Disclaimer: I do not own Mai HiME or characters.
A/N: This was to the prompt 'Squid'.
"C'mon Mai," I tried again as I poked her playfully. "I was just teasing."
"I was scared!" she glared back at me. "You were supposed to be there for moral support. Instead, you ran off and decided to scare me more."
"But you have to admit it was fun. And you did hit me like a million times with that stick thing."
"It was styrofoam. You could barely feel it," she deadpanned.
"But I totally felt it when you flailed your other arm around and smacked me a couple times," I countered.
"It was your own fault," she huffed, picking up the pace.
"Hai hai," I conceded as I followed her. "I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you."
She stopped in her tracks and quirked a brow. "How?"
I looked around me, hoping to find something useful. When something from afar caught my eye, I turned to my girlfriend and told her to wait for me. She gave me a confused look before warning me about teasing her again as I ran off to find the thing that I wanted.
"Kid!" I stopped to an elementary schooler.
He turned around to face me, confused.
"Where'd you get that?" I asked, motioning to the thing he was holding.
He pointed to a direction ahead of me. When I looked, I found the stall I was looking for and thanked him before bolting off.
"Two!" I said to the vendor as I fished out the bills for him.
"Thanks for your business," he grunted as we exchanged currency for goods.
"Yeah, thanks," I replied absently before making my way back towards my girlfriend. When I spotted her standing on the side next to a lamplight, I approached her with the surprise behind my back.
"Back," I announced.
She looked at me warily, eyeing behind me as she noticed me hiding something. "Yeah, and...?"
"Close your eyes."
"Why?"
"Just do it."
When she did, I placed one of the things that I recently purchased on her lips. She automatically bit into it and opened her eyes.
"Squid?" she smirked.
"It's your favorite, right? I got two," I showed her the other stick I was holding before handing it to her.
She bit into her grilled squid again and just grinned at me, a devilish twinkle in her eyes as she looked at me. Something in me knew that there was going to be trouble with that look, but in an effort to appease her, I chose to ignore it and continued to watch her eat.
"Kiss me," she said after she swallowed her previous bite.
"What?" I asked, backing up slightly.
"I said, kiss me."
"B-But you're still eating. Shouldn't we do that kind of thing after you're done?" I reasoned.
"But I want you to kiss me now."
"I just... I don't know if-"
"You really scared me back there in that haunted house. I might have nightmares tonight if you don't kiss me. I might have multiple nigh-"
"Okay, okay!" I knew she was doing this on purpose. She knew I hated squid. She knew I especially hated grilled squid. So the fact that she purposefully ate some and then told me to kiss her meant that she wanted me to essentially taste the thing that I absolutely hate. As punishment.
I leaned forward and gave her a quick peck on the lips, hoping she will let me get away with just that. Unfortunately, Mai was not feeling very forgiving at the moment. As soon as I tried to pull away, she leaned forward and deepened the kiss. Her tongue snuck in to touch mine, and in that moment, it took everything I had to not push her away. She continued teasing, playing, punishing me until she was satisfied.
When we parted, she had to hide her evil grin by taking a giant bite out of her squid. The horrid aftertaste that was left in my mouth almost left me gagging. But with some self-control and a little bit of acting, I was able to keep a somewhat straight face as I hurried off to find a beverage. Any beverage that would wash away the vileness that I had to endure.
Hope you found that enjoyable. The next installment follows up from here. R&R much appreciated.
