As I promised, new chapter brings new character! Enjoy and please review!
P.S. I don't own these characters. (sadly)
Truth or Dare
Lukie-Pukie
"Sir. Gilly! Sir. Gilly McWillikins!" Akari called as she burst through the door of Town Hall.
Elli raised her eyes slightly even though she knew she should be used to this now.
Sir. Gilly McWillikins was writing something furiously on a sheet of paper as the bouncing brunette stumbled toward him.
"Gilly…" she whispered.
"Umh? Was the reply from the blond boy.
"Gilly lets go play Truth or Dare again."
"Numph…"
"Oh, come on, it was so fun last time. Can't we please go just once more, please?"
"Nunphy Akry oi mun wountum ho, plem, oi hom dis wetto fo whll iut."
"Once your done with the letter then?"
Elli stared at her completely baffled. "You understood him!?"
Akari winked and put her hand up to her cheek as she whispered dramatically, "I speak Gillish."
The other woman just blinked at her. What a strange girl…she thought.
Gill swallowed the cookie he had been chewing and looked at the girl who was attempting to climb up on his desk. He pushed her off, a little too forcefully, and she fell to the ground and just stayed there. He turned back to his letter.
"Gilly…"she whined after a few moments, "I think I'm dying…"
"That's nice Akari, but could you mind going to die somewhere else?" he said without looking up.
"B-But I'm dying of a broken heart…"
Gill sighed as he rubbed his finger and thumb over his closed eyes, he could feel a headache coming on, then he peaked his head around the desk and saw her curled up into a ball. She looked up at him in that moment, eyes glittering, tears streaming down her face, and he sprung automatically to his feet.
"A-Akari…?" he exclaimed authentic worry flooding his face.
"Y-You…you broke my heart…" she sniffled.
Elli was now on her feet too. One hand covering the blush on her face, the other on her wildly beating heart. It was perfect! As perfect as one of the scenes from her favorite soap opera, "I Couldn't Help but Love You."
Gill rushed to Akari's side placing her head carefully in his lap as tears began to flow freely down his own cheeks.
"I'm so sorry Akari…this is all my fault," he hiccuped with emotion, "W-what can I do!?"
"Just love me! Hold me forever in your arms! Never let me go!" A new trail of tears fell down her cheeks as she blushed prettily and leaned into the warmth of his body.
"I'll never leave you, Akari!" Gill declared passionately, pulling her up so he could embrace her properly and gaze into her dewy brown eyes. Her arms were wrapped tightly around his neck with one hand running her fingers through his white blond hair. He closed what little distance there was between their bodies by pulling her closer, nuzzling his blushing cheek against her neck.
"I-I love you Gilly…" she breathed sweetly into his ear, causing every inch of his body to tingle.
He held her face in his hands, pulling her even closer, his lips brushing hers as lightly as a butterfly's wing as he whispered, "I've always love you Akari." And with that, the distance between them was broken. He kissed her deeply and desperately, afraid she would vanish right before his eyes. Her tears still fell, making the kiss taste salty and sweet all at the same time.
Elli's hand fluttered to cover her eyes, but she couldn't help but peak at the beautiful scene from between her fingers.
They pulled apart, both breathing deeply, as they stared into one another's eyes.
"D-Don't leave me…" Akari whispered, her eyes closing involuntarily. "I'm afraid of the darkness…"
"No, Akari, no….look at my face…I'll be your light…." he brushed the tears away from her eyes.
"Gilly…where are you…? I-I can't see your beautiful face…"
"I'm, here, I'm here…" His lips brushing across her cheeks. "I'll always be here, please open your eyes!"
She sighed heavily, her head drooping onto his shoulder. "Gilly…I'll love you…always. My Gilly…"
And then her breathing stopped.
A startled gasp choked out of him as he stared at his beloved's face.
"A-Akari…?" he whispered, trying to swallow the tears that were already slipping out his eyes. "No, Akari wake up!" he kissed her lips roughly, but she still didn't move.
Elli had tears rolling down her cheeks, both hands now covered her heart.
"Akari! You can't leave me!" he shrieked, making his voice crack. "Y-You can't-you can't leave me…you can't…" He buried his face in her hair, his voice came out muffled as he yelled, "I love you! Come back….Akari….come, …come back…I-I love you…I need you…"
"What are you crying about Elli?" A cynical voice demanded.
Elli blinked, and suddenly the heartfelt scene of Akari cradled in Gill's loving arms disappeared, and a new and more realistic scene came into being before her. Akari still sprawled on the floor, twitching slightly, and Gill seated at his desk staring at her with eyes that could freeze fire.
"Oh don't worry about it!" she said, cheeks burning, flapping her hand as if she could brush his question away.
That is the last time I stay up until two in the morning watching "I Couldn't Help but Love You." she thought furiously as she sat back at her desk. But oddly enough…those too looked good together… she quickly covered her face again as she tried to go back to work.
Akari plopped herself down on the grassy hillside, and motioned for Gill to join her. Once they were both seated comfortably she said, "I think its your turn to go first."
"Oh, okay…Truth or dare?"
"Dare!" she replied.
He tilted his chin to the side thoughtfully. "I dare you to run up and hug the first person we see walk past here!" he said, proud that he had come up with a good dare.
"Ok…" she mumbled, hoping that it wasn't someone who would make it awkward.
They stared at the road. Akari looking right and Gill looking left, but they couldn't see anybody coming their way.
They waited.
And waited.
And waited.
"Oh forget it!" Akari exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. "Lets just continue on and I'll keep an eye out for somebody."
He shrugged in agreement.
"So, then its my turn." she said happily, "Truth or dare, Gilly?"
"Truth…"
"Are you good at keeping secrets?"
He thought about this for a minute before answering, "I don't know…I guess…"
"Oh…has nobody ever told you a secret they wanted you to keep?"
"I don't think so. If I have been told a secret, I don't remember it, so I don't think I told anybody…"
She nodded thoughtfully.
"Why" he asked.
"Just curious."
"You want to tell me a secret?" he teased, his eyes playful.
"No, you just look like the kind of person who would be good at keeping secrets."
He decided to take that as a compliment. "Thanks…"
"So now it's your turn again."
"Truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?"
She laughed.
"Bad question?" he asked.
"No, its just I know exactly what I'd be."
He cocked his head at her.
"A cat!" she exclaimed."
"Really?"
"Yes, because a cat just sits in the sun and sleeps all day, and I wish I could do that. Plus whenever a cat comes by, people come over and cuddle it and love it and I want someone to cuddle me~"
He raised an eyebrow, "People also hate cats, and many think that they are cursed. Not unlike you, I guess…"
She frowned and pretended she was going to punch him in the arm, "Thanks for ruining my fantasy, Gilly…"
"Yeah, anytime…" he said with a smug smile.
"Truth or dare, Gilly-Willy"
"Uh….truth…"
"So since you have a secret crush….I demand to know who it is! Tell me!"
"LUKE!" Gill blurted.
"W-What!?" she said nearly falling over. "You like Luke!?"
"He's right over there!" he exclaimed, pointing down the road where indeed the blue haired boy was standing. "Go on." He said turning to her. "Go hug him!"
"Oh yeah…"she mumbled. Why did it have to be Luke? Of course Luke would make it awkward. But in keeping with the dare, she stood up and ran down the hill. The momentum of running downhill instantly made her wobble and stumble until she tripped right into Luke who steadied her by putting his two strong hands on her shoulders. He bent down slightly and grinned into her face.
"Oh hey Akari! Lucky meeting you here! What's up!?" he exclaimed happily.
"Nothing much." Akari said with a shrug, then suddenly wrapped her arms around his middle as best she could.
He stiffened slightly under her touch, then wrapping his own arms around her. He pulled her closer and rested his head on top of hers, a small smile curling his lips.
One.
Two.
Three.
She pulled away with an awkward grin on her face while he was still trying to embrace her. And then she turned and waved to Gill who was snickering under the tree.
"Wait, what…?" Luke asked as she stared walking back up the hill. How could this girl just run up and hug him and then walk away!?
"Oh, Lukie, do you want to play too!?" she asked, hitting herself in the head. Where were her manners!?
"Play what?" he smiled at her silly nickname for him.
"Why, Truth or Dare!"
He blinked for a second as if he were staring at the sun, and then an unbelievable grin spread across his face.
"Really!? You guys are playing Truth or Dare!?"
She nodded vigorously.
"I love Truth or Dare!" he spewed as he darted up the hill and sat down next to Gill before she even had a chance to move.
-And then there were three…-
"Okay, Lukie Pukie, we'll give you a turn first since your new." she said with a grin after sitting down next to him.
"Wait a second." Gill interrupted. "Lukie Pukie!?"
"Yeah, what's wrong with that?" she asked.
"Pukie as in puke?"
"No,no,Gilly, you are so stupid sometimes. Pukie as in 'poo' plus 'kie"
"Oh, that makes it so much better that your calling him poo instead of puke." he said sarcastically. He turned to Luke and asked, "Aren't you disturbed by this?"
The bandana clad boy just shrugged. "I think it's cute."
Gill put his hand to his forehead. Kill me….I'm so pathetic to be hanging out with idiots.
"Sir. Gilly McWillikins here, has issues with my nicknaming." she said to Luke casually. Luke had the audacity to laugh at Gill's nickname, but the second he saw Gill's "I'm going to kill you" face, he sucked his laughter back in making his cheeks puff out.
"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted," Akari glared at Gill, "You can go ahead and ask one of us a Truth or Dare question, Lukie."
Luke wanted to ask Gill a question, but seeing as he still had a hostile expression on his face he figured it better for his health to ask Akari. "Akari, truth or dare?"
"Dare!"
Oh crap, he thought, I suck at thinking up dares… He scratched his head, or rather, his flame patterned bandana, trying to come up with something good. "Alright! I got it!" he exclaimed.
She leaned forward eagerly, hanging on his every word.
"Okay, go run around the tree flapping your arms like a chicken and singing 'Old McDonald had a farm!"
She did so happily. Wiggling her elbows up and down and singing at the top of her lungs was not something foreign to her, (in fact she had done it this morning!) but she changed the word of the song to,"Sir. Gilly McWillikins had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!"
After about the third verse Gill told her to sit down while he still had some respect left for her.
"Okay, so its my turn now…" she said cocking her head to the side and looking up into the tree branches. "Lukie, truth or dare?"
"Truth!"
"Great! Do you have a secret crush!?"
"And don't say 'Chicken' because she won't believe you." Gill cut in with a meaningful glance at Akari.
Luke tugged sheepishly at the blue hair that was sticking out of his bandana, blushed slightly, then exclaimed, "Yeah, I do!"
"Oh, how cute!" Akari gushed at him while Gill rolled his eyes. "That's so great that you can admit that proudly! I'm really curious as to who it is!"
His blush deepened but he opened his mouth as if he would tell her.
"No! Don't!" she exclaimed covering her ears, "Only one answer per question per truth."
"Oh…" he breathed. "It's my turn again, isn't it?"
She nodded.
"Okay, Akari, truth or dare?"
"Sheesh, forgotten all about me have you?" Gill grumbled.
"Oh, no Gilly. We could only forget you through intense therapy. And, truth."
Gill's eyes narrowed, Luke cracked a grin. "Do you have a talent that nobody knows about?" Luke asked.
"Other than annoying people?" Gill added.
She frowned at the snippy blond. "Yeah, I actually do. I can read people's minds!"
Luke stared at her in amazement while Gill just chuckled and mumbled a low, "Whatever…"
"I can!" she said with a nod. "I'll prove it!" She put her two index fingers on the temples of her head and hummed a mystic tune. "Riiight noooow Giiiilly thiiinks I caaaan't read miiiinds."
"Amazing!" Gill shouted with mock applause.
"Come on, Akari." Luke said, realizing she was faking it. "Do you have a real hidden talent?"
She thought for a minute. "I'm a pretty decent artist, not that I've drawn anything in a long time."
"Oh, wow, that's excellent Akari! I would love to see one of your drawings!" Luke said animatedly.
"Okay then, I'll draw one just for you!"
Gill frowned, he was slightly bugged by the fact he didn't know she liked to draw.
Luke smiled even bigger, then said, "Its your turn."
"I don't know, I think I'm pretty tired. Lets end the game here," she said.
"What already!?" Luke exclaimed at the same time Gill mumbled, "Finally…"
"Yeah, but we can play tomorrow. Just meet us here at the same time."
"Alright." Luke said as he pulled himself to his feet and helped Akari up. Gill stood on his own eyeing the other two suspiciously.
"Well, I'm off this way." Luke said pointing in one direction.
"We are this way." She said, pointing the opposite way. "I guess we'll see you tomorrow!" she said with a grin.
His grin put her grin to shame as he said cheerfully, "Yeah, bye Akari!"
She waved as he walked away, then once he was at a reasonably safe distance he called back to them.
"Bye Sir. Gilly McWillikins!"
Long after Luke's voice had finished echoing through Gill's mind, the infuriated look on his face remained.
"You have no idea how much I hate you right now, Akari." he mumbled.
So I really hoped you liked it.
Were you shocked at the romance scene? I thought I'd throw that in to scare the crap out of whoever actually reads this. Heehee~
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Thanks!~