Chapter 6: Smile Colors Plants and Sky
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Colors.
Blues and reds and purples and yellows and greens and more.
There were so many colors in the Grand Kai's temple garden. It was almost overwhelming. Noreen picked some of the red and purple plants. She held them out to him.
"Here!"
Beerus sniffed them. The pollen and fragrance tickled his nose. He sneezed.
Noreen giggled. "Just take them, silly!" There was that nickname again. He brushed it off and took the colored plants.
"What are these?"
She pointed at the plants. "These are flowers. There are many different kinds of flowers. See?" She gestured to the garden in front of them. "All the colors represend different types of flowers, though some of them are the same type that come in different colors. It all depends which kind your talking about." Noreen explained, sniffing the flowers she picked.
Beerus was feeling a bit bewildered, but hopefully she'll explain in more depth and detail.
"Pick one you like!" She said.
Beerus nodded. The fair skimmed the garden, searching for a flower that was to his liking. His eyes settled on one in particular. It was a pink flower. He walked over to it, careful not to step on any of the surrounding plants. He plucked it, and held it up to her. Noreen smiled and walked over.
"Nice pick. A classic pink rose."
"Rose?" Beerus asked. "Such a simple name for a complex looking flower."
Noreen sniffed it. "Oh, I love their smell."
Beerus siffed it as well. The fragrance differed from the flowers Noreen picked imensly. The smell was so inviting. "Yes. It does smell rather nice."
"There are TONS more gardens on this planet. I've tried counting all the types, but lost track around seven thousand." Noreen said, taking another good wif of the pink pettled flower.
Beerus's eyes widened with shock. "Y-You counted how many types?"
Noreen grinned. "Only seven thousand. There's WAY more than that, though." She put her hands on her hips. "Why? Impressed?"
Beerus shrugged. "Do you keep a journal or scroll of the types?"
She shook her head, and then pointed to it. "Nope! All up here."
The fair deadpanned at her. "You're bluffing."
"No way!" She said firmly. "Lying is unacceptable! Didn't Whiz teach you that, at least?" She teased.
He growled. "Whiz is an amazing teacher. Don't you dare talk bad about him!" Although Whiz scolded him at times, he taught him everything he knows. He's his guardian, come to think.
Noreen sighed, punching Beerus playfully on the arm. "I was kidding, silly. Another thing you must learn is to loosen up. It's no fun if you're so... out of it." She gave him a thumbs up and smiled. "Promise?"
It took him a moment. He averted his gaze to the grassy ground. "Ok." He said, then shot his gaze back at her. "Only if you promise to stop calling me silly!"
She laughed out loud. "But you are! In a good way, though." Grinning, she took off across the large garden field.
"Hey, wait up!" Beerus flew so he could catch up to her. Wow, she could run fast.
Noreen led him to a clearing in the garden. There was a round fountain in the middle and four benches surrounding it. When he caught up, he found her sitting on the rim of the fountain, eyes closed, absorbing the slight breeze of the planet. Beerus floated down and sat beside her, leaving five feet between them.
He heard her giggle. "What are you doing all the way over there?" She turned her gaze to him, smiling.
Beerus was confused. "What do you mean?"
Noreen got up and strided two steps. Beerus leaned back at her sudden advance. "What?" She took a seat, leaving but an inch between them.
"You were sitting further away from me."
"No I wasn't." He averted his gaze, suddenly finding the dirt clearing floor to be the most interesting thing in the multiverse. "I was just... sitting."
Noreen smile grew wider. She took a deep breath, smelling the cool air and flower fragrances. She exhaled and leaned her head on Beerus's shoulder. The young fair tensed at the contact. After a while, he worked up the nerve. He glanced down at her. Noreen's hair was n pa silky-looking white, long and thick and flowing. Her horns were shining in the light provided by the planets setting sun. Her skin was a bright red, ears pointed. She opened her eyes and looked up at him. Dark purple mixed with magenta in her slit irises that surrounded invisible pupils. A bright yellow colored in the rest of her eyes, like his. It took Beerus a while to realize that by observing her eye traits, he was staring right at her. Noreen knew this.
"Do you like my eyes?" She said.
He was frozen in his seat, having no response. Averting his eyes, he did a small nod.
She seemed happy. "Thank you! I like them too."
Beerus felt a smile daring to graze his lips. He was thankful she was always so... ok with everything, and open. Otherwise, he'd be feeling a thousand tons of awkward weight on his shoulders. Her happy personality is contagious as well. He sighed in relief.
Noreen lifted her head from his shoulder, only to lay it on his lap, looking up at him with her hands laced together on her stomach. She opened her eyes and smiled. "Hey up there." She giggled.
Beerus, though surprised at this above all, smiled back. "Hi."
That may have been the first time he truly, genuinely smiled.
Maybe this whole 'century long tutor' thing wouldn't be so bad.
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To Be Continued...