Playful

A/N: Silly little one-shot scenarios of the OT3. I wanted to show Julie being flirty and playful. ;P I also wanted to write Ben/Julie vs. Ben/smoothie and Albedo/Julie vs. Albedo/chilli fries. Lulz! Prepare for massive fluff!

Greedy (Ben/Julie)

"Mmm!" was the sound that filtered through the room, despite the television blasting at full volume.

Julie wanted to keep her eyes plastered on the screen but her eyes were slowly getting inclined to roll towards the ceiling.

Right on cue, the "Mmm!" sound continued and muted out the mumbled words of the leading female character. It was one of those mystery/suspense shows that really loved to have its actors mutter grimly towards each other to imply how grave and serious the situation was. It only served to strain Julie's ear instead.

Especially when a wise-guy beside her decided to be very vocal about his enjoyment of a certain drink just because she wouldn't let him watch the Sumo Slammers episode he'd already watched a million times. Apparently, because it was the Original and not Hero Generation, it was absolutely vital to his existence. This meant that he had to intrude on the show she was seeing for the first time.

Another exclamation of appreciation and she felt like slamming the cushion in her arms right into his face. Unfortunately, spilling the smoothie on her mother's carpet would have dire consequences. She needed some other ammunition if she wanted to have her revenge. She had to wait for the opportunity though. He opened his mouth and let go of the smoothie straw. This was it.

"This show is so lame," he complained. "The Kenko vs. Ishiyama showdown beats this stupid - Hey!"

The smoothie had been plucked out of his hand during his rant. With the hand containing the polystyrene cup, she was frowning as she explained, "You were enjoying it way too much. Those sounds were just wrong on so many levels." She tried to control the smile on her lips.

She had gotten off the sofa to stand far away from him but as soon as he realized the smoothie in his hand was missing, he'd gotten up as well.

The smug look on his face made her exasperatedly sigh in her head: What a teenage boy.

"What, are you jealous?" he joked, cocking his head to the side. Springing towards her, his hand swiftly made a grab for the smoothie. But she'd been following tennis balls that moved much faster than that. Playing soccer meant that he was better with his feet. So it was rather easy for her to shift away and pull the cup even farther back, her hand now placed on his chest to keep him from getting it.

"Maybe I am," she followed through, giggling lightly as he extended his hand farther and swiped for the cup but constantly grabbed air instead. "So you better choose: me or the smoothie."

"Hah!" he exclaimed, stopping his attempts for a moment to place a hand on his hip confidently. "I'm the Savior of the Universe. Heroes don't choose. They get what they want in the end."

Raising a thin black eyebrow, she thought to herself how very unheroic that declaration sounded. What she actually said however was, "Not this time."

A mischievous grin. His hand hovered over the Omnitrix. "Don't make me go alien on you."

"Play fair or you don't get anything," she threatened playfully, wagging her index finger. She momentarily waved the smoothie closer so that he could make a grab for it, and then laughed excitedly when she managed to get the smoothie away before he reached it. He nearly got it there for a second but she was lucky enough to pull back just in time.

"Trust me. I'm getting both."

"No!" she giggled, running forward past him and bouncing on the sofa to get higher ground. She hoped he would at least take off his shoes before he followed her. Her mom would hate having dirt on her sofa. "Me or the smoothie?"

The Omnitrix bearer smirked evilly, crouched and then jumped.

"Ben, your shoes!" she berated half-heartedly, far too busy laughing in enjoyment as he tried to restrain her as well as hold the smoothie in his hands. He was behind her, arms wrapped around her so that his own hands could clamp on her tiny hands covering the smoothie cup.

"Told you I'd get both," he muttered into her hair, his voice tickling her ear.

Coincidentally, the end theme music of the show began to play. Julie stared dejectedly at the direction of the TV. Her boyfriend noticed this as well, squealing, "Sumo Slammers!" enthusiastically in a high-pitched voice that was decidedly unmanly. She was polite enough not to point it out.

After all that, they'd finally decided to sit down. Ben just muttered a sorry as he dusted off the dirt on the sofa from his shoes and easily plopped himself down on it. Julie cringed at the sight of him finding it so easy to sit on something he'd been stepping his shoes all over before. They really needed to talk about hygiene at some point.

All the while, they watched Ben's show as he drank his smoothie and still managed to have his arm around his girlfriend. Said girlfriend should really have been annoyed. Unfortunately, Julie couldn't deny that they were actually having such a good time together even if her boyfriend was being such a greedy jerk.

She was actually starting to enjoy the Sumo Slammers show anyway. After all, Ishiyama was way cool