"Uhm… Cain?"
The man in question turned, blinking at Glitch. Since D.G. had brought the O.Z. back to its original beauty, the two had been rather… distant, nearly avoiding each other. He tipped his hat a moment, nodding his greeting.
"Yes, Glitch?"
The headcase took a breath, his dark orbs drifting to Cain's shoes, "Well, back on our 'adventure', I said something that was not-so-polite, about you not having a heart because of your former status as a Tin Man an-"
Cain had completely forgotten about the incident, but was not one to let one on that he had. He opted to go along with this ordeal, curious really. "Get on with it, Glitch."
Glitch shut his eyes, those pale cheeks began to pinken, and his eyebrows squished the skin between them.
"Well, uhm… The thing is… I thought… I mean, I know you have one, every person does…"
"Glitch…"
"If you need me to be… I could be your…"
Now it was Cain's turn to turn pink.
"… heart."
There were a few beats of silence.
Cain tilted his head forward, his hat creating a shadow over his upper face.
Glitch lifted his eyelids, chocolate orbs gazing at the floor, a defeated expression worn on his face. His fingers toyed with the hems of his coat sleeves while he made to step away.
"I think I've made a fool of myself, Cain… Let's just…" The next word seem pained to say, "forget this."
Glitch turned mid-step, his back to Cain.
A hand reached out. Followed by another.
Glitch let out a noise of surprise when two arms encircled his neck, loosely.
Then a light smile curled on his lips, the headcase turning to face the man hugging him, shocked for a moment by the unfamiliar sight of saltwater on Cain's face.
Another moment of silence.
"Thank you."
"Shush, just c'mere."
Okay, this is a cute little thing that I drew up, but seeing as I won't be getting to the scanner anytime soon, I decided to write it as well.
Just a short little thing. I'm thinking of doing a few more of these while I'm having writer's block for
Nothing is What it Seems.