A/N: Please R and R! all support will be accepted with gratitude and will be rewarded with more story and a slice of toast.....er....well....yeah....
A/A/N: (as of 5-26-04) Yes, I know, short chapters, I'll add lots more and longer chapters, but I'm finishing up the school year now so it'll be wittle bits and pieces....but bribe me with more naked Vash's and I just can't resist kawaaiiiiiii!!!!
Vash slowly opened his eyes, rubbing the crust from them. He was in a room he had never seen before. The walls were pristine white with billowing white curtains waving in the breeze that danced through the window. A small, gray-haired man stuck his head in from the door and spoke in a wispy, weathered voice, "Ah, you're awake! Good, good...you had us worried there for a bit! But nothing too serious to worry over, just a touch of dehydration. However he'll have to stay for a bit longer to recuperate," he said, nodding toward Knives who, Vash had just realized, was in the bed next to him. "Drink some water, you'll be fine to go home real soon. That spunky short girl had quite a start, apparently. Fell right over when she saw you!"
"Meryl? Where is she?" Vash said, setting a now empty glass down on the bedside table.
"She's at her apartment, I'm guessing. I had to tell her myself that if she kept coming in to bother my patients, I'd personally stick a syringe full of tranquilizers up her-"
"Well Doc, I'm feeling much better!" Vash laughed, cutting the man off. "I'll come by later to check on my brother, okay? Later!" And with that he dashed out of the building and toward the center of town. "Meryl and Milly must've moved to a better apartment, that old one was going to the dogs!" He kept a pleasant facade, but on the inside he was very nervous. Mainly about how Knives was going to react to everyone else. He couldn't tell the doctor about who his brother really was, or else the doctor might have panicked. And the townspeople shouldn't know yet or they might panic as well. The only people Vash could trust now were Meryl and Milly. "I hope they'll accept my decision...Milly will be more accepting than Meryl...this is going to be difficult..."
Just as Vash turned the corner and in half a second found himself lying on the ground with instant pudding packs strewn all around him. "Sorry! Ah, I'm really really sorry!" said a tall figure obscured by another brown bag full of pudding packs.
"Milly?!" Vash cried, jumping up and hugging the air out of his friend. She gave a squeal of delight and, completely forgetting about the pudding and letting it fall to the ground, hugged him much harder.
"Vash! You're awake! Oh, good. Meryl will be very happy, she's taking a nap right now. Come on, this way!" Milly tugged on Vash's arm, nearly ripping it out of his socket.
"Uh..Milly? Shouldn't we pick up the pudding first?"
"Oh, silly me! Of course. I bought it just for you and your brother!"
Vash blanched and his fingers hovering over a packet of pudding. "You...you know about...about....Knives?"
"Well of course, silly. You and your brother look so much alike that when I first saw you I thought there was two of you! He's the one that caused all this destruction, right? Well there's nothing to fear, Milly is here! I'll make sure I teach that brother of yours the right way to live or else he won't get any pudding, no-siree!"
Milly is sooo fun to write about. such a great person. I'll try to write more later guys! meanwhile, R and R pwease!!!
