Chapter 11: Teenage Waste-band

Butch's POV

I gotta find someplace to hide, otherwise she might kill me, I panicked. Screaming through the house (actual screaming, as well as the screaming of my jets), she trapped me in her room and proceeded to beat the living shit out of me.However, after she brawled with me, her behavior took a turn for the better... something that never happens with Buttercup. A look of forgiveness had replaced her terrifying gaze. Blossom, Brick, Bubbles, and Boomer all had no idea as to what was going on. Buttercup grabbed me by the wrist and gently hauled me over to the kitchen.

"Just what did you want to achieve by taunting me for not wearing panties?" She spoke only in whispers.

"Well," I laughed, using every fiber to hold back laughter, "I'm extremely curious as to why you would take the risk around so many people. It was a simple thing that could have happened with any of us."

"Um, hello. I wasn't expecting anybody to stop by right before the freakin' storm of the century slammed into Townsville! I was thinking that I'd be able to relax, because honestly, underwear is constrictive!"

"Oh, right... I forgot about that. This place just feels like home, for some reason... not in a bad way, it just somehow feels like home. Did you think I planned on becoming stranded? No sirree. I just came to drop off Bubbles' jacket, and my idiot brothers decided to follow me for no reason."

"Well, to tell you the truth, we're glad you all made it," she smirked, "It would have been boring as hell with nobody else around." She then wrapped her arm around my shoulder.

"Huh. I just assumed that you thought I was a nuisance."

"Far from it. Now, let's go and forget this ever happened."

"Agreed." Wow. I was feeling so cheery inside... more cheery than any other time in my life. I think Buttercup might actually have feelings for me. A warm, tingly sensation washed over my body, for I had feelings for her, as well. We walked back to see the other guys.

"What were you guys talking about?" Bubbles asked.

"Oh, we were just getting things off our chests," Buttercup calmly responded.

"You mean, it didn't have anything to do with the fact that you weren't wearing any panties?" Boomer asked, rather loudly. Brick snickered. Blossom and Bubbles silently giggled.

"Damn you, Butch!" She yelled, then thwacked me across my head.

"Ow! Buttercup!"

"Actually, he didn't tell us anything, Buttercup. Everyone was able to see it at some point... most of us just know how to keep quiet about it."

"This is so embarrassing," Buttercup squeaked. Her entire face had turned a crimson red. Laughter echoed all around her (well, from everywhere but me).

"If it makes you feel any better, I'm not wearing underwear, either!" Boomer boasted with much pride. We all fell silent and stared at him.

"Boomer, none of us ever needed to know that about you," Brick told him. I looked over at Buttercup, who looked back at me, and smiled. Peace had been restored... for now.