CHAPTER THREE OF EIGHT!!! So here's Fran's story…I realize it might be a little out of character for him, but I know from experience, not all sarcastic people stay sarcastic all the time. Plus I have intentions of making his really really really cute. The kind that make the women all go, "aww…." And make the men just roll their eyes and fake gag. So anyway, here's Fran and Linda!!! Oh, and yes I realize that my beginning for this one is the same as Bel's. That was because when I wrote it out on paper, they were a joint story. I had to split them to make it work.

Second hand. Time. Patience? Not a chance.

Bel had decided on tanning on the beach. He really had no wish to associate with the rest of the Varia, and if he could avoid the Hellcats while he was at it, he'd be set. The only Varia he would put up with was Fran, who had taken his hood off, much to Bel's annoyance. Bel was stretched out on a towel, quite comfortable in the sand. The sun was warn against his skin, and he was purely in swimming trunks and nothing else. his prince tiara was laying beside him, and his arms were up behind his head, quite comfortable looking and relaxed. Let Squalo have his massages and Xanxus his drinks, Bel would take the sun over anything else....

Fran on the other hand sat on a towel next to Bel, and was dressed in swim trunks and a sleeveless white shirt that buttoned up, and was currently unbuttoned. He was leaning back on his hands enjoying the sun on his face when a shadow stood over him. Tilting his head back, he watched one of the Hellcats pick up the Tiara and look it over. "Bel-senpai, we've got visitors...." Fran said in his slightly sarcastic drawl.

"I know. Cilia, put my crown back down and leave. I don't have time to deal with you right now." Bel said, not moving at all. Cilia gave a small pout. "But Prince Belphegor, the Princess is bored, and she's chosen you to entertain her..."She said talking about herself in the same way Bel did. Glancing up at her, Bel, who was by no means surprised by the way she spoke, gave his famous laugh. "Ushishishishishi~ I'm not here to entertain you Cilia." He said, watching her kneel next to him.

"But Prince Bel!! I'm so bored!!! Please entertain me!!" Cilia said, scooping up a handful of sand, putting it on his chest, dribbling it on his chest like an hourglass. "Go away Princess Cilia, I'm not going to entertain you!" Bel said, brushing the sand off his chest. Little did he know that he was already entertaining her.

While Bel and Cilia were annyoing each other, Fran glanced over at the woman that had come with Cilia. Where Cilia was black haired, this woman was a platinum blonde, and had pale blue eyes. She stood slightly shorter then Fran did and as Fran stood up, she glanced at him, jerking her head back towards the hotel.

Fran grinned, and nodded, following her back, leaving the two royalty alone with each other. The girl was dressed in shorts, that went to her knees, and a bikini top in red. Her feet had flip flops on them.

"Fran get back here!!!" Bel yelled at the green haired man.
"Linda stay here!!" Cilia yelled as well at the blonde.

Both of the people walking away just flipped up the middle finer and kept walking. Like hell they were going to stop when they were on vacation. They would pay for it later, but right now they didn't care at all. "I still don't know everyone in the other assassin families. You are?" Fran said grabbing her hand to stop her under the shade of an oak tree. They were far enough away from the two royals and so they both sat down under the tree.

"I'm Linda Smith. Mist user." She said with a smile on her face looking at Fran. Like Serenity, she was throwing Janet's rule out the proverbial window. Ever since her older sister Janet had taken over from the brother who was supposed to be in charge, the Hellcats just delivered the Hell portion of Hellcats. Linda hated it so much. She couldn't stand the though of loving someone for just a night. Linda was in it for the long haul and that was the end of it.

"You make Mist user sound like a drug Linda-chan...." Fran said, with a small smirk and a short laugh.

"I know, tell me about it. You are? I know you're new, but I don't remember your name." Linda said facing him, a smile of her own on her lips.

"Everyone just calls me Fran. Well everyone but Bel-senpai, he does nothing but talk down to me, or call me frog..." He said, the smirk disappearing.

"I know how it is Flan-kun, Cilia-sama does the same to me, except she calls me Usagi* all the time..." She said, her smile disappearing from her lips as well.

The two of them sat side by side, facing out into the ocean, comfortable with the silence between them. Eventually they started to talk again, and just about their families and what jobs they've done. For a while they went swimming, before coming back to their stuff by the tree, and sitting down again, side by side. Fran complained about Bel, while Linda complained about Cilia. Fran's green hair was messy looking, and damp while his green eyes were bright as he took Linda's hand in his. "It's nice to meet someone with the same problems as me." He spoke softly before putting his hand to the side of her face and laying his lips quite softly against hers, prepared for the rejecting pull away, but hoping for the accepting lean forward.

At first, Linda pulled back slightly, purely in surprise, but then leaned forward, kissing him back. Linda was happy that Fran had surprised her, and besides she found him cute. He had the perfect timing in her mind, for she was the hopeless romantic, and found that a first kiss in the setting sun, under the shade of a strong tree, with a great afternoon behind them extremely heart melting.