Disclaimer: Lightning and Fang belongs to SE, not me =) just the old lady belongs to me XD
Well... this is it, chapter 2! It's much, much longer than chapter 1 it seems... longer than I expected... -.-'' I'm not really good at humor or creative stuffs but I tried my best to make it as interesting and as creative as possible my mind would allow me to =) by the way I sucked at writing bathing scene... (Yeap there's a bathing scene but nothing M-rated) hope you readers won't mind my crappy writing skills and hope that this story won't be too lame or bored to you =\ ENJOY! =D
Show Me Your Love
Chapter 2 – Tea Time
The next morning after Fang awoke, they continued their way out of the forest with Fang leading again. They walked in silence for hours, neither decides to strike up a conversation with each other, or rather they have nothing to talk about. They exchanged brief glances once in a while, confirming that they should be on the right track. As the silence continued, Fang started to get uncomfortable with it.
Think Fang… what should I say? I couldn't really talk to her when she's still in such a grumpy mood since yesterday night… what had I done to make her grumpy anyway? At first she's still smiling to me then the next thing I know is that I got snapped at as if I'd stepped on her tail… Fang thought to herself, making her brain working extra hard to figure out the reason of Light's sudden and terrible mood swing.
"Hey." Lighting called out to Fang.
Was she mad because I said she's cute? But a joke like that Light would normally just shake it off instead of getting mad at me, and for so long at that too… The warrior continues her thinking, not realizing that Lightning called out to her.
"Fang." Lightning tried the second time.
Wait, maybe she's just frustrated getting stuck in the woods! This is a pretty convincing reasoning if it's Lightning we're talking about. Fang tried her best to convince herself with this reason.
"Fang…" Lightning tried the third time, this time losing her patience with the constant ignorance from the Pulsian.
GAH! I couldn't figure out what's going on in that head of hers! Fang let out a frustrated groan and scratches the back of her head, still not realizing that Lightning called out to her the third time.
"FANG." Lightning tried the last time, calling out to her sternly. If she doesn't respond again…
Fang as if she could finally read Lightning's dangerous thoughts, snapped out of her own thoughts at the moment she heard the soldier's stern voice called out to her. She quickly turned around and faced Lightning sideways.
"Yea?"
"Don't yea me, I'd been calling you several times until you answered, where did your mind went off to?" Lightning questioned, displeased at Fang.
"Huh? Did you? Sorry… I was well… just thinking…" Fang replied smiling sheepishly.
"Right… anyway, are you sure we're heading the right way out?"
"Yea, maybe another couple of hours and we'll be able to get outta here." Fang said in a reassuring manner.
"I see… alright, let's move." Lightning gestured at Fang to move.
"Yea…" Fang started to move, but as she continued to move ahead she turned her head slightly to the left to look at Lightning over the shoulder. She silently cursed at times like these that she has such strong curiosities over things she has interest in. It's now or never. Or else my mind's gonna blow at me instead.
"Hey Light."
"What?"
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Not like you'd stop asking even if I said no." Lightning shrugged.
Fang chuckled at the soldier's knowing response. "Glad that you could read my mind. So… what's biting at ya?"
"What do you mean?" Lightning raised a confused eyebrow.
"You've been all quiet… and grumpy at the same time since last night."
"I'm not grumpy." The solder crossed her arms.
"Try lying to someone else instead Light, you won't get pass me by just crossing your arms there. What was it that made you mad?"
"I'm not mad, just…" you've got it half right… "Frustrated is all." Lightning groaned in frustration. Right… mad and frustrated at myself that's all…
"Well then spill it and tell me what's making you frustrated Light, I can't stand having a cold grumpy Sergeant Farron here by my side, I want the Lightning I know."
Lightning rolled her eyes, avoiding Fang's gaze, knowing that she would be caught lying yet again if she stares at her straight in the eyes. "I'm frustrated because we've been stuck in here for so long and we still couldn't get out yet. And Serah's probably worried… not to mention Vanille too." Light stated in a matter-of-factly tone, hiding her real thoughts at the back of her head. The last thing I need is to have Fang bugging me when we're still lost in this damned forest…
"Oh, I see." Fang relaxed a little now, knowing that she is not the cause of the soldier's frustration. "Oh come on now Light, don't worry 'bout them, I'm sure they wouldn't notice us gone a day or two since they're all so busy with the wedding preparations."
Really Fang, will it kill you to stop topping my frustration? "… It wouldn't kill you not to mention about the wedding…" Lightning let out an exasperated sigh, thinking that Serah is really marrying that muscle-head oaf, which is Snow. Right… now that I think about it the reason I'm here to hunt and got lost was also because I wanted to take a rest from having to put up with their lovey-dovey wedding discussions…
"Sooner or later you gotta face it too Sunshine, you're gonna have to accept that he's your soon to be brother-in-law in a matter of weeks." Fang said as she chuckled at Lightning's irritated comment.
"Imagine if it's Vanille." Lightning knew exactly the way to keep the Pulsian's mouth shut.
Fang's eyes widen a little and shook her head furiously at the thought of Vanille marrying Snow. "Nuh-uh, that's not gonna happen. Snow's a nice guy I know that, but if Vanille's gonna marry him then over my dead body."
"See what I mean now huh?" Lightning smirked at the Pulsian for reacting so seriously, but at the same time a certain feeling within her made her chest tighten ever so slightly. As expected of Fang… wait, why the hell am I feeling this way? Lightning frowned slightly at the thought. You know why and you shouldn't push it away now. A tiny voice appeared in Lightning's head but she chose to ignore it instead.
"But," Fang continued, gaining Lightning's attention once more.
"I guess it still doesn't change the fact that Serah loves him so much now, does it? It's her choice really, so I guess if Vanille's like Serah too I'd really have to get myself killed." Fang shot a smart reply back at the soldier, smirking then as she saw Light's mouth gaped, and surprise shown all over her face.
"You didn't really mean that did you…?"
Thought you got me how to shut up there huh, Sunshine? Too bad I'm too smart for ya to handle. Threw at me once, not gonna get me the second time. Fang smirked inwardly. "I don't see how I'm joking here now, am I?"
Lightning rolled her eyes again, although the feeling in her chest had lifted, she still was not pleased with the fact that the Pulsian once again gained victory. "Seriously… unbelievable…" Lightning said and passed by Fang as she moved ahead.
"Thank you for your compliment Sunshine." Fang joked as she laughed at Lightning's retreat.
On their way, they encountered a group of Leyaks about the amount of fifteen, back facing them and dancing some weird dance happily. At the sight of the Leyaks, the two women started to burn with rage and anger, recalling the reason they got lost in the woods. Fang punched her fist into the palm of her other hand and grinned dangerously, planning for revenge.
"Oh dear Leyaks, how am I happy to see you right now." Was all Fang said before charging head first into the Leyaks and Lightning following closely behind, ready to blow off a few of the Leyaks' heads to release her anger and frustration getting stuck in the woods.
The Leyaks were of no match to the two skilled warriors. In a matter of a minute or two, the group of Leyaks was dead, head ripped off of their body and some torn in half. Fang stood in the middle surrounded by the dead Leyaks, she attached her lance back onto her back and then a wide grin plastered on her face after getting to release some of her frustration.
"Hah! That's what you get for messin' with us in the first place! Remember that in hell!" Fang punched her fist into the palm of her other hand again, showing that the punishment is done.
Lightning who is satisfied with punishing the Leyaks which caused her so much trouble in the first place, started to relax a little after some of her frustration is being released as well. Fang turned to the direction where Lightning is standing and looked at her as she flashed her trademark grinned, giving her a Justice is served! look and that amused Lightning, causing her to chuckle a little.
"Feeling better huh?" Fang smiled at the sight of Lightning who seemed to have relaxed a little.
"I guess." Lightning shrugged and returned the motion with a faint smile.
"Glad that you finally relaxed a little, you were releasing that tight-ass tension of yours earlier y'know?" Fang commented.
Lightning rolled her eyes at the Pulsian's comment, "Like you weren't as frustrated as I am getting stuck in the woods." The soldier then tilted her head to the direction of the group of dead Leyaks.
"Well, they deserve to be punished alright. I'd sworn that I'd stick my lance into their big mouths before didn't I?" the warrior grinned proudly.
"Though you forgot about sending them flying over Cocoon." The pink hair soldier smirked at Fang.
"That will have to wait it seems, since all of 'em are dead fast and I couldn't send 'em flying over Cocoon." Fang smirked back at the soldier.
"Well, no one asked you to go Highwind on them and killing most of them in one go. You'd almost left me with nothing to slay."
"Aww, I would always leave some for you sweetheart, no worries there Sunshine," Fang smiled mischievously.
"Tch… move it warrior woman." Lightning playfully pushed Fang as she passed by her.
"Heh, as if you know the way." The warrior woman caught up to the pink hair soldier and walked alongside her. Seems like she's alright now, maybe it was really cause she was frustrated getting stuck in the woods huh… well, yes or no I'm still glad she's back to normal now. Fang smiled as she thought to herself.
Hours later and they have yet to exit the forest. The constant wandering had kept Lightning's patience at borderline, every single second now wears the soldier's patience thinner and thinner. Fang who is aware of that quicken her footsteps, pacing faster through the trees and bushes. Damn… I'm sure this is the way out… we should've been out by now… I don't understand… I've been right about the cave, so why now? Fang thought to herself, puzzled.
"FANG." Finally, the pink hair soldier's patience exited borderline.
"Er… yes?" Fang cautiously turned to regard Lightning.
"Are you sure this is really the way out?" Lightning commanded answer.
"It… should have been." Fang showed a puzzled expression. Lightning sighed at the look of it.
"Fang, how long was your 'long, long time ago'?" Lightning emphasized the word.
"Well… before crystal stasis…" Fang said softly and cautiously.
"So it was just before the fall then? That wasn't too long ago, and you said we could count on your memories to get us-" before Lightning could finish, Fang interrupted.
"Light… I had been on two times of crystal stasis…" the ever confident Pulsian confessed timidly, slowly and cautiously now as she watched the features on Lightning's face started to give a dangerous sign. Hesitating, she cleared her throat nervously and continued, there's no better way out of this than to be honest, "and I meant the one five hundred years ago…"
Lightning had to use every ounce of her strength to restrict herself from hitting the Pulsian's brain out. She let out a long, exasperated sigh and shut her eyes tight and then pinched her nose bridge, her jaw twitching slightly from the restrain. Fang moved a few feet away from the soldier, afraid of what the patience-over-borderline soldier would do to her. Fang is confident that she could take her on if Lightning really did pull punches at her, but defending might enrage the soldier even further. So to be wise, she decided to take a step backwards instead of confronting the soldier known to be dangerous. When Lightning opened her eyes, it was Fang's turn to quickly shut her eyes as she readied herself for the soldier's thunderous punches.
Surprisingly, Lightning just stood there with her arms crossed and nothing came to make contact with her face or other parts of her body. Fang slowly opened an eye and peeked at Lightning, which had her icy steel eyes trained on her now.
"So… You're telling me that you'd been here 500 years ago… and the memories you were relying on earlier were from 500 years ago?" Lightning made it clear.
Fang nodded slowly. Lightning's grip on her own arms tightened slightly. I shouldn't have totally trusted Fang with her so called memories in the first place… "Fang… you do know that in 500 years, a whole FIVE CENTURIES… anything could change, right?"
"I just never thought… that this forest that I knew back then would grow so much like a man."
Lightning rolled her eyes at Fang's ridiculous reason and sighed. I never thought that Fang would have the same level of stupidity as Snow… "That didn't help at all Fang… now we don't even know where we are anymore."
"But Light, I'm sure that this should have been the way out, if we follow this direction and move on straight ahead, maybe we could get out." Fang tried to reason with Lightning.
Lightning rolled her eyes and then continued, "Then what if we don't? We'll only get lost deeper then!"
"Oh come one now Light, it's better than just standing here and doing nothing! Besides, my memories did lead us to that cave yesterday so I don't think I'm not totally right about the path out too, we aren't out yet maybe it's 'cause that this forest here just expanded like you said! Let's try our luck again."
"You don't even know how much this forest expanded or how long more it takes us to get out Fang, and luck had not been on our side since yesterday." Lightning said sternly, refusing to accept Fang's reasoning.
"Farron, I'm gonna give it a bet whether you like it or not, it's better than to just stay here and do nothing." Fang's patience reached its limit as she reasoned with the stubborn soldier.
Lightning groaned in frustration, knowing that the Pulsian is right. They could not just stay there and do nothing either and just waste their time away. Right now, they should consider of finding a proper shelter just in case they could not get out again when night falls. Fang you better be thankful that you're leading 'cause if you're not you might've been dead by now. Lightning huffed as she thought to herself.
"Alright, so I suppose we've reached a decision now right? Let's move along then," Fang's usual flippant tone returned as she saw Lightning complied.
"First, we find a place to take shelter." Lightning commanded.
"Right, I understand." Fang immediately complied, knowing if she said anything further would set a nuclear bomb off.
As they continued to wander deeper into the forest, the dark clouds above their heads were not a good sign to both women. Just when Lightning and Fang started to get worried over when the rain would pour, the rain started pouring down at them mercilessly. Drenched, exhausted and frustrated, Lightning is about to lose her mind. … Maker what did I do to deserve this? Lightning cursed under her breath.
"Light, look over there!" Fang gestured at Lightning to move forward with one hand and the other pointing at something.
"Fang, I'm not interested to look at anything right now…" Lightning spoke through clenched teeth, trying to suppress her building rage due to her worsen luck.
"Lightning, if that doesn't catch your interest at the moment then I don't know what else does." Fang reached out to pull Lightning closer and then pointed at the direction of the 'object' she found. "See that? It's a cabin!"
Lightning's eyes widen slightly at the sight of a cabin, silently thanking the Maker now. "We can take shelter in there from this storm!" Fang said as her eyes lit up with hope. Guess Lady Luck won't totally abandon us after all.
As much as she like that, Lighting's rational senses could not help but kicked in. "What if there's someone living there?" would they let us in with us being this drenched?
"Then they better be kind enough to let us in or else I'll just have to teach 'em a lesson for keeping people out in the storm. Come on now, if we stay drenched like this under the storm any longer we would fall ill!" Fang pulled at Lightning as she moved towards the cabin not far from them.
"Right…" Lightning quickly picked up the pace Fang set and hurried towards the cabin alongside the Pulsian.
When they reached the door, Fang knocked on the door gently enough if considered by Fang, but it was actually rough. As Fang continued to knock, she shouted as well in an attempt to overcome the loud noises the storm made. "Hey! Open up!"
Several seconds passed but still no respond from the other side of the door. Fang tried again a couple of times and then finally decided to kick the door open when there was still no respond. When the Pulsian had lifted her leg and was about to kick the door down, the door finally swung open from the other side and an old lady appeared. "Oh my, what's with you two ladies?"
"Sorry but could you please let us in? We're lost in the forest and we couldn't get out then this storm hit." Fang explained as briefly as possible.
"Sure come on in my dear," the old lady gave way to the two women and they hurried inside the cabin.
Lightning and Fang both stood near the fireplace to warm themselves. The old lady approached them and stared at them for a couple of seconds, as if analyzing them from head to toe and then back onto their faces. Lightning then noticed the old lady's stare.
"Thank you for letting us in, ma'am." Lightning said as she started to feel uncomfortable under the old lady's stare.
"Oh don't mention it dear, it would be unreasonable of me to keep you two out there in the storm." The old lady smiled as she entered a room.
"Guess I wouldn't need to teach 'em a lesson…" Fang whispered softly as she chuckled a little.
"Shut up Fang…" Lightning whispered back, and then returned a smile to the kind old lady when she reappeared with towels and robes in her hands.
"Now why don't you two go take a bath and get yourselves dried? If you don't dry yourselves soon you two would catch a cold." The old lady said as she handed the towels and robes over to Lightning.
"Erm… thank you…" Lightning said as she blushes a little, not really liking the thought of bathing at a stranger's place but it would be a little awkward to decline the offer especially when they are this drenched. And when the offer was made by a kind looking old lady Lightning doesn't really have the tendency to decline.
"You're welcome my dear, I'll prepare some tea for you two while both of you are bathing," said the old lady as she walk towards the kitchen. "Oh, the bathroom is over there, don't fight in there now." The old lady gave a mischievous smile before disappearing into the kitchen. Lightning stood there and mouth agape, wondering to be surprise at the old lady's teasing nature out of the blue or to receive the message from her brain that she has to bath with Fang. On the other hand, Fang chuckled and a grin plastered on her face. What a smart old lady! Fang thought to herself as she grinned happily at the thought of bathing with Lightning.
"Now Sunshine, you aren't gonna keep me waiting are ya?" Fang moved towards the bathroom and threw Lightning a mischievous grin.
"W-what…? N-no thanks you can just go ahead instead." Lightning said nervously with the color of her cheeks now matching the color of her hair.
Fang chuckled at the soldier's shyness. "Aw come on Light, you don't wanna wet the lady's floor now do ya?" Fang pointed at the drenched Lightning from head to toe.
"N-no… of course not… I'm… well…" Lightning's face now as red as a tomato. Damn it why am I acting so damn nervous here!
Fang couldn't help but continue to tease the shy soldier. "Oh, are you perhaps afraid to take a bath with me 'cause you might fall over my charm?"
Lightning's eyes widen at the Pulsian's teasing. "NO. OF COURSE NOT!" Lightning shot back as she glared at the warrior for making such ridiculous statement.
"Pfft! Chill Light, we're both women so what's there to be so nervous about eh? You have what I have," Fang chuckled as she gestured between her and Lightning. Come on now, buy it.
Lightning clenched her fist and then walked towards the bathroom. "Fine." Pull yourself together, soldier! It's just Fang and like she said you are both women! Don't go pulling ridiculous thoughts now!
Oh ho, finally giving in, YES! Fang couldn't help but to be happy and excited to get a bath with the soldier.
The two women entered the bathroom and then closed the door behind them. Fang basically wow at the spacious bathtub in front of her while Lightning on the other hand still has her hand clenched tightly due to anxiety.
"Never thought the bath tub would be this spacious when there's only one old lady stayin' here," Fang said as she approached the bathtub and turned the tap on.
"Yea… who would have thought…" Lightning placed the towels and robes down on the counter nearby.
A few minutes later the bathtub is filled with warm water and then Fang turns the tap off. "Yea, enough to fit for two." Fang winked at Lightning and began stripping off her sari.
Lightning, she's just Fang, she's your best friend and nothing else. Keep your emotions in check, soldier. "Right." Is all Lightning said before she too started to take off her jacket. Fang is a little surprised to find that Lightning seemed to be calmer than earlier but pay no real attention to it then when Lightning unzipped her vest.
Wow… as expected of Light… so… beautiful… Fang didn't even realized that she had stilled her own actions of stripping and stared at the beautiful pink hair soldier as she revealed more of her porcelain skin.
"What're you staring at, Fang?" Lightning spoke, breaking the trance that Fang is in.
Fang snapped back to reality and turned away from the soldier nervously, embarrassed at being caught in the act by Lightning and trying to hide the redness which is slowly creeping onto her face. Again, I'm thanking the Maker for letting me having a dark complexion. "N-nothing at all, just amazed." Fang tries to hide her own nervousness now.
Lightning entered the bathtub quickly and with her back facing Fang. No matter how much Lightning ignored the nervousness within her and tells herself that it's just Fang though, she still couldn't completely let it go and just openly share her body with someone else other than her own sister (since they had been bathing together since young and Serah would join her once in a while after they have grown up). After Fang finally took off all her drenched clothing, she slowly slipped into the bathtub joining Lightning. With Lightning's back facing Fang, the silence falls in.
Knowing that if she doesn't break this awkward silence, no one else would, so Fang makes an attempt to break the awkward silence they are currently in. "Hey Light…"
After a long while, Lightning finally replied. "What…?"
"I was just wondering… had you ever bathed with anyone before?"
"Only with Serah…"
"Ah, as expected."
"What else did you expect?"
"Nothing in particular, knowing that you would bath with no one other than Serah since she's your sister," Fang said matter-of-factly.
"Glad you know where to limit your wandering mind," Lightning commented coldly.
Fang chuckled at Lightning's cold treatment. "So it's not like you never bathed with anyone before, so why this nervous?"
"I'd like to have some privacy keep to myself." Lightning replied.
"Pfft, as expected of ya Light, being all stoic and all at all times, should have known you wouldn't be this open to share with anyone your gorgeous figure." Fang teased.
Lightning let out a groan and turned her head slightly to warn the warrior with her glare but failed. Lightning couldn't help but let her eyes linger a little while at the warrior's beautifully toned and tanned body. Fang noticed and smirked knowingly. Knew you couldn't resist, not one person in the past could resist the urge to catch at least a glimpse of my body. "See something you like, Sunshine?"
The pink hair woman snapped back from her trance and turned away immediately, blushing furiously at getting caught staring. DAMN IT LIGHT! WHAT'RE YOU DOING! Lightning mentally cursed herself before replying Fang, "N-no, nothing at all."
"Hey it's not fair you get to see my toned body when I don't get to see yours." Fang scooted closer to the soldier and Lightning immediately tensed up at the movement.
"There's nothing to see, go away Fang," Lightning held her knees close to her chest tightly.
"Nuh-uh Sunshine, fair's fair," Fang said as she decided to spin Lightning around to face her but the soldier is surprisingly stiff and hard to move.
"FANG! Stop now!" Lightning groaned dangerously at Fang's attempt to spin her around.
"Or else?" Fang grinned as her grip on Lightning's shoulder tightens.
"Urgh! That's enough Fang!" Lightning turned around to face Fang now with her hands covering her chest.
"Ah, now that's better." Fang quickly scooted back to her original position before Lightning's punch reach her, grazing pass just in front of her nose.
"You're gonna regret doing this." Lightning glared at Fang dangerously.
"How so? I enjoy this better when you're facing me instead of your back, how awkward would it be to have just your back facing me the entire time and you won't even talk. I can't bear the silent treatment that you throw at me, Sunshine." Fang said with a grin across her face.
Lightning rolled her eyes and sighed exasperatedly. "See? Now it's not that awkward anymore." Fang said with a matter-of-fact tone again.
"Whatever… don't you feel shy showing your body to others so… openly?" Lightning couldn't help but wonder.
"Why feel shy when I know I've such a nicely toned body here?" Fang said confidently with her trademark grin plastered on her face. "You should learn to be more confident to show your gorgeous figure too Sunshine."
"Why would I go around showing other people my body anyway?" Lightning frowned at the thought of herself naked and generously revealing her body.
"Nope, not to anyone else but me," Fang teased in a low, husky voice.
Lightning's face reddens instantly at Fang's seducing comment, "Why should I?"
"Because I know how to appreciate the sight of it." Fang gazed into Lightning's eyes.
Lightning couldn't bring herself to break the gaze between them. As they continued, Fang slowly moved closer to Lightning, not breaking the gaze. Fang focused on Lightning's cerulean eyes now, she can see Lightning's thin icing behind those cerulean eyes slowly melting away, revealing her emotions and feelings. She continues trying to break through her wall through her eyes. Just… a little more… their faces are now mere inches to each other.
"Fang…" Lightning felt her breath caught in her throat as she whispered Fang's name.
"Hm?"
"… Too close." Lightning broke the gaze as she pulled away and turned her head to the side.
"Oh…s-sorry." Fang moved away, disappointment clearly audible in her voice. Damn it… I was so close… what's biting at her again?
Several minutes passed by and neither spoke up, so Lightning took the lead and stood up with her back facing Fang. "I'm done bathing." And with that Lightning left the bathtub and went behind the curtains to get change, leaving Fang alone in the bathtub as she frowned.
Damn it Lightning what're you doing...? You almost kissed Fang... Lightning held up a hand to her lips, touching it gently but then she shook her head as memories of Fang and Vanille flashed in her mind. Fang… you shouldn't when you already have Vanille. And I'm sorry that I fell for you, hard, I shouldn't be feeling this way… but I will suppress it for you and Vanille's sake. You two are my precious family… Lightning took in a deep breath and cleared her mind to ignore the aching pain in her heart. No more of these feelings. After Lightning put on the robe she headed out to the living room.
Why things always don't go as planned? Fang thought to herself bitterly, not knowing Lightning's real thoughts.
After Fang is done bathing, she put on the robe given by the old lady and headed out to the living room. She found Lightning sitting on the couch facing the fireplace, holding her hands out to warm them. When Fang is about to call out to Lightning, the old lady appeared with a tray in her hands and two tea cups on top, smiling warmly at Fang. "Oh seems like you're done bathing now, good timing, let's have some tea now shall we?"
Fang nodded to the old lady and look over to Lightning as she got up from the couch and headed towards her direction while avoiding her gaze. Lighting sat down on one of the dining chairs and Fang followed the motion, sitting across from where Lightning sat. The old lady then served the tea to them. "Now… I have a little request to make, will you two hear me out?"
The two women nodded as agreement. "Very good, so now when you two drink this cup of flower tea, you'll have to look into each others' eyes, are we clear?" the old lady said with a kind voice.
Neither objected the old lady's request since she had helped them and also because she requested with so much kindness laced in her voice as she spoke. The two women again nodded and then the old lady smiled as she handed each of them a cup of flower tea.
This is a little awkward… Fang thought to herself as she brought the cup to her lips and Lightning did the same.
Fang's just a friend and a family member, no other feelings, remember that, Lightning. Lightning then lifted her head a little and stared at Fang as she tilted the cup slightly up.
Both of them looked into each others' eyes as they drank down the flower tea offered by the old lady. At the same time a lightning flashes nearby and followed by the sound of thunder. When they finished the tea, they both felt a weird sensation lingering within their body for a couple of seconds before it disappeared. The old lady then smiled warmly at the two of them.
With that, love is born. The old lady thought to herself, smiling widely now. "How was the tea?"
"It was delicious, thank you," Lightning smiled faintly.
"Yea it was tasty ma'am, do I get another cup?" Fang grinned widely.
"Oh I'm sorry dear, you only get to drink this once in your life." The old lady said with a smile.
"Huh? Why is that?" Fang had question marks all over her face.
"You'll know very soon my dear. Now the rain seems to have let up a bit, you two should be able to leave here soon." The old lady said as she picked up the cups and placed it on the tray.
"Oh, can we leave this forest before night falls?" Fang asked.
"Yes you can, I'll show you the way out later dear." The old lady then disappeared into the kitchen.
"Great! We can finally get out of this damn forest! See Light? I told ya we could count on luck sometimes!" Fang said while grinning widely.
"Yea, I suppose you're right." Lightning let a small smile grace her lips.
"… Is something wrong, Light?" Fang noticed the soldier seems to be acting differently.
"No, I'm just glad that we could finally go home. I can finally see Serah, I'm sure she's worried. And so as Vanille." Lightning said with the smile still hanging on her face.
"Right…" Fang said, half convinced. Maybe I'm over thinking it…? Fang thought to herself.
The old lady then came out from the kitchen and joined them at the dining table. The three women chatted as an hour or so went by and then the rain finally stopped. Lightning and Fang then went to get change into their own clothing which is now dry. When they came out fully dressed, the old lady was already out at the door waiting for them. They walked towards the door and exited the cabin, then stopped beside the old lady and listened to the old lady as she explained the way out. After the old lady is done explaining, Lightning bowed and thanked her while Fang held her hand and thanked her in her own way. After that, the two younger women left for home.
"One should not suppress your love for another, admit, release and then embrace it. For love makes one strong instead of weak." The old lady said as she disappeared into thin air, smiling.
True love doesn't come by easily, appreciate it young ones. Through hardships and sacrifices you will then know how deep your love for another is and value it. Good luck with the love trial, Claire and Fang. The old lady's voice lingered a little longer before it disappeared just like the body.
Well, this is it for chapter 2! How was it? I kinda sounded a bit long winded in this chapter and it might be a little confusing but don't worry, the confusion will be cleared off soon in the next few chapters =D Don't hold back and throw anything at me! Ideas and critiques are welcomed! I'll definitely look into your critiques and improve as much as possible =D (no criticizing FLight couple though, please)
By the way, the fun starts next chapter =P stay tuned to see what happens next!
