Thinking bout' you
Gauche was staring blankly out of the window of his bedroom wondering which assignment to take; the delivery to 'Dead Gulch' with a person called 'Aria link' or go to a place called 'Cazmodan' with no one. He chose the "Dead gulch" assignment.
He checked that he was prepared and glanced at his dingo, Roda, to see if she was ready.
And without further ado he left.
When he arrived at the Bee-Hive, he went to the front desk and asked the receptionist
"...May I see Aria link? I'm Gauche Suede"
The woman looked at him over the top of her wire framed glasses and said
'...She's in the lobby... she has been waiting for you mister Suede"
Aria Link had been waiting for about 40 minutes when Gauche arrived and she was not impressed.
Gauche hid his face by staring at the ground and having his cap low over his head.
Aria stood up and frowned
"Why are you late? I've been waiting forever you know! I was getting bored!"
"Look." he looked up and made eye contact with Aria
"There is no excuse Mister Su..." she dropped off mid sentence.
They both made an 'O' shape with their mouth. They stared at each other for what seemed like hours. Finally Aria broke the silence by saying
"Um…w-well...shall we go?"
"Uh...yeah" replied Gauche, both ignoring each others blushing faces, they left the Hive
And they were on their way.
The carriage ride was bumpy and awkward, both Aria and Gauche remained silent. When they arrived at a motel called the "why u ere'" motel and hotel, they booked a reservation for two separate rooms and went to rest.
Gauche was sitting in his bed for the 3rd consecutive hour all the while thinking about Aria.
After another 20 minutes gauche sat up and started pacing and Roda , sensing Gauche's discomfort, stared at him poised and ready to attack. As gauche paced, his thoughts bounced around his head like...
Gauches thoughts
What if she doesn't like me...
What if she resents me ...
What if she hates me...
What if...what if...
Back to normal life.
"...what if..." said gauche.
Roda sensing his heart ache walked over to him and slowly and friendly nudged him on the leg.
Gauche looked down at Roda and then knelt down and pet him on the head.
He said to Roda "the road will be long and hard and we will need all our strength so ...get some rest."
And he went to sleep
Gauche was eating breakfast it was hot soup...beef soup, even though there wasn't any actual meat in it.
He slurped and sipped on his soup staring a thousand yard stare, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.
He spilt some soup on himself and he felt the burn but somehow the pain got last in the translation in his brain.
He finished his soup just as he heard someone walking toward his door to his room. It opened, gauche turned partially to the door and said
"who is it?"
As he stood up, wiping the hot soup of his shirt.
He walked over to the door cursing under his breath about the stain in his sleeve.
He opened the door and standing there bathed in the star crossed light form the window was Aria
"..Hi...May I come in?