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July 21 - Fake Relationship; Regina and Robin pretend to be a couple for a purpose (e.g: family reunion, wedding, etc.).

A bad idea. [AU]

"Can you believe it?!" asked a very upset Regina when he opened the door of his flat.

"Regina?" he asked because really, she was supposed to be with Daniel ( and Robin had planned to get drunk in order to forget about exactly that).

"Can I come in?" she asked and he nodded, let her in and closed his eyes when the room turned around. He had already started to drink and was not really sober, but he could never say no to her.

Robin and Regina were bestfriend since... forever.

And Robin had been in love with her for approximatively the same amount of time, but he never had the courage to tell her about it. He had realized he was totally in love with her during their senior year, but when he had tried to tell her she had told him Daniel Stable ( which she had a huge crush on since she was a teenager) had asked her out.

Robin had been heartbroken but she looked so happy that he couldn't break that.

And now, three years after that, she was still with Daniel and Robin was still loving her in silence.

He often thought of what their life could have been, if only he had told her about his feelings.

Maybe he would be the one she'd be moving in with.

Or maybe she would have laughed at him.

Robin's heart squeezed once again.

"Robin?" came her voice and he shook his head and took a deep breath before walking to the living room. "What's all this?" she asked, picturing to the numerous bottle of alcohol he had bought to try to soothe his heartbreak.

"I've been drinking." he only said and she sighed.

"Please, give me a drink because I sure need it!"

Robin frowned and took a step toward her, noticing how upset she looked but also the red in her eyes and the fact that dark spots of makeup were on her face.

"What happened?" he asked and she sat on his couch and he saw a tear rolling down her cheek. "Regina" he breathed and hurried to her side before taking her in his arms. Regina clutch at his shirt and he heard a sob escaped her, Robin hold her tighter against him. "What happened?" he said again.

"Daniel..." she tried but her voice broke. "He broke up with me."

"What?!" exclaimed Robin and it was awful of him, but he actually felt hope entered his heart when she told him that. "He did what?! But why?"

She sniffled and receded from him, wiping her cheeks and then, blue eyes locked onto brown.

"He said we've been together for so long now, he needs to be sure this is truly what he wants before we move in together."

Hope left Robin right away.

"So he didn't really break up with you, did he?"

She glared at him.

"He has a date friday night, to see if he really loves me or not and I..." another sob. "I..."

"Oh Regina..." he breathed, bringing her back to him. "He is acting like a jerk."

"I know." she sobbed. "But I love him."

Robin's heart broke and he felt tears stinge at the back of his eyes.

"I know." he breathed, voice breaking suddenly and he cleared his throat. "I know." He brought her to him and leant back on the couch, so now they were both laid down and she was all cuddle against him. "It's gonna be alright." he soothed and she chuckled darkly. "Try to get some sleep."

"Can I stay here?"

He smiled even though she couldn't see it and laid a kiss on her hair.

"Of course."

"With you?"

"Always."

Regina closed her eyes and let the beating of his heart soothe her into sleep.

Robin woke up due to a ray of light and frowned slightly when he noticed he was still in his living room. Then he remembered and looked down, finding Regina all curled up against him, sleeping soundly.

Robin wondered not for the first time what it would be like if she was his woman and this was a sight he got to see every mornings.

Not for the first time, he was jealous of Daniel.

Regina then started to move and he smiled at how cute she looked when she woke up, like right now when the sun annoyed her and she scrunched up her nose before her eyes opened. When she saw him, she smiled sleepily and to Robin, she had never seemed more beautiful.

And he wanted to kiss her.

He wanted to kiss her so badly.

But instead, he gave her his signature smirk and stroked her back tenderly,

"Are you feeling better this morning?"

She shrugged and then played with his shirt, drawing patter on his chest and Robin could feel his heart sped up, wondered if she could feel it too.

"You're quite a comfortable pillow." she smirked and he laughed then.

"You're more than welcome to use it anytime you want, m'lady." he smirked back and she blushed, looked down before saying,

"There is Daniel's birthday friday night, and I don't know what to do."

"You said he has a date on friday?"

"Yes." she chuckled darkly. "Well, he brings her to his party."

Robin's eyes widened then. Because that's something he couldn't understand. If he had the chance to be Regina's boyfriend, he would never let her go.

Never.

"Then you should go with someone, too." he said and then she looked at him and she got that look he knew well, that usually meant some troubles.

"Penny for your thoughts?" he asked and she cleared her throat.

"You're right, I should go with someone." he could see she was nervous suddenly. "A date on my own."

Robin's heart stopped.

He didn't need another man to take her from him.

God, he should really learn how to shut his mouth up.

"You could go with me." she then said and Robin's eyes widened, his heart beating so fast.

"What?" he breathed and she cleared her throat.

"I mean..." she stammered and he was too stunned to talk. Was she really asking him that? "You and I both know we're nothing but friends" Robin's heart broke and he was brought back to Earth. Yeah. Friends. "But Daniel doesn't need to know that. And there is no one else I trust than you."

Robin didn't know what to do.

This was dangerous.

This could very well end in his heart broken well beyond repairs.

But in the mean time, he'd get a glimpse of what life could have been, had his feelings been mutual.

He would get a glimpse of what he always wanted.

A relationship with Regina.

So, against his better judgement, Robin found himself nodding and her eyes lit up in hope and joy.

"You will?"

He took a deep breath.

"Yes."

So this was how he found himself picking Regina on friday night.

Robin was nervous.

They had barely talked since their agreement, and he feared something was off. He had put on a dark jean and grey shirt and tried really hard to be worthy of how beautiful he was sure she would look.

But then the door opened...

And Robin's heart stopped.

She wasn't only looking beautiful,no.

"You're stunning." he breathed then, and saw her blush. She was wearing a dark dress that was quite short and hunged to all the right places of her body.

Regina looked down a few seconds, and then

"It's just us, Robin." she breathed. "You don't need to do that."

And that was like a knife in his heart.

Because she was right,

This was not a date.

This was not like in those stupid fairytales when in the end, the woman realized she has feelings for the man and ran to him.

No.

Regina loves Daniel.

And he has to accept that.

So Robin cleared his throat and missed her disapointed look when he said,

"You're right, of course." then he tried a smile but it didn't quite reach his eyes. "Shall we, m'lady?"

Regina chuckled and took his hand.

"Let's go."

They arrived at Daniel's party and Robin could see Regina was getting anxious by the minutes so he took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles reverently, bringing her brown eyes to his.

"It's gonna be alright." he promised.

Regina wanted to scream.

Because it was certainly not gonna be alright.

Not at all.

What a fool she had been.

Why couldn't she keep her mouth shut?

Faking a relationship with Robin.

Faking a relationship with the man she had always had a huge crush on.

God, she had been so stupid.

Now, here he was looking handsome ( as usual) , saying sweet things to her, kissing her knuckles and holding her close to him.

And when his pine smell reached her nose, Regina couldn't remember why she wanted to get Daniel back to begin with.

They didn't love each other anymore. They had, a long time ago. But their relationship was coming to an end, more like something they were used to more than something that should consume their entire being. They both knew it, but neither was quite brave enough to admit it.

So here she was now,

Stuck.

Robin looked at her and could see she was troubled, a few meters away, he spotted Daniel and a blond-haired woman and smiled sadly when he realized just why Regina looked so torn suddenly. He then put his arm around her waist and when she jumped, he smiled and murmured in her ear.

"Let's put up our own show, huh?"

She smiled and leant a bit more into it, and Robin felt his heart quicken. He saw the moment Daniel saw them and frowned.

"Is he watching?" asked Regina and Robin nodded subtly before pulling her even closer.

"He is."

Regina couldn't care less if Daniel was watching or not because right now, her eyes were closed and she was enjoying Robin's proximity and the way her heart fluttered in her chest when his strong arms were around her.

But she had to pretend,

So she did.

Robin didn't love her.

He never did.

The night went on and Robin and Regina were acting like a real couple. She was laughing to each of his bad jokes ( and he couldn't help the flutter in his chest, the want to hold her closer) and his hand never left the small of her back ( which made chills ran all over her). They were flirting, their faces very close and they were cuddling.

Things could have been perfect.

If the date was real.

Robin tried to remind himself that this was all a joke, that Regina didn't love him and was only trying to get Daniel back ( and it would work, Robin was sure of it if the way the man couldn't stop looking at them was of any indication). But he didn't want their little game to be over,

He didn't want to stop pretending.

Not now that he had a taste at how it would feel to date Regina.

"What are you thinking?" she asked and then blue eyes locked onto brown. They were so close, her scent was invading him and her proximity was making him dizzy so he answered the only thing he got in mind.

"How badly I want to kiss you right now."

Regina smiled shyly and looked down, before looking up from behind her lashes. Robin's lips fall on her lips and he decided that if he had to suffer his all life for getting only a taste of the happiness he could have had in other circumstances, then he shall go for it all.

And he leant in, slowly, nuzzling her nose first to let her a chance to receded but she didn't. Instead, she parted her lips slightly, tilting her chin and Robin groaned before one hand threaded in her hair and he closed the gap between them and kissed her.

From the very start, the kiss was heated and passionate.

They were clinging at each other, tongues fighting and littles moans were escaping them.

Finally, breathless, they had to break the kiss but Robin didn't dare open the eyes right away, afraid of what he would see there. But he did open his eyes when he felt her hand on his cheek, tender and blue eyes opened wide to find her looking so vulnerable and so very beautiful.

He was about to kiss her again when-

"Regina." came a voice and they both broke apart, a bit confused by the suddden loss of warmth. "Can we have a word?" Daniel was standing there, looking quite upset and Robin's heart dropped, he looked at Regina to see if she had been as affected by their kiss as him, but she was already looking at Daniel.

Right.

Daniel.

The man she loved.

"I should leave you two to talk." he breathed and smiled a smile that didn't reach his eyes at all before turning around and leaving.

Robin knew this would happen, but it didn't prevent his heart from being hurt again.

She didn't love him.

The way they kissed...

Was nothing but an act.

On her part, at least.

Regina watched as Robin left the room, shoulders dropped and she couldn't get his hurt look from her head.

Maybe he had felt it, this thing between them.

Because the kiss had been... Magical. Like something she didn't know she needed was finally here. She wanted to go to him but right now, another talk was waiting for her.

"Care to explain?" asked Daniel and she sighed before smiling sadly toward the man who would always stay her first love.

Just not her eternal love.

"We both know what is happening between us, Daniel." she said sadly and he paled a bit. "I know it, and you do too. That's why you asked for space."

"Perhaps." he said taking her hand in his. "But seeing you with him?" he hissed. "It made me realize that I love you, and I know we can make this work Regina. I know it."

She could say yes.

She was tempted to.

But what for?

In two months they would be in this situation again?

In two months, she might have lost Robin.

Might have lost what they could have.

She realized then that she wasn't willing to take that chance.

"Daniel," she said tenderly and he sighed. "You will always be my first love and you'll always have a special part in my heart."

"Just not that part I wish for."

She sighed and cupped his cheek,

"You know I'm right."

"I think you're giving up, just because you kissed Robin one time!"

"I'm not giving up!" she said. "We've had three amazing years together but you and I? We're not meant to be. At least not forever."

"But Robin is?" he asked bitterly.

"Well," breathed Regina. "I'm willing to find out."

Daniel closed his eyes and a tear escaped it.

"I'd told you awful things, if I could." she chuckled sadly and their eyes met again. "But I only want you to be happy."

"As I want you to be happy, too."

Daniel sighed and leant on her hand again.

"I love you."

She smiled sadly and leant in, pecking his lips one last time.

Robin was sat on his couch, head in hands.

How could he had been so stupid?

Now he was heartbroken.

Even more so.

Why did he agreed?

Why?

Then his door rang and he sighed but didn't want to have company tonight.

Tonight, he would get drunk in order to forget that the woman he was desperately in love with didn't care about him.

Tonight, he would drink to loneliness.

He sighed and then it rang again.

And again.

And again.

Groaning in annoyance, Robin got up and opened the door, ready to give the person a good piece of his mind,

But then his breath left her.

"Regina?" he asked, seeing her there in front of him. Her eyes were red like she had been crying, but it was the amount of hesitation in them that took his breath away.

She didn't answer right away. Instead, she caught the lapel of his jacket and brought his lips back to hers in a deep kiss. If Robin was surprised at first, he quickly kissed her back with all that he had, hands finding every part of her he could touch.

Finally, they receded but they foreheads stayed stucked together.

"Tell me it isn't too late." she breathed and his eyes widened.

"What?"

Regina looked up and her hand cupped his cheek tenderly.

"This thing between us" she said and he leant into her hand, heart beating so fast in his chest. "I don't want it to be over."

"What do you want, then?" he asked lowly, afraid she would change her mind if he talked loudly.

"I want you."

Her blunt answer took him by surprise, and his eyes widened.

"But... Daniel?"

"I told him. Our relationship was over for a long time, now..."

"But you were so upset!"

Regina then studied him and tilted her head.

"You never knew, did you?"

"Knew what?"

The woman took a deep breath and leant in so their faces were so close they barely saw each other.

"That I always had a crush on you."

"What?" he breathed because he couldn't believe it.

He always had a crush on her.

Not the other way around.

It was too good to be true.

"Then why would you go out with Daniel in the first place?" he asked and she swallowed.

"You never asked me out. I thought you didn't like me this way and when Daniel asked me... He was kind and cute, we had started talking for a while and I was quite taken by then." he looked down and she searched his eyes, "But you never left my heart, Robin. Never." she swallowed again and he could see how nervous she was. "Now, I want to see where this" she gestured between the two of them, "can lead us. But that's only if you're with me in this." she asked, afraid suddenly of his rejection.

Robin didn't understand what was going on.

The woman of his life was asking him a chance to be together.

What had haunted his wildest dream was happening.

But then, Robin saw Regina paled and she started to ramble about the fact that he should just forget about what she had told, that coming here had been a stupid idea and he did the only thing he could think of to make her stop talking.

He kissed her.

Three years later.

"So," asked a deep voice, while two arms circled her waist tenderly and she leant into the hold of her husband. "Do you like it?"

She looked at the cozy house, tears shining in her eyes as her hands came above his on her swollen stomach.

"I love it, Robin." she breathed and could feel his smile when he kissed her she turned her head and brown eyes met blue, "And I love you."

She could see how his eyes lit up at her saying this, even now three years after. Even after their wedding, and even now that their first child would soon arrive.

"I love you, too." he answered, eyes shining with love and adoration. "You do know that."

"I do." she nodded and he leant in, stole a kiss from her.

"Do you..." he started but stopped and shook his head.

"Robin" she started.

"Forget about it."

"Please..."

"It's nothing important."

Regina sighed and turned around in his arms before walking closer to him, as closer as her swollen stomach could take her.

"Talk to me, my love." she said, cupping his cheek and one of his hand came on top of hers, while the other stroked her stomach lazily.

"Do you sometimes regret" he looked down a few seconds," having chosen me?"

Regina's breath stopped and her eyes widened.

"Robin." she said and blue eyes locked onto blue. "I love you and I will always love you. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you and there is not a single day when I wake up in your arms that I don't thank God for being the one you've chosen to love, and share your life with." A tear escaped her eyes and he wiped it tenderly. "Don't ever think like this again. I love you, you're my husband and there isn't a thing I would change. I am happy." she said, taking his hand and putting it on the spot their baby was moving. "So very happy."

"I am, too." he breathed, leaning in so their foreheads met. "God, I love you so much."

And then he finally crashed his mouth on hers.