Tangled Up
By EverlastingFun
A/N: So I was just listening to Nikki Williams "Glowing" and you know what, it was like a Tangled theme song! I swear to god. All I could think about was Rapunzel signing it. Lol. Btw, Recap on how I update my stories.:)
First Chapter: Post
Second Chapter: 2 reviews/50 views
Third Chapter: 4 reviews/100 views
Fourth Chapter: 8 reviews/200 views
Fifth Chapter: 16 reviews/ 400 views
Sixth Chapter: 32 reviews/800 views
Seventh Chapter: 48 reviews/1200 views… ECT.
"Good Morning~!" A sing song voice echoed throughout the room. Flynn groaned and pulled a pillow over his face.
"Go away." He whined.
Rapunzel happily pranced over to the bed. "Come on, Flynn. It's time to wake up." She jostled him lightly.
He shrugged her away and buried himself deeper beneath the covers. "Go away!" He repeated.
Rapunzel stared at him in irritation before a devilish smile wickedly spread across her sweet face. "Alright Flynn!" She sing-songed. "If you don't get up I'm going to have to punish you."
A smirk spread across the man's tired lips. "That sounds fun." He mumbled.
A growl escaped her lips.
Flynn rubbed his stubble against the silk pillow cover and sighed in content. Something slimy was immediately inserted in his ear canal. It's dripping goo invaded the poor man's secret comfort and Flynn jolted up in disgust as he wiped his ear in revolt. He rubbed his eyes with his other hand and stared at the small green creature snickering on his bed. "You!" He glared evilly.
Rapunzel scooped the creature afraid that Flynn would hurt him while not fully awake. "This is Pascal." She said with an unsure smile.
Flynn glared at the blonde. "Get you're frog away from me, Blondie, or we will be having a very fancy breakfast."
"He's a chameleon." She mumbled.
"Nuance!" Flynn threw off the covers and immediately stood up in anger. He grabbed his clothing strewn across the floor while mumbling to himself about sleep, and comfort, and stupid frogs. That's when he noticed Rapunzel. She stood in the middle of the floor with one hand shielding her eyes and the holding a fistful of lavender cloth. Her whole body seemed to glow a subtle pink. "What's up?"
"Uh, Flynn…" She murmured pointing downwards at Flynn's waist. No… not his waist. The rogue looked down and snickered. He was nude. New born baby nude. "Come on, it's not like you've never seen a man naked before."
"I haven't." She immediately answered.
Was she serious? Flynn studied the bright blush on her cheeks as he pulled on his boxers. The gently way she nibbled on her lip made Flynn smile a little. Smile? He shook his head and gritted his teeth. Goddammit, he thought to himself, I need to stop acting like that. Flynn Rider doesn't approve. He pulled on his denim ripped jeans and smirked at the girl. "Better, Blondie."
She looked at him with the frown still in place. "What about a shirt?" Pascal snickered on her shoulder.
Seriously, a snickering frog? Flynn rolled his eyes and threw on his tank top. Then raised both eyebrows looking for approval. Pascal nodded his head and Rapunzel smiled.
"Sorry," An embarrassed smile grazed her plump pink lips. "I'm just not used to guys, I guess."
"Obviously." An idea immediately came to Flynn and he couldn't suppress the triumphant smirk from folding over his face. "So, we should probably stay away from big scary men, huh?"
"And naked ones." She mumbled while fingering the hem of her dress.
Flynn nodded.
Rapunzel jumped up and down in excitement. Flynn watched as her long hair bounced around her enveloping her body like a baby. The long tresses were pulled into a high ponytail. Her bangs were left out in order to frame her small face. The gold contrasted beautifully with the lavender sundress she had on. From a man's perspective, or at least Flynn's, it was a little long; reaching down to her knees. The bottom twirled out making it easy for the short blonde to walk around. But the top hugged her torso in a cute, yet alluring way. The bust had a small amount of ruffles leading up the hem and stopping at the two straps that wrapped around her flawless pale shoulders. Down the front of the torso was a cute zig-zag string that lead to the top of the bust and tied into a neat lavender bow. She wasn't wearing any form of makeup that Flynn could see, but that was okay. She didn't need it. Her green eyes were accented enough with long dark eyelashes.
She calmed down and smiled brightly. "I'm just so excited. Have you thought about what we are going to do today Flynn?"
"I-"
"Are you going to go to the park?"
"A-"
"Or the movies?"
"Rap-"
"Oh my god! We could go to the pet store and look at the puppies!" She cooed loudly to the reptile lounging on her shoulder.
"Rapunzel!" She stopped to look at him in surprise. "I know exactly what we are going to do today." He said with a smirk.
Flynn stood outside the door waiting for Rapunzel to follow. But even after a couple of minutes she continued to stand there looking at the pavement of the sidewalk that was one step away. A single step. She moved her foot forward and her heart leapt to her throat. "Am I really doing this?" She asked herself allowed.
"Are you coming, Blondie?" Flynn asked while crossing his arms.
Rapunzel nodded, closed her eyes tightly, let go of the door frame, and stepped out. A wave of relief flooded her body, and that relief quickly molded into happiness and joy. Pure and untainted excitement. "Oh my god." She wigged her toes against the warm pavement. A laugh of humor escaped her throat. "Oh my god." She spread her arms and looked to the sky with a smile on her face. Then she began to spin. "This is amazing." She ran to the grass. "This is wonderful." The dew covered grass created a shiver that ran up her spin. That didn't stop her from laughing.
Flynn calmly followed her with his hands shoved in his pockets. "Yes, wonderful." His monotone sarcasm wasn't caught by the enthusiastic blonde.
She ran over to the large gate surrounding the property and gripped the large metal bars. Its black painted exterior was cool to the touch.
"So, you've never been outside? Not even your own back yard."
"Aunt Gothel would never allow it." She said, the happiness draining from her voice. "I can understand why?" She said with a shrug and looked back at Flynn with a pair of sad green eyes.
"Why?"
Rapunzel sighed and forced on a shaky smile. "No reason." She ran over and grabbed his large hand. The delicate warmth radiating from her touch surprised the man. "Come on, Flynn." She smiled happily while dragging him along. The hint of sadness he witnessed just a minute before had dissipated completely and was replaced by the overly excited blonde he was becoming familiar with.
Flynn gripped her small hand in return and let the blonde lead his out through the gate doors.
"Here we are." Flynn said with a smirk. Rapunzel stood beside the man and looked up at the sign.
"The Snuggly Duckling." She read aloud. "That doesn't sound too bad." The smile on her face quickly disappeared when Flynn opened the door. The room was full of big, burly, scary looking men sitting around tables with mugs full of amber liquid with foam. Pascal screamed and scurried up to the top of Rapunzel's head and he attempted to hide in her hair.
Flynn grinned and stood beside her with his hands placed leisurely on his hips. He took a deep breath. "Oh, this place is fantastic. Five star restaurant." He looked to the blonde who looked paler than usual. He pushed her inside. "Come on, blondie. Let's find a table."
She pushed back against his hands pushing her back. "Flynn, I-"
A hand whizzed past her face and crashed into a pillar in front of the two. "Rider." The man sneered. He was relatively short with a bald head, bad teeth, and small mustache. He flung up his other hand. But it wasn't a hand. A small silver hook rested on a prosthetic attachment.
Rapunzel gulped.
"That can't be legal." Flynn stated motioning to the hook.
"Flynn, we should go." Rapunzel whispered softly.
He grinned down at her. "You can't handle it, Blondie?"
"Flynn…" She whined drawing out the 'y'.
Two men standing behind the mix-matched couple grabbed each of Flynn's arms and pulled him away from the girl. "Flynn," She cried. Flynn struggled against their hold, but they were both too strong for him. More men started to circle the man. Flynn grunted as a fist met his side. Rapunzel, who was pushed to the outside of the circle tried to push her way back in. "No, let him go!"
No one seemed to pay attention to her. The hook man walked stood on the edge of the crowd getting ready to strike. Rapunzel grabbed his arm. "I need him!" She cried in frustration.
The man shook him off his arm and positioned his arm getting ready to punch. Rapunzel hurriedly turned and grabbed a glass half-full of the crimson liquid and threw it as hard as she could against the man's head. "Stop!" She yelled as the beverage spewed across the entire group. Flynn stared at her with wide-eyes. "Have compassion. I mean, Geez! Haven't you guys ever had a dream!?"
Hook hand stomped over to Rapunzel with a stern look on his face. He glared into her large green eyes. She looked up at him with those eyes, those irresistible eyes silently pleading for him to understand. Softly, she nibbled on her bottom lip. He instantly melted.
Hook hand motioned toward the thugs and they immediately put Flynn down. He rubbed his side with a wince.
Flynn sat in the corner with a mug of beer that he didn't even bother to drink. His cheek was resting snuggly against the palm of his hand while he watched Rapunzel laughing happily with the men who, not even four hours ago, tried to beat him to death. They were all infatuated with the girl. Hanging on every single word she spouted out.
"…The lanterns." Flynn's ears immediately perked up. "They were so beautiful." She continued. "The first time I remember seeing them I was five." Her eyes glowed with happiness against the dim lighting of the room. "I woke up randomly, not sure why, and there was a subtle glow coming from my bay window. With ginger steps I tip-toed over to the window so I wouldn't wake my aunt. The moment I saw them I felt my heart clench up in happiness. It was wonderful, all those lights floating peacefully up to the heavens. I sat there with my chin pressed up against the window pane and watched until every glowing light dimmed and disappeared." Flynn sat up straighter and looked at the sad smile on her lips. "Every year I would ask my aunt to take me, but she never would. She doesn't even know I'm out right now." A laugh escaped her throat. It sounded hoarse and fake. "She would be so mad if she found out I snuck out."
"You said she's gone, right?" Attila asked softly.
She nodded and folded her legs on the bar so she was leaning a bit.
"So, go this year?" Vladimir groaned. It wasn't really a groan. That's just his voice.
"Yeah. We'll take you!"
"Yeah." Floods of approval and nods circled the group of men.
Rapunzel just laughed. "Well, thank you, but Flynn is taking me." She motioned toward him, sitting alone in the corner. Flynn watched as the smiles immediately disappeared from the men's faces.
"But, Rapunzel, he's-" Hook hand started.
She raised a hand to silence him and gently put a hand on his cheek with a soft smile. "He's my friend."
Flynn's heart knotted tightly against his chest and he cringed. Friend? They weren't friends. Flynn watched as the girl continued to talk to the men, telling each of them that she would find a way to make all their dreams come true. He blinked a couple times as she made promises to each and every one of them. "And I never break a promise." She stated sternly.
Flynn looked down at his drink and pushed it away before standing. "Hey," He called over to the blonde. "It's getting late, Blondie."
Rapunzel smiled and hopped off of the tall bar with some help from Bruiser and Gunther. Much to the dismay of her new friends Rapunzel said her goodbyes and gave each of them a small hug. The couple exited the building and began to walk down the cool cobble street.
Rapunzel's hands were folded behind her back and she waltzed happily down the street.
"You had fun?" Flynn asked dully.
"So much fun!" She gushed with a twirl. Her hair spun with her wrapping her up in a small cocoon before softly unraveling.
He couldn't suppress a smile. "Good." He pushed her back softly making her fly a few steps ahead of him. "Let's get you home, then."
After a silent walk they finally made it to the house. Rapunzel played with the small rubber bracelet on her wrist as they walked through the barrier. No alarms. Flynn watched as she lifted her arm toward a small box outside the door and a small happy sounded beep greeted them. Then she pulled open the door and stepped inside with a frown.
He looked down at her feet and saw how incredibly dirty they were. "We need to get you some shoes." We? He questioned himself silently.
She smiled back at him. "Maybe."
Flynn stepped back and waved to Rapunzel. "Well, see you tomorrow."
Rapunzel jumped at the goodbye and gripped the doorway tightly. "Wait, Flynn," He turned to look at her. She was smiling softly and a small blush spread across her cheeks. "Do you want to stay tonight too?"
Flynn imagined the comfortable comforter and sheets and smiled. They were so much better than the coarse, itchy fabric of the blanket he uses to sleep on the couch in his shitty apartment. "Yeah, sure, you don't have to twist my arm." With a shrug and a smile he entered the house. Rapunzel closed the door behind him.