After Sannet is nowhere near them, they finally let out a huge sigh. They walked together, "Did you do it?" Viola asks.

"Yes. Everything went as you expected it would go." Leanna's face became more relaxed: "But Viola... Sannet didn't hurt me at all. Are you sure we are doing the right thing? She didn't deserve any of this, she is a nice person." She looks a little worried as she says this: "That wire you made me place... I am sure she will find it..."

"That is not something for you to worry about." Viola pats Leanna's head: "Oh you shorty is worrying too much. Of course Sannet isn't that stupid to just get fooled by that simple wire."

Leanna seems surprised by this: "So that wire..."

"Ah ah ah~" Viola covered Leanna's mouth and said with a soft tone: "It is something we need to keep as our secret. You understand?" Viola winks.

Leanna nods with a confused expression on her face: "Yes."

"Aren't you a cute little shorty!" Viola laughs softly and ruffles Leanna's hair. Leanna didn't look too happy with Viola messing up her hair, but she didn't resist at all, instead she just pouts: "Viola..." She is really annoyed as she fixes her hair.

"Ah~ stop it! I love when you're so annoyed and angry!" Viola laughed harder, her voice was soft and warm, it made Leanna a little bit less angry: "Man, I'd always dream about doing this to Nova when I was young!" She is having so much fun with this.

"Viola..." Leanna smiles softly then she suddenly becomes more serious: "Is there something wrong with you and Sannet? I mean besides bantering all that." She asks while they walk: "You seemed to be quite hostile with each other..." She is a little bit worried.

"Ah..." Viola is not sure if she should tell her or not: "Well, that's a long story..." Viola smiled, and continued walking towards the town, she is leading Leanna back to their home. They walked along a path in a nearby forest, the sound of the wind can still be heard but not as loud as before.

Leanna didn't want to pressure Viola to answer her question: "Viola... we've been friends for so long that I'm afraid that someday you'll decide to leave us for good. It makes me worry. I want you to trust me..." Leanna is feeling sad and hurt by these thoughts, it is true that she doesn't know much about Viola. They've only known each other for a few months now. And she is still curious about Viola's past.

Viola stopped walking, she turned around and stared at Leanna's worried expression on her face, then she smiled again, her smile was warm and gentle, like a mother to her child, "I do trust you Leanna..." She looks at Leanna for a while and continues to walk.

Leanna is not satisfied with the answer and she wants to know more but she just follows Viola silently: "You do...?"

Viola smiled and said: "Of course... I trust you more than you could ever imagine." She smiles and walks away.

They continued walking together for a few minutes. Then suddenly a massive lightning bolt crashed onto the ground before them. Viola reacted fast enough to push Leanna away and make a defensive position in front of her, "What the hell was that?" Viola said angrily.

"Viola! My friend! I missed you so much!" Minka appeared from the dust with her hands stretched out. Her smile was wide, and her eyes shone brightly: "I was afraid I wouldn't see you again, I thought you were killed in a battle! How could I live without you!?"

"Huh? Minka?" Viola was confused, she glanced at Leanna who also had a confused look on her face: "Minka? How did you... are you..." She is a little confused and speechless.

"What? You're not happy to see me? What a way to welcome someone who traveled half planet just to find you..." Minka looks a little bit sad when she hears her say that, she then leans sideways and calls for Leanna: "Lea! Is Viola acting cold again? What should we do to help her warm up? I know! Maybe we should hug her! And cuddle with her! And maybe even tickle her to death!"

"You are not Minka!" Leanna yelled while standing up, she had an angry look on her face and she had her gun drawn, she was ready to fire, she felt something was wrong: "I know Minka like the back of my hand, you are not her!"

"What?" Minka looks hurt again, then she starts to laugh, she laughs for a few seconds. Then her laughter gets louder, louder, and louder until she's hysterical. Viola is staring at her with an expression of pure horror on her face, her face pale as Minka continued laughing: "Haha... I guess the act is over, it was fun while it lasted."

Viola stepped in front of Leanna with her arms out, her eyes narrowed and her face grew grim: "Who the fuck are you!?" She shouts.

The laughter dies down, and the stranger that looked exactly like Minka then begins to talk: "Who? I do believe we've met before... young lady. Don't you remember?" Her voice suddenly changes, it becomes much more deep, cold and cruel, as if a snake just hissed right beside her ears.

Viola frowned and stepped back slowly, she held Leanna's hand tightly.

"Archivist..."Leanna said.

Viola turns her head to look at her, the surprise on her face is clear as day, "How do you..."

"It seems the little girl has her own ways of gathering information. Interesting..." The Archivist looked at Leanna with interest and continued smiling, his voice still as creepy as ever.

Leanna then raised her pistol and pointed it towards him, "We're leaving."

The Archivist tilted his head and smiled: "Ah, I guess we've already spent too much time together..." He looks at them and sighs, "Such a shame... We were getting along so well too, you're really fun to tease around...Say... don't you want to know about what happened to Minka?" The Archivist smirks.

Leanna narrowed her eyes at him: "We're not interested in anything you have to say to us, let's go Viola!" She grabs Viola's hand and tries to leave the area but Viola doesn't move: "Viola!"

Viola let go of her hand and stared at the Archivist. Viola frowned and took a deep breath before answering him: "Fine... What is it that you want to talk about? I am listening."

Leanna gasped at what she heard, she stared at her friend in disbelief: "Viola! You can't just..."

"We're not going anywhere until I get an answer. We might as well listen to him for once..."

"You're kidding me right?"

"Ah... smart choice..." The Archivist chuckles and takes a few steps back to give them some space: "The truth is that, I need you..." He points to Viola with his right hand: "I've been searching for someone like you for so long. You're really special... Viola." He looks at Leanna with a cold expression: "Don't get any wrong idea, young girl... I just need your friend... Viola." The Archivist grins as he spoke the word 'friend', as if mocking the very idea that she could ever be considered a 'friend'.

"You need me...?" Viola's eyes widened, her face was still as cold as ice. "For what...?" She asked him quietly.

"Why, I just want to see what is inside that beautiful head of yours... I can give you all the information that you have always been wondering about, all that you desire... you can get it from me... I just want one small favor in return..." He stares at her and smiles. "What do you say, Viola...? I'm offering you a lot... aren't I?"

"And that is?"

"It's quite simple..." He steps closer, he is now close enough for them to smell his scent: "I'll let Minka go free... You just need to help me... by doing something for me."

Viola thought for a moment then asked: "How can I trust that you would release Minka in the first place...?" Viola didn't look like she believed him.

"Simple." With a snap of a finger, their personality switched. Minka kneeled on the floor holding her chest and breathing heavily, "Viola, Lea! Don't make any deal with that ma-" Suddenly, their personality switched again. Minka became silent, the Archivist stood up again and looked at them: "See? It's really that simple." He smiled.

"Minka..." Leanna's face turned white. She was speechless as she saw Minka suffering. She stared at him angrily.

Viola remained calm but her anger was clear in her eyes: "How many times did you do that to her!?" Her voice is trembling in fury.

"What?" The Archivist tilted his head: "What does it matter?" His voice became even more deep and menacing, his smile became wider. He laughed for a few seconds then continued, "You can make a deal with me if you want... I'll give you a 50% chance to save her... or... 0%... I don't care. Choose now!" The Archivist said and looked at her impatiently.

Viola stared at the ground for a moment then sighed heavily: "I will..."

"No!" Leanna steps in front of Viola: "You can't do this! If you do that you might end up like Minka..."

The Archivist grinned and walked towards her slowly, he grabbed her chin with his left hand, "Leanna right...? I knew it..." He leaned in close to her ear: "If you want to help your friend here, then you need to step aside." He whispered. Leanna struggled against his grip. The Archivist pushes Leanna to the side and walks toward Viola who stood frozen on the ground, she looked like she was in shock. He placed a hand on her shoulder and whispered something into her ear: "It will be fun."

Viola remained motionless: "Fine... I agree." She said weakly, her voice was almost a whisper: "Tell me what you want."

The Archivist whispers at Viola's ear, Leanna can hear a few words of it: "...that man..." She couldn't hear the whole conversation. Viola nods. Leanna doesn't understand what Viola is doing but she has a bad feeling about this.

Viola finally stepped forward towards Leanna. Leanna can see her friend is struggling with something but she can't see her expression at all, it's as if her face is covered with a thick black shadow: "Viola?" She whispered quietly to her friend. "What did you tell him?"

"Don't worry. It's done." Viola said in an assured way. When they turn, they see Minka who is lying on the ground and groaning in pain, she is holding her chest with one hand, it looks like she can't breathe properly. Leanna rushed toward Minka and grabbed her arm, "Are you alright!? Can you walk!?" Minka just nods weakly at Leanna. Viola kneeled down beside them.

Minka looked pale and sickly. She glanced at Viola: "....Why?" Her voice is so weak and feeble that they almost didn't hear it.

"Don't worry about it..." Viola said in a low voice. Leanna is not sure what to make out of this situation. She doesn't understand what they are saying and what they have talked about before. But she can see the guilt in Minka's eyes, she can tell she is in pain. Leanna puts her arm around her friend: "Let's get you some rest. You look horrible." Leanna smiled reassuringly at her.

After helping Minka onto her bed, Leanna finds Viola who is smoking on the balcony. Viola seems lost in her thoughts, she has a distant expression on her face. "So..." Leanna starts but doesn't really know how to start: "What did you tell the Archivist?" She is not sure how Viola is feeling. Viola looked sad, like something is weighing on her mind.

Viola is silent for a long moment, her face is covered by a shadow, making her expression unreadable. After a minute she finally answered, "If I tell you that, you will find it hard to trust me after you learn about it." She took another drag on the cigarette and stared into space, her eyes distant, as if she was recalling something from a long time ago: "But... I trust you, Leanna... I really trust you. You have a strong will and determination. I think I can tell you about it... Just please don't hate me..." Her voice was quiet and she looked sad, she didn't even glance at her friend once: "I knew about 'The Legend' all along..." Viola's voice was heavy as she said this, as if she was ashamed to even admit it, "I... knew all this time. Who he was, where he has gone and... where he is now..."

Eight years ago...

Despite being barely an adult, Viola has passed every test for the special retrieval operation unit, which is an elite force for the imperial army that is trained for extracting and capturing targets in dangerous areas. Her talent is clearly recognized by the commanding officers and they quickly assigned her to the team, in which Viola was really happy for this chance to prove herself to the world and the pay is good.

The unit leader, named Jack, has taken Viola to a training area to train for this mission. They walked into an empty training hall, which has a long metal floor, a white wall, and a high ceiling. Jack then threw her a rifle and said: "Show me how good you are with this. If you can land more than 8 shots out of 10 on the moving targets then you can pass this test."

Viola smiled, she caught the rifle without hesitation and aimed at the target in the far back. Her finger is ready to pull the trigger. Suddenly the lights turned off, leaving them in a dark room with only a faint light emanating from above. "What is going on?" Viola asks.

"We only select the best of the best, no exceptions." Jack answered in a cold voice. Then Jack walked closer to the back wall. He presses a switch on the wall. A dozen figures appear. They looked like mannequins with the same face and body, the only thing different is the clothing they are wearing. They stood still for a while before one of the mannequins suddenly ran toward the target, Viola quickly shot down that mannequin but when she turned to aim at another mannequin, the second mannequin was already charging at the target, Viola fired at it as well. The mannequins were fast, they charged at the target with high speed, the targets moved so fast that it was impossible to track them accurately. "Viola, concentrate!" Jack's voice rang out behind her, she heard footsteps coming from behind her but she didn't dare to turn away.

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Viola managed to hit all the moving targets, she let out a deep sigh of relief as the light came back and the mannequin stopped moving. The targets she hit were the head, chest and stomach of each mannequin. She wiped the sweat off her forehead. Then Jack came from behind her with a smirk on his face: "Nice shot. I knew I wasn't wrong about you." Viola was surprised and excited at the same time: "Does that mean i can join your team now?" Viola asked eagerly.

"Not yet, you didn't notice the last mannequin, did you?"

"The last mannequin...?" Viola looked around confused. Suddenly something struck the back of her head hard enough to knock her off her feet. The figure grabbed her neck from behind, she could barely move, her vision began to get blurry. Viola pulls out her boomstick on her waist and shoots the figure that is choking her. She rolled away and managed to escape but she still felt a sharp pain in her head: "Fuck..." Viola groaned in pain and fell on her knees. Her head hurts a lot.

Jack approached her and examined the wound. "You are lucky you have this thing to save your life." He points at the boomstick in her hand.

"Is that really the last one...?" Viola asked.

"Nope, I lied. It was a surprise attack, you see? To test if you were prepared. It seems that you are."

"Yeah..." Viola was pissed off by Jack's surprise attack but she kept that to herself. Viola's head was pounding as she stood up from the floor, her vision began to blur again. Viola takes a deep breath to calm herself down.

"You still need to get some medical check up after this." Jack says: "To see if there's some other problems." Viola didn't say anything as Jack led her to an infirmary, there were many doctors there, she was examined carefully. She passed the test with flying colors. The doctor then prescribed some pain killers and sent Viola off.

"Have you heard of someone called Jenkins? or better yet, Legend." Jack suddenly asks her while she was in the middle of changing her clothes: "The legendary knight that had saved this planet and built what we have today? Of course everyone knows him, that's like asking me if I know who the emperor is." Viola answered with an annoyed voice.

Jack nodded then continued, "Our organization was founded by that man. And today we are doing our job to continue the legacy of Jenkins and make sure that we continue to do what he has done, protecting this world." Jack smiled: "That is what we do and we have always done our job with pride and courage. You understand, don't you?"

Viola nodded: "Yeah, of course, why are you asking me all of these? Do I need to do anything more than that? Are you saying I need to follow Jenkins and do my job as he has done?" Viola's eyes were sparkling when she heard what Jack said, it is her dream to become like the man she idolized the most, but Jack didn't answer her, instead he said: "No... it isn't... The last part I mean. It is because that man has always been in our memories and I am afraid that some of our people might not know it."

"So what do I need to do? You want me to remember the past or something like that?" Viola asks in confusion.

Jack smiles and shakes his head: "No, I want you to help us to make the world better. By helping the people who need your help." Jack says. "And it starts today. I'm sure that you know where to start..." Jack gave her a wink as he left her in the infirmary, alone with her thoughts.

A month later, in the outer ring of the capital city, a huge fight has been taking place. A gang of violent people has taken over a factory, they killed dozens of innocent workers and they threatened to destroy the whole place. Viola, along with many soldiers from her squad were called to the area to solve the issue. "So what's the plan?" Viola asks her commanding officer while they are preparing their equipment. The officer said: "Your team will infiltrate the area first then we'll make our move when the signal is given." He points at a sniper: "And the sniper over there will cover your ass."

The team quickly made their way through the city. They managed to enter the factory through a broken window, the factory was a huge building with multiple levels and a long corridor. It took a while but they managed to locate the gang's position. Viola's team then started making their way to their destination. "All squadrons in position, the hostage is in sight, I repeat the hostage is in sight." A radio transmission came from Viola's squad commander. Viola's team were positioned in a hallway that led directly to the hostages, suddenly they heard something sounded like power armor running through the halls and approaching their position. Viola quickly fired her shotgun at the nearest wall which caused a big hole. Then Viola took out a smoke grenade and tossed it out, she immediately ducked for cover. But after a heavy collision noise, her squad leader has been run over by the person in the power armor. He laid there with blood running out of his mouth and his limbs are broken.

Viola gulps and hides in a corner, her hands shaking in fear, she is not particularly unfamiliar with the harshness of the battlefield but this is the first time she sees the differences in her abilities and the true power of others.

The man in power armor stopped running and started scanning the area, Viola's teammates had already retreated, the smoke covered most of the view but they could still make out some vague silhouettes of the enemy.

Viola kept quiet as she held her breath, she could still hear footsteps approaching her position, then suddenly her radio went on: "Sniper! Sniper!" It was the voice of her commanding officer, he sounded panicked and scared: "Get out of the way! Take cover! The sniper is firing!" After hearing that the person in power armor is moving towards Viola's direction, he then stops moving, Viola sees a red dot appear on the man's back. He suddenly moved to the right. Viola then heard the sound of something falling, then she heard the sound of something metal clacking, followed by a gunshot. Viola was confused and frightened.

After a moment of silence, the person in power armor continued to move towards Viola, he is moving slowly now, like he is searching for someone or something, suddenly he dropped next to her, motionless, dead.

Viola gasped and her heart started to pound hard, she stood up slowly and peeks at the corridor to see what was going on, there's only one person standing in front of her. A person who she had seen on posters when she was young, Nova Terra, the person who everyone wanted to become like, a legendary figure that is said to be able to fight off a thousand people by herself. Viola stood there speechless, Nova glanced at Viola and moved on to her next target.

"Viola?" Jack called from a distance, his voice echoed throughout the hall: "Where the hell are you?" He is looking around. "Damn, they are here too."

"Captain?" Viola walked towards him, her voice sounded like she was crying. She tried to stop him from walking away from her, but Jack simply ignored her and kept walking: "What is wrong? Where is the rest of my team?" She asked.

Jack turns around to face her and looks down at her: "It was all a setup." Jack says. "There's no hostage here, only us."

"What?" Viola's jaw drops in disbelief, "What are you talking about!?"

Jack shakes his head, "I was tricked as well. Our objective wasn't to rescue any hostages, we were tricked by those bastards, they made us think there were hostages, those people you see. Are all stuffed with bombs, when we secured them they just exploded..."

Viola stared at Jack blankly.

Jack looked down at the floor: "The imperial army had ordered us to get rid of these bastards and anyone associated with them, this is why Nova is here. To make sure we carry out the mission successfully..."

"Understood.. but.."

"It is over Viola... We need to proceed with the mission. Now let's go. We need to finish it quickly before anything worse happens." He says with a stern face.

Viola stares at him and nods silently. They walk down the hall and follow Jack to the main building of the factory. After they entered the factory the first thing that they saw were corpses scattered all over the place, most of them were dead, but some are still breathing. Jack walked towards a large group of soldiers, there were also other members of the gangs. Suddenly they saw something dark crawling on the walls, a large shadow with a red dot on its forehead. "What is that?" Viola asks in a terrified tone.

Jack doesn't respond, instead he starts shooting at the figure, but his shots just pass right through the shadow. Then the shadow stops moving and turns it's head, it looks at Jack with menacing red eyes: "That is..."

"Viola... You know what you have to do..."

Viola stood frozen in place, unable to move. Not by fear but it's something else, something stronger, something more powerful, something she couldn't fight.

"Viola?"

"Jack..." She turns her head, "What is going on?" She asked in confusion.

"Viola, this is an order, we need to proceed with the mission..." He said calmly. "You need to follow my command..."

"Why can't I move?" She asks him. "Jack..." She is panicking, she tries to move but she can't move, it's like someone has chained her feet together. She tries to look around her but it's all dark.

"Viola! This is not a game! You are under direct orders of the emperor, you need to follow my command!" Jack yelled as he began shooting the monster. His shots were futile, it was as if he was just wasting ammunition. "Viola... What the fuck are you doing? Help me kill that monster!"

Viola gasped as the monster came towards them. It lunged forward towards them at great speed, it looked like a giant insect that had the mouth of a shark with razor sharp teeth and large fangs, it had 6 eyes on each side of its head, its body was pitch black and covered in spikes. Jack pushed Viola away, but for some reason, the floor below Viola also collapsed, all Viola could hear was the sound of something being stabbed while falling down. Viola hit her back against the ground below her, her back hurts badly.

Viola groaned and sat up, she could see the monster right above her. It was about to attack her when Jack appeared before it and grabbed the monster's head, the monster turned its head towards him and bit down on Jack's right arm. The monster then thrashed around while holding Jack, trying to shake him off. Viola can finally move her body again, she takes out her pistol and begins shooting at the monster but her shots had little effect on the monster's hard hide. "You gotta be shitting me..."

The monster roared angrily, it bit into Jack's right arm harder. Jack gritted his teeth in pain, he pulled his left hand from the monster's mouth and grabbed a grenade on his belt. "Viola, get out of here! Take cover! This will take care of this monster!"

"NO! Don't you dare Jack!" She tries to run towards Jack, but it was too late, the monster's body exploded and blew Jack and the monster away, sending Jack into the air, flying across the room, Viola screams in horror: "NO! JACK!"

Viola opened her eyes and saw Jack's lifeless body laying next to her, blood gushing out from his stomach, he looked up at her and gave her a small smile: "Don't worry..."

"No,no,no,no!" Viola looked around for some medics, "Someone call a medic! I need help here!"

Jack shakes his head slowly, "Don't... worry..." His body fell back onto the ground, lifeless, dead. Viola suddenly glanced at the corner of the place and saw a machine that had the shape of a coffin. It looks like a very high tech machine, she runs over and sees if it can help Jack but the machine was not turned on. Viola opens it and sees a body and a few tubes written: Regen.

Viola takes out a tube and splatters it on Jack's wounds and body, "Jack... please hold on... this will help..." She says to herself quietly. After a few minutes, Jack's body began to heal, Viola took a step back as he sat up. Just when Jack stood up and Viola was relieved, she felt a sharp pain on her shoulder. When she looked at it, Jack had stabbed her with a knife on her shoulder. His eyes are all black, his voice sounds distorted: "This... was all a lie..." His voice echoed around them, he took a few steps away from Viola, he held her shoulder and continued speaking: "This whole mission was just a setup, a plan to eliminate us all. I knew about it for a long time, and I am a part of it." He smiles creepily as he looks at Viola. Viola felt as if her soul had been taken from her. She shakes him off and pulls out the knife that's on her shoulder, the wound was deep and painful. "Jack? Why?..."

Viola realized something she just did was something that she wasn't supposed to do. She can feel that she is losing her grip on her consciousness. Jack then lunged forward towards her and tried to stab her but Viola dodged out of the way, she ducked below and quickly rolled towards the wall behind her. Viola stands up quickly and points her gun at him: "I am so sorry...." She said as she pulled the trigger, a shot echoed through the place and Jack fell dead to the floor, Viola stared at Jack's dead body in shock for a while before collapsing to the floor.

"Woah..." Leanna gasps after hearing this story from her friend, "So that's how you knew about Legend... that person in the machine was...him? Who else knew about it? About this 'set up'? Did anyone say anything to you about it?..."

Viola takes a deep breath and rubs her temples: "No one but me." Viola sighs: "That was why i kept this a secret..." Viola takes a drag of her cigarette: "After i heard that Jack's corpse was recovered from the site, i got called by Nova and she told me to not talk about what had happened during that day to anyone..." She sighs: "And that's the day I bid farewell to the imperial army... And that's when I decided to leave the past behind and live a normal life..."

"I... I didn't know you felt this way. Viola..." Leanna sits down on the balcony next to Viola, "You have suffered a lot for being honest and loyal to others and this is what they gave you back? I am sorry." Viola didn't respond, she just looked out at the city and sighed quietly. Leanna feels very bad for her friend. She doesn't understand what kind of hardship her friend went through and why she chose to tell her all this.

"Well, it's all in the past now..." Viola smiles weakly: "Don't worry, it was all a long time ago... And besides, it was my fault in the first place." She then smiles a bit: "Don't think too much about it. And it doesn't matter anymore, the only thing that matters now is the present and future. You should think about that."

"Okay..." Leanna nods silently. They were silent for a while, only the sound of the city at night was heard, until Viola spoke again: "By the way... How is your relationship with Minka going?"

"Huh?... what do you mean?" Leanna blushes: "There's no such thing!"

"Hahaha, you're cute, you know that?" Viola pats her head gently and smiles: "And... I am sure Minka likes you." She gives Leanna a wink.

"Viola! Don't joke like that, I don't..." She can feel her face burning and her heart pounding fast.

"What are you so embarrassed for? You already kissed her and slept with her, right?"

"WHAT!?"

"Don't deny it! You love her! I know it!"

Leanna couldn't speak. Her face turned red as a tomato.

"Aww, it's fine Lea, everyone knows. It's really obvious. And besides, I approve of this relationship!"

Leanna hides her face in her hands in shame.

"Awww, you are so cute. You are really nothing like your mother are you? Hahaha..." Viola laughed.

Leanna just let out an annoyed sigh. "I give up... You won, Viola."

"Good." Viola stands up: "Then I will take a shower first, you should go and have a talk with Minka." She says as she heads inside. Leanna stays behind, she thinks for a moment before standing up. Leanna walks to her room, she sees that Minka has fallen asleep on her bed, Leanna gently opens the door to her room and quietly enters, she lays on the bed next to Minka and hugs her from behind: "Hey Minka..."

"What? Lea?..." Minka says in a tired voice.

Leanna could smell the sweet scent of Minka, her heart was racing again: "Are you feeling alright...?"

Minka turns to face her and nods weakly: "Yeah... I'm just a bit tired... But don't worry, I will be fine tomorrow." Minka looks up and stares into Leanna's eyes: "And... Lea?"

"Huh? Yes?" Leanna's face becomes even more red.

"You know, Viola is right..." She smiles weakly, "You really do look cute with that blushing face of yours. It suits you..."

Leanna's heart flutters and her body feels weak: "You heard it??!??"

"Haha, it's not that hard to hear it with how loud you guys were talking outside." Minka chuckles and moves closer to Leanna. Her face is very close to hers now. Their noses are almost touching. Minka looks deeply into her eyes. Her breath is warm and comforting: "When I was trapped within my own body... I worried the most about you, you know..."

"Really?..." Leanna stares back into Minka's eyes, "I... I worry a lot about you too... When I found out that you are missing. I couldn't help but worry that I would lose you... You're important to me."

Minka blushed and her eyes widened: "Am i?"

"Yeah... More than I think..."

"Hehe..." Minka smiles gently. Her cheeks were flushed as she continued: "Well, I am happy to hear that... Lea. It makes me very happy..." Minka presses her lips onto Leanna's. Her lips were soft and tender. Leanna returns the kiss eagerly, her heart pounding faster. She holds Minka close, feeling the warmth of her body, she wraps her arms around her, kissing her deeply and passionately. Their bodies pressed together tightly. They break off the kiss. Both of their faces flushed red. "I really do like you... Lea... and I am very happy that you feel the same way." Minka says and looks up at Leanna.

"Me too... Minka... Me too." She says and pulls her in for a deeper and longer kiss. They stayed there in the night, hugging each other. Both of them were filled with love and happiness, neither wanting to leave. They laid together under the blanket, enjoying the warmth of each other's bodies, breathing each other in and whispering soft words. Their faces were red and they could not help but giggle from time to time. Eventually their exhaustion got the better of them and they fell asleep in each other's arms, enjoying the feeling of having someone with them who loves and cares for them.