Empurple
1. To color or become purple or purplish.
2. To darken or redden; flush
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Characters: Rio, Tetsuo, Ryoga
Summary: It's just one question
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"Why is this so hard? It's just a question?" Tetsuo groaned.
He was right. All he wanted to do was ask a simple little question to Rio. However, this particular question could end up with cold rejection. Asking someone out on a date is hard work. Not that Yuma understood that when Tetsuo discussed this problem with him earlier today. He vowed that whenever Yuma fell for a girl he wouldn't be any help at all.
"Hey Tetsuo, what are you doing there?"
Tetsuo jumped as Rio sneaked up behind him. His body went rigid as he slowly turned around to face the girl. "Oh nothing! Just… thinking…"
"Really? About what?"
"Nothing really," Tetsuo lied to the person he had been thinking about. "Well, actually. I was thinking on how I should word a certain question."
"That seems a little odd," Rio said. A small smirk flickered on her face. He couldn't be thinking about that, now could he? "Maybe I can help you out!"
"No!" Tetsuo replied quickly. "I mean, I can figure it out on my own."
Rio giggled. Men and their pride.
"I guess that's fine," she spoke. "You know, if you want a question to come out with the upmost confidence just convince yourself that you'll get a yes no matter what!"
"Thank you Rio," Tetsuo responded. "Hey, um, would you like to go out some time?"
Tetsuo's face empurpled. Rio giggled. "Sure, I would love to!"
"Really?" the boy asked in amazement. He didn't think that would actually work.
"Of course! When would you like to meet up?"
"Rio, what are you doing?" Ryoga called out.
Rio faced her brother as he came up to her. "Just making plans with Tetsuo," she answered.
Ryoga glared at his sister. "What kind of plans?"
"Why does it matter to you?" Rio shot back.
Ryoga glanced over to Tetsuo. Judging by the deep shade of red his face was, the plans made were not the ones Ryoga liked at all.
"You have about five seconds to run before I empurple your face in a different way," Ryoga said.
Tetsuo froze for two seconds before the message "Run for your life!" managed to enter his brain. The boy ran for the hills, leaving Rio alone with her brother.
Ryoga looked down at his sister and sighed. "At least it's not IV."
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A/N: Happy December everyone! It's almost holiday time! (or the end of the world, whichever one you're routing for) Since this is a time of giving I've decided to update this story every single day until that end of the month even if I have to make up a really weird story to satisfy the word! It's part of my present from me to you guys. Also, there's going to be lots of updates during Christmas break (and possibly some new stories/one-shots)!
I hope you all enjoyed!
