*Warning! I do not own MGLN characters.*

*Author's notes: To those who had read chapter 1-11, I had decided to re-write and change the POV to omniscient. I just need more time to work on it. I hope you guys will like it.*

She was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling and waiting for the sun to rise. The blonde was twitching on her bed for several hours thinking about her return from TSAB, a military academy. Still wide awake, she decided to take her phone and browsed her gallery viewing the old saved photos. Memories resurfaced when she saw a photograph that brought back a special memory, happened a year ago. A crimson-eyed blonde was resting her head on the shoulder of a certain auburn-haired girl with beautiful and expressive sapphire eyes, a shimmering smile on her rosy cheeks, wrapped around by a red scarf on their necks that linked them together. Bundling up close to each other on that winter day they took a snapshot, rendering a blissful happiness of two people who were madly in love.

Recollecting the love that they had, a sudden pain struck her chest recalling the day that her heart was torn up into pieces by the very same person. Sadness clouded her feature and she smiled bitterly, covering her eyes with her hand, persuading herself she thought out loud in a croaky voice "You should stopped thinking of her Fate and just go to sleep! She had been torturing your mind for hours!"

Still having her thoughts about a certain auburn-haired woman, she frowned, grabbing ahold of her stuffed rabbit in front of her face giving herself a bitter laugh and said "Come on! Nanoha, stop popping up on my head and let me go to sleep! I need to regain my energy! Mou!"

Minutes had passed, finally leaving behind her thoughts about Nanoha, she started to wonder on what will be her encounter on her first day after not attending the school for two weeks since the classes had started. Then, thinking about her kouhai's, wondering on how they will react for her return made her feel excited. With those thoughts in her head, she desperately tried closing her eyes while holding her small-sized stuffed rabbit on her chest, three hours before her wake up time, the blonde finally fell in a peacefully her slumber.

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The rays of the sun playing on her eyelids woke Fate up. Stretching lazily like a cat, she decided to get up and took a few steps towards the window pane to open it. Feeling the soft breeze, she took a deep breath, the fresh smell of the cherry blossoms enveloped her nose and made her smile with the thought that it was a fine spring morning.

"Ti-ti! Tic-tic! Tic-tic-tic! Tic-tic!" a sharp high-pitched sound caught her attention, dragging her steps towards her bed and exasperatedly took her phone to shut the alarm down. A quick glance at the screen made her fuzzy brain awake and she almost jumped out of her skin, it was already 8:30 AM! Realizing that she had tapped the snooze button a while ago, she threw her phone on the bed.

"Sheeeesh! I'm totally late! I must hurry!"

The blonde ran towards the bathroom and took a quick shower. After she finished putting on her uniform, she grabbed her favorite red scarf and rolled it on her neck. Not bothering to eat her breakfast, she took her keys and stuffed bunny, putting it inside her bag then she started sprinting her way towards the car to get to school as soon as she can.

"What a great morning!" Mumbling to herself as she was driving her car on the way to the school entrance. Impatiently tapping her fingers on the steering wheel while the school guard was opening the gate, she continued reprimanding herself "Good job, Fate! This will be your first homeroom appearance after two weeks of your absence, arriving at school at 9:30 AM what can you say about it!" When she had parked her car, she started to walk hurriedly towards the faculty office to meet her homeroom teacher.

Fate entered the office, lucky enough to find her homeroom teacher, she moved a few steps heading towards her desk. "Good morning, Megumi sensei. Fate Testarossa." Bowing her head she continued to speak "I would like to apologize for not attending the first two weeks of classes, also for arriving late, too." The blonde smile awkwardly as when she finished speaking, feeling embarrassed in arriving late at school.

Megumi-sensei turned her gaze and smiled at her, ignoring what she had said she spoke "It's good to see you again, Testarossa-san. How have you been in the year since I last saw you?" Inspecting the blonde from head to foot, she continued "I can see there have been lots of changes in your physique. You have grown into such a beautiful lady! Oh well, you were already beautiful, at least now you are much taller."

Hearing the compliments from her favorite teacher, blushing a little Fate smiled at her and said "I've been well. Thank you so much, Megumi-sensei! Again, I am very sorry for my tardiness." She politely bowed her head while looking at the teacher.

Megumi-sensei gave her a dismissal wave "Don't mind it, Testarossa-san. Now let's get you to class. Follow me." Hearing her teacher's instruction, without having second thoughts, Fate smiled and followed her.

"Sorry for interrupting." Megumi-sensei entered the classroom, excusing herself for the sudden intrusion during the blonde's Math class while Fate standing outside the classroom where no one from the inside could see her except for their Math teacher Honda-sensei , observing how the teacher spoke with each other.

Honda-sensei smiled while nodding her head, understanding the purpose of the younger teacher's presence, taking a quick look at the blonde, clearing her throat to catch her student's attention she spoke seriously "Class, it seems that you will be having a new classmate." Pausing a little, she continued "For some reasons, she was not able to join the class since the opening ceremony, and now she's here. She's supposedly your senpai but due to some circumstances, she did not enroll last year." Turning her gaze to the blonde student, the Math teacher gave her a signal to enter the classroom.

Understanding what her teacher instructed her to do, Fate silently moved forward besides Honda-sensei's table. Everyone from the classroom was starstruck seeing the blonde knowing that she's popular in her batch.

"Dang! What's Fate-senpai doing here?! Having her in the class is cool!" One of the students from the third row was whispering to her seatmate.

"Not to mention that Takamachi-san is also here." The other student replied.

"Heck! With Alicia-san and Reinforce-san, Our class was full of beauties from the tennis team!" One of the boys from the third row responded in awe.

"True. And don't forget that they were not just beauties but also brains especially Takamachi-san."

"Oh! I've heard that Fate Testarossa-senpai got a perfect score on her entrance exams, followed by Takamachi-san who got the mark of 98."

"Sugoi! Our entrance exams were widely known as entrance exam hell!"

"On the same year, the two of them took make-up classes on summer."

"How the hell did you know that?!" the other student asked.

"Silence!" Honda-sensei reprimanded the class. "Introduce yourself Testarossa-san." She continued.

Glancing at her classmates, there she saw her little sister, Alicia standing in front of her seat. Sitting beside her was Reinforce, her sister's best friend who has the surprised look on her face. The blonde smiled seeing familiar faces in her class. "Good morning. Fate Testarrosa. Seventeen years of age. Please to meet you all!" The blonde slightly bowed her head while seriously looking at her classmates. The confused auburn-haired girl sitting in the last row caught her attention that made her heart jump wondering why she was there.

"Fate-neesama!" Alicia loudly called her older sister's name that made everyone in the classroom glanced in her direction. The older blonde smiled at her little sister, putting her pointer finger in her lips gesturing her to be quiet. Getting what the older blonde wanted her to do, Alicia sat down on her desk.

"Alright, please take your seat next to Takamachi-san. From now on, she will be your partner during our pairing activities." Hearing what the teacher had said made her felt nervous. Not in her expectations to see the sapphire eyed girl to be her classmate and now they are going to be seatmates.

Mumbling to herself the blonde said, "Fate, calm down and just ignore Nanoha."

Walking silently towards her desk, Fate was gawking at the auburn-haired girl who was staring at her. As when their eyes met, Nanoha was the first one to glance away from her, pretending to write something on her paper. Without saying any word from the girl who was sitting next to her, she sat down on her desk.

On the other row, Alicia sent their friends a text message containing "Hayate-chan, Vita-chan. Fate-neesama is back! Let's have a lunch together! No further questions! The class is starting. Ja né!"

The morning classes were finished without Fate noticing it. Her mind was occupied by the awkward situation that she's into. Sitting next to Nanoha gave her mixed emotions that made her mind blank. Her inhibitions were consuming her.

As when the blonde was setting out for lunch, their classmates gathered in front of her, asking questions on why she didn't enroll last year. "Testarossa-senpai! Why didn't you enroll last year? Alicia-san didn't tell us about you!"

Smiling awkwardly on her classmates' inquiries, the blonde gently scratched her cheek "First, you can drop the senpai. We are all in the same year now. No need to be so formal." Looking at Alicia dragging Reinforce who were hurriedly walking towards her she continued "Alicia didn't know that I will be enrolling this year. It's just I did not consider before that we might end up being classmates."

"Excuse me, guys! Let me borrow my oneesama, neh?" the younger blonde winked at her classmates grabbing ahold of Fate to stay away from their classmates. The older blonde sighed in relief.

Pressing her body, giving her older sister a tight hug Alicia spoke directly to Fate "Mou! Onee-sama! Why didn't you tell me that you'll be back in Midchilda High this year!" Releasing Fate from her cuddle, pouting at her older sister then she whispered "Onee-sama, I thought you are going to stay in TSAB Academy for two years!" As when Alicia was done whispering to her sister, she started to drag Fate towards the door "Come on, onee-sama. Let's have a lunch together with the girls and Nanoha-oneesama."

Nanoha gawked at Fate who was standing beside Reinforce next to Alicia. Fate knew that the auburn-haired girl was gawking at her, she did her best not to look back at her.

"We missed you so much after all!" Eyes sparkling with joy Alicia took out her phone, looking on the screen she said "I already told Hayate-chan and Vita-chan. They were so excited to see you!" The younger blonde paused for a while and continued " They said, they were on their way here."

Not sure how she felt, Fate decided not to join them on their lunch break. Not ready to talk with Nanoha she pulled over her arms away from her sister and said "That would be cool, Alicia. As much as I love to eat lunch with you guys, I'm afraid I have to decline the offer."

"But, onee-sama!" Alicia tried to protest but Fate pinched her cheeks and said: "No but's young lady." Then the blonde walked towards Reinforce, who was trying to hide the disappointment in her face and spoke to her "It's nice to see you again, Rein." Without giving them a chance to respond, ignoring Nanoha she left their classroom left hand on her chest she told herself "I need more time to calm down and breathe before I face Nanoha."

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Not expecting to see the blonde with those tantalizing crimson eyes, Nanoha suddenly felt the familiar pain in her chest since their break up. Not able to think straight the whole morning until the lunch break, thinking about the person who was sitting next to her. Secretly glancing in her direction, wondering what the blonde was doing there at that moment. While Fate and Alicia were talking with each other after the class, the auburn-haired girl was secretly inspecting the blonde from head to toe, trying to measure her height. Seeing Fate grew taller than her, having a much leaner body and her face was more beautiful than ever her heart was pounding so hard. But what made her ponder was seeing the emptiness in her eyes that made her remember the first time that they had met.

"Nanoha-neesama, aren't you going to talk with Fate-oneesama?" Alicia asked worriedly, waving her hand in front of the auburn-haired girl's face as she was spacing out.

When Nanoha was about to respond to Alicia, Vita and Hayate entered their classroom standing in front of the door the brunette spoke loudly while her eyes were searching for someone, waving her right hand "Heyaa! We're here!"

"Yo! Where's Fate-senpai?" Eyebrows knitted, hands on her waist Vita asked. The three girls looked at each other and sighed defeatedly. "Are you girls playing a prank to us?" The shortest girl stared at Nanoha intensely as she was trying to apprehend if it was just a prank or not.

"Don't glare at me like that Vita-chan." Faking her smile, Nanoha responded to the short girl.

"Fate-san didn't want to eat with us." Reinforce butt in while gently stroking her neck and started to step outside the classroom. "She had left our classroom a while ago."

Nanoha sighed, feeling the displeasure she massage her forehead with her fingers, mumbling to herself "That idiot. Tsk, she did not even bother to greet me." Shaking her head she continued her grumbles "What should I expect from her?! The hell I care!"

"Nanoha-se-seeeenpaaai!" tilting her head in front of Nanoha's face, Hayate grinned while calling out her name that made the sapphire eyed girl jumped in surprise. "What were you grumbling to yourself?"

"Leave me alone, Hayate-chan." Looking at her grinning friend, Nanoha rolled her eyes.

"Ahhh, guys! Maybe we should start heading out to the cafeteria. I-i've been starving since morning you know." Reinforce nervously called their attention knowing that Nanoha seems to be not in the mood the way she responded to Hayate.

"You guys go ahead," Nanoha responded, stepping back towards her desk and took out her bento. "I'll be eating my lunch here, today."

While Nanoha was about to open her bento, Alicia rested her palms on her desk and spoke to her "Nanoha-neesama, you'll be coming in the gym later right? You'll gonna join the tennis club right?"

"I cannot say yes for now. But I will go and see how you guys have had improved." As when she was done speaking to Alicia, she smiled at the younger blonde and pinched her nose. With that gesture, she suddenly remembered Fate and the way she smiled happily at her whenever she does that.

Putting her hands on the sapphire-eyed girl's forehead Alicia asked worriedly "Nanoha-oneesama, are you okay? You're sweating cold."

Faking her smile she replied "I'm fine Alicia. Do not let it worry you."

"But, Nanoha-nee-"

"Hayate-chan." Glancing at the brunette, Nanoha made a gesture to take Alicia away. "Off you go, Alicia-chan." Disappointed with what Nanoha had said, the four girls left the classroom.

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Fate did not come back during the afternoon classes, leaving the auburn-haired girl wonder.

The whole afternoon, Nanoha could not stop thinking about the blonde, if she was able to eat her lunch properly knowing that Fate doesn't know how to take care of herself without the help of others. She knew that most of the time, the blonde will skip her breakfast, remembering the first time they had met when they were still in their first year of senior high after they were separated from each other. Still sitting on her desk, she decided to stand up and went her way to the tennis court. Alicia and Reinforce went ahead earlier and did not try to bother her while she was busy doodling on her notebook. "Oh well, it's not bad to go and check their improvements."

As when she was already outside the school building, not expecting that the temperature was a little bit colder than this morning she cursed herself not bringing something to keep her warm.

"It seems that you are feeling cold." Hearing the familiar gentle voice of the person who just spoke to her, Nanoha froze and turned her head to the direction where the voice came from to make sure her hunch was correct, staring at her wide-eyed. Confirming it was the blonde who spoke to her, she gasped her breath, heart pounding so hard as she saw that Fate was approaching her while untying her red scarf from her neck. She was wearing eyeglasses and a black jacket with a hood.

Standing in front of her, Fate placed the scarf on Nanoha's neck while looking at her face. Blushing a little on the gesture of the blonde, pressing her lips together she took a deep breath. The frigid air was keeping them at that moment while gazing at each other's eyes. "You must not forget to bring something to keep yourself warm during this season." Fate spoke gently. "Here's my scarf. Please use it today."

A flash of memory had resurfaced to Nanoha... It was during the winter time of their 2nd year in senior high. Deja Vu.

FLASHBACK

"Mou! Fate-chan, why didn't you bring your scarf with you!" Nanoha pinched Fate's nose while giggling, thinking that it would be a good chance to share her scarf with her girlfriend to make them feel much closer with each other which the auburn-haired girl really love. She was always cuddling at her blonde and everyone knew that she's a possessive girlfriend.

Fate was laughing at Nanoha's gesture, wrapping her arms around the sapphire-eyed girl's waist, then she kissed her cheek that made the auburn-haired girl blush. "Don't laugh at me Fate-chan! It's not funny." Trying to conceal her giggles Nanoha pretended to reprimand her blonde. "It's freaking cold right now! You'll end up getting colds!" Fate was about to kiss her cheek again when she covered her mouth and said "Not so fast, Fate-chan. Come on, we'll share with this." Nanoha placed her red scarf to Fate, wrapping around their necks.

Face flushed in red, Fate smiled happily, looking on Nanoha's hand and said "Aree? You didn't even wear your gloves, Nanoha." Fate removed her glove that she was wearing on her right hand and put it on Nanoha. "Give me your hand."

Winking at the auburn-haired girl, she entwined her fingers with her girlfriend and put it in her pocket. "I'll hold your left hand so that you won't also feel cold."

"Sweet! My Fate-chan is so sweet today!" eyes gleaming Nanoha giggled and said

"Neh! Let's celebrate this day by taking a photograph!"

"Aree? We always take pictures Nanoha." Glancing at Nanoha, a raised questioning eyebrows form on her forehead.

Placing her right hand gently to the blonde's left cheek, meeting her gaze Nanoha spoke "I want to remember this day with you." pausing a little she continued "I'm the one who always kisses you first. So, today is really special to me."

Hearing what the auburn-haired girl had said, Fate took Nanoha's hand and kissed it gently and said "I love you so much, Nanoha. Thank you for taking care of me all the time."

Placing her forehead to Fate's, Nanoha responded "I love you too Fate-chan. I don't know what to do if I'll lose you." Nanoha sealed the distance between their lips, a chased kiss and yet both felt that it was the most fantastic, endearing and sensuous kissed that they have ever shared.

"Hmmm, can we take the picture now, Fate-chan? Or do you want me to kiss you again?" winking at Fate, Nanoha teased her girlfriend.

Looking away from the auburn-haired girl, Fate took out her phone, pouting a little and said "Mou! Don't tease me Nanoha!"

"Niyahaha! Gomen! Gomen!" Nanoha shook with laughter. After a while, she wrapped her arms around her blonde's waist while resting her head on her shoulder and said: "Let's take the snapshot now, Fate-chan."

After taking the beautiful snapshot, Nanoha took Fate's phone and said: "Let me borrow this, I'll just post this on Instagram." Amused by her girlfriend's action, the blonde smiled happy, wishing that their future days will always be like this.

End of Flashback

Seeing Nanoha staring at her, wondering what she was thinking Fate asked "Are you okay? You were spacing out."

Feeling the breath of Fate that was drawing on her face, realizing that their lips were just a few inches apart, eyes wide, face flushed in embarrassment, pushing away the blonde Nanoha spoke rapidly. "Ah- Y-yes! I'm fine! Thanks!"

Confused on what she's feeling, Nanoha started her dash towards the tennis court, doing her best to stay away from the blonde. As when she was already in front of the court, feeling stupid of what she had done, she reprimanded herself "You shouldn't have let your guard down, Nanoha!" Face flushing in red, heart pounding so hard, she continued to castigate herself "Damn! My feelings were betraying my mind!" Lips quivering, Nanoha wrapped her arms around herself, dragging her feet towards the entrance of the tennis court.

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