I was supposed to have all this time off to laze around these days, but I'm surprisingly busy… Huh. How did that happen? :S

Title: Rock

Pairing: Luca/Rei

Warnings: Fluff-ish crack-oneshot, short, un-betaed

A/N: Sky's Shadow made a brilliant observation in her review. This fandom tend to be too serious and angsty, which, in my opinion, is okay most of the time since the Saint Beast's story-line is rather sad. But we must not forget the humour that is has as well! Gai supplies us with a lot of it in the original series, but now it's these guys' turn *evil laugh*

"You want me to eat this?" A question.

Luca was stunned. Rei shifted uneasily on his chair across the table from his lover, before he crossed his arms defensively. He huffed nonchalantly whilst his cheeks heated up.

"You… actually want me to eat this." A statement made in wonder.

"Luca, please…" the lavender-haired angel tried to keep his air of calm, willing himself to ignore how Luca stared at the plate in front of him.

"It's, uhm… rocks in hot water." An observation.

"Actually," an un-characteristic, shrill voice. "- it's, err, 'Rock-Soup'."

Luca leaned forward in his chair, stared at Rei worriedly. His love didn't look ill or feverish, only a little flustered and nervous.

"Are you alright, Rei?"

"Y-yes, never been better," Rei huffed again and gestured at the plate in front of him. "Please, eat."

"I don't understand," Luca admitted, shaking his head in confusing. Normally a dinner at Rei's was a splendid, spectacular experience. Salads, pies, meat-dishes (never chicken, mind you!). But never before had Luca been expected to eat a plateful of hot rocks. Never at Rei's.

Never at any place in Heaven, when Luca really thought about it.

"It's… alright, listen," Rei stumbled over the words. "I-I met Kira the other day."

"Ah?"

"He… Uhm, well, we kind of had a disagreement."

Luca didn't think of this as anything unusual. Kira always teased and upset Rei. After centuries of that going on it seemed like the natural order of the universe.

"Kira… He ended up insulting my cooking…"

Oh boy…

"You do remember what Goh told you about turning the other cheek?"

"I couldn't do that this time!"

"Rei…"

"I j-just had to prove him wrong! Cooking I know. Cooking I master!"

"But you cooked soup on rocks," Luca tried to reason, disturbed.

"Luca, it's a matter of pride! I had to do this!"

"Pride's a very powerful emotion an-"

"I know, I know, it's a sin, I know," Rei moaned, covering his eyes with his hands as if it would make the whole situation go away. Every detail from his confused (and perhaps a little scared) lover, to the masterly set table with the flowers, to the plate with 'Rock-Soup'.

"J-just a… spoon-full?" A whispered request.

Luca's heart ached at the idea of upsetting his love, and, with a lot of hesitation and a mind that protested at the stupidity of it all, he lifted his spoon, tasted.

"…"

Rei watched in awe and fright as the white-haired angel, reasonable and intelligent Luca, swallowed a mouthful of 'Rock-Soup'.

"… How is it, then?"

"… As sweet as you?"

~ ~ ~ FIN ~ ~ ~

*Cue Jazz-hands*

Luca really loves you, Rei...

It seems I'm obsessed with writing about food and cooking; like how Shin can't cook, etc. I love food and all, but to involve it in every story..? Ugh, I don't get it.

Well, this was, once again, pure crack… Good? Awful? Medium rare? Agh, look, there I go again!

Next story will probably be a lot more serious and angsty. But more crackalicious stuff will come as well! That's both a promise and a warning ;)

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