No Need

The day had been calm so far. Carly hadn't done anything clumsy, since she had been sitting at her computer all day. Her newspaper company had ordered her to research the Satellite because Yusei Fudo was the new King. From the time she got up at eight, she had been on her computer – only leaving her post to use the bathroom or eat a snack.

Jack reclined on her sofa watching television. He could offer to tell her about the Satellite - he had lived there once, but that secret wasn't ready to come out yet. The prime time shows were all uninteresting to Jack. The only things on at the time were shows along the lines of a pair of supernatural brothers to fairy tails coming true in a small town. He flipped through the channels until he found one that looked okay. It was a special about Kurisumasu. Jack had forgotten it was that time of year already. Suddenly, he heard a deep sigh.

"Done," Carly breathed, pushing herself backward in her rolly chair. She began rubbing her bare eyes. "Hey, Jack, there's some pretty cool stuff on here. Did you know that Yusei built his own duel runner?"

"Big deal. Who doesn't build their own duel runner?" Jack asked. "Why aren't you wearing your glasses?"

"My eyes hurt," Carly said, blinking hard. "What do you want for dinner?"

"Scallops."

"I don't know how to make scallops," Carly laughed. "How about soup?" Jack made a face, but nodded.

Carly entered the kitchen, pulling out a pot. She began to put some raw meat inside, but stopped when her eyes began hurting again.

"Ah," she groaned, rubbing her eyes once more.

"What's it now?" questioned Jack, who was coming into the kitchen to refill his cup.

"My eyes are stinging now," Carly explained. "Maybe I should put my glasses back on."

"Let me see," Jack said blankly. "Don't close your eyes."

Lowering Carly's hands from her face, Jack peered into her widened eyes. Never having seen Carly's real eyes before – since they were always covered by her thick, cloudy glasses, but he was shocked by what he saw. Carly's eyes were big, shiny green orbs – that were beginning to tear from being exposed to air to long. Not only her eyes, but her glasses were so big that they covered her thick lashes. Without her glasses, Carly looked really pretty – beautiful, even.

Jack's eyes flashed back up to hers, and noticed that they becoming pink and twitching. She followed directions extremely well.

"You can close them now," Jack said, the picture of her beautiful eyes still stuck in his mind.

"Can I put my glasses on now?" Carly asked softly, her hand reaching to her back pocket to retrieve them.

"No, you're fine. There's no need, Carly."

The conversation seemed to end there, so Carly didn't ask further. Jack returned to the television, becoming upset that the special had ended without him. She washed her hands and continued with the soup, wondering why he was so against her glasses.