Chapter 7 : Love Is In the Air
Rapunzel hugged the winter spirit back, "It's really nice to be with you again," she said, almost whispering. Jack saw a bunch of armored pixies ready for attacking then a female pixie in a fusha pink dress stopped them, like saying : "Not a good time, guys! Head back to the waterfalls!"
"Again?" Jack asked.
"Yes, again. Don't you remember?" Rapunzel smiled sheepishly.
Jack blinked then, one second he thought he saw Rapunzel with short brown hair. He blinked again and he saw Rapunzel normally, with her hair unbraided.
"Jack? What's wrong?" Rapunzel asked the pre-occupied winter spirit.
A flash of memory entered Jack's mind.
Memory: (A/N: At the start of this memory Jack is about 14 years old)
Jack (human) heard someone crying and he followed where the sobbing noise came from. It was coming from above the tree. He climbed the tree and saw a girl about his age.
"Hey there," he gently said.
The girl shivered, her eyes filled with fear. "Please don't hurt me," she said with a sorrowful voice.
"It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm Jack, what's your name?" Jack (human) smiled at the crying girl.
"Rapunzel," the girl said, not looking at Jack (h)
"Why are you crying Rapunzel?" Jack (h) took a step closer to Rapunzel (h).
"They keep teasing me because of my hair, they said I look like a freak and I look like a boy," Rapunzel (h) wiped her tears. She's right, she have short hair but it looks cute on her.
"That's not true, I think you look beautiful just the way you are," Jack (h) smirked, blushing.
"Y-you really t-think that?" she said.
"Uh, yeah," Jack (h) ran his fingers through his brown hair.
~time warp~
"Jack! Don't leave me here! It's too high!" Rapunzel (h) yelped.
Jack (h) let out a laugh then said, "I'm not gonna leave you there, I'm gonna help you climb down!"
"Thank goodness!" Rapunzel (h) smiled.
"After you meow!" Jack (h) teased.
~time warp~
"Jack, I'm scared," Emma told her brother. Rapunzel (h) is sitting on a log watching her friends with a smile.
(A/N: I don't really remember their dialog so I'll skip that part)
Jack (h) saved Emma but he got plunged down the thin ice.
Rapunzel (h) clasped her hands to her mouth then tears started to fall to her cheeks. She quickly ran to Emma and hugged the little girl.
"Rapunzel, what happened to Jack? Why is he swimming in the cold water?" Emma fearfully said, looking at the hole where her brother fell. Small tears filled her eyes.
"Shhh, Emma look at me. Look at me.. I'm gonna see what I can do, okay? Stop crying.. Go to your mother and.. and tell her what happened.. okay? No matter what happen don't jump in that hole," Rapunzel (h) tried to smile and wiped the little girl's tears.
Emma simply nodded and ran to their house, crying.
"I'm sorry, Emma," Rapunzel (h) whispered then she looked at the hole.
She jumped in and tried to help but the water is too cold... they both ended dead.
End of Memory
Back to Reality...
"Rapunzel, you.. you comforted my sister.. you tried to save me!" Jack smiled with excitement.
Rapunzel simply smiled.
"So, what's your plan with this unpainted wall?" Jack motioned to the wall with his staff.
"I'm going to stop living in my past and move on, paint a new painting," Rapunzel stood up and leaped to the floor. Jack floated to the box of paint and sat beside it.
Rapunzel took white paint and a big paintbrush and started covering the faded wall white. After she finished covering the wall she leaped to the floor and walked to the box of paints then..
She tripped because of her unbraided hair,a small yelp escaped Rapunzel's lips and she landed on top of Jack.
"You should really be more careful," Jack smirked, blushing. Rapunzel's face is a few centimeters from Jack's.
"I'm really sorry," Rapunzel sheepishly said.
"Well, you should be. You dripped paint on my favorite sweater," Jack mumbled, still blushing like mad.
Rapunzel smiled then kissed the mumbling winter spirit. She pressed her soft warm lips on Jack's cold ones.
She pulled herself and they parted. Both of the spirits blushed like mad.
Jack stared at Rapunzel then he leaned closer to Rapunzel.. then they kissed again. Jack slipped his hand around Rapunzel's waist, they parted when they heard a small giggle from no where.
"Who's there?" Jack shouted with Rapunzel still on top of him.
Then they heard another giggle, they followed where the giggle came from and saw two teens sitting on a cloud.
A girl and a boy about 14 years old. The girl have blonde hair, lightly tanned skin, pink eyes and she's wearing a light pink greek goddess dress sealed with a gold heart, she have a bow and arrows slinging on her back.
The boy have short blonde hair, lightly tanned skin and blue eyes. He's wearing a red hoodie and white pants. He also have a bow and arrows slinging on his back.
Both of them are sitting on a cloud and both of them have white wings.
"Who are you and how did you found this tower?" Rapunzel stood up.
"Would you look at that! Hey, stupid Cupid! These Lovebirds can see us!" the girl called out the boy.
"I prefer you to call me by my first name," the boy rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, I'm Valentine, he's Luke. We're the spirit of Valentines Day or otherwise Love," the girl cheerfully said.
"How long have you been floating there?" Jack nervously asked, looking at Rapunzel.
"From the moment Goldie tripped over her extremely long hair!" Valentine fluffed her cloud.
"She dragged me here," Luke quickly demanded.
"You know it's wrong to barge into someone's home," Rapunzel crossed her arms.
"Hey pucker-up princess, that kiss wouldn't even happen if we're not here!" Valentine smirked.
"What?" Rapunzel and Jack chorused.
"Let's just say, I accidentally hit Goldie with a 'kiss-him/her arrow', I was targeting Frostie," Valentine nervously laughed.
"A kiss-him arrow? What? Why do you have to do that?" Rapunzel exclaimed.
"I'm out of here," Luke floated out then Valentine grabbed his arm and dragged him back.
"Look, if your as old as us you would now how we feel... You're even lucky that you're spirit seasons, we only become really active when it's Valentines Day," Valentine smirked.
"You said you're the spirit of Valentines day.. shouldn't you be a chubby baby in a diaper?" Jack swung his staff to his shoulder.
"This is how they expect us? Unbelievable," Luke crossed his arms.
"Don't mind that! What important is Love is in the Air! I can feel a strong bond around here!" Valentine twirled around.
"Not to be rude but are you twins?" Rapunzel smirked.
"Yeah! Luke is 5 minutes older than me! He's the real stupid Cupid, I'm just the girl version," the spirit of love smiled.
Rainielle's Mansion
"Dad, is ten times stronger this time. We need all the help we can get," Devion smirked.
"How come is he stronger?" Bunny furrowed his eyebrows.
"He have my horrible memories and he's going to attack on a solar eclipse," Devion looked down.
"If we need all the help we can get then we must find other spirits before the eclipse," Tooth fluttered.
"Precisely," Devion smiled.
To be continued...
Author's Note...
This chapter is more like a filler. So this chapter spot lights Rapunzel and Jack's past and relationship..
First Kiss! Wait not their first kiss.. more like a third.. (they probably kissed in their past)
yup, that's why this chapter is called LOVE is in the AIR because the cupids, the fluffiness and the kisses are all here!
Okay, I'm just babbling now..
Anyway, wait patiently! By the way.. Yes, the "Drip..drop..drip...drop.." thing is from Juvia Lockser from Fairytail..