Cheren woke up to the light of the bathroom leaking into the rest of room. He looked to the window, noting that it was still nighttime. He looked over at Hilda's bed, where she was still sleeping, then looked to Bianca's, where she was absent. Cheren heard faint sniffling as the bathroom light turned off and a figure walked out. Moonlight leaked through the windows.

"Bianca?" Cheren whispered groggily.

Bianca's figure flinched before whispering back, "Cheren?"

Cheren saw Bianca move to the end of his bed.

"Were you crying?" He asked, sitting upright.

Bianca didn't answer right away.

"Bi?"

She sniffled, "No"

"Liar. Come here" he ushered, reaching for her hand and pulling her on the bed.

"C-Cheren-"

"Why were you crying?"

"It's nothing..."

"It's not nothing, Bianca"

"...I had a nightmare, okay? Are you happy?"

"No"

"What do you want then?" Bianca asked, sniffling again.

"Tell me about it"

"No," Bianca denied, shaking her head "its childish"

"Feelings aren't childish, Bi" Cheren assured, bringing his hand to her face and wiping her tears with his thumb. He noticed she didn't have her glasses on. He wondered how she even got to the bathroom without tripping over something.

Bianca brought her hand to Cheren's, taking it away from her face, but still holding it.

"It was nothing, really. You were there but...you didn't want to be friends anymore. You said you didn't care about me, and that you never did" tears began falling down Bianca's face again, "You said you were only pretending to be my friend to humor me and to please Hilda"

Cheren took in the information, quickly analyzing every word. She hadn't dreamed of losing Hilda; she'd dreamed of losing him. She was scared of losing Cheren.

Cheren wiped her tears with his free hand. "Bianca...I would never say those things"

"How do I know that?" She snapped, pulling away from him, bringing her knees to her chest "You've already left me once...how do I know you won't do it again?"

Cheren was startled at her response. She normally was never to straightforward and hostile...but she did have a point. She put her head down and her hair moved in a way that blocked Cheren from seeing most of her face.

He reached over and moved the hair away from her face. Bianca's head darted up.

"Because" Cheren said, a small smile forming on his face. He leaned in and kissed her lightly.

When he pulled away, he said, "Because I love you, Bianca. I won't leave you again"

Bianca tackled him in a hug, sending them both backwards on the bed. They both laughed before closing their mouths abruptly to not wake Hilda who, seemingly, was still asleep.

Bianca worked her way under the covers next to Cheren. "I'm sleeping here tonight" she stated, as if daring Cheren to say no.

"Okay, Bi"

"Night Cherry"

"Goodnight Bianca"

Bianca quickly fell asleep after that. Cheren didn't- he studied her. Everything about her seemed beautiful and peaceful. Cheren couldn't believe he fell for his best friend.

"Never ever, huh Cheren?" A voice whispered.

Cheren craned his neck to see Hilda staring at him.

"Yeah I'm fine. So when are you and Bi gonna get together?" Hilda teased.

Cheren groaned, "Never. Never ever"

"Aw come on! You two would be so perfect!"

"No, Hilda"

Cheren rolled his eyes at the memory.

Cheren closed his eyes and hugged Bianca closer to him.

"I'll never say never again"

Aw isn't that sweet? Anyways, I built this chapter off the latest chapter of this:

Just in case you wanted to go read that if you hadn't. It just kind of explains why Bianca had the dream she did and why Hilda, Bianca, and Cheren are in a room together.

K thx bai!