Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle
Title: Chimes
Author/Artist: skanimefan/silentstarlight
Theme(s): #14, Chimes
Pairing/Characters: Sophie/Howl
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I don't know of any authors who write books and then write fanfic on them…
Summary: In which Howl and Sophie argue and Michael attempts to make chimes for Martha.

Market Chipping wasn't going to forget how they had their eardrums busted out by Howl's apprentice, Michael. And the people still remember it.

They were outside, Sophie lying on the grass and Howl sitting on it, staring at the clouds. It was a sunny day, and the sky was full of fluffy white clouds. The castle was a few miles away and it was no longer moving, since Calcifer was off somewhere, most likely sight seeing.

Both were quiet, the with their heads top of Sophie's head was facing Howl's back. Both had done pretty much nothing, Michael was taking care of the shop, Howl had told the messenger to tell the king he was sick, and Sophie had cleaned the castle only yesterday. Since the curse had been lifted, Sophie had taken to cleaning the castle only three times a week.

They had fought earlier, and both of them were too stubborn to apologize. They also forgot the original argument. Howl had gotten angry when Sophie had cut up one of his suits he carelessly had left on the ground. It also just happened to be one of his favorites. After, a shouting match had occurred, and the people of Market Chipping had tried to ignore them as usual, but they were just too loud this time. It also carried out longer then usual too, which was irking. Then the insults started to fly. When the mayor had come in to ask them to be a bit quieter, because they were distracting people from doing business, Sophie marched to the broom closet and went out the castle door. In which Howl ran out after her leaving the mayor hanging in mid-sentence.

Which is how they got into their current positions. It took Howl some time to figure out which entrance she had gone out of, in which by this time, Sophie had walked/ran several miles. They had been like this for about an hour now.

Then Sophie sat up and leaned against Howl, she wasn't smiling, but just content. They both forgot the original argument, but, life would go on. They would have more arguments and they liked it that way.

Then the sound of chime were heard faintly, echoing throughout the field of flowers.

Meanwhile…

"Michael!", Calcifer had come to investigate the source of the noise. "What did you do!" He gestured at the chimes that Michael held in his hands, which were deafening all of Market Chipping.

"I don't know!", he shouted over all the noise that the chimes were making, "I was just trying to make Lett- I mean Martha some chimes!"

"Well, then you did something wrong", Calcifer shouted back. "Are you sure that the metal wasn't bespelled?" The chimes were getting really annoying.

"I don't know!"

And while Market Chipping had their ear drums busted out for an hour by Michael Fisher, who had messed up on the chimes he tried to make for his sweetheart, Howl and Sophie enjoyed the lovely twinkling of the chimes from a distance.

A/N: That was kinda pointless, but…

Seregwen Morthil: Thank you, I never thought of it that way. Yeah, I really liked the plant killer part in the book, so I just had to add it in.