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Richard prepared himself for the worst, although he felt like he was about to cough up his heart, it felt good to tell her how he really felt.

Tera couldn't believe what she just heard. "Y-you … love me?" she asked nervously.

"Yes… I love you," Richard said as his eyes filled with tears. Just thinking about her walking away from him was enough to make him cry, but he was a tough guy, he held back his tears. He looked down to the floor so that Tera wouldn't see.

Tera's heart skipped around in her chest as she felt an overwhelming sense of joy and happiness. She looked over to Richard, and leaned in, her lips almost touching his ear. It was then she said those words that she only ever got to say in her dreams. "I love you too," she whispered.

Richard could feel his heart stopping for a second. He met Tera's gaze, looking into her beautiful crimson eyes. They stared into each others' eyes for what seemed for like an eternity but in reality, it was only a few seconds.

Tera's eyes were fixed on Richards'. She closed the gap between their lips slowly, as did Richard. They leaned in more and more, getting closer and closer to each other until their lips touched. Richard strengthened their kiss by placing his hand on the back of her head.

Tera did the same, but with both hands. Soon, they began passionately kissing each other. Any thoughts of doubt or worry in their minds had completely vanished as they explored each other's mouths.

Richard and Tera didn't know how long they had been kissing, but they didn't care. As they both slowly withdrew from their kiss, it left a small trail of saliva and they looked into each other's eyes again.

Richard had never felt like this before in his life, for once, it seemed as if nothing could possibly go wrong. "I love you so much," he said passionately.

Tera smiled as she placed her paw on his cheek and leaned in to kiss him again, but they were both interrupted by the sound of the front door unlocking. They both spun around to see Ethan and the Zangoose hurriedly entering the house, Ethan was wearing a thick navy blue coat that was coated in snow.

Richard looked at his watch; their shift wasn't over till another half an hour. "You're back soon, something wrong?" he asked concerned.

Ethan glanced over to Richard and Tera who were sitting next to the fireplace. "You mean besides the subzero temperatures, blizzard like weather conditions and the fact we have cop killers in a hospital?" he replied with a chuckle.

Richard and Tera both instantly looked at each other when Ethan said 'cop killers'. Tera decided to ask him a question. "They are cop killers? So that's why they tried to kill us!" Tera exclaimed. She let out her anger that she held since they attacked Richard and herself. They almost killed the one person she could ever be in love with.

Ethan was slightly surprised by the anger in her voice, he couldn't ever remember her being angry, but he didn't blame her for being pissed. After all, those men intended to kill both her and Richard.

"Yeah, when we got them to the hospital I made a few calls. It turns out that they were on the run in one of the cities, the weather conditions made it easier for them to sneak out of the city without any police interruption." Ethan stated as he rubbed his hands together.

Richard balled his hands up into fists as he thought about those men, how many people like himself and Tera had they killed? He knew that they weren't going to get away with it lightly. "How long do you think they will be sent down for?" Richard asked, hoping for a long sentence.

"Over here, I would say about three life sentences each but the area they committed in still has the death penalty for this kind of thing." Ethan said as he shrugged. The zangoose shook the snow off its' fur and lay besides the fireplace.

Richard wasn't going to shed any tears for them; the world is a safer place without them. "Good, they deserve whatever is planned for them," Richard stated. He knew that it might have sounded a bit cold, but he didn't care.

It was clear to Ethan that they both shared a hatred for those men that attacked them; he decided to cheer things up. "Alright, I think we've all had of enough talking about killers for one day. So, is anybody hungry?" he asked with a happy voice.

Tera's stomach let out a growl as if answering him. Ethan let out a little chuckle. "I'll take that as a yes." Ethan said as he walked over to the kitchen. The zangoose waited to get a little warmer before following him in.

Richard and Tera were now alone in the room; they then both looked at each other and quickly found themselves drawn into another warm, wet, passionate kiss.

30 minutes later.

Richard and Tera were cuddled up on the couch; they felt warm and peaceful together. Tera rested her head on Richard's chest as he stroked the back of her head.

Ethan was sat on the other couch with the Zangoose. He had noticed how close Richard and Tera had gotten over the past few weeks, he found it rather cute and that's saying a lot coming from him, but he wondered just how close had they gotten. He decided not to pry into their personal affairs, and continued watching the movie with his friends.

The movie lasted around two hours, but they sat through it all. Once it ended, Richard did not move. Tera was sleeping, her head still resting against his chest. He didn't want to wake her.

Ethan was still awake but the zangoose was asleep. He looked over to Richard seeing he was still awake. Ethan hadn't asked him any questions about his past since the first night Richard, Tera and the zangoose stayed at the house. Now they knew each other a little more, he guessed he would be more open to questions about his past. "Richard, what was your life like before you met Tera?" Ethan said, his voice was quieter than usual. He didn't want to wake the ladies.

Richard knew that Ethan didn't know much about his past. He guessed he deserved some answers after everything he had done for them, after all, he was his friend. "Hell, I almost died like about three times a month." Richard's voice was almost silent, mainly because he didn't want to wake Tera.

Ethan was intrigued. "Did you have a hard life?" he asked, hoping to gain a little insight into what he was like before all this.

"Yeah. I know you don't know much about my past, so, what do you want to know?" Richard replied.

Ethan had loads of questions he wanted to ask him, but he stuck with the basic questions. "Do you have any family?"

Richard only felt anger as he thought back to when he was a little boy, when he kept asking the people in the orphanage 'Why didn't they want me?' "No, I was raised in an orphanage, I don't know if they didn't want me, or if they died. Either way, I want to know, or at least I wanted to know," he stated, remembering the times that he had at the orphanage.

Ethan was slightly shocked, he wanted to know more. Maybe he could help him in some way. "What would you do if they were still alive?" he asked, hoping he wasn't going too far with these questions.

That question was one that Richard often asked himself. "I don't know, maybe I would ask them why they left me, or maybe I would just punch them in their faces." He said.

"Are you still angry that they left you?" Ethan asked.

"Yes and no, I mean I don't know if they did leave me… but I think it worked out for the best," Richard said.

Ethan raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" he asked, curiously.

"Well, I guess it's better to be an orphan and think that maybe my parents are dead than to live with a family that doesn't want me. Besides, if I did live with them, I probably wouldn't have met Tera," Richard said as he looked down to the cute lucario that was sleeping silently.

Ethan saw the way he looked at her, that prompted more questions but he decided to stick with questions relating to his personal history. "What happened when you left the orphanage?" he asked.

"I joined a gang and killed them and their leader when they kidnapped a small girl. Their leader tried to punch her," Richard honestly told him.

Ethan was shocked, he knew he was tough but taking out an entire gang is impressive, more questions were asked. "How did you take them out? What happened to the girl? And what happened to you?" he also asked.

Richard could see Ethan was shocked, that's one of the reasons why he didn't want to tell him anything. "I took out their leader first, he had a gun and I took it and killed the body guard in the room and all the others that came through the door. I led the girl to a police station and told her to go in there, and tell them what happened. After that I fled the city, became a traveler and joined a mercenary group," Richard stated.

Ethan really wasn't sure what to ask next, so he just asked the first question that came into his head. "How did you get here?" was his question.

"A mission ..." Richard paused, unsure if it was a good idea to tell him the rest of the story. He knew Ethan was a good man, he just hoped that he would understand, Richard continued his sentence, "Remember that shoot out about a month ago in the forest?"

Ethan quickly pieced everything together, he was a mercenary and the shoot out was carried out by mercenaries, it didn't take him long to come to a realization. "You were one of the mercenaries that killed those killers, weren't you?" He didn't even really have to ask, he knew the answer.

"Yes," Richard partly expected him to get talked down to or get shouted at or something, but instead he saw a smile across Ethan's face.

"Then I should thank you" Ethan replied.

"What for?" Richard asked in a confused tone.

"Those killers also killed some of the locals around here. I was thinking about going after them myself, but I had no idea where they were hiding. How many got out alive?" he asked, hopeful for a high number.

"Just me… Remember when I told you that my friend had died? He died on that mission," Richard sadly said.

Ethan started to regret asking Richard about his past, he could see it wasn't making him feel any better. "I'm sorry," he said.

"It's alright, I've gotten over the past now," Richard replied.

Ethan wanted to ask him another question, he wasn't sure if he should ask it but he did anyway.

"Richard, could I ask you another question?" He asked.

"Sure, go ahead." Richard replied.

Ethan glanced over to Tera to make sure she wasn't awake he then asked the question. "Do you like Tera as more than a friend?" he asked, probably knowing the answer.

Richard looked over to Tera, the most beautiful thing in the world that he had ever seen, he then turned to look at Ethan and give his answer. "Yes, I love her," he said.

Ethan wasn't surprised, he suspected it for a long time. "Have you told her?" he asked.

"Yes, I told her today."

Now Ethan was surprised. "You only just told her? Why?" he inquired.

"I didn't want to lose her by telling her... I was afraid that she would just run away, but then I got shot today, and all I could think about was telling her how I felt. I didn't want to die without telling her that I love her," Richard said.

Ethan isn't one to let romantics get to him but he could see that he truly loved her. "What did she say when you told her?" Ethan asked.

"She told me that she loves me," when Richard said that, a grin grew across his face.

Ethan was glad that Richard and Tera are together as a couple now; they just seemed so perfect for each other. "I hope your both happy together," Ethan said in a friendly tone.

Richard smiled and said, "Thank you."

At least an hour and a half quickly flew right by. Richard and Ethan had been talking all night, about Richard's missions, the cop killers, Cleaves and his shooting skills, and a lot of other stuff of no real importance. They kept talking, until Richard noticed Tera's eyes opening. Richard looked down at Tera and said "Oh, sorry if I woke you. Do you want to go to bed?" he asked.

Tera nodded lightly in response.

Richard smiled as he wrapped one arm around her back and the other underneath her legs. Tera opened up her eyes a little more when she realized that he was carrying her. Richard looked into her crimson eyes. "Let's go then," he said as he walked towards the stairs, still carrying her in his arms. She didn't resist, she was too sleepy and besides, she kind of liked it.

Richard carried her up the stairs and into her bedroom, she lay on the bed as he pulled the covers over her. Richard knelt down besides her and kissed the top of her head before saying, "good night." Richard was about to leave until he felt Tera's paw on his arm.

"Wait, I want you to stay with me..." she said.

Richard's heart filled with joy when he heard her say that. "I will." he said as he climbed into bed with her. Richard lay in bed behind Tera, he lightly hugged her and she held his arm with one of her paws, slightly stroking his arm.

Tera felt happy that they were finally together. "I love you, Richard," Tera whispered.

"I love you too." Richard whispered back. Their eyelids began to feel heavy, soon enough they just couldn't stay awake. They still cuddled up to each other even, in whilst in a deep sleep.

Author's note: Thank you again to Infinity Warrior for adding really cool bits to this story and correcting my horrible punctuation :) Also once again, I went in and cleaned this chapter up quite a lot. Hopefully now it is easier to read for everyone.