Author's Note: Why did I write this. The world might never know, I don't even have a prompt to blame this one on. But here we are.

Right Behind the Ears

Continuity: Heartcatch Precure

Characters: Erika Kurumi, Tsubomi Hanasaki, Coffret, Olivier

Summary: The absolute worst secret to be exposed to the absolute worst person.

"He's sure sleeping soundly."

"Yes! He sure is!"

Erika Kurumi found herself letting out a small sigh, glancing over at her best friend, Tsubomi. The magenta haired girl had a blissful look on her face as she gazed at the sleeping figure of their new friend, a silver haired boy who she had given the name of 'Olivier'.

His other name was of course, Loup Garou, and he had caused them an awful lot of trouble just earlier. He and his father! Erika had simply no idea that the people of France were going to do about the destroyed ruins of what used to be Mont St Michel, but after their grand battle against a dragon, one thing was for sure- it was going to get a lot of coverage.

Erika wondered if any of the cameras had gotten her good side, not really considering that she was too far away in the first place to really be more than a vague dot.

"But it's already the middle of the afternoon. How long is he going to sleep?" Erika frowned a little, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"You're a fine to talk." Coffret, her fairy partner, apparently couldn't resist chiming in. "I remember a certain someone over summer vacation would sleep until the middle of the afternoon."

"That's different!" Erika reasoned, puffing out her cheeks a little. "Hmph. I don't need to explain myself to you, Coffret!"

"Now, now, we shouldn't argue while he's sleeping." Tsubomi said, smiling a little as she intervened in the brewing fight. "He's probably worn out, that's all. It's no surprise after yesterday. The Baron is still sleeping as well."

"I suppose so." Erika admitted after a moment, before seeming to come to a realization. "He'll probably be hungry when he wakes up, right? Then, we should treat him to something!" She said, a bright smile quickly forming on her face. "Something like~ crepes!"

"Erika, that's just what you want to eat." Tsubomi couldn't help but say, laughing a little awkwardly.

"Who cares about that! He's French anyways, so he's supposed to like that sort of thing." The blue haired girl stated simply. "So then, Tsubomi!" She said, turning slightly on her heel, placing her hands on Tsubomi's shoulders. "This is your new mission."

"Eh? Me?" Tsubomi blinked rapidly.

"That's right." Erika said, her expression serious- before it lightened up for a moment. "Ah, but you should probably go with Itsuki or Yuri, or maybe Momo-nee or something. It would be bad if you got lost again."

"T-that's true." Tsubomi admitted after a moment. Her getting lost in the first place was what had started all of this, after all. Then again, maybe that wasn't a bad thing. "Then, I'll go buy some crepes. I've been wanting to try one anyways..."

"Yahoo~ Thank you, Tsubomi! You're the best!" Erika grinned, patting her on the shoulder, before finally releasing her. "I'll look after the kid while you're gone."

Seemingly accepting this, Tsubomi quietly made her way out of the room. Erika waved her off, before smiling a little, carefully grabbing her sketchbook and sneaking over towards the chair that was set by the bed Olivier was currently resting in. Plopping down in it, she opened up to a fresh new page, drumming the eraser end of her pencil on the pad, wondering what she should think about making next.

The fashion show was just around the corner, and honestly, she hoped that Olivier and the Baron woke up before then. Well, she imagined they would- however tired they were, there was no way they could sleep for that long!

"Still, it really is surprising." She said to herself, ceasing to tap her pencil, gazing over at the sleeping silver haired boy. "To think things like dragons and werewolves were real. Well," she paused for a moment, quirking a half-smile, "...I guess werewolves aren't really all that much like the legends though."

Still too think that this small boy had the power to pretty much destroy something like Mont St Michel- not to mention he had been a pretty tough opponent to fight in and of himself. If Blossom hadn't brought him back to his senses back then, she wondered what would have happened.

"Well, there's no need to think about things like that." Erika said simply, closing her eyes.

And then she snapped them open suddenly, her pencil falling out of her hand, rolling down into her lap. It was a thought that had struck her like a lightning bolt, and there was no way that she could get it out of her head now that it had entered it. Glancing about the room, as if expecting Yuri to appear somehow and promptly scold her for thinking of such things, she bit her lip, glancing back towards the slumbering Olivier.

"Well, there's no way..." Erika laughed a little to herself, picking up her pencil again. But even as she set the tip to the paper, she couldn't get it out of her mind, feeling a cold sweat trickle down the back of her neck.

Finally, it was too much for her, and she quickly stood straight up, all but throwing the sketchbook and pencil down on the bedside table.

She was just going to check, that was all!

After all, there was no way that would actually be true, right?

"Pardon me..." She whispered to herself, leaning in closer to Olivier. He twitched a little in his sleep as she approached, which caused her to flinch for a moment, a guilty look appearing on her face. When she saw that he was still sound asleep however, she let out a breath- but apparently that hadn't made her think better of her idea.

Carefully reaching just behind one of Olivier's ears, she scratched it lightly, just as one would do as a dog.

And in response, the young boy mumbled something underneath his breath- and even though it was underneath the covers, Erika could tell right away.

His leg had kicked.

As if not entirely convinced at what she had just seen, she repeated the test, only to gain the same results. Pulling back, her eyes went wide, as if she had stumbled on some sort of fantastic revelation- and then the tiny flame of mischief that had been burning in her heart burst out in a roar, very much showing on the wide grin on her face.

"I've discovered something amazing!"