I knew when I got to training this morning that I wasn't going to be able to just go up and kiss Dimitri like before. We took Alberta's warning very seriously. If it was anyone else, we both would be gone by now. I opened the doors to the gym and walked in. "Morning." I called out to Dimitri.

"Morning Rose." He got up from the wall he was sitting against and made his way to the outside doors. I silently followed him and we soon began our daily run. We ran in comfortable silence; the sun was just lowering down on the horizon. The sky a beautiful mixture of pink, purple and blue. When we finished, Dimitri started to make his way back to the gym.

"Can we stay out here, just for a couple more minutes?" I called out to Dimitri. He turned around and looked at me.

"Why?" I pointed up at the sky.

"It's beautiful out. I just want to stay out until the sun goes down, which will be in a few minutes." He smiled warmly at me and walked to where I stood.

"We can stay." A smiled appeared on my face. I looked away from Dimitri to the sky as I sat down on the grass. He soon sat right at my side. It was peaceful out side, sitting on the cool grass with the sun slowly getting lower in the sky. After a while I broke the silence.

"The one thing I miss about being on the run is the human schedule. I was always out in the sun whenever I got the chance." Dimitri looked over at me but stayed silent. He wasn't in mentor mood, he had no guardian mask up. I could see peace and love clearly written across his face. Once It was down I stood up and followed Dimitri back inside to the middle of the gym

"We're going to spar." I nodded my head and got ready to attack. We soon started to fight. The one thing about fighting with each other for so long was we got to know each other's moves well and we could predict the next move of the other person. This often ended up in us always tying or having very long fights until someone won. Today, for some reason I wasn't prepared for Dimitri's next move. We had been only fighting for a few minutes when he swung his arm out at my shoulder. At the last second, I tried to dodge away, which ended up in him punching me in the side of the head. I let out a yelp and fell to the floor. My hand went up to my head as I tried to fight the dark spots that were now clouding my vision. I heard Dimitri swear in Russian. He was by my side in an instant. "Roza, are you okay? I'm so sorry!" His tone was pleading and worried.

"I…don't…" It was hard to speak when you were on the verge of passing out. I felt Dimitri pick me up in his arms and start running out of the gym.

"We're going to the infirmary. I'm so, so sorry Roza. I swear, I never wanted to hurt you." I just sucked in deep breaths, focusing on the sound of his voice, trying my hardest to stay awake. He looked down at me. "Stay awake, we're almost there." I just stayed silent as my head rest against his chest. He was tense and worried. If I had the energy to speak I would tell him I knew it wasn't his fault. I wanted to reassure him that all was forgiven, because I knew right now as he carried me he was beating himself up on the inside for slipping up and hurting me. Soon we got to the infirmary. Dimitri quickly spoke to a nurse nearby about what happened. I was quickly put into a room, Dimitri sitting in a chair close by my bed. The doctor would be in any second, but for now, Dimitri and I were alone. My eyes were closed, I was seconds from passing out, but I could still hear Dimitri speaking quietly to me. "Oh Roza, I'm so sorry I did this to you. Please, open your eyes." I could hear him begging for a response from me, but soon, the darkness pulled me under.

D POV

Roza was fighting better than most guardians now. We were in the middle of our fight, I knew I was going to have to do something that would throw her off balance if I wanted any chance at 'staking' her. I swung out my left arm in hopes of hitting her hard enough in the shoulder to throw her off balance. I could tell she didn't expect this and tried to dodge away. But her sudden movement caused me to instead hit her in the side of the head. I heard her yelp out as she fell to the gym floors. I stopped and swore in my first language. I went down to her side in an instant. She was clutching her head in obvious pain. "Roza, are you okay? I'm so sorry!" She tried to speak but it came out more of a mumble.

"I…don't…" She didn't sound good at all, it was clear she was on the verge of passing out. I scooped her up in my arms and sped down to the infirmary.

"We're going to the infirmary." I informed her. I apologized to her again. "I'm so, so sorry Roza. I swear, I never wanted to hurt you." Right at this moment I reminded myself of my father. It made me sick to compare myself to him, but as I carried Rose down to the infirmary, right after I had punched her in the head… well, I felt discussed with myself. I could hear her breathing heavy, weather it be from pain or just trying to stay awake, I didn't know. "Stay awake, we're almost there." I honestly was surprised that she was still awake, but I shouldn't be, she was a fighter and I knew that. Finally, I rushed into the infirmary. I quickly spoke to a nurse, telling her that Rose was hurt during training and needed a doctor. She pointed me to a near by room and told me a doctor would soon be in. I gently laid Rose down on the bed and pulled a chair up beside her. Her eyes were flittering open and closed, soon, she stopped and didn't open her eyes. "Oh Roza, I'm so sorry I did this to you. Please, open your eyes." My pleading was useless, she was unconscious. A doctor soon walked in. I recognized her as doctor Aveyard. She looked down at Rose then back at me. "What seems to be the problem Guardian Belikov." I wanted to tell her the problem was I was freaking out because I just pushed my girlfriend in the head and she passed out but instead said;

"We had a training incident. We were sparing when I went to punch her shoulder, she dodged, mostly, but I ended up hitting her in the head. She hasn't said anything, she managed to remain conscious until just now." She nodded her head as she wrote everything down.

"Well, sadly for head injured there isn't much we can do. So, we will keep her here until she wakes up and then see how she is." I nodded my head as the doctor left. I hoped I didn't have to wait long for Rose to wake up.

R POV

My head was killing me. It felt like someone threw me against a wall. I groaned in pain. Soon I felt a warm hand grab mine. "Roza?" I opened my eyes and turned to looked into dark brown ones. "How do you feel?"

"Not the best." He frowned at my words.

"I'm so sorry Roza. I feel…" I knew Dimitri didn't do well when expressing his feelings. "I feel terrible. I slipped up, and I hurt you. I completely understand if you don't forgive me or if you-" I cut him off.

"It's okay." He looked at me in confusion. Obviously, that wasn't the answer he was expecting.

"No, it's not. I hurt you, badly enough where you were unconscious and I had to bring you to the infirmary."

"Everyone slips up. This was one case where you were the one to slip. I don't blame you, I'm not mad or anything. I understand that these things can happen in training." He looked at me in wonder.

"I don't understand how I got so lucky to have such an amazing and understanding woman to love me just as much as I love her." I smiled.

"We're both pretty lucky Comrade." There was a knock on the door. Dimitri quickly let go of my hand and put some distance between us just as the doctor walked in. She asked me the usual questions that I always end up answering when I'm in here. She soon deemed me well enough to leave, but warned me that if my head got any worse then to come back right away. I was eager to leave and stood up from the bed quickly. Which was a bad move on my part, I swayed as the floor seemed on dance beneath my feet.

"Rose, Roza?" Dimitri called out. I waved him off as he tried to make me sit back in the bed.

"I'm fine. I just got up to quickly."

"Be carful."

"I will, stop worrying." We made our way to my room. I was excused from classes for the rest of the day. By now it was lunch, meaning I had been unconscious for a few hours. I turned the corner onto the hallway filled with the dhampire rooms and ran right into someone. I looked up to meet Stan's cold eyes glaring down at me.

"Watch it Hathaway!" He barked out. I rolled my eyes, Stan hated me more than anything.

"I'll try and pay more attention next time, Stan." I could tell he was about to speak up again but Dimitri spoke up.

"Sorry Guardian Alto. I was just helping Rose here to her room. She had a training incident, she's not the most balanced at the moment." Stan looked up at him as if just seeing him beside me for the first time.

"Yes well, make sure she doesn't walk into anymore people before she reaches her room." He quickly stalked off. Once he walked down the stairs behind us I turned to Dimitri.

"I really hate him."

"Well, he's not exactly pleasant company." We quickly made it to my room without running into anyone else. Once I was laying down in my bed I reached out my arm for Dimitri. He shrugged off his duster and crawled in with me. I laid my head against his chest, the sound of his heard beat was soothing as well as the feeling of his fingers slowly running through my hair. "I was scared when I hit you today." Dimitri said out of the blue. He looked down at me and gently kissed the top of my head. "I never though I could slip up like that, but I did. I can't help but feel like I'm turning into my father. He beat my mother, I just punched you in the head…" He trailed off. I sat up and took his face in my hands.

"You are absolutely nothing like your father Dimitri." When I called him by his name rather Comrade he made eye contact with me. "I can understand why you would be scared, if I hurt you I would too. But it wasn't your fault. You didn't mean to hurt me, and I know that. The fact that you feel so guilty right now just goes to show you how much you're not like your father." I let my words sink in. "It was an accident, I know that. So, you need to stop beating yourself up over it." I kissed him in hopes of reassuring him.

"I love you." I smiled and looked into his dark brown eyes, eyes that I could easily get lost in.

"I love you too."

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