… you!" she said slowly and spaced out to get crystal clear to Ven who store at her in surprise

"You… like me?"

"Yes! How could you not tell!?"

"Well how was supposed to tell!? Why didn't you just tell me you liked me!?" Ven shouted back

"Because you were always with Des! She was hogging you all to herself and I could never be with you!"

"She was never hogging me I was the one that wanted to hang out with her! Because in a choice between a really nice who wanted to be my friend and a girl who for the couple of days that I've known has always been a sour mood, tried to keep me and the other girl from getting to know each other better, and was willing to hurt the other girl I think the reason why I choose the nice girl is fairly obvious!" Ven yelled at her as she was about to rebudle before Ven continued " No! No more, I really don't like to be mean but… LEAVE ME AND DES ALONE! I DON'T LIKE YOU!" he yelled at her with all his breath, his voice even echoing down the mountains and being heard by her mother and sister.

A silence went through the air between the two teens as Ven took in deep breath and kept a glare on her that began to fade when he saw the expression on Evy's face. She was sniffling, trying to hold back tears as she tried to find something to say to him. But his words had cut through her like a knife and she got the message. As tears started to cascade down her cheeks Ven realized what he had just said.

"Oh my… Evy I'm so…"

"SHUT UP YOU BIG JERK!" she yelled at him before turning around and running back to the castle, leaving him in the snow. Ven would've run after her, but what good would it have done. He just stood there, the scene that had just occurred flashing in his head over and over again. As the scene kept playing back in his head, the more ashamed of himself he became. He felt like her should just beat himself up but was smart enough not to actually attempt such an act. So he just stood there, fist clenched, completely ashamed of himself.

Back with Aqua

They were almost to the summit and the scene that Aqua was painting in her head wasn't a pretty picture. Just as they were about to enter Ven's spot they saw Evy running toward them then past them with tears rolling off her face.

"What the…?" Aqua's mom asked aloud

"That was Evy… but she was crying" Aqua stated as her mother glared forward and went onward. "Whoa mom Evy going that way" Aqua said finding it odd she was continuing to the summit

"I know and since she's crying I can guess who made her" Her mom said threatingly as Aqua let out a gasp and quickly got in front her mom with her arms stretched "Get out of the way Aqua!"

"No! Go after Evy I'll deal with Ven"

"Aqua listen to your mother and…!"

"Mom do you realize how crazy your acting right now, how made you look? It isn't you and if you go up to confront Ven you might do something you regret. So please be the mom I know and go help your daughter" Aqua pleaded as her mother debated with herself. She was still mad enough to want to proceed with what she was going to do, however she wasn't mad enough to not see how right Aqua was. She let out a sigh as she turned around and started to head back, not saying another word.

Aqua let out a small sigh of relief as she put her hands back behind her back to support Dante, she was lucky that he didn't fall off during that or wake up. Hoping Dante up a little bit more onto her to make him easier to hold on to she went toward the summit where she saw Ven sitting in the snow, his face buried into his knees. She stayed quite as she got closer to him then let out a simple

"Hey" Ven looked over at her and was a little surprised she was here with Dante, but he felt too bad to care all too much

"Hey" he said back as Aqua sat down next to him, putting Dante into her lap so he didn't have to lie in the snow.

"Des is ok if you're wondering, she with her mom and Terra now. Turns out Evy knocked her out" Aqua stated as Ven just looked blanky into some snow. Aqua started to feel a sense of awkwardness in the air so decided to break the ice a little more "I can't believe Evy dressed up like Des. She must really like you" Aqua said as Ven let out a small sigh, the thought of him yelling at her and saying 'I don't like you' ran through her head when she said that. "Did you know it was her when you brought her out here" Aqua asked as Ven for the first time in this conversation gave a answer, a simple shake of his head. "Then why did I just her storming off?"

"Because I figured it out…" He said with a slight hint of sadness in his words

"Why was she crying then?" She asked as Ven let out another sad sigh

"I said some things"

"What kind of things?" she asked as Ven dug his head deeper into his knees.

"Some things I really shouldn't have said" He said, the sadness even more prominent then before. It was enough for Aqua to notice, and she knew she would now have to tread carefully with Ven right now.

"Like what?" she asked as Ven remained silent, but she expected that "It's ok if you don't want to tell me, I understand. And I'll admit maybe my sister deserved a little of what you said to her. But I can tell that you went way beyond a little for whatever you said" She said then paused as looked at the curled up Ven and extened her hand onto his back and rubbed it slightly "But you know, you'd be amazed what a simple apology can accomplish"

"I don't think just saying sorry will cut it Aqua" Ven said as he raised his head from his knees slightly and looked at her with one of his eyes

"Then do something special when you say it. After all I know that you can come up with some creative ways to get a point across" She said with a grin. Ven put some thought into it, he guessed he could find some way to say he's sorry he didn't know what yet but he would. Ven then completely raised his head up and put on a gentle smile for Aqua

"Thanks Aqua"

"Hey it's what's friends are for" She said with a smile then shivered slightly when a brisk breeze passed through the air. She got up and held Dante by her shoulder and arms then looked down at Ven "I'm going to head back to the castle you want walk back with me?"

"No" He said then looked straight in front of him at the mountains in the distance "I think I'll stay out here just a little longer"

"I understand, take all the time you need." She said then started back leaving Ven alone with his thoughts on how to apologize to Evy.

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