Chapter 4: Setting out
Next morning.
Sheena woke up first, as usual.
"Yawn, Morning Lloyd", Sheena yawned.
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"I guess… it's still early, hehe." Sheena laughed.
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"Well thanks for letting me have the bed Lloyd…" Sheena said softly as she slowly picked Lloyd up and put him onto the bed, "Whoa… he's gotten heavier!"
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Sheena smiled. "Still sound asleep… well I may as well prepare breakfast for these guys."
"…What's that smell?" Sheena thought as she smelt food coming from the kitchen.
"Oh good morning Sheena." Dirk said happily.
"Oh… Good morning. Are you usually up this early?" She asked.
"Yup, 7AM, bright and early." Dirk replied.
"I see… hey what are you cooking there?" Sheena asked.
"Bacon and eggs." Dirk answered.
"Smells good!" Sheena said excitedly.
Dirk laughed, "Breakfast will be ready in about thirty minutes."
A/N: I know it usually doesn't take thirty minutes for that, but just for script sake, Dirk takes extra long to cook.
"Mmm… alright, well in that case, I'm going to go take a shower." Sheena said.
"Okay."
Upstairs
Sheena giggled, "Lloyd's still sleeping so soundly… Hmm… I need to wash my clothes too… Where does he put all his clothing…?"
After a few minutes of poking around Lloyd's room, Sheena finally found a nice shirt and shorts and put them on the bed. With that, she undressed and entered the shower.
15 minutes later.
"………sigh… Time to get up Lloyd." Lloyd told himself as laid on the bed half-asleep.
"Ah… that was refreshing." Sheena said aloud as she stepped out of the shower, and into the room.
As she took her towel off to put on her panties, Lloyd turned around, more awake than he was a few seconds ago. Sheena paused and stared at Lloyd in embarrassment.
"…"
"…"
"/"
"Sheena?" Lloyd asked softly as his eyes started to open to see that Sheena barely only had her panties on, "WHOA! SHEENA!" He shouted as he jumped up with his eyes checking again to see if Sheena really had no clothes on.
"/"
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"WELL STOP LOOKING YOU PERVERT!" Sheena shouted as she slapped Lloyd.
"OW! SHEENA! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Lloyd shouted back as he continued to look at Sheena.
"THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL LOOKING?" Sheena exclaimed.
"OH! Sorry! Hehe…" Lloyd apologized red-faced as he scrambled to look in the opposite direction.
Embarrassed, Sheena quietly and quickly put on the shirt and shorts.
"…Are you done Sheena?" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah…" Said Sheena disgruntled.
"I'm sorry for looking… it was just… well it was sort of a pleasant view!" Lloyd said smiling as he turned around, scratching the back of his head.
"Eh… you're becoming just like Zelos." Sheena said coldly.
"W-W-WHAT! N-NO I'M NOT! Er…" Lloyd stuttered as he tried to defend himself.
"…Well thanks I suppose… sorry for the slap…" Sheena said softly.
"…"
"…"
"BREAKFAST IS READY!" Dirk shouted.
At the breakfast table
"Morning dad." Lloyd said, "Looks good."
"Yeah…" Sheena agreed softly.
"Thanks." Dirk replied.
"…"
"…"
"You two are awfully quiet today." Dirk stated after a few moment of silence.
Both Lloyd's and Sheena's face turned red.
"Did something happen?" Dirk asked innocently.
Lloyd started to smile a bit embarrassingly.
SLAP
"OW! SHEENA! THAT HURTS!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Don't smile." Sheena told Lloyd softly, "Just eat."
"I thought you and I apologized about that!" Lloyd whispered back to her.
"…"
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"…"
"Well this is a bit weird… I guess I'll leave you two to talk." Dirk said uncomfortably as he finished up his food.
"…"
"…"
"I'm sorry Lloyd… for the slap, again." Sheena said softly.
"I… guess I deserved it… I… I… I guess curiosity got the better of me…" Lloyd replied embarrassingly.
"Don't be like Zelos." Sheena stated coldly.
"!"
"What?" Sheena asked him boringly.
"Ah nothing…" Lloyd answered.
"..."
"Maybe if I compliment her I'll make her happy again…" Lloyd thought, as he started to open his mouth.
"Just shut up about it Lloyd. I forgive you, just don't bring it up again." Sheena said affectionately.
"Uh… okay." Lloyd said, feeling a bit rejected.
Within a minute, both of them finished their breakfast and cleaned up.
"Alright, should we get prepared?" Sheena asked.
"Uh… yeah, I guess." Lloyd replied, "Let's go get our things."
Upstairs
"Uh… Sheena…" Lloyd started.
"Hmmm?"
"I still have to shower…" Lloyd said uncomfortably.
"Oh yeah… that reminds me, we should take the opportunity to wash our clothes." Sheena stated.
"So I guess we're going to stay a bit longer?" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah I guess so. Now give me your clothes. I'm gonna wash them." Sheena said.
Lloyd's face went red, "Uh… now?"
"What's the matter? You saw ME naked." Sheena said with a boring stare.
Lloyd protested, "B-but you're beautiful! And you have a great body!"
Sheena's face also went red, "…Y-you really think so? Thanks!"
Lloyd smiled at her as he headed toward the shower.
"Hey where do you think you're going? It's not like you don't have a great body- OOPS!" Sheena said accidentally, covering her mouth with her hands.
"Ah… thanks… h-hehe." Lloyd stuttered embarrassingly.
"…"
"Hey wait a minute! YOU'VE SEEN ME NAKED!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"N-n-no! NO! That's not what I meant! Ahhh!" Sheena shouted, "ARGH! Just give me your clothes, what's so hard about that? You've made this such a stupid conversation."
Scared, Lloyd quickly went into the bathroom and tossed his clothes out so that Sheena wouldn't be able to see him.
After 10 minutes went by, Lloyd finished his shower.
"Ah… refreshing… now where did I put my towel? …Huh? It's not there! Where are my clothes!" Lloyd asked himself frantically. Slowly, Lloyd opened the door to see if Sheena was still there. "Thank goodness, she must be outside cleaning the clothes. Hehe…" He thought as he quickly opened the door to get his clothes.
Door opens
Lloyd heard the door open and slowly turned around, still naked, "…Eh… Sheena? AH! SHEENA!"
"AH! LLOYD!" Sheena exclaimed as she closed the door quickly.
Flustered, Lloyd quickly put on some clothes.
"Y-you can come in now Sheena!" Lloyd said as Sheena slowly opened the door to see if Lloyd had dressed.
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"…"
"…I just forgot one of my kimonos…" Sheena said, flushed, as she quickly grabbed her kimono and headed back out.
"Now I know how she feels…" Lloyd sighed as he slowly walked down to join Sheena.
In the yard
"H-hey Sheena…" Lloyd said flustered.
"Hi." Sheena replied quickly.
"Do you need help?" Lloyd asked.
"No." Sheena said quickly.
"Oh common Sheena… don't be like that. Okay we both saw each other, that just means there's no more secrets between us!" Lloyd exclaimed dumbly.
Sheena went quiet for a while.
"Well help me hang these clothes, don't just sit there." Sheena said angrily.
"Hey, why are YOU mad? You were the one that saw ME naked just now. You already forgave me for the incident earlier this morning." Lloyd said defensively.
"No more secrets…?" Sheena asked softly.
"Sheena…? What's with the tone change?" Lloyd replied sympathetically.
"Umm… hehe, it can wait until later." Sheena smiled.
"…Weirdo…" Lloyd said softly as they hung the clothes.
After they had finished hanging their clothes, they both sat down on a bench.
"So how long are they going to take to dry?" Lloyd asked.
"About 2 hours should be fine." Sheena answered, "It's pretty hot today."
"Ah… so uh… what were you mumbling about secrets earlier?" Lloyd inquired.
"Uh! Uh…" Sheena's face turned red, "Oh how do I go about doing this… Umm… h-how do you feel about me Lloyd?"
"Huh?" Lloyd paused as beads of sweat ran down his head.
"You heard me…" Sheena said softly.
"Wha'… well… how do YOU feel about ME?" Lloyd asked boldly.
"Hey I asked you first!" Sheena exclaimed.
"Ladies first!" Lloyd laughed.
"…" Sheena went quiet.
"…Sheena…" Lloyd smiled affectionately, "I don't think anything has to be said."
"Uh… whoa that was a really mature way of putting it… but he still hasn't said anything straight out! Yeah… I guess not…" Sheena said as she smiled lovingly at Lloyd.
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Suddenly, they realized that they were right next to each other, and that their faces were almost touching.
"Uh…" Lloyd mumbled, startled.
"Lloyd…" Sheena said lustfully as she closed her eyes and moved her head towards Lloyd.
Whine
"Oh hey Noishe!" Lloyd exclaimed as Sheena fell over.
"…"
"Sheena! A-Are you okay?" Lloyd asked perplexed as he helped Sheena up.
"…Idiot." Sheena mumbled.
"Huh?"
"Nothing."
Whine
Lloyd laughed, "Are you hungry Noishe?"
Noishe nodded, Whine.
"Wanna come Sheena?" Lloyd asked.
"Huh?"
"Feed Noishe."
"Oh. Yeah. Sure." Sheena stuttered, "Argh! Stupid, STUPID Lloyd!"
After they were done feeding Noishe, Sheena checked on the clothes.
"Hey Lloyd! They're almost dry!" Sheena shouted.
"Okay cool! Should we start packing up then?" Lloyd asked.
"Sure! Let's go." Sheena responded as their hands found each other, "hehe… I love it when Lloyd is this romantic…"
After they had finished packing, the clothes were dried enough to be packed away into the wing pack, so they packed their clothes. With that, they said their good-byes to Dirk, picked up Noishe and headed off.
Whine, Noishe whined as they crossed the small bridge.
"So where to?" Sheena asked.
"To the Iselia human ranch!" Lloyd exclaimed excitedly as he did a fist pump.
"Alright, let's go!" Sheena smiled as she grabbed Lloyd's hand.
"Sheena…"
"Yes Lloyd?"
"N-nothing." Lloyd smiled.
"Okay then." Sheena responded, as she hid her smile from Lloyd.
With that, Lloyd and Sheena started their new journey with a smile on their faces, holding hands, with Noishe following right behind.
Me: I think I might have to change the rating to M pretty soon if you keep this up you two. >.>
Lloyd: WHAT? BLAME SHEENA NOT ME!
Sheena: WHAT WAS THAT LLOYD!
Lloyd: Hey wait a minute, this is all your fault! You're the one writing this OOC crap! I am DEFINITELY not like Zelos.
Sheena: YEAH! IT'S YOUR FAULT!
Me: 'runs'
Lloyd and Sheena finally set out on their new adventure! What lies ahead? Will Lloyd become more perverted?
Lloyd: I'M NOT PERVERTED! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!
Next time, The Iselia Human Ranch!