"Agreed! Hey Lina? Could you
help me spread this blanket? I can't seem to get it straight." Gourry looked
up from what he was doing.
"Sure." Lina got up and walked
over to him.
Now baby we've been friends,
for such a long, long time.
We've been through lessons,
and we've been through cries.
Lina took two ends of the blanket
while Gourry took the other two. They brought the blanket up, then let
it fall lightly on the grass.
"Yatta!" Gourry gave a wink
to Lina with a thumbs up sign, then went back to setting up the lunch.
But lately have you seen,
the way my tongue gets tied.
Can hardly speak, when
I look into your eyes.
Lina blushed slightly and smiled
and laid back and watched the clouds.
'What's wrong with me?' She
snuck a look at Gourry. 'Gourry is my best friend and all. We've traveled
together for a long time. I think of him of him as a best friend right?'
Lina sighed and looked back
up at the clouds.
It's because of the way
I'm feelin';
it's somethin' I never
dreamed.
'Let's see... Gourry is a great
swordsman, and a really good travel companion. He's a great all around
guy. The bad thing is he likes food as much me. Well I guess that's a good
thing.'
Lina tried sorting things in
her head.
And our love has a different
meaning,
It took so long to reveal
but now I know that.
Gourry took out a few sandwiches;
some fried chicken, fish, and a few other things out of their food bag
and brought it to the blanket.
'This would be a good time.'
His conscience told him. Gourry looked up at Lina who was studying the
clouds.
'Yeah she'd probably think
it was a joke.' He told his conscience.
'You don't really belive that.
Just tell her.' His conscience argued.
All of this time, guess
I must have been blind.
Not to see, you and me,
we're picture perfect.
'Picture perfect? People don't
exactly believe that.' Gourry sighed.
"Lina it's ready." He said
aloud.
"Huh? Oh ok." Lina got to her
feet and walked over to the blanket.
'I should be yours, baby
you should be mine.
Meant to be, Can't you
see, we're picture perfect.'
"Picture perfect, huh?" Lina
smiled slightly.
"What was that?" Gourry asked.
"Uh... nothing." Lina stiffened.
"You made all this?" Lina asked. She immediately had stars sparkling in
her eyes.
"Uh huh. Looks good?" Gourry
grinned at Lina. Lina nodded excitedly and dug into the food, Gourry following
her.
'I'm yours, be mine. We're
picture perfect.
Forever picture perfect.'
"Hey I know! I have some seasoning
you could put on the fish." Lina said. She dug into her mantle's pocket
and dug out a wallet. She opened it; a photo of her and Gourry from last
year fell out. Lina got out a few packets of the season and handed some
to Gourry and took some herself.
"It's good. Where did you get
it?" Gourry asked, in-between bites.
"From home, from Mama... Hey!
That's my fish!" Lina saw Gourry sneaking a fish off her plate. And so
the food battle began.
When they finished Lina leaned
back and patted her stomach as Gourry cleaned up. Out of the corner of
her eye she noticed the picture that had fallen earlier.
"Nani? Where did this come
from?" She picked it up and looked at it a bit.
'I showed some friends of
mine, My favorite photograph.
You know the one of you
and me from way back.'
~* Flashback *~
"Wow Lina-san... you got it
to fit your wallet!" Amelia exclaimed.
"Yep. It's my favorite picture."
Lina nodded with a smile.
"I'm surprised you two aren't
together yet." Filia said with a sly smile.
"Well, I er..." Lina blushed.
"Unless there is something
you aren't telling us..." Amelia suggested.
"It's nothing like that. Gourry's
just my best friend." Lina said frowning.
"I thought you two be together
by now." Filia commented, shaking her head.
And when I told them all, That
you were not my guy.
They couldn't see it, couldn't
understand why.
~* Present *~
"Right Gourry is just a friend?"
Lina questioned herself, looking at the picture. She placed it back
into her wallet as Gourry started coming closer. He got down and laid besides
her, staring up into the clouds.
"Oi... Lina. What do you see?"
He asked, starting the famous game of What do you see.
Lina frowned, studying the
clouds before answering. "A fire-breathing girl, trying to kill a dragon."
"Not uh... That's a dragon
eating a girl alive." It was Gourry's turn to frown.
"Nope. That one is a girl fighting
a guy over food." Lina said, raising her voice a bit.
"Uh, uh. That's a guy fighting
a girl with fangs." Gourry insisted.
"No that's a..."
Everyone thinks it's so
romantic, They say we're two of a kind.
And the more that I think
about it, The more that I realize what I've been missing.
A while later Lina closed her
eyes taking a short dose, leaving Gourry awake staring at the clouds.
He saw a figure of a man reaching out for a girl, then she disappearing.
She formed again, this time in the man's arms.
Gourry sat up straight, watching
the scene. The clouds separated just when it seemed like the two
were going to kiss.
My heart keeps tellin' me,
Make up your mind about whatcha mean.
You've been holding back
for too long, You know it makes good sense.
Best of lovers are the
best of friends, I guess we should have known all along.
Lina felt someone breathing
over her while she slept. Lina parted her lips a bit, feeling comfortable
with the person hovering over her. She felt a pair of lips touch hers,
she opening her eyes a bit. She recognized Gourry's and lifted a hand to
his cheek, closing her eyes and kissing him back.
I'll be yours, be mine we're
picture perfect.
Forever picture perfect.
Above in the skies, someone
looked down at them and smiled. Her work was done.
