Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 1500-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.

(Arthur's home)

Arthur looked over the bluish-purple phone that he had bought for Elma, he had bought a case which was a school of fish on the back.

Then there the fact that he had bought Elma more clothes for work and sleep, if he combined that with the dinner?

He was glad he had already played the bills for the month. He looked over at Elma.

The night clothes he had picked for… That she had picked, looked like a karate Gi for one.

"Em, you good?" He asked, Elma turned to look at him, her ocean blue eyes shone through the darkness at him.

"Yeah…. Why, are you hurt? I know a few healing spells." She said, Arthur turned to her.

Both had set up the guest room, but Elma still felt like sleeping on the couch for now and Arthur would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy the company.

"No, just wondering things… I saw how defensive you were around Tohru… You looked like you wanted to chokeslam her off a bridge." He said, Elma frowned and snorted.

"Tohru HATES humans… All the Chaos Dragons do… She thinks they're ants because they don't have magic or live as long as dragons… If you bothered her, she'd kill you… And I ran off when I could have protected you like a klutz…" She said before Arthur sighed.

"Em, you can't just pick fights with her in the street… You could have gotten arrested… And the rest of my paycheck would have gone into posting your bail… Trust me, I have people who drive me up a wall like her… Like Rebecca." He said, Elma narrowed her eyes.

"She bothered you…" She hissed before Arthur nodded, Elma blinked and looked at Arthur.

"Why are you sleeping on that… Sleeping bag?" Elma asked, still having trouble with the words… They were alien to her, considering sleeping bags didn't exist back home.

"Because I like the company, Em… I've been here for a few months and all that… You become old enough to be on your own and think it will be awesome…. Some people do, I just got bored and lonely… Guess I just threw myself into my work… Considering I found you in a lake, you know what being lonely like is, right?" He asked, she blinked and then nodded.

"Yeah… I'm sorry I went after Tohru… We have bad history…" She said, Arthur chuckled and he patted her on the head.

"Em, your fine…. Anyway, tomorrow, we're head out to work… Besides, you've been doing fine in the world…" He muttered before his stomach growled, Elma knew that sign better than anyone.

Arthur sighed and sat up, he looked at the bag of popcorn the duo had devoured.

"You want brownies and spaghetti?" He asked, Elma nodded, knowing from past experiences what brownies were and she knew very well what spaghetti was.

"Why pick both of those?" She asked while Arthur unzipped the sleeping bag and then walked over to get the food out.

"Because when I'm hungry I tend to get weird tastes… Unless you don't want chocolate and pasta." Arthur said with a smirk before Elma was glued to his side in a second.

"You're like the friend I never knew I wanted till now… C'mon, I'll teach you how to cook them when I'm not here."

(20 minutes later)

Elma happily swished her feet under the table as she dug into the spaghetti, Arthur looked at the Harmony Dragon with amusement.

"Do you just like food or do you like to eat for a good reason? I'm starting to think dragons just need twice the amount of food humans do…" He said, Elma blinked, her face covered in tomato sauce and parmesan cheese.

Arthur wouldn't admit it currently, but she looked adorable whenever she was covered in sauce or food.

"I just enjoy eating, ok?!" She said, more embarrassed then anything, Arthur held up his hands.

"Hey, I used to scarf down food like you do… Honestly, I'm surprised you're eating that…. Cooking isn't my strong suit, machines are… I'm smart, not super strong…." He said, Elma raised an eyebrow.

"You were able to pull me backwards while I was in my human form… I'm stronger than Tohru physically… She's better at the magic aspect…" Elma said before she looked at her pajamas .

"Dragons usually use their magic to make their clothing… It's actually our scales… I think." Elma said, Arthur raised an eyebrow.

"So that outfit you wore out is basically your skin? That's unique… Well, that's one topic not to bring up to Humans…" Arthur said before he put more cheese on his spaghetti and began to eat again.

"I'm going to make you a deal… If you don't try and fight Tohru head on in front of people again… I will buy the groceries and let you pick whatever you want for 2 weeks…" Arthur said, Elma nodded over and over before Elma blinked.

"Hey… Arthur?" Elma asked, Arthur turned to look at her again.

"Yeah? You want me to make something else? We're going to be going to where I work late, you and I can sleep in… I don't really have anything planned unless you want to do something… You're going to have to wait till either my grandfather sends me a bit of money like he always does when he worries… Or I go back to work in 3 days and get my paycheck… The money I have is a little scarce." Arthur said, Elma shook her head.

"No, it isn't that… If you're so nice and all that, you were willing to take me in despite me being a dragon and all that, when you didn't have to…" She said before she looked at Arthur with her head tilted.

"Why are you all alone? I don't see any photos of your family and all that yet… Not that you have to tell me…." Elma said shyly.

Arthur sighed and frowned, rubbing his temples.

"Elma, I'm not a 'people person.' I'm nice and friendly, but I don't talk much… I'm smart, I like to think and well... That usually means silence and peace and quiet." He said, Elma went to speak before Arthur smiled.

"That doesn't mean you, Em… It's only been a day, but your cool, dragon or not. I actually like seeing you eat so much, no offense, it's funny." He said, Elma blushed and bonked him on the head before he laughed and rubbed her head. Elma slightly smiled.

"Elma, I'm not saying you're not welcome here… I like having a roommate, I said that… I want you to stay, it's not fun here with no roommate, it's like having an army with no soldiers… Trust me…" He said before he leaned backwards.

"You're not bugging me or anything like that… Your probably one of the few people who I like hanging out with… Most people want to use me, money, skills… A few years ago. I had a friend I trust backstab me… I have a hard time thinking of new friends since then… I don't think you're going to use me, are you?" Arthur asked, Elma was silent for a few seconds.

"Why would I? Your nice, you're not judging me for being a dragon, not yet. You keep helping me, and you make a lot of food, I'm not going to use you, I help people… Chaos Dragons use people." She said, hissing the last part.

"Well, you said you fight Chaos Dragons… I can handle the Human stuff for you, you just handle the dragon stuff." He said, Elma hummed.

"You're going to have to dress for the part, they're not going to like if you show up with that kimono." He said before he put the dishes in the sink and went to go lay down while Elma followed.

"Ok… And Arthur?" She asked while she sat back onto the couch and got under the blanket, Arthur rolled his eyes and wiped her face off. She always forgot, he noticed.

"Hmm?" He asked before Elma smiled.

"Thank you, I know we're going to have to hang out a while to become friends… But thank you so far." She said before both started to fall asleep.

"No problem, Em… Now go to sleep." Arthur said before both passed out.

Both closed their eyes slowly, wondering what tomorrow would bring the duo.

Author Note

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Elma and Arthur aren't super close or anything yet, but their friends, I do want to point out Arthur doesn't know Kobayashi but he will soon. Next chapter will be on Monday, Friday or so and will show Arthur and Elma going to Arthur's job to get Elma a job and will show them meeting Kobayashi again. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!