A/N: Finally a proximity that isn't crawling with ants that wish to bite me while I'm typing! I liked writing these, they give me a chance to use new writing styles.
I don't own Skulduggery Pleasant. Anyone willing to get it for me as a birthday present?
Chapter 6 That First Kiss
Valkyrie walked into the room and rolled her eyes setting the ointment on the bedside table. She pulled a chair from under a desk and looked at the skeleton dressed in a hospital gown which lay there its empty sockets staring at the ceiling. The gown (which oddly enough was normal for once) hanged over to skeleton molding into its ribs and distinguished its bones- it would've have made a difference if the skeleton was bare. It's arms were by its side and it lay completely still and straight.
"Skulduggery" she said in an annoyed tone but only silence answered her.
"Skulduggery" she said again. The skeleton did not react.
"Skulduggery. Stop playing dead. We all know you're faking this weird illness" she scolded.
"Ah- but I'm already dead. You can't die twice dear that's frankly impossible" said the skeleton finally. Valkyrie cocked her eyebrows at her teacher, mentor, friend and lover.
"So you finally talk. Are you going to admit you're making this whole sickness up?" she asked. The skeleton's head turned to face her.
"No"
Valkyrie whined.
"Oh, come on. We could be doing so much more interesting things out there!"
"Like what?"
"Fighting bad guys, weirdoes and whatnot! Like we always do!" she cried out with exhilaration. Skulduggery looked back at the ceiling.
"I'm content with lying in my bed" Skulduggery replied.
"You're such a faker. Don't pretend that you can't stand up. You're just doing this to get attention. We all know it. You're such a big egotistical baby!"
"Kenspeckle agrees that I'm sick and I would like you to respect that too Valkyrie" said Skulduggery. Valkyrie frowned because that was true. For once Kenspeckle had sided with Skulduggery and said that he was truly sick and needed to lie down until the medicine had worked in.
"You must have bribed him to play along with your little game" mumbled Valkyrie.
"Sorry dear did you say something?" asked Skulduggery. Valkyrie shook her head in reply and then lay back in the chair to see if the particles of floating dust in the air would entertain her while she waited for Skulduggery to tire out of his joke.
"You seem a bit bored" commented the skeleton.
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Well you're not doing anything to help"
"Well you could"
"How?"
Skulduggery mumbled something that Valkyrie couldn't understand.
"What did you say?"
More mumbling was heard.
"Say it clearer!"
"We haven't kissed yet" he finally answered. His head turned to see her reaction but all the came was silence. She managed a quiet 'oh' and then let the silence stretch.
Valkyrie honestly didn't know what to say and the skeleton was a bit too embarrassed to raise the topic again.
"Do you want to?" she asked, finally mustering her courage.
"Do you?"
"I don't know. How about you?"
"I don't know either" he answered looking at the ceiling again.
The silence crept again.
"I suppose we could" she said Skulduggery looked at her and she stared into the empty sockets suddenly flushed.
"Well- I don't mind. And I guess we've been going out a while. We haven't done much- but. If you want to try, I really don't mind" she said flustered.
"Let's try"
"Okay"
Nobody moved.
"Valkyrie I'm incapable of moving so you're going to have to do it" said Skulduggery.
"Oh!" she said embarrassed at her own actions- she didn't like this, she felt so venerable
She crept from her chair and leaned over the figure. She neared the skull glad that he didn't have had pupils to stare at her even though she knew that if he did they would be looking into her eyes. She closed her eyes when they were an inch apart.
"I hope you bleach"
"You don't clean bones with bleach silly"
And she kissed the skull's mouth gently and slowly, her heart racing that she was sure Skulduggery could hear it too. After a moment or two she quickly sat back into the chair.
"Okay well that's done" she said relieved.
The skeleton sat up and looked at her- And then that's when all hell broke out.
"YOU BIG FAKER!!!" she shouted hitting the skeleton, "TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MY EMOTIONS LIKE THAT!!! HOW COULD YOU!?"
"I'm able to sit up now! It was a coincidence that it had the same timing!" said the skeleton trying to protect itself, "Careful please! I'm fragile!"
"FRAGILE! FRAGILE!?" she screamed, "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S FRAGILE-"
"What's all this racket about?" asked Kenspeckle walking in the room, "Ah Skulduggery I see you're up now. That's good the medicine worked"
"Yes but I think it's more of Valkyrie's kiss of life that did the job doctor"
Kenspeckle looked at the enraged face of the young woman and then at the skeleton who seem to have a smug air about him and thought it was best not to know.
…………..
"So I give you an eight out of ten" said Skulduggery as they were driving back.
"Skulduggery" said Valkyrie in a warning tone.
"Next time I think you should improve on-"
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A/N: Probably too cheesey. I love corny things though, I think it comes with being Asian and watching dramas all the time. Or it's just me (cried reading Beauty and the Beast the picture book) So deep *tears*