Short chapter again, review if you want. Kbye

Music filled the air, and Rapunzel twirled around, attempting to see the finished product of her hair in the thick, long braid. An entire garden of flowers was weaved into her golden locks. Thousands of stimulating smells wafted toward Eugene as the four unlikely people wandered about the town.

"Mmm, whatever that is, it smells delicious!" Rapunzel shrieked.

"Are you hungry?" Eugene asked, perhaps a little too-eagerly. He was afraid he was giving too much away in the way he spoke to her recently, or just by the way he acted. He wasn't sure he wanted to tell her how he felt – yet.

"Oh, yes, very," she admitted, biting her lip. She was overwhelmingly cute when she did that. "Why, are you?"

"A little," he offered with a smile. She smiled back. "Well, what do you want to eat? There's plenty of food to go around."

"Hmm, I don't know," she said, looking puzzled. "It all smells so good. I've never even smelt some of these smells." Her overuse of the word "smell" made him chuckle slightly. "Ooh, what's that?"

She pointed in the direction of a squash cart, with every kind of squash there was, including squash Flynn had never seen before, or at least had never stolen before. "Squash," he answered simply. "Maybe we should try something a little more…uh, good."

"How 'bout this?" She danced over to another kiosk filled with various kinds of fruits. "Or these…" She flitted around the stone-paved marketplace, her eyes sparkling with delight. "Wow, look at these!" Rapunzel had almost forgotten about him because she was so caught up in everything. Men of all ages watched her skip from place to place, a look of hunger in their eyes.

Something clicked in his head and he sprang to life. He dashed to her side and placed his hand on her shoulder. He would have liked to place it elsewhere, but again, he was still a bit shy.

"Eugene, can I get this?" she asked hopefully, holding up a cupcake with pink icing and a plump cherry on top. "Please?"

"How much for the cupcake?" he asked the salesman.

"Four gold coins," the stout man said, without taking his eyes off of Rapunzel. Eugene felt a fury flare up inside him, but ignored it. He rummaged through his pants pocket, pulling out all the change he had. Of course, he didn't have enough. He wished at least once he could do something right.

"Sorry, Blondie," he said quietly. "I don't have enough."

She pouted and lowered her eyes. Reluctantly, she replaced the cupcake and flashed a charming grin in the salesman's direction. "Bye, Eddie!"

"Oh, Miss," he said, stopping her before she went away. "You can have the cupcake, if you want it. It's only one, after all." The man handed it to her, returning the toothy smile. Unfortunately, his teeth weren't as pleasant to look at.

"Oh, thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she said, bouncing on her toes in excitement. "Can Eugene have one, too?"

The man sized him up and frowned somewhat, but complied, never-the-less, probably to make Rapunzel happy. "Sure, kid. Go ahead."

Eugene didn't really want a cupcake, but he admired the man's generosity all the same. Something in the back of his mind told him he had most likely stolen from this gentleman at least once under his former name. He winced a smile at him and muttered, "Thanks," hoping to get out of there soon. It was lucky Rapunzel used his real name, or else this man might have known who he really was. Eugene flicked him one of his gold coins, and the man smirked. He saluted him goodbye, and the two were on their way.

"This is stupendous!" Rapunzel cried. He saw that she already had pink icing smeared across her face and half of the cupcake was gone.

He laughed out loud at her appearance and she joined in, probably unaware he was laughing at her. "You've got a little something – right there," he said, pointing at her cheek. Eugene grabbed a napkin from a nearby stand and wiped it off easily. Gently, he turned her face to the side and cleaned her other cheek. The propinquity of their faces made his breath catch in his throat. He had a weird urge to kiss her, and he would have if she hadn't been startled by a sound from somewhere behind. Why didn't he hear it?

"Look! People are dancing! Come on, let's dance, Eugene!" Rapunzel nearly screeched. She didn't turn to look back at him once she disappeared in the crowd of people.

He was so close.