Hey people! Now comes the finale to this fic. I don't own Slayers nor the characters. I'm borrowing them unless Hajima Kanzaka-san will be nice enough to play with his great characters for a while. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
Troubles that come with Winter-6
Mornings. I have such mixed feelings about them: I hate them because I have to wake up from dreaming about random things I don't have to really care nor worry about like pestering Mazoku. But the good thing is breakfast with a certain jellyfish always awaits me. Making me less grouchy.
Well, no time like the present! I hopped out of bed and went straight to the washroom. After I did my morining ritual, I walked right pass the vanity amd then something caught my eye. What? You'd actually think that I'd tell you my morning ritual? Jeez, go get a life you dork! Anyway, the thing that I noticed was a certain glint of red on my shirt. It was my necklace.
Gourry. . . I couldn't help but smile and kind of blush. I hate this but at the same time, I don't want to get rid of this weird feeling. I lloked in the mirror and really started to admire it. It almost mesmerizing until. . .
Knock Knock!
Shit! That's one way to snap somebody out of it. That double tap can only be one person. Is he ready to leave already! Rushing to the door, I heard some weird shuffling on the opposite side. "Hang on, Gourry!"
I swung open the door and saw that he almost seemed to avoid my gaze. He looked anxious like he did when he was talking to Lamian in the hall. "Morining,Lina! I see you aren't ready yet. I can just wait if you want me-"
"It's okay. You have nothing to worry about." It seemed to catch him off guard for a sec. He almost looked scared when he saw that I wasn't ready and it almost seemed he just walked in on me." Idiot. It's not like I haven't seen you without a shirt on and you've at least seen me in a bathing suit. But I'll be damned if actually change directly in front of you. I think that's what a privacy screen is for." It just dawned on me of what I just said and just felt emabarrased. But he didn't seem to notice and sat on my bed as I went behind the screen. If I let him go, he'll probably would have eaten every thing on the breakfast menu before I got down there anyway.
Then I noticed something was odd nd maybe Gourry noticed (I can't really ever tell with him.) I was silent. He was silent. Yeah. . . something's really wrong.
Yesterday's events kept replayng over in my head and I started wondering if he thought of the same thing too. But I don't want to force him into telling me his thoughts. Dammit this hard! Well, I guess I'll say it first. . .
"Lina? Is it okay if we stay here one more day? I don't think we got to relax here." I snuck a peek at him and saw he was staring at the ceiling with a smile on his face. I wonder what he's so happy about. With an incredulous "sure", I went back to getting dressed. Hmm, maybe I didn't ruin his plans after all?
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After breakfast, Gourry told me that he'd meet me outside the front of the inn and ran off. He stil hadn't told me what we were going to do but I didn't care. Apparently he wants to do something with me so who am I to stop whatever the hell his plans were? I kinda messed them up the first time. As long we don't freeze our asses off.If that happens, then the whole thing is off!
I headed out the front, but couldn't find Gourry anaywhere, so I just sat on a bench near the entrance to admire the scenery. I looked at the ground and winced at the spot where Gourry and I made a crash landing here.That's deffintely a great entrance to a place you've never been to before. Sigh. My eyes soon drifted to mountains. Wow, it's so peaceful here. Makes me miss my home. Heh, I wonder if that'll be Gourry's next suggestion. Wait a minute...would he? I kinda panicked at that thought. He had brought it up before butwho knows if really did want to go because the grapes are in season? Might it be something more than that?
"What're you doing?" AHHH! My mind was so boggled that I hadn't noticed anyone there! "What the hell! Gourry don't scare me like that!" I didn't want to yell at him but he freakin' scared me. "Sorry. You just seemed to be staring into space. And when I called your name I noticed you were panicking for some reason so. . ."He began to drift off. Oh. I see, he does look a little worried. "Heh. Its okay. I just sat here since-" Huh? What's that?
He had something behind his back. I wonder what it is this time. "Oh! These are for you." Flowers? Flowers! He got me flowers! "T-thank you. But you didn't have to." He just wants my head to explode doesn't he! This is why I'm not like Sylphiel, I can't handle this.
But, once again, he never notices my nearly scarlet face. Now I'm going start wondering where's getting the money for these things. . .
"C'mon Lina. I wanna show you something!" Before I knew it, he was dragging me across the yard. So this is what it feels like when I drag him around. Don't know how to enjoy this. . .
For a minute I noticed he stopped and tried to figure out where we were. It was a garden. Not just like any regular one either. Think Saillune gardens but not as big like you could get lost in them. Yeah, pretty much like that. It was so beautiful I couldn't help but stare agog. I'm sure Gourry saw me looking like this because then he asked, "You wanna take a look around?" I thought about it and was suprisingly excited. But then something made me want to decline his request.
"Gourry? Why are you doing all these things for me? I haven't even given you anything." I know that it's his nature to be kind. But. . . "Lina? Um, I hate to say this, but that's a very stupid question." Then he just blinked at me. Wow. I admit that stung a little. How the hell is it stupid? He motioned me over to a stone bench and offered me to sit next to him. Okay now I feel awkward.
"You know,for someone as smart as you, you still haven't figured it out." Scratching his cheek, he continued before I had a chance to make a comeback to what he said. "Lina, you know I love you, right?"
WHAT? "Gourry, of course I do! Why else woould I stay with you for so long and-" I blinked. Then noticed him grinning the biggest grin I've seen grace his face. Damn! Did he plan on making me do that this whole time!
"Heh. Looks like I got it outta ya." he said chuckling. I started blushing out of embarassment. But then again it feels like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders. I guess I have wanted to say those three stupid words for a while. I just didn't expect it to happen like this.
It still suprised me how he did it so nonchalantly. Then again that's how he is. He doesn't care about what people think about his emotions(or maybe he doesn't even notice?). That's probably a reason I lik- no love him much. I'm in love with the king of all jellyfish. That's funny and almost scary at the same time.
"So, Gourry. You, uh, planned this whole thing?" He managed a yes through his laughing. Okay now he's laughing at me! There's only one way to shut him up. I stood up from my seat. I think he seemed to notice my movement because he stopped laughing. Then a bright glowing sphere appeared in my hands as I stood right in front him. In an instant his face blanched.
"H-hey now Lina, I was just kidding! Please don-", of course I wasn't going to fireball him to silence him. Kissing him is much easier. My stomach felt light and my face was burining but it didn't matter. Although it felt weird with him sitting and me standing but it was better for me because I was more at his level than if we were standing. Everytime this happens it feels familiar. Hmm. . .
Simultaneously, we both broke the kiss. His eyes seemed to a little glazed and he stared at me for a minute. Got him, heh heh.
"Alright!" I said with a start, "Let's explore some more,shall we?" I added with a wink with my flowers in hand. And after a minute passed, he came up behind me. With some magnetic-like force, our hands locked with each other. I didn't notice it but, I had no idea where the hell I was going so Gourry kind of led the way. Heh. Guess this didn't turn out so bad.
Walking into the unknown of the garden, I thought of how this little trip turned out. I thought it would suck from the way things were going at first but maybe now I don't feel any remorse. Now if only I can get him be smart to increase his brain power if he can do things like this. . .
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Yes! Finally,I'm done. Hopefully I didn't do too bad with this and kept them in character. Anyway,thank you to all my reviewers and readers. Maybe I'll write stories... if I don't be lazy. See ya!