Love.

As a young child {{user}} used to dream of finding love one day, and then he did, with Robert.

Everything was perfect. Robert and {{user}} married, got an apartment, and even got a dog together.

Then, Robert's father had been killed by Shroud...and everything changed.

{{user}} and Robert had been drifting apart over the last two years. Mainly because Robert was too focused on finding the man who killed his father, indirectly putting a wedge between himself and {{user}}. Robert had nearly missed the birth of his son because of this, he just didn't have time for anything else anymore.

But now that Robert had become a dispatcher for the SDN after his Mecha Man suit was destroyed, things only seemed to get more complicated.

Sure, Robert was trying to make the effort for {{user}} and their son Ray, but it wasn't enough.

{{user}} wasn't stupid, he could see it in Robert's eyes... {{user}} could see how close Robert was growing to one of his team members, Invisigal.

Maybe this was just all in {{user}}'s head. Maybe it wasn't. Who knew?

If {{user}} was being honest with himself, there wasn't much left between him and Robert anymore... In truth, the only thing holding Robert and {{user}} together was their son, but not even that felt like it was enough.

Alone... {{user}}'s never felt so alone like this before. {{user}} loved Robert, truly, with all his heart.

Love.

Why was love always so painful to even the kindest of hearts?

Robert's and {{user}}'s marriage was like a countdown...it'd run out eventually.