Howl's Moving Castle Fan Fiction
Chapter 7- Kiss
Howl had Markl, Calcifer, and Corina cleaning the house the next day, trying to give Sophie "a day off".
"I'm taking Sophie out tonight and I want the house sparkly clean so she won't worry about it while we're out," Howl explained, Markl and Calcifer merely groaned in protest, Corina was indifferent.
"I'm used to cleaning," She said as they scrubbed the floors, washed the dishes, swept the fireplace. The house was soon sparkly clean like Howl wanted.
"Wow, I should have taken Corina in as my apprentice sooner! She's much better than you two combined!" Howl laughed and patted Corina on the head, "Good job you three, thank you." He grabbed Sophie's hand.
"Come on, love. Let's go out," Howl smiled and kissed his wife. They soon left to go on their date.
"What are we going to do now?" Markl asked.
"I'm going to make some tea," Corina said as she tried to start a fire in the fireplace.
"I can help you," Calcifer said sweetly and clicked his finger, a flame shot out and the pile of wood caught fire.
"Where did you learn that?" Corina stared at him wide eyed.
"Howl taught him that," Markl said, covering for Calcifer.
"Hmph, well… I could have started the fire myself," Corina huffed and she grabbed the tea kettle and put water in it, then set it of the fire to boil. She sprinkled tea leaves into it.
"Shesh, girls… They always think they can do anything," Markl mumbled, only Calcifer heard it. Calcifer shrugged in a way to say, what can you do?
When the tea was done, Markl was scribbling a drawing on a piece of paper outside and Calcifer was reading a book on the couch.
"Here," Corina handed Calcifer a cup of tea.
"Thank you," Calcifer said, sipping the tea tentatively, "Oh! It's good!"
Corina smiled, "Your welcome." She sat down next to Calcifer, sipping a cup of her own, "Glad you like it."
Calcifer smiled, his heart drummed in his chest, oh how he loved her. He had fallen in love with Corina the day she answered the door at her father's house. Without thinking, he put down the cup of tea and looked at Corina straight in the eyes.
"Calcifer?" Corina asked, why was he staring at her like that, she blushed, setting down her cup. His face was suddenly so close and his lips… She leaned in closer… And they kissed.
Markl came through the door right at that moment and stood, staring at them, mouth agape, frozen.
"Calcifer and Corina sitting in a tree~ K-I-S-S-I-N-G~!" Markl unfroze and skipped up the stairs to his bedroom singing the rest of the song.
"Ehhhh…," Corina blushed, her face the color of a tomato.
"Yeah…," Calcifer looked at his feet, "Sorry…"
"Sorry for what?" Corina asked.
"For kissing you…," Calcifer answered, blushing lightly.
Corina smiled, "Oh, Calcifer, it's fine. If you hadn't kissed me, I would have kissed you."
They heard the front door open, Howl and Sophie were back.
"Why back so soon?" Markl shouted as he came back down the stairs, he smirked at Corina and Calcifer, but said nothing about them.
"Sophie was tired," Howl answered, helping Sophie up the stairs.
"I made some tea if you want some," Corina stood up.
"Oh, yes. That would be great," Sophie said as she sat down at the table. Corina gave her some tea, "Thank you."
Corina and Calcifer smiled at each other, happy for now, but hoping that Markl would say nothing to Howl and Sophie.
Sorry I haven't updated sooner
It's summer for me now so hopefully I'll be able to update more.
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