This is my first story, please go easy on me!

Un-beta'd

Character based on VampireMeerkat's An Ann n' Anny (Gender bent Ed Edd n' Eddy)

Summary: After a typical day for the Ans and Kankers, no one notice the missing of the brainy An and the blue-hair Kanker till the next day. Will this change the dynamics of the Ans and Kankers forever?

It was a stormy night.

The wind was howling, it had been blackout a long time ago due to the angry storm outside. Larie was hugging Double-N close, she was shaking with nerves, and everytime there's lightning, she would startle, huge wide eyes looking around frightningly as if scared that the lightning would hit her. He then would try to calm her down, humming an old song his mother used to hum to him when he was younger and when she was still alive. Honestly, if you ask him how the hell they got in this situation, he won't even know what to tell you, because, he had no idea!

….

Well…maybe he did have some idea how they were in this situation, but it's not like he meant this to happen! Honest! He was just chasing her down, planning to do their normal rotine (kissing, groping...you know, the usual) and with her running away yelling "KANKER!" like she normally did…just another day for a An and a Kanker!

Looking down at the girl in his arms (as well as the girl of his dreams), he felt guilty (not that he complaining when Ann was hugging close to him, mind you. He could smell the shampoo in her hair, the lavender scent, and…urgh! Bad thoughts! Really not the time!). As if sensing his thought, Double-N looked at him somewhat concern, worried, fear all reflected in her eyes.

"Are you alright, Larie?" Even if she was scare out of her wit, she still worried about him and that somehow made his heart bit a little faster, his face felt a little warmer.

"I'm the one who should ask you that. Are you okay there, Double-N? It's getting colder in here, I can take of my shirt to cover you if you want." He gave her a little smile, one that different than many others she has used to see on his face, and was it weird that she suddenly felt safe in his arms like this? Like he would protect her from everything, and she would trust her life with his.

"I'm quite warm right now, there's no need for that." Giving him her own smile in return. Something's telling her that he was blaming himself for their situation right now, and really, it just their luck that they were stuck in the school storage in a cold stormy night, without food or even a blanket to keep warm. Not that she blamed him or anything (although it was kinda his fault that they got stuck), in fact, she quite grateful that he is here with her and she also got a feling that when this was all over, their relationship would change for all the better.

Hugging him close, Ann sighed. She felt really tired, hadn't been able to sleep for two days now, all the inventions and the scams that Anny made her do in these pass few days really take a toll on her and when she was in Larie arms like this, warm and safe, she just wanted to sleep. A part of her was screaming to stay awake, that this was Larie, cul-de-sac resident pervert! God knows what he would do when she all defenceless! Another part of her, another really really weird part of her is telling her that, although Larie's pervertness is very well known, he wouldn't do anything harmful to her when she all scared and frightening and defenceless like this, and somehow, she trusted this part more. I really hope I know what I am doing.

Double-N closed her eyes, settled down to get more comfortable. Larie looked down at her, for a second he panic, but then he looked at her face, peacefully asleep, he breathed out a sigh of relief, smiled briefly, kissed her forhead, and then promptly followed her to dreamland, never once loosen his arms around her.