Okay, sorry guys for not uploading as planned. It's just that I've been procrastinating on my summer school (lol) and I had to catch up. I've also been busy with piano and other stuff like that. ^_^

Anyways, here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy. I really enjoyed writing this chapter, they're so cute together. ^

Concrit is always accepted. :O

Chapter 12 – Giroro's First

It had been five days since the Natsumi incident. Giroro was coping well with the loss and had almost completely forgotten about her. He spent much more time with his friends than in the past, and it kept his mind busy. He had also taken up some new hobbies and would build a Gundam every once in a while to keep his mind off of Natsumi. These activities acted as a kind of therapy to keep Giroro's mind occupied and away from the past.

There super invasion plan would take place next week after the remaining preparations were made. Kururu still had lots of things to make and it was obvious that this was going to be their biggest and best mission ever. Giroro began spending more and more time with the yellow frog. It was usually to test more inventions of his, some of them for the invasion and some of them just for the amusement of Kururu. Recently, Kururu had called him over much more than usual, and Giroro knew something was up.

Giroro was in Keroro's room, polishing his guns again; it never got old. As he was polishing and Keroro was building a new Gundam, Kururu came out and called Giroro over, saying he needed his help again with the testing. Giroro agreed and placed his gun down. He felt no need to bring it with him because he had gotten used to being with Kururu after the past few days. He nodded his head in Kururu's direction and walked to the lab. Kururu broke the silence with an odd request.

"Giroro, I just need to tell you something. You should get me some more of those candies. Remember? The ones you gave to me last week, ku ku."

"But I thought you didn't like those! I saw some really hot curry at the market yesterday when I was walking with Keroro and Tamama to buy some star fruit, and I thought that that would make a better gift." Giroro said. He had been saving up for the super spicy curry for a while now, and finding out that Kururu wanted more of those candies upset him slightly.

"So nice of you. Get me both, ku ku ku." Giroro had it coming. Now Kururu expected him to get both gifts just to please him. Kururu was still a pain, even if he had toned his craziness down a bit. How much extra would that be? It would take even longer to save up for both. Aki didn't pay him an allowance and he had gotten his money usually the paychecks that Keron would send to them, but it was a miracle if they even got their payment. With so many failed plans, a huge debt had been growing and eating out of their wages. He would have to ask Keroro to lend him some money, and he knew there would be lots of complications before he even got the money.

"Bu–"

"Come on. Do it for me, ku ku."

"Fine," Giroro said drooping his head. He didn't know why he was tolerating Kururu this way, but something in his head told him it was because of his new attitude. Giroro liked Kururu this way. He wasn't as crazy as before, but he wasn't boring and always added a sense of thrill to Giroro's life. Now, Kururu rarely made things that were extremely dangerous. Instead, he made practical jokes with his inventions. He had changed from a mad scientist bent on destruction into a mischievous prankster.

Giroro returned to Keroro's room, where Keroro and Angol Mois, who had returned from her vacation, were busy chatting, and bluntly asked for some money.

"Hmm, how much do you need?" Keroro asked.

"2,000 yen." Giroro said quickly. He needed to get this over with so he could get the things he needed for Kururu.

"Sure. Here you go, but remember I charge interest." Keroro said with a smug grin on his face. He walked over to a shelf in the corner of his room and took a 2 thousand yen bills out of a piggy bank.

"No way I'm paying interest." Giroro snatched the bill out of Keroro's hand and ran towards the door. He was almost out of the room when Angol Mois stood in his way.

"Nobody steals from Uncle and gets away with it!" She had her Lucifer Sphere out and was ready to pummel Giroro for his crime. "Armageddon! 1 ten-trillionth!"

"No! Please don't! I'm sorry!" Giroro ran straight back to Keroro and went on his knees. "I was just kidding, I'll pay. I'll pay!"

"It's okay, I was kidding too. Anything for the corporal. You don't have to pay me back." Keroro, along with Mois, laughed at Giroro's misfortune and sat down building a new Gundam.

"You could say, a harmless joke?" Mois said as she put on her biggest smile.

Giroro left the room and headed out. He turned his anti-barrier on and flew on his small hovercraft to the shop that he had seen earlier. Hopefully they still had the special curry. Nobody was there to attend to the stall which presented the perfect chance to grab some of the curry. Giroro took a bowlful of curry and left some of his money on a desk inside the shop. He needed to get the bag of candy before the curry went cold. He quickly retreated to his hovercraft and flew in the direction of the flower shop that Dororo had shown him.

When he arrived at the flower shop, he quickly ran in and grabbed two handfuls of candy and stuffed them in a bag. He threw the money at the clerk, who almost had a heart attack after seeing coins and bills attack him. The poor clerk would probably have nightmares after seeing an invisible presence fling money in his direction. Giroro left the shop as swiftly as he had entered.

He flew back to the house and quickly ran to the lab. It was sunset and the sky had turned red. He brushed his hand over the sealed bowl of curry. It wasn't as hot as it was when he first got it, but at least it wasn't cold. He reached the lab and slammed the door open. Panting, Giroro took out the bowl of curry and the bag of candy and set them on the desk of a sleeping Kururu.

"Hey. Wake up! I got you your stupid candy and curry." He shook Kururu. Kururu refused to wake up and he shook him even harder.

Kururu woke up and stretched his arms. He saw the bowl of curry and the bag of candy and quickly waved Giroro to go away.

"Ku ku ku, thanks. I'll eat it later. Now let me sleep." Leave it up to Kururu to find a way to frustrate Giroro even more.

"No. You're going to eat that curry right now. Do you know what I had to go through to get that for you?" Giroro asked while gritting his teeth. Kururu knew how to drive him over the edge.

"I imagine it must've been a pain, ku ku. And thanks for the candy too. You know, I just wanted to see you get that stuff for me. I'm not even hungry. You're so funny when you do what I ask, ku ku ku." Kururu blushed a bit, revealing a slight shade of pink mixed in with his yellow skin.

"You bastard. I was almost smashed by Mois trying to get some money from Keroro."

"Were you? You never fail to entertain me, Giroro. I wish I was there to see." Kururu found joy in messing around with Giroro. Giroro sighed deeply, trying his best to keep his cool. He found it easier to tolerate the new Kururu and had gotten used to his new behavior.

Kururu was still blushing. Giroro awkwardly smiled back. He wasn't used to smiling, and he had definitely never smiled at Kururu before. It was a new experience that warmed his heart. He quickly left the lab after they exchanged a few more words.

It was a terribly awkward moment, but it didn't matter. Anyways, it was a first for Giroro.