Well, this was the cruddiest chapter of all, so I basically rewrote it to attract more people. I will go through every chapter to fix little nuances, don't worry. I will make this better, DANG IT! I want more readers... and now, HAVE A BETTER CHAPTER ONE!
So here we enter. The saga begins.
A tale of love. A heart to win.
Reporter and alien besotted with one another
Reporter a human. Alien with no mother.
But how he wants to prove that love
Could appear to be quite harmless
At first glance.
Then he and she were under harness.
An evil villain in the depths of Paris
World conquest in mind, not to embarrass.
Darkness. Loss. Sisters. Romance.
A thousand corpses to necromance
But I'm afriad I may delve in too deep
Enjoy this while it lasts… before defeat.
She lay down in the park, next to musky leather, staring at the stars that had been dotted with sparks of color and explosions and pop and bangs not too long ago. Fireworks in the park. Wonderful date choice.
Megamind was the source of that musky leather smell. He had taken her there, insisting on making the picninc dinner in addition, and what do you know? It turned out splendid.
Megamind sighed despite this.. Since the defeat of Titan mere weeks ago, she had appealed to him as infinitely more than a friend. For a long time he had had a thing for that sassy reporter, able to persuade even unconcsiously when she was only talking. He was attracted to her as a villain, and even more so now that she had accepted him into her life, and agreed to date.
He rolled his head over to face Roxanne. He saw the silvery, peppery stars reflected in her icy blue eyes, which made it even more difficult to say what he was about to say.
"Roxanne?" Megamind said her name, and then looked down, then back at her again. "I want to tell you, um…well, I…um…I love y—the weather tonight! Very nice…" Megamind fumbled. He turned his head away from Roxanne and pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. No matter how hard he tried, he could never just say it. This had happened too many times.
Roxanne looked confused, and then she turned her head back up and looked blankly at the sky shimmering with what was like gleaming glitter someone had spilled on a black, silken sheet.
Megamind stared up at the sky too, hoping that he could work up the courage to say that he loved her at some point. As easy a task as that sounded, it was harder when he attempted to actually do it.
The unlikely couple gazed at the neverending blackness studded with rhinestones. After a while, Roxanne moved her arm, very slowly, to grasp Megamind's gloved hand laying languidly on the blanket beside her. Theor fingers entwined. If someone had told him long ago that Roxanne Ritchi would willingly hold hands with him, he'd never believe them. Now it seemed more possible, and intimidating than it would have appeared in the past.
His hand closed a bit more tightly around hers, as if to tell her he never really wanted to let go.
Then they turned to face each other again. Where the stars or her eyes just more intense? Something… about them tended to put his mind in this strange trance he couldn't get out of on most occasions.
Once again, he had gotten lovestruck by her radiance. He really couldn't help it. He involuntarily leaned in to kiss her.
"What are you doing? Megamind?" Roxanne asked. Megamind opened his eyes and found himself with his nose touching Roxanne's. He quickly drew back, embarrassed. That was the third time he'd done thatsince they started awkward, to say the least. She might not be ready just yet. How much longer would he have to wait?
Megamind flashed a brilliant smile at Roxanne to make up for it. He was known for that, and he knew she couldn't resist those classic grins. Megamind gave her hand another happy squeeze. Roxanne laughed happily. "Megamind, I've wondered for the longest time how your smile is so impossibly white." Roxanne said.
"Toothpaste does the trick, really. If you throw out about a brush a month."
There. Much better. Things were slightly less tense. Roxanne smiled again. Then she rolled onto her back, turned her head away, and stifled a yawn. She looked back at Megamind and said, "I'm tired. I should get going." The past night had made her a bit more sleepy than usual. Maybe because the firewokrs and the relaxation helped her unwind from a particularly strenuous day at the news station where she worked.
"Yeah…me too", Megamind agreed. They both stood up, and Megamind folded up the blanket they had been lounging on, laying it across his gloved arm."I… can walk you home if you want."
"Aw, that's fine, I can manage", she said politely. Megamind nodded. "So, see you tomorrow, maybe?" He asked eagerly. Even in this darkness she could see the hopeful, childlike gleam in his eyes of poison green. Roxanne shrugged.
"Probably" she considered. "See you later."
"Bye", Megamind said. He stayed standing for a few seconds to watch Roxanne walk back home, down the dark sidewalk, into the night. He watched her until she became a moving patch of blackness, and then he walked back to his Lair, listening to crickets chirp and the cool air on his face.
He looked down at the pavement, feeling a little discouraged and a bit scared. The words couldn't yet be formed out of his mouth. Not a simple, I love you. He felt like saying it to her, since those words spoke the truth, but he felt something… he felt like she deserved more.
After all, who else would date a big-headed alien like himself? He… fancied her for even considering the action.
He knew how different he was.
Just as a spark nearly lit itself in his brain, He looked up from the nearly bare sidewalks to see something flash before his eyes, like a shadow. Not a person. Something else.
Curious. When he rubbed his eyes it was gone.
"Do fireworks really have that effect on my vision?" he wondered sloud to himself. He shook his head, thinking about sleep as he kept on trudging home, lugging the blanket with him.
He entered his dark warehouse, the door squeaking open loudly, and a certain icthyoid immediately rushing up to greet his master.
"Hey, you're back."
Megamind smiled tiredly and yawned. He handed Minion the blankets he had been carrying without a word except a simple, "Hello."
Then he was forced to say more than that.
"Sir, this is the twentieth date you've had with her. Have you at least told her that you love her?"
Megamind stopped dead in his tracks. He'd hoped to avoid the question. He couldn't just walk away now.
"O-of course!" he lied.
He whirled around with a nervous grin that almost immdiately diminished when he saw Minion's face, completely disbelieving.
"Don't lie to me, Sir. What's keeping you from saying three simple words?"
"Minion, you don't understand, I—"
"Just tell me!"
Megamind sighed and sat down on the floor, crossing his knees together and resting his pointy chin in his hands. He glanced up at his friend towering over him in his robot-gorilla suit, looking so intimidating and parental from that point of view.
"It's really not that easy to say."
"In what way?"
"Well… it's Roxanne. Roxanne Ritchi, whom I've kidnapped for years on end, and now suddenly, boom! We're dating. It's been a few months since Titan. I should be able to say it, but…" "But what?" Minion tried to get an answer out of him by dropping his tone to a more sympathetic one.
"But, it's really a large task. When I say it, I have to mean it thoroughly, and my tone must be in earnest. I'm just…. concerned that it won't end up being said the right way—"
"You're worried she'll reject you?" Minion guessed softly.
Megamind opened his mouth to add something, but slumped and mumbled, "Yes…"
"Oh Sir, stand up", Minion said as he lifted his master's skinny form from the ground. It was amazing how boisterous and eccentric he could be most of the time, and even occasionally a braggart, but then when they were alone together, or he was alone alone, he was insecure and shy and self-conscious of what other people thought of him. "If it's any consolation, I think the statistical probability of her turning you away are point five percent. See? Not even one percent. Plus, I can tell from time that you two are very in love."
"Then why haven't we even kissed yet?" Megamind wondered out loud, turning depressed again. Each time they had tried, something had caught them off guard, causing the moment to be crushed. Something always happened. It was annoying.
"Well, that, Sir, I'm not sure I can answer. Sure, you have tried, but… something weird always happens when you do, and I can't pinpoint why, or how, or even the irony. Maybe you just need to be alone for a while before it works."
Even though Megamind was feeling very bummed, another puzzle piece had just been clicked in place inside his head by Minion. Solitude. Proof of love.
Considering the mastermind's wily and showy ways, he was planning something big.
Suddenly he forgot about his downcast feeling and began to think. All the gears in his head where working… and…
"I know", he exclaimed. "I think… I think I need to take her somewhere… where we can be alone!"
It sounded less blatant in his head. Minion looked a it confused.
"I mean… I also need to prove my love for her. I really want to. And she deserves the best, in my eyes. The only thign is, I don't exactly know where to take her that will impress her."
"The expensive restaurant uptown?" Minion suggested. "The one people always go to at Christmastime. It's fairly quiet… and spacious."
Megamind thought for a moment. "Nope. Something bigger."
"Something out of town?"
"Maybe even more!" he said with a cocky grin. Minion sighed a sigh that said, what am I going to do with you? And his fins fluttered a bit.
"What exactly did you have in mind?"
Megamind took a breath in as if he were about to say something, but then let it out like a balloon. "I… don't know, actually." He yawned. "But I'm tired anyway, so I'll sleep on it. On the couch."
"Sir, you never listen when I tell you all the time, I think you need a proper bed."
"Don't be silly, Minion! The couch is a wonderful place. Goodnight to you."
And if he had a cape on, he'd swish it as he made his way out of the main entrance to the living quarters to prepare for bed. Minion wondered what he could possibly be brewing up in that genius mind of his as he turned around the opposite way to power down.
Roxanne woke in the middle of the night, her hair sticking out in all places. She dreaded looking at her digital clock, judging from how dark it was outside, but she looked anyway.
1:34 AM. Peachy.
She slumped back under her covers and tried to sleep again, but after another half hour of trying, she gave up. She'd been wondering about something strange.
Little did she know Megamind thought about the same thing while laying half-off the couch cushions, battling insomnia. Why hadn't they kissed yet? Not even a peck on the lips. Only on the cheek, a few times.
And something else bugged Roxanne's thoughts in particular. What was he always trying to say each time they went out together? Started with "I love—" and then trailed off into something awkward, or he himself got interrupted.
They had been dating for a little more than two months. Roxanne was more than curious: she now knew.
He was trying to say that he loved her. There was no other explanation. And she wanted him to admit it, but when she really thought about it, she realized that he had a really hard time with that sort of thing. Most of it… probably had to do with his past.
Trusting people did not come easy for him. Not considering how he'd been abused in the past. And she could tell, he was warming up to her, but the 'I love you' part was the thing that was a challenge. Was he worried of rejection because he was an alien and she a human? Just… shy and unsure?
Roxanne had been trying to see past his evil persona for so long, she figured that had to be the exact case. Infact, she wanted to correct it. High time she did. She was in love with him, easy enough, even though complications were astounding considering now they were dating when they used to banter while one was tied up in a chair. A lot had happened to them in those two months.
Yep. He had to admit sometime soon. Roxanne would make sure of it.
Now if only sleep would come…
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