Freespirited: hey. I apologize for taking so long to update. A LOT has happened.
family drama/death
midterms
high school acceptance letters
well, heres it is!
Robert sat at his table, regretting not taking that second trip to the market like his wife had suggested, as he watched Cooro scarf down his fifth bowl of chicken soup and his third plate of beef and corn.
"Thanks again for having us again!" said Cooro slipping another spoon full of soup into his mouth.
Robert smiled. Where does he put it all?
Husky, who was sitting next to him, took his staff and smacked him on the head.
"Ow!"
"Don't be such a big." he said angrily.
After the incident at 'Threads and Lace' Robert insisted (more like demanded) on having them for dinner. It was out of no where, but the four were hungry, and hey, free food. Besides, they have been to multiple stranger's houses before. They didn't really believe in stranger danger. And if there was any, they could easily escape, as they have in many other situations before.
Robert lived with his wife Alice in a small house outside Nevaeh. His house was like any small old cottage with a wooden fence and a huge backyard, where Alice kept her garden.
The cottage was painted a dark shade of orange ( "It adds character!" said Alice.) with two doors and six windows.
Cooro finished his dinner and pushed away his plates.
"That was delicious Mrs. Alice!" he exclaimed. "Whats for dessert?" Alice smiled. She loved having guests over ever since Julia left, and she didn't mind the praise she was getting from Corro. Robert never gave her enough attention these days.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it." said Alice. Senri was slowly eating next to Husky. He gave a glance around the kitchen now and then. He liked the decoration. It reminded him of his old home back at the Kimunker tribe. The deer skin on the wall, the wooden furniture, he did miss his family sometimes. But it didn't matter now. They were dead anyway.
Alice excused herself from the table to get the desert she had prepared.
"So how long have you owned the shop?" asked Husky, trying to make small talk.
"Ugh! Don't get me started." miserably answered Robert.
"About forty years!" yelled Alice from the kitchen.
"Wow. Must get pretty boring around there." said Cooro.
"It does. But ya gotta get a living somehow when your...old."
"Why not just move into a retirement home?" asked Cooro.
Robert froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Ya. Like I need someone to wipe my ass for me."
"Robert!" yelled Alice embarrassed.
"I like him." said Husky.
Alice returned a few minutes later with fresh pecan pie.
"Yay!" anxiously exclaimed Cooro tapping the table excitingly.
"Nana, desert's ready." called Alice. Nana had finished her food quickly after hearing Alice's offer.
If she helped her cook dinner, then Nana was free to look through their child's old wardrobe.
Nana+ free clothes = Uncontrollable shopping spree
Nana squealed excitingly as she rushed out the door, feeling like she had won the lottery. She had chosen a simple brown dress with a small ribboned belt. The collar of the dress had a simple flowered designed frill, as well as the end of the short sleeves and skirt, and to match were dark boots and a cute hat with Senri's favorite, a flower. Her pendant laid flatly on her chest.
"Nice choice sweety." complemented Alice. "That was one of Julia's favorites. She made it herself."
"I Love It!!"
Nana happily walked closer to the table and looked at her friends.
"What do ya'll think?" she asked giving them a small twirl.
"Cute." said Senri.
Husky rolled his eyes.
" Honestly, who cares." he said.
"Can't answer!" called Cooro, "Must eat!" he said as he scarfed down his piece of pie.
Nana took a seat next to Husky and helped herself with a slice.
" You sure it's okay for me to take these?" asked Nana. "Won't your daughter need them."
Alice frowned.
"Jewels doesn't live with us anymore." said Robert. He nicknamed Julia that, Jewels.
"Ya. She's actually been gone for a couple of years now."
Nana and Husky both respected other people's personal life, but Cooro and Senri had no problem finding out more.
"Where is she?" asked Cooro, stuffing another spoon in his mouth.
Robert and Alice looked at each other, then back at the group.
"We're not sure. The last letter she sent us was several months ago. She was all the way in Hyka traveling with a boy she met."
'Wow! Thats pretty far."
Hyka was a small island on the other side of Sailand, but was part of a different country.
"That's what we said." said Alice smiling. " But she can get around pretty easily, considering she is a sparrow anima. I'm pretty sure she's working on starting her own business, but she hasn't been very successful."
"Julia was an Anima!?" asked all three children at the same time suprised.
Robert laughed at their reaction.
"Yea. That's my baby. If you ever meat her you might want to thank her. Thats the only reason I invited yall over." he said, giving them a warm smile (that's rare for Robert).
Alice allowed them to stay the night. Cooro took the couch in the small living room, and Husky slept on a comfortable mat next to him on the floor. Nana and Senri shared a bed in Julia's old room ( they didn't mind, Nana was like a little sister to Senri).
The youngsters were going to get up early in the morning and head off. At the moment they had no exact location, so they just traveled wherever the wind would carry them, looking for a place to call home, or at least a dry bed with sheets.
Cooro had an annoying habit of kicking and sometimes punching in his sleep. He developed it way before living in the church, he still had to much energy when he went to bed. At times when the church got too crowded, the children were forced to share beds until more were ordered. After one night with Cooro, many kids , after waking up with some hits and bruises, claimed to have much rather slept on the floor.
Even when he was on a different level than Husky, Cooro yawned in his sleep, turned to his side, and managed to give him a good whack on the head. Husky immediately woke up from the surprise attack. He quickly scrambled to his knees and grabbed his pillow as a shield to quickly look around the room to see what caused the introduction in his sleep when he heard a loud snore come from Cooro.
"Mmmmm.... pass... the gravy...." he mumbled with his arm slumping lazily over the edge of the couch. Husky stared for a couple of moments, figured it out, and felt like an idiot.
"Stupid Cooro." he said to himself as he got up. Might as well go get a glass of water. He was thirsty.
Husky, half awake, stumbled to the small kitchen rubbing his eyes yawning. As he was about to enter the door another being, in Husky's same tired condition, came in at the same time. The small doorway caused their shoulders to push up against each other as they tried to squeeze through the door frame. Husky turned to see who it was. His droopy silver eyes caught big green eyes staring back at him.
"Oh, Nana..." said Husky.
"Hi puppy." replied Nana with a faint smile, feeling light headed...which probably explains the name she just called Husky.
Nana didn't call Husky names like that. Her list of teasing names for Husky included: Princess, Mr. Girly,Jackass, ect. But 'Puppy'? Nnoooo.
And Husky would have normally argued about Nana's new nickname, if he wasn't as light headed as she was at the moment.
They both dragged their bodies through the kitchen, their shoulders still touching for support.
"Now where does Alice keep her cups?"though Husky eying the water pitcher on the table, "Wait. Wha..."
Husky blinked and snapped back to reality, and feeling a small sensation on his side he slowly turned his head to find a snoozing Nana snuggling on his shoulder.
"Oh my GOD!" he screamed in his head and quickly pushed her off. Nana stumbled back and hit the floor.
"Ow! What the hell!" she yelled.
"What the hell were you doing!?" yelled Husky back blushing. Nana gave him an idiotic look. Then she, fully awake now, remembered what happened twenty seconds ago.
"Oh." she said, her face turning red.
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(awkward silence)
Husky scratched the back of his head. Then, still blushing, held a hand out towards Nana.
"Here," he said, "get up."
Nana stared at his hand like he had just proposed.
"Well? Get up. You'll get sick."
Nana smiled and took his hand. Husky pulled her up.
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(-.- More awkward silence)
"IIIIII'mmmm getting a class of water." finally said Husky.
"Yeah. Thats what I came for too." said Nana, laughing a little on the 'Yeah'.
"You know where she keeps the cups?" asked Husky, indicating Alice.
"I think it's this one." she answered reaching for a cupboard. "Go sit down. I'll get them."
Husky walked to the table and sat as Nana grabbed two mugs. He got bored and started to play with the water pitcher, pushing it from one hand to the other.
Nana joined him a couple of moments later and poured them water. The friends sat in silence sipping their beverage.
Nana glanced in one direction, then asked,
"So, have any idea where we'll be heading?"
"No."
"Anywhere you want to go?"
"Not really."
"Well say something funny, this fan fictions getting boring!" she yelled upset.
"SSHHH!!!" he shushed at her, " Do you want the whole house to wake up!? And what fan fiction!?"
Nana stared with immense eyes into the clear space.
"I-don't-know." she answered slowly.
Husky blinked. 'Thats kind of.." He felt something running up his throat, and thou he tried to fight the feeling, it overcame him, and Husky burst out laughing.
Now Nana blinked. Were her ears deceiving her.
"Are you...laughing?" she asked shocked. Husky immediately shut up.
"No!"
A wide grin spread across Nana's face.
"Shut up." he warned.
"Admit it Husky! I-made-you-laugh."
"No you didn't! I was laughing at your stupidity!"
"I-"
"It was nothing."
"made-"
"Nana!"
"you"
"Shut up!"
"Laugh!" triumphantly called Nana. Husky rarely smiled, much less laughed. Nana just found something to hold against Husky for the next week.
"Yea yea. Whatever." said Husky, trying to take away the satisfaction from Nana's achievement, which worked after a few minutes.
Husky looked down into his cup and finished of the rest of his water. He decided to pour himself a little more and reached for the pitcher.
Nana had the same idea and their hands touched, Nana's on the handle and Husky's on top.
For a split second, neither of them moved feeling a shock wave run down their spines. Then Nana quickly pulled her hand away blushing madly.
"I-I'm going back to bed." she said. Nana got up and slowly walked toward the door. Husky looked after her.
"Hey Nana?" he called.
"What?" she answered, not being able to take anymore.
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"Did you call me puppy?"
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Nana quickly rushed out the door, miscalculating the width of the door and jamming her foot into the wall. She silently yelped and hopped for a couple of moments, grabbing her big toe. Making an even bigger full of herself she fled out the door, her face on full blast red and slammed the door shut running back into Julia's room.
Husky blinked. He looked at his cup and pushed it from hand to hand like he did earlier.He was recalling the event that just happened. Husky looked down at his hand. His on Nana's. What was that? He felt so... warm.
Husky got up and put both cups in the sink. It was late.
He walked out of the kitchen and back to the mat. Cooro was sleeping like a baby with a lazy grin on his face.
Husky rolled his eyes and laid down. He pulled up the covers and, before falling back to sleep, chuckled to himself, imagining Nana's funny moment.
Nyaha!!! First Husky Nana moment!!!!yay!! I hoped yall liked it.
Anyway, when I published my fanfiction, I said to myself I wouldn't be one of those girls that asked their readers to comment, buuuuttt......... I just want to know your opinion!! and also if anyone is actually reading my story.
Well, thats it. X3...............ps, dont judge my chapter title (growl)
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