Disclaimer: Lololol okay so I go on my email after posting 'Breaking the Fourth Wall' and I'm like OMGs Ebaz reviewed twice already and then I refresh the page and there's ANOTHER review from her and then I see a review from AshKetchumDarkSide, all in under a minute! AND THEN I REFRESH THE PAGE AND GET ANOTHER REVIEW FROM HANON DIETHEL! WHAT IS THIS! Oh, and of course, five minutes later, I get ANOTHER review from Ebaz!...and once I finish this fic I see one from Maeg98! *Hugs herself and dances all over the room, overwhelmingly flattered* Ebaz: Yeah, Bianca's dad is really weird, considering how all the other parents are like, "HUR HUR YOU CAN GO OUT AND SEE THE WORLD, MY DARLING SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD". And thank you so much, I was quite proud of Half-Life, and I'm really glad that other people besides me like it as well. It was meant to be thought-provoking, and your comment about how it was made me feel warm and fuzzy all over. I'll do Lyra X Red right now! Oh, hahahaha, yeah, my hair does that too (even when it's not wet . ) And I'm happy that I made you laugh! AshKetchumDarkSide: Lol yeah Black was freaked out by those pairings, I'll make sure that Pearlshipping is up next. Hanon Diethel: Hahaha, I always have had a knack for gaining inspiration quickly, my muse is really quite generous (all of my friends are like O . o in English whenever we have to do a journal entry, and I just happily scribble away with no problem). I like wishfulshipping, too! And oh my God what a small world, a week ago I stumbled upon these beautiful Pokespe AMVs on youtube, and I type in your username and it turns out that they're yours! Wow! I especially love your Commonershipping one, it's actually in my favourites, and it let me find my new favourite song- A Twist In My Story! That's the song I used in my checkmateshipping fic, and that's where I found the song! Amazing! Your videos are truly beautiful! Maeg98: Thanks for adding my story to your favourites, me to your favourite authors list and this story to your alerts! YAY ANOTHER OURAN FAN *Hugs* Ouran is my favourite anime ever, hahaha! And yeah, I know! Tamaki's voice actor is the voice actor of Cilan and Light in Death Note. Weird, huh? And yes, next up is pearlshipping, but I'll make sure that wishfulshipping comes after that. And oh my gosh, your review about The Beginning Is the End of the Beginning was exactly what I've been dying to hear- I was sure that no one liked that story! Thank you so much for your wonderful reviews, please keep them coming!

Question: Sorry, my brain is still too fried by all this flattery to make up a question.

My Answer: So go answer the other ones!

Characters: Kotone X Red, for the wonderful Ebaz! They are quite cute, I have to say. And I think that Kotone would look adorable in Red's clothing.

Summary: *Shameless fangirly giggle*

Bath

~I'm falling even more in love with you, letting go of all I've held on to,

I'm standing here until you make me move,

I'm hanging by a moment here with you~

Water sprayed from the nozzle and into the bathtub, and while it filled up I turned my attention to Lyra, who I had laid on the bathroom floor. Her usually radiant face was the colour of frost, and her head lolled to the side in her unconsciousness. Her hair was sopping wet, snow having saturated it.

With fumbling hands I pulled her soaked-through cotton shirt over her head, and felt my face flush as I awkwardly undid her bra and put it to the side as well. Averting my eyes, I pulled, as gently as possibly, her pants off of her. Off with her shoes. Off with her socks. I did leave her underwear on, though, since I couldn't bear to touch her there while she was sick and helpless.

Then I turned the tap off, plugged the drain and eased her into the steaming water. He saw her grimace as the heat thawed out her frozen body, and she squirmed, mumbling something that could have been "Too hot."

I shushed her, brought a towel to tuck in around her chest so I wouldn't feel so ashamed and then rolled my pant legs up to my knees before I sat on the edge of the tub and dipped my feet in. The water reached my thighs. Adjusting her head so it leaned against my leg, I filled up a bucket and slowly poured some warm water over her head, hoping it would help her regain some body heat.

She frowned and made a noise of complaint, trying to wriggle away, but I held her in place. "Kotone, stay still."

"R-Red?" Her lashes fluttered as she opened those saucer-sized brown eyes of hers, and she stared up at me dazedly. "Red?"

"Yeah, it's me." I put the bucket on the side of the tub and looked down at her, feeling a pucker form between my brows.

"Red, what…" She surveyed the situation, and when she figured it out she blushed all the up to her hairline. "What's going on?"

"We were training together on Mt. Silver, but then we got separated, and I found you freezing to death in a cave." I didn't mean for it to come out so harshly, but the memory was so frightening, I couldn't help it.

She bit down on her bottom lip. "I'm sorry."

I sighed. "Yeah, I know. Just don't do it again, okay?"

"Okay." We were quiet for a moment. "Hey, Red?"

"Yeah?"

"Why do I have nothing but a towel and panties on?"

I reddened all over again. "Your temperature was dropping rapidly and you needed to warm up, so-"

"So you stripped me?" she teased. "I didn't expect you to pull a Silver on me."

"Oh, shut up." I shoved a hand into her face, laughing. "I couldn't dump you into the bath with your clothes on."

"Technically, you could."

I chuckled, and she splashed some water on me, putting her chin on my knee and gazing at me with eyes that were altogether too childlike for someone as cheeky as her. "Thank you for saving me, Red," she murmured, batting her lashes in a way I was sure she knew was overkill. "How will I ever repay you?"

I laughed and kissed the top of her head, gathering her up against me. "I can think of a couple of ways. None of them under PG 13."

~I'm living for the only thing I know,

I'm running and not quite sure where to go

And I don't know what I'm diving into,

Just hanging by a moment here with you~