Don't know why I wrote this...guess I am missing my favorite fruit too much...

Durian and Mangosteens are very popular and beloved fruits in certain parts of Asia, if you have an opportunity do try them...Only the durian smells though but if you can get pass the smell, you'll fall in love with it.

Thank you to all who have read and reviewed my stories and I hope to be able to bring you more enjoyable moments between these two lovable characters...I really appreciate your reviews as it encourages me to continue writing.

Exotic Fruits

Kurogane scrunched his nose at the offending smell assaulting him and wondered how anyone could relish such a God - awful smelling fruit. He glared at said fruit and hated the way it looked, all green and hard and spiky, such a difficult thing to handle. It was amazing the tolerance Fay seems to have for stinky food...fruits.

"Ne, Kuro-pon. Do try some, it's really delicious!" said Fay as he shoved a handful of the creamy, pale yellowish flash at him and immediately Kurogane felt like puking.

"Get that..that whatever out of my face! You damn stupid mage!" Kurogane yelled as a few startled customers looked up at him from their feast of those weird looking fruits, the brownish seeds thrown all over their tables and tumbling out from some plastic bags.

"Kuro-pii, be a good boy, you're very scary when you're angry like that! How about this one than? It doesn't smell at all."

"What's this?" Kurogane sniffed at the round purple looking fruit and quickly catagorised it as safe to try.

"This is a mangosteen and this is the season for mangosteens and durians. To the people of this world, it's a delicacy that comes around once a year and there are many different level of quality and class of these fruits." Fay explained to Kurogane who seem somewhat piqued with interest with the trival information he has about fruits.

"Like?'

"Well, the mangosteen is considered the queen and the durian is considered the king of fruits, they are believed to be very 'heaty' for the body so it's advisable not to consume too much at one go and you should always end it with a glass of salt water to counteract the 'heatiness' it caused."

"Really?" replied Kurogane sceptically as he stared at the mountain of seeds accumulated by Fay, he had already seen him consumed three of them...those spiky durians.

Fay glanced sheepishly at what Kurogane was looking at and hurrily stuff the seeds into the bag, embarassed by his appetite for these sweet and creamy fruit. But that's what he likes, sweet soft and creamy, just the thing to satisfy his sweet tooth with.

"Hey, let me have one of them...the yellow one." Kurogane said hesitantly.

Fay's eyes widen as he quickly got rid of another hard shell and harvested the pungent smelling flesh and placed it gingerly in Kurogane's waiting hands and waited anxiously for Kurogane to eat it.

Kurogane held his breath and with lighting speed took a huge bite and swallow it without letting it linger on his tongue for long, even so he can still taste the slight bittersweetness of it. Fay giggled and told him he has to learn how to savor it otherwise, it's a waste. So he took another bite and swirled the creamy flesh about his mouth, slowly he started to taste it though the pungent smell filling up his nose and true enough, it was quite delicious once you accept the smell.

It was strange to think about it like this but the fruit was actually quite similar to Fay...hard to break in, makes you bleed if you are not careful with it but once you get inside, it rewards you with your patience with it's softness and sweetness. Because no one would expect such a ugly looking fruit (I know Fay isn't ugly) would have so much to give.

I have to apologise if the ending doesn't make sense at all...