Claire`s POV
"So where are we headed first?"
"Gramps said to stop by so do you want to go there first? It`s the closest anyway." I nodded in agreement.
I grabbed his hand, dragging the poor guy to the blacksmith. It was the only place I knew where to go so why not have fun with it?
"Hiya Saibara!" I said energetically.
"Hello Claire. I was wondering if you wanted to help Gray with the shop this week because I`ll be out of town." Saibara asked as nicely as possible.
"You`ll be out of town?" Gray asked.
"Did you not hear me?" Saibara replied almost angrily.
"I`d love to," I answered, trying to make Saibara forget about Gray`s comment.
"Great! Me and Gray will teach you how to upgrade tools tomorrow. I will be leaving the after we teach you." He said. Oh boy... here we go again..
"Umm..." was all I could say..
"Yes Claire?" Saibara asked concerningly.
"I.. kind of already know how..."
Both men stared at me wide-eyed. Man this again? Is it really that shocking? -sigh-
After a 2 minute staring contest they managed to shout "WHAT!" in unision. What I mean by staring contest is them staring at me, having a contest with themselves trying not to freak out...
"..." All I could do is remain silent and wait for them to talk...
"Y-you already know?" They asked in unision.
"Well... Gray you know my brother Jack? Well whenever he needed his tools upgraded, I would have to do it because... Well let`s just say Jack sucks at it.." I tried to give a smile.
"How young?" Gray asked.
"Ten? Eleven? Something like that..." I answered.
"So younger than me..."
"Guess so.."
There was an awkward silence until Saibara had a sudden happy outburst.
"Hahaha! I like this girl!" He messed up my hair. Me and Gray were both shocked and somewhat terrified thinking that the old man had snapped. "Well I wouldn`t want to keep you two from your DATE, I`ll see you both tomorrow." He said giddily pointing at our hands that were interlocked.
I can`t believe we didn`t notice! We started to blush but neither of us let go. We just avoided any eye contact. Why is it that when I`m with Gray I feel so... safe?
Gray`s POV
"I want two great-grandchildren!" Gramps shouted as we walked out the door.
"Wha- What the? GRAMPS!" I snapped. Both of us turned even more red. Crazy old coot. Kids? We met YESTERDAY!
I looked at the soft, petite hand that was holding mine. Why was it that I didn`t want to let go?
I felt her hand start to tense up. She looked at me, blushed and turned away. She tried to gently take her hand away from mine but I didn`t let her so instead she just relaxed again as we made our way to poultry farm.
Claire`s POV
I was watching the happily clucking chickens when suddenly one jumped into my arms. I looked down at it confused then started petting it. It was too cute! It started snuggling against me. I looked over at Gray.
"You look like you`re having fun." He said with a sweet smile.
"Mmm Hmm," I noded. He laughed. Then some guy with glasses and a headband stormed over to me.
"What do you think you`re doing with my chicken!" He yelled.
"Umm.." I must`ve looked terrified because Gray cut in and said
"Chill rick. It jumped into her arms."
"Oh.. Sorry about that. So what`s your name?" He asked apologetically.
"I`m Claire" I said with a faded smile.
"I`m Rick. Sorry, here have this" He handed me an egg.
"An egg?" I asked questionably.
"It`s a spa boiled egg. It tastes really good" He said smiling.
"Thanks." I said then looked over at Gray. "What`s wrong Gray?" He looked pissed.
Gray`s POV
"It`s nothing" Well not really. I was just for some reason pissed that Rick was being so friendly with her. What am I saying? Well whatever.
"Gray?" She looked concerned. Did I really look that pissed?
"I just thought we should finish the tour." I smiled.
"Okeedokee!" She replied giggly. Then I saw Popuri.
"Hey Pop," I called out.
"Hey Gray" She replied.
"Claire meet Popuri" I pointed at the pink haired girl. They started to talk.
I showed her around the rest of the town and introduced her. For some reason, animals and kids love her. All the animals at the farms were going nuts. May and Stu even followed us around. The only one who didn`t seem too pleased was Mary but only slightly.
We were walking back to the Inn. May and Stu were still following us. Well not exactly following. May was in Claire`s arms and Stu was on my shoulders. Claire was giggling happily with May and I was grunting because Stu won`t stop kicking.
As we walked into the Inn, Cliff and Ann had a smile that went all the way up to their ears...
"What?" I asked.
Ann looked over at Cliff. "Nothing" They both said.
Claire had this question mark over her head... not sure what was going on... Do people normally have question marks over their head? ... Never mind, I`ll just ignore it...
"What is it?" I glared at them.
"We just thought you two looked like you were happily married with two kids," They started to laugh.
I looked over at Claire who was shocked but bright red. Then I saw May hop out of her hands and walk over to me. I put Stu down and asked May what was up. She told me to come closer and said-
"You like big sister Claire don`t you?" She asked looking almost... evil..
My face turned hot. "What!"
"Oh nothing," She said with a grin then returning to Claire. That little girl was too smart. Don`t get me wrong I don`t mean the me liking Claire part! Anyway she acts all innocent but can be a devil when she wants.
"Big sister Claire?" May asked. Oh boy she`s not going to ask her the same question is she? I blushed more. May noticed and gave a sly grin. Oh damn... that little girl is evil.
"Yes?" Claire answered.
"Can we have a sleep over? Me, you, Stu and big brother Gray!" She asked with a puppy dog face that no one could resist. She then looked over at me with the most evil grin I`ve ever seen.
"Umm.. I`m fine with that but you`ll have to ask Gray." Claire replied then looking at me with big pleading eyes that said -I can`t turn this cutie down-.
"Fine." I answered. There`s no way that I could have turned her down with that face.
Ann and Cliff started laughing again. This is going to be a long night...
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