Her valentine, or so she hoped. If her little crush accepted her wish for them to be her valentine, she'd be the happiest racer in sugar rush. Not to mention she would also have her best friend. Yes, she would be happy, but unfortunately, she couldn't shake the feeling of nervousness, the little tiny twinge of uncertainty in whether or not her valentines day request would be accepted.
Taking a deep breath to calm and clear her mind, she jumped into her kart and started it up... Then she remembered.
"The valentines!" She ran back to her room, zipping past Sour Bill as she went back to her room, grabbed all her valentines in a big pile, being careful of her two very special ones, and she zipped back past Sour Bill. Then she stopped, turned back to Bill and smiled. She skipped up and kneeled down to look him in the eyes, still holding the massive pile of valentines.
"Hey Bill, hows it goin?" she said sweetly. Sour Bill smiled slightly, this young child could be a real darling when she wanted to, and on such a day as this, why shouldn't he return the favor?
"Its alright Vanellope, any plans for valentines day? The arcades closed for the holiday you know"
"I know" she said excitedly "im gonna rally the racers so i can give them all their valentines and wish them a happy holiday. You got any plans?"
"No, not really, just going to sit and read a romance novel"
"Ahhh, well have fun with that, i gotta go though... Oh! And i got sumthin for ya, its right on top there, the green one. Go 'head and grab it"
Sour Bill reached up and grabbed the little green valentine on top on the pile in the young girls arms, then she got up and hopped away. Sour Bill looked at her, then the valentine, then he oppened the card. It was a pop out card, with a pop out cutout of him holding a little red sign that said "im so sweet im sour" He smiled and shook his head good naturdley, then hobbled off to the lounge to read his novel.
Over on the other side of sugar rush, ms Taffyta Muttonfudge was wistfully preparing her valentines for the day. She had one left to finish, the biggest and best of them all. A big blue candy heart, about the size of her head. She was writing on it in edible ink (yes there is a such thing as both edible ink and paper, go watch cake boss)
She sat back a moment, she was on her knees with the big valentine propped up against her bedroom wall in front of her, and admired her work. In big bold/italic letters was written "stay schweet" and right under it inside of another, white, candy heart that was stuck to the bigger one with icing, was "be mine" little swirly decorations framed the outside of both of the hearts, drawn there with pink frosting.
She smiled at her work and blushed. It was going to be an eventful day. And she so hoped her affections would be accepted. She heard the assembly bell ring... Vanellope was calling all the racers to the track.
She wondered why for a second, then assumed it was so the president could talk to them all about the holiday and wish them a good one, she usually did such things. As she hopped into her kart and approached the race track her assumptions were confirmed. Vanellope stood atop her royal stand, looking down upon all of the other racers, a huge smile spread across her face. Taffyta was the last to arrive, and as she walked up to the rest of the congregation she heard the voice of her president, ringing out to her in greeting.
"Taffyta! You finally made it"
"Sorry" Taffyta replied nonchalantly "had a few last minute preparations to do" she gave a short shrug, then smiled up at Vanellope.
"Ahhhh, its okay, im just glad everyones here now. I called you all here so I could give you all a valentine personally without having to track ya down... As well as wish you all a happy valentines day"
"Smart idea!" Candlehead said enthusiastically.
"I know, right?" Vanellope replied hopping down, sliding off the red carpet. She skipped over to her kart and gathered from it all of her valentines she had prepared for everyone. She went around to all the racers, laughing and giggling at their comments on their valentines, and receiving ones of her own from them. She finally reached the last one.
Taffyta smiled sweetly as Vanellope stopped in front of her "I was beginning to think you forgot me... Or maybe just didn't care... I wouldn't blame you"
"Oh shut up" vanellope replied teasingly with mock anger "you know I forgave you, dont even think of going on with that puppy poop"
Taffyta laughed. Vanellope smiled shyly, then from behind her back, she pulled out a big red heart lollipop, with taffytas name written in script on one side, and valentine on the other. She held it up and blushed. When Taffyta took it and stared and it she looked to the floor bashfully.
"Its not much, but, you know, I put a lot of thought into it" Vanellope said quietly.
"Are you kidding? This is one of the most thoughtful valentines I have ever gotten... Thank you so much" taffyta smiled and wrapped her arms around vanellope's neck in a strong embrace, closing her eyes as she tilted her head to lean against vanellope's. Vanellope closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Taffyta's waist, sighing in contentment. Then Taffyta's eyes shot open, and she ripped away from Vanellope abruptly, leaving Vanellope standing there utterly shocked and a little bit hurt.
"Im sorry, i just remembered i left yours in my kart, be right back!"
Vanellope smiled again and watched as Taffyta ran full speed back and forth from her kart, giggling a little bit as she did.
Taffyta stopped for a moment and caught her breath, then she looked down shyly, something the great Taffyta Muttonfudge didn't often do.
"Here, Vanellope" she said as she held it up in front of her face to hide her blush. Vanellope took it and smiled.
"I... Was kind of hoping, er, wondering, if you would... You know... Be my valentine?" Taffyta said with and awkward kind of look that made her look as if she was partially bracing for impact, partially hoping for the better.
Vanellope's already huge smile grew so you thought her face was going to rip, and she gained a twinkle in her eye. She glomped Taffyta and nearly made the poor unsuspecting girl fall to the ground.
"Yeah, ill be your valentine... Why ya gotta be so shy about it, wheres the confident Taffyta I know?" Vanellope giggled.
"Well you were being pretty shy about five minutes ago" Taffyta retorted sneakily.
"Thats okay, thats me, Im allowed to be shy"
"Oh really? And im not?"
"I unno... I just like the confident Taffyta"
"Oh you do, now do you?" Taffyta said coyly as she pushed Vanellope's shoulders back, forcing the other girl to look her in the eye. Vanellope still had a hold of Taffyta's waist, only now Taffyta's palms were positioned on the front side of Vanellope's shoulders. Taffyta held her coy little smirk, ignoring the eyes that watched them, waiting to see what would happen.
"Tell me, Vanellope, how do you like the confident Taffyta"
Vanellope blushed furiously, and Taffyta continued, liking her reaction.
"Is it...friendly?" She then leaned in closer and whispered "or is it... More?"
That was it, Vanellope couldnt take it. She hide her face to cover her blush and screamed coarsely into her hands. Taffyta smiled slightly but looked just a bit worried.
"Fine! You got me, i like you Taffyta, okay? Actually, no, i love you, okay?" Vanellope was really embarrased, she couldnt hide it, and she no longer held Taffyta close. But Taffyta pulled her back into the hug, wrapping her arms around the blushing girls neck and nuzzling the side of her head just once, while Vanellope hid her eyes again.
"Yepp" Taffyta replied casually, smiling "thats okay"
"Thats all you have to say?" Vanellope groaned, clearly a little hurt, but having been expecting it all along.
"Nope" once again the platinum blonde replied in a casual tone "its not"
"Then what else do you have to say, huh?"
Taffyta replied by turning her head and planting a soft kiss on Vanellope's cheek. Then she pushed the other girl back once more to look into her eyes again, which had grown about as wide as dinner plates.
"I love you too" Taffyta spoke softly with a smile that reflected her tone.
Vanellope kept her wide eyed stare "R-really?"
"Well, if you dont fully beleive that, you could always come get a little more proof" Taffyta lowered her eyelids slyly.
Vanellope knew what she meant, but just didn't have the mental capicity at the moment to do it. Taffyta rolled her eyes lightheartedly and leaned in. She placed a small, almost untracable kiss on Vanellope's lips. Then she pulled away just as quickly and looked at Vanellope questioningly.
"Proof enough?" She asked.
Vanellope nodded her head with squeak, which was supposed to be a yes, but didn't come out as such.
Taffyta chuckled a little bit, and put her forehead to Vanellope's and closed her eyes. Vanellope closed her eyes as well and made a contented noise. Then she realized something, and her eyes shot open.
"Umm... Heh heh... You guys can all go now ya know" she pulled away from Taffyta a little to look around in embarassment. She heard a few collective "awwww"s and then some muttered complaints, but eventually everyone left and went on about their valentines day.
"So.." Vanellope started, turning toward Taffyta again, and playing with her fingers bashfully "you, uh, wanna head over to lollipop meadows for a little while?" She asked in her usual highpitched tone, throwing the thumb over her shoulder in the direction of the questioned destination.
"Yep" Taffyta responded with a single nod.
"Hehe!" Vanellope quealed with a bounce, grabbing Taffyta's hand and heading over to the lollipop meadows.
AN... This was supossed to be up earlier, I wrote it on my iphone.There WILL be another chapter of this and of candy hearts as well, just need to type it up... ugh! Ive been typing all day!
Anyway, I am working on another story as well, and until that story and all current requests for Candy Hearts are complete, I will not be updating anything else.
