Disclaimer: No, ; _ ;
Notes: Manga/Anime-verse (it could go in either I guess). It might be a bit OOC but I try… Chance of grammar/spelling errors which I'll edit later; I was also half-asleep when I wrote this…

Pairing: Train/Eve
Genre: Friendship/General
Summary: Story 02 – It didn't take him long to guess, "Little princess is this your first time seeing rain?"

Palette is not just with colors to tell you. :0
Lmao I don't think the summary – and title – even fit the story much XD (just to warn you)

This is a distraction from the 'main' Train/Eve oneshot I'm working on… (haha, I need to stop procrastinating) I usually like writing the stories down first before typing lol c:

The bunny told me to write this when I was wondering: has Eve ever seen rain?
Since I don't remember seeing any rain in the manga or anime (beside that young!Train part in Chapter 68 and episode something –I dun remember–) but I could be wrong since I'm a bit forgetful…

Please enjoy.
REVIEW to tell me what you think of it~

. : Palette : .
~ Light Rain

He looked out the window to see gray clouds loom over the city they were staying in while taking a gulp of the milk in his hand; the thought of rain sent nostalgic feelings.

"What are you looking at Train?" A voice broke the stillness of the room.

He turned, "Oh, little princess! You're up?" A small grin formed on his face, voice teasing. "How unusual for you to sleep in!"

Her eyes narrowed at him, daring him to continue; he allowed a cattish smile to show at his lips but said nothing more taking another swig of his milk.

"Where's Sven?" She inquired looking around.

"Getting some information on some bounties that are in town," he answered. "He's going to catch one while we're here resting."

"You didn't go with him?" She sounded a little surprised while she set herself down on the seat opposite of him.

He grinned, "I wanted to but he told me to stay here with you." Forced was the correct word, he thought. Sven threatened to not feed him once he got the reward of the bounty if he didn't stay.

He watched her frown turn to into a pout of annoyance; if he wasn't so good at hearing he wouldn't have caught the words she muttered under her breath, "I'm not a kid…"

An amused sound escaped him and she shot him a suspicious stare; he avoided her gaze, the grin returning at the corners of his mouth. He finished the glass of milk, setting it down on the floor, looking outside again.

"What are you looking at?" She repeated her words from when she entered the room.

"The clouds," he told her.

A blank stare was what he received, "Why the clouds?"

"It's going to rain…" He stopped noticing the light drops on the window. "Well, it's sprinkling now."

"Rain?"

He turned his gaze back to her, hearing the note of curiosity in her voice. She got up, making her way to where he sat and kneeled on the open seat next to him with her hands on the ledge of the window, looking outside in interest; her eyes were lit up like a kid on Christmas day. It didn't take him long to guess, "Little princess is this your first time seeing rain?"

"Yes," she answered fascinated watching the light droplets falling.

He couldn't help but be amused by the childish look on her face; something new beside her expressionless mask she usually gave him. He snorted, choking back laughter.

She glanced at him, eyes slightly guarded. "… What?"

He smiled, "You looked like a kid just then."

She glowered as a tint of pink crept to her cheeks, "I'm not a kid…" She grumbled.

"Of course not little princess," he let a tinge of smugness enter his voice and smile.

She glared at him briefly before returning her attention back to the drizzle outside, deciding to ignore him.

The soft chuckle died away when his eyes wandered back to the window as well. He gazed at the light rain falling carelessly to the ground so unlike the heavy rain on that day…

"You're quiet," she spoke.

"Just remembering something," he told her cheerily with a grin. "Is the little princess worried about me?"

He saw a light color of pink on her face again while she gave him an irritated look and looked away, "No," she huffed. "You complain about your stomach too much; the money we get is usually consumed to buy food which you eat like a black hole. Train also lazes around – and causes trouble – a lot when Sven needs help with the car or finding information." She turned to him, eyes half closed. "Why would I worry?"

"Eh?!" He cried, shocked. "Do you think that lowly of me little princess?!"

Her bored stare was his only answer; she broke their eye contact looking out the window again. "You're my rival," she plainly said.

He made a face at that and sighed, knowing that was all he would get for now. He'd never get where she got that competitive spirit from.

The sound of a growling stomach suddenly broke the silence between them – surprisingly it wasn't his. He turned back to her, brow raised, "Oh~?" He teased. "Are you hungry little princess?"

She flushed red, sounds escaping her lips but not one was audible.

He laughed, getting up. "Let's find something to eat then," his tone was merry.

She glared at him, and for a moment he thought she would send a hair-punch at him, but she stood up and made her way swiftly to the kitchen. Her face was still red from embarrassment striding past him.

"Don't be mad little princess!" He told her before following; his smile growing.

This small shower wasn't too bad. He chuckled silently. He did get to see something rare after all and he had to admit, seeing his little princess flustered was a delightful sight.

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lol I find this story… weird XD for oh-so-many-reasons (did I fail or what?)
This one came out okay but I'm not really satisfied with it, one reason being I had trouble with the last word and ended up just sticking to that one…

But I guess you'll be the judge of that so review~! ;D

BTW I have a Train/Eve sketch – sadly I cannot color or outline it – on my Dev if you want to add it to your collection (for all you TxE shippers out there)~!