A/N: Hi guys! Sorry if it took me awhile to update. I have been incredibly busy these past few weeks. And I was having some trouble with how I want to write this chapter. I hope you guys understand. Well, here it is now. I hope you will enjoy it.

Chapter 6: The time apart

It has been days since the night they decide to take some time off and now it is killing them. Robin and Regina were not used of being apart from each other. It was a torture being away from the other. But Regina knows that this is what they need. It might be hard but they can't be together if they are still hurt from what happened so they need time to process everything that happened and the space to breathe and heal. But for Robin, it was like hi heart was ripped from his chest that night. It has been sleepless nights since Regina decided to move out of their apartment. The place that they have been sharing. Their home. Without Regina it is just a house. She was his home. But this is what she wants so he let him go. But not for long, Robin will fight for her. He will show her how much he loves her. But it will hard if Regina is not even answering his text messages and calls.

Yes they decided to have fucking cool off but it doesn't include her avoiding his calls. And now he feels like Regina is shutting him down. And that's what scares Robin, he knows that this separation will make Regina build her walls again. And Robin knows how hard it is to break them down. But he will not give up. He will do whatever it takes to bring his Regina back to him.

Regina starts her day with the feeling of emptiness inside her. These past few days not being with Robin felt like her heart was taken away from her. Honestly she doesn't know how she was able to survive a day not waking up in his arms. But she told him that this is what she wants. And she will stand by it. Though she is starting to regret her decision. After that horrible night, Regina moved out of their apartment and crashed into Mary Margaret's place. It was a torture when she starts packing her things out and leave her home. Robin has always been his home. She is still getting used to Mary Margaret's place but she is hoping that she won't stay here long.

Now that they are taking a break from their relationship she knows that Robin won't give up on her easily. And that's what she loves about him. The way he shows his love for her is everything. It also includes lots of messages and calls from him. She knows that he is missing her but Regina don't know what is holding her back. She wants to talk to him. GOD I MISS HIS VOICE. But there is something is telling her that she is not ready to talk to him. She is still hurt. She doesn't blame Robin. She will never blame him. But the pain that she is feeling from that night was still there.

This is all Marian's fault! That bitch will die! That slut don't know who she was dealing with. Robin is hers. HERS! And that stupid bitch will regret everything that she did.

She starts of today praying that she won't see Robin or else!She just wants this day to go by without any drama. She is determined to keep her distance to Robin.

Regina's day went by smoothly or so she thought…. She was in the campus café with her best friends Mary Margaret and Tink. They were talking about random things, but sometimes Regina will be left wandering and staring into space.

She misses Robin. She miss his touch and his kisses to her. The way he held her and the warmth of his body. His body. It's all hers and will forever be hers. She just need to remove that Marian.

Regina was left on her thought when she smell the scent of her love. The scent that she has been missing. She didn't realize that she was already staring at him and he was smiling at her with the smile that makes her knees go weak.

"Hello, my love" his accented voice brought her back to life. She was still mesmerize by him and couldn't find the words to respond to him.

"Uhh…I..Hi..." Regina stuttered. She was lost in his eyes.

"Regina, can we talk? Please?" Robin begged. He was so desperate to get Regina to talk to him. She won't answer his calls and now he is losing hope.

Regina looked into his eyes and saw the desperation in getting her to talk to him. It was actually killing her every time she sees him calling but she is too scared to answer. But she can't help her emotions. It was taking over her and she couldn't think straight.

"Robin, I don't think I can talk right now" she gestured to her friends. But she was just using them as an excuse. She don't know if she's ready to talk to him yet.

"Please Regina, I just really want to talk to you. I promise it won't take long"

She can see how desperate he is right now. She looked at her friends and Mary Margaret and Tink nodded telling her that they understand her cause honestly this is also what she needs. They can see how painful this is for Regina.

Regina stood up from her seat and started walking to the back of the café to give them some privacy. Robin followed her, he was starting to get nervous because he has a whole speech for her. It was to get her back to him but when he saw her beautiful face all the words was forgotten. This will be so hard.

When they got somewhere private Robin stared at her before he said.

"I miss you" he took a step forward. When Regina didn't step back he took it as an encouragement to get close to her. Before he continued

"These past few days was torture. I miss you so much Regina. Please come back to me." He was beyond desperate in getting her back.

"Robin, I thought we agree that this is what we need. You have to understand." It was killing to see him like this.

"I know. Believe me I understand that we need this cool off thing. But I just don't understand why you have to cut off the communication too. I mean, it's bad enough that I don't already get to see you now. You don't live in our apartment. Do you really have to ignore my messages and calls? That's basically the only thing that I'm holding onto. The chance of hearing your voice but you took that way from me." He doesn't want to be mad at Regina but he feels like she's doing this to torture him. To make him suffer.

"Robin, I thought I made myself clear that I wanted some space. I can't talk right now or anytime soon. So, that also includes no messages and calls. If you really do respect my decisions you would keep your distance." It took all the strength that Regina has to speak those words. She is hurting him. And she will never forgive herself for that, but she has to keep herself together. Or she might fall apart.

"I respect you too much Regina that's why I let you have this break. But I can't help but feel like you're just doing this to make me suffer. You have every right to be mad at me. But please don't shut met out. Let me fix this." He took her hands and looked into her eyes to make her realize that he is sincere with what he is saying.

"I'm not mad at you Robin. This is just too much. I'm not trying to shut you out. I just want to forget about what happened but every time I close my eyes I can still see the moment you were kissing Marian." Regina started to tear up. She's trying so hard to hold back her tears because honestly she is so tired of crying.

"I didn't kiss Marian!" he exclaimed. Regina jumped with the voice that he used on her and Robin saw the way he scared her so he immediately said "I'm so sorry my love. I didn't mean to scare you. I just… I didn't kiss her. I would never kiss her. So let's just forget about this together."

"Robin, please give me some more time. This is killing me too. Every day that I'm not with you is like hell. So you have to trust me on this one okay." She looked into his eyes and squeezed his hand for assurance that she was sincere.

"Okay, I trust you. You know that. I just miss you so much." He took her in his arms. He encircled his around her waist like she was going to disappear.

Regina melted in his arms. She can't control her body when she wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into the embrace.

"I miss you too. Just a little bit more time and I promise I will be back to you. You can't get rid of me that easily" she said playfully. She just miss him to much like she couldn't breathe.

"Okay, but don't make it too long. I feel like I'm going crazy these past few days." He tightened her arms around her. He miss the feeling of her in his arms.

"Me too. I can't really sleep when you're not beside me. But we just have to be patient okay" she cupped his cheek and gave him a little kiss but Robin deepened the kiss and pushed her to the nearest wall.

The simple innocent kiss turned into a heated make out session. Regina couldn't remember how she ended up against a wall with her leg wrapped around Robin's waist. They can't control their self anymore. They miss each other too much.

"Robin….." Regina moaned. Robin started to trail wet kisses on her neck and sucking her pulse point. Then moved his hand to grip her ass making her feel how hard he is for her. That's when she started grinding into him. Feeling his hardness then she starts to feel the wetness in her core.

"God I miss you so much" he mumbled in her skin. Then his hand sneak into her dress but that was when he felt Regina's hand. He looked up to her beautiful face, she was breathing heavily.

"I think we need to stop. Or else you want someone to walk in on us." Regina said. She saw the disappointment on his face. Then he starts to put her down but kept his arms around her.

"You're right." He stares into her eyes. It was the eyes he wants to gaze into for the rest of his life.

"Hey, we're okay. I just don't want to get caught." She caresses his cheek. Then she gave him a chaste kiss. "I think we should go back inside." Regina starts pulling away from him. She missed the heat of his body.

"Yeah, I think your friends are waiting for you." Robin starts taking her hand to lead her back in the café when she pulls him back. Which made him stop to look at her.

"Robin, I still want the space that I was telling you. Please try to understand. And I also want you to stop the messages and calls. I think we should keep some distance." Regina looked everywhere except his eyes because she can't take it when see the hurt in his face.

"Regina, do you really have to do this?" Robin took her face in his hands to make her look at him.

"Yes" she whispered.

"Okay, if that's what you want. I respect your decisions." He nodded. Robin knows that this is also hard for her but he has to respect her wishes.

"Thank you" Regina knows that Robin would always respect her decisions that's why she's thankful that Robin is very understanding with the whole situation.

"I love you Regina" he missed saying those words to her. It felt like forever the last time he said that to her.

"I love you too." She leaned her forehead against him and gave him a kiss to seal it.

"Let's go." Robin kissed her back. Then pulled away from her and starts walking back to the café when Regina pulled him back again. He stopped to ask her what's wrong.

"Regina, what's wrong?" he was so confused right now.

"I think we should head back there separately."

"Why?"

"Please Robin"

"Okay" he starts pulling away from her. Robin still understand. He will always understand. For Regina he will never stop to understand. He just hope that things will get back the way they are soon.

So he starts to walk away from her. He left her there without looking back….

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