I sit with my knees pulled into my chest. The breeze feels nice against my skin, but it would feel nicer if my brother was here to share this moment with me.

Sirius is gone. He betrayed us. He betrayed me. How could he do this to me? I have no family left. He's asked me to come with him, but I'm not sure if I should. Can I really leave everyone here? Can I leave Apollo?

Apollo?! Why am I thinking about him so much?! Apollo had crashed through my window earlier to stop me from listening to Sirius. Now, I can't stop thinking about him. Does he actually care about me?

Speak of the devil, Apollo walks nearby, kicking a rock around. He looks up and notices me. "Amazon? What are you doing out here?"

I bite my lip. "Nothing. Why? What do you want?"

He picks up the rock and tosses it into a bush before trudging over and plopping his butt down next to me. "I don't want anything." Even though he says the words, I can see that he does indeed want something. His eyes glint with longing. What's wrong with him?

"Apollo? Are you okay?"

He looks at the ground. He's normally not this quiet.

"Silvia, I..." His hand finds mine and I jump at his touch. That was unexpected.

"A-Apollo? What are you..."

He sighs. "Silvia, whatever you do, you can't go with Sirius. You hear me? We can't lose you! I can't lose you!"

My eyes widen. "Apollo? What are you talking about?"

"Silvia I-I- I wanna be with you!"

"What?!"

His rude behavior and hard, outer shell has somehow disappeared. He seems vulnerable, like a little kid. Apollo lifts his eyes up and looks into mine. They gleam with an emotion that I can put my finger on. What is wrong with him?

"Silvia! I love you! Alright?! There, I said it! I love you! I don't wanna lose you!"

I'm left speechless. Apollo loves me? How?

"You're the only person I have left to care about in this world now that Baron is gone and the orphans are captured! Silvia! I need you!"

"Apollo... I-I need you too."

Tears start to form in his eyes. Apollo is crying. That wild, tough, beast is lost from him as I see his soft side make an appearance. Strangely, I love this side of him.

"Apollo..." I say his name again, for no apparent reason.

And then, before I even know what's happening, he presses his lips to mine. I want to push him away at first, but something stops me. A warm, fuzzy feeling fills me up inside and my whole body tingles with a sensation of heat. Is this love? I pull him in closer as we kiss. My eyes close and I breathe in his scent. For once, I actually understand how his sense of smell is so important.

When I open my eyes and finally pull away, I notice that my vision is blurry. I blink, but nothing happens. And then I feel something wet fall down my cheeks. Tears.

"Hey, Amazon. Don't be such a crybaby," Apollo jokes.

I quickly wipe my face with my arm. "Who ever said I was a crybaby? Apollo, I need you."

"I know. I need you too."

We sit there for a few moments in silence, trying to process everything, until a voice cuts through our thoughts.

"Wow. I'm shocked to see you two getting it on!"

Apollo jumps to his feet and turns on Pierre. "What the hell?! We weren't 'getting it on'!"

Pierre smirks and nudges Jun, who also stands with Reika and Kurt. "Sure you weren't," he says sarcastically.

"Hey! Aaaagghhh!" Apollo leaps at Pierre and tries to tackle him, but he just side-steps and lets Apollo fall on his face.

I laugh. "I can't believe this is the guy I've fallen in love with."

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AN: Welp, that was a little short, but I hope you guys liked it. These two are just adorable together, and after having only one real kiss scene, and having that fake-out "kiss scene" in episode 24, I figured I needed to have them be in this little one-shot. So yeah. Stay tuned for more!