Chapter 2: Cousin or Cupid?
A/N Sorry for not updating for… uhm… days? Weeks? Months? Please do bear with me… here goes…
"Hey! What are you doing here late in the evening?" a petite lady startled a man from behind.
The young woman tip toed carefully trying not to fall, a low thundering sound echoed all through out the house, as she approaches the man on top of their roof.
"Hey, careful." The man whispered handing out his hand for the woman to take.
The two sat side-by-side watching the stars that night… only the moonlight guiding their sights.
"I'm sorry…" the young man began, ending the long prolonged silence between them.
"For what?" the woman asked fixing her eyes at him.
The man looked up the stars and smiled to himself.
"For staying here… for bringing knives along… for—" he was cutt-off.
"Vash, don't worry about everything…" Meryl smiled knowingly at him.
"You know, when the two you left, our lives were never been the same… it became simple… " She added, resting her head on her knees.
"Then? We ruined everything huh?" He continued staring at her… apologetically.
"And then, our lives brighten up." She replied smiling at him cheerfully.
"Meryl…" he whispers, holding her cheeks with his hands.
"You know… that… I- - -" He stuttered, his face inches from hers.
"Vash?" she asked questioningly, her violet eyes staring back at his blue ones.
THUD… THUD… came from down them. Someone's tapping the ceiling with a tip of a broom.
"That I lo—" Vash stuttered trying to finish what he has to say.
"HEY!! DARN CATS!! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!! STOP RUNNING AROUND OVER THERE OR I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!" A familiar male voice echoed inside the house.
'Knives' the both of them stared at each other with dismay.
'May be I'll tell her next time… there's always tomorrow right?' Vash asked himself as he poses an apologetic smile at her.
'Knives… if hadn't been Vash's brother… I'll' Meryl thought as she smiles back at him.
"We better go to sleep." Vash suggested as he held her down to the attic.
The next day… Train station…
"Meryl… may be she got lost?" Millie inquired nervously.
"Millie, c'mon… a Stryfe can take care of herself!!" Meryl replied, looking for any sign of her cousin.
"Auntie Meryl?" a little girl inquired as she approaches the insurance girl carrying two pink luggages.
"Henrietta!!" Meryl squealed as she hugged her fiercely.
The little girl has dark lavender eyes like her Aunt and has light brown curly tresses that cascaded down her shoulders.
"You've grown!! Your so beautiful!!" Meryl complimented not letting her go.
"Meryl, try to let her breath!" Millie asked her.
Meryl lets go of the girl and they all decided to go home.
"Aunt Meryl? Who are they?" the little girl inquired pointing at the two men standing at the front porch.
"Hi! You must be Henrietta! Hi I'm your Uncle Vash!" Vash approached the little girl as he held her up for a piggyback ride.
"Wow!!" the girl squealed happily.
They ran towards the house.
"Huh? Uncle Vash!! Look someone's trying to look like you!!" The girl exclaimed pointing at the other twin.
Knives stared hard at the little girl, and approach her.
"Hi little girl." Knives asked his voice sounded harsh and frightening.
"Hi!! Uncle Vash who's the scary guy?" Henrietta asked pointing at him.
"This is your Uncle Knives!!" Vash answered trying to look cheerful.
"Hello Mr. Knives!!" She waved at him with her smiling face.
"You know… little girl we're going to get along well." Knives smiled at her after hearing her not calling him Uncle.
"You know Mr. Knives… I like you…" The little girl whispered to his ear, holding on to Vash's hair trying not to fall down.
The two insurance girls sweat dropped after hearing their conversations.
"Meryl… why do I feel something bad's going to happen?" Millie inquired looking at Meryl.
"I don't know Millie… I feel weird too.." she replied as they stared at each other and sighs.
THREE DAYS AFTER…
The little girl settled in the house, getting along with the others… and starting to be pretty annoying… in everyone's part… especially Knives.
"Ne, ne, Mr. Knives what are you doing with that gun?" the girl startled from behind him.
Knives was as usual busy on cleaning his gun, and for the past three hours… a little spider was bugging him… or perhaps a little fly with a big mouth.
"I'm cleaning my gun." He replied his voice sounding pretty pissed off.
"Ne, ne Mr. Knives what are you going to do?"
"I'll check if it's loaded."
"THEN THEN?"
"Then I'll point it to the little annoying spider behind me… AND KILL IT!!" he growled at the little girl.
The girl screamed frightened as she hurried to the kitchen and hugged Meryl shakingly, knowing she's the only one who can stand up to him.
Meryl went to the living room and knocked Knives hard in the head.
"What the hell was that for?" Knives inquired touching his bump.
"Don't scare a little girl out of her wits!!" Meryl yelled at him.
"Damn it woman!! This girl is an exact copy of you!!" he yelled back.
"You're an asshole you know that?"
"Yeah!! You too!"
"Damn it Knives!!"
"Damn it Meryl!!"
"Stop that!!"
"Stop that!!!"
the two failed to stop their conversation and kept on nagging with each other
Henrietta went between them and smiled at two.
The two gazed down at her with a What face
"You know, Mom and Dad always fight like that… then they'll smile at each other and go straight to bed… even if they were not sleepy." The little girl explained to the both of them.. her eyes full of innocence.
The two sweat dropped and looked at each other disgustfully and smirked down at the little girl.
"Henrietta, but you see, everything doesn't work out like that because… we're not like you're mommy and daddy." Meryl explained patiently.
"Yeah, and the second thing is… we don't like each other." Knives seconded.
Vash and Millie behind them shrugged. Millie buried her head on her palm as she began sensing a headache coming. Vash turned around and headed to the kitchen.
The little girl saw Vash at the corner of her eye and followed him.
The Meryl and Knives was left alone in the living room.
"Why do you have to bring that stupid girl over here?" Knives inquired ending the silence between them.
Meryl sat beside him and sighed, "I have too, my brother said it would be good for her to have a vacation after---"
"After what?" Knives asked, interested on the abrupt stop on her voice.
"After… her mom died." Meryl continued. Burdened to continue what she was saying.
"Her mom just died a month ago…" Meryl continued, tears brimming her eyes.
Meryl buried her face on her eyes and started to cry, Knives looked at her confused doesn't know how to deal with this kind of situations.
He moved closer to her and puts his arm around her shoulders and guided her to rest her head on his chest. A too unknives thing to do.
Meryl didn't think of the situation and just kept on sobbing in his arms, as he wraps his arms tighter and closer to him.
"I knew it!! you like each other!!" Henrietta startled from behind them.
As Vash heard the little girl's teasing he came running down to the room and gaped at the two.
"Knives what the hell did you do to her?" Vash asked, he was starting to fume up… looking at Meryl with tears in her eyes.
"I punched her hard in the gut so hard that I made her cry on pain." Knives mocked him, his eyes narrowed at his brother.
Vash jumped at Knives and they went on rolling in the floor strangling and punching each other.
Meryl sat there in deep thought… 'why the hell did knives did that? Why did he became sentimental all of the sudden?' she asked herself watching the two strangle each other to death.
'Is he being so supportive or something like that? Maybe I don't actually know much about him? Maybe he DOES have a soft spot inside of him…' she pondered.
"Hey!! Why don't you start cooking lunch?" Knives yelled at her, busy fight with his twin.
"Are you listening to me?" Knives added, ordering her as if she was his maid or something.
'Then again… maybe not…' Meryl thought and shrugged as she went over to the kitchen.
A/N Okay, this chapter is pretty confusing… I know… I'm pretty confused myself!! ^ ^;N'weiz, I just happened to cook up a new fic… but this time it's a vash x meryl thingy… but enough bout' that? I'm really confused… what could be the paring here? Hmm…. Please review okay?
A/N Sorry for not updating for… uhm… days? Weeks? Months? Please do bear with me… here goes…
"Hey! What are you doing here late in the evening?" a petite lady startled a man from behind.
The young woman tip toed carefully trying not to fall, a low thundering sound echoed all through out the house, as she approaches the man on top of their roof.
"Hey, careful." The man whispered handing out his hand for the woman to take.
The two sat side-by-side watching the stars that night… only the moonlight guiding their sights.
"I'm sorry…" the young man began, ending the long prolonged silence between them.
"For what?" the woman asked fixing her eyes at him.
The man looked up the stars and smiled to himself.
"For staying here… for bringing knives along… for—" he was cutt-off.
"Vash, don't worry about everything…" Meryl smiled knowingly at him.
"You know, when the two you left, our lives were never been the same… it became simple… " She added, resting her head on her knees.
"Then? We ruined everything huh?" He continued staring at her… apologetically.
"And then, our lives brighten up." She replied smiling at him cheerfully.
"Meryl…" he whispers, holding her cheeks with his hands.
"You know… that… I- - -" He stuttered, his face inches from hers.
"Vash?" she asked questioningly, her violet eyes staring back at his blue ones.
THUD… THUD… came from down them. Someone's tapping the ceiling with a tip of a broom.
"That I lo—" Vash stuttered trying to finish what he has to say.
"HEY!! DARN CATS!! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!! STOP RUNNING AROUND OVER THERE OR I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!" A familiar male voice echoed inside the house.
'Knives' the both of them stared at each other with dismay.
'May be I'll tell her next time… there's always tomorrow right?' Vash asked himself as he poses an apologetic smile at her.
'Knives… if hadn't been Vash's brother… I'll' Meryl thought as she smiles back at him.
"We better go to sleep." Vash suggested as he held her down to the attic.
The next day… Train station…
"Meryl… may be she got lost?" Millie inquired nervously.
"Millie, c'mon… a Stryfe can take care of herself!!" Meryl replied, looking for any sign of her cousin.
"Auntie Meryl?" a little girl inquired as she approaches the insurance girl carrying two pink luggages.
"Henrietta!!" Meryl squealed as she hugged her fiercely.
The little girl has dark lavender eyes like her Aunt and has light brown curly tresses that cascaded down her shoulders.
"You've grown!! Your so beautiful!!" Meryl complimented not letting her go.
"Meryl, try to let her breath!" Millie asked her.
Meryl lets go of the girl and they all decided to go home.
"Aunt Meryl? Who are they?" the little girl inquired pointing at the two men standing at the front porch.
"Hi! You must be Henrietta! Hi I'm your Uncle Vash!" Vash approached the little girl as he held her up for a piggyback ride.
"Wow!!" the girl squealed happily.
They ran towards the house.
"Huh? Uncle Vash!! Look someone's trying to look like you!!" The girl exclaimed pointing at the other twin.
Knives stared hard at the little girl, and approach her.
"Hi little girl." Knives asked his voice sounded harsh and frightening.
"Hi!! Uncle Vash who's the scary guy?" Henrietta asked pointing at him.
"This is your Uncle Knives!!" Vash answered trying to look cheerful.
"Hello Mr. Knives!!" She waved at him with her smiling face.
"You know… little girl we're going to get along well." Knives smiled at her after hearing her not calling him Uncle.
"You know Mr. Knives… I like you…" The little girl whispered to his ear, holding on to Vash's hair trying not to fall down.
The two insurance girls sweat dropped after hearing their conversations.
"Meryl… why do I feel something bad's going to happen?" Millie inquired looking at Meryl.
"I don't know Millie… I feel weird too.." she replied as they stared at each other and sighs.
THREE DAYS AFTER…
The little girl settled in the house, getting along with the others… and starting to be pretty annoying… in everyone's part… especially Knives.
"Ne, ne, Mr. Knives what are you doing with that gun?" the girl startled from behind him.
Knives was as usual busy on cleaning his gun, and for the past three hours… a little spider was bugging him… or perhaps a little fly with a big mouth.
"I'm cleaning my gun." He replied his voice sounding pretty pissed off.
"Ne, ne Mr. Knives what are you going to do?"
"I'll check if it's loaded."
"THEN THEN?"
"Then I'll point it to the little annoying spider behind me… AND KILL IT!!" he growled at the little girl.
The girl screamed frightened as she hurried to the kitchen and hugged Meryl shakingly, knowing she's the only one who can stand up to him.
Meryl went to the living room and knocked Knives hard in the head.
"What the hell was that for?" Knives inquired touching his bump.
"Don't scare a little girl out of her wits!!" Meryl yelled at him.
"Damn it woman!! This girl is an exact copy of you!!" he yelled back.
"You're an asshole you know that?"
"Yeah!! You too!"
"Damn it Knives!!"
"Damn it Meryl!!"
"Stop that!!"
"Stop that!!!"
the two failed to stop their conversation and kept on nagging with each other
Henrietta went between them and smiled at two.
The two gazed down at her with a What face
"You know, Mom and Dad always fight like that… then they'll smile at each other and go straight to bed… even if they were not sleepy." The little girl explained to the both of them.. her eyes full of innocence.
The two sweat dropped and looked at each other disgustfully and smirked down at the little girl.
"Henrietta, but you see, everything doesn't work out like that because… we're not like you're mommy and daddy." Meryl explained patiently.
"Yeah, and the second thing is… we don't like each other." Knives seconded.
Vash and Millie behind them shrugged. Millie buried her head on her palm as she began sensing a headache coming. Vash turned around and headed to the kitchen.
The little girl saw Vash at the corner of her eye and followed him.
The Meryl and Knives was left alone in the living room.
"Why do you have to bring that stupid girl over here?" Knives inquired ending the silence between them.
Meryl sat beside him and sighed, "I have too, my brother said it would be good for her to have a vacation after---"
"After what?" Knives asked, interested on the abrupt stop on her voice.
"After… her mom died." Meryl continued. Burdened to continue what she was saying.
"Her mom just died a month ago…" Meryl continued, tears brimming her eyes.
Meryl buried her face on her eyes and started to cry, Knives looked at her confused doesn't know how to deal with this kind of situations.
He moved closer to her and puts his arm around her shoulders and guided her to rest her head on his chest. A too unknives thing to do.
Meryl didn't think of the situation and just kept on sobbing in his arms, as he wraps his arms tighter and closer to him.
"I knew it!! you like each other!!" Henrietta startled from behind them.
As Vash heard the little girl's teasing he came running down to the room and gaped at the two.
"Knives what the hell did you do to her?" Vash asked, he was starting to fume up… looking at Meryl with tears in her eyes.
"I punched her hard in the gut so hard that I made her cry on pain." Knives mocked him, his eyes narrowed at his brother.
Vash jumped at Knives and they went on rolling in the floor strangling and punching each other.
Meryl sat there in deep thought… 'why the hell did knives did that? Why did he became sentimental all of the sudden?' she asked herself watching the two strangle each other to death.
'Is he being so supportive or something like that? Maybe I don't actually know much about him? Maybe he DOES have a soft spot inside of him…' she pondered.
"Hey!! Why don't you start cooking lunch?" Knives yelled at her, busy fight with his twin.
"Are you listening to me?" Knives added, ordering her as if she was his maid or something.
'Then again… maybe not…' Meryl thought and shrugged as she went over to the kitchen.
A/N Okay, this chapter is pretty confusing… I know… I'm pretty confused myself!! ^ ^;N'weiz, I just happened to cook up a new fic… but this time it's a vash x meryl thingy… but enough bout' that? I'm really confused… what could be the paring here? Hmm…. Please review okay?