Author: Mystic Rains (That be me ^_^)
Rating: G, for now. I need to try and warp the little children before I kick up the rating >:)
Pairing: Meryl/Vash ^_^ (Not that I don't love my yaoi now and then, just I prefer these two)
Spoilers: Um, not really any?
Disclaimer: My mum won't even let me own my own pet, let alone a hit anime series that's known all around the world. *sigh* Life is so unfair.
Summary: The sun beating down. Heat waves strike the area. No fan. No air-conditioning. What is two insurance girls, a priest, and a legendary outlaw to do. Except maybe...go to the beach?
Author note..by the author: Ah, for everyone who reviewed so far, thank you! I didn't put my usual introduction because when I first posted this, it was crap. Now I went and touched it up, and it's still crap...but less! Hopefully. x.x
Anyways, I will have to work on the second chappy soon. I hope those who are reading for the first time, that they like it. And those who are the second time, that they like it even more, and review this time. -_-
Vacation's where I wanna be
Vibrations
Vacation's what I wanna do
Repeat after me, "I need a vacation!"
Party on the beach where the fun is free
We don't need a holiday, it's time to celebrate
'Cause I need a break, I need a vacation
Need to get me some and drive out all my complications
And turn them into love
Ain't nobody gonna tell us where we gonna be
Because today, today it's you and me
Party on the beach, fun for me and you
We don't need a holiday, it's time to celebrate
"Vacation" ~ Vitamin C
"Come on sempai, please?" Milly asked, looking out of the window at the sun's rays, which pounded against the desert sand. The temperature was reaching its peak, and the heat induced airwaves were getting Milly seasick, without the sea. Even inside the air was sticky and arid, quite uncomfortable for everyone who stayed within the cheap motel. She turned her head to look at her friend and working companion, who was busily typing away at the typewriter. "It's such a great day for the beach sempai, and there's so very few on our world. We're lucky to be near one. We should think of it as a vacation."
Meryl, lifting her fingertips off the typewriters keys and rubbing her temples, swivelled in the leather chair. Her voice was full of tired frustration, as she let out a sigh.
"What do you think the boss would say if he found out we went to the beach? An unauthorized vacation? Even for a day Milly, that could ruin our chances of a promotion." Meryl shook her head a bit, brushing away her deep violet bangs away from her face. Looking towards the white door across the room, which held the girls' 'traveling companions, she continued with an all-knowing tone to her voice.' "Plus, I don't think Vash and Mr. Wolfwood would really want to go to the–AHH"
Suddenly the blanched door was pushed ajar, and two multicolored blurrs rushed within. The surprise sent Meryl flying back within the chair, screaming her way to the wooden floor. Her short legs hung on the side of the seat as she lay on the ground, looking up at the ceiling with a glare.
Standing on each of her, smiling down with goofy grins were the 'idiots themselves.' To her left was Wolfwood, holding a large colored beachball over his head, wearing blue and white swimming trunks, and a half lit cigarette between his lips. To her right was Vash, clutching a basket and attired in a wet suit (covering his scared body and only revealing his long limbs) and the last bit of an official Bernardelli Insurance Society donut within his mouth.
"Did we hear you say beach? I always wanted to go to the beach! All those pretty girls in revealing bathing suits... " Vash clapped his hand in excitement, almost dropping the basket onto Meryl. She quickly rolled out of the way, and let it hit the ground. A soft 'nyaa' was let from the basket, but no one seemed to take notice. She stood up, and brushed the dirt of her clothing.
"Yay! See sempai! They want to go too! Please please?" Milly asked, holding her hands together.
"Yeah, please please!?" Vash and Wolfwood asked, joining aside Milly with the same longing identical plea. Their lips quivered and eyes filled of hope, like children asking their mother for the latest toy.
"Fine fine. I see I'm going to be overruled. Just get the car ready. We'll go to the beach." Meryl mumbled defeated, looking at her unfinished report.
"I knew you'd say yes Sempai!" Milly cheered, grabbing a couple things out the hotel closet and skipping in the bathroom to change. Wolfwood simply smiled at the bathroom door and picked up the basket and beachball, heading out the room and to the car to pack.
"We're going to the beach! We're going to the beach! We're going to the beach! We're going to the beach!" Vash started chanting, doing some sort of tribal war dance to match all over the room.
Meryl looked distastefully at him, but her lips curved in smiled and she let out a quiet laugh, looking through her limited wardrobe for the proper attire for the beach. She pulled out a couple pieces of fabric and put them on her arm, before reaching the top of the closet and trying to pull out her old pair of sandals. Vash sat himself on the cot, resting his hand over the pillow as he waited for her, still humming the war chant.
"It was nice of you to let us all go to the beach you know.." He whispered suddenly, striking Meryl's attention. She simply shrugged.
"As much as I seem like it, I'm not everyone's mother. I'm not here to punish or restrict. Plus, Milly is my friend, and the beach is a great time for her and Mr. Woofwood to spend some time together. They do deserve it. They're always so happy together..."
Vash nodded. Biting his lip, he ran his fingers through his spiked blond hair, and suddenly looked towards Meryl.
"Insurance Girl, have you ever wished you were in love?"
Blinking with surprise and dropping one of her boxes of ammunition onto the floor, Meryl looked toward Vash, before scrambling to the floor to pick up the scattered bullets. She did so in silence, pretending he wasn't there or never asked a question. Vash sighed and fell to his knees on the floor, helping collect the rolling bullets. They finished with the last bullets at the same time, their hands brushing each others, creating a quick shock of electricity between them.
"Meryl, you didn't answer my question..." He asked silently, looking into her eyes, the rush of his breath exiting unevenly. She sighed, and dropped the bullets into the box, gazing into his green eyes. Leaning over, Meryl brushed a lock of his light blond hair out of his eyes, and smiled gently. Vash returned the smile, and took hold of her hand, the difference in size easily visible. Meryl parted her lips slightly, trying to form a response, but at the exact moment Milly came out of the bathroom, her cheerful voice announcing her completion. Meryl immediately drew away, standing up and grabbing the fabric that once laid forgotten on the mattress, hurrying into the lavatory and snapping the door shut.
Milly looked from the closed bathroom, to Vash on the floor. She picked up the ammunition on the box and put it in on the closet shelf easily, sighing.
"Sorry Vash-san. I didn't mean to walk in on any-"
"It's okay. It wasn't anything important anyway." Vash sighed, making his way to the door, and holding it open. "We should get to the car, Wolfwood is probably dying in the heat." Then with a brisk afterthought "You look nice by the way. Wolfwood always says how beautiful you are. Don't tell him that I told you though."
Milly's cheeks flushed, as she looked down to her flower sandals. She nervously made sure the spring dress was lying flat, and brushing her long brown hair through with her fingers.
"Thank you Vash-san. I promise I'll keep it a secret." Milly gave a true hearted smile, as she made her way down the stairs with Vash by her side.
"What's it like to be in love?" He asked silently, not really expecting an answer, as they walked down the hotel stairs together. Milly smiled silently and made her through the lounge, pushing the wooden doors half open. Turned around and smiling at Vash, she replied. "Exactly how it feels when you're close to Meryl, Vash-san." She pushed her way ahead through the doors and jumped into the front seat of the car, leaving a surprised Vash still inside. He stumbled his way to the nearby bar, and ordered a quick shot. Leaning his head down and resting it on his arm, he mumbled to himself, staring at the alcoholic drink and swallowed the content in one shot.
"Love? She's bossy thought. And she hits me all the time. And she's not like many girls I've seen. Milly is in love, I am just...in like with her? That just sounds dumb. But it can't be love..."
He swallowed down another shot and sighed, looking down at the wooden bar and playing with the stale bar peanuts. Resting his head in his hands, he stayed there drifting off, until a voice snapped him awake. Her voice. He winced slightly at her harsh words.
"Vash? Vash?! You're the one who was just begging me to go to the beach and now you want to get drunk?"
"No Insurance girl, I was just..." He swivelled slowly and stood up, waiting to be dragged off or perhaps even slapped, but when he went to continue his voice caught within his throat. He could tell that she had grown a couple of inches higher, due to the healed sandals she was wearing. Also the summer dress that she had on matched the colors of her eyes, and a couple of inches above her knee than he would ever think she would wear. Vash stood there, his gaze transfixed.
Meryl gazed at him, wondering what he was staring so fondly at. Waving her hand in front of his eyes and getting no responce, she sighed and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the car.
"Come on, we might as well enjoy this vacation now. I could actually use a change of scenery and you have plenty of pretty girls to run after..." She growled, marching out the door with Vash, surprised he wasn't putting up much of a fight. They both climbed into the back of the car, shutting the door, as Wolfwood speed away.