A Gunman's Tears
Author's note: Hey all, sorry it's taken so long to get this chapter out, things have been hectic and whoo, just no time to write this! Well this story can go two ways now. I didn't quite realize that I had a lot more idea's that could go into a Novel type fic with a lot of chapters or I can keep it a songfic and end it next chapter. It's really up to you guys ^^ Well enjoy!
Meryl wiped away a few hot tears that slipped down her rosy cheeks with her gloved hand "Look, your crying. What a weakness..." With a slight crackled voice she spoke, unaware of the gunman standing silently at the doorway of the house.
Feeling a pair of eyes staring at her she paused and turned around, there was Vash, gazing sadly at her. She was about to scream on why he had been staring at her when her voice had caught in her throat; He was crying.
"Vash..Why..." she was cut off as he walked over and sat on the bench beside her and wrapped his arms around her silently. Meryl stiffened and remained silent and still while he rocked the bench with his heels, closing his eyes and resting his chin on her head.
"Meryl don't cry.I'm sorry for anything I did.I am" his voice was weak, like it took a lot for the blonde gunman to just to speak.
"But Vash, its not your..."
"Meryl listen to me," his voice interrupted hers once more, "Love is for everyone who wishes for it. It doesn't take a pure heart to be able to love and to be loved; it only takes the will you have to accept it. And there is love for you, you just haven't been looking hard enough..." Pulling her back slightly he gripped her shoulders with his hands, staring at her with thoughts intense blue eyes of his.
Being shocked into silence she could only stare, the feeling of sadness was long gone since Vash had arrived. Why had he come to comfort her? Was he even doing that, or did he do something wrong and wanted to look good for a moment to have a lighter sentence? Who knew with the mysterious Humanoid Typhoon.
"Uhh.Meryl? You home in there?" She snapped out of her daze as he waved a hand in front of her face.
"Oh, sorry about that. Yeah I'm ok now...uhh...thanks Vash." A light smile crossed her lips as she looked down to the ground.
"No Problem. Uhh Hey, would you mind making more soup?" Vash moved down on the bench slightly, placing a hand behind his head and laughing rather nervously.
"More soup? But I made a whole pot and it was nearly full." Looking back up at him she wore a more dangerous 'What did you do and am I going to kill you slowly or quickly' kind of look. This made Vash even more nervous.
"I.I was hungry.and kind of ate it...all." With a yelp he stood up and jumped off the deck and began running, and no sooner as he did Meryl had jumped up and was right on his heals screaming.
"VASH!! ARG! HOW COULD YOU EAT THAT WHOLE POT YOU PIG!" She screeched as she chased him around the small house over and over, him yelping for someone to save him as Milly poked her head out of wolfwood's window and looked down at the two as they made another lap around the house.
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"Oh my Mr. Priest! Look at how cute Mr. Vash and Meryl are chasing each other around the house" Milly smiled and looked back at him as he lay in the rustled up bed.
"It sounds worse then a pair of badgers fighting each other to the death Milly...how can you say that's cute??" Wolfwood raised a brow at her in confusion.
"Because it's romantic Mr. Wolfwood!" She laughed and smiled, giving him an innocent expression. This only made wolfwood feel more and more scared of the large woman, wondering why he had infact fallen for her in the first place. He then shrugged and grinned
"Hey Milly, lets go downstairs for some grub...i think I can walk and it would be nice to get out of this bed" He grunted and tried to sit up when Milly walked over and simply scooped him right out of the bed and into her arms.
"AHH! Girl what are you doing?" He yelled, squirming around in a panic.
"You're in no condition to walk Mr. Wolfwood, so ill carry you!" She smiled brightly and walked out the door and down that stairs while wolfwood pouted in her arms.
"Why do I feel so much like a bride?" He muttered while Milly just laughed.
"Being carried by a girl is nothing to be ashamed about Mr. Wolfwood, as my Big Big sister used to tell me I was always very strong for my age" Reaching the bottom of the stairs she walked into the kitchen and set him down on the chair at the table.
"Mmm...Yes you are Milly. And please, for the last time, call me wolfwood." He sighed and gazed out the window when a blur of red and white zoomed past "How many laps is that?"
"About twenty now I think..." Milly smiled and poured two glasses of water for them and sat down at the table beside him, handing him the glass when a loud yelp was heard and the door cracked open; Vash tearing inside and heading for the stairs when he tripped on a black cat and collided face first with the staircase.
"I got you now!!" Meryl cackled and ran into the door and pounced on the blonde gunman, grinning wildly and pulled out an unloaded derringer from her cloak and put it against the back of his skull.
"Now who's going to never eat my soup again?" She said smoothly, a hint of demonacy in her tone of voice.
"I won't Meryl! I swear!! Please put down the gun..." Vash whimpered and quickly spun around under her so she now sat on his lower torso, giving her the biggest puppy eyes she had ever seen.
"Mmm...Grr. Fine. Next time it -will- be loaded..." She pulled the gun away from his forehead and went to stand when she paused and her eyes widened. Looking back down to Vash he had a hand on her side and leg, holding on as if he didn't want her to move. He held an almost longing look in his eyes when he quickly let go and looked away.
[Vash.what was that about?] Meryl thought before quickly getting up and walking over to the kitchen, gazing over to the table where Wolfwood and Milly sat laughing. She shook her head and began to get out all the ingredients to make another pot of soup.
Vash arose and wandered over to Meryl's side and looked at what she was doing, he had felt bad for eating the soup that she had made; but aftermath was worth it. Even if he did have rug burn from sliding to the staircase and his face hurt from colliding with the wood, Meryl had sat on him, and that kind of closeness from the seemingly cold woman was well worth it.
"Is there anything I can do?" He offered, watching her cut up the vegetables and place them in the boiling pot.
"Hmm..." She looked up at him and wondered if she should really trust him with the food, but he looked as if he really wanted to make it up to her so she caved. "Sure Vash.well you can wash the remaining vegetables and then cut them up like so" She cut the carrot in half then began to finely cop in up and threw the top of the carrot into the garbage before placing all the cut carrot in the pot.
"Hey! Sounds easy enough..." Going onto his duties he was very careful to follow everything Meryl had told him to do, and soon the pair finished in no time and all they had to do was wait till it was done.
"Thank you Vash...now all we have to do is stir it every 5 minutes and in about 20 it should be done" Meryl smiled lightly and walked to the table and sat beside Milly and Vash took his place in between her and wolfwood.
"Its good to see you out of bed Wolfwood" Vash smiled and patted wolfwood on the back, causing the priest to wince in pain and glare at him "Eh heh heh...sorry"
It was at that moment a dark feeling took over vash, his once peaceful smile turned into the most painful look of fear anyone had ever seen.
Meryl was the first to notice, having felt somewhat uneasy herself "Vash.what is it..?"
Vash turned his head slightly towards the window behind Meryl and his heart stopped; but it was too late.
Authors Note: heh.cliff-hanger! Sorry the chapter is short; I just need to know of which two options I'm going to take for the rest of the story. Well im off, Review Review review! ^^
Author's note: Hey all, sorry it's taken so long to get this chapter out, things have been hectic and whoo, just no time to write this! Well this story can go two ways now. I didn't quite realize that I had a lot more idea's that could go into a Novel type fic with a lot of chapters or I can keep it a songfic and end it next chapter. It's really up to you guys ^^ Well enjoy!
Meryl wiped away a few hot tears that slipped down her rosy cheeks with her gloved hand "Look, your crying. What a weakness..." With a slight crackled voice she spoke, unaware of the gunman standing silently at the doorway of the house.
Feeling a pair of eyes staring at her she paused and turned around, there was Vash, gazing sadly at her. She was about to scream on why he had been staring at her when her voice had caught in her throat; He was crying.
"Vash..Why..." she was cut off as he walked over and sat on the bench beside her and wrapped his arms around her silently. Meryl stiffened and remained silent and still while he rocked the bench with his heels, closing his eyes and resting his chin on her head.
"Meryl don't cry.I'm sorry for anything I did.I am" his voice was weak, like it took a lot for the blonde gunman to just to speak.
"But Vash, its not your..."
"Meryl listen to me," his voice interrupted hers once more, "Love is for everyone who wishes for it. It doesn't take a pure heart to be able to love and to be loved; it only takes the will you have to accept it. And there is love for you, you just haven't been looking hard enough..." Pulling her back slightly he gripped her shoulders with his hands, staring at her with thoughts intense blue eyes of his.
Being shocked into silence she could only stare, the feeling of sadness was long gone since Vash had arrived. Why had he come to comfort her? Was he even doing that, or did he do something wrong and wanted to look good for a moment to have a lighter sentence? Who knew with the mysterious Humanoid Typhoon.
"Uhh.Meryl? You home in there?" She snapped out of her daze as he waved a hand in front of her face.
"Oh, sorry about that. Yeah I'm ok now...uhh...thanks Vash." A light smile crossed her lips as she looked down to the ground.
"No Problem. Uhh Hey, would you mind making more soup?" Vash moved down on the bench slightly, placing a hand behind his head and laughing rather nervously.
"More soup? But I made a whole pot and it was nearly full." Looking back up at him she wore a more dangerous 'What did you do and am I going to kill you slowly or quickly' kind of look. This made Vash even more nervous.
"I.I was hungry.and kind of ate it...all." With a yelp he stood up and jumped off the deck and began running, and no sooner as he did Meryl had jumped up and was right on his heals screaming.
"VASH!! ARG! HOW COULD YOU EAT THAT WHOLE POT YOU PIG!" She screeched as she chased him around the small house over and over, him yelping for someone to save him as Milly poked her head out of wolfwood's window and looked down at the two as they made another lap around the house.
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"Oh my Mr. Priest! Look at how cute Mr. Vash and Meryl are chasing each other around the house" Milly smiled and looked back at him as he lay in the rustled up bed.
"It sounds worse then a pair of badgers fighting each other to the death Milly...how can you say that's cute??" Wolfwood raised a brow at her in confusion.
"Because it's romantic Mr. Wolfwood!" She laughed and smiled, giving him an innocent expression. This only made wolfwood feel more and more scared of the large woman, wondering why he had infact fallen for her in the first place. He then shrugged and grinned
"Hey Milly, lets go downstairs for some grub...i think I can walk and it would be nice to get out of this bed" He grunted and tried to sit up when Milly walked over and simply scooped him right out of the bed and into her arms.
"AHH! Girl what are you doing?" He yelled, squirming around in a panic.
"You're in no condition to walk Mr. Wolfwood, so ill carry you!" She smiled brightly and walked out the door and down that stairs while wolfwood pouted in her arms.
"Why do I feel so much like a bride?" He muttered while Milly just laughed.
"Being carried by a girl is nothing to be ashamed about Mr. Wolfwood, as my Big Big sister used to tell me I was always very strong for my age" Reaching the bottom of the stairs she walked into the kitchen and set him down on the chair at the table.
"Mmm...Yes you are Milly. And please, for the last time, call me wolfwood." He sighed and gazed out the window when a blur of red and white zoomed past "How many laps is that?"
"About twenty now I think..." Milly smiled and poured two glasses of water for them and sat down at the table beside him, handing him the glass when a loud yelp was heard and the door cracked open; Vash tearing inside and heading for the stairs when he tripped on a black cat and collided face first with the staircase.
"I got you now!!" Meryl cackled and ran into the door and pounced on the blonde gunman, grinning wildly and pulled out an unloaded derringer from her cloak and put it against the back of his skull.
"Now who's going to never eat my soup again?" She said smoothly, a hint of demonacy in her tone of voice.
"I won't Meryl! I swear!! Please put down the gun..." Vash whimpered and quickly spun around under her so she now sat on his lower torso, giving her the biggest puppy eyes she had ever seen.
"Mmm...Grr. Fine. Next time it -will- be loaded..." She pulled the gun away from his forehead and went to stand when she paused and her eyes widened. Looking back down to Vash he had a hand on her side and leg, holding on as if he didn't want her to move. He held an almost longing look in his eyes when he quickly let go and looked away.
[Vash.what was that about?] Meryl thought before quickly getting up and walking over to the kitchen, gazing over to the table where Wolfwood and Milly sat laughing. She shook her head and began to get out all the ingredients to make another pot of soup.
Vash arose and wandered over to Meryl's side and looked at what she was doing, he had felt bad for eating the soup that she had made; but aftermath was worth it. Even if he did have rug burn from sliding to the staircase and his face hurt from colliding with the wood, Meryl had sat on him, and that kind of closeness from the seemingly cold woman was well worth it.
"Is there anything I can do?" He offered, watching her cut up the vegetables and place them in the boiling pot.
"Hmm..." She looked up at him and wondered if she should really trust him with the food, but he looked as if he really wanted to make it up to her so she caved. "Sure Vash.well you can wash the remaining vegetables and then cut them up like so" She cut the carrot in half then began to finely cop in up and threw the top of the carrot into the garbage before placing all the cut carrot in the pot.
"Hey! Sounds easy enough..." Going onto his duties he was very careful to follow everything Meryl had told him to do, and soon the pair finished in no time and all they had to do was wait till it was done.
"Thank you Vash...now all we have to do is stir it every 5 minutes and in about 20 it should be done" Meryl smiled lightly and walked to the table and sat beside Milly and Vash took his place in between her and wolfwood.
"Its good to see you out of bed Wolfwood" Vash smiled and patted wolfwood on the back, causing the priest to wince in pain and glare at him "Eh heh heh...sorry"
It was at that moment a dark feeling took over vash, his once peaceful smile turned into the most painful look of fear anyone had ever seen.
Meryl was the first to notice, having felt somewhat uneasy herself "Vash.what is it..?"
Vash turned his head slightly towards the window behind Meryl and his heart stopped; but it was too late.
Authors Note: heh.cliff-hanger! Sorry the chapter is short; I just need to know of which two options I'm going to take for the rest of the story. Well im off, Review Review review! ^^
