So a little note from me: I poofed for a rrreeaalllyy long time! But I never lost faith in this fan fic that I've been trying to think up ideas to help things... move along. But I thank everyone who has reviewed these few chapters! That is what kept me up all night trying to finish this chapter x D

But I hope you all do like this chapter—and I'll now keep them coming!

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Kissing…? CR-S01 couldn't believe that he was kissing the diagnostician; could this just be a dream…? No, he wouldn't fall asleep at work or even have a dream like this! Dr. Cunningham's lips were soft and warm and the surgeon could taste the smoke and tobacco on his lips as well: it just went to show how much the diagnostician smoked on a daily basest. So in fact, Dr. Cunningham and he were in fact kissing, and this wasn't a dream.

Should I pull away? That was the question that ran through Gabe's mind as his eyes looked down at CR-S01's eyes. Should I pull away? He's not even… kissing me back. Well, what the hell? Why would he kiss me back! The thoughts ran in his head, again and again. It just felt like an... an awkward kiss. Nothing more or nothing less.

Oh, but things where going to get a lot worse for Gabe's part.

"Gabe! What the hell is going on here! I turn my back for one moment an-and you're al-already…!"

Maria.

The Kid's heart jumped as he heard the first response doctor's voice. Wh-what was she doing back here already…? And, oh god! What she was seeing as she walked back to them!

"N-No! Maria, this isn't want it looks like!" Gabriel stuttered with surprise as he pulled away from CR-SO1's lips. Oh, you could tell that there was panic in his eyes and that his heart was beating faster then anything in the world: someone just walked in on the Kid and him kissing—mind you that it was totally accidental, but still a kiss.

And this was Maria they were talking about and she totally mistook the panic as an 'Oh shit, someone found out about the Kid and I' look. It was obvious this wasn't going to blow over well for any of them, Gabe knew this because for one, it was Maria, and second, well, still it was Maria.

"Isn't what it looks like! Like hell, pervert! It looks exactly what it should be! How they hell could you be doing something like that with him!" With each of her words she took a step closer to CR-S01 and Gabe. "I'm gone, for what, not even a minute and you kiss him! Gabriel, what do you think this place is! Who do you think he is?" she yelled at him, sheer anger in her words.

"M-Maria! No, yo-you see: you pushed me into him—" the doctor was backing up as he waved his hands in front of him.

"Don't give me your damn excesses! I know what I saw, and like hell I pushed you into him!" she hissed at him

"But…" CR-S01 spoke up now, even if it was in a small shy voice,

"Oh! Look now, pervert, what you've done to him! Cr-S01, are you okay?" she asked him with worried eyes—it amazed Gabe how women could change their moods in a snap.

"Maria… You did push Gabe into me…. On your way out, and he—" he was cut short by her anger.

"Gabe! Oh, so now you've feed your little lie to him now, you sick bastard!" Oh yea, Gbe was going to get it bad from Maria—or worse if she told Esha….

The Kid blinked now as he spoke again. "Maria, I'm telling the truth, and so it Dr. Cunningham. You pushed him and he caught himself and…" It amazed Gabe how he was so calm and cool Cr-S01 looked—it even amazed himself. Had he been affected by that accidental kiss? Of course he had, it was his first kiss from what he can remember, and it was Dr. Cunningham and they were… both…men…. "And I wouldn't lie, Maria."

Maria had to agree with that, the kid was pretty honest about everything.

"Tch, like hell I caused this.. But fine, fine!" Maria turned her back on them and started to walk away. Gabe thought they were off the hook before she hissed again. "But hear this, Gabe! If I ever catch you doing this again, oh, I swear that you're as good as dead! Don't you dare touch him again!" And then she was gone, like that.

Gabriel let out a heavy sign as he ran a hand through his think brown—almost green—hair as he took a seat on the bench. The wrath of Maria, his ears hurt already from what ear full he heard from her but then just knowing that he'd hear it again and again. How amny people needed to bitch him out for everything? And shicne this was Maria's—

"I ah…I need to get back to my patient, I have surgery. Excuse me," CR-S01 said in a small voice. Gabe took note that he wasn't even looking at him. Was he…. Embarrassed? Over their kiss? Or was it because they kissed, the two of them that lived together? Well, come on, it was accidental and caused by Maria so he didn't have a reason to be embarrassed! Besides, it didn't mean anything, it was just an awkward kiss like how your mother would kiss you on the check and you would normally just stand there and groan as she was embarrassing you! Yea, like kissing a statue. That's it, a statue….

But the fact was, Cr-S01 was embarrassed by the fact that they kissed! It was Dr. Cunningham after all, and he knew that he would blow this over and make a joke about it or might not even bring it up again. And that's what the Kid wanted, not to bring it up again—it was some stupid accident that didn't mean anything to them. But ugh, to Maria it meant something…. Why did she even come back? Did she have to respond to the call and head out?

Quickly he shook his head: either way she ended up seeing their awkward kiss.

A small sigh escaped his lips as he now came to a stop to wait for the elevator. But…their kiss…. He brought his fingers to his lips; Dr. Cunningham…he had soft lips, and warm ones, even if they did taste of smoke and tobacco, but that was the diagnostician for you: a doctor with a bad habit of smoking. CR-S01 chuckled at that as he thought of what he always said: a pack a week keeps the withdraw at bay! Or…it was something like that at the very least.

But his lips… the surgeon shook his head as he stepped into the elevator. No! There would be no more thinking about their kiss: it meant nothing and nothing would come of it. Plus he had to now think about the surgery he was going to perform. So then why…? Why couldn't he get it out of his head? The feel and taste of his lips and how Gabe said it wasn't what it looked like? He sighed again and walked to the operation room.

A groan escaped the diagnostician as he through down another case file. Man, when would these little cases stop coming in? It's just a cold, or you're over reacting and think you're sick, feed babies, and everything to the like. Now he didn't come here to be a little 'pity' doctor to solve these things…. Hmm, maybe he should quit and set up that little clinic in the middle or no where? But ah, he still had the kid to worry about since they were now living together. Not that he didn't mind it—it was getting lonely in that house with out his Wife and Joshua there and the kid just moved in. So ugh, maybe another what, four years since he got out of here?

Speaking of the kid….

"Doctor Cunningham, someone is at the door." Right on cue Esha busted through the door.

"Gabe! I can't believe you! I should have said this five years ago: the Kid's amazing!" Ugh, and she hadn't realized that earlier when the kid saved how many lives with the Rosalia Virus out break? Or when he saved those lives in surgery?

"I think you're a little late for this," he muttered as he laid down on his couch. Nap time.

"No! no, come on Gabe, get up! We're going to throw a little party for the guy this weekend. We need you to help out and stuff, since you likely know him best! After all you two live together."

"yea, live together, when we're home, here you're work buddies."

"Doctor Cunningham, I think this will be a good enjoyment for you. Is it not natural for humans to enjoy themselves in parties or to celebrate something someone did?" RONI piped in. It just made him groan louder.

Swell, looks like there was going to be a party for CR-S01 by the end of the week and it was going to be at his place. Lucky that the kid cleaned the place up.

It had been another night spent at the hospital, mainly because Gabe had fallen asleep in his office and the kid surgery to do early in the morning—and what if something came up that needed his help? And so he had spent his night in his 'office'. It made him thankful that they hadn't remodeled his office yet and he still had the bed in there because it looked for comfy to sleep on then the couch Gabriel was sleeping on.

But a comfortable bed didn't always lead to a comfortable sleep.

His dreams and thoughts were filled with the diagnostician (it made him thankful that they weren't going home tonight because he didn't know what he would do if he had to sleep in the same house hold as him...and then the car ride there!). He was not thankful for Maria pushing the doctor into him, now he couldn't get it out of his head their kiss even though they both knew it meant nothing to either of them. Just some stupid…mishap. Yet it didn't stop him from dreaming about them kissing again!

Oh! How was he going to face the doctor again when he saw him? And how was he going to stop thinking about the mishap?

When it came morning and he finished his surgery CR-S01 headed to the person he knew he could talk to and though she might talk to Gabriel he had to risk it. Right? Talking about this kiss would get it off his mind? Heck, that's what Detective Holden use to tell him: talk about things to settle them. And so he would do just that.

"Maria, I need to talk to you." As soon as the words escaped his lips he knew that this was a mistake.

She looked up to him with worried eyes. Now this was new for the surgeon, for him to come to someone and talk about something that wasn't work related. Yea, he knew that he was 'socially awkward' as some people would put it, but he was trying to improve his skills since he got out since Ian wasn't that good of a practice person because he didn't talk back to him while he was in his holding cell. But right now it was better to try then never….

And if I want to do my work right and have a stabilized friendship with Dr. Cunn—Gabriel…then I've got to talk to someone about this.

"well, spit it out Cr-S01," she told him as she took a seat on the bench. They were where everything happened—well not everything, just the kiss….

CR-S01 took in a deep breath before he let it out. Yea, this was nothing but a bad idea: knowing Maria should soon storm off the Gabe's office and yell at him for making him all confused about the kiss, making him think about it all the time. How could he say this without that happening? Dr. Cunningham was a wonderful man and friend to him, kind enough to let him stay in his house! Hmm…maybe he should have just gone to the doctor and talked it over? Would that be best?

"Well, come on Mr. No Name. Hellllloooooooooo? Are you listening to me?" maria waved her hand in front of his face to check. What was eating at him?

Cr-S01 snapped out of it and blinked at the hand in front of him. "Oh, I'm sorry Maria for spacing out like that.

"So then Mr. No Name, what's really eating at you? I haven't seen you like this, but I know something's up." How did she know…? Well, he did make it painstakingly obvious that something was on his mind.

"Well…." He started off as his crimson eyes looked to the ground. Why was his heart racing like this? Maybe he should have talked to the diagnostician? No, then things for my heart would be at a faster pace…

"Hey now, Mr. I don't have all day now!" of course she was the impatient one.

"I wanted to talk about…. About yesterday, but now I'm thinking I should talk to Dr.—"

It was a blur how Maria shot up and gasped. "No! No! You're going to talk to me! Not Gabe, oh no! That would be the worst idea in the world! Because for one, he's the pervert that kissed you! And second, he doesn't know how to talk about things like that—not like us women!" She proudly pointed to herself. Somewhere deep down Cr-S01 doubted that Maria would be any better then the doctor because she was just as tom boyish as she always was….

"Are you implying that I'm a women, Maria?" he asked her with a blank stare.

"Wha-! No, of course not! Just sayin' that it's good you picked me to talk too! Now, what did you have to say?" the First Response doctor sat back down and looked wittingly up to the crimson eyed surgeon. This didn't at all help his confidence in this subject….

The racing heart in his chest didn't stop at all as he looked for the words he was trying to say. How could he put what he wanted to say into words? With him it should be easy, should it not? It was simply telling her that he couldn't stop thinking about them kissing, about how he dreamt what the diagnostician's lips left like again, how he still remembered how warm they were against his….

"Is that a… a blush!" Maria snapped him out of his musings.

He looked up to her with a blank stare and brought his hand to his check. They indeed did feel warm…. "It seems it is," he noted. He was blushing…? While thinking about what happened between them? He shook his head clear.

"What I wanted to talk about was well…. Dr. Cunningham and I... We kissed… and I…." He took a short pause and another breath as his eyes looked all over the floor. He thought that they really needed to clean the floor again, or better wax and polish it? Maybe that would be best for this floor since this was the old ward for them since they still hadn't moved into the new one from what CR-S01 could understand.

"Come on, CR-S01, I know that there's more to this." Maria sounded so…not like herself. Was she really trying to help him out—well of course! This was Maria and no matter how hot headed and loud she was she was still a good friend. Friends help each other would when they need it.

Another breath—there was a big lump in his throat as he continued. "I can't…I can't stop thinking about us kissing, Maria. I know what happed was an accident—you pushed him, and the kiss meant nothing what so ever. But I… I can't stop…thinking about it…how it felt to have him kiss me. How… How…." No, it wans't like him to ramble on about what it felt like to kiss his friend. Besides, Maria was a woman so he was sure that she knew wha tit felt like to kiss someone at the very least.

"Well…" she scratched her cheek not knowing where to start with this. "Have you ever kissed someone?" she asked him.

"No."

"What!" She shot up again. "You've never kissed someone before! And how old are you!" Was it really a shock that he hadn't kissed anyone before? Sure, he was in his late twenties, but did age matter when it came to kissing someone? He really didn't think so

"I've been in prison for the past six or so years, and living with Albert…. I've never had a chance to kiss someone, Maria." He told her point out. She should be able to guess at least this, right?

"Well still… never kissed someone?" she signed and shook hear head as if he had been missing something in life. Honestly, he never thought about kissing someone, ever, it was always work with him and he didn't mind that. Working with Albert for the greater cause, that would later be a downfall, and then prison…. "Well, that's your problem! You've never kissed someone and this was your first kiss! Ah, first kiss hung up—I remember when I was going through this in my childhood!"

"And... how…do I…not think about what happened with us…?" he asked her.

"Well, that's a good question. You got me there.. You seen when I first got kissed I was in a relationship, and I guess that your two aren't going out—are you!" she pressed him. He obviously shook his head no. "Well… You just might have to suffer, Mr. No Name," she shook her head like she was disappointed. "Ort well… piff, like that will ever work with him!"

Cr-S01 titled his head and looked confused. What did she have going on her head? "What are you thinking about…?" he dared to ask.

"Well you see, you couldtalk to Gabe—like you said before, but like I said that wouldn't go over well. That bastard isn't one to talk about this stuff as far as I know. Not seriously at least…." She looked away from him and got up and started thinking….

CR-S01 had a really bad idea about this. Maybe he should have gone straight to the doctor with this—right?

And then Maria snapped her fingers and turned to face him. Oh no, no. He didn't like the look she was giving him.

"I can't believe you! You bastard!" Maria was heard yelling to the doctor's office—CR-S01 being dragged behind her. She didn't always look it, but Maria was a very strong woman: she had been dragging CR-S01 all the way from the old ward to Dr. Cunningham's office and even bothered to hold him by the collar in the elevator. Boy did they get some looks in there as he tried to talk her out of whatever she was planning.

As they came to Gabriel's office she nearly took the door off the hinges as she kicked it in. "Gabriel! I've had it with you now! Look what you've done to the poor guy!" she practically through CR-S01 to the ground.

"hey, hey, hey! Maria what's gotten into you? Hey! Don't through him around like he's some toy!" Gabe yelled at her as he sat up on the couch—it was easy to tell that he had been sleeping again.

"Oh please, pervert! You're telling this to me when you should be telling yourself this!" She laughed a cold laugh. If this was acting, and CR-S01 was pretty sure it was, it made him wonder why she wasn't in a stage production or anything long those lines. She was pretty believable.

"Woman, what are you talking about?" Gabe questioned her as he got up to check on the kid.

"You've practically ruined his night! All because of what you did to him! And now you're going to have pay! So, sit here and talk to him, you jerk!" Maria now through whatever she found at him before grabbing RONI and leaving slamming the door behind her.

"Piff, pay? Yea right, taking RONI off my hands is the best thing you've done for me yet, woman," he muttered as he now got up and walked to the kid. Kneeling down beside him he asked: "You okay, Kid? Man, she was pretty rough with you, can't belie you survived her wrath like that." Heck, Gabe thought that he was going to have to suffer more then just this: talking to the kid…about what, he was still working to solve. It couldn't be about what happened yesterday, right? It was an accident after all and if Maria still believed it to be his fault well maybe she needed to be the one locked in a room with him to talk things out.

Yea, like hell. One of them would be dead, likely himself, if that were to happen.

Outside they both could hear Maria say: "Oh, don't wory about them, they just need some 'man to man' time. Piff, men, and while they work? I know, right?" Now she was standing guard and likely going to listen to what they talked about….

"here, let me help you up now," he offered his hand and CR-S01 took it easily.

The doctor led him to sit on the couch clearing off a spot of the coffee table. Just like his house use to be, his office was equally messy. But he wasn't here to clean, in fact he now regretted talking to Maria about this whole thing—if he hadn't talked her he would be 'suffering' by himself and would soon get over it. Besides, what did Gabriel think about yesterday?

In short, Gabriel didn't think much about the kiss…. Sure it had been a while since he'd kissed anyone—since his wife left really because he never got time off to find a girlfriend or even go on a date! But kissing the Kid well…it felt nice, something he missed…. Of course the thought occurred to him that if he wanted to he could create a situation where he kissed him again but he decided against because they lived together and were friends. Nothing more, nothing less.

"Now, kid, what was she talking about 'having to sit here and talking out'? What did I even do to you?" he asked out right. Of course he could only guess that it had to be about the kiss…. The Kid didn't seem like the type to plan with Maria to trick him into being on that stupid show Prank'd or anything like that. And besides the point he noticed how he was avoiding eye contact and he had noticed how fast his heart was racing when he helped him up. And who couldn't notice that lightly flushed skin? It looked well with his pale completion and his eyes—wait, what! Was he really noticing how well the kid looked with a blush? Oh man, what was his world coming to now!

"Well…." CR-S01 took in a deep breath and, again, looked at the carpet as he spoke in a very soft tone, embarrassed. "I…yesterday has been bothering me—that we…we kissed, And so I went to…to talk to Maria—" This made Gabe laugh since he found it hard to believe that Maria was his number one person to go to in something like this. Well, okay he gave him props because in this situation it really did matter who he talked too.

Cr-S01 swallowed that lump in his throat and tried to calm his heart rate. "And she… as we talked we came to the idea that I should talk to you about this…." He managed to get out.

The diagnostician sighed and leaned back into his couch. "I can take it me kissing you yesterday was your first kiss then, since you're so hung up on it." The Kid nodded his head yes. "Well, what can I say? We kissed by accident and that's that, there was nothing to the kiss no real meaning behind it." Honestly, he had to question why Maria and the Kid thought that them talking would be the best idea—even for him it was hard to say these things because yea…he did enjoy the kiss.

"That's what I've been telling myself, Doctor…but I…can't seem to get it out of my head since then," he admitted to him How he dreaded telling these things to Gabriel, since they lived together already….

Gabe sighed and shook his head: of course he couldn't… well; there was one way to solve it.

"Now, don't be surprised," he told him as he reached to cup the pale surgeon's face. Slowly he moved closer to him, under his finger tips he could feel the Kid's heart beat sore, was he sure that he could keep that heart of his in his chest? That made Gabe chuckle, but it wasn't like his heart wasn't racing as well. Just not as bad as the Kid's.

And thus, for the second time in two days, they were kissing. And how Gabriel enjoyed it, the feel of feeling the Kid's heart beat, the feel or his lips: how warm they were…yet the Kid was stiff with surprise—what he told him not to feel like because a kiss should be natural, should it not? Of course it wasn't like them kissing would solve a whole lot but it would help.

"There," Gabe said as he broke the kiss between them. "See? Just a simple little kiss, there's no need to get worked up about it and keep thinking about it. Kissing is just natural, and in your free life now I'm sure sooner or later you'll do a lot of kissing," he obviously was teasing the kid—besides working in this place there were low odds that you'd ever have a life outside of these walls.

"Y-Yea…" CR-S01 stuttered. There was nothing to their kiss, and nor this one, just an accident and it wouldn't happen again. "Plenty of time to kiss people," he faked a laugh—something he really needed to work on, "but, thank you Dr. Cunn—Gabe… I mean. I shouldn't fret of it after all it did mean nothing and was Maria's fault." This made them both laugh. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm pretty sure I've got a report to Esha to work on, and I'm sure you've got another patient." With that said CR-S01 stood up and headed for the door. He couldn't help but feel…feel like he was some how hurt by everything they just talked about and the meaningless kiss….

Did Cr. Cunningham feel the same way?

"Hey, be sure to tell Maria to keep RONI a little longer, okay!" he told him before the Kid closed the door.

In fact the diagnostician did feel the same way as the Kid but he knew that there was no reason to feel this way. He already knew what kissing and loving felt like and he didn't need to have the Kid go through what he went though, or even think that those kisses meant anything. Because…they didn't.