I'm happy... i saw the new Pirates movie last night... n.n Gah, butit ended with such a cliffhanger! >.
Gr. Anyway... erm, uh, that really has nothing to do with this story, so, read on?
I had fun writing this chapter...
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Pairing: GashxTio
Rating: K+ (for Tio's anger management issues :-P)
Summary: Gash likes sweet things, did you know?
My Heart's Sanctuary
2
Watermelon
"Gash! Tio! Watermelon!"
"Coming!"
The sound of Kiyomaro's mother calling out to the two little demons within the house sliced through the silent air. Kiyomaro himself was upstairs studying for school, since he had been so busy with the demon battles; he had to catch up with some of his missing work. He wasn't hungry so the other two ran downstairs quickly like a herd of cattle until they ran up to the brown haired woman.
Gash and Tio both stared with wide eyes as Hana turned around with a large smile, a tray of freshly cut watermelon slices on plates in her hands. The two giggled and jumped up and down when the tray was handed to them.
"Here it is," said the woman kindly with a large, warm smile. Both Gash and Tio smiled and laughed again before thanking her and running off to the front porch where they sat down with the tray of the fresh watermelon.
"Yeah! I love watermelon!" said Gash happily as he grabbed a slice, Tio doing the same. He took a big bite out of it with a smile while Tio nibbled at the front of it.
"I think I've had this once before," said Tio as she looked at the red coloring of the fruit. "Megumi brought some home and shared it with me on a day off, but that was a while ago." She glanced over to her friend whom had red juice all over his face, she laughed.
"What?" he questioned with a blank look. "Did I do something?"
"No, no," said Tio with a smile and she too took a bite out of the fruit. It was then that she glanced over to the small doghouse looking structure to the side. "Say, where's Umagon?"
"Umagon is having a day off with his bookkeeper," mumbled Gash through another bite of watermelon. "He came in today and said that he wanted to spend some time with him, that he did."
Kafka Sunbeam, as Gash was referring to, was the keeper of Umagon's book. The two got along quite well, but even poor Umagon wasn't called by his correct name by his bookkeeper, whom could understand a lot of what he was saying besides his true name, that which would most likely be unknown to everyone.
"I see."
Tio took another bite and soon realized that Gash was done with his first slice. She stared at him with a small blush as he grabbed his second plate and took another bite. A small smile played on her lips and she giggled.
"You know, Tio?" said Gash after a minute of small silence. His friend turned to look at him with curiosity, her red eyes locking with his golden.
"What is it?"
He stopped chewing the fruit within his mouth for a moment and swallowed it with another warm smile. Gash looked at her intently, which caused the other demon to slightly blush at his intense gaze. What's he going to say next, she wondered.
"Tio's hair is the color of watermelon."
"Wha…" Tio stared at the blonde with a completely vacant look. "Wha… What does that have to do with anything?"
"Nothing!" said Gash happily and he took another small bite of watermelon. "I just thought I would say that because Tio's hair really does look like watermelon!"
Tio frowned slightly. "But…" She growled. "Answer me, Gash!"
"Unuu, it's true!"
She sighed, trying to control the slight tinge of irritation that was crawling up in the back of her mind. Oh, well, that was Gash for you. He would say the utmost random thing in the utmost random situation… Or… Perhaps it wasn't too random. She was there, with him, eating watermelon. And she had to admit it, her hair was slightly reddish like watermelon, but…
Tio blushed slightly and turned away from her friend for a moment. What am I thinking, she wondered.
"And you know what else?" Gash said after a minute of finishing his watermelon piece. Tio still held her first unfinished one on the plate in her lap. Still blushing, she turned to look at him, curious as to what he would say next. "I think watermelon is sweet, what about you?"
At this, she stared at him. "Well… yes, but… what does that really have to do with anything?"
"It's true," said Gash happily. He glanced up to meet her eyes again; the blush still lingered on her face as she stared at him uneasily. "And I think Tio's sweet, too. Just like watermelon!"
"You… think that?" she asked slowly, staring at him with an illegible look.
Gash nodded. "Unuu! Tio is sweet, I like things sweet, and you're my sweet best friend!" She blushed as he said that but reddened even deeper when she was given a large hug. "And I want you to always remember that!"
As she stared at the space behind her, the blush still lingering, a smile crept upon Tio's lips as she giggled and nodded her head, returning the hug. "Thank you, Gash."
He ended it and turned to look at the now proclaimed melon head and smiled, glancing down to his own finished plate. Tio looked up at him again, since she was sitting down, still smiling.
"And Gash?"
"Hm?"
"You're sweet, too."
"But…" Gash's expression downed. "I don't compare to watermelon…!"
"Wha—?" Tio sighed, shaking her head. Oh, he'll never learn…
Glancing up again, Tio smiled, setting the plate down to the side of the steps up to the house and looked at Gash strait in the eye. They were silent for a moment, just staring at each other. The only sounds that interrupted their moment of silence were a few birds in a tree to the side chirping and a car driving by. Other than that, it was fairly quiet.
"Um… Tio?" Gash asked after a moment, finally breaking the silence.
"Yes?" answered the other curiously. Now what did he have to say?
"Are you going to finish that watermelon? I'm still hungry."
"GASH!"
"WHAAA!"
Tio choked him again, like she had done so many times before, her hands firmly grasping around his neck. She threw him down onto the ground and picked up the plate with watermelon on it and stuck her tongue out at him before throwing it in her mouth.
"That's my watermelon slice! You've already had two!"
"But…" He looked up at her with watery eyes and sat down again before massaging the side of his neck where his friend had grabbed him. "I like watermelon… Though it's not as good as yellowtail."
Tio sighed. "Well… Fine, whatever, but it's still my piece!" She stared at him again for a moment as he sighed too, glancing out to the street before him. A small smile played on her lips and she shook her head. Again, that was just Gash, to be figured… "Well… I'm going to go get a glass of water quickly," said Tio. Gash stood up.
"I'll come too!" he said and the other smiled.
"All right, if you insist," she said playfully and then kissed him on the side of his cheek before running off into the house to request the glass of water. Gash stared behind at her with a blank look, his fingers trailing the side of his face where he had been kissed.
That was… unexpected.
Then, he smiled, running in after his friend, pushing the thoughts out of his mind. "Wait for me, Tio!" He closed the door behind him.
Like he said, she really was sweet.
And he liked things sweet.
