Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.
(Arthur's house)
Arthur wasn't the best when it came down to expressing his emotions. He was a very professional person who liked to keep his eye on the prize.
"I'm not the best with relationships, I want you to know." Arthur looked at Elma who nodded and looked to the side, unsure of what to say.
They had long since finished dinner. Arthur had gone from dreading sharing food to enjoying seeing Elma scarf down plates of food. He could at least say it was funny and adorable before she lost her temper from being embarrassed on him.
"Neither am I. I've never had a relationship before with anyone." Elma watched Arthur hum and look at his spaghetti, he was glad at least to at least be free of the meatballs.
He hated them, Arthur decided on putting meatballs in spaghetti was a horrible feat and would never himself when it came down to it in the end.
"Besides my pantry?" Elma glared at Arthur and huffed, her roommate was an idiot behind all shadow of a doubt, but she was very happy to have his company.
To any humans who didn't know them? she could see how they'd mistake her and Arthur for having a relationship or were somewhat related, though the second idea made her recoil in disgust.
"Idiot… thank you." Arthur heard from Elma; he raised his eyebrows in interest as Elma sighed.
"For?" Elma leaned back in her chair and blushed with crimson pooling in her face.
"For taking me in, doofus. You found me when I was hurt and gave me a place to live, food. Your surprised I like you after all you've done… why?" Elma hissed out, it sounded a lot like an accusation, Arthur didn't know how to respond.
So, he didn't. Elma glared at him and Arthur turned to the side, Elma was judging how he knew of their growing feelings and yet weren't addressing them.
It reminded her that male dragons were obvious sometimes to the romantic parts of their species.
"You act a lot like this just suddenly turned a whole lot-..." Elma cut Arthur off with a swing of her tail.
"Awkward? It is, you do not spend that much care for me just because I'm your friend… you know our species show change when their more… interested in romantic courting." Arthur heard Elma state with no sheer amount of venom absent.
There were three clear signs a dragon was interested in courting someone that almost all dragons showed.
They got very possessive of their 'mate'. They would take any sign of someone showing interest in someone they 'claimed' as a threat to themselves.
They would get very upset around their mate if they expressed doubt at the courting. Dragons treated their mates the same way they did their treasure in real life.
They would release smells, pheromones that showed the others they were interested. Arthur still had no idea how and why they did this, and he hoped to have the ability to learn about it sooner or later.
Arthur saw Elma glaring at him and almost felt intimidated by her for the first time. he could rush up hills and swim through oceans, and yet a very angry female dragon was looking at him like a fresh piece of meat.
"You want takeout?" Arthur got Elma to leap over the table and tackle him.
His chair collapsed to the side as Arthur sighed. He smiled up at Elma who glared at him, burning into his eyes as she growled at him.
"You and me are going on a date." Arthur hummed, only a few weeks and Elma was acting like Tohru was flirting with him.
Even when she was threatening to disembowel him for not returning her affections, she could be purely adorable when it comes down to it. he couldn't deny she looked cuter then threatening.
"Hmm, after only a few weeks? You sure you think that's a good idea?" Arthur watched as Elma slammed her fist next to him as she bared her fangs.
"YeS…" she hissed out as Arthur chuckled at her broken use of the word in her anger.
"Ok then… you want takeout?" Elma growled before her stomach growled.
Her momentary distraction allowed him to flip up, throwing her off his body and for him to fly backwards with his wings.
Elma growled in sheer annoyance before looking at the wall, knowing that this was going to ruin things, or it might not.
Arthur chuckled with amusement and sighed and brushed off his hands and then shirt before flying all the way to the side.
He cracked his neck before he walked over to get more food, hopefully Elma would cool off by then.
It would at least be very funny when it came down and he ended up dealing with her and nodded with curiosity.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out before saying much? next chapter might be in 2-4 weeks. Next chapter will also show Arthur and Elma on a date and setting up their relationship. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: I might set up Lucoa soon and no, Elma isn't LGBT like the anime, I have no offense towards LGBT.