CaveX5pb. Nuff said~ I had a Dragon Ball reference in the last story. Try to find it! Anyways, on with the story!

~Love is Patient, Love is Kind ~

'I have to tell her...' Cave thought. 'I have to tell her that I-' Cave's train of thought was cut off when she bumped into someone… "Sorry." Cave apologized and looked up to see who it was. It was the cute, blue haired singer, 5pb.

"I-It was my fault, Cave. I wasn't looking were I was going. S-Sorry" 5pb stuttered an apology. She was beet red and looked like she had been running. Cave stood up and offered 5pb a hand, which she took. "C-Can we please leave?" she asked.

"What happened?" Cave asked. She was slightly worried by the tone in 5pb's voice, she sounded like she was scared.

"S-Some man tried to…" 5pb tried to explain, but her words wouldn't come out of her mouth. "He tried to… touch me…" 5pb finished. Cave pulled 5pb into a tight hug. "C-Cave?"

"I won't let that happen… I'll protect you." Cave explained. Luckily 5pb couldn't see her face because she was blushing slightly. "You're a resident of Leanbox and it my duty to protect the residents. Plus, you're my best friend." 5pb blushed slightly and hugged back, but she started to frown.

"You were a little late…" 5pb said, breaking away from the hug. Cave didn't realize this before, but 5pb had bruises on her arms. Cave grabbed her arm and looked at it for awhile.

"I won't let it happen again…" Cave said. She took 5pb's hand and squeezed it tightly. "I promise…"

"Really?" 5pb asked.

"I promise…" Cave said again.

The Next Day…

Cave was patrolling a forest. Chika said there were a large number of monsters in the forest, so she was ordered to take them out. She continued to walk through the forest until something stopped her. 'A voice…?' Cave thought when she could hear it clearly. She started to search for the voice, that soon became singing, and then it became very familiar singing. It was 5pb. 'What is she doing out here? Doesn't she know it's dangerous?' Cave didn't move from her spot yet. She wanted to listen to 5pb's voice a little longer. She loved the sound of 5pb's voice, but she was brought back to her senses when she heard the younger girl scream.
"S-Stay back!" 5pb yelled at the wolf-like monster. The monster didn't listen. It jumped to attack the blue-haired girl, but Cave quickly jumped in front of 5pb and took the hit for her. "C-Cave? How long were you here?"

"Forget about that. Just hurry up and get out of here!" Cave ordered as she finished killing the monster. 5pb tried to run, but more monsters were surrounding the two girls.

"Cave… There's more!" 5pb said. Cave turned around to see a hoard of monsters. She couldn't let 5pb get hurt and there was too many to fight. Cave thought for a moment and came up with an idea. She picked up 5pb, bridal style, and started to run through the monsters. "Cave! What are you doing?"

"Protecting you…" Cave answered as she kept running. Some of the monsters were chasing her and were closing in. She stopped for a moment and hid 5pb in a bush. "Stay there…" She ordered. She pulled out her weapon and waited for the monsters to come closer. 'I have to protect her…' Cave thought as the monsters came closer. Then she charged at them…

5pb watched as Cave killed the monsters one after the other, but she had a feeling that Cave wouldn't last long if another hoard of monsters where to come. Cave continued to fight off the monsters, but suddenly she was caught off guard and was attacked by several monsters. She quickly fought them off, but came out bruised and very bloody. Cave fell to the ground in exhaustion. She cleared out most of the monsters but there was still a few left. Cave tried to stand up again, but fell back down. 'So this is how it ends for me…?' Cave thought, the remaining monsters got closer to her. 'This is the end…'

"No!" 5pb yelled as she ran towards Cave. She kneeled besides Cave and hugged her. "I won't let you hurt her!"

"5pb? Forget about me… Just go…" Cave ordered weakly. 5pb shook her head and hugged Cave tighter.
"I'm not going to leave you, Cave…" 5pb then stood up in front of Cave and closed her eyes as the monsters charged at her. She was waiting for pain, but it never came. 5pb opened her eyes to see what stopped the monsters.

"I made it just in time!" IF said proudly. She only killed a few of the monsters, but some remained.

"You could have gotten here sooner…" Cave said quietly.

"I was taking my sweet time…" IF said. "Besides, I wanted to make my grand entrance." She joked. Cave just grunted and stood up. "Can you still fight?"

"I think so…" Cave answered. "It was my duty to take out the monsters anyways… I might as well finish it." Cave picked up her weapon that was on the ground and took a fighting stance.

"You sure you can still fight, or am I going to have to save you again?" IF joked again. Cave just smirked.

"Are you sure you won't need to be saved, Shorty?" Cave remarked slyly. IF frowned at the new nickname. The monsters started to charge again.

"Haven't these monsters learned anything yet? They're going to die…" IF questioned. Cave just shrugged. Once the monsters got close enough the two girls charged…

That Night…

Cave and 5pb were offered a guest room at the basilicom. IF had Compa come over so she could treat Cave's wounds.

"Please take off your clothes!" Compa ordered.

"I'm starting to think it was a bad idea to have you treat Cave's wounds…" IF stated. Cave nodded in agreement. Compa smacked both of them lightly.

"You two shouldn't doubt my medical skills! Now Cave, please take of your clothes so I can clean and wrap up your wounds!" Compa said. Cave sighed and stripped down to her underwear. She had cuts and bite marks on her arms, stomach, and a few on her back. Compa grabbed a rag and put some antibiotic medicine on it and began to clean the wounds. Cave didn't flinch or make any noises while Compa did this. She was used to the pain. 5pb came back from taking a shower and walked in to the sight before her. 5pb started to blush brightly.

"Ah! I-I'm sorry to intrude!" 5pb apologized and covered her eyes. IF walked over to 5pb and patted her on the back.

"No need to be sorry. Compa is just tortur- I mean cleaning Cave's wounds. You can uncover your eyes." IF explained. 5pb slowly uncovered her eyes and saw all the cuts on Cave's body. She felt sick at all the dried blood and some of the blood oozing out of the wounds Compa was cleaning. She could smell it.

"All done cleaning your wounds~! All I have to do now is to wrap them up!" Compa explained. Compa grabbed the bandages and IF grabbed her hands before she could do anything.

"I don't think you should do it. Let me do it." IF said to Compa. Compa tried to struggle from IF's grip.

"I can do it!" Compa protested. "Why don't you trust me?" she then asked.

"Remember what happened with Neptune?" IF said

"How did you know about that?" Compa asked. She was slightly confused because IF wasn't there for that event.

"I read the script!" IF answered. The two continued to argue and Cave was starting to dose off. 5pb thought of an idea.

"H-How about I do it?" 5pb asked. IF and Compa stopped fighting for a moment and thought about it. "It's starting to get late so why not let me do it? You two should head home."

"I don't have a problem with that… What about you Compa?" IF said. Compa nodded in agreement and IF let go of her. Compa gave 5pb the bandages and the two girls left. 5pb was now alone with Cave. 5pb blushed slightly at the thought. She walked over to Cave, who now had her eyes closed.

"Cave, are you still awake?" 5pb asked. Cave suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the girl in front of her. Cave nodded and 5pb then sat down on the bed and began wrapping the bandages. "Just tell me if they're too tight."

Once 5pb got finished she started to change into her pajamas. She realized Cave was still in the room and turned around. "C-Can you not look please?" said the now blushing singer.

"We're both girls…but if you insist…" Cave said as she turned around, not facing 5pb. "Better?"

"Y-Yes… Thank you." 5pb said. She took off her clothes slowly and kept checking to see if Cave was looking. When she got done changing she soon realized the guest room only had one bed. "Ok. I'm done." Cave turned around and fell onto the bed. She was exhausted. 5pb got onto the bed and looked down at Cave. "Are you really going to sleep in your underwear, Cave?" she asked. Cave just grunted, so the singer just took it as a yes.

"I'm going to sleep…" Cave said and she started to move to get under the covers, but 5pb stopped her. "What?" Cave said, not turning to face the blue-haired girl.

"Why did you do it?" 5pb asked the red head. Cave turned to face the girl.

"Do what?" Cave asked.

"Protect me and got attacked when you knew we could run!" 5pb snapped. Cave was taken back a bit. She never saw the singer like this.

"It's my duty…" Cave answered. "And I made a promise to you…"

"You didn't have to go and do something stupid like that! There has to be another reason for doing that, so tell me!" The singer said. Cave sighed. She couldn't say what she felt. She felt her chest tighten a bit. "Tell me!" The singer said again. Cave pinned 5pb on the bed and looked at her. "C-Cave…"

"I'm sorry…" Cave said as she kissed the singer. 5pb blushed heavily and tried to fight back slightly, but she soon gave in to the kiss. Cave then broke off the kiss and whispered to 5pb's ear. "I did it because I love you…"

"C-Cave… I-I don't know what to say…" 5pb said shyly. Cave nibbled on 5pb's ear and whispered again.

"Please… Let me love you…" Cave continued to nibble on 5pb's ear. The singer pushed Cave off of her slightly.

"I-I don't know if I'm ready for this…" 5pb said quietly. She wanted to be with Cave, but she wanted to take their relationship slowly. "C-Can we take it slow?" 5pb asked. Cave shook her head.

"We can take all the time you need…" Cave said quietly. Cave and 5pb both got under the covers and 5pb hugged Cave.

"Goodnight, Cave…" 5pb said quietly. Cave returned the hug.

"Goodnight, 5pb…" Cave replied.

Then the two girls fell into the abyss of slumber.

~Fin~

So…again…what do you think? Leave a review… (I shouldn't write stories at nighttime… Haha… Plus the title is a reference to a trophy/achievement on Catherine…at least I think it is. I haven't played it in a long time. xP I might make a continuation for this story.