He was …. BLUSHING!?!

I ne-never knew a gu-guy coul-d look so hu-hu-HUGGABLE!

That was the first time I had ever gotten so flustered over a male!

I mean, really!

I hate men!

I know better than to feel this way! HMPH!

I crossed my arms and pouted.

There is no way I am going to feel this way towards anyone! It is decided! As of today,

I will not allow this teenage boy to come any more near my heart!

I will not allow this teenage boy to come anymore near my heart…..that's what I said..

"Pudding I'm hungry!"

So then, why?

"Pudding can I have some ramen?"

Why?

"Oh! Also, please bring me some dessert!! I haven't had any human sweets in such a long time and I miss their flavor."

GOD, WHY ME!!??!!

Flashback:

I turned around and swung my index finger towards the door.

"You can leave now since you're all better."

He took a couple of steps towards the door before stopping to turn his head towards me with a sort of guilty looking face.

"I can't leave."

My face froze into a glare.

"Yes. Yes, you can."

He shook his head rapidly.

"No. I really can't."

I began getting a little pissed.

"Yes."

He stood him ground.

"No."

I began growling inside my mind.

"YES!"

He seemed to be equally pissed.

"NO!"

This 'Yes/No' fight went on for about 5 to 10 minutes before I finally asked him why he couldn't leave.

"Look, you may or may not have remembered this but, when I was here on Earth, I betrayed my leader, Deep Blue, in order to protect your planet-"

'Protect my planet?'

I questioned him in confusion, "I don't remember an alien as young as you protecting my planet. I only remember the mews risking their lives to save Earth and Kish and Pai were the ones who betrayed their leader, not you."

…

……..

…………….

There was a moment of silence as he stared at me in disbelief.

"NO FREAKIN WAY!!!"

I stepped back out of surprised as he raised his voice.

"You remember those two creeps, but not me!?!?!?!?! So, you remember people who tried to kill you, yet you forget about someone who risked his life to save you!?!"

'Risked your life!?!'

"…yes…" I whispered.

"THAT FREAKING PISSES ME OFF!!" he screamed as he continued on with his rampage but I wasn't listening to him anymore.

I was deep in my own thoughts.

'He rescued me?'

"GEEZ, PUDDING! WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT KISH AND PAI THAT YOU'D REMEMBER ONLY THEM!?!

'When?'

"AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN!?! DO YOU ALSO REMEMBER DEEP BLUE!?!"

'I have always wanted to be rescued, always asked God to be rescued.'

'I wanted a savior who knew the 'me' behind that fake smile I always flashed people.'

"DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT MAKES ME FEEL!?! GOD! I WENT THROUGH HELL TO SEE YOU! YOU NEVER EVEN SAID 'HELLO' TO ME!"

'I asked for a savior that saw my feelings and flaws, yet, never gave them much attention.'

'I begged and pleaded for a savior that would save me to see the real 'me'.'

'That's who I need!'

'That's my savior!'

"You know what, forget it. I went a little overboard.""

'That's the type of person that will rescue me'

"Sorry for yelling at you so much. I- I just was sort of surprised, I think.

'NOT HIM.'

"I don't know why you don't remember me, though. I want to know. Why, Pudding?"

'Anyone but him.'

"Don't you at the very least remember my name? Remember?"

'He can never rescue me.'

'He would never even try to rescue me.'

'There's no fucking way HE RESCUED me!!!!'

"T-A-R-U-T-O"

I'm not sure why but all I know is that, the moment my ears heard that name, my heart started racing, my cheeks grew warmer and I got pissed.

"PUDDING WAS NEVER RESCUED BY YOU, SO. STOP LYING TO PUDDING, YOU LIAR!!!"

"I'm not lying, Pudding, I did rescue you!"

"NO! NO! NO! LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!"

He gave off a completely lost look. I couldn't really blame him. I didn't even know what I was saying!

"Okay. Okay. Look, Pudding, whether you believe me or not is besides the point, right now all you need to know is that you know me, I know you and I can't leave your side because-"

He seemed a bit hesitant before continuing his sentence.

"-it's my punishment for treason."

I was caught off guard, I guess. Hearing that sentence confused me a bit.

'Punishment'

'Treason'

I stopped glaring at him. I truthfully don't know what kind of expression I gave off at that moment, all I know is that he seemed to understand that I was confused, so he began explaining.

"After betraying our people's leader, our people decided to give Kish, Pai and I a sort of punishment for our crime-"

My heart felt sympathy for the boy. I felt as though I wanted to hug him, but, I restrained myself. Show no weakness, that's my number one rule in life. I had almost forgotten about my rule throughout his staying but now my mind is all cleared up for me to think straight.

"They decided obedience would be a most suitable punishment for our treason. So, they bestowed upon us a curse, we shall do as we're told up until we have done it."

I looked upon him curiously and spoke.

"Untie me."

He looked dumbfounded as the vines slid away from me.

"Sit."

His face reflected that of a constipated child as his butt forcibly fell to the ground. He flashed me an angry glare.

"That's not fair!"

I was too overwhelmed in laughter to stop at just a simple 'sit'.

"Lay"

He immediately, as some sort of force was controlling him, headed straight down to the floor.

"PUDDING!"

I have to admit now that I think about it I was acting a bit cruel, but, COME ON! It was hilarious! I commanded him like a dog! I've never had a dog before I NEEDED this!

"Pffftttt…hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha!!"

"MAKING ME DRESS UP IN A CLOWN SUIT WHILE DOING THE CHICKEN DANCE ON A GIANT BALL IS NOT FUNNYY!!!"

"You're kidding, right? Now twirl!!"

I could feel his eyes burning a hole in me as he twirled. Truthfully, I could hardly care less. It was hilarious, at least until he lost his balance and fell off the ball.

"Ohhhh…epic failure" I commented as I gave a thumbs down signal. He was too busy tearing up to hear me, though.

Damn he's cute! WAIT! NO! Nooooo! NOT cute. Pathetic! YES! Not cute at all.

After he finished rubbing his butt, he turned to me and, before I could utter a single word, slapped the palm of his left hand on my mouth.

"Pudding, I will honestly kill you if you do that again."

….

…….

Okay..

At this point I had gotten the impression that he was a cute, obedient kid who was mearly bluffing.

…

….

I was stupid.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA"

I slapped his hands off of my mouth and felt a powerful feeling of superiority.

"You HONESTLY expect me, Pudding a martial arts EXPERT, to believe that a scrawny little slave dog, such as yourself, could kill me?"

The boy. Looked. Pissed.

"You think your so much more superior than I am?"

I snickered.

"Look, Pudding, I Cant lose my patience. Don't push me."

"Coward! It was you who challenged me in the first place, was it not? So fight me!"

He seemed to be straining to control himself. Clutching his fists, he whispered, "Pudding..your really starting to irritate me."

"Then fight me, stranger."

….Stranger...

Such a detached word, is it not…

I used it so…easily..

And on purpose, too…

It seemed to be such a powerful word with him…

His source of weakness……

…

…

I had underestimated him.

SNATCH

The wind felt like sharp daggers to my face as it covered the sound of my stranger's footsteps as he, unknowingly to me, came in closer to me and grasped my neck within his once scrawny fingers enclosing them to each other inch by inch as he looked upon me as some sort of small immenent animal of which he planned to devour.