Man of God & Gunman of Gunsmoke
Same as before, just as usual, if you've been reading the top part, you'll know what I mean.
Wolfwood: DAMN IT TONGARI!!
Meryl: Vash! Get over here...you owe us big time!
Milly: RUN MR. VASH!! RUN!!!!!
Vash: Whoowhee...**runs away with Wolfwood and Meryl chasing him**
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well...your awake...that's good..", Rem said, smiling and flipping her hair around.
"Rem....this is a dream..isn't it?", I asked her, looking up into the ice blue sky.
Rem nodded solemnly, as I sighed heavily.
"Vash...your too serious...be more fun...Wolfwood's going to get bored with you very quickly if you stay so serious all the time..", Rem stated, looking at the sky, laying her chin in her hands.
"Rem...I have to be on gaurd...what if Knives decides to attack me..? Or Legato comes and tries to kill Milly, Meryl, and Nick? Then what will I do?", I interrogated, shaking my head as she continued to look into the sky.
"Rem?", I asked, sitting up as she looked over at me.
"Do you miss me?", she asked, frowning.
"OF COURSE!! Who couldn't miss you? Your a wonderful person...and if the whole world was like you then-", I was cut off by Rem.
"I don't want the the world to be like me...we all have to be original...and if they were all like me..than the world might just die..", Rem said, sighing.
"Rem...that isn't true...the world would flourish...with green and water...and life would be brought back into this planet..", I replied.
Rem shook her head, and I looked at her quizically. She looked back at me, then smiled.
"Oh...Vash...you worry to much...about what the future would hold if I were still alive...you don't need to know that...and you told me that you love Wolfwood...didn't you?", Rem asked, looking happily at me.
"I did....so what do I do..? What do would I tell him? Hey buddy, I love ya?! That would be insane..", I replied, looking at her confused.
"If you love him, let him go. If he comes back to you, he loves you too. But if he doesn't, it means he never did love you. Do you see what I'm saying, Vash? It's kind of like you and Knives...", Rem stated, looking into the sky again, as clouds of silver came over head.
I nodded, I understood her perfectly. I cared for Knives as a Brother, he loved me as a partner. I left, and didn't return, and that was never meant to be. But he hunts me down, and wants to cause me ultimate suffering.
"Good...now...it's time I think you wake up...it's already morning..", Rem said, smiling, as I closed my eyes, and smiled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up with a jolt, and Wolfwood was sitting in a chair near the window.
"Good morning, Nick...what's up?", I asked, getting out of bed and sitting in the chair next to him.
"Nothing....I thought you'd sleep till after I left...", Wolfwood replied, as I sat up straight as a board. ~Leaving? Why? Was it something I did?~ I asked myself mentally, he took a drag off his cigarette and put it out in the ashtray.
"Why? Why are you leaving?", I asked, frowning slightly as I spiked my hair using the gel I had stashed in my coat pocket, which was laying next to me.
"I ain't leaving town. I'm going to sign up in the contest...aren't you?", he asked me, smiling at my now broom head hair.
"Oh...heh heh...of course...I thought..that...you...yo-..", I stuttered, as he laughed heartily at me.
"HA! You thought I'd leave town didn't you?", Wolfwood coughed, still slightly laughing.
"Yeah...kind of stupid of me, ne? You can read people like a book...", I replied, smiling and taking out a box of doughnuts.
"Yeah...but I just can't read you as well...you seem a complete goof ball...but your also serious and dangerous...and also compassionate..which is the real Vash?", he asked, lighting another cigarette.
"I can't show you...and I won't tell you...so there..", I replied, taking out three doughtnuts, two for me, one for Wolfwood.
"Welp...better get down there...the contests' today..", he muttered, picking up his Cross Punisher. I jumped up and put on the red coat that I usually wore.
"I'll go with you...that way we can sign up together..", I replied, putting on my glasses. Also chewing on the doughnuts I had in my mouth.
"Sure...why not? More people to help win the prize...", Wolfwood whispered, as we walked outside toward the sign-up table.
"Why? How much is the prize?", I asked, writing my name down on the line, there was only one more line left, and Wolfwood signed it. That completed the contest, to a total of 10 gunmen.
"It's $$30 Billion Double Dollars....that's more than enough to feed the orphanage..", Wolfwood replied, walking over to the resting table where Milly and Meryl were having breakfast.
"Good Morning Mr. Wolfwood...Mr. Vash?! What a pleasant surprise! I thought you were sleeping...", Milly jauntily said, eating her pudding.
"Hello Wolfwood...Vash...are you both participating in the contest?", Meryl asked, smiling at me.
I marveled at her, and sat next to Wolfwood, I turned around and smiled at the contestants. All of them had to be at least 18 or over...under 30....not a bad bunch. But, way to in-expirenced to face off with me. Wolfwood seemed the only one who was even capable to face off and likely to hit me with a bullet. The rest of the group was too slow.
"Yeah...that way...we have more chances of winning..", I replied, smiling my usual at her.
"Yeah...and we're sure to win with Vash the Stampede competing with us..", Wolfwood said, Milly nodding toward him in agreement.
"The First contestant....is Vash the Stampede...", the annoucer said, I stood up, and walked calmly, but surely, out into the open area. There was a pedistal about 5 meters in front of me, with 5 glass empty beer bottles. All the other contestants were somewhat shakily about hearing that a rival of theirs was competing, and that I was an outlaw with $$60 Billion Double dollars on my head.
"The rules are...you must shoot all 5 of the bottles...to go on to the next stage of the competion...", the annoucer shouted, getting ready.
"I'm ready...", I muttered to myself, I looked over to Milly, Meryl, and Wolfwood who were cheering me on.
"GO TONGARI! JUST DON'T KILL ANYBODY! HA HA!", Wolfwood yelled, laughing loudly.
"GO MR. VASH!!", Milly shouted, jumping with excitment.
"YEAH! GO VASH! WIN THAT COMPETION!", Meryl shouted, putting her fist in the air and cheering me on.
"Ready....set...GO!", the annoucer said.
Just as the word 'Go' was said, I fired 5 shots, they all mingled into a 1 shot sound. I nailed all 5 of the bottles, I stood there, blowing the smoke from my gun. Wolfwood's jaw dropped, and the rest of the competitors jaw's dropped too. I walked back to the table and sat down, sighing heavily as I did so.
"NICE! I liked that...your pretty good with your gun..", Wolfwood said, smiling at me. He sat next to me, and put his arm around my shoulder, pulling me close. I leaned my head against his shoulder, closing my eyes. It felt nice to be this close to Wolfwood...he never let any of us get too close to him, and I was the person who knew what Wolfwood was feeling and wondering.
"NEXT...IS NICHOLAS D. WOLFWOOD...", the annoucer shouted, I sighed. ~Another moment broken....god...why?~ I asked myself. Wolfwood went up, and shot all 5 of the bottles down. ~He is good....maybe as good as I am...~I thought, smiling, as he walked back over to me and sat next to me.
"Nice...I like the way you handle your weapon as well...", I said, smiling. But something was disturbing him, I brushed it off, and continued to watch the contestants.
About 4 hours later, it was my turn again. But I had to face off in battle, with Wolfwood.
"WHAT THE HEL-?!", I shouted, flailing my arms in the air.
"That's what it is! You either fight Mr. Wolfwood...or you forfeit and he wins! Got that?", the man replied, putting his hands on his hips.
"YEAH RIGHT!", I up-raised again, Wolfwood laid a calm caring hand on my shoulder, I looked at him and pleaded.
"Nick....they want me to face off with you...", I muttered, I knew if I faced off with him, he would die, I was 131 years old and I had been in many gunfights. Wolfwood hadn't been around that long, and probably had killed more people than I had, but my speed was impecable.
"It's ok.....you'll win anyhow...might as well find out who is better...", Wolfwood replied, hugging me and walking out to the shooting range.
I followed, it was time for the face off. I was nervous, Wolfwood didn't show any sign of fear or nervousness at all.
"Ready.....Set....GO!", the annoucer shouted, just as the words left his mouth, Wolfwood and I, drew our guns and fired, both missed. We started running and hid behind two half-destroyed walls.
"So...this is how the Legendary Gunman Vash the Stampede fights!?", Wolfwood interrogated.
"NO! IT's I just don't want to kill you!", I yelled back, we both jumped up, and shot. Both hit their mark, Wolfwood and I toppled over like two army men soldier dolls.
We both lay unconsicous as Meryl and Milly screamed in horror. About 30 men were walking toward us, I jumped up, as did Wolfwood.
"Heh....stupid trick...eh, Nick?", I teased, pulling a bottle of Tomato Juice out of my coat, with a hole in the bottom of the bottle.
"Your right, Tongari....really stupid..", Wolfwood joked, also pulling out a bottle of Tomato Juice. Wolfwood opened his Cross Punisher, which was behind him the whole time, and whipped out 2 handguns.
"NICK! What are you doing?!", I shouted, as he pulled the triggers repeatedly. I looked on in horror as he killed almost everyone except the women and children. Milly and Meryl had ducked behind the table. After Wolfwood had finished, I ran up to him and punched him in the jaw.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!", I yelled, collapsing into his embrace. He didn't reply, I sobbed onto his chest as his arms wrapped around me.
"Why...? Why...they could have died of natural causes...why did you have to kill them..?...why?", I sobbed, choking a bit.
"Shh....it's ok....it's better they died here than in some gutter with the Sandworms...", Wolfwood replied, hugging me tighter. His strong embrace was pure bliss, like I was in a pool of water and the wind was sweeping across my face, and Rem was there, just in that pure bliss.
"....but...", I muttered, pulling back, Wolfwood's eyes were not the same deep wise Sapphire eyes I had seen, but they were softened to light Sapphire of water. I melted into those eyes, as his lips covered mine in a world warping kiss.
It seemed like an eternity before he released my lips from his own, I pulled back, and I looked into his eyes again. They were still the soft Sapphire I had seen earlier, he hugged me again, then put his arm around my shoulder.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
We walked backed to the hotel, and we joked with the new earned money that we both had won.
"Heh....so...how did you know that I had that bottle of Tomato Juice in my coat? No one knew about that...", I asked, taking a swig from my glass.
"Ah..that...I saw you slip it into your coat this morning....then I had to take my chances as to where it might be...jugding by you...you had it near your heart...", Wolfwood replied, taking a swig from the bottle.
"Oh...good observation...", I said, smiling, and leaning back into the chair.
"Hey...Tongari...something wrong?", he asked, looking hesitantly over to me.
"...no...but I have something to ask you...", I replied, smiling slightly toward him.
"Yeah...what is it?", he asked, taking a long drag from his cigarette.
"I.....don't think of me as gross to ask this...but...do you like me?", I asked, my face faultering.
"Yeah...why..? Oh..wait..this is because of the kiss ain't it?", he asked, smiling.
I nodded, "...yeah...but...I wanted you to know that....I...I-I like you to...", I stuttered.
Wolfwood stood up, and walked over to me, he smiled.
"You look so innocent when your blushing and nervous...I like that in you....", he said, pressing his lips to mine, I stood up and fell backwards onto the bed.
"Heh heh...I'm Captain Clutz to the Rescue...", I teased, as Wolfwood took off his black jacket and white shirt. I swear, I nearly fainted. His chest and torso were so masculine, and he smiled while sitting next to me. ~Probably from carrying that huge ole Cross Punisher around..~ I thought, smiling.
"Um....Nick...I don't think...", I started, he kissed down my neck, leaning me back onto the bed.
"Take off your coat...", he whispered seductively into my ear, I took off the coat, revealing my leather suit.
He looked at me quizically, then noticed that my left arm was different from the right arm.
"What's wrong with your arm?", he asked, quirking an eyebrow at me.
"Umm....it was shot off about...well...a long time ago...so I have a synthetic arm...kind of sucks...don't it..?", I replied.
"No...just makes me want you more...", he whispered, smiling suggestively.
"Well...your a feisty character ain't ya?", I teased, smiling quite un-easily.
"Now...to get rid of that suit of yours and...", he whispered, as I pushed him away, rising to my feet.
"I don't think so....besides...you..you-you wouldn't want to see what's under this suit anyway..so..", I stuttered hesitantly, he rose to his feet, and wrapped his arms around my waist. I was nervous, I was so nervous my knee's were about to just give way.
"I think so...besides...what's so bad under there that you'd want to hide it from me?", he asked, kissing my cheekbone, as I shifted slightly.
"Well....no..it's nothing...I don't think you'll like what you see anyhow...", I replied, smiling crookedly.
Same as before, just as usual, if you've been reading the top part, you'll know what I mean.
Wolfwood: DAMN IT TONGARI!!
Meryl: Vash! Get over here...you owe us big time!
Milly: RUN MR. VASH!! RUN!!!!!
Vash: Whoowhee...**runs away with Wolfwood and Meryl chasing him**
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well...your awake...that's good..", Rem said, smiling and flipping her hair around.
"Rem....this is a dream..isn't it?", I asked her, looking up into the ice blue sky.
Rem nodded solemnly, as I sighed heavily.
"Vash...your too serious...be more fun...Wolfwood's going to get bored with you very quickly if you stay so serious all the time..", Rem stated, looking at the sky, laying her chin in her hands.
"Rem...I have to be on gaurd...what if Knives decides to attack me..? Or Legato comes and tries to kill Milly, Meryl, and Nick? Then what will I do?", I interrogated, shaking my head as she continued to look into the sky.
"Rem?", I asked, sitting up as she looked over at me.
"Do you miss me?", she asked, frowning.
"OF COURSE!! Who couldn't miss you? Your a wonderful person...and if the whole world was like you then-", I was cut off by Rem.
"I don't want the the world to be like me...we all have to be original...and if they were all like me..than the world might just die..", Rem said, sighing.
"Rem...that isn't true...the world would flourish...with green and water...and life would be brought back into this planet..", I replied.
Rem shook her head, and I looked at her quizically. She looked back at me, then smiled.
"Oh...Vash...you worry to much...about what the future would hold if I were still alive...you don't need to know that...and you told me that you love Wolfwood...didn't you?", Rem asked, looking happily at me.
"I did....so what do I do..? What do would I tell him? Hey buddy, I love ya?! That would be insane..", I replied, looking at her confused.
"If you love him, let him go. If he comes back to you, he loves you too. But if he doesn't, it means he never did love you. Do you see what I'm saying, Vash? It's kind of like you and Knives...", Rem stated, looking into the sky again, as clouds of silver came over head.
I nodded, I understood her perfectly. I cared for Knives as a Brother, he loved me as a partner. I left, and didn't return, and that was never meant to be. But he hunts me down, and wants to cause me ultimate suffering.
"Good...now...it's time I think you wake up...it's already morning..", Rem said, smiling, as I closed my eyes, and smiled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up with a jolt, and Wolfwood was sitting in a chair near the window.
"Good morning, Nick...what's up?", I asked, getting out of bed and sitting in the chair next to him.
"Nothing....I thought you'd sleep till after I left...", Wolfwood replied, as I sat up straight as a board. ~Leaving? Why? Was it something I did?~ I asked myself mentally, he took a drag off his cigarette and put it out in the ashtray.
"Why? Why are you leaving?", I asked, frowning slightly as I spiked my hair using the gel I had stashed in my coat pocket, which was laying next to me.
"I ain't leaving town. I'm going to sign up in the contest...aren't you?", he asked me, smiling at my now broom head hair.
"Oh...heh heh...of course...I thought..that...you...yo-..", I stuttered, as he laughed heartily at me.
"HA! You thought I'd leave town didn't you?", Wolfwood coughed, still slightly laughing.
"Yeah...kind of stupid of me, ne? You can read people like a book...", I replied, smiling and taking out a box of doughnuts.
"Yeah...but I just can't read you as well...you seem a complete goof ball...but your also serious and dangerous...and also compassionate..which is the real Vash?", he asked, lighting another cigarette.
"I can't show you...and I won't tell you...so there..", I replied, taking out three doughtnuts, two for me, one for Wolfwood.
"Welp...better get down there...the contests' today..", he muttered, picking up his Cross Punisher. I jumped up and put on the red coat that I usually wore.
"I'll go with you...that way we can sign up together..", I replied, putting on my glasses. Also chewing on the doughnuts I had in my mouth.
"Sure...why not? More people to help win the prize...", Wolfwood whispered, as we walked outside toward the sign-up table.
"Why? How much is the prize?", I asked, writing my name down on the line, there was only one more line left, and Wolfwood signed it. That completed the contest, to a total of 10 gunmen.
"It's $$30 Billion Double Dollars....that's more than enough to feed the orphanage..", Wolfwood replied, walking over to the resting table where Milly and Meryl were having breakfast.
"Good Morning Mr. Wolfwood...Mr. Vash?! What a pleasant surprise! I thought you were sleeping...", Milly jauntily said, eating her pudding.
"Hello Wolfwood...Vash...are you both participating in the contest?", Meryl asked, smiling at me.
I marveled at her, and sat next to Wolfwood, I turned around and smiled at the contestants. All of them had to be at least 18 or over...under 30....not a bad bunch. But, way to in-expirenced to face off with me. Wolfwood seemed the only one who was even capable to face off and likely to hit me with a bullet. The rest of the group was too slow.
"Yeah...that way...we have more chances of winning..", I replied, smiling my usual at her.
"Yeah...and we're sure to win with Vash the Stampede competing with us..", Wolfwood said, Milly nodding toward him in agreement.
"The First contestant....is Vash the Stampede...", the annoucer said, I stood up, and walked calmly, but surely, out into the open area. There was a pedistal about 5 meters in front of me, with 5 glass empty beer bottles. All the other contestants were somewhat shakily about hearing that a rival of theirs was competing, and that I was an outlaw with $$60 Billion Double dollars on my head.
"The rules are...you must shoot all 5 of the bottles...to go on to the next stage of the competion...", the annoucer shouted, getting ready.
"I'm ready...", I muttered to myself, I looked over to Milly, Meryl, and Wolfwood who were cheering me on.
"GO TONGARI! JUST DON'T KILL ANYBODY! HA HA!", Wolfwood yelled, laughing loudly.
"GO MR. VASH!!", Milly shouted, jumping with excitment.
"YEAH! GO VASH! WIN THAT COMPETION!", Meryl shouted, putting her fist in the air and cheering me on.
"Ready....set...GO!", the annoucer said.
Just as the word 'Go' was said, I fired 5 shots, they all mingled into a 1 shot sound. I nailed all 5 of the bottles, I stood there, blowing the smoke from my gun. Wolfwood's jaw dropped, and the rest of the competitors jaw's dropped too. I walked back to the table and sat down, sighing heavily as I did so.
"NICE! I liked that...your pretty good with your gun..", Wolfwood said, smiling at me. He sat next to me, and put his arm around my shoulder, pulling me close. I leaned my head against his shoulder, closing my eyes. It felt nice to be this close to Wolfwood...he never let any of us get too close to him, and I was the person who knew what Wolfwood was feeling and wondering.
"NEXT...IS NICHOLAS D. WOLFWOOD...", the annoucer shouted, I sighed. ~Another moment broken....god...why?~ I asked myself. Wolfwood went up, and shot all 5 of the bottles down. ~He is good....maybe as good as I am...~I thought, smiling, as he walked back over to me and sat next to me.
"Nice...I like the way you handle your weapon as well...", I said, smiling. But something was disturbing him, I brushed it off, and continued to watch the contestants.
About 4 hours later, it was my turn again. But I had to face off in battle, with Wolfwood.
"WHAT THE HEL-?!", I shouted, flailing my arms in the air.
"That's what it is! You either fight Mr. Wolfwood...or you forfeit and he wins! Got that?", the man replied, putting his hands on his hips.
"YEAH RIGHT!", I up-raised again, Wolfwood laid a calm caring hand on my shoulder, I looked at him and pleaded.
"Nick....they want me to face off with you...", I muttered, I knew if I faced off with him, he would die, I was 131 years old and I had been in many gunfights. Wolfwood hadn't been around that long, and probably had killed more people than I had, but my speed was impecable.
"It's ok.....you'll win anyhow...might as well find out who is better...", Wolfwood replied, hugging me and walking out to the shooting range.
I followed, it was time for the face off. I was nervous, Wolfwood didn't show any sign of fear or nervousness at all.
"Ready.....Set....GO!", the annoucer shouted, just as the words left his mouth, Wolfwood and I, drew our guns and fired, both missed. We started running and hid behind two half-destroyed walls.
"So...this is how the Legendary Gunman Vash the Stampede fights!?", Wolfwood interrogated.
"NO! IT's I just don't want to kill you!", I yelled back, we both jumped up, and shot. Both hit their mark, Wolfwood and I toppled over like two army men soldier dolls.
We both lay unconsicous as Meryl and Milly screamed in horror. About 30 men were walking toward us, I jumped up, as did Wolfwood.
"Heh....stupid trick...eh, Nick?", I teased, pulling a bottle of Tomato Juice out of my coat, with a hole in the bottom of the bottle.
"Your right, Tongari....really stupid..", Wolfwood joked, also pulling out a bottle of Tomato Juice. Wolfwood opened his Cross Punisher, which was behind him the whole time, and whipped out 2 handguns.
"NICK! What are you doing?!", I shouted, as he pulled the triggers repeatedly. I looked on in horror as he killed almost everyone except the women and children. Milly and Meryl had ducked behind the table. After Wolfwood had finished, I ran up to him and punched him in the jaw.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!", I yelled, collapsing into his embrace. He didn't reply, I sobbed onto his chest as his arms wrapped around me.
"Why...? Why...they could have died of natural causes...why did you have to kill them..?...why?", I sobbed, choking a bit.
"Shh....it's ok....it's better they died here than in some gutter with the Sandworms...", Wolfwood replied, hugging me tighter. His strong embrace was pure bliss, like I was in a pool of water and the wind was sweeping across my face, and Rem was there, just in that pure bliss.
"....but...", I muttered, pulling back, Wolfwood's eyes were not the same deep wise Sapphire eyes I had seen, but they were softened to light Sapphire of water. I melted into those eyes, as his lips covered mine in a world warping kiss.
It seemed like an eternity before he released my lips from his own, I pulled back, and I looked into his eyes again. They were still the soft Sapphire I had seen earlier, he hugged me again, then put his arm around my shoulder.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
We walked backed to the hotel, and we joked with the new earned money that we both had won.
"Heh....so...how did you know that I had that bottle of Tomato Juice in my coat? No one knew about that...", I asked, taking a swig from my glass.
"Ah..that...I saw you slip it into your coat this morning....then I had to take my chances as to where it might be...jugding by you...you had it near your heart...", Wolfwood replied, taking a swig from the bottle.
"Oh...good observation...", I said, smiling, and leaning back into the chair.
"Hey...Tongari...something wrong?", he asked, looking hesitantly over to me.
"...no...but I have something to ask you...", I replied, smiling slightly toward him.
"Yeah...what is it?", he asked, taking a long drag from his cigarette.
"I.....don't think of me as gross to ask this...but...do you like me?", I asked, my face faultering.
"Yeah...why..? Oh..wait..this is because of the kiss ain't it?", he asked, smiling.
I nodded, "...yeah...but...I wanted you to know that....I...I-I like you to...", I stuttered.
Wolfwood stood up, and walked over to me, he smiled.
"You look so innocent when your blushing and nervous...I like that in you....", he said, pressing his lips to mine, I stood up and fell backwards onto the bed.
"Heh heh...I'm Captain Clutz to the Rescue...", I teased, as Wolfwood took off his black jacket and white shirt. I swear, I nearly fainted. His chest and torso were so masculine, and he smiled while sitting next to me. ~Probably from carrying that huge ole Cross Punisher around..~ I thought, smiling.
"Um....Nick...I don't think...", I started, he kissed down my neck, leaning me back onto the bed.
"Take off your coat...", he whispered seductively into my ear, I took off the coat, revealing my leather suit.
He looked at me quizically, then noticed that my left arm was different from the right arm.
"What's wrong with your arm?", he asked, quirking an eyebrow at me.
"Umm....it was shot off about...well...a long time ago...so I have a synthetic arm...kind of sucks...don't it..?", I replied.
"No...just makes me want you more...", he whispered, smiling suggestively.
"Well...your a feisty character ain't ya?", I teased, smiling quite un-easily.
"Now...to get rid of that suit of yours and...", he whispered, as I pushed him away, rising to my feet.
"I don't think so....besides...you..you-you wouldn't want to see what's under this suit anyway..so..", I stuttered hesitantly, he rose to his feet, and wrapped his arms around my waist. I was nervous, I was so nervous my knee's were about to just give way.
"I think so...besides...what's so bad under there that you'd want to hide it from me?", he asked, kissing my cheekbone, as I shifted slightly.
"Well....no..it's nothing...I don't think you'll like what you see anyhow...", I replied, smiling crookedly.