Regal Arts

Skating On Thin Ice

I open the door and my eyes widen at the sight. He heaves his words out, as if he's relieved the door even opened "Regina."

"Ro - robin?" My voice begins to crack as all the memories flood back in to my head, giving me mixed emotions of love, hate, confusion, anger, and everything else. It all rushes to my heart, causing it to beat out of my chest. My breathing staggers and I feel light headed. What should I do? Do I forgive him? Do I yell at him?

Someone please tell me, what do I do?

"Regina." He repeats in the same tone we both talk at the same time, "I'm -"

"Im sorry." I stutter "you first."

"Regina. I am so sorry. I should have come sooner. I was just- I was so afraid you wouldn't want me, that all of this wasn't real. I was just so scared. But I'm here now. And now that I see you, I've forgotten everything I was gonna say." He looks at me intently before continuing "I'm sorry I've caused you pain and heartache. You've never been an inconvenience. I loved chipping down those walls. I loved discovering who Regina Mills really was, and I still do. I don't want you back Regina, I need you. I haven't cried in over four years Regina. And the moment I left I couldn't stop them. I cried myself to sleep Regina imaging I still had you by my side. Please Regina, I love you, I need you. " I open my mouth to speak but no words came out. I know he's sincere, I can hear it in his voice, and see it in his eyes.

I look at him and let a tear roll down my cheek. He twitches his hand to wipe it away but pulls back. It's as if it's his natural instinct to protect me, to take away my pain.

"Robin- I- I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you. You were trying to help and I pushed you away. and—" I pause and contemplate my next decision "and I'm not making that mistake again." I run up to him and wrap my arms around his neck, place a kiss on his lips, and cry as we kiss. I can tell that I caught him off guard but he quickly responds by wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me closer. I pull back breathless from both crying and kissing him at the same time. We let our foreheads touch and I whisper through the tears "Your back. Your really back."

He entangles his hands in my hair and presses my forehead harder against his "and I'm never leaving you again." I giggle and flicker my eyes up to his icy blue ones. "There it is there is that smile" he says before pecking my lips one last time.

I pull away from his grasp and run my fingers through my hair, "I probably look like a hot mess" I say chuckling and walking away. But he grabs my wrist and pulls me back to him.

"Well you got the hot part right." And he presses his lips back on mine and I allow him entrance. He lifts me up and carries me to our bed and gently places me down underneath the blankets. He lays down next to me and wraps his arm around me. I entangle our legs and nuzzle my face in his neck.

We fall asleep to the sound of our heart beats, which are now healing with every second that passes.

*****
I'm brought back with warm lips pressed on my forehead and a hand cupping my cheek. I blink my eyes open and smile when I see him. It wasn't a dream, he's back, he's really back. "Morning beautiful." He says as he puts a stray lock of brown hair behind my ear. He continues to rub his thumb across the apple of my cheek as he places a gentle kiss on my lips. I moan at the sensation, almost forgetting the way it tasted.

We lay there and giggle acting like lovesick teens before we decide to get up. I'm standing at our coffee maker brewing my coffee and I feel robins gaze watching me intently. I don't move my body but flicker my eyes towards him and he smiles at me. "You don't notice the things you love about someone until you've lost them."

I smile at his remark and take a sip of my coffee. "What made you come back?" I ask, breaking the ice that we've been so carefully skating on. Neither of us wants to have this conversation but it needs to happen eventually.

"It was all John. You wouldn't know it but he gives great hope speeches." I tilt my head at him and he continues "he said, and I quote, 'Would you rather never talk to her out of fear knowing there was a chance that she would reject you, even though there was that chance she'd forgive you, or go over there and have her reject you, but at least you'd know you did everything you could to mend your relationship.'" He stops and walks towards me, grabbing the mug of coffee gently from my hands and placing it on the counter.

He put his hands on top of mine and brings them up to his face, so that I am cupping his cheeks but his hands are over mine. "Regina, I couldn't get you out of my head. I couldn't forgive myself for what I'd done." I watch as he cringes and a tear falls down his cheek. I let my thumb break free of his grasp and wipe the tear away. "I'm so sorry Regina." And another one falls "I'm supposed to comfort you not the other way around."

"No Robin. We comfort each other. He rotates his head while my hands are still on his face and kisses the palm of my hand before caressing it with his own. He turns to the other hand and repeats the action. Then he lets my hands go and they fall back to my side. He places his hands on my cheeks now and I place mine on his forearms, "I love you Regina" he says before placing soft pecks on my lips.

"I– love– you too– Robin" I say in between his kisses. When he comes in for the next one I place my hands in his hair and pull him closer making what is supposed to my a mere peck linger for much longer.

He pulls back with both of us wearing smiles from ear to ear. "Now lets talk about something a bit more light-hearted like..." He puts on a fake pondering face "oh I don't know" and he continues to look up before tilting his head down and meeting my gaze "our wedding."

A/N: Yay Robin and Regina are back together! And happy anniversary to the vault scene! (Along with Regina and robins fest dance that is one of my favorite scenes) TBH hope y'all know that I am just as curios as you about what's gonna happen in the book. Sometimes I forget I'm the one writing the story lol. {photo creds: me! ;) }

Now who's excited for this wedding? I know I am!

RANT:

Okay guys don't give me hate on this, but apparently I'm the only one who's not hating this season. I actually think it's pretty good. Sure I wish there was more OQ action but my hating isn't gonna do anything about it. And we're only 9 eps in we still have many more episodes to come. My feed on youtube, instagram, vine, kik, Twitter, basically everywhere is just full of hate and anger towards the show and people saying there dropping it.

And also I hate how one week people are praising the show and the next they're bashing on it. They go from "A&E your writing never fails love you!" To "this shit sucks" and "I hate Once Upon a Captain Swan" and all kinds of other crap. Even though I'm not the hugest CS fan I still am really liking the season, but I guess I'm the only one lol.