A/N: This is a weird chapter.

Chapter 29: Concerns

Meanwhile, back at Fix-It Felix Jr...

Tamora sat gingerly on the edge of the bed and started dismantling her armor. She started with her feet and worked her way up. This was one of Felix's favorite parts of the day. Tamora didn't let her guard down very often, but she did before they bedded down for the night. She insisted that she couldn't rest well if she thought she needed to be on guard all the time. It's why they slept at his place and not anywhere in Hero's Duty, even though she still had a programed in apartment there.

Tamora was just gorgeous when she wasn't on high alert, Felix noted. Her face was relaxed into a smile, a small one but it was there. He watched with supreme interest as the rest of her armor came off, leaving her in a white cotton camisole and shorts. Felix sighed happily catching Tamora's attention. She beckoned him over. Felix liked this part too.

Felix hadn't gotten undressed yet. Tamora liked to do that part. Felix went over and suppressed the urge to giggle as Tamora started her work. She took off his hat, then proceeded to unbutton his shirt.

"I'm worried about Ralph." Tamora said as she started to pull his shirt out of his pants.

"Oh right..." Felix thought. Tamora didn't often think of this as a sexual act. It was just something she liked to do. She liked to take care of him in small peculiar ways like this. She liked to be in control of everything.

"Why are you worried about Ralph?" Felix asked.

"He's probably going to do something stupid again." Tamora said with a frown as she pulled his gloves off.

"But he's doing so well now." Felix protested. Felix worried a lot about Ralph sometimes. It had a lot to do with how guilty he felt about how Ralph used to be treated, he supposed. It never sat right with him that he'd just let that happen. He tried to look out for Ralph nowadays, but it wasn't always easy.

"I know it's just..." Tamora stopped to think as she put him on the bed to take off his boots. "I think mentioning that there's been gossip was a bad tactical decision." Tamora said.

Felix mulled that over as Tamora pulled him off the bed and started taking off his belts. He watched as Tamora pulled off his work belt and gingerly hung it up on it's hook.

"I didn't mean anything by it..." Felix folded his arms and put a hand on his chin. "Though now that you mention it he did seem to have an upsetting reaction to the news."

"Ralph isn't the most secure fellow I've met. He tries too hard to make sure no one sees him as 'bad'. If he finds out that people think there are negative connotations to his relationship with Vanellope..." Tamora let Felix pick it up from there as she removed his jeans. Felix hopped onto the bed at that.

" Then he'll probably do something stupid." Felix finished in a dejected tone. "Like try to break up with her."

"And their relationship isn't solid enough to make it through something like that just yet." Tamora predicted.

"We can't let that happen." Felix said, biting at his thumbnail, worrying it off with his teeth. Tamora sat beside him and pushed his hand away from his mouth.

"As long as he doesn't ask any questions then things will probably be just fine." Tamora reasoned. "It's not like the entire arcade is against them. As long as nothing strange happens then nothing will change." Felix sighed and looked up at her with a hesitant smile.

"Oh, I'm sure you're right." Felix said, feeling much less worried. Tamora was usually right about this sort of thing.

Felix frowned a little as he thought about it. She wouldn't have brought it up if it hadn't been bothering her. She'd probably seen something he'd missed. She was good with little details about that. They got into bed and under the covers as he tried to put it out of his mind. Tamora fluffed the pillows and laid back and Felix snuggled into her side with a content sigh.

Everything was silence for a minute, then it hit him. Felix sat up with a start.

"Ralph is sleeping over at Sugar Rush!" Felix nearly howled. "Someone's bound to notice."

"Not if he doesn't do anything stupid." Tamora reminded him. Felix didn't look convinced.

Ralph wasn't one to make a spectacle of himself... If he could just cross Game Central Station tomorrow morning without incident then it would be fine. He could count on Ralph to do that.

A/N: This was short, but it accomplished what I meant to accomplish. Yeah, I'm a... what do they call it... Hero Cuties? Yeah, I'm definitely a Hero Cuties fan. Felix/Calhoun is just an adorable couple all around. I feel like I made them really weird in this chapter. I needed them to be doing something, and this took place in bed, sort of, because it was supposed to be part of the 'come to bed' chapter. Anyway, I just needed them to be doing something and I can picture Calhoun wanting to undress Felix. I dunno. Maybe that's just me.

Review Response:

Blak-Ice - No, it's not going to deter Vanellope at all.

jeh-nee - I'm curious as to where you thought it was gonna go. I put in a couple of notes about how they weren't going to go all the way, but that does leave a lot of leeway... And i LIKE writing and updating. It's fun. Also I have to get as much of the story out as I can before my mind goes somewhere else. It's trying to drift away as we speak actually. I've been watching a lot of Big Bang Theory and Psych recently. They're trying to pull me in.

DaddlerTheDalek - Yes, yes he was.