Being a villain

Prompt: One of the "good' characters calls Ursula a villain in front of Cruella. How she reacts is entirely up to you.

"I will have a cappuccino… Do you want something?"

"No, darling… I'm checking sales on Emp – sadly the only thing I can afford at the moment!"

Ursula slightly shook her head, throwing a glance to her friend, who was still standing up near the door of the inn, looking completely focused on the screen of her i-phone with the particolar spotted cover. In front of that vision, she held back an amused smile and then turned to the counter again, waiting for her breakfast.

But the waiting time ended up to be longer than the expectation, since she was preceeded by the redhead doctor, Regina's son and even sleeping beauty – who was now awake and with a son in her arms.

While the cappuccino wasn't ready yet, Cruella had already ordered two pair of shoes online.

"How long for my cappuccino? Or should I make it myself with my tentacles?" she protested with an annoyed tone, glaring at the wolf-girl who wasn't actually more friendly than her granny.

She had not even finished to talk that the waitress closed with the top the so desired cappuccino – just to hand it then with a smile to the well-known girl who had just arrived.

"You should stop complaining, sea witch" Belle said, passing her by with a pleased face, showing with satisfaction the drink just taken. "That is the least you deserve for being a villain, after all"

Anger immediately filled the woman hearing those insolent and unexpected words, and she was already preparing herself to answer and put her back in her place. But before she could, someone else was quicker than her and, with an almost supernatural speed, came between the two.

"What have you just said, little maid? You should watch your mouth!" Cruella said, almost growling at the librarian "I should have killed you when I had the chance… Don't you ever dare again calling her that way because you know absolutely nothing!"

"I'm not afraid of you, furrier" the girl whispered, trying to keep calm, even if her body language was saying otherwise.

"Oh instead you really should be, darling, because I could turn you into a fur even if you are not an animal…"

That not so empty threat was interrupted by Will Scarlet, the girl's new knight in shining armor, and by a chorus of voices whose owners were dangerously coming more closer. Only then, Ursula seemed to awake from the confusional state she had fallen in, and, finding again control of her body, she grabbed her friend by the arms.

"We are leaving… Thanks for the cappuccino anyway" she said with a hint of acidity, before leading Cruella out of the place, probably saving her from a group lynching.

Cruella tried to put the car in motion twice, before her hand slipped away completely and a heavy sigh escaped her lips. The scene inside the inn had annoyed her a lot and, now that they were both safe in her Panther De Ville, that state of agitation hadn't abandoned her yet - quite the contrary it seemed to be the reason why she couldn't do even the easiest gestures.

"Hey, are you sure to be okay?" Ursula asked in a worried tone, deciding only in that moment to speak up. "You seemed pretty angry in there…"

The other woman hinted an ironic smile and gave her a vaguely amused look. "I'm always pretty angry, darling."

The sea witch didn't answer immediately, but just looked back at her eloquently. Of course, she was referring to something very different than her simple usual irritation, but there was no need to precise that, since she knew that Cruella had already understand that completely. Maybe none of them knew how to explain that sudden temper tantrum, or more probably they both were interpretating it very well, but were too scared to razionalize the meaning of it. So, they just remained in silence for a while, looking away, trying to let the anger and the surprised blow off..

"Why did you do that?" Ursula suddenly said anyway, betraying her intentions. "Did you think that I wasn't able to defend myself?" she added then, letting reveal now also a bit of irritation herself.

Mrs De Vil let out another heavy sigh and then quickly turned to face the other woman. "Of course you would be able! It's just that I-" she tried to answer, but before she coud finish, she suddenly stopped herself. "It's just that I don't like people insulting what's mine"

Whatever she had been on the cusp to say before was gone, but that last sentence was more than enough anyway – it was even too much for that moment actually. Ursula istinctively raised an eyebrow, not too much pleased to be compared to something like the Panther De Ville or one of her furs, but slowly a pleasant smile appeared on her lips: she didn't mind that possessivity, after all. The smile ended up turning into an almost happy one and it remained still on her face for some moments, until Cruella decided to clarify her intentions and involve her into an impulsive but surprisingly sweet kiss.

Maybe, seeing them now, no one would have called them villains after all.

Here it is prompt 2! Hope you liked this one too :)