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Frozen arm & Nightmares

It was a warm night in The Land of Departure. At the castle, a young keyblade master known as Terra woke up from his nightmare. "No! Aqua! Ven!" He shouted as he rose to sit up. He was covered in sweat and was shaking uncontrollably. "It was just a dream." Terra muttered to himself and tried to calm down. He didn't know that behind his door, Terra's best friend (and his lifelong crush) Aqua was listening. Blue haired woman listened trought the door as Terra tried to confirm himself that he had just seen a nightmare. Aqua pushed few bangs of hair behind her ear, and thought silently: "Should I tell Master Eraqus? No, maybe I should just speak with Terra." Finally she decided to talk Terra at the breakfast table.

In the morning everybody came down to breakfast. Aqua looked out of the window. The sky was filled with dark gray clouds, and the sound of rain could be heard. Master Eraqus, who was sitting at the head of the table asked warmly: "Where is Terra? He doesn't usually miss the breakfast." Ventus (Ven for short) stood up and grinned wickedly saying: "I'll go and wake him up!" After this the youngest boy ran upstairs. Few minutes passed, but then they could hear Terra shouting: "Get back here Ven! Next time you wake me up with blizzaga I will kill you!" Master Eraqus only smiled as Ven came back and continued his breakfast. "He is awake now." Ven said, and Aqua began to laugh.

Soon after Terra came to table, dressed in his usual garments. The only difference was that his entire left arm and shoulder were frozen solid. Master Eraqus stood up and Aqua gasped horrified when they saw his arm. Aqua ran to Terra and started to examine him. Younger boy looked tired. His brown hair was a mess and he had dark circles under his blue eyes. After Master Eraqus was done lecturing Ven, he turned his attention to Terra. After investigating it for a bit, he said: "Aqua, would you please escort Terra to his room and melt his arm. And make sure he gets some rest." Terra tried to oppose saying that he was fine, but Aqua looked at him with her eyes pleading and he gave up.

When they started walking upstairs, Aqua saw that Terra was in pain even thought he tried to hide it. He held his arm close to his chest and gritted his teeth.

When they got to his room, Terra fell on his bed and almost yelled in pain when his frozen arm hit the nightstand. Aqua closed the door and came to sit beside his laying form. Slowly she started to examinate his arm until she reach his shoulder. "I have to melt it by using fire spells." She said. "I know it." Terra answered and turned to his stomach. "Just do what you have to." Aqua stayed where she was, until Terra rolled his eyes and said with soft voice: "Please." Blue haired woman smiled, and started to conjure fire from her hands. As she slowly melted the ice from his hand, Aqua watched younger boy burying his face in his pillows to hide the pain from her.

Soon she was done with the arm, but the elbow was still left. She thought about the problem litle bit, but finally she blushed deep red and said: "Take off your shirt."

Hearing this, Terra looked at Aqua and looked at her with disbelief.

"What?" He asked. Aqua poked Terra's arm and said: "I can't melt the ice around your elbow when the shirt is there." Terra nodded, rose to sit up and started to take his black shirt off. Aqua looked the other way, blushing madly. The reason why she acted this way was that she had had a crush on Terra for a long time. Once Terra had removed his shirt, he fell on the bed again and closed his eyes due the pain.

At first Aqua just stared at younger boys back. "Wow. He sure has a nice back...wait...what am I thinking? I'm suppoused to heal him, not stare at him like an idiot!" She thought, and quickly shook her head so that blue locks swayed on her face.

Laying at the bed, Terra let his mind wander. "Even thought my arm is frozen, i should probably thank Ven for this." He thought. "I get to be with Aqua, all alone and...what the hell am I thinking? She's just healing me! But...she sure smells nice...and her hands are warm..." Suddenly he was drawn from his thoughts when blood began to return in his arm. He let out a pained yell, and hugged his arm close to his chest. Suddenly Aqua began to brush his hair and stroked his arm with her hands. "Is it better now?" Aqua asked softly after a while, as Terra slowly opened his eyes and looked at her. "Yeah. I'm fine." Younger boy answered, and noticed how close they were. Without any thoughts, he suddenly kissed her quickly on the lips. After a while, Terra pulled away only to realize what he just did. "She's so gonna kill me now!" He thought, and looked at the woman who sat beside him. Aqua stayed silent for a long time, and finally she spoke: "Terra? Did you just happen to kiss me?" Terra looked at her with little guilt in his eyes, but neverless he nodded. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." He couldn't finish the sentence, for Aqua had suddenly thrown her arms around his neck and kissed him back. When she slowly pulled back, Terra saw that she was smiling. "You have no idea how long I've been wanting to do that."

Just as Terra was about to answer, the door of his room shot open, and Ven came in with a worried look on his face. Terra and Aqua cursed the youngest boy silently, before realizing that Aqua had her arms around Terra's neck. Both keybladers let go of each other and turned their attention towards Ven, who had been too busy to catch what they had been doing. "I heard Terra's yell to the courtyard! What did you do to him Aqua?" Ven asked, and casually sat on the floor. "It's nothing Ven. The blood just began to move in my arm again." Terra said, and carefully moved his now unfrozen arm. Ven looked guilty as he muttered: "Look, I'm really sorry Terra. I didn't mean to freeze it entirely. You were just laying there on your back, so I kinda...well...tried to wake you up."

Aqua smiled at the two boys, both of them looking a bit guilty. Terra for kissing her (which she enjoyed nonethless), and Ven for freezing Terra's arm. Then something caught Ven's attention. "Terra, why are you shirtless?" He asked out of curiosity. "And Aqua, why are you so red? Are you sick?" Both of the older keybladers blushed heavily, but Aqua saved them by distracting Ven. "Ven, what time is it? Isn't it time for a dinner already?" She asked. Hearing the magic word dinner, both boys stood up and started to make their way to door. "Umm, Terra?" Aqua asked, as Terra was about to leave the room. "Perhaps you should put your shirt on." She continued, and turned around to hide her blush. When Terra had stood up, he had given Aqua a front-seat view to his top-trained stomach.

Once Terra had gotten his shirt on the two Keyblade wielders started to make their way towards dinner. When they were halfway the stairs Aqua noticed that Terra was staring at her. "What is it Terra? You've been staring at me for a while now." She asked. Terra quickly turned his head sideways, but Aqua noticed that his cheeks were red. "I just...wanted to thank you." He said. "About my arm and...that kiss."

Aqua blushed and turned to look at younger boy. "I'm glad that you liked."

Then they arrived at the dining hall, where Master Eraqus and Ven were waiting for them. "Where have you guys been? We've waited for ten minutes!" Ven asked, and looked at Master Eraqus, who was looking at the duo with look that was impossible for Ven to understand.

When Terra and Aqua finally sat on the table and everybody started to eat, Master Eraqus turned his attention to Terra and asked him: "How is your arm? Did Aqua heal it?" Terra turned his eyes on Master and nodded. The dinner went smoothly until Ventus started to talk about what he had seen in room. "You know Terra, you look like you've risen from a grave! Is it because of the nighmares? Is that one reason that Aqua was in your room? Because I'm almost sure that you guys kis-" Ven couldn't finish his sentence, for Aqua and Terra both shot a death glare on him.

Master Eraqus rose and eyebrow upon hearing this and asked: "Nightmares? Terra, could you please explain?" Terra saw that Aqua's eyes saddened when she heard this. "It's nothing Master. Just some silly dreams." Terra answered and tried to chance the subject. Ven had listened their conversation in silence, but when he saw the look on Aqua's face, he almost yelled at Terra: "Just silly dreams? Heck, I could hear your yelling to the other side of the castle!" Master Eraqus stood up and look from Terra to Aqua, who had hid her face behind her arms. "Ventus, enough. Terra, we'll discuss this later, but isn't it time for training?" Master said, and started to make his way towards training halls. "Because it still rains outside, tonight's training will be held indoors. Meet me at the hall once you are ready." All three apperentices bowed as Master disappeared.

Ven started to make his way off, when Terra called for him. "Ven! Wait!"

Youngest boy turned around to look at the elder, whose face still looked tired. Terra had dark circles around his eyes, his skin was pale and his left arm was sore.

"Can you please stay silent about my nightmares and all the stuff? I don't want Master to worry about me. Nor I want to make Aqua worried." He said. Ven only nodded, and left the dining hall. Terra sighed and sat back down. Suddenly Aqua came to sit by him and took his hand on her own. "Why haven't you told me about your nightmares?" She asked him. Terra couldn't face her. "It's nothing important Aqua. I'm completely fine." He said. Aqua stood up and forced him to look at her.

"You're not fine Terra! You're not the usual, smiling, strong Terra I know! And your arm...it hasn't completely healed yet hasn't it?" Terra could only look at her, and finally he gave up. "You're right. I'll tell Master that I cannot train like usual. Happy?"

Aqua only nodded and to Terra's great surprise, kissed him on the cheek. "Let's go! The Master is already waiting for us!"

Rest of the day went fast. The rain didn't stop, but that did not prevent the three apperentices from training. Terra had to take it easy, because no matter how hard he denied it, he wasn't okay. His left arm was sore and powerless and the nightmares of previous nights haunted him. When the sun began to set, Master Eraqus told them to stop. "That's enough for now. Go and wash yourselves and after that, get some rest. Goodnight!" Terra, Aqua and Ven bowed back at their Master and started to climb upstairs. They were all sweaty and tired after today's training. "Hey Terra! You okay?" Ven asked when he saw that older boy slowed down and fell behind.

Terra just nodded and soon all three of them reached their respective rooms.

Terra and Aqua bid 'goodnights' to Ven, for their rooms were on the other end of the corridor. When the two of them came to the door of Terra's room, Aqua lowered her voice and said: "If you see more of those nightmares, promise me that you will tell."

The look on her eyes was so calming that Terra smiled at her. "I promise. Goodnight."

After closing the door, Terra took a quick shower and changed into his nightgarments. He fell on the bed, but he couldn't sleep. He thoughts wandered to noon, when Aqua had melted the ice around his arm, and how she had kissed him.

" You have no idea how long I've been wanting to do that."She had said. That same phrase kept spinning in his mind over and over again. "Does this mean that she loves me?" He thought before falling asleep.

But the nightmares didn't allow him to rest. In the middle of the night he woke up, shaking uncontrollably and covered in sweat. This nightmare had been even worse than the previous ones. "It was just a dream. It was just a dream!" He kept chanting. He tried to stop shaking, only to notice that he couldn't. Suddenly the door of his room opened, and Aqua, dressed in just plain white shorts and top came in.

She saw Terra sitting on the bed, shaking uncontrollably and his blue eyes filled with fear. The look in his eyes nearly broke her heart. She came to sit by him, and tried to calm the younger boy. "Sshh, Terra. It was just a dream." When he didn't answer, she threw her arms around his neck and pulled him into tight embrace. The she heard Terra whisper: "Aqua? Are you real?" She could only wonder what kind of dream he must have had, for asking that kind of question. "I am here. It was all just a dream." She answered. Then Aqua heard Terra take a shaky breath. "You can let go of me now, Aqua. I'm fine now." Slowly she let him go, and watched as he wiped the sweat out from his face. "Sorry you had to see that. I'm fine now." He said, and looked down, embarassed. "It's okay. Do you want to tell me what kind of dream it was?" She asked, and carefully rubbed his hands. Terra stayed silent for a while, before he began to tell: "I was in field filled with keyblades. I was chained so that I couldn't move. Then I saw you. You were just laying there, without moving. Then some sort of creatures...made from purest darkness...they...they began to attack you. They torned and sliced and...and..." He couldn't continue. Aqua's eyes were filled with tears. He had been dreaming about losing her! Just when she was about to say something, Terra continued: "Suddenly, I saw myself. But it wasn't normal me; I had silver hair, and sickening yellow eyes. Then I...I...started to beat and slice...and do all terrible things with you. You were screaming for me to help but..." Again his voice betrayed. Without thinking, Aqua pulled Terra into hug, and Terra fell on his back with Aqua on his arms. Blue-haired woman rested her head on Terra's bare chest and waited for him to calm down.

Once Terra had calmed down, he noticed that he was holding Aqua against his chest.

Blushing, he spoke: "Aqua. I...I'm..." But Aqua only smiled at him and snuggled her head against his chest. "Feeling better now?" She asked. Terra nodded and aquired his voice back. "I'm so sorry for not telling you about these nightmares. I've had feelings for you for a long time but..." Again Aqua cut him short. "Me too. So you don't mind if I stay here for a night?" Terra blushed at the thought, but finally said:

"Master's gonna kill me if he finds out." Aqua chuckled and pulled the covers on them. "If he finds out."

Both of them slept like that for rest of the night. Last thing Aqua heard before falling asleep was: "I love you."

A/N Maybe this is the start for a new relationship. Comments and critic would be really nice. Should I write more of these?