Title: The HellBeasts, the Darkness and the Night-Light
Theme: Set #1, Theme #14 - Darkness
Genre: Humor/General
Pairings: Mezu--> Suijin
Word Count: 1,067
Rating: PG-13
Summary: But as the sun began to set, Gozu realized there was something else more important than Wing Zero verses Strike Freedom to be contemplating. Namely, the not-so-tiny fact that he was deathly afraid of the dark.
They had spent their afternoon fighting over everything from which color to paint the cave to which Gundam series was better- Wing or Seed; and by the time evening came, Gozu and Mezu were in a stalemate, refusing to speak to the other aside from a few muttered insults.
"Wing has better mechs," Gozu grumbled, shooting Mezu a glare.
"Yeah, well Seed has Lacus. She's hot."
This went back and forth for hours, while the two paid no heed to the loudly protesting original Gundam fans who were declaring that everything in Wing and Seed was unfairly ripped off of the first and only true gundam series- Mobile Suit Gundam.
But as the sun began to set, Gozu realized there was something else more important than Wing Zero verses Strike Freedom to be contemplating. Namely, the not-so-tiny fact that he was deathly afraid of the dark.
"Don't we have a light or something?" He'd asked casually.
Mezu blinked, thrown by the sudden friendly question.
"We might, why?"
"Well, it's getting dark outside so…"
"So we'll go to sleep. I need to get up tomorrow and continue working on my "Mezu wants a hot date" plan."
Gozu frowned, "I thought you said you weren't plotting anything."
"Perhaps I lied," He retorted, sticking out his tongue.
"Come on Mezu, where's the lights in all these boxes. We can afford to at least plug in one small lamp, dontcha think?"
Starting to dig through the box labeled, "Box I'm too lazy to label," Gozu desperately searched for any sort of light in hopes that he could beat the sunset and not let-on to Mezu his dark secret.
"Uh, Gozu? Did you forget that our night vision is enhanced since we're hellbeasts?"
"Huh? That's not true. We're both just as blind as a human when it's dark. What bad fanfics have you been reading?"
Mezu casually stuffed a notebook behind his back, "N-None. I mean, who would be stupid enough to think that enhanced vision would be a turn-on for Suijin so that I could win her over, right? Heh-heh-heh."
Rolling his eyes, Gozu went back to searching.
"I don't want to know. I'm certain Suijin doesn't want to know. And seriously Mezu, who in their right mind wants to read Mezu/Suijin porn?"
"Hey! A lot of people will read any pairing as long as it's got hot, steamy sex in it. This has nothing to do with the fact that I'm writing out my nightly fantasies!"
"So it has absolutely nothing to do with this, right?" Gozu questioned; half-amused, half-disgusted by the stone-equivalent of a blowup doll he pulled from the box. Its appearance was eerily like the lady water goddess's.
Rushing over and stuffing it back into the box, Mezu glared, "That's my private stuff. Who said you could look in that box!"
"Well I didn't know the label reading "There's nothing important in here, nothing at all" was to be read with biting sarcasm."
The two began to size each other up, nose to nose and ready to start throwing the punches. That is until the last ray of reddish-orange drifted below the horizon and Gozu froze.
"Oh my gods, it's dark!"
"No shit, genius. That's what happens at night."
"Do something. Find a light. Don't you have a glow in the dark sex-toy or something?"
Mezu casually shoved another box into the corner, "Uh…no. What would give you that idea?"
"Mezu. I need light now. I'm scared of the dark."
Trying not to grin too much, the pony-tail wearing stone man stifled a laugh.
"Can you say that again?"
"Mezu, damnit. This isn't funny!"
"I think it is."
Lunging forward, Gozu aimed in the direction he'd last seen his companion in. Sure enough, after a few moments of groping around, he heard Mezu repress a girly scream. Gripping Mezu around the neck, Gozu gave his ultimatum.
"Listen here, horse-boy. You go find me a light. A lamp, a flashlight- anything. And you find it now. If you don't, I'm removing the one part of your body that you continually brag about being rock-hard 24/7."
Scrambling to his feet, Mezu slowly backed away.
"O-okay Gozu. Let's not get crazy or anything. Just stay right here and remain calm. I'll get you a nightlight. Just wait right here…"
Running out of the cave, his stone feet rattling the ground as he did, Mezu quickly began to hunt for a nightlight for Gozu.
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Gozu was certain it had been hours, each noise making him practically jump in terror. He could handle dim-light, bleak-light and damp-cave light; but the pure darkness was extremely unnerving to him. Hugging his knees to his chest and slowly rocking back and forth- he quietly sang to himself to keep his nerves down.
"Fighting evil by moonlight
Winning love by daylight
Never running from a real fight
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
She will...never turn her back on a friend
She is...always there to defend
She is...the one on whom we depend
She is the once named Sailor..."
"Okay, you really are scared. You're singing the Sailor Moon theme," Mezu's voice echoed down the cave corridor- a beacon of light coming from his hand.
"Mezu!" Gozu jumped to his feet, flinging his arms around his friend, "Thank the gods. I was beginning to think I was stuck in a dark void that would never see light again."
Mezu pulled away quickly and looked down, "Ewww, you also wet yourself."
"I was terrified! My life was flashing before my eyes!"
"I bet that was boring…"
"Oh shut up. You'd be just as bad if you thought you were going to die a virgin."
Gasping dramatically, Mezu almost lost grip on the jar of light he held.
"Don't even joke about that! Just- just go clean yourself up and take your nightlight with you."
Mezu handed over a jar of fireflies and stalked over to his side of the cave. Still thoroughly embarrassed by the whole situation, Gozu took the jar and quickly yanked the curtain closed on his side of the cave.
As the two hellbeasts laid down to sleep- everything was finally at peace. Or so it seemed…
"You've got Rainbow Brite curtains!"
"Shove it, Mezu. You've got the paper with Suijin's phone number under your pillow, have a bunch of sex toys because you can't get laid and write bad porn."
"…Touché."
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