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Hello peeps I am so sorry for taking forever to write more. I actually had this typed for a long time but then I wasn't happy with it and also my computer was being weird.
But here it is! (Also I will try to post another one shot today to make up for the long wait! I actually have some inspiration at the moment!)
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Oneshot 39: Frostbite
by AshAnime
"You should go look for her."
"Fuck that. The little bitch wants to run off? Let her."
"She should have returned by now, Mugen."
The surly Ryukyuan placed his cheek in his hand and picked at the floorboards beneath him.
"That aint my fault. You go look for her."
"I'm not the one she's mad at."
"No shit."
Jin rubbed his temples and suppressed a sigh. He often felt like he was dealing with children when it came to his traveling companions. If it weren't for Fuu's sake he would have departed from them ages ago.
"The temperature drops drastically at night. Her kimono will do nothing to protect her from the cold."
"…"
"Mugen—"
"Fine! Alright, I'm going! Don't say I never did anything."
Jin finally heaved a grateful sigh and went back to composing his letter to Shino. He steadied his hand as the door behind him slammed shut and he was once again left to wonder when his friends would realize just what they meant to each other.
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Mugen gritted his teeth against the cold and tried to ignore the fact that Jin had been right. It was mind-numbingly frigid and he didn't own a single piece of warm clothing to his name. None of them did; which is why they all traveled during the day and looked for somewhere warm to sleep at night.
Noisy crickets agitated him as he walked toward town and cursed at Fuu in his head for being a pain in the ass. Mugen didn't know how much more of the biting wind he could take. Shoving his hands into his pockets did absolutely nothing to help.
He could feel the ice clawing at his heart as well… and it wasn't just because of the weather.
Fuu was somewhere out there. And although he told Jin it wasn't his fault, Mugen was beginning to think that it might have been. He just had to go and get in a stupid argument with the dumb broad. One minute they were joking around and the next thing you know she's stomping out of their shack and slamming the door behind her.
Mugen had been scratching his head at that. He was used to arguing with Fuu but she never walked away from a fight before. It had left him stunned when she let him have the final word before departing with a strangled cry.
"Just where the fuck are you girly?" he thought angrily, after searching the streets and alleyways for an hour straight. Mugen tugged on his unruly hair and once again questioned why he was wasting his time with some girl and a glasses-wearing-samurai. He could have left them ages ago. He could have been free to be his drifting, wild self. Not searching up and down some shit hole of a town, looking for a melodramatic girl in the middle of the coldest night of the god damn year.
But who was he kidding?
Mugen could only comprehend it as anger but really he was just worried. He'd started to walk just a little faster and look just a bit more frantic. How come he hadn't found her yet? Did something happen? Was the idiot lost? Would he find her dead in a ditch somewhere?
"Mu- Mugen?"
Mugen skidded to stop and peered around the corner he nearly passed. Fuu was huddled up in the doorway of a shop with her knees pulled up to her chest. She seemed to be freezing her butt off and her teeth wouldn't stop chattering.
"Shit!" he hissed, stalking over and crouching down in front of her. He didn't know what blue lips meant but it most likely wasn't anything good. "Why didn't you come back, dumbass?"
Fuu tried to glare at him but her intense shivering ruined it. "I… g- got… lost," she managed to force out, puffs of white air leaving her chapped lips.
"I got that much."
Fuu's frozen frown deepened. "P- Please help me back? M- My… legs… feel numb."
Mugen rolled his eyes and rose to a stand. He begrudgingly stuck his hand out and waited for her to take it. "Well I didn't come all the way out here for no reason!"
Hesitantly, the freezing girl took his warmer hand and suppressed a smile. Attempting one made it feel like her cheeks were going to shatter.
"Can you walk?"
"I… I don't know."
"Well then try, stupid."
Once again the frown was back, but Fuu took an experimental step forward and winced at the pain that jolted up her leg. It almost felt like all of her limbs were asleep and once she put pressure on them a stinging jolt would travel through them.
Her brows crumpled with worry as she looked to Mugen. "I don't think I can walk."
He huffed and looked away. "Of course you can't" he mumbled under his breath. Before the shivering girl could berate him he was kneeling down in front of her with his back to her. "C'mon."
"Huh?"
Mugen's brow twitched in irritation. "Get. On."
"But Mugen—"
"Do you wanna freeze to death?!"
"No!" Fuu squeaked.
"Then get the fuck on!"
With the most energy she'd shown since he found her, Fuu quickly climbed unto his back and wrapped her frigid arms around his neck.
"Try not to squirm," he bit out after a few seconds of walking.
"Sorry."
"Whatever."
A puff of Fuu's warm breath hit the back of his neck as she sighed. "… Thank you, Mugen."
He grunted in acknowledgment.
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After a lot of arguing, hair tugging and Mugen pretending to drop Fuu whenever she complained, they finally made it back to the shack and were surprised to find Jin nowhere in sight.
"Probably lookin' for a way to send that letter." Mugen immediately claimed most of the blankets and settled into his corner of the room.
"What letter?" Fuu asked, rubbing at her arms and pouting at the fact that the pirate had hoarded all of the warm sheets.
"Remember the chic he met at that one brothel? He's got some connections or whatever so that he can send letters to her. It's really stupid if you ask me. Who shags a chic and falls for her?"
Fuu blinked and turned to search around the small place for the rest of the sheets. Being pressed to Mugen's back had allowed some warmth to return to her limps.
"Most people actually. Everyone's not like you, Mugen."
"Tch."
She finally found a good enough blanket and began spreading it over her mat. "You know I nearly froze to death out there but as soon as we get back you take all of the good sheets."
Mugen stuck his tongue out and grinned crudely. "I nearly froze my ass off trying to find you, so we're even."
Fuu plopped herself down unto her thin sheets and huffed. "Not even close to even. I was out there way longer then you."
"Whatever, just don't do that shit again."
Fuu opened her mouth, a retort on her tongue, but then she noticed a glint of… something in Mugen's dark eyes. Her mouth quickly closed and she attempted to snuggle into her threadbare sheets, hands rubbing together in order to ward off the cold.
"I won't" she whispered, starting directly at him. "I promise."
Mugen stared at her for a second too long, but then he was turning over and facing the wall. "Good," he grumbled.
Fuu smiled softly. She wondered when the grumpy idiot would ever be okay with showing his true feelings.
"Goodnight, Mugen."
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Fuu wrapped herself further into her warm cocoon and sighed contently. She didn't think she would ever be able to wake up with all of the soft and snuggly blankets surrounding her.
Wait…
Fuu sat up quickly, eyes popping open. All of the fuzzy sheets she saw Mugen hog last night toppled off of her and pooled around her waist. "…Huh?"
"You're awake."
She looked up to see Jin watching her from his side of the hut. He was enjoying a cup of tea and looking like is usual pensive self.
"Yeah… um… where's Mugen?"
Jin took another sip of tea before answering. "He went to the docks. I was surprised to see him awake so early."
Now Fuu was really confused. Mugen? Wake up early? No way!
"How'd I get all these sheets? When I fell asleep Mugen had them," she explained while rubbing any last remnants of sleep from her eyes.
At this, Jin Frowned. "You didn't know?"
"…Know what?" Fuu retorted hesitantly.
"That Mugen slept next to you last night."
"Yeah he was right across the—Wait… WHAT?!"
Sorry if there are any grammar mistakes or typos. I only went over this twice. So what did you guys think? Like it? I'll try to post another one shot up either today or tomorrow!
Thank you awesome reviewers of OS 38 for your amazing feedback:
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(and the many new reviewers of other oneshots as well!)
((also i love your answers for the previous QOTD))
There were a lot of questions for Mugen, Fuu and Jin so i'm going to pick three at random. Sorry if your question wasn't answered!
AshAnime: Alright moochers! Gather 'round so I can read these questions!
Mugen: Who you callin' a moocher?!
AshAnime: You of course! Just last night you ate an entire box of pizza!
Mugen: *grumbles and glares at Fuu's snickering*
AshAnime: Alright, first up, Mugen... since you want to question me all the time. Brittany would like to know, When will you ask Fuu to be your wife?
Mugen: *groans* Are you fucking kidding me?
AshAnime: Nope.
Fuu: I'll answer that for you. *smiles* I will never ever, EVER marry Mugen... EVER!
Mugen: Oi! What's that supposed to mean?
AshAnime: Calm down Mugen. You're the one who didn't seem so eager in the first place.
Mugen: But-
AshAnime: NEXT QUESTION!... Jin?
Jin: *looks up from book* Yes?
AshAnime: Soul Raider 116 would like to know- Do you ever think of Fuu in a romantic sense? Or is Shino the only one for-
Jin: Shino.
AshAnime: I didn't even finish my-
Jin: Shino.
AshAnime: Okaaaaay theeeeen... moving along. Fuu?
Fuu: *smiles* Yes?!
AshAnime: Soul Raider 116 would also like to know... What do you think Mugen's most attractive quality is?
Fuu: *turns bright red* Wh-What?!
Mugen: *smirks* Yeah, girly. What turns you on when you look at me?
Fuu: *blushes harder* I never-
AshAnime: Answer the question Fuu.
Fuu: *sighs* I don't know why but... *shrugs* I guess I've always liked Mugen's hands. They've done a lot of bad things but... they're really warm and- Hey! Why are you crying?!
AshAnime: *blows nose* Oh don't mind me it's just... THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!
Fuu: *pats my back awkwardly as i sob into my tissue*
Mugen: Tch. Girls.
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