Later on in the middle of the night, Kidd woke up to a particular, foreign smell. A pleasant smell of fruit and chocolate filled his nostrils as he slowly opened his eyes. Scratching his head he stood up from his bed, stretching his arms and legs before he stood up. Leaving his room, he noted that the living room was empty and the smell was coming from the kitchen.
"Underneath the starlight-starlight~
There's a magical feeling so right~
It'll steal your heart tonight~"
Kidd's ears perked as he stepped into the kitchen, seeing Haruko stir batter while dancing around. She wore her sleep clothes that consist of an oversized T-shirt and shorts, all under a bright blue apron.
"You can try, to resist~
Try to hide from my kiss~
But you know-but you know that you...
Can't fight the moonlight~"
Once more, fog covered Kidd's mind as he mindlessly began to listen to her singing, eyes glazing over.
"Deep in the dark, you'll surrender your heart~
But you know-but you know that you...
Can't fight the moonlight~" she sung delicately, pouring the batter into muffin pans. "No you can't fight it~ It's gonna get to your heart~" she hung on the last note.
Following urges, Kidd quickly hovered over her, pressing his body to hers.
Haruko squeaked, twirling over quickly "K-Kidd?!" She could feel her cheeks blushing fiercely as she starred into his glazed eyes.
Hearing her voice snapped him out of his daze. He looked curiously around and then down at Haruko, her holding a whisk against her defensively. He blinked curiously, Wh...what was I about to do?! He quickly backed off, clearing his throat "Ah...sorry bout that.." He then noted the moonlight coming through the window and checked the time "What're you doin at three in the mornin'?" He asked with a cocked brow.
She jumped at his voice and gulped "Uh well.." she fiddled with her hands "I couldn't get to sleep...and I didn't know when you were gonna leave again so I thought I would make you breakfast for whenever you decide to leave..."
He blinked in surprise and looked at the now messy oven "Really?"
She nodded "Mm-hmm... I didn't know what kind of muffins you like so I made plain, some chocolate chip in the oven, blueberry, banana nut, and you caught me in the middle of making chocolate flavored kind." when his eyes widened she scratched the back of her head "Told you I liked to bake..."
"Guess so.." he reached over and picked up a blueberry and inspected it, sniffing it and noted it was the main fragrance that intruded his nose.
Haruko looked up at him curiously "Have you never had a muffin?"
"Can't say I have.. Heard of 'em." With that, he plopped the whole muffin in his mouth.
Haruko looked up at him pleadingly, she was hoping so much he liked them.
His eyes widen after chewing for a while and then he swallowed it. "These things are good..." he muttered before devouring another one.
Haruko smiled brightly "You really like them?!"
He responded with a nod as he ate one after another, barely taking time to breath in between.
Haruko giggled "Good! I had to buy all this stuff while you were gone. Teach a man to fish and what not." She smiled.
Finishing off the rest quickly he nodded "Good...didn't want Ya to starve.."
The two jumped when the oven dinged, Haruko quickly twirling around. "You don't have to worry about me hurting myself, I've been baking for years." she smiled as she pulled out the next half dozen of muffins "So you can go back to sleep if you like." she smiled up at him.
Kidd shook his head, "Nah, I'm wide awake now." He said as he reached of to grab the muffin from the hot pan.
Haruko quickly slapped his hand and pouted "You'll burn yourself!"
He clicked his tongue "No I ain't. I got this DigiNoir all over me for Pete's sake!"
Assuming DigiNoir was referring to his armor, she turned around again, using a fork to plop the muffins on a plate. "Even so, if you won't burn your hand, you'll burn your tongue: The chocolate is really hot."
"Aw, I get fire spewed at me almost weekly." he retorted
The girl sighed "How about you go into the living room and I'll bring a plate out for you?"
He huffed "Fine..." With that he left the room.
Haruko sighed, him finally being out of her domain.
Kidd sat on the couch and instantly played back the events that had just happened. I don't even remember takin a step towards her... and as he thought he realized this is not the first time he dazed out like that. The time when they had left the hospital...she began to sing and Kidd followed her as if a dog on a leash. And when she preformed, he always stayed perfectly still and listened intently. He furrowed his brows, is it just me? Nah it can't be... But I ain't seen no one else fall victim like that... maybe it is just me...
He looked up from his thoughts when he heard foot steps coming his way. There he saw Haruko, still with an apron on, holding a plate of muffins and a big glass of milk along with a smile on her face.
She placed them on the coffee table and smiled "These are the chocolate chip kind. Since they're just out the oven they'll be nice and melted."
He blinked, looking at her and back towards the muffins. He slowly grabbed the muffin and plopped it in his mouth. His eye widened as he quickly chewed and swallowed, plopping another.
Seeing his reaction, she assumed those were his favorite of the bunch-which made her smile with a tinge of pink under her cheek of pride.
"Soh..." he spoke while chewing, ending with a gulp "Why were Ya up so late?" he gave her a skeptical look.
Haruko looked up at him curiously and then chucked lightly "Heh heh... no reason.."
Kidd's look became a glare "Ya should know betta than t' lie to me.."
She blinked and glared back up at him "Look who's talking!" She snapped.
"Hey! I did that to make sure Ya don't get hurt!"
"Yeah well maybe I'm protecting you!"
He blinked, cocking her brow.
She looked down, fiddling with her hands out of nervousness "...I...It...I-" a lump grew in her throat, making it painful to talk.
He closed his eyes and placed his hat on her once more "Don't worry 'bout it...Tell me whenever..."
She nodded under the hat "...Thank you..."
He huffed "Just get some rest now."
"I don't wanna..."
Kidd's eyes rolled as he stretched, plopping his feet on the table "Then it looks like I'm stayin' up for a bit longer.."
"You really don't have to!"
He shrugged in response.
She smiled softly and rested her back against the couch, tipping his hat up. She curled up in a ball and closed her eyes.
"Hey.."
Haruko looked up at him curiously.
"I need Ya t' do one more thin' for me."
She tilted her head "Hm?"
"I..." he cleared his throat "sing for me." He muttered.
She blinked and smiled widely and nodded, not asking questions about a good thing. She had hoped for this day for a long time.
She closed her eyes, still smiling.
Kidd closed his eyes as well, he wanted to test his theory to see if her singing actually did place him under a somewhat spell.
"I know all about,
Yea about your reputation~
And now it's bound to be a heartbreak situation~
But I can't help it if I'm helpless~"
Kidd felt a chill through him. Hearing her sing...no instruments...no microphone...
"Oh I know, I should go~
But I need your touch just too damn much~
Loving you, That isn't really something I should do~
I shouldn't wanna spend my time with you ~"
Primal instincts rose in Kidd's gut. He shifted slightly, both out of discomfort of the urges and thought.
"Well I should try to be strong
But baby you're the right kind of wrong
Ya, baby you're the right kind of wr-"
"Enough!"
Haruko flinched and looked up at him.
Kidd could not help but yell. He quickly cleared his throat "Th..,That's fine..."
Sadness hit her eyes as she looked up at him. Does he hate my singing...? Or the song...?
He huffed "it's...Ah..nothing..."
She frowned sadly and looked down "Its okay..." She looked up with a weak smile "I heard those songs on a movie I was just watching so..." She trailed off with a weak laugh.
"I need to get to sleep." He stood up and ruffled his hair.
Haruko look back down, "Goodnight..."
"Yeah...night.." with that he left the room, a noise signaling that he had entered his room and closed the door behind him.
Haruko pulled down the hat that still was on her head and covered her face, plopping over on her side.
...
Sunlight beamed directly on Kidd's eyes. He winced and groaned as he got up, no hat to cover his eyes from the evil sun. He scratched his head and smacked his mouth, slowly standing up. "Ugh..." he slowly left his room and made his way to the living room. When he looked over, he saw Haruko curled up in a ball with his hat still on her. He chuckled as he slowly pulled off his hat from her, revealing her messy bed hair. As he was placing it on his head, he sniffed...her scent was now covered on his hat. He ignored it for now, knowing sooner or later the smell will go away. With her curled on the couch, Kidd sat on the edge of where she wasn't sleeping as he turned on the TV.
Just as he did, a knock came to the door. A light gentle knock that still made the sound of urgency.
Kidd cocked a brow. No one he would know would actually knock on a door-he remembered the time where Beelstarrmon bursted through his home. With that in mind, he assumed it was a door-to-door sells man and rolled his eyes. He walked over towards the door and-out of instinct-held on to one of many guns that was hidden in his jacket pocket. He liked to have pulled out the gun and shoot when he saw the visitor, he was so taken back that he could barely come up with a witty comment.
"Magnakidmon?!" Mordred shouted, jumping back.
"Who the hell were you expecting?!" He spatted, just as pleased to see him.
"Where's Haruko!" The young man demanded, gripping his digivise.
Tension grew as the two glared at each other.
"Hm?"
Mordred flinched back, seeing Haruko tilting her head in pajama clothing. He froze as the two looked at him confusingly. He then could not help but shout "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!"
...
Mordred's arms folded, a displeased look on his face. Haruko was ready to see on of his vein pop. After Haruko forcing Kidd to let Mordred in and Mordred hearing the story, he was more than a little upset. Mordred stood, refusing to sit, as the other two sat on the couch.
"This is not okay!" He stated.
Haruko made a weak smile as her sweat dropped "Hehe...well it's the best out of a bad situation."
"Hey! What's that suppose to mean!" Kidd glared at Haruko.
Haruko jumped slightly and scratched the back of her head "Oh nothing!"
Mordred began to pace "J-Just what was going through your head?!"
"I needed a place to stay..." she shrugged "Not to sound like Kidd or anything, but you're blowing this out of proportion. It's not a big deal."
"It is so a big deal!" He shouted and then sighed, calming himself "Haruko...theres something you don't know about him." a dark, serious expression fell on Mordred's face "This creature is a Bounty Hunter...he gets payed to kill these creatures called Digimon. Him and his outlaw friends are being hunted down by-"
"Yeah I know." She stated bluntly yet innocently.
Mordred froze for a moment before falling to the ground, making Haruko flinch. He quickly got to his feet "Then why are you still around him?!"
"'Cause she's my client, and I don't let go of my clients." Kidd butted in, rolling his eyes.
"Wait a minute.." Haruko tilted her head as she started at Mordred, "How did you know he was a bounty hunter?"
Mordred's face turned pale as he flinched back.
Seeing his distress, Kidd chuckled "Nice going genius."
Haruko looked up at Kidd and then back at Mordred.
Mordred hung his head, rubbing the back of his neck "Crud...i didn't want to tell you this way..."
"Tell me what?"
Mordred huffed as he pulled out a grey device with a round screen that had green trimming around it. "You see Haruko, I fight these Digimon almost on a daily bases. This thing right here is called a Digivise. Its proof that the bond between my partner, Bitemon, and I is inseparable."
Haruko blinked "Bitemon?"
Mordred nodded "He's a Digimon I met a while back... Him and I fight Digimon that want to harm humans." He then lowered his head formally "I'm sorry I kept this from you. Once my mother found out about Bitemon and how I've been fighting Digimon, she wouldn't hear of it. She wanted force me to get rid of Bitemon but I just couldn't do that...so I moved out."
"Mordred..."
He looked up, only to be greeted with a pillow to the face. He instantly fell back to the ground and looked up at Haruko who had planted her fist on her hips.
"That's for not telling me!" Her pout became a soft smile as she walked around to help him up.
Mordred smiled up at her as she helped him up "Sorry..."
She rolled her eyes and planted one fist on her hip while wagging her finger at him "Now you came over here for a reason didn't you?"
Mordred blinked "Oh right! I wanted to see if you were okay; Senji told me about what happened..."
"Well now that I'm back, things shoul' be runnin' smoothly" Kidd smirked smugly, leading to Mordred glaring at him.
Haruko quickly stepped between the two, waving her hands "Hehe, I was just stressed out is all!"
Mordred sighed "Many customers have been complaining. Kyo's already looking for another singer but tons of people say they won't return until you come back."
Haruko blinked "R-Really?"
Mordred nodded then smiled "So if you decide whether you want your job back, I'm sure they'll hire you in a heartbeat."
She smiled "Great!" she turned around "Kidd did you hear that?!"
Kidd twirled his finger "WHOO..." He spoke with no enthusiasm, knowing she would know he would.
Haruko pouted slightly and looked over at Mordred "Just give me some time to think it over!"
Mordred nodded "Right...well I have to get to work now. I came by early so we could talk."
"Oh!" Haruko nodded "Alright"
He lowered his head towards Haruko "Thank you for inviting me in for a while."
Haruko sweat dropped "Well you should be thanking Kidd-"
"You bow to me, Dino-Boy, I'll kick you through the window." he rolled his eyes.
Mordred lifted his head and smiled slyly towards him "I wouldn't bow to you if it would save my life."
Electricity grew between the two as Haruko's head hung low.
What did I get myself into?
A/N:
WHOO! I tried to make this a long chapter due to the fact it's Valentine's Day! And as such I would like to ask a question, who do you guys ship more; KiddXHaruko or MordredXHaruko. Just out of curiosity and I may do a little something for the wining couple.
Songs used:
Can't fight the moonlight and Right kind of Wrong by Lean Rimes (both in the movie Coyote Ugly)