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Emily sat in the corner of her livingroom, sharpening the blade of her sword. She sighed and reached up, wiping at the sweat on her brow.

The beads of sweat that traced down her face absorbed into the fresh cut on her cheek.

She winced and hissed,grabbing at it.

Right then, strong arms wrapped around her shoulders. She tilted her head up a bit to see Xavier standing above her, smiling down at her.

"You okay?" he wondered. She smiled a little and nodded, going back to what she was doing.

Xavier touched her injured cheek and frowned. "That's gonna get infected if it's not dealt with...prolly gonna leave a scar too, Em."

Emily looked up at him with her tired, brown, eyes. "It'll be alright...my body's battered and beaten anyway. I've battled in many wars," she replied, turning her head back to her current project.

Xavier sighed and rubbed at her shoulders a bit. His fingers lightly tracing some of the scars on her skin.

Emily's cheeks flushed a little. "Uh...ahem...." she coughed, trying to get back to work.

Xavier smirked a little and walked over to get something for her injury.

She sighed and managed a smile. Xavier was very loving...too bad she wasn't good at that. Emily thought about that for a sec and her lips curved into a small frown.

"Poor Xavier...sigh..."

"Poor me what?"

She looked over at him from over her shoulder. "Oh..um..nothing...hehe..."

He raised an eyebrow at her and then brushed her muttering off. He kneeled down and dabbed a cottonball into acap filled with peroxide and alcohol.

He then lightly brushed it over the deep cut.

"AH!" she yelped, feeling the sting.

"Oh suck it up..." Xavier said lowly,chuckling.

Emily knitted her eyebrows together and looked at the man's face. He reached over for a bandaid when he felt Emily's hands grab his face.

They were unusually soft for someone who trained non-stop. Probably because she still took as much care of herself as any ordinary woman would when she had the time.

Xavier returned her glance and touched her hands with his own.

"Xavier...I...uh..." why'd she have so much trouble saying those three little words? She wrinkled her nose abit and tried once more.

"I...I...love...uh..."

Xavier chuckled and pulled her into his arms. He pressed her head against his chest and held her tight. Inwardly he sighed, feeling bad for her.

He loved this girl and cared for her...but the love he felt...was more for another woman. A woman who was there for him when Emily couldn't be.

He could never say that to Emily...she tried her hardest to please him...and deep down he was sure Emily knew.

Emily's eyes softened as she wrapped her arms around him, returning the embrace.

"Emily..."

"Yes..?"

"Emily...I do care about you alot...."

Emily closed her eyes and remained quiet. She somehow felt this wasn't right, but she deeply wanted it to be.

Xavier pulled away a bit and gently caressed the side of her face. She opened her eyes and stared into his, her cheeks a bright pink.

With that Xavier leaned towards her face and pressed his lips against hers with one hand cupping her face and his other arm around her waist.

Emily had to get on the tips of her toes, while placing her hands on his chest for support.

Xavier again pulled his face onlyinches away from hers. He smiled sincerely at her and leaned in again for another kiss.

Xavier...