A/N: Happy birthday to meee (although it's already April 6th here, but I'm going to pretend I didn't see that lol)! \(^-^)/ As a treat, I decided to update for a change. I'm sorry for the slow (and far too short) updates. I wish it was different, because when I stop writing for more than a month, I turn into a very grumpy person. XD Anyways, enjoy.
Thanks: Fanfiction Bard, TopazDragon98, The Punch Lord, lordibau, Amulet Misty, HawkRider, Walker of Nothing, and KairiXPrincessXofXLight. :)
~ Terra blinked. "Oh… Sometimes I forget that not all girls are like you." ~
24) Glass
"Boo."
It wasn't even that loud or scary-sounding (Terra had done much worse things than this, one could be sure of that), but Aqua had been so engrossed with her own thoughts that it still managed to startle her. She gasped and let the glass cup fall out of her hands. Before she knew what was happening, she felt a sharp pain on her right foot, and she stumbled, taken aback. Aqua grabbed for the nearest thing that she could reach to keep her balance...which happened to be Terra. Had it been any other moment, she would have gotten as red as a tomato (at the least). However, the pain in her foot, sharp like needles, was currently distracting her too much to feel anything else.
"Careful there! You stepped on the glass," Terra noted, his voice laced with worry.
"Thanks...for pointing out the obvious," the bluenette said through gritted teeth.
Terra sighed. He seemed to ponder over something, before shrugging as though it was nothing, and picking her up just like that.
"W-wait. What are you doing?"
He didn't reply, while he carried her to the bathroom. Terra didn't waste any time when he got there; he gently put her down on a mini-stool that was already standing there. This way, it would be easier for him to take the tiny pieces of glass out of her foot. However, that task didn't seem to be as easy as he'd thought at first.
"Ow! It hurts," she said between gasps.
"I know. I'm sorry. I'm almost done. I promise."
"You said that three minutes ago."
Terra merely smirked at her, but frowned again as he concentrated. Poor Aqua, he thought. It probably hurt a lot more than she let on. Aqua was always trying to look strong and unfazed.
After a while, the brunet had finally managed to succeed to make his friend's foot glass-free.
Aqua smiled at him, more than glad that the torture was finally over. "Thanks, Terra."
"Don't mention-"
"Hey guys, guess what?"
The both of them simultaneously turned their heads, just in time to see Kairi enter the room. She was looking cheerful as ever. Then, the woman's eyes fell on the trace of blood. A few drops that led from the kitchen to the bathroom were enough to make her shiver.
"Is that…"
Kairi's blue eyes widened. Before she could finish her sentence, she made a weird sound and started to lose her balance. Terra quickly jumped forward to catch her in his arms, before she would hit the ground and get hurt.
Now I can see why you like her so much, Aqua thought, sarcastically. Being around her makes you feel like the knight in shining armor, huh?
She couldn't help but feel guilty immediately afterwards. Kairi was such a sweet young woman; how in the world could she think so negatively about her? Surely, it wasn't the redhead's fault that Aqua liked her boyfriend...
Terra blinked, looking almost perplexed or, in a way, unsure of what to do with the woman in his arms now. "Oh… Sometimes I forget that not all girls are like you."
Aqua arched a delicate brow. "I hope that's a compliment."
"…You bet."
She smiled, before looking at Kairi again. "Hmm... You should put her on the couch. I'm going to get a glass of water for her. Don't drop her."
Terra gave her a deadpan look. "Yeah, because I was totally planning on doing that."
Aqua tried not to laugh as she replied, "Just making sure, Terra."
A/N: I'm sorry if these chapters seem like fillers. I promise that it is going somewhere. It just takes a while to get there it seems.
Next chapter: Terra let out a dramatic sigh. "My dearest Aqua, why must you always be so suspicious about everything I do?"