Thanks to all for the reviews. I really didn't expect to get so many ^^!
Gem-sama: Wow...I really did have a lot of typos...I'm a bad editor sometimes. Thanks for the offer, I'll hold ya to it ^^. Glad you liked!
Baby Blue: Yay, enthusiasm! Hope you haven't gone crazy, 'cause I haven't had a chance to post. But it's here, finally!
Riven: Thanks so much for reading all my stuff! I'm glad ya like, and here's the promised chappie!
Anakara: Did she really seem mean?? Oh...yeah, she did. But she was just a bit surprised. Don't worry, she's not so bad at the end *smirk*
Meriboat Brandyondarocks: love the name!! I'm surprised you haven't heard X/L before. It's one of my favorites (actually, that's Xel with pretty much anyone.)
Lina Inverse the Dramata and 'someone': Thank you!! I did write more. 6.~
Talk to Me
by Kye
Part 2: Talk to Zel
"No, Gourry, put it back! That's MINE!!" She strained to snatch back the last morsel of food, held at arm's length by her cheerful companion. "Nooooooooooooo...!!" The tidbit fell into Gourry's waiting mouth. /He looks like a baby bird stealing food from its nestmates/she thought, giving up. /Greedy. Stupid. Kinda ugly./ She started when she heard what she was thinking. That wasn't what she thought about Gourry! Certainly he wasn't smart, but he was loyal, kind, and brave. Not too bad looking, either. It was Xelloss who had done this, with his moonlight appearances and false flattery. Xelloss, who...hadn't showed up today...
They went sightseeing in the village after their meal. Amelia and Gourry chattered about nothing much, carefree and happy. So Zel fell in step with her, and he and Lina quickly began to fall behind the other two.
"What happened?" he asked. "You're not talking." She was quiet, which she supposed was the reason he was worried. Suddenly, and impulse to tell snatched in its claws.
"Xelloss...visited me last night." It was obviously not what her friend had expected to hear.
"What?! Did he hurt you?" Zel's hand went automatically to his sword.
"No, no. He surprised me, is all."
"Where...?" She flushed. That mazoku was good at embarrassing her.
"In...the bath..." she answered, trying to sound casual.
"WHAT?!?!" Zel's eyes grew large. Amelia, Gourry, and several passers- by looked at him. "What?" he whispered. "That hentai! Why would he--"
"He said I was beautiful." She hardly saw what was in front of her as she spoke the words. She didn't know to whom she was saying them. They were so strange, so alien...and the first man to say them to her wasn't a man at all. He was a monster.
"Well, he's right."
"Z-zel, what??"
"I'm not saying he had good motives. I know as well as you that he's a traitorous bastard. I'm just saying he's right."
"Don't you start acting weird on me, okay? I mean, if more than one guy fell for me, it'd have to be some sort of possession. If...I mean...well, you know." He shrugged his acknowledgment.
"I promise not to creep you out. What I want to know is...do you think it would be better if he didn't mean it?"
"I wish I did. Gods, Zel, I'm so confused. I mean...he seemed so different from the usual Xelloss. Genuine. Sincere, I guess. I could have been imagining it..." She didn't finish, but they both heard the ending.
/...but I don't think so/
"Lina?"
"Yeah?"
"Sorry I can't help."
"Do you have any advice?" Zel grimaced.
"As much as I don't want to say it, I think you should talk to him." Lina nodded. She had expected him to say something of the sort. She also agreed. She just wished she wasn't the one it applied to.
"Cheer up for now," he advised. "You're worrying the less gloomy members of our party." She smiled. He had encouraged her more than he thought, just by being nice and calm and there.
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Gem-sama: Wow...I really did have a lot of typos...I'm a bad editor sometimes. Thanks for the offer, I'll hold ya to it ^^. Glad you liked!
Baby Blue: Yay, enthusiasm! Hope you haven't gone crazy, 'cause I haven't had a chance to post. But it's here, finally!
Riven: Thanks so much for reading all my stuff! I'm glad ya like, and here's the promised chappie!
Anakara: Did she really seem mean?? Oh...yeah, she did. But she was just a bit surprised. Don't worry, she's not so bad at the end *smirk*
Meriboat Brandyondarocks: love the name!! I'm surprised you haven't heard X/L before. It's one of my favorites (actually, that's Xel with pretty much anyone.)
Lina Inverse the Dramata and 'someone': Thank you!! I did write more. 6.~
Talk to Me
by Kye
Part 2: Talk to Zel
"No, Gourry, put it back! That's MINE!!" She strained to snatch back the last morsel of food, held at arm's length by her cheerful companion. "Nooooooooooooo...!!" The tidbit fell into Gourry's waiting mouth. /He looks like a baby bird stealing food from its nestmates/she thought, giving up. /Greedy. Stupid. Kinda ugly./ She started when she heard what she was thinking. That wasn't what she thought about Gourry! Certainly he wasn't smart, but he was loyal, kind, and brave. Not too bad looking, either. It was Xelloss who had done this, with his moonlight appearances and false flattery. Xelloss, who...hadn't showed up today...
They went sightseeing in the village after their meal. Amelia and Gourry chattered about nothing much, carefree and happy. So Zel fell in step with her, and he and Lina quickly began to fall behind the other two.
"What happened?" he asked. "You're not talking." She was quiet, which she supposed was the reason he was worried. Suddenly, and impulse to tell snatched in its claws.
"Xelloss...visited me last night." It was obviously not what her friend had expected to hear.
"What?! Did he hurt you?" Zel's hand went automatically to his sword.
"No, no. He surprised me, is all."
"Where...?" She flushed. That mazoku was good at embarrassing her.
"In...the bath..." she answered, trying to sound casual.
"WHAT?!?!" Zel's eyes grew large. Amelia, Gourry, and several passers- by looked at him. "What?" he whispered. "That hentai! Why would he--"
"He said I was beautiful." She hardly saw what was in front of her as she spoke the words. She didn't know to whom she was saying them. They were so strange, so alien...and the first man to say them to her wasn't a man at all. He was a monster.
"Well, he's right."
"Z-zel, what??"
"I'm not saying he had good motives. I know as well as you that he's a traitorous bastard. I'm just saying he's right."
"Don't you start acting weird on me, okay? I mean, if more than one guy fell for me, it'd have to be some sort of possession. If...I mean...well, you know." He shrugged his acknowledgment.
"I promise not to creep you out. What I want to know is...do you think it would be better if he didn't mean it?"
"I wish I did. Gods, Zel, I'm so confused. I mean...he seemed so different from the usual Xelloss. Genuine. Sincere, I guess. I could have been imagining it..." She didn't finish, but they both heard the ending.
/...but I don't think so/
"Lina?"
"Yeah?"
"Sorry I can't help."
"Do you have any advice?" Zel grimaced.
"As much as I don't want to say it, I think you should talk to him." Lina nodded. She had expected him to say something of the sort. She also agreed. She just wished she wasn't the one it applied to.
"Cheer up for now," he advised. "You're worrying the less gloomy members of our party." She smiled. He had encouraged her more than he thought, just by being nice and calm and there.
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