Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water and Earth. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own DM, Coolkyoushinja and a few others do.
(Arthur's home, Thursday, 9:00 PM.)
If Kobayashi tired of tutoring Elma, she didn't show it. She wasn't needed at work tomorrow like Arthur was.
"I'm surprised Tohru isn't with you, if she was here…" Elma said while she looked at a sleeping Arthur.
Kobayashi didn't know what Arthur was, Elma doubted she ever would. She didn't think Kobayashi really cared either way.
"Then you would both fight like a pair of bears and it would be stupid. I'm pretty sure Arthur doesn't want you two to have a wrestling match in his living room." Kobayashi stated while she typed.
"As long as they replace the stuff here, I do not care… Besides, Elma lives here, Tohru doesn't. No offense, Kobayashi." Arthur said, peaking an eye open for a second before he closed it.
Kobayashi waved a hand while Elma smiled at the dragon.
"I'm happy that you've found somewhere to live and you're not mad that Tohru blasted you across the city." Kobayashi stated while Elma snorted in annoyance.
"Tohru is still as stubborn and irresponsible as I remember, Miss Kobayashi. I do still have a duty to bring her home." Elma said, she didn't have to see Kobayashi snort to realize that the human didn't believe her.
"Even if you could make her bring you home, I doubt you'd force her to, Elma…. I also doubt you really want to go home." Kobayashi stated, Elma blinked.
"Why would I want to stay? I am a Harmony Dragon! They live off Earth, we had a truce that said no dragons must be on Earth, Tohru broke it and will bring a thousand dragons here the longer she stays here. She might not care about the consequences of staying here, but I do… That's why sooner or later I'm going to drag her home… She can hate me all she wants, but she doesn't understand why we have a truce about Earth." Elma said before Kobayashi turned to her in time to see her look at Arthur.
"You can't force her to do something she doesn't want to do just like she can't force you to do anything." Kobayashi said before she looked at Arthur.
"And what is it YOU want, Elma?" She asked while Elma blinked in confusion.
"Hmm? Your confusing me," Elma said while Kobayashi sighed and stopped teaching Elma for a second.
"You are focused on helping the Harmony Dragons and Earth, but not once have I heard about you talk about what you want. You like hanging out with Arthur similarly to how Tohru likes living with me, don't deny that. You also like eating on Earth. You want to stay here as much as you want to leave and I think your just using Tohru as an excuse to make yourself want to go home." Kobayashi said before Elma went to speak up.
"You wouldn't be protective of Arthur if you didn't care about him. I'm not going to tell you how to live your life, just don't lie and say you're doing something for one reason when it's for another." Tohru said before she closed her computer and handed Elma a paper.
"Study this and I'll come by tomorrow. I need to sleep and get home or Tohru is going to rip the walls apart to go and find me. You and Arthur have a good night." Kobayashi said before she yawned and walked towards the door.
Elma watched her before she turned back to the sleeping Arthur who she knew could function without sleep like her, but slept anyway because it still helped and served a purpose.
She gently patted him on the head before he opened an eye to look on her slightly before he hummed and smiled.
"Good night, Arthur." Elma said before she went to sleep, she started to think of what would happen tomorrow and of what Kobayashi said.
She would be lying if she said she didn't like it here; Earth had been a paradise for dragons before. She knew she had enjoyed Earth before, she enjoyed its food and helping people.
And she did enjoy being around Arthur, even if she didn't want to admit it. The man was nothing but kind and understanding despite her eating and eating and not doing much to help.
And he genuinely seemed to care about Humanity considering he had spent all those years here not thinking of a way home, but to protect humanity, to nurture them and teach them.
She looked over at Arthur and started to feel an emotion she hadn't thought about before.
Arthur snorted and continued to slumber while his tail gently patted Elma on the head as his own way of wishing her good night.
Elma blushed but started to sleep while both dragons dreamt of tomorrow.
Neither knowing it would change everything for them. Nothing would be the same.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I'm sorry it's short, I didn't know what to put for this chapter. Next chapter will be longer. I also want to point out next chapter will show Elma and Arthur starting to fall in love with each other. Next chapter will be on Saturday or so next week and will show Arthur working and then going with Elma to deal with a problem. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!