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Sobriquet
By Koinekid
"Good night, honey," muttered a sleepy Krillin.
Eighteen sat up in bed. "What did you call me?"
Krillin blinked away his exhaustion. What had he called her? "I don't know."
"You called me honey."
"Yeah? We are getting married next month, and pet names go with the territory."
Her arms crossed over her chest. "I'm not honey."
"Well, not literally, but you can be sweet sometimes." He grinned, reaching out to squeeze her bicep.
She raised a brow. Not amused.
"I'm not sure what we're talking about, Eighteen."
She sighed, exasperated. "Krillin, I'm babe. You're honey."
"Oh? Oh, does it matter? Those sorts of pet names are interchangeable. You can be honey one day and darling the next. It's all the same."
"I'm babe," she insisted.
Krillin had no clue why his fiancée considered this so important, but he knew better than to fight her about it. He sat up and kissed her cheek, grateful when she accepted it without turning away. "Sorry, babe. You're right."
She kissed his mouth. "Thank you, honey."
"My pleasure." He settled into bed and, as sleep was claiming him, sighed and murmured without thinking, "Pleasant dreams, sweetheart."
His eyes opened wide. Uh-oh.
Word Count: 198
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