AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know... I know... I know... I need to update Dysphoria. I'm working on it. In the mean time, though, this little bit wanted to be written.
Curiosity
They sat on the ground across from each other, legs folded underneath. Lirin was bouncing her knees up and down nervously against her ankles, and Goku was wiping sweaty palms across his thighs. "Are ya sure this is the only way ta do this?" he mumbled, gulping hard and knowing it was. This was like one of those experiments Hakkai let him do. Like dropping aluminum foil into toilet cleaner. Yeah... just like an experiment.
Lirin's face screwed up thoughtfully as she went over everything again. He waited anxiously for her answer. Maybe there was another way... His shoulders slumped when she blew and irritated puff of air into her bangs, eyes drooping and lips twisting into an annoyed pout. "Nope, we've gotta do it like this," she stated with glum certainty.
Goku huffed as well, his stomach churning at the thought. Or maybe he was hungry? He couldn't tell really which it was. "So... how are we gonna do it?"
"Maybe... at the same time? An' really, really fast?" she suggested, propping her elbows on her knees and leaning her head onto her hands. "Like jumpin' into a cold lake?"
"Or pickin' a scab," he added, eyes brightening at this plan.
"Or gettin' to the food first," she continued with a wide, excited grin.
"Or stealin' dinner from that stupid kappa's plate," he corrected with a laugh. Lirin laughed with him, clutching her sides and scrunching her eyes shut tightly.
Their laughter faded, leaving them staring at each other again and just as nervous as when they'd decided to do this. Goku sucked in a deep breath and blew it out slowly, wrinkling his nose in distaste. This was going to SUCK, he just knew it! "Okay, ready? On three. One... Two..."
"Wait... is it gonna be 'one, two, three' and THEN we do it, or 'one, two' and on 'three'?" she interupted quickly, her eyes now wide open and looking just as nervous as he felt.
"Well, whadda you wanna do?" he demanded. She was stalling, and while part of him was relieved about that the other part was telling him to just get this done and over with.
Lirin hummed in thought, tapping her lower lip in the process. "I think... 'one, two, three' an' then we go," she decided.
Goku nodded and retook his deep breath again. "Okay. One... two... three..."
They leaned forward at the same time. Their lips touched. Both of them froze with their eyes wide open and gaping in amazement for a fraction of a second... and then they pulled away howling and wiping their mouthes furiously into their sleeves.
"Ugh... nasty! That's... nasty!"
"Ewww...boy mouth! GROSS! I think I'm gonna die!"
"I'm already dyin'! Why would anybody wanna do that?" Goku gagged as his stomach threatened to push his snack up his throat again. Her mouth was all wet and squishy and... ew! He swallowed hard and wished he'd thought to bring a toothbrush with him. He glanced over at Lirin and found her scrubbing her tongue on the lower hem of her shirt. It made him scowl. "We didn't even get ta th' tongue part! Why're you doin' THAT?"
"Just to make sure your boy-ness didn't spread inside somehow," she answered, her eyebrows scrunched and her face looking a little green. With a final cleaning to her tongue, she sat back with another irritated huff and looked at him. "I don't get it."
"What?" he asked, still wondering if he was going to puke.
"Why would Yaone ever wanna do something so icky as kiss a boy?"
"Dunno, but it was probably all that pervy kappa's idea anyway. He's so nasty!"
"Yeah... but I never knew Yaone was, too!"
