Disclaimer: If I owned, I would make a second season- or at least another movie. But since that isn't happening, do you really think I own it?
A/N: Ah, it seems the shortness of the last one was unnapreciated. :( Well, alright, I'll do my best to make them a bit longer from now on! Thanks to those of you who did take the time to review!
002. Middles
He watches her, fascinated, as she eats her snack, barely aware that she is speaking. At last, unable to keep quiet any longer, Van finds himself interrupting her.
"What are you doing?"
Confused, Hitomi breaks off in mid sentence to stare at him. "What do you mean? I'm eating my Oreo cookies."
"Do you always eat them that way?"
She blinks her emerald eyes at him, puzzled. "Of course. Doesn't everyone?" she responds before recalling that Oreos are not native to Gaea.
Deciding to educate Van, she sits up from her lounging position to kneel next to him, handing him a cookie. "You see," she explains, taking an Oreo for herself and twisting the cookie halves apart and carefully peeling the white frosting in the middle out before popping the chocolate cookies into her mouth. After chewing and swallowing the cookie she proceeds to eat the frosting, and then finishes her sentence. "The middle is the best part."
Still captivated, Van nods. "Ah. I see," he responds even though he really doesn't.
Grinning, she looks pointedly at the Oreo in his hand. "Alright, your turn!"