Gaius I ~Steal your Heart~

"I'm gonna steal your heart on a daily basis."

He wasn't as mysterious as he liked to pretend he was. In fact, Gaius was quite a predictable thief, after you knew him for so long. With how much Robin had been seeing him, lately, she could just summarize that he was a moron.

But…he was a lovable moron. Oh, boy, did she know THAT.

It was no secret that she was beginning to fall for those sweet charms of his. But, he might not have been mysterious, but he was subtle. There was no real way of knowing what he was thinking (unless he had a sweet tooth. That was obvious. Because it was EVERY DAMN MINUTE.). So, trying to see if he felt the same way was impossible for anyone.

Hell, Robin even had urges to ask THARJA to help, but that could only end in tears for everyone. And maybe a grave for Gaius. We just don't know and nobody wanted to find out.

Well, it's not like anything could be done…didn't mean she couldn't talk to him about battles, though, seeing as he was usually hovering around looking for sweets, anyway…though, getting his attention was hard enough when he was sneaking around so much.

"Gaius. Gaius! Geez…" Well, there was only one thing for it…

She took out a small bag of sweets, given to her by Lissa, and just shook them around a little, letting out a very unenthusiastic; "Oh, no…whoever will I share this Candy with…"

Barely a second later;

"You rang?"

Robin nearly jumped out of her skin when the orange haired man seemed to just jump up behind her. She could swear he just TRIED to do this to her.

"Well…now that I have your attention…"

"Oh, crap, the candy was a plot. I'll bite. What do you need?"

Passing the small bag of candy to Gaius, who took it without a second thought, having a check what candies he was receiving today, Robin sighed a little as she crossed her arms over her chest, huffing a little. "You keep missing war councils."

"Oh, come on, Bubbles-"

"Don't you 'Bubbles' me, Mister. If you keep missing them, you're not going to know what's going on!"

"I'll catch up."

"It's not so simple, Gaius…If not for Chrom or anyone else's sake, do it for my sake? I'd like to make sure you know what we're doing."

With a piece of candy in his mouth, Gaius seemed to pout a little. Well, with Robin practically begging like that…"How can I say no when you're giving me that look…fiiiiiine, I'll come to the next one."

"Promise?"

"Promise. By the way, you're not wearing the pendant I made."

Oh yeah…Robin remembered that pendant Gaius had made for her for…well…he was kind of bribing her with it, but she was still forced to accept it off him, even though it wouldn't stop her from knowing things. She ended up telling him an embarrassing secret of hers to stop him from rushing around trying to bribe her to keep a secret, even though she was already willing to keep it…

"I don't think I'll wear it every day, Gaius. It's lovely, you know that. You're very skilled at making jewelry, which is a surprise."

"Glad to know. Ehh…I'm a little offended you wouldn't wear it every day, though."

It was clear he was just messing with her a little, but she wasn't so fussed by it, even if he was being serious.

"Like I said, I wouldn't wear it every day. I'm happy you made it for me, even if you WERE trying to shut me up with it, but, still…I don't wear much jewelry, anyway."

"Ah…now that you mention it, yeah…you really don't…most other girls in camp wear jewelry a lot. Figured you would, too. Whoops."

"It's the thought that counts. Anyway…you can get back to your business, Gaius."

"Nah…Wasn't doing anything, anyway. I think I'm gonna stick around for a while~"

"…why?"

"Because you haven't been speaking to me lately. I got worried. I was almost sad that you weren't letting me bug you, anymore."

"I enjoy speaking with you Gaius. I've just been busy."

"Well, since you like me so much, here!"

Forcing her hand out and open, Gaius plopped a little gold ring into her hand, a smile on his face.

"…Ummmm?"

"I made it. Wondered if you'd like it."

"A ring? Well…it's very well made…Uhh…Oh! It fits."

"Well, you've got it on the wrong finger. I'm sure it's…this finger!"

Now she was VERY confused.

After putting the finger on her right, index finger, Gaius instantly moved it to her left hand on her…ring finger. And he had a huge grin on his face, like there was some big surprise going on…

"Gaius…is there something you want to tell me?"

"Oh, is there? Hmm…I'm not sure. You're supposed to be the smart one, here…"

"Now you're just TRYING to annoy me…Gaius, do you even realize-?"

"Damnit, Bubbles…to say you're so smart, you're completely clueless. Of course I know what I'm doing. I want you to wear it on your ring finger. Y'know…'cuz I wanna mary ya!"

"…and where has this come from?"

"Hey, you're the one who walked in on me in the bath, let's just take it from there."

"GAIUS."

The ginger haired man just laughed as he had to avoid the strategist's fists of fury. She was about ready to murder him, so he'd better make this explanation quick.

"C'mon, Bubbles. Don't tell me you haven't fallen for me. I've been smitten with you for a while. I at least thought you felt the same."

"W-Well…that's cocky of you…"

"I'm not hearing a 'no'."

"G-Gaius…s-stop trying to embarrass me."

"Come on. Gimme a yes or no, Bubbles."

"…You're a strange man, Gaius…"

How could she say yes after he just blurted that out? Then again…she was completely smitten for him…Gods, what is a woman to do…

"Do I have to get all corny on you? Very well, milady…In my fair opinion, I do think you are the most beautiful woman in the camp-"

"Please, stop."

"IN MY GRACIOUS OPINION-"

"GAIUS." It was that childish attitude that made Robin fall for him in the first place. "If I say yes, will you stop trying to embarrass me?"

"No promises. But, I'd like to think you'd say yes because you actually loved me."

"Yes, yes, I'll say it again; YES. Okay? Now stop. Please."

"I'm so loved."