Hey guys this is my first fanfic, I just love FMP and thought i'd give it a try, this is set to take place after the series, (including fumoffu), and assumes that Kaname and Sousuke are finally a couple.

Disclaimer:I don't own Full Metal Panic, any of it's characters, nor have any interest in any organizations that have ownership of it. I just like the story.

It was a small beach, but it had it's pluses. For one; it was Private, that alone was a blessing, it wasn't natural either. White sand had been imported just for this beach, replacing the rocky sand that originally was here. It was surrounded by trees and rock walls, making it very quiet, aside from the roar of the ocean that is. Unfortunately the peace was about to be broken. With multiple cheers and shouts of joy, a small group of teenagers burst onto the scene, finally having finished the 2 mile hike to get down to the private beach they had been lucky enough to have gotten permission to use for their first week of summer vacation.

It had all been thanks to Ren, well, Sousuke as well if you really wanted to be honest. Ren's father had allowed her and her friends the use of the beach for their first week of summer vacation as a reward for the assistance of Bonta-Kun, who was in fact Sousuke Sagara, crazy otaku military maniac, aka Sergent of Mithril. He was also the boyfriend Kaname Chidori, the girl he was assigned to protect. Not that anyone with half a brain would say his name around her at the moment. The blue haired girl trudged down to the spot where all her friends had dropped their bags in one big pile, before running off to play in the water before lunch. She sat down underneath a large beach umbrella that had been setup, and let out a long depressed sigh, followed by a whispered name, barely audible.

"Sousuke"

She fought back the tears that had threatened to overtake her again. Memories of their last conversation flooded back unbidden.

She was doing the dishes after making dinner, trying to ignore the thoughts tugging at the back of her mind. Sousuke had received a phone call in the middle of their dinner together, a regular tradition for the two. After excusing himself he went out on the balcony to speak with whoever had called him. Of course she knew who had called him, who other than Mithril that would put such a look on his face. He had gone from the new Sousuke that was emerging to the the otaku Sousuke in less than a heartbeat.

"Kaname" he said gently as he walked in.

"you have a mission don't you." she had cut him off, not a question, a statement.

"Affirmative, my pickup is en route, i need to go get ready."

"How long will you be gone? Our vacation starts this Saturday!" It was wednesday.

"As long as all goes as planned I should be back by Thursday afternoon"

"Well then you'd better go pack you big idiot! Just don't you dare be late for OUR vacation! I've really been looking forward to this! Don't you dare mess it up for us!"

That had been harsher than she meant, but she was too angry to apologize.

"Understood, it is not a problem"
And with that he was gone.

Thursday night.

Kaname was mad, really mad, actually, pissed would be a better description.

"ooooooh where is he! He better not have been sidetracked by some new pistol or Arm slave or other stupid otaku stuff!" Her anger was the only defense she had against the fear inside, the fear that threatened to rip her heart to pieces.

Just then her cell phone rang. Recognizing the number, rather the lack of a number on the caller id, she hit talk immediately, and started her lecture.

"Sousuke! Why aren't you back yet! Why are you only calling me now! You'd better have a REAL good explanation soldier!" She was stopped mid lecture by the voice she heard on the otherside.

"Miss Chidori, this is Lt. Cmdr. Kalinin, I wanted to be the one to inform you as to Sergent Sagara's tardiness." there was and audible sigh on the other side of the line, her heart sunk as she heard this, it wasn't the first time she had received this kind of call, but it made it no less unbearable.

"We lost contact with Sergent Sagara about 14 hours ago. It is believed he was captured, we are attempting to locate his position now, I will keep you updated."

with that he gave his apologies to her, and terminated the call. Once again, Kaname Chidori's life had stopped.

Later that night Kyoko stopped by Kaname's to see how things were going getting ready for their trip that coming weekend. When Kaname had answered the door she was shocked to see the state Kaname was in, rambling on about 'he's captured', 'they got him' 'that damn otaku'. She wasn't sure what was going on, she did understand that Sousuke had a job that called him away unexpectedly, and that it was dangerous, she didn't quite understand why he had that kind of job while in high school, but hey, he did live on his own after all. She comforted her friend as best she could and convinced her to come on the trip anyway.

"You know, I don't think he'd want you moping around like that" Kaname looked up in anger, not sure whether to be insulted by the comment or the fact that it was true.

Atsunobu and Ren were looking down at her, concern in their eyes. The Student body president and his assistant had helped Sousuke and Kaname out many times before with different situations, and had an understanding of what kind of problem Sousuke must be in, and the feeling of helplessness Kaname must be experiencing.

Looking back at the ground, Kaname muttered a few words that her friends couldn't make out.

"Stupid otaku jerk!"

Looking back up at her friends, she managed to put on a fierce face for them.

"hmmmph, When he get's back he is soooo gonna pay."

"I'm here if you need to talk Kaname...Senpai, should we look into getting lunch ready?" she had directed the question at Atsunobu.

With that they walked off, presumably to get lunch preparations under way. Kaname couldn't help but smile at them, they hid their relationship so well, but she knew better. She couldn't help but be envious. 'Why did i have to fall for an Otaku?'

'Sousuke'

'You'd better be ok'

Reminiscing again, she thought back to their first kiss. It had been so awkward. It didn't change the fact that it was one of the best day's of her life, but she couldn't help but laugh at how tense and nervous he had been. 'At least he's better about that now' she thought. She could still evoke that nervousness at will though, and she loved that having that effect on him. He could be so easily reduced into a sweating, stiff, and nervous wreck and all it took was the pressure of certain parts of her anatomy against him. His smell, the feel of his strong arms around her, the gentleness that only she got to see, those rare moments when he sounded normal, when he actually said something sweet and didn't mess it up a second later, she missed that. His mistakes, saying the wrong thing, Otaku phrases, weapons, accidents, misunderstandings. She missed those too, they were all part of him, they all made up the whole that was the man she loved, and she wanted him there with her, needed him there.

'Sousuke, you'd better come back to me'

Her cell phone ringing interrupted her musing, realizing who was calling, she answered, bracing herself for the coming conversation.