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I just wanted to excuse myself for the bad grammar and spelling...i'm trying to improve it. English is not my first language, as you noticed, and i'm terribly sorry for every mistake. I hope that you still enjoy the story and that these things don't bother too much. If there's anything you'd like to tell me, I'm here for you and thankful for every message. Positive or negative, tips or maybe even saying that you like it. Ah and of course you can make wishes about who or what you want to read ^^.

Who was the Angel?

Whenever she got the chance to peek at Miller sleeping, she was pretty sure it wasn't her, but him. He laid on his side, curled together like a kitten. And on top of that she loved seeing him without his sunglasses. Sometimes he may seamed to be a womanizer, but deep inside Benedict Kazuhira Miller was a beautiful, loyal sweet little puppy. No doubt he was a cold hearted soldier too, but she liked the warm puppy-side more.

"Who's there?!"

She jumped so hart, she nearly fell down. Looking at Miller again she saw the gun in his hand, aiming at her. She raised her hands over her head and chuckled. There he was, the soldier inside.

"Answer!"

"I'm holding my hands up, alright?"

He sighed loudly and lowered the gun.

"As if i could see. Are you fucking kidding me? YOU? What the hell are you doing here? Can't you knock on the door like a normal person?!"

"I would have been knocking. I swear! It's just hard to knock when you come in via window.", she said, jumping off the ledge and walking towards his bed.

"And why don't you use the door like a normal person?"

she sat down next to him, the bed creaked beneath the weight of both of them. Watching him for a while she then stroke carefully through his hair. She could see his expression change. He was the puppy all over again and she felt like hugging him. He never liked it however.

"Well...", she stated, "I would have woken you up, ey?"

He sighed. Realizing that he was indeed tired, he slowly lay down again. "I had one tough day, i tell ya."

She smirked. "Moi aussi" she mumbled and put her legs up on the bed after getting rid of her shoes.

"Want to tell me about it?"

She saw his white glistening eyes focusing in her direction. "Nah. I'm good. Its just..."

"What?"

"Hard to fall asleep when you can't read."

She smiled. "Shall i read out loud for you?" He chuckled. "No, I'm good." "Sure?" "Very sure, but i'll keep it in mind."

"Why did you visit me in the first place? How late is it?"

She took a look at her watch and then out of the window.

"1 am. I...don't know. Guess i wanted to look if you're okay. Havn't seen you all day. I'm just checking if motherbase is alright."

"Hmm... I'm...good."

"Thats nice. Want me to go?"

Kaz looked at her for a while. "You can stay for a while if you want to. But i'll possibly fall asleep one way or another in the next minutes. And it would be more than strange for someone to find us together in the morning."

She laughed and rapidly stood up. "Alright then Captain. Sure would be. Have a nice night. Sweet dreams."

"You too. Be careful."

She smiled and looked at him for a while before she turned around and disappeared into the night again.

"Beautiful night, ey?"

She turned around quickly to spot one of the soldiers looking at her. She grinned back.

Did he notice me? Did he see me coming out of Millers Room? Will he tell someone?

She simply kept on smiling like an idiot and went on.

shit shit shit. Nevermind.

She tried to calm herself. Rumours were the last thing she wanted. This happened before, in the last mother base, around 11 years ago. The soldiers started talking about her and Big Boss being "involved". Ridiculous. It was true, she did spent a lot of nights together. But the closest the two ever got were long warm hugs, after specifically hard battles. Never was where anything else. After a while wandering around on the base she started whistling. The soldier was right. It was a way to pretty night to waste it sleeping. She knew someone to visit, who wouldn't be sleeping. Someone she was certain to be awake.

"Hey kiddos."

She knocked at the door and then opened it silently. Shadows hushed into their beds and little whispers filling the dark. She put her finger on the light switch and blinked nervously as the light rushed into her veins. way to bright... A bunch of eyes were focused on her.

"We were sleeping, i swear!" One of the kids yelled out in very broken english.

""Pshhhhh. Stop lying i know you wern't. If you keep on lying, Big Boss will come and eat you up"

A scared gasp of multiple children nearly made her laugh, but she held it back. This was serious business.

"Really?", another Kid asked, out of his bed, looking shocked.

"Really really. See this scar? He tried to eat me once. I swear." She showed her arm to the kids. A dog has bitten her there on her first mission with Snake, she wouldn't forget, but this was too perfect.

About 10 Children jumped out of their beds and gathered around her. "For real?" One asked wide eyed.

"I said i swear!"

"Wow...he's so cool."

She chuckled and sat down on the floor. The Children did too. From the first day the Boss brought these kids to the base she somehow felt the urge to care for them. They needed a Motherfigure. Who knows if they ever had parents, or what cuel storys they could tell. "Wonna hear a story?" she asked and they nearly all nodded at the same time. "Okay. What kind of story?"

"A Horror story!"

"Nono! A story about you and Biig Booss, how you fight the bad guys"

"A Horror story about how you fight the bad guys!"

"Oh, i know one like that. About a scary guy, who bleed from his eye!", she said and the children looked at each other happily and somehow breathless.

"But i can't sleep if you tell a horror story!" One of them cried out and grabbed her arm. She smiled softly. They really got attached to her. Which made her happy.

"Ok. I have an idea. We will push the beds together and i'll sleep here with you for tonight. I'll fight all the monsters which come in, okay?"

They laughed and grinned and started jumping up, speaking in a language she did not quite understand and started to push and pull their beds together in the center of the room. She sighted, sat down on the bed with them and started telling herr story.

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