Chapter Three
"What's your favourite colour?"
Gambit thought on it for a minute, his favourite colour?
"Gambit doesn't no' chere" he offered sheepishly
"It's not pink?"
She had been staying with him for a month now and so far she had yet to see him in an outfit that didn't somehow have pink in it.
"Magenta" he winked "and no', I guess I like all colours evenly"
"Okay what about your favourite film?"
At this Gambit chuckled.
"what's so funny sugah?" she asked pulling herself up on the sofa, originally she had settled across it to watch her shows when Gambit came home, changed into his current grey sweats and pink shirt, lifted up her legs and sat down under her laying her legs across his lap. Much to her surprise, she then noticed his hands drifting gently up and down her covered legs.
Soft and teasing. It was a strange feeling, for someone to be so casual with her, usually others kept a distance.
But not Gambit.
"Do yo' want to hear the truth or the answer I tell others?"
"Both" she smiled, she found his charm was infectious. Just being around him lifted her moods.
"The godfather"
"That's the lie?"
"Mhhmhh"
"And the truth?"
"The princess bride"
The princess bride, huh. Rogue wouldn't have thought that would be his favourite film but then she also wouldn't have believed he kept a candy stash like a child, in every room of his home for easy access. A few times she had heard a wrapper crinkle and suddenly he had a new chocolate bar in his hand. She still couldn't find the source.
"How comes you're telling me the truth sugah?"
"The truth is the way to your heart, no' Mon Amie?"
She had thought the urge all night but his honest words finally bring out the blush that crept up her neck and onto her cheeks.
"I'm untouchable" she whispered more to herself then him.
"Only makes yo' more precious, chere. Your body stay as pure as yo' heart"
"You're always so nice to me" she mused aloud "Why is it you're still single sugah? You seem perfect"
"Ah, look can be deceiving"
"What do you mean?"
"No' many women agree with what Gambit do, no' many women like mutants and no' many women like their man to travel most of the year" he shrugs like it doesn't matter but I can see the hurt in his eyes.
"Sounds like you lead a lonely life"
"Only life I know since leaving New Orleans"
"I'm sorry"
"It okay Chere, I have yo' to keep me company till you sort yourself out"
"Thank you again for letting me stay, it really means a lot to me. I'll be gone soon, I guess I just want to hold off having to look my ex in the eye again."
"No rush chere, I mean it. Gambit like you here. You really gonna go back to the ex?"
"I don't have anywhere else, besides technically it's a school that the ex is still living at"
"At school? For mutant?"
"Yeah, it run by mutants for mutants. It's pretty cool, they show you how to control your powers, how to fight in combat and all the normal school education. Plus it's also a safe haven for mutants, no age limit. I learnt a lot there but I still felt like an outsider, everyone else either could control their powers or had non deadly ones. I couldn't control mine and I scared everyone"
"Sounds like yo' lead a lonely life" he smiles back at me using my words.
"Only life I knew since my powers manifested."
"Why don't we both go?"
"What! Why?"
He shrugs once more. "To meet other mutants, to have a fun road trip, to make your ex jealous. Pick a reason Mon Amie, either way it sounds fun no?"
"You're one crazy Cajun"
"But a handsome one no'" he smirked and Rogues ears picked up the familiar sound of a crinkling wrapper and sure enough in his hand was a freshly unwrapped snickers bar.
She burst in to a fit of laughter and Gambit quickly followed chuckling around a large bite.