a/n: Hey guys! I just saw the new Pucca episodes. Pucca hallucinating and kissing random things she saw as Garu equals WIN. Garu meditating in his skivvies equals WIN. I'm totally inspired right now, so here we go!
The floor of the Goh-Rong shook under the weight of the two girls jumping around, having a major spaz attack, while its glass windows vibrated to the point they almost shattered in response to the feminine, giddy shouts filling the place up.
"Ahhhh! Oh my god, Ching!"
"I know Pucca, I know! They're actually coming! And Garu started talking!"
"Yeah, but that's not all Ching! You didn't see!" Pucca shouted breathlessly, jumping up and down, grasping her friend's hands. "He actually hit on me!"
Ching stopped her jumping and stared at her friend wide-eyed before breaking out into a huge grin, feeling ecstatic for her. "Really?" she eagerly asked. Having Abyo snake an arm around you, though a small victory in itself, was one thing, but having the much more stoic Garu show any sign of interest was a completely different (and much rarer) story. "Like, he hit on you-hit on you?"
"Yeah! He was so smooth!" Pucca swooned. "He just slid his hand under the table and put it on my knee, and then he squeezed it before he left!"
Ching squealed, "Aww, Pucca! That is so—"
"—lame!" Abyo howled, clutching his sides from laughter as he watched his best friend flush with embarrassment. "Oh god, Garu, I know you're new to this whole flirting thing, but the old 'hand on the knee' trick? I didn't realize we were living in the sixties!"
"Shut up, Abyo!" Garu scowled, looking around his bathroom for a toothbrush and any other stuff he might need for spending the night. "She liked it!"
"Well duh she liked it," Abyo said as a matter of factly. "You're Garu and she's Pucca. She would like anything you did, no matter how stupid."
Frowning, Garu was about to disagree, but as he thought about it he realized Abyo had a point. I wonder how much I could get away with he thought, blushing but unable to keep his lips from developing into a small smile.
"Hey Abyo," Garu began casually, watching his friend sloppily stuff some pajama pants into his duffel bag, "What do you think I'd have to do to go too far with Pucca?"
Though Abyo looked surprised at first, he soon smirked. "Woah, making major progress, huh? Already thinking about trying to get laid? And on the first night, too?"
Garu shrugged over at his best friend. "Well yeah. Kind of."
Abyo fell over in his shock, which caused Garu to start laughing. "I'm just kidding! Jeez, and you call yourself my best friend?" Garu reached over to help him up and continued, "But seriously. Remember that clone guy of mine? He was kind of a dick and she ended up pretty much making out with him. Well, before she completely beat the crap out of him, but that was only because he hit on another girl. She didn't mind all of the other obnoxious stuff he did."
"Oh yeah," Abyo recalled. "I see your point. Well, hey! I guess that just means you'll get to have fun tonight testing the waters." Abyo grinned slyly as he grabbed his friend and led him out the door. "C'mon, Romeo, let's find out!"
The girls let out their last squeals as they heard the doorbell ring, and quickly regained their composure before opening the door for their dream guys.
"Hey guys, come on in," Ching greeted, gesturing toward the living room where a plethora of snacks had been laid out.
"Okay, cool." Abyo replied, winking at her before settling down on the couch. A giggling Ching soon joined him, leaving Pucca and Garu alone in a nervous silence at the doorway.
What's up with me? thought Pucca, surprised at her sudden bashfulness. I've never been shy around Garu before! But then again, all I usually do is just kiss him—kind of a no-brainer. He usually doesn't stick around long enough for me to actually get to talk to him. And since when would he rather hang around me than go get food, or spar with Abyo, or—
Her rambling thoughts were interrupted by Garu clearing his throat and smiling at her in a way that nearly made her melt. "You... wanna go in?" he asked.
Half convinced she was dreaming, Pucca nodded and began to smile giddily as Garu held her hand and led her to the living room. Upon seeing this, Ching lit up and let out a small "aww!", while Abyo tried to stifle his laughter and mouthed out to Garu, "Grow. Some. Balls!"
Garu felt his eyes narrow into a glare. What the hell is his problem? Just let me make my moves in peace! thought Garu, deeply vexed. Freakin' pest. I guess that conversation we had earlier about my vow completely filled up his maturity quota. Whatever, I've got bigger fish to fry. Speaking of which, he felt a sudden warmth flush through him as Pucca, slowly but surely gaining back some of her characteristic forwardness, nuzzled into his arm and smiled up at him. Garu couldn't help but melt a bit.
She really is cute, he thought, sighing contentedly. Especially when she's not chasing me around and forcing herself on me…and not making me feel like the girl. I guess I'm really getting to like her, aren't I? And not just because I wanna do her, thank god.
He breathed in sharply as he felt one of her breasts brush against his arm. Although sex would definitely be a nice perk.
Garu was just about to mentally scold himself when he felt Pucca dragging him over to a loveseat and pushing him down for a seat next to her. And he was slightly surprised to find he didn't mind at all. A little bit of forcefulness is a good thing he thought, his mind still functioning in sex mode. Abyo and Ching followed their suit and sat down on the adjacent sofa.
"So," Ching started, "are you guys ready for a good, scary movie?"
"Bring it on! Nothing can scare me! HIYA!" declared Abyo as he ripped off his shirt.
As Ching swooned and Garu rolled his eyes, Pucca smiled mischievously and swiftly threw a heavy pillow at a flexing, unsuspecting Abyo's back, causing him to jump up and emit a girlish shriek. "WHO'STHERE!!" he spurted out, instantly blowing his façade.
Ching, finding his cowardly, paradox of a reaction rather cute, giggled. Meanwhile, Garu grinned the widest he'd grinned all day. Yes, Abyo was his best friend, but that didn't mean Garu didn't love seeing him put in his place. Especially when he'd been acting so damn annoying lately. Impressed and a little thankful, he turned to Pucca in awe. "Pucca…"
"Yeah?"
"You're awesome."
Pucca giggled in reply, and scooted over closer to him. "Oh yeah? Awesome enough to kiss?"
He gulped upon hearing these words as a wave of nervousness washed over him. Pucca had kissed him countless times over the years, and while there was once a time where he'd turn green with nausea at the mere thought of kissing her back, he knew now that was definitely not the case. But still, disgust was replaced with paranoia. After all, he'd always been the recipient of kisses, not the giver. What if I'm a bad kisser? What if my breath smells bad? What if I do something stupid, like accidentally get her hair in my mouth? Or hiccup into her mouth? Or—
He snapped out of his frenzied doubts as Pucca waved a hand in his face. "Garu, are you okay? And," she blushed a bit as she spoke, "are you gonna kiss me?"
Staring at her pretty, blushing face, Garu thought back to what Abyo had said earlier. She would like anything you did, no matter how stupid. Gaining comfort at the thought that originally had vexed him, Garu inwardly smiled. Here it goes.
He directed what he hoped was a suave smile at Pucca. "Okay Pucca. Pucker up."
He saw Pucca smile radiantly before shutting her eyes and puckering her lips gently. Breathing in deeply, he put an arm around her waist and gently pushed back some of her silky hair behind her ear. Though he would have never, ever thought he would ever be willing to accept a kiss from Pucca, let alone give one to her, he found that there was nothing he'd rather do at that moment. He leaned in, slightly puckering his own lips. Garu could almost taste her, and he was not ashamed to admit he couldn't wait to savor her flavor.
And then Abyo had to butt in. "Hey you two!" he yelled out obnoxiously, causing them both to pull away and look over at him, surprised at the sudden interruption. While the two were about to kiss, it felt as though they were the only ones on the planet. But, no, much to their chagrin Abyo was making it evident it was in fact a little too full in the room. "Save it for when the movie actually starts! Then for the closet. And then for the bedroom. And then the backseat of Garu's car. And we can't forget the—"
"Abyo!" Garu growled, highly upset that his first real kiss had been so obnoxiously interrupted. "I don't even have a car!"
Abyo smiled smugly. "Details, details. You guys are creative, right?"
Garu smacked his forehead. That ASS! First he makes fun of my flirting, and now he's totally jealous that I'm getting more action than he is. Ugh, why does he always have to be so competitive when it comes to how far he can score with girls? He's trying to throw me off, no doubt. I'm not gonna let him! he thought, seething and determined to really turn on the charm.
Garu turned over to Pucca, who looked every bit as angry as he did. She was so close! Garu had almost done what she was beginning to think he'd never do—kiss her! It was like a dream come true, as corny as that sounded, and having Abyo interrupt was like breaking her out of a euphoric high. He was gonna pay. She flushed as Garu wrapped an arm around her shoulders and made bedroom eyes at her. A grin immediately settled on her face. Oh well. Abyo could pay later.
I thought Ching said a GOOD scary movie thought a slightly irked Pucca. I know that's kind of an oxymoron, but did she really have to pick the crappiest one possible?
Garu grimaced as he watched a maniacal red-haired, three-foot doll preach to his son about the principles of being a good killer. Seed of Chucky. God damn. Couldn't we at least have gotten the original instead of the crappy sequel?
Shrugging it off and turning his attention over to Pucca, who was still wrapped in his arm, he was surprised to see her looking scared and whimpering. He looked up at the television screen and saw the dolls had just launched into a killing spree. He didn't find this very scary at all, but who was he to judge? Especially if that meant he got to comfort Pucca by holding her closer to him, which is exactly what he did.
Pucca giggled and rested her head against his chest. Aww, he's so cute! He really thinks I'd be scared of this crap!
Garu looked down at Pucca, and could not help but feel a sense of pride wash over him. After all of the years of Pucca having to come to his rescue, he was finally the one doing the protecting. Sure, the fact that Pucca was a strong, capable girl was a huge turn on (Garu would never forget how he'd first developed a brief attraction to her after seeing her completely kick Ring-Ring's ass during the Little Miss Sooga Competition), but seeing her look so vulnerable also got his heart racing.
He felt her suddenly grasp at his arm, and he looked up at the movie he'd been ignoring while he mused. Chucky was now throwing a tantrum of some sort, and looked ready to kill again. As Chucky delivered the first stab, he felt Pucca jump up slightly off her seat, and scoot over to sit on his lap. "Do you mind?" she asked flirtatiously, looking up at him and batting her thick eyelashes.
Thank you, Chucky.
"Nope," he said with a grin, "you can get as close as you need to."
Pucca giggled and settled further into his lap, so that her back was leaning against his chest. Garu instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close, affectionately resting his head on her shoulder and enjoying the way their legs tangled together. Pucca looked surprised at his forwardness, but incredibly pleased nonetheless. They had been watching the movie like this for a while when Pucca decided to tease Garu a little—a mild form of payback for all of the times he'd brushed her off when they were kids. She let out an exaggerated yawn, complete with her arms stretched over her head, and began arching her back and pressing her butt down firmly onto Garu. What she didn't realize, however, was that she was pressing down directly over his crotch and giving him a massive hard on.
Garu felt his pupils dilate and his breath get hitched up in his throat. His mind was instantly thrown into the gutter. I wanna stick it in her. So badly.
He blinked. He was surprised and slightly ashamed to find that his thoughts hadn't been spoken out to him in that lecherous voice he'd come to hate. It was just regular old Garu. Garu frowned and took a deep breath, determined to control himself. Pucca was just yawning; she didn't deserve to be mauled by him for that! With all of the composure he could muster, he gently moved Pucca off of him and said, "Hold on a sec. I'm gonna get us some popcorn, okay?"
Pucca, though initially upset at being removed from her comfy seat, smiled cutely at him. He could be so considerate sometimes! And by the flushed look on his face, the teasing definitely hadn't gone unnoticed.
Pucca didn't even know the half of it.
Getting up carefully, Garu was relieved to see that the pants he was wearing did a good job of concealing his growth. As he made his way to the table laid out with snacks, he tried to think of the most disgusting, unalluring thoughts he could, mainly comprised of Santa in a number of suggestive positions and clothing. Shuddering and letting out a gag as he picked up the bag of popcorn, Garu poured some into two bowls and made his way back, dropping one off with Ching and Abyo, who were looking pretty cozy themselves on the neighboring sofa, and taking one back to Pucca. He sat down next to her and quickly placed the bowl on his lap, just in case. As highly grotesque as Santa was, Pucca was just too damn enticing for Garu to be completely turned off just yet. Not wanting her to feel as though he was trying to distance himself, because, in all honesty, that was the last thing he wanted, he scooted closer to her and returned his arm around her waist.
Before he knew it, the movie was over and the two snuggling couples were left contemplating what to do next. Garu felt relieved he'd been able to control himself, and even more relieved that he finally felt himself cooling down.
"Hey! I've got an idea!" said Ching excitedly. "Why don't we move on to truth or dare?"
As Garu glanced over at Pucca nodding her head eagerly in agreement, only two words could run through his head.
Oh. Shit.
Aww, poor Garu. He doesn't want to be dared to do anything to Pucca while he's got a hard on. Just when he thought he was gaining control too XP Hey, maybe he is! We'll find out next chapter!
Btw, hope you guys have seen Bride of Chucky. It's so bad it's kinda good XD. Or hilarious at the very least. If you didn't see, that's cool too; wasn't an absolute must. But I recommend it if you'd like two hours of laughing at absurdity.
And now I shall answer a question from one of my lovely reviewers: A camisole is basically a spaghetti-strap tank top used for layering things over. Mhm, sexy XP. Thanks for reviewing Daria!
And last but not least, if anyone needs any convincing that Garu can be pervy, check out my avatar XD Tsk, tsk, and he was only a boy then. Imagine that libido now! O.o