Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 1700-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.
(Arthur's home)
Arthur tried to open the door before grunting, he had thought he had left it open before he left.
"I'll open it…" Elma said before she went to kick the door open, Arthur took a key out of his pocket.
"Or I could open it without having to buy a new door…" Arthur joked as he opened the door before Elma walked inside.
Arthur flicked the lights as he sighed, fostering a dragon was going to be a hell of a story.
"This is it? It feels… Empty…" Elma said as she looked around, Arthur rolled his eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry Ms. Water Woman, would you rather sleep outside? Or you know, that lake where I found you, that was a perfect hiding spot…" He snarked as Elma glared at him, he smirked before he put his car keys on the counter.
The living room was sparse, the walls were a soothing blue and purple with a sofa and a set of chairs, there was a kitchen next to it with 2 doors that led to either side of the kitchen, there were a few hallways leading to the rest of the house. There was also a sliding glass door at the back of the living room to go outside.
The wooden floor of the living room and the tile floor of the kitchen were the only thing he didn't like.
"Make yourself at home, food…." Arthur started to say before he heard the refrigerator open and Elma drooling.
He watched as she took out the turkey his friend had given him before opening her jaws and dumping the turkey into her mouth and chewing it like a shark would chew its prey.
Elma swallowed the entire thing before licking her lips as Arthur blinked in shock.
"Is in the refrigerator… And there goes the turkey James gave me… Least I don't have to eat it anymore…" Arthur stated before Elma turned to him as she licked the grease off her lips.
"Ok, I was going to guess dragons eat more than people… But I didn't think you'd chomp down a freaking turkey… Ok, glad my uncle owns a company and I have a job… You're a big eater, huh?" He muttered as Elma blinked.
"Sorry! I uh…." Elma said, Arthur shrugged and sat on the couch while kicking off his shoes.
"Why? You're hungry, eat, lady. I make enough money as a technician to stock that fridge… Besides, I wasn't going to eat that turkey…" Arthur said as he reclined on the sofa while Elma walked until she sat in one of the chairs.
"Technician?" She asked, Arthur turned to look at her and pulled off his hoodie before dropping it on the floor, he looked at his blue shirt before looking at the dragoness.
"They work with machines… Fix things, make stuff work right… If you don't want to hear it? Then I'll put it like this… As long as I have my job? You're always going to have food as will I…" He said, he was going to guess the dragon had no idea what technology was, she treated every object like a newborn pet would.
"So, what is it you dragons do? You fly around and burn people and hoard gold?" He asked, Elma huffed and her cheeks brightened.
"NOT ALL DRAGONS ARE LIKE THAT! I'm a Harmony Dragon! That's what Chaos Dragons do!" She yelled as Arthur winced and then turned to look at the sky.
"Ow. Hey, I don't know anything about dragons besides the movies… So, you guys have good and bad dragons? Ok, and you're a good dragon… Which means there's bad dragons, got it…. Now it's my turn to ask things…" He said as Elma frowned.
"What do you plan on doing here for the future? I have no problem letting you stay here… It sucks living on your own, honestly and you're the most interesting thing to happen to my life… But A. we need to get down your future… And B. If you're going to stay here, we set rules. You're a 'Harmony Dragon', right? You're familiar with rules I'm guessing then…" He stated, Elma nodded before she cleared her throat.
"I can't say anything about my world… If you hear anything that will compromise that, I will be forced to wipe your memory." Elma said, Arthur shrugged.
"Ok then… Time for rules, we can talk your future here tomorrow… I don't have work this week…" He said before he cracked his neck and turned to look at her.
"Rule 1…. You can have anything you want to eat… But you're not eating what I have to eat… I'm the one buying food currently so I don't want you to scarf down the entire cupboard and then forget that I'm here…" He said, Elma looked conflicted but nodded.
"Rule 2… No running off or anything without telling me… You don't have a phone or way to tell me where you are and I'm not going to play 'hunt the dragon across Japan'." He said and she blinked and then he looked her in the eye.
"And 3? I'm going to get you a job…. Plus, you're going to get a phone." He said as she blinked.
"Eh? What do you mean job? What am I supposed to do?!" She yelled and Arthur sighed.
"Listen, I'm going to guess you're staying here for a while or good… I don't care if you stay here for good, like I said, I could use a roommate… But you're going to need money to buy food and such if I can't or I'm busy… And I don't know how you talk to someone far away, but Humans use technology to talk to each other… And if we're going to be living together, I think it'd be nice if you could tell me where you are so I can get you home if your lost or so, ok?" Arthur asked, Elma looked at the ground and sighed.
"Ok, that's fair, I am going to be living with you…" She stated before he nodded.
"Good… Now you can have the bed, I'll take the couch… I'll have to set up the guest room next…" He said as Elma blushed and turned to him with wide eyes.
"NO! No… I can't do that to you, I'll sleep on the couch and I you can sleep in your bed." Elma yelled, Arthur sighed and put a hand on his face.
"And I can't let a guest sleep on the couch… I'd feel like a jackass and I can't do that to you… If you're not going to take the bed? Then I'll handle this… Stay here…" He said and he walked out of the room, Elma blinked and looked at him before he opened a closet.
She heard him digging around the closet before he came back with an object and a pillow. He threw down the baggy object and put the pillow on it before he walked over to the glass screen and turned it on. She then watched him picked up another object and threw it onto the sleeping bag.
"What is…." She said before she heard noise from an object before a few minutes went by.
She then heard a delicious smell and watched him walk over with a bowl.
"First of all, that is a tv, I will explain it tomorrow. You're like it… The microwave is what I used to make this… It's popcorn, I love it… But we're going to share it…" Arthur stated before he sat down on the ground and settled into the object.
"This is a sleeping bag… You use it if you don't have a bed… I'm going to sleep in it and you can have the couch… Eat, this what humans would call a sleep over…" He said as he poured the 'popcorn' into a bowl and set it on the ground between them.
Elma dispelled her shoes and socks and laid down before dipping her hand into the bowl and popping a few bits into her mouth.
She crunched it around and then swallowed it before she eyed the bowl as Arthur stopped her hand.
"Elma… I will get more, but you are not going to feast on it all…" He stated, he swore he saw her eyes narrow before he rolled his eyes.
"You won't enjoy it if you shallow the entire bowl… Eat it slowly, it's better that way…" He said, Elma reached for the bowl before sighing and digging in slowly.
"So, you said Chaos Dragons… If you're here, I'm going to guess one of those Chaos Dragons is here… Right?" He asked, she looked at him and nodded.
"Well I won't pry, you have secrets… Was its nice back where you lived?" he asked as he looked at the ceiling.
"Yeah… Why?" She asked before Arthur shrugged.
"Just curious… I can't sleep easy… Elma?" He asked and the dragoness turned to him.
"If you're a dragon, and you have magic… Does that we're going to have more dragons to deal with?" He asked, she blinked and turned to look around.
"I don't really know, why?" She asked as Arthur turned to look at her.
"Because I want to know if we have more dragons to deal with… You can't say you're the last of your kind, you mentioned other dragons…." He said as Elma nodded.
"Ok… I'm going to sleep, good night Elma." He said and closed his eyes.
"Goodnight Arthur…." She said, as if she was still trying to remember the name as she closed her eyes and curled up into a ball and closed her eyes.
Not before eating some of the last of the popcorn. Arthur laughed before both passed out a few minutes later.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out I was going to have a 2000-word chapter, but couldn't think of anything for the end of the chapter. next chapter will be on Tuesday or so and will show Elma and Arthur going into the city and them talking more. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
