A/N: I'm not really sure what this is but since it's super late at night and I'm not too focused on it, it's the best I could come up with. There are a few suggestive themes in here and it's a little less fluffy then the others but still full of humor. This will be the last chapter for at least a week because I am going away and won't be able to write. So this fic will not be finished before Christmas and will be going on through January. I hope that's not a problem. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this and have a safe, enjoyable, and merry Christmas! Love you all!
"Are you serious?" Luka yells, hands planted on her hips as she glares at the cowering GoakiSilver before her.
"L-Luka-san, there's no need to get s-so mad," he stammers out, trying to soothe the other girl. She huffs and throws her hands up in the air.
"I think I have every right to be mad," she retorts. Ahim comes in through the kitchen, having been helping Don with the preparations for the holiday dinner and see the two at each other's throats.
"Minna, let's not fight," she pleads, pulling at the tie of her apron. "Especially during the holidays. It's supposed to be a time for loving and caring."
"I suppose you're right," Luka agrees. She reaches for Gai and pulls him in for an unexpected hug, causing him to yelp. "Gomen."
"Gomen as well," Gai gasps out through Luka's tight hug. He almost has a mouthful of her yellow jacket. "Demo Luka-san…I can't…breathe…"
Luka chuckles and releases him from her grip. As soon as he's in the safe zone, he darts from the room, saying something about going to help Don.
"I'd better make sure they don't demolish the kitchen," Ahim sighs before giving her sister figure a sweet smile. "Thank you for resolving things."
"Anything for you," replies Luka, settling herself on the couch. Ahim giggles and ventures back into the kitchen.
"We're back!" Marvelous announces lazily, coming into the main room with two bags swinging from his arms. Joe follows behind him, carrying three more.
"Welcome back then." Luka's voice is bored as she ruffles through her magazine. "The others are in the kitchen."
"I'll give them then," Joe says, taking the couple plastic bags from his captain and going to the kitchen to join the others. Of course, the remaining Gokaigers know he really only wanted to do it to show Ahim how efficient he can be.
"How was shopping?" asks Luka as Marvelous plops down in his captain's chair. He sighs and pulls the sleeves of his coat back.
"Boring. How was it here?"
Luka shrugs. "Boring. Ahim got me to stop fighting though."
"Well isn't that something," Marvelous teases, causing Luka to glare at him. "Nani? You're just very hard to stop when you want to do something."
"That's true," Luka grins. "But since it's during the holidays and such, I figure I can be nicer to them." Marvelous leans forward in his chair, smirking.
"But I like you naughty."
"Eh?" Luka's eyes widen as she whips her head around to stare at GokaiRed. What did he just say? "Nani?"
"Well nice girls aren't exactly my type," Marvelous explains, leaning back in his chair and placing his arms on the wooden armrests. "And besides, you're not too terribly nice so maybe that's why I like the meaner side of you."
"I'm nice!" says Luka hotly, only proving Marvelous's point. He chuckles at her angry expression.
He wasn't lying when he said he preferred her naughty side. And not even in a weird way, just the fact that she's feisty and sassy, sarcastic and impulsive. That's what makes his pulse race is that she's not really afraid of anything and is willing to do anything it takes to help the ones she cares about.
"Not usually," Marvelous tells her. She pouts and Marvelous finds it incredibly cute for some strange reason. And actually, she is nice. Nice enough for him.
"Well I'm only nice to those who deserve it," she points out, crossing her legs. Marvelous raises an eyebrow.
"Do I not deserve it?"
"Not usually," she replies, quoting his words from earlier. "At least not as much as the others do. Mostly Ahim though."
"No wonder you're only getting coal this year," Marvelous comments. Luka grins at him, surprisingly and he wonders what's so funny.
"You know, if you press hard enough on coal, it turns into diamonds," explains Luka, shoving a strand of brown hair behind one ear. "So I'll take that as a nice gift."
"You always have a way out, don't you?"
She shrugs. "I try. And you kind of set yourself up for it."
"Maybe," the red Gokaiger agrees.
"Besides, I learned form the best." She beams at him and it takes him a moment to realize she means me! She means me!
"But back to our main point-you're not that nice," he says, trying to change the subject. She frowns at him as he once again tries to pin her down for something she can't control.
"You can't get through life being nice," she scoffs. "I would know."
Oh.
"You would too," she adds, looking at him earnestly. He nods slowly. She is right, they've both had terrible lives so far but through it all, they found each other. They've gotten by not by being nice, but by relying on each other and trusting only those they must.
But maybe along the way he started to trust her fully, more than any of the others, even Joe. And she doesn't even know it.
"Besides, you're not that nice either," the yellow Gokaiger teases, trying to lighten the mood. Grateful for the subject change, Marvelous glares at her mockingly.
"Ne! At least I am more then you!"
"I beg to differ." They both look up at the change of voice to see Joe standing in the doorway, arms crossed across his chest.
"Who saved you from the Zangyack?" Marvelous says dismissively. "I think that's pretty nice." Joe frowns, hating to admit that he's right.
"You should be nice, Marvelous-san," Luka scolds. She turns a sweet smile on Joe. "I think you're nice. Much nicer than him over there." She jabs a thumb in Marvelous's direction while he scowls at her.
"Save the flirting for me only," he snaps, before realizing what he has jut said. The other's look at him with wide eyes and Luka's mouth drops open. Marvelous feels himself get uncomfortably hot around the collar. Oh.
"Joe-san? Could you come here please?" Don's voice echoes around them, breaking the awkward silence that had just settled in.
"Guess I'll leave you two to flirting with each other then," Joe smirks as he turns back to go into the kitchen. He leaves the hotheaded Gokaigers behind who are staring at each other, unsure what to do or say.
"That wasn't very nice," Luka finally says, trying to get back to their previous conversation. Grateful for the subject change, Marvelous shakes his black bangs out of his eyes.
"It wasn't very nice to flirt with him in front of me," he challenges. He's started it, he might as well finish it. Go big or go home, right? And he needs to see this through to the end.
"I didn't know it bothered you," Luka replies honestly. She leans forward, resting her elbows on her knees as she studies the man in front of her. He meets her gaze head on but can feel himself getting wound tighter and tighter as she doesn't look away.
How can he stand this? Of course, it's his own fault for being so careless and letting emotions get the best of him. Anger, he can do. Resentment, of course. But jealousy? Happiness? Whatever it was, it is a big no.
"Well now you know," he says carelessly, complexly unsure of what he should say next. Luka frowns at him and looks like she's going to throw her magazine at his head but then thinks better of it.
"That's not fair!" she whines. "You can't just tell me something like that and then expect me to let it go without a fight?"
"I was kind of hoping…" Marvelous trails off.
"Well I don't think you are being very fair to me," Luka points out. "It's not very nice."
"Ah, here we are back to being nice or naughty." Marvelous chuckles, trying to use everything in his power to distract Luka as much as he can. But since it's Luka, he knows it's a long shot.
"Okay, fine." Luka thinks for a moment before lighting up and smiling. "Do you see yourself as naughty or nice?"
"What do you think?" Marvelous asks instead, resting his head back against the chair and closing his eyes. Partly to not fall under the spell of Luka's gaze and partly to block out all the red and green decorations Gai and Ahim had insisted upon putting up. He doesn't know why he let them actually go through with it but maybe it's because Luka argued for Ahim's sake.
Ah, now he's back to Luka.
"You can't answer my question with a question," Luka scowls. "But if you must know, personally I think you're bad."
Marvelous's eyes shoot open and he stares at the yellow Gokaiger. A devious thought comes to mind and he pulls his lips up in a small smirk.
"Luka, come here," he says sweetly. Luka looks at him warily.
"Why?"
"I just want to tell you something so the others can't hear it."
Luka ponders for a moment. It's not like he can do anything to her with the others right in the other room and besides, she can take him no matter what. Either way, it's a win-win situation no matter which way she looks at it.
"Ugh, fine. You're so annoying, baka, making me move," she complains, rising from her seat on the couch to make her way over to him.
"Ne, you're the one who started everything in the first place," Marvelous points out. Actually, he thinks he was the one who started this whole naughty or nice thing but it's too late to turn back now. Luka rolls her eyes but admits to herself that she is a little bit curious about what he has to say.
"Okay, I'm up, now what?" She positions her fists on her hops, glaring down at him and waiting for an explanation.
"Come here," Marvelous reaches up and pulls her down by the shoulder. It makes them now at eye level as they stare at each other, unblinking.
"Now close your eyes," Marvelous instructs. Luka sets her mouth in a firm line and shoves her hands deeper into her yellow coat pockets.
"I don't really trust you with my eyes closed," she says truthfully but then smiles. She would actually trust him with anything-but there's no reason why he needs to know that. She closes her eyes anyhow.
Marvelous takes a deep breath and leans closer to her. "I like the naughty side of you," he whispers before kissing her.
Luka is startled but doesn't open her eyes and instead lets one of her hands tangle in Marvelous's hair as he uses his arms to pull her down to sit on his lap. They tilt their heads this way and that to get a better grip on each other.
"I definitely like this naughty side," Marvelous says breathlessly as they break apart. Luka grins and winks at him.
"I know."
