Sumia is hard to write, let me just tell you that now. This chapter is NOT very good, I apologize, but all these confession chapters are getting...well, tiresome. So, I might give up with them for a while.

Besides, I wanna write some depressing shit. That's the most fun to write. Don't ask me if I'm sad, I'm not I'm EXCITED to write them.

Sumia I ~Special~

"It's so nice to feel special for once…to love someone more than anything in the world, and have them love me back."

"Losing myself in a book…I feel so childish…"

Lately, Sumia was down in the dumps. She felt pathetic and it wasn't exactly a feeling anyone would enjoy.

She was clumsy. She could barely fight. She felt like a nuisance. And the way she made herself feel better was by reading and trying to feel like she was part of that story. Like she was the heroine. But now she was realizing just how childish that was.

The idea of messing up in the real world and just pretending to be the heroine in some book was…it wasn't right. Not in her mind. The fact she was only just seeing this annoyed her.

"I'm so pathetic."

"I don't think so."

"Ah! R-Robin!"

Lately, Sumia had been getting along very well with the tactician of the Ylissean army. She was enjoying his company very much…hell, him being around was what made her wonder about her strange habit of getting so lost in a story…then again, she wouldn't tell him that…

"That's strange…you're not reading?"

"No…I think I'm done with all those books…"

"Wait, really? Why the sudden change in attitude?"

"Oh, it's just…I'm fed up of escaping my problems in such a childish way."

"Childish? Reading isn't childish…I must be a huge child, then…"

"No, no! I don't mean that! I mean…the kind of books I read…where I pretend to be the heroine…oh, it's just…it's stupid. I don't want to do it, anymore! I just want to stop being so useless!"

"U-Useless?" Well, Robin seemed VERY offended by her insulting herself so suddenly. "Sumia, is that what you think of yourself?! I can confirm to you that you're wrong! You're far from useless!"

"Robin…That's nice of you, but…you don't have to say it to make me feel better. I can barely walk without tripping over thin air."

"Maybe so, but I've seen Chrom trip over a pebble once. He might have been tired, but it proves that nobody is perfect."

And it also proves that Chrom tripping is HILARIOUS, but nobody was gonna say that anytime soon. Frederick can hear everything…

"Like I said; thank you. But…honestly, I know and acknowledge that I'm not…I'm not exactly a great soldier…"

"Oh, Sumia…I really don't think you should put yourself down like this…I honestly think you're a wonderful woman. Come on…we should go find some good books-"

"Nooooo~! I'm not gonna try and force myself to escape again! I want to get better!"

Robin jumped when Sumia had suddenly stood herself up, a determined look on her face, practically ready to breathe fire at this point. Well…until she, y'know…tripped.

"Ouch!"

"S-Sumia!"

Kneeling down to help her up, Sumia sat on her knees, whimpering a little and looking up at Robin with large tears in her eyes…she felt like she was at her lowest point. Trying to be strong and just falling on her face. A metaphor for her life, really…

"I-I'm sorry…I just…I feel pathetic…"

"Sumia…please, don't say things like that. I've said it before and I'll say it again; you're a wonderful woman."

"…That's so hard to believe, though…I feel like I'm doing everything wrong…Robin…I want to be stronger…But I don't know how…I'm…I'm scared…"

"No, no…don't be, okay?" The small woman's eyes widened a little when she felt a pair of arms wrapping around her smaller figure. "Sometimes…we all feel useless…it's never a good feeling. I felt that way when I first became Chrom's tactician. I mean…I was an amnesiac in a field who just had a knack for strategy…how was I supposed to feel? But…I got over that. Because I knew I was useful and that people cared for me…if you feel useless, just remember that we all care for you. I care for you."

"…Robin…That sounds like something from a book…"

"It's probably been in a book more than once, but that doesn't stop it being true. Come on…I want to see you smile."

Even with him saying that, Sumia still didn't want to smile. "Robin…thank you…but, I don't think that'll change anything…"

"Well…what about this?" As his arms retracted from her thin body, she could only watch him shuffle around in his long coat's pockets, muttering to himself as his face turned red, bringing out a small box. "Sumia, I want you to take this. I'm sure you'll understand…"

She could only blink as she took the box, looking at it curiously before opening it, her eyes widening for the second time in the past few minutes. "R-Robin, this is-! A-An engagement ring?!" True enough, sat in the velvet box was a silver ring, a pink stone sat atop it.

"Yes, that's exactly it. If you didn't believe me about all that I said earlier, I hope this will make you see. I care for you so much, Sumia. I…I love you…I can't stand to hear you thinking so little of yourself. I want to prove how much I love you. That is…if you'd have me."

"I-I…of course I would! R-Robin, I…I didn't know you felt this way…"

"I have for a while now…I fell in love with your clumsiness. I fell in love with that book lover in you. I fell in love with the wonderful woman I met so long ago, now…I don't want her to waste away because she feels like she's useless when she is far from that."

"Oh, Robin…" She couldn't put into words how she felt about this man. Robin was one of the kindest men she had ever met. It wasn't hard to know that she'd fallen for him over the months she had known him. Half the female members of the camp probably wanted to be with him. Yet, here he was, giving her a ring and saying he wanted to marry her. She couldn't believe it… "A-Are you sure? I mean…you said it, too…I'm a klutz…why would you want to marry me?"

"Damnit, Sumia, I've said so! I'm in love with you! L-Like I said, though…if you don't want to marry me-"

"Of course I want to! Oh, I will marry you, Robin!"

"Y-You will! I'm so glad! Oof!" Robin ended up laying on the floor, Sumia happily laying on him, her arms wrapped around him as she giggled in glee. Well, clearly trying to hug her new fiancé was just the same as her tripping over something. "Well, now…does this mean you won't go ignoring books for the rest of your life?"

"Well…not for the rest of my life…maybe just a week so I can concentrate on a bit of wedding preparation."

"Aha! That sounds like a great idea."

"Well, besides…I think I'm living a fairy tale right now."

"Well, I hope you feel like you get a happy ending."

"I've already got my happily ever after, Robin. That's all I need."

"Well, I hope you'll like all the love I'll give."