Ouch, I don't think I like that. "As long as being with you makes me happy", that kind of implies there will be a time in which you'll stop being happy by being with me.

[He doesn't want that day to come, you know.]

[He chuckles and cuddles her lovingly. It doesn't really matter anyway, he has no plans for it to end and he knows she doesn't have plans for it either. The only way to get this away from them is a very tragic one, and it's one he's willing to confront and fight with in order to get her back. He'll make her happy no matter what.]

It won't be too difficult... I was able to get to your heart, getting to Battler's brain will be a field trip.

No, you both are equally stubborn. But your heart was damaged more than Battler's brain is, it's hard to convince someone that there's still chance for happiness when they have been surrounded by unhappiness for so long, you know. Just like convincing someone that it's okay to ask for help and it doesn't mean they are weak or a burden.

[Hugging her tightly here.]

Or to convince someone that it doesn't matter what they are or what they have done, people can still care about them and there can still be hope for them... Or convince someone who has reached their limit that they still can do it once more and that there's no such a thing as a certain fate.

Compared to those things, convincing a guy who is being stubborn and overprotective that I want nothing but the best for you, isn't that hard.

You could say I have it... I learned the hard way though, unfortunately.

[He still made them suffer and sometimes was only able to reach them when it was too late, he knows it, he remembers bits of those worlds and it's not hard to come to that conclusion. If only he had been better, if only he had been more intelligent and stronger, at least just as he was at the world he's from... Then Rika wouldn't have had to suffer so much, neither would have Hanyuu or any of the others. Not even the adults, Irie, Tomitake, Ooishi... Even Takano... If only he had been faster to be the Keiichi he wanted to be...

But everything was all right now, wasn't it? They had won, things were only going to get better from then on once he returned there... And he would still fight and protect those he cared for and whom he could reach. Minato, Haruhi, Shiki, Ange... He would find a way to get to them, definitively. There was no need for him to worry about the past, specially not when he has his future right there, between his arms. His lovely girlfriend, the woman he wants to be with until the day he dies. He kisses the top of her head tenderly.]

It'll be okay, so long as we stand together. He will see it himself even without us having to tell him.

I don't accuse you. I just state a fact. You're a lovestruck kitten just as I'm a lovestruck puppy. It's all your fault anyway, your fault for making me fall so much for you. Even now, it feels as if I'm still falling.

[And he doesn't mind it one bit. He doesn't mind falling with her forever, ever since he realized that he was just too deep already, he actually longs for it. To love her more and more everyday. Until it's a love so big that it won't matter where they are anymore, they will be together.

He's all content and happy, even when she mentions someone else from her world. He's too happy to get too worried at the moment, but he hums, indicating that he's listening.]

[Cuddling times are the best, yes. He wouldn't mind to spend the rest of his life with moments like this, no sir.]

Even if she doesn't pose as a witch, wouldn't she still be one? Have witch powers and what not. Or will she just hide them forever to keep the illusion?

If teasing is all she does it doesn't sound too bad. And if she wants to claim for a favor or something I can help anyway. You sure that's the biggest problem with her?

[Where can he sign up for that?]

If you trust her I suppose it will be fine, so long as she doesn't give serious trouble. And I know I don't have to help, but I want to. We're a couple, remember? A team for the good and the bad, no matter how silly the task is or how dangerous it is, I won't leave you alone with it. Not without me being two steps behind you, at least.

If she could do that then I would owe her as well. Might make things easier and help already so she will do so without problems.

But even if she doesn't do that, I'll protect you. You know that, right?

I know I don't have to. But I will do it either way. I told you already, you're doomed to be behind me if anyone tries to harm you, Ange. They will have to get through me first.

[He knows what she means and he tightens his hold on her a bit because of it, kissing her forehead tenderly.]

That's a big problem. The only way they could really hurt me is by hurting you as well.

Mmhmm, that's a good plan, yes. See, that's why I'm lucky, I have the smartest and prettiest girl of any universe as my girlfriend. What would I do without you?

Nah, surely someone would have tried to fill the same space in one way or another. I'm still sure there are many guys who would have loved to have the luck I had.