Chapter 1
"Ummm…Maria?" Canaan asked.
"Yes Canaan?" she replied.
"Why are we taking a plane all the way to Paris?"
Uh huh. It seems that Maria's chosen destination happens to be France, Paris. A bit unexpected but…you can never really tell what is going on in her little head.
She turned to her. "Because, I have never been to Paris before! And what better way to spend a trip there than with you?"
At this, the other girl blushed. "I'm flattered but…Paris?"
Could have picked a closer place in the country like Disneyland or Hollywood, but no…
Maria furrowed her brows. "You don't wanna go to Paris with me?"
"No it's not that!" she replied quickly. "It's just that…this doesn't seem like a date anymore."
She giggled. "Of course it is! It's just that I wanted to go to Paris for our date! Since we got a lot of catching up to do, what better way to do it than to have a nice little trip to one of the most romantic places in the world?"
Romantic? she thought to herself.
"But, what about your job? Don't you have work in the next day?" She looked at her watch. "Which is today?"
"It's alright, I contacted them a little while ago and told them I'm gonna spend some time with an old friend!"
Canaan can only raise a brow. "And they don't mind?"
"They don't even care if I take an entire week off! Besides, I made a lot of friends there and what can I say, I'm a hit!"
A hit?
"Umm…alright." She smiled. "I'm just glad you are doing fine on your own."
Then a stewardess pushing a snack and drinks cart stops beside them. "Might I interest you with some snacks and drinks?"
"Oh umm, Canaan? You want anything?" Maria asked her travelling companion.
She shook her head and smiled. "None for me thanks." Then as if on cue her stomach began to growl. She blushed and looked down. "Uh…"
The blond turned back to the stewardess, giggling. "Can we get two mini bags of Lays, please? And two cans of Pepsi?"
"Right away miss," the stewardess said and took out her requested snacks and drinks. "Here you go."
She took the snacks and drinks and paid. "Thanks."
"Enjoy your flight."
After the stewardess left, Maria handed the other bag of chips and Pepsi to Canaan. They both opened their bags and ate in silence for a while.
After ten agonizingly silent minutes later, the mercenary turned to her. "Thanks."
"You're welcome!" the other girl beamed.
The rather uneasy Canaan looked out the window and sighed. "We don't even have any luggage."
"That's alright; we can always buy new clothes! Especially for you. We can't have you showing your bellybutton the entire trip now can we?"
She gave her a curious look. "How will we afford all that though?"
"I got a lot of international credit cards packed in my wallet. And you won't believe how much I make in the network."
She leaned back on her seat. "Alright, I trust ya." She then looked back at her with tired eyes. "Well, you feeling sleepy yet?"
A yawn escaped her lips, answering her question. "A bit."
"Sleep then."
She looked up at her. "What about you?"
"I'll sleep too. Don't worry about me."
She gave her an unbelievable look. "Really now?"
The mercenary scoffed and rolled her eyes. "It's not like I'm gonna leave you by jumping off the plane. I'm not that crazy."
She stared at her. "Yes you are."
Pause. "Oh right." She chuckled and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I'm not planning on leaving you any time soon."
She was still unsure, but she smiled anyway. "Alright. Yawn. Just don't stay up too late."
"Okay. Want me to ask for a pillow?"
She snuggled close to her and rested her head on the other girl's shoulder. "No need. You're a great pillow."
A faint blush covered Canaan's cheeks at this small but touching gesture. She watched her friend's eyelids slowly close. She could feel her relax a bit more as she continued to lay her head on her shoulder.
"Night, Canaan," she said in a soft mutter.
"Night," she replied as Maria finally went into an instant slumber. She stared at her in wonder and amazement. Maria, being her first friend in a long while, never ceases to warm her heart. Whenever they're together, she can feel Maria's kindness slowly, but surely, make her forget all the unfair things in life.
She was sure now. Maria is her light.
But it was different from when Siam was her light. He was not just a mentor. He was not just her trainer. He was like a father to her. He was that kind of light. Nothing more, nothing less.
But Maria…
Oh Heavens, Maria was something else. No one else can ever make the gifted mercenary feel so warm-hearted, so calm, and so normal. Only Maria can do that.
She was, indeed, Canaan's special someone.
But Lord…
She is my friend, and she will probably stay my friend, she thought. Nothing more…
The silver-blond haired girl looked out the window. It was dark out, since it was still 1 am. She yawned and rested her head on top of hers.
It was gonna be a long trip, so she'd better rest up. After all…
They are on their way to Paris.
I don't want this to end, she thought, slowly closing her eyes. I don't want this to end but…
She sighed heavily and let the sweet, warm embrace of sleep cover her…
And just a seat behind them, a boy who is just in his late sixteenth year called a stewardess. She came over to him.
"Yes, may I help you?" she asked.
"Um, yes uh…" he trailed off as he glanced at the seats in front of him. "Is it alright if you can put a blanket over those two girls, please? I fear that they may get cold, especially since one of them is wearing a rather…short top."
"Oh, alright. I'll get right on it sir."
"Thanks…Lucy," he said with a grin.
She blushed. "Oh, how do you know my name?"
"Your nametag."
She looked down at her uniform and saw her nametag. Her blush deepened even more out of sheer embarrassment. "Silly me."
He chuckled. "No worries, you looked really cute though."
She squeaked and rushed over to get a blanket for the two girls in front of him, blushing madly from the comment.
He smiled to himself and leaned back. He put on his earphones and switched the track to Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' Your Guardian Angel. He watched as the stewardess carefully put a blanket over Canaan and Maria and was relieved that neither of them woke up.
He quietly thanked the stewardess and watched her go over to the other passengers. He smiled once more and closed his eyes.
I'll be seeing you guys a lot in this trip, he thought to himself. But you won't be seeing me…
Canaan woke up with the sun's rays hitting her face. She groaned and opened her eyes to see if they had landed yet.
They had.
"Mmm, Maria," she said and looked down at her friend. "Wake up, we've lande—gah!"
Her face's color turned into a crimson hue and her eyes grew as wide as saucers as she saw Maria's right hand…shoved up her shirt. She could feel her hand touching her left breast.
Oh…my…god… she thought. She is actually…oh man, how did she end up in that position?!
Suddenly, Maria started to mutter in her sleep. "Mmm…found myself a tasty marshmallow…"
Her hand started squeezing Canaan's breast (*ahem!*nipple*ahem!*). The mercenary let out an uncharacteristic squeak at the feeling of being squeezed…there.
She's…she's squeezing my… oh…mmm…and I'm enjoying it?!
Her blush soon grew darker as her friend began to lightly pinch her nipple. She shut her eyes and bit her lip, feeling both pleasure and shame.
Don't enjoy it. Don't enjoy it! Wake her up before she does anything else!
"Mmm…gonna eat my tasty mallow…" she mumbled as she brought her lips on Canaan's cloth-covered nipple.
She gasped as her lips made contact with her nipple. Her brows knitted together and she was trying to suppress her moans and whimpers. Her breaths began to sound heavy. She tried to bite her tongue to refrain herself from being noisy.
She didn't know why she wasn't waking her up. She didn't know why it was so hard to do so.
The female gunner knew one thing though…
She's shamefully enjoying this…
Aah! Mmm! No! Maria then started nibbling, which brought Canaan on the verge of screaming. Gah! Don't nibble! I'm going…I'm going crazy!
"Mmm…tasty. Tasty…" Then, her eyes slowly opened. Her vision was blurred at first, but it gradually cleared up and made her aware of her surroundings. "Mm?"
It took her a while to analyze the situation she was in though.
"Eh?"
There we go.
She saw that her lips were on her friend's nipple and her right hand was shoved up the shirt. Her eyes widened and she was now fully awake. She quickly pulled both her lips and hand back and squeaked, causing the blanket that enveloped them to fall onto the floor. "EEP!!! CANAAN?!?!"
Canaan slowly opened her eyes, panting, her blush never leaving her face. "Maria? You awake?"
Maria covered her mouth with both her hands and blushed as much as her companion. "Oh gosh, Canaan! I am so sorry!"
She took a deep breath and straightened herself. "It's alright. I'm as shocked as you are actually."
The blond covered her eyes in shame and began to shake herself left to right. If anyone could die from embarrassment, this would be the perfect time for one to do so.
And both of them are equally embarrassed.
"Oh, how did I ever end up in that position?!"
Canaan cleared her throat and tried to answer as bluntly and clearly as possible. "Dunno."
Blunt and clear. Meh…
"Oh! How?! Why?!"
Again, she cleared her throat and tried to be blunt and clear. "Dunno."
The flustered news camerawoman groaned and shifted her position to face Canaan properly. "Did I do or say anything else?"
And again, she cleared her throat for another upcoming blunt and clear reply. This time her blush grew an even darker shade (is that even possible?). "Marshmallow. Yummy…tasty…marshmallow."
Okay, maybe not that accurate and blunt. But still clear.
She gasped and turned away. "Nonononononononononononononono…oh gosh!" She removed her hands from her eyes and looked at her friend. She looked incredibly flustered. "I'm sorry."
She shook her head. "I told you it's alright. I don't mind…per se. It just came as quite a shock to me so early in the morning."
"Actually it's already nine-thirty in the morning," a voice beside Maria suddenly said. Both startled, they quickly looked over to the source of the voice. A stewardess (Lucy) was looking at them with a smile and faint blush in her cheeks. "You are the only ones left here, so I was told to wake you guys up. It seems you both did that yourselves, though."
Silence.
How long…yeah seriously how long had she been there?
"Uh…Lucy right?" she asked as she took a glance at her nametag. She received a nod from her. "Did…umm…" Maria trailed off.
"Did you…" Canaan continued for her. "…happen to—"
"See the whole thing?" Lucy finished for them. She nodded. "Yeah."
Pause. "The whole thing?"
"Yep."
"Every little detail?" Maria asked.
"Every itty bitty bit. Yeppers."
Canaan cleared her throat. "So uh…why didn't you try and inform us of your presence?"
She blushed harder and looked away, her hands on both her cheeks. "I was getting too turned on to stop it." She looked back at them, her face now with a lusting look. "Any more and I would've jumped in." The travelling friends exchanged glances for a few seconds before making their way for the plane exit. "I hope you enjoyed your flight! Please come back soon!"
To be continued...