Chapter VII: The Not-So-Odd Couples
-Bastion and Violet come on stage and Bastion smiles- Hello, everyone. I'm Bastion Misawa.
–Violet grins- And I'm Violet Haverbrook. Together, Bastion-baby and I are probably the strangest couple in this group.
-Bastion sighs- Now, I'm not certain about that, darling, since it's an absolute miracle that Jaden and Alexis are together. But they found each other as we did. Anyhow, Peach and 15animefreak15 chose us to do the introduction for this story today, so I suppose we'd better get down to business. Thank you very much, everyone for reading and reviewing. And we'd like to remind you that this timeline is different than the one you're used to.
–Violet interrupts, a tense look on her face- Yeah! Bastion-baby didn't get abandoned because of the stupid writers! And everybody faced their problems instead of running away, turning emo, or going on a rampage! You don't solve stuff by running away, and that timeline I'm not involved in… Nobody really solved their problems, and they made them worse! I mean, come on! How the heck is running away from your friends solving your problems?
-Bastion sighs- Well, in that other timeline, I certainly didn't solve matters well. Good lord, I ran around in my boxers or my birthday suit, depending on which version of…that incident you watched. –Violet's eyes turn to hearts, thinking of said incident, but Bastion continues- Anyhow, I didn't exactly solve my problems, and neither did my friends. So anyway, this is, again, a different sequence of events. We would like to suggest if you don't know this universe, please read the stories that preceded this one in the timeline. So onto the story.
-Violet smiles, getting herself under control- Okay! Last time, Bastion-baby and Syrus moved into Annie's and my suite, while Jaden and Tyson moved into Alexis's suite and Rosa's room, respectively. And Alexis can see her duel spirits now! So what's going to happen now that we're living together? COMPLETE AND UTTER CHAOS!! WOOOO!!!
-Bastion sighs- Well, maybe not that, but certainly…awkward situations. So onto the warning for this chapter. There is a make-out scene in this chapter, but nothing of which should push the envelope for the T rating. The authors might put a toe over the line… -Peach and 15animefreak15 stick their heads out from the curtain and nod- …But they won't be writing full-blown lemons anytime soon. So anyway, there is a make-out scene. Thank you for your attention. Violet, the disclaimer, if you would, please, love…
-Violet nods- Peach and 15animefreak15 don't own the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise. If they did, Bastion-baby wouldn't have stayed in the other world with Taniya and gotten dumped…again. And other events wouldn't have happened. Peach owns Annie and Rosa and I belong to 15animefreak15! Thanks! Now enjoy the chapter!
It was a few days before Alexis, Violet, Rosa and Annie could resume their normal class schedules. Consequently the young men went to class and took care of their fiancées, while also getting opportunity to rest. While they all recovered, they began to learn about each other's habits in their rooms. Tyson and Rosa began by learning about each other's laundry habits. Now, Rosa may have been brought up around more guys than girls, but her mother had driven good laundry habits into every person in her household. So, Rosa's clean clothes were always neat and folded, and the dirty ones went straight to the hamper. Tyson, on the other hand, despite being raised by a mother and father who'd taught him how to be clean, had sunk into some bad habits...
On the third morning of their living together, Tyson had his socks and dirty underwear all over the floor. His clean shirts, socks and underwear were stuffed in drawers and anything not clean was on the floor. Rosa had been up for a few minutes now, and hadn't noticed the mess on her way to the bathroom. However, once refreshed and awake as she left the bathroom, her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "AY CARUMBA!!!" Rosa screeched, jaw dropping.
Tyson woke up at the screech. "Morning, darlin'...what's wrong?" he asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
If Rosa hadn't been in such shock, she would have done what her mother did when such a thing happened. Luckily for Tyson, surprise was currently overcoming anger. "Th-The floor...it is a mess!"
"Uh...it is?" he asked, not fully thinking.
Tyson had just missed his chance to get out of this non-painfully, as the anger finally overcame the shock. Rosa stomped over to him in all her Spanish fury, and pulled Tyson up off the bed by his ear. Yes, that's what her mother's punishment had been. "Si! Look!!"
"OUCH!" he yelped. "Uh...oh, my!" he said, stunned at the mess on the floor.
Rosa was obviously not a happy camper at the mess as she released Tyson's ear from her death grip. "I'm going to take a shower. When I'm done, can I expect a clean floor?" she asked menacingly.
"Yes, ma'am!" he whimpered, saluting. He got to work fast.
Fifteen minutes later, Rosa left the bathroom in nothing but a towel. By now they were kind of used to seeing each other in less. "Ah, good. It is so nice to be able to see the floor again," she stated. Rosa smiled and gave Tyson a kiss on the cheek, in a much better mood.
"Sorry, darlin', about the mess...I guess I didn't think about it..."
"It's okay. I suppose I should have told you I did not like messes," Rosa replied, going to the dresser. However, her good mood was ruined an instant after opening the drawer. Tyson's clothes, which had been stuffed in it carelessly, sprung out like rubber bands and practically buried her. Oh, was he in for it now...
"Rosa...darlin'...I think I got in some bad habits," he apologized quickly.
She pulled a shirt off of her head and sighed in aggravation, giving him a swift punch to the head. "As soon as I get dressed, I'm teaching you how to fold your clothes," she growled.
"Okay," he agreed, not wanting to make her angrier. And so, about five minutes later, Rosa was back in the bedroom teaching Tyson how to properly fold his clothes. Needless to say, a picture of Tyson Schwarzkopf Hassleberry folding his clothes would have made great blackmail material.
Tyson blushed. "Rosa, I'm sorry...Mama raised me better than this," he said shamefacedly.
She sighed, leaning over for a moment to give him another kiss on the cheek. "Do not worry... I understand. You should be glad you did not do this around my mother, though..."
Tyson shivered, not wanting to contemplate Josephina Jimenez's temper. "Uh-oh..."
Rosa smirked. "It would have been much worse. Trust me. You can just ask my brothers...even my father," she replied.
"Whoa...I should've known," he said.
"Anyway, so long as it does not happen again, everything will be just fine," Rosa stated, a hint of warning in her voice.
"Okay...feel free to punish me, darlin', if I do it again," he said.
Meanwhile, down the hall, Jaden Yuki staggered into the bathroom. Alexis had been a little bit crabby yesterday, and Jaden wondered if it wasn't that time of the month when women seem to go homicidal. But he chose not to worry too much. As a matter of fact, it WAS that time of the month for poor Alexis. She didn't mean to be in such a bad mood, but it wasn't exactly a painless experience to go through. Alexis was currently brushing out her hair, having completely forgotten to hide her "feminine items". Hey, she wasn't use to having a guy around her room.
"Lex? Where's the toilet paper?" Jaden called from inside the bathroom.
She stifled a yawn before answering. "In the cabinet under the sink!"
He looked, found it and then found something else. "Maximum strength absorbency... Overnight protection with wings?" He pulled out one of the packages and realized in horror what they were. "AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" he yelped in shock, having not found these things over the summer.
Alexis practically fell out of her chair at the yelp, quickly jumping to her feet. "Jaden! What's wrong?!" she called worriedly. Alexis didn't wait for an answer, and dashed to the bathroom. "Jay??"
Jaden was sitting on the floor, holding up the offending things, looking stunned. "Lex...uh..." His eyebrows twitched.
Alexis's face instantly went ten shades of red when she saw what he was holding, and she quickly snatched them away from him. "J-Jaden! What-?!" she stammered, shoving them back under the cabinet and closing it.
"S-sorry...I just wasn't...ready for that...I found the toilet paper, though," he concluded, lamely.
Alexis' blush had lessened significantly by this point, as she sighed. "It's not your fault, Jay. I should have put them somewhere else. I'm just...not used to having a guy staying in my room."
"It's all right...It just shocked me a little...but...I have to get used to it," he said, rubbing the back of his head with a smile. "I need to know what kind you like so I can go buy them when you need them..."
She smiled and hugged him. "Oh, you're so sweet..."
"Aw...Lex...I want to be a good husband...and that means going to the feminine care aisle at the store!" Jaden grinned, striking as heroic a pose as he could manage. One could practically hear heroic background music, which would've been promptly cut off.
Alexis couldn't help it; she cracked up and started laughing. "Jay, the way you said that-ha ha ha! And then the pose! Ha ha ha ha!!"
He started laughing, too, and then realized. "Uh, babe...I really have to go...you might want to step out..."
Alexis blinked, then sweat-dropped. "Oh, right. Sorry," she replied, quickly leaving the bathroom.
Up a couple of floors, the future Mr. and Mrs. Misawa and the future Mr. and Mrs. Truesdale were having incidents of their own. Since Annie was still too weak to do much, though she was getting stronger every day, she and Sy spent a lot of time alone in the suite while Bastion and Violet went back to class. And that meant Annie and Sy had a lot of time to relax, think about the future and do other things. "Sy?" Annie queried when they were sitting on the couch, looking at a wedding cake book she'd gotten from the school library.
"Yeah, Annie?" Syrus replied, turning to smile at her. He enjoyed all of this alone time they had together almost every day, no matter what they were doing.
"What do you think of this one?" she asked, pointing at a cake covered in lavender fondant. She touched his hand as she asked.
His smile grew a little when she touched his hand, and he held it. "I think it looks nice. But we should keep looking in case we see a better one..."
"Okay...what would you like for a cake?" she asked, feeling a little bit feisty.
"Something chocolate...and it has to be soft..." As he said this, he placed a soft kiss onto her equally soft cheek, also feeling a little feisty.
"What do you want...right now?" she asked, kissing back.
"Something sweet...know where I can get something like that?" Syrus asked back, placing an arm around her shoulders.
"Mmmhmmm..." She turned so she could give him a full, deep kiss. She pulled back for a second, seeing if this was exactly what he meant.
He smiled. "That was pretty sweet to me. Mind letting me have some more?" Syrus asked, leaning in to kiss her again. She nodded, smiling and the kiss was well-joined. She laid back on the couch so she kept her strength in her arms to hold him close. Syrus pulled her closer to him as the kiss became more passionate, each letting their tongues explore the other's mouth. Annie trembled a little bit against him in pleasure as they moved. It felt so right, and she loved every second especially since she knew there was a great deal more to come. He was enjoying this so much, and pulled away to catch his breath. She looked so beautiful with her cheeks flushed, eyes half-closed in pleasure. Syrus smiled and dove right back into the little make-out session, loving this just as much as she was.
Meanwhile, at the main building, Bastion had just stepped out of class and realized he didn't have his book for his physics class after lunch. "Violet, I have to run back to the dorm, darling..." he said as they headed to Dorothy's for lunch.
"All right! I'll see you at Dorothy's, okay? Oh, and I suggest knocking before going into the room. You never know, they might be in the middle of a make-out session," Violet replied, grinning and laughing a little.
Bastion smiled. "I'll knock, but I highly doubt they'll be up to that...I'll be right back," he said and jogged to Obelisk Blue. He took the elevator to the third floor and headed down the hall to the suite. He knocked and called, "Sy, Annie! I'm coming in!" When he didn't hear anything he figured it was safe to enter the room. 'Annie must be napping...' he thought, not hearing anything. And then... "OH BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER!" His face was flame red, seeing Sy and Annie having a very furious make-out session.
Syrus instantly pulled away, and was so shocked that he fell off the couch. The wedding cake book landed on his head with a loud thunk. "Ow…"
Annie got up fast, quickly straightening her pajamas. "Oh, Bastion! We didn't hear you! I'm sorry..."
"Er....oh...uh..." He was in such shock that he couldn't make a coherent sentence. "Sy, are you okay?" Annie asked, helping her fiancé up.
Sy winced, rubbing a fresh bump on his head as he sat on the couch. "Yeah...sorry, Bastion," he added, blushing a little at the fact Bastion had walked in on them.
"Uh...I'm sorry...I thought you were...doing...something...else...Oh, bugger..." Bastion groaned.
"Bastion...it's okay...are you okay?" Annie asked, noticing just how stunned he was.
Bastion nodded finally. "Yeah...I just came to get my physics book...Sorry..."
Syrus grinned a little sheepishly. "Don't worry about it, Bastion. It's partially our fault, too," he replied.
Annie blushed. "Sorry, Bastion..."
"Quite all right...I suppose we all get these moments..."
"Yeah...try walking in your parents," Annie said, turning deep red.
"That happened to you, too?" Syrus asked, also blushing.
"Yes," Annie groaned.
"Er...so did I," Bastion moaned softly.
"Looks like we've all had a moment like that," Sy grinned sheepishly.
"Yeah...So I'll get my books. Shall we all go to the pool this evening like we planned?" Bastion asked.
"I'm still up for it. What about you, Annie?" Syrus asked, turning to her.
Annie nodded. "It'll be good to get out of the room for a bit longer than an hour. Miss Fontaine wants to see if I can tolerate a bit more."
"Oh, that's good," Bastion said, smiling. "Well, I must get back to Violet. See you after bit, then!" He grabbed his book and left.
"Uh, should we maybe lock the door? Just to be safe??" Sy asked, sweat-dropping.
Annie smiled, looking a little bit naughty. "Well...we could take the stuff in our room and...work in there...And that door could be locked..."
Syrus smiled a little, too. "That's a good idea, Annie."
And so they did. Meanwhile, Bastion returned to Dorothy's, ready for lunch. "Sorry it took so long, darling!" he said, grateful Violet had picked up their lunch.
Violet smirked. "You walked in on them making out, didn't you?"she asked.
Bastion flushed. "I did knock and I called out, you know..."
She couldn't help but laugh a little. "I know, I know. At least you took my advice. Were they upset about it?"
"They were surprised, darling...but we found out we had...er...mutually embarrassing situations..."
"Such as?"
"Have you...ever...walked in on your parents...you know..."
"Making out?" Violet always had been rather blunt...
"Yeah...that..." Bastion's face was hot.
"More times than I can count," she answered simply.
"Well...it's just as awkward with your friends. Oh, we're still on tonight for the pool...Annie's eager for it as it may mean she gets back to class a little sooner."
"That's great! And going to the pool is always fun. I love swimming. Mom once said I was part fish," Violet answered and sweat-dropped.
Bastion merely chuckled. "Well, you certainly move gracefully through the water, love," he answered, eating his sandwich.
She laughed a little, taking a bite of her own sandwich. "And I'll try not to half-drown you this time, all right?"
"Fair enough," Bastion said.
Later that evening, the four couples met up at the pool and swam. "Oh, this feels so nice!" Annie said, reveling in the comfortably cool pool water against her skin.
"Look out! Here comes a cannonball!!" Violet shouted, running to the edge and then jumping in. Syrus, still not knowing how to swim, was staying in the shallow end of the pool. At the moment, he was glad he'd made this decision, seeing the large waves Violet's cannonball had made.
Jaden whooped. "CANNONBALL!" he shouted, jumping in too.
Then Bastion did as well. "Here I come!" he added.
"HOO-AH!!" Tyson shouted as well, splashing into the water.
"Hey, don't think I'm letting you guys have all the fun!" Alexis yelled, jumping in after them. "Valor de Matador!!" Rosa exclaimed, which means "courage of the matador", charging over to the pool edge and diving in. Even though he was in the shallow end, Syrus was sent back slightly by the large waves coming from the deep end.
Annie swam over by Sy. "You okay, honey?" she asked.
He nodded. "Yeah. Sorry I can't swim with you in the deep end, Annie..."
"It's okay...Sy, it's all right...really...And you'll learn...do you know why you're so afraid of the water?" she asked.
"Well...when I was a little kid, we went to the beach. I went into the water, and a wave came and pulled me out too far. Dad came and saved me, but it really got me scared of deep water," he explained, frowning.
"Maybe...I could get us permission and we could come back here when it's quiet...we could try..."
Syrus blinked. "You mean...you'd try teaching me how to swim?" he asked. "I mean, Professor Banner sort of did, but it was to catch his dinner and I didn't go out very far at all. I'm still afraid of the water…"
"Yeah...if you wanted," she answered. "I'm...not great, but at least we could get you to not be so nervous...I was afraid of the water for a little bit, too..."
He smiled. "Really? Thanks, Annie...why were you scared of the water??"
Annie flushed. "Well...I had an attack in the water when I was eight. We didn't know what it was. It was a hot day and I got dizzy and fell into our pool. Bobby was outside and pulled me out quick. The doctor thought I'd just had too much sun. But I swallowed a lot of pool water, and it made me scared for a bit. It took a month to get me back in the pool again..."
"Well, you don't have to worry about that happening again," Syrus replied happily. Neither noticed Violet sneakily swimming up behind Annie, stretching out her arms to start tickling the innocent girl.
"VIOLET!" Annie shrieked, being rather sensitive when Violet made contact.
Syrus was so surprised that he jumped back, nearly going under but managing to catch himself. "H-Huh??" he stammered.
Violet surfaced, a broad grin on her face. "Gotcha, Annie!!"
Annie caught her breath and got to the edge of the pool. "Give me a sec, Violet...Oh, that was fun!"
"I used to do that to my brother all the time back home! No one ever sees me swimming up behind them until it's too late!!" the purple-haired girl explained happily.
"YAY!!!" Annie suddenly cheered in triumph.
Violet and Syrus both blinked a few times. "What??"
"I'm normal!" Annie smiled. "Violet, you couldn't have done that to me a short time ago..."
"Oh! Right! Well, glad I could help!!" she replied happily.
The rest of the group heard Annie's cheer and swam over. "Annie, is everything okay?" Jaden asked.
She told him and then looked at the whole group. "Hey, guys?"
"Yeah, Annie?" Alexis vouched for the group.
"Could you all help me with something? I want to help Sy get out in the deep end..."
Syrus' eyes widened a little. "Sure!" the other girls replied eagerly.
The guys looked at each other. "Sy...you want to try?" Jaden asked.
"I was the highest in my swim class," Bastion added.
"Yeah, me too!" Tyson grinned.
"I could out-swim both of you!" Violet exclaimed, smirking.
Syrus glanced from Annie to the others and back again. "Uh...I guess so..."
"Okay...Well, no big splashing yet, okay, guys? Sy just needs to be comfortable in the water," Annie pointed out to everyone.
"Don't worry, Annie. We understand," Alexis replied. And so the group worked to get Sy out into deeper water.
Annie pulled Sy out into the water where his toes couldn't touch the bottom without him going in over his head. "Sy, you okay?"
Syrus' heart was pounding, fear obvious in his expression. "I-I'm really n-nervous, Annie..."
"It's okay, Sy," Jaden called, paddling out a little farther. "You're okay! We're all here!" The blue-headed young man tried kicking his legs and moving his free arm to keep himself afloat, unused to being adrift.
"Sy...just relax...breathe deep," Annie soothed. "Now just lay back and let yourself float..." Syrus was nervous about such an idea, but decided he was safe since everyone was there. He leaned back until he was laying on the surface of the water, fidgeting fearfully. Annie moved so she could float with him. "I'm right here...just relax..." And then she took his hand. "It's all right..." He relaxed a little when she took his hand, and tried taking a few deep breaths.
And then another presence floated on Sy's other side, taking his hand. "It's all right, Sy," Jaden added. "I'm here, too..." Syrus tensed a little in surprise, but relaxed when he realized it was Jaden. He closed his eyes, hoping it would help him relax more. In fact, with Syrus's eyes closed, it felt like he was floating on air instead of water.
Soon the whole group was floating in one long chain. "See, Private Truesdale? It's okay!" Tyson called from his position. Sy opened his eyes again and smiled a little. He had to admit that it wasn't as bad as he thought it would be.
"This is rather relaxing," Bastion commented.
"What?? I can't hear you! Too much water in my ears!!" Violet yelled, seeing Bastion's mouth move.
Bastion was grateful he and Violet were at one end of the chain. He and Violet broke away to the end of the pool and got up on the edge. "Darling, I said that it's very relaxing..."
She shook her head slightly, hitting it on each side. Quite a bit of water poured out and she blinked at Bastion's words. "I guess you're right. Would help if I had ear plugs, though."
"You forgot them...again?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
Violet sweat-dropped, grinning sheepishly. "Yeah...I always seem to do that, don't I?"
"Well...I forget things too...Remember this morning and the toilet seat?" he asked, flushing slightly.
Oh yeah. She remembered, all right. Hard to forget nearly falling in the toilet. "Yup. Thank God for the bathroom counter."
"I guess we all forget something," he admitted.
Meanwhile, Tyson and Rosa let go of the chain as well, swimming away and getting out of the pool. "That was nice, Spanish Rose," Tyson said, smiling and loving how Rosa looked in her bright red swimsuit.
She nodded. "Si. Very relaxing..." Rosa loved seeing Tyson shirtless, when all of his muscles could be seen. He even had his bandanna off, which made her even happier.
He noticed her smile and said, "Can't have the headgear on in the pool...You gettin' hungry?" he asked.
"Si. Swimming does make one hungry after a while, "she replied.
"Okay...let's get cleaned up and head back," he said and they headed to the locker rooms. Jaden, Alexis, Bastion and Violet did the same, while Sy and Annie continued to float.
"I think we're alone now," Annie murmured as she and Syrus drifted.
"Annie...thanks for helping me," he replied, smiling.
"No problem, honey...it's only fair that I help you too...you helped me not be scared in surgery. And that's what you do when you're married. You help each other. And...um," she said, blushing and stopped.
Syrus blinked, glancing at her. "And..?"
"This is going to sound weird..."
He squeezed her hand a little. "It's okay, Annie. You can tell me..."
"Well...I think we're already pretty much married, even without the piece of paper that says we are..."
Syrus blushed a little. "You know....I was kind of....thinking the same thing. I mean, it feels like we are..."
"Yeah...we've already been through so much...and we stayed together. And we're committed to each other for better or worse..."
He nodded, smiling. "Hey, Annie..."
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Can we get out of the pool now? I'm getting really wrinkly," he asked, grinning sheepishly.
'Not what I was expecting him to say,' Annie thought. "Sure...I think I'm getting a little wrinkly, too..." 'Think unsexy thoughts!' she commanded herself.
Syrus was telling himself the same thing as they got out and headed towards the locker rooms. "I think I'm gonna shower off..."
Annie nodded. "So am I. I think I may do that again when we get back to the dorm after dinner..."
Everyone was in the locker rooms changing, and Violet had gone to use the bathroom. What Syrus didn't know was that Violet had also decided to use the showers to wash off, which was where he was now headed. Unfortunately for Syrus, he misread the signs for the shower rooms and went into the girls' showers. He was surprised to hear one running, having seen all the guys in the locker room. "Hey, anyone else in here?" he called.
Violet, in the midst of daydreaming, didn't even hear Syrus. Syrus guessed someone had left a shower on and shrugged, going into the shower room. However, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw Violet with her back to him. "V-V-VIOLET?!?!" he yelped. This time he was loud enough for Violet to hear him, and she turned. Instantly, her face went ten shades of red, and her feminine instincts kicked-in. Violet screamed and grabbed the soap, throwing it at him. Somehow, Syrus managed to run out of the shower room, random objects being hurled after him.
Annie, having heard her best friend scream and throw things came running into the bathroom. "Violet?! What...WHOA!!!" She slipped on the wet floor and crashed into the wall.
Violet blinked a few times, heart still pounding from shock. "An-Annie? You okay??" she asked worriedly.
Annie sat up, tried to get to her feet and couldn't get up. "Ouch...I think I twisted my ankle...but I was about to ask you the same question...What's wrong?"
Violet's blush had died down, but was still prominent on her face. "You may not believe this, but...Sy walked in on me!"
"How...how did that happen?" Annie asked, trying to stand, but her foot just hurt too much, so she stayed sitting.
Violet quickly turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around herself, going over to Annie. "I don't know. But he surprised me and I screamed...and threw things at him," she replied, helping Annie up.
"Threw things? Ouch..." Annie winced as she and Violet hopped to the locker room bench.
"Well, it was an instinct sort of thing. Or maybe I've just seen it happen in the movies one too many times..."
"Oh, he must've not looked carefully at the sign again," the dark-haired girl sighed.
Meanwhile, Sy staggered into the boys' locker room, stunned. "Sy? You okay, bro?" Jaden asked.
"Yeah, Private Truesdale, you look like you saw a really bad mess hall," Tyson added.
"Syrus...are you quite all right?" Bastion wondered.
Syrus sat down on a bench, trying to shake the shock from his mind. There was a large bump on his head where the bar of soap had hit him, and he tried to regain his voice. "Oh, Bastion, you're gonna hate me for this," he moaned.
"What happened?" Bastion asked.
"I, well, uh...misread the signs for the shower rooms," he began nervously.
"So..? What happened?" Bastion asked again as the other guys looked at him, puzzled.
"Um, Bastion....V-Violet was in the shower," Syrus mumbled, face going red.
Then Bastion realized. "Oh...oh my...you...er...saw her...in the...all-together?"
Sy's blush intensified, but he managed a nod. "J-Just the back, though.....she kind of threw soap at me after that...."
"Oh, all right, then...you weren't trying to cop a look now, were you?" Bastion asked, giving Sy a stern look.
Syrus tensed at the look, worried of what Bastion would do. "No, of course not! It was an accident, really!!"
Then Bastion laughed. "That was a test! I know! The only one you'd like to look at is Annie..."
The small Obelisk let out a sigh of relief, finally feeling the pain in his head. "Ow...and Violet has a good throwing arm, Bastion..."
Jaden grinned. "Yeah, she does. I remember that time we were passing the ball up near the tree..."
"Yeah, Sarge?" Tyson asked.
"Yeah...I got a black eye...Dr. Crowler called me a Cyclops!" Jaden grinned, chuckling at the memory.
"Well, he went through the same thing, remember? When Bastion hit the baseball and gave him a black eye," Syrus replied.
"And when he got hit by Harrington's tennis ball," Jaden added.
"And then punished you for it," Sy added
"Well, I did call him a Cyclops," Jaden admitted.
"Still, he should've taken that with better humor," Bastion said.
"But then I never would've dueled for Lex..."
"Point taken," Bastion grinned. "Perhaps I'd better see if Violet's all right...I bet you scared her silly..."
"Well, she did scream. And like I said, throw things," Syrus sighed.
"Hang on..." Bastion, already cleaned up and dressed comfortably, stepped out of the boys' showering area and headed to the girls' door. "Violet?" he called. "Darling, are you all right?" He heard whimpering. "Violet?!"
Violet heard Bastion, and blinked in surprise. "Bastion-baby? I'm fine! But Annie twisted her ankle!!" she called back.
"Shall I run and get Miss Fontaine?"
"That'd probably be a good idea! Oh, and tell Sy I'm sorry for throwing soap at him!!"
"I will," Bastion called back. He headed back to the boys' room where the other three were getting their clothes back on. "Syrus...Violet's sorry she hit you with the soap and Annie is going to require your help..."
Syrus' eyes widened. "What? What happened?!" he asked.
"Apparently, Annie slipped and may have twisted her ankle. I'm going to get Miss Fontaine..."
Sy quickly stood, worry obvious in his expression. "She's hurt?! You think it would be okay if I go make sure she's all right?"
"Follow me," Bastion said.
Meanwhile, Jaden looked at Tyson. "Man, that sucks..."
"That's a ten-four, Sarge..."
Yup… another injury… Compared to what the gang faced over the summer and into the early fall, an injured ankle should be a minor thing. So anyway, next time, please join us for "Accidental Amorousness!" Until then, please read, review and stay tuned! Thank you again, everyone!