Forced Emotions
Match Making Duo!
"Aww! I can't take another step!" Mint said aloud as she entered her room, and plopped down on her bed. "Heh, Rod and Claire will have a heart attack when they wake up!" Mint layed comfortably on her bed, then decided to get in it and sleep for eternity. Getting her pajamas, Mint thought about how she was going to break her explanation on why she called everyone here in the first place, and knew that the news might shock them, and she dreaded even thinking about her father's evil plot. Well, it wasn't actually evil, but it was mean to-
*knock knock*
Mint's thinking came to a hault when she heard a knock at her door. Finishing putting on her pajamas, (which was a pair of purple silky pants and a purple silky short sleeved button down shirt to go with,) Mint walked over to the door and opened it, surprised at what she saw.
"What are YOU doing here???" Mint asked Maya, who looked very embarassed, (not to menchon cleaner,)staring at the floor.
"Um... Well... You see..." Maya fumbled with her words, figeting with the drawstring on her red cotton pajama bottoms.
"What?! If your not going to say anything, then I suggest you leave and let me sleep!" Mint said quietly, crossing her arms over her chest and tapping one foot.
"Okay, I knew I was going to have to ask you this someday, but I don't know how to say it..." Maya said, not making much sense.
"What could take you THIS long to just ask me something?!" Mint asked, getting impatient.
"I guess I'll just come out and say it..."
"Well hurry up, will ya?!"
".........How come I'm bleeding?" Maya finally asked, turning around where Mint could see that Maya just started her period.
"Jeez! You don't even know what's happening to you?!" Mint said, welcoming Maya to step in her room while she got her a few pads.
"W-well, you were with mom before me, and I figured that you knew what is happening to me, since she probably told you before she died......." Maya said, feeling stupid as she stood in the middle of the room.
"Yeah, you're right," Mint said, rumaging through a drawer in her bathroom.
"Now, you just started your period. That means you'll bleed like this every other month, you'll have to put up with it, and you'll need these so you don't bleed through all your clothes," Mint said, handing Maya a box of pads.
"Oh, I see....... But what do I do with them?" Maya asked, holding one of the pads up.
"You line them with your underwear like a diaper," Mint said through gritted teeth, wanting to sleep.
"Oh, okay..... Thanks..." Maya said, walking out of the room as Mint got in her bed. She fell asleep in just a few seconds, exhausted from the night's events.
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Mint's auburn eyes slowly opened from her night's rest.
"*yawn* That was a great sleep!" Mint announced, jumping up from her bed and starting to get ready. Just as she finished attaching her rings to her belt, her bedroom door creaked open. It was still early in the morning, (4 a.m. to be exact,) so it was dark in her room since the sun rose up on the other side of the castle.
"? Who's there?" Mint asked cautiously, gripping her rings if it was someone she didn't know. Mint could see the outline of the figure: it was a little taller than her, had broad shoulders, and it seemed to be a man.
"I said, who are you?!" Mint ordered, stomping her foot as usual. As she was about to stomp it a second time after a few seconds went by, her foot stopped a few inches from the ground, frozen in the air. Mint tryed to make her foot meet the ground, but it wouldn't budge.
"What the heck?!" Mint yelled, moving her hand down to help her foot, but it froze just as well when it met her foot. Looking up, Mint was about to start yelling at the stranger, but found that she couldn't find any words.
(What's going on?!?!) Mint thought, starting to get really ticked off at the shadow for making her mysteriously stop stomping. After Mint finished her thought, the shadow started taking slow, steady strides toward her, until they were face to face. Mint could feel the shadow's breath on her face, and wanted the intruder to just back off and let her begin her day.
(What does this guy want from me?!?!) Mint thought frantically, still trying to get out of the invisible force field, but having no luck. Then, Mint's arm and leg came slowly out of the force field, (obviously under the shadow's control,) until her arm met her side, and her foot met the flooring. The young princess stood like a column, just standing there. Then, the shadow moved closer, to the range of a kiss, and started putting his lips upon her's.
(Eww! BACK OFF CREEP!!!!) Mint screamed in her mind, although she continued kissing the stranger, not out of her on free will, but of the man's.
"Mint?" a far away voice asked.
(YES! Someone's here to help me!!!) Mint thought excitedly, darting her eyes everywhere to try and find her rescuer.
"MiNt?" the voice asked again, begining to fade and sound all funny with different pitches.
(Over here!) Mint thought, not wanting the other person to leave.
"mmiiiinnntttt???" the voice said a final time. The shadow before Mint stopped kissing her, and went a few inches away from her, locking his eye's to her's. Then, a gold and white light appeared from nowhere right in front of them, but Mint didn't get a chance to see the intruder's face. Instead, everything disappeared, leaving Mint with a black nothingness as her surroundings.......
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"Mint?" the same voice asked Mint, who was laying peacefully on her bed. Mint bolted upward, (knocking her head against the person who was calling her name,) remembering what had just happened.
"Oww!" Mint yelped out in pain as the two skulls made contact, Mint going back down on the bed and the other person going on the floor, startled at how quickly Mint had just woken up when it was trying to wake her up for the past fifteen minutes.
"Whoa!" the voice said as it fell to the soft carpet.
"....Oww...." Mint said, slowly sitting up and rubbing her head.
"Phew..... You almost gave me a heart attack, Mint..." the manly voice said, getting up and also rubbing his head where it hurt. Looking up from her bed, Mint focused her eyes on the blob of color before her, and found that stood before her was........
"Rue?!" Mint said, looking at the head-rubbing Rue. Blushing, Rue replied, "Y-yeah? It's me..." Taking the covers off of herself, Mint got out of bed, and knocked Rue on the head, (where he wasn't rubbing it,) with a lot of force.
"Ow...!" Rue yelped in pain, stumbling backward but got caught by Mint's death grip that hung tightly to the collar of his nightshirt.
"Why are you in MY room when I'M sleeping?!?!" Mint demanded, shaking Rue a little. It was around 4 in the morning, and it was pretty dark in the room, but Rue could easily see Mint's burning auburn eyes staring at him in anger.
"S-sorry, but I wanted you to come with me..." Rue trailed off, Mint releasing him from her hand.
"Where?" Mint asked, following Rue out of her room.
"You'll see...." Rue said slyly. Hearing Rue like that made Mint freak, for Rue was the calm, sane person, who had a innocent tone of voice everytime he spoke.
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"..........Hmmm???" Rod's sleepy voice said as he wondered where he was. As Rod was about to get up, (his eyes still closed,) he found that he was restrained by some sort of rope. Opening his eyes, Rod stared in horror at what he saw, and stopped breathing all together. Laying next to him was what seemed to be Claire, only covered with whip cream and an orange in her mouth, that seemed to have lipstick on it. Rod also found that he, too, had an orange slice in his mouth, and that Claire was in his arms, sleeping peacefully.
(What the heck?!?!?!*sweat drop*) Rod yelled in his head, blushing under his own coat of whip cream for being so close to Claire, and in the same bed. Claire mumbled in her sleep and just went closer to Rod, not knowing of where she was.
(Shit.........) Rod thought, calming down and trying to find a way out of his position. Rod looked at what was wrapped around his shoulder, and saw that a long rope of sausage held him and Claire so close together.
(Wait a second......) thought Rod, a scary thought coming to his mind. (What if.... Oh no!) Rod looked down, and was so relieved to see that his clothes were on. He took a glance at Claire, and saw that she still had her clothes on too.
(Phew.......) Finally thinking without worrying, Rod spit out the orange in his mouth, and was cautiously trying to wake Claire up without freaking her out.
"Claire? Hey, wake up... We have a problem here!" Rod said, nudging Claire enough to wake her up.
"Hmm?" Claire mumbled, her eyes getting ready to open.
"Claire, what ever you do, try not to scream or freak out, okay? Someone..... Open your eyes and see for yourself...." Rod said, plugging his ears if Claire did scream. Claire mumbled again, then barely opened one eye, which was enough to let her know where she was.
"?!" Claire's eyes jumped open, not believing what she was seeing: a Rod that had what seemed to be whip cream on his face, as well as three lip prints on his face.
(Did I do THAT?!?!) Claire thought, getting ready to scream, but found that her mouth was occupied at the moment. Putting her tongue up toward the front of her mouth, Claire tasted...... (Hmm.... it's... an... orange???)
Claire thought, confused at why she had an orange in her mouth. Rod had closed his eyes, and now slowly opened them, seeing that Claire wasn't going to scream. Claire took her orange out of her mouth, wondering how it got there. Claire blushed, seeing how close she was to Rod.
"Um.... Rod? H-how come we're this close in.. *gulp* a bed????" Claire asked nervously, frozen in her position.
"I don't exactly know, but we need ta get outta this," Rod answered, reaching his hands toward the sausage link and biting through it.
"Right..." Claire said, joining Rod.
"Let's sit up, okay? It'll be easier that way," Rod suggested, stopping his chewing.
"Yes, that would be better," Claire said. One problem how this didn't work out: the two of them went up at different times. Rod got up first, but Claire continued finishing the link she was chewing, so Rod accidently fell back when Claire didn't come with him, rolling onto Claire, making their faces only a few centimeters away. The two of them held their breath, just staring at the other's eyes.
(Well, this doesn't look good.........) Rod thought, blushing at the places where you could see his skin.
(I don't know about this.........) Claire thought at the same time, biting her lower lip, no wanting to let her breath out. Then, Claire figured it out: she liked Rod. For some reason, it just came to her that very moment. It must have been............
*Flashback*
"Johny Wolf!!!" Claire and Rod shouted as the little dog chased a helpless Pollywog off the trail of East Heaven.
"Come back!!!!" Claire yelled, her and Rod running after Johny Wolf.
"He never runs off like this!" Rod shouted over to Claire. Johny Wolf continued to chase and bark at the Pollywog, who ran just as fast as the miniature wolf.
"Awww!!!!" Claire screamed as she tripped over an overgrown root that submerged from the ground. Claire would have fallen, if Rod hadn't caught her from behind since Claire had gone ahead of him. Claire looked up, and said, "Thanks....," looking into Rod's eyes for a split second.
"No prob. Let's go catch up to Johny Wolf!" Rod answered, starting to run and holding onto Claire's hand as the two of them continued chasing the little dog.
*Reality*
Claire looked deep into Rod's eyes once again, only this time, wanting to do something now that she didn't even think about doing then. Claire carefully guided her hand to where it rested on Rod's neck, and did the same to the other, making Rod blush even more. Claire had stopped blushing as soon as she figured out that she had fallen in love with Rod, hoping that he would return her feelings.
Rod got the idea that Claire liked him, and wondered if he liked her too. (She's a great, understanding person, but Luicine........) Rod thought as the two lay frozen, as if they were a sculpture instead of real people. Claire thought it was a good time to try, and slowly put force on Rod's neck, making him close the gap between their lips. Rod restrained at first, but then saw the hurt eyes that gazed upon him, and went down further without Claire pushing him, until the young couple finally shared their first kiss together, (okay, first french kiss together.)
(Yeah....) Rod thought, getting a little hint of orange on his tongue as it intertwined with Claire's. (I like her...) Rod thought, putting Claire's cheeks in his hands, his mouth starting to move down Claire's neck...
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"!_o_!" Rue and Mint stared with their jaws open wide, watching the romantic scene before them behind the door that led to the 'love nest.'
"...L-let's get out of here..." Rue suggested, starting to close the door silently, Mint nodding in agreement. With the door closed, the two match makers leaned against the door where sounds came from, and sighed heavily.
"Dang, that's another two people I put together!" Mint whispered in Rue's ear.
"? What do you mean, 'another two people'?" Rue asked curiously, not getting what Mint said.
"Well, before I ran into you, Mode Master and Trap Master came by, wanting their old jobs back. So we talked, and I said that I'd let 'em come back if they did some of my conditions. *sigh* Go figure, I made them kiss each other just for a laugh, but they turned into a couple right there, practically making out in front of me. So, now Rod and Claire are the second people I hooked up, again just for a laugh," Mint saidin a whisper, Rue getting wide eyes and staring at Mint. Rue was left speechless. He couldn't believe Mint would do such a thing, even if she just wanted to laugh.
"You REALLY did that?" Rue asked, coming out of his state of shock.
"Yeah... Never thought of me as a match maker!" Mint joked, getting up and heading back toward her room. Turning around, Mint said, "Thanks for waking me to see that, Rue. I'd get lost before they know we were here."
"No problem. That was pretty funny at first," Rue said, grinning as he watched Mint walk back toward her room.
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Match Making Duo!
"Aww! I can't take another step!" Mint said aloud as she entered her room, and plopped down on her bed. "Heh, Rod and Claire will have a heart attack when they wake up!" Mint layed comfortably on her bed, then decided to get in it and sleep for eternity. Getting her pajamas, Mint thought about how she was going to break her explanation on why she called everyone here in the first place, and knew that the news might shock them, and she dreaded even thinking about her father's evil plot. Well, it wasn't actually evil, but it was mean to-
*knock knock*
Mint's thinking came to a hault when she heard a knock at her door. Finishing putting on her pajamas, (which was a pair of purple silky pants and a purple silky short sleeved button down shirt to go with,) Mint walked over to the door and opened it, surprised at what she saw.
"What are YOU doing here???" Mint asked Maya, who looked very embarassed, (not to menchon cleaner,)staring at the floor.
"Um... Well... You see..." Maya fumbled with her words, figeting with the drawstring on her red cotton pajama bottoms.
"What?! If your not going to say anything, then I suggest you leave and let me sleep!" Mint said quietly, crossing her arms over her chest and tapping one foot.
"Okay, I knew I was going to have to ask you this someday, but I don't know how to say it..." Maya said, not making much sense.
"What could take you THIS long to just ask me something?!" Mint asked, getting impatient.
"I guess I'll just come out and say it..."
"Well hurry up, will ya?!"
".........How come I'm bleeding?" Maya finally asked, turning around where Mint could see that Maya just started her period.
"Jeez! You don't even know what's happening to you?!" Mint said, welcoming Maya to step in her room while she got her a few pads.
"W-well, you were with mom before me, and I figured that you knew what is happening to me, since she probably told you before she died......." Maya said, feeling stupid as she stood in the middle of the room.
"Yeah, you're right," Mint said, rumaging through a drawer in her bathroom.
"Now, you just started your period. That means you'll bleed like this every other month, you'll have to put up with it, and you'll need these so you don't bleed through all your clothes," Mint said, handing Maya a box of pads.
"Oh, I see....... But what do I do with them?" Maya asked, holding one of the pads up.
"You line them with your underwear like a diaper," Mint said through gritted teeth, wanting to sleep.
"Oh, okay..... Thanks..." Maya said, walking out of the room as Mint got in her bed. She fell asleep in just a few seconds, exhausted from the night's events.
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Mint's auburn eyes slowly opened from her night's rest.
"*yawn* That was a great sleep!" Mint announced, jumping up from her bed and starting to get ready. Just as she finished attaching her rings to her belt, her bedroom door creaked open. It was still early in the morning, (4 a.m. to be exact,) so it was dark in her room since the sun rose up on the other side of the castle.
"? Who's there?" Mint asked cautiously, gripping her rings if it was someone she didn't know. Mint could see the outline of the figure: it was a little taller than her, had broad shoulders, and it seemed to be a man.
"I said, who are you?!" Mint ordered, stomping her foot as usual. As she was about to stomp it a second time after a few seconds went by, her foot stopped a few inches from the ground, frozen in the air. Mint tryed to make her foot meet the ground, but it wouldn't budge.
"What the heck?!" Mint yelled, moving her hand down to help her foot, but it froze just as well when it met her foot. Looking up, Mint was about to start yelling at the stranger, but found that she couldn't find any words.
(What's going on?!?!) Mint thought, starting to get really ticked off at the shadow for making her mysteriously stop stomping. After Mint finished her thought, the shadow started taking slow, steady strides toward her, until they were face to face. Mint could feel the shadow's breath on her face, and wanted the intruder to just back off and let her begin her day.
(What does this guy want from me?!?!) Mint thought frantically, still trying to get out of the invisible force field, but having no luck. Then, Mint's arm and leg came slowly out of the force field, (obviously under the shadow's control,) until her arm met her side, and her foot met the flooring. The young princess stood like a column, just standing there. Then, the shadow moved closer, to the range of a kiss, and started putting his lips upon her's.
(Eww! BACK OFF CREEP!!!!) Mint screamed in her mind, although she continued kissing the stranger, not out of her on free will, but of the man's.
"Mint?" a far away voice asked.
(YES! Someone's here to help me!!!) Mint thought excitedly, darting her eyes everywhere to try and find her rescuer.
"MiNt?" the voice asked again, begining to fade and sound all funny with different pitches.
(Over here!) Mint thought, not wanting the other person to leave.
"mmiiiinnntttt???" the voice said a final time. The shadow before Mint stopped kissing her, and went a few inches away from her, locking his eye's to her's. Then, a gold and white light appeared from nowhere right in front of them, but Mint didn't get a chance to see the intruder's face. Instead, everything disappeared, leaving Mint with a black nothingness as her surroundings.......
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"Mint?" the same voice asked Mint, who was laying peacefully on her bed. Mint bolted upward, (knocking her head against the person who was calling her name,) remembering what had just happened.
"Oww!" Mint yelped out in pain as the two skulls made contact, Mint going back down on the bed and the other person going on the floor, startled at how quickly Mint had just woken up when it was trying to wake her up for the past fifteen minutes.
"Whoa!" the voice said as it fell to the soft carpet.
"....Oww...." Mint said, slowly sitting up and rubbing her head.
"Phew..... You almost gave me a heart attack, Mint..." the manly voice said, getting up and also rubbing his head where it hurt. Looking up from her bed, Mint focused her eyes on the blob of color before her, and found that stood before her was........
"Rue?!" Mint said, looking at the head-rubbing Rue. Blushing, Rue replied, "Y-yeah? It's me..." Taking the covers off of herself, Mint got out of bed, and knocked Rue on the head, (where he wasn't rubbing it,) with a lot of force.
"Ow...!" Rue yelped in pain, stumbling backward but got caught by Mint's death grip that hung tightly to the collar of his nightshirt.
"Why are you in MY room when I'M sleeping?!?!" Mint demanded, shaking Rue a little. It was around 4 in the morning, and it was pretty dark in the room, but Rue could easily see Mint's burning auburn eyes staring at him in anger.
"S-sorry, but I wanted you to come with me..." Rue trailed off, Mint releasing him from her hand.
"Where?" Mint asked, following Rue out of her room.
"You'll see...." Rue said slyly. Hearing Rue like that made Mint freak, for Rue was the calm, sane person, who had a innocent tone of voice everytime he spoke.
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"..........Hmmm???" Rod's sleepy voice said as he wondered where he was. As Rod was about to get up, (his eyes still closed,) he found that he was restrained by some sort of rope. Opening his eyes, Rod stared in horror at what he saw, and stopped breathing all together. Laying next to him was what seemed to be Claire, only covered with whip cream and an orange in her mouth, that seemed to have lipstick on it. Rod also found that he, too, had an orange slice in his mouth, and that Claire was in his arms, sleeping peacefully.
(What the heck?!?!?!*sweat drop*) Rod yelled in his head, blushing under his own coat of whip cream for being so close to Claire, and in the same bed. Claire mumbled in her sleep and just went closer to Rod, not knowing of where she was.
(Shit.........) Rod thought, calming down and trying to find a way out of his position. Rod looked at what was wrapped around his shoulder, and saw that a long rope of sausage held him and Claire so close together.
(Wait a second......) thought Rod, a scary thought coming to his mind. (What if.... Oh no!) Rod looked down, and was so relieved to see that his clothes were on. He took a glance at Claire, and saw that she still had her clothes on too.
(Phew.......) Finally thinking without worrying, Rod spit out the orange in his mouth, and was cautiously trying to wake Claire up without freaking her out.
"Claire? Hey, wake up... We have a problem here!" Rod said, nudging Claire enough to wake her up.
"Hmm?" Claire mumbled, her eyes getting ready to open.
"Claire, what ever you do, try not to scream or freak out, okay? Someone..... Open your eyes and see for yourself...." Rod said, plugging his ears if Claire did scream. Claire mumbled again, then barely opened one eye, which was enough to let her know where she was.
"?!" Claire's eyes jumped open, not believing what she was seeing: a Rod that had what seemed to be whip cream on his face, as well as three lip prints on his face.
(Did I do THAT?!?!) Claire thought, getting ready to scream, but found that her mouth was occupied at the moment. Putting her tongue up toward the front of her mouth, Claire tasted...... (Hmm.... it's... an... orange???)
Claire thought, confused at why she had an orange in her mouth. Rod had closed his eyes, and now slowly opened them, seeing that Claire wasn't going to scream. Claire took her orange out of her mouth, wondering how it got there. Claire blushed, seeing how close she was to Rod.
"Um.... Rod? H-how come we're this close in.. *gulp* a bed????" Claire asked nervously, frozen in her position.
"I don't exactly know, but we need ta get outta this," Rod answered, reaching his hands toward the sausage link and biting through it.
"Right..." Claire said, joining Rod.
"Let's sit up, okay? It'll be easier that way," Rod suggested, stopping his chewing.
"Yes, that would be better," Claire said. One problem how this didn't work out: the two of them went up at different times. Rod got up first, but Claire continued finishing the link she was chewing, so Rod accidently fell back when Claire didn't come with him, rolling onto Claire, making their faces only a few centimeters away. The two of them held their breath, just staring at the other's eyes.
(Well, this doesn't look good.........) Rod thought, blushing at the places where you could see his skin.
(I don't know about this.........) Claire thought at the same time, biting her lower lip, no wanting to let her breath out. Then, Claire figured it out: she liked Rod. For some reason, it just came to her that very moment. It must have been............
*Flashback*
"Johny Wolf!!!" Claire and Rod shouted as the little dog chased a helpless Pollywog off the trail of East Heaven.
"Come back!!!!" Claire yelled, her and Rod running after Johny Wolf.
"He never runs off like this!" Rod shouted over to Claire. Johny Wolf continued to chase and bark at the Pollywog, who ran just as fast as the miniature wolf.
"Awww!!!!" Claire screamed as she tripped over an overgrown root that submerged from the ground. Claire would have fallen, if Rod hadn't caught her from behind since Claire had gone ahead of him. Claire looked up, and said, "Thanks....," looking into Rod's eyes for a split second.
"No prob. Let's go catch up to Johny Wolf!" Rod answered, starting to run and holding onto Claire's hand as the two of them continued chasing the little dog.
*Reality*
Claire looked deep into Rod's eyes once again, only this time, wanting to do something now that she didn't even think about doing then. Claire carefully guided her hand to where it rested on Rod's neck, and did the same to the other, making Rod blush even more. Claire had stopped blushing as soon as she figured out that she had fallen in love with Rod, hoping that he would return her feelings.
Rod got the idea that Claire liked him, and wondered if he liked her too. (She's a great, understanding person, but Luicine........) Rod thought as the two lay frozen, as if they were a sculpture instead of real people. Claire thought it was a good time to try, and slowly put force on Rod's neck, making him close the gap between their lips. Rod restrained at first, but then saw the hurt eyes that gazed upon him, and went down further without Claire pushing him, until the young couple finally shared their first kiss together, (okay, first french kiss together.)
(Yeah....) Rod thought, getting a little hint of orange on his tongue as it intertwined with Claire's. (I like her...) Rod thought, putting Claire's cheeks in his hands, his mouth starting to move down Claire's neck...
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"!_o_!" Rue and Mint stared with their jaws open wide, watching the romantic scene before them behind the door that led to the 'love nest.'
"...L-let's get out of here..." Rue suggested, starting to close the door silently, Mint nodding in agreement. With the door closed, the two match makers leaned against the door where sounds came from, and sighed heavily.
"Dang, that's another two people I put together!" Mint whispered in Rue's ear.
"? What do you mean, 'another two people'?" Rue asked curiously, not getting what Mint said.
"Well, before I ran into you, Mode Master and Trap Master came by, wanting their old jobs back. So we talked, and I said that I'd let 'em come back if they did some of my conditions. *sigh* Go figure, I made them kiss each other just for a laugh, but they turned into a couple right there, practically making out in front of me. So, now Rod and Claire are the second people I hooked up, again just for a laugh," Mint saidin a whisper, Rue getting wide eyes and staring at Mint. Rue was left speechless. He couldn't believe Mint would do such a thing, even if she just wanted to laugh.
"You REALLY did that?" Rue asked, coming out of his state of shock.
"Yeah... Never thought of me as a match maker!" Mint joked, getting up and heading back toward her room. Turning around, Mint said, "Thanks for waking me to see that, Rue. I'd get lost before they know we were here."
"No problem. That was pretty funny at first," Rue said, grinning as he watched Mint walk back toward her room.
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