Written for CalmCat, who was the first winner of the first omake contest. I hope you like it! I had waaaaay too much fun writing this. I should not have made this as long as it is (it's almost as long as a chapter!) but I couldn't stop. I love this pairing! They're so cute together!

Character/Pairing Prompts: Fon and Mammon.

Other prompts (which I took great liberties with):

"I'm drawn to you."

"Huh? (saying something to that...I don't know...)"

"Then should I say 'I love you'?"

"If I talk any longer to you the crazier I will become..."

Omake 1: There will be monkeys

"This is pathetic," Verde stated. "I thought you said there would be monkeys."

"There are," Fon whispered. "Inside."

"So why aren't we inside?"

Fon stared at him. "Weren't you paying attention? Viper is in there!"

Verde stood up, causing Fon to hiss and try to drag him back into the bushes. "This is stupid," the greenette said, skipping out of the other's reach. "You know this family and you know this girl. I want to see the monkeys. Just because you had an epiphany or some other stupid self-realisation doesn't mean we can't go visit them like normal people." Ignoring Fon's wringing hands and despairing expression, Verde walked to the porch and rang the doorbell of the Mammon family home.

The white door opened, revealing a slim woman with long blue hair that was in the process of being tied up. An eye-patch covered one of her dark blue eyes but that didn't lessen the kind gaze that looked Verde over as she asked, "Can I help you?"

"May I see the monkeys?" the nine-year-old responded.

One slow eye blink later, she was smiling and ushering the little boy inside, asking him for his name and how he knew about her family's unusual pets.

"Fon told me. He was just too chicken to come see them with me," Verde said, but talking took second place as he was introduced to the variety of creatures housed in the small menagerie. He didn't hear the doorbell ring, or Mrs Mammon telling her daughter to answer it. If he had, he would have taken a moment to catch a glimpse of the girl Fon sighed over so often.

Meanwhile, Fon's breath stuttered to a halt when the door was opened by a familiar hoodie-wearing girl. The smile that broke out on her mostly-concealed face did nothing to help.

"Hey, Fon! Long time no see," Viper greeted him.

"H-Hey, Viper…" Fon's voice trailed off, finding it hard to speak around the girl he had recently realised he was crushing on.

"Did you need something?" The hood tilted to the side.

'So cute!' Fon thought, blushing slightly. "Um… my friend…"

"Oh, Verde-chan?" Viper pressed a finger to her lip. "I think he's with mummy in the menagerie. Do you wanna see him?"

"Umm… sure."

Viper let Fon pass her before shutting the door behind her. Fon took that moment to admire the pretty pigtails her purple hair was in, and a thrill passed through him when he realised the bands holding them were the frog ones he had given her on her birthday.

"Hey, Fon," Viper said as she walked next him. "Why don't you come visit anymore?"

She had noticed his absence? Fon smiled shyly at her. "I guess I've just been busy."

"With all your popular friends?" She turned to look at the wall. "All the girls talk about you and everyone wants to be your friend these days. Or was it always this way?"

"You're exaggerating." Fon's smile grew. "Besides, you're still the only girl friend I want."

"Then why don't you hang out here anymore?" Viper stopped abruptly and faced him in the empty hallway. "Is it because I have to wear this thing now?" Her fists were clenched as she indicated her hoody.

Fon blinked. 'Say what now?' he thought.

"I hear what they say. That I'm ugly and contagious or that I have cooties!"

"What?" Fon grabbed her shoulders. "It's just a rare skin condition! Everyone knows that!" He shook her for emphasis. "Who said that? I'll set them straight!"

Viper's hood fell and revealed her indigo eyes currently brimming with tears. "Then why?" she cried out, shutting her eyes as she turned her face away. "Why don't you want to be my friend anymore?"

Fon's cheeks reddened as he looked down. "It's because I'm… I'm drawn to you."

"Huh?" Viper looked at him, confused, but he continued to look at his feet. "What do you mean? I don't…"

"I guess you could say..." Fon bit his lip before meeting her gaze. "I like you, Viper."

Viper frowned, shifting slightly in Fon's hold as his grip tightened. "Well, I like you too. We're friends still… right?"

Fon's cheeks darkened further. "Not like that. I like like you." Viper tilted her head in confusion. "You know, like like!" There was no comprehension in the eyes he so missed looking into. He sighed. "Should I just say I love you instead?"

Viper's eyes widened. Her face turned red. "You mean… you're confessing to me?" she whispered, her tone almost reverent.

Fon nodded and finally let her go. "You don't have to give me an answer right now! I just… wanted you to know." He shuffled on the spot. "I didn't come see you because the longer I talk to you, the crazier I become… Crazier in love, I guess you could say." He was mumbling and babbling. Not a good combination.

"Fon, I-"

"Kufufu. Did I just eavesdrop on my daughter's first confession?"

Fon and Viper whirled around to see Mammon Rokudo standing behind them, arms crossed with his usual trident held in one hand. Fon gulped. Although Viper's dad was smiling with closed eyes, there was something disturbing to his normally warm expression. When his eyes opened to reveal a cold, assessing gaze still coupled with his smile, the feeling of alarm grew.

"Dad, go away."

"Put your hood up before you break out," was Rokudo's reply. He never broke his stare-down with Fon.

Viper complied, then continued her argument. "I can handle this myself."

"You're too young for a boyfriend." Rokudo's glare became more pronounced as his smile fell away. "And you," he pointed at Fon, "are too young to think you're in love."

"I tried saying like like, but Viper didn't get it," Fon mumbled.

Rokudo turned to his daughter. "See? He is whimsical in his articulation of his affection. Like and love are not interchangeable. He merely wants you for the sake of his hormones. Unworthy."

Fon flinched at being dismissed so easily. Viper bit her lip. "I don't understand," she said softly. "What are hormones?"

Fon shrugged. "Bugs, maybe?"

"Like cooties?"

"No, they are…" Rokudo sighed. "Look, you're both too young for this. I'm too young for this."

"No!" Fon said suddenly. "I like Viper, whether you like it or not. That's not going to change now, because it hasn't changed since I met her!"

"Daddy told me boys like girls because they're pretty. Is that the only reason you became my friend? Because you liked how I looked?"

"Not at all!" Fon tried to explain it to her. "I liked you because… you know… you were nice and you introduced me to your monkeys!"

"So if I didn't have Lichi, you wouldn't like me?" Viper asked crossly.

"No! It's not like that."

"Then what is it like? How can you be sure you like me if you can't even explain why?" Viper crossed her arms.

"I just do," Fon said miserably.

"That's a dumb reason." She turned her face away. "When you have a better reason, we will talk." She walked off.

Fon looked at his feet, misery and despondency rising in his chest.

Rokudo's tone was cheerful as he said, "Sensible. Just like her mother." Fon sniffed in reply. "Hey, cheer up." Rokudo hunched down next to Fon. "You're young. You have many years ahead for both of you to fall in and out of love."

"I'll never love anyone other than Viper." Fon rubbed at his eyes which had started to burn.

He heard Viper's father sigh and then warm arms hugged him. "If that proves to be true, then I will accept you wholeheartedly in the future." Fon's shoulders shook as he tried to contain his reaction to Viper's rejection. As if reading his thoughts, Rokuda said, "She didn't flat-out refuse you. Girls like Viper, they want something real. Even as young as she is, Viper already knows what she wants. Now it's up to you to be forthright with her."

"What does 'forthright' mean?"

"When you can answer her honestly and sincerely, in a way that makes sense to her, then she will accept you. I guarantee it."

"Thank you."

Rokudo didn't reply but that was okay. Fon stayed in his embrace until his emotions were under control again and then he went to see the monkeys. Viper wasn't around, but that was okay too. It was up to Fon to bring her out of her shell, and so he would. No matter what it took.