Hum... sorry for the late update... I'll edit more frequently....
The bug ch.13
[Narrator's PoV]
"What's the meaning of all this?" Urd whispered again.
Peorth and Mara stood there, speechless, their bodies beaten up, their clothes half torn and half burnt.
"I'm asking what the HELL happened!" Urd advanced angrily and stepped next to Peorth, who was the closest. "Tell me!"
"Tell you what?" The other goddess asked arrogantly.
"Why were you fighting? What were you talking about?" She asked, recalling what she had heard of their conversation. 'You're mad! Let me go!' Mara had yelled. Then, she couldn't hear what Peorth had said, but had caught on a few words 'Face it!... shit...good enough....' and then, Mara screamed 'You think I don't know that'
What were they saying?
Urd turned toward the demon, since the goddess wouldn't answer. "Mara, you tell me, then."
But Mara only stared at her, not willing to answer either. Urd was about to walk to her, but Peorth grabbed her hand. "Wait..."
"What?" Urd frowned but her eyes widened as Peorth pulled her into a kiss.
Mara's heart stopped. How dare did Peorth do that? And in front of her? She watched as Urd didn't seem to be sure how to react. Her eyes were wide opened and she was holding her breath. Skuld looked disgusted.
Finally, Peorth pulled back and looked into the other goddess' eyes. "I love you." She clearly stated, still holding onto her hand.
The words seem to echo in Urd's mind as she was still recording the last events. "Is that why you were fighting?" she asked, in a mix of hope and horror. Horror because she was the cause of a fight, but still hopeful because it meant that Mara.....
Peorth was about to answer but was cut off by the demon. "No." The two goddesses turned to Mara. "I learned what happened Urd." She said quietly, her eyes holding the platinum haired goddess' stare. "And I told her that what she did was wrong. That she shouldn't have tried to take advantage of you." She paused.
"And she attacked you?" Urd asked, not believing what she was hearing. She turned to Peorth. "You actually attacked her?" The other goddess seemed to have taken great interrest in her feet. "Peorth what did you had in mind?"
'You.' Peorth thought about answering, but kept her tongue.
"She was already pretty upset, it was a little too much for her to be corrected by a demon." Mara responded in her place. The brown haired goddess's head shot up. Was the demon she had been trying to beat up actually defending her?
"Mara..." Urd began softly but was cut off.
"I understand her, Urd. I really do." She smiled a sad smile. "If she tried to correct me on how to be 'evil' I would've tried to beat the living shit out of her too, you know." She scratched the back of her head and tried to fake a laugh.
Urd observed skepticaly her best friend for sometime before turning to Peorth. The goddess stared at Mara as if searching for some clue... any clue about why she was saying what she was saying. Mara stared back, unreadable.
Sudddenly, Peorth understood. 'Mara doesn't want Urd to know' She gave another excuse for the fight, even if it meant defending the goddess. Even if her first purose wasn't to protect her, Peorth was glad Mara had spoken up at that moment.
Urd could see that something was going on between them, some kind of silent deal but couldn't really put her finger on what was happening. "So that's it? You're all gonna do as if there never was any fight?"
"Adults are so weird." Skuld stated out of nowhere, after having observed the whole scene. "I'm going in my room." She added as she left.
"I had totally forgot about her." Peorth finnaly broke the perplexed silence.
"Me too." Urd and Mara replied simultenaously.
There was an uncomfortable silence before Mara sighed. "I need... I need to talk to Belldandy... I'll leave tomorrow...." With that she headed to the shrine, leaving Urd and Peorth alone.
Another uncomfortable silence ensued, this time broken by Peorth. "You don't feel the same, do you?" She stated it more than asked.
Urd looked at the ground. "I'm sorry..."
"Don't be...." Peorth aproached her and rested a hand on Urd's shoulder "You cannot choose who you want to love... And when you do fall in love, you can't stop the feeling just because you want to..." She said softly as her hand slipped to nuzzle the back of Urd's neck.
"You don't know how right you are..." The white haired goddess whispered.
"Unfortunatly, I do." She whispered back, carressing Urd's cheek with her other hand.
"I'm sorry, Peorth, I'm so sorry..." She took her friend in her arms. "I...I love someone else."
Peorth didn't answered right away, she returned the embrace, resting her head on Urd's shoulder. "I know." She mouthed inaudibly.
"No hard feelings, ok...?" Urd rubbed the other goddess' back, hugging her tighter.
"No hard feelings..." She released her. "Urd... I have only one request..." She dove her eyes in her friend's.
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[Mara's PoV]
I couldn't believe I left them alone without waiting for Urd's reply... To know what she answered.... I would've sold my soul to the devil.... so to speak.
I looked by the window, I could see them talking. Damit.
Urd hugged her. Argh, why couldn't I say I loved her? Why did I have to hide it, goddamit?!?! I could've told her, right now... I'm such a coward...
They pulled back. I couldn't hear what they said but... my heart broke at _that_ moment. I decided I was better watching tv, fighting hard to restrain the tears that threatened to fall.
****
[Narrator's PoV]
"Urd... I have only one request." She said sadly.
Urd smiled. "Ask."
"Kiss me." Peorth blurted, suddenly interested in her feet.
"What?" She frowned.
"Because I want to know how it feels to be kissed by you." She blushed. "I want to know.. before... I know this is the last chance I'll ever get and.... and it wouldn't mean a thing... I would just like to know... even if it's once and even if it means nothing to you." She looked back up at Urd's eyes. "I love you so much, Urd..." Tears were building up in her eyes. "I love you so much..."
She smiled sadly, blushing a bit as she took Peorth's head in her hands. "Friends?" She whispered as their lips touched. They embraced each other as the kiss lasted and as they pulled back, Peorth smiled fondly. "Friends." She answered, letting go of Urd.
Urd suddenly looked worried, afraid she might have really hurt her friend by rejecting her. Peorth noted the other goddess' expression and smilled sadly. "I'll be fine." She said, reading Urd's mind.
"You're sure?"
She nodded. "I admit it's hard. Really hard. And I'll probably cry, it's inevitable. But I'll heal in time, Urd." She paused. "The world doesn't revolve around you. There's probably someone else, out there, waiting for me."
"Go, girl." She cheered.
"Plus, I saw you, Urd." Peorth added softly.
"What?"
"I saw you look at her. I saw your eyes when you looked at her. You *want* her, Urd." Peorth glanced knowingly at her friend. "I just wished that that fire that burns in your eyes everytime you look at her would've burned when you looked at me too."
"..." At first Urd didn't knew what to say, she sighed. "You saw through me." She finaly said, smiling at the other goddess. "Am I that obvious?"
"You are." She smiled back. "It's just that Belldandy and Keiichi, as sweet as they are, they're clueless and naive. And Skuld... well... she's Skuld, heh?" Urd giggled. "Seriously, though, you should tell her. After what we've been through... you owe me that." She kept smiling.
"I owe you nothing. I kissed you." Urd noted, grining.
"It didn't count." Peorth stuck out her tongue.
They both laughed as they headed back to the shrine.
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to be continued....
The bug ch.13
[Narrator's PoV]
"What's the meaning of all this?" Urd whispered again.
Peorth and Mara stood there, speechless, their bodies beaten up, their clothes half torn and half burnt.
"I'm asking what the HELL happened!" Urd advanced angrily and stepped next to Peorth, who was the closest. "Tell me!"
"Tell you what?" The other goddess asked arrogantly.
"Why were you fighting? What were you talking about?" She asked, recalling what she had heard of their conversation. 'You're mad! Let me go!' Mara had yelled. Then, she couldn't hear what Peorth had said, but had caught on a few words 'Face it!... shit...good enough....' and then, Mara screamed 'You think I don't know that'
What were they saying?
Urd turned toward the demon, since the goddess wouldn't answer. "Mara, you tell me, then."
But Mara only stared at her, not willing to answer either. Urd was about to walk to her, but Peorth grabbed her hand. "Wait..."
"What?" Urd frowned but her eyes widened as Peorth pulled her into a kiss.
Mara's heart stopped. How dare did Peorth do that? And in front of her? She watched as Urd didn't seem to be sure how to react. Her eyes were wide opened and she was holding her breath. Skuld looked disgusted.
Finally, Peorth pulled back and looked into the other goddess' eyes. "I love you." She clearly stated, still holding onto her hand.
The words seem to echo in Urd's mind as she was still recording the last events. "Is that why you were fighting?" she asked, in a mix of hope and horror. Horror because she was the cause of a fight, but still hopeful because it meant that Mara.....
Peorth was about to answer but was cut off by the demon. "No." The two goddesses turned to Mara. "I learned what happened Urd." She said quietly, her eyes holding the platinum haired goddess' stare. "And I told her that what she did was wrong. That she shouldn't have tried to take advantage of you." She paused.
"And she attacked you?" Urd asked, not believing what she was hearing. She turned to Peorth. "You actually attacked her?" The other goddess seemed to have taken great interrest in her feet. "Peorth what did you had in mind?"
'You.' Peorth thought about answering, but kept her tongue.
"She was already pretty upset, it was a little too much for her to be corrected by a demon." Mara responded in her place. The brown haired goddess's head shot up. Was the demon she had been trying to beat up actually defending her?
"Mara..." Urd began softly but was cut off.
"I understand her, Urd. I really do." She smiled a sad smile. "If she tried to correct me on how to be 'evil' I would've tried to beat the living shit out of her too, you know." She scratched the back of her head and tried to fake a laugh.
Urd observed skepticaly her best friend for sometime before turning to Peorth. The goddess stared at Mara as if searching for some clue... any clue about why she was saying what she was saying. Mara stared back, unreadable.
Sudddenly, Peorth understood. 'Mara doesn't want Urd to know' She gave another excuse for the fight, even if it meant defending the goddess. Even if her first purose wasn't to protect her, Peorth was glad Mara had spoken up at that moment.
Urd could see that something was going on between them, some kind of silent deal but couldn't really put her finger on what was happening. "So that's it? You're all gonna do as if there never was any fight?"
"Adults are so weird." Skuld stated out of nowhere, after having observed the whole scene. "I'm going in my room." She added as she left.
"I had totally forgot about her." Peorth finnaly broke the perplexed silence.
"Me too." Urd and Mara replied simultenaously.
There was an uncomfortable silence before Mara sighed. "I need... I need to talk to Belldandy... I'll leave tomorrow...." With that she headed to the shrine, leaving Urd and Peorth alone.
Another uncomfortable silence ensued, this time broken by Peorth. "You don't feel the same, do you?" She stated it more than asked.
Urd looked at the ground. "I'm sorry..."
"Don't be...." Peorth aproached her and rested a hand on Urd's shoulder "You cannot choose who you want to love... And when you do fall in love, you can't stop the feeling just because you want to..." She said softly as her hand slipped to nuzzle the back of Urd's neck.
"You don't know how right you are..." The white haired goddess whispered.
"Unfortunatly, I do." She whispered back, carressing Urd's cheek with her other hand.
"I'm sorry, Peorth, I'm so sorry..." She took her friend in her arms. "I...I love someone else."
Peorth didn't answered right away, she returned the embrace, resting her head on Urd's shoulder. "I know." She mouthed inaudibly.
"No hard feelings, ok...?" Urd rubbed the other goddess' back, hugging her tighter.
"No hard feelings..." She released her. "Urd... I have only one request..." She dove her eyes in her friend's.
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[Mara's PoV]
I couldn't believe I left them alone without waiting for Urd's reply... To know what she answered.... I would've sold my soul to the devil.... so to speak.
I looked by the window, I could see them talking. Damit.
Urd hugged her. Argh, why couldn't I say I loved her? Why did I have to hide it, goddamit?!?! I could've told her, right now... I'm such a coward...
They pulled back. I couldn't hear what they said but... my heart broke at _that_ moment. I decided I was better watching tv, fighting hard to restrain the tears that threatened to fall.
****
[Narrator's PoV]
"Urd... I have only one request." She said sadly.
Urd smiled. "Ask."
"Kiss me." Peorth blurted, suddenly interested in her feet.
"What?" She frowned.
"Because I want to know how it feels to be kissed by you." She blushed. "I want to know.. before... I know this is the last chance I'll ever get and.... and it wouldn't mean a thing... I would just like to know... even if it's once and even if it means nothing to you." She looked back up at Urd's eyes. "I love you so much, Urd..." Tears were building up in her eyes. "I love you so much..."
She smiled sadly, blushing a bit as she took Peorth's head in her hands. "Friends?" She whispered as their lips touched. They embraced each other as the kiss lasted and as they pulled back, Peorth smiled fondly. "Friends." She answered, letting go of Urd.
Urd suddenly looked worried, afraid she might have really hurt her friend by rejecting her. Peorth noted the other goddess' expression and smilled sadly. "I'll be fine." She said, reading Urd's mind.
"You're sure?"
She nodded. "I admit it's hard. Really hard. And I'll probably cry, it's inevitable. But I'll heal in time, Urd." She paused. "The world doesn't revolve around you. There's probably someone else, out there, waiting for me."
"Go, girl." She cheered.
"Plus, I saw you, Urd." Peorth added softly.
"What?"
"I saw you look at her. I saw your eyes when you looked at her. You *want* her, Urd." Peorth glanced knowingly at her friend. "I just wished that that fire that burns in your eyes everytime you look at her would've burned when you looked at me too."
"..." At first Urd didn't knew what to say, she sighed. "You saw through me." She finaly said, smiling at the other goddess. "Am I that obvious?"
"You are." She smiled back. "It's just that Belldandy and Keiichi, as sweet as they are, they're clueless and naive. And Skuld... well... she's Skuld, heh?" Urd giggled. "Seriously, though, you should tell her. After what we've been through... you owe me that." She kept smiling.
"I owe you nothing. I kissed you." Urd noted, grining.
"It didn't count." Peorth stuck out her tongue.
They both laughed as they headed back to the shrine.
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to be continued....