I know I've been focusing on this story and not Delusions of the Heart, but I promise it won't be for much longer. I have my ideas in play for the letters H and I, but once those two are done I'm shifting gears to work on DotH again. Sorry again for slacking like that! These chapters are fun to write since they're short and random while DotH are long and have to be planned out. Thank you for sticking with me! :D Since the last two chapters were kind of serious, here's some fluff. :3

Note: This story takes place after Season 3.

Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Monster Rancher or the characters. I'm just a huge fan. Tecmo owns everything. I just own the plot.

Moments We Share

G: Games

"So… do you have any tens?"

"Nope! Go fish!"

"Aw…"

"Okay, so do you have any eights?"

"No, I'm sorry. Could you please go fishing?"

"Wait! That's not how you're supposed to say it, Holly!"

Genki huffed slightly with fake aggravation as he watched Holly blush bashfully. Ever since he could remember, he had always been learning about things from the world of the monsters and he never thought much about it. On a rainy day, though, Holly had stopped by Hare's house and suddenly had showed great interest in what things were like back in Genki's world. The next thing he knew, he was teaching his girlfriend all about different games to pass the time. At first he wasn't sure what to show the curious girl, but when he came across one of Hare's deck of cards he knew card games were the answer. Truthfully, Genki wasn't a fan of card games, but he wasn't about to disappoint Holly after seeing her look of excitement. At first he had suggested they play a game of 'war', but the name alone was a turn-off to Holly so next came the easiest game to learn: 'go fish'.

"I don't understand what I said wrong. I said what you said, only worded a little differently." Holly spoke up with a look of puzzlement as she glanced up at her boyfriend while making sure her hand of cards remained hidden. Growing up in a situation like she had, Holly had never been one to play cards. She wasn't even sure where Suezo learned how to play, but she had a feeling it wasn't legal.

"The game is called 'go fish' so whenever someone asks you for a card and you don't have it, you're suppose to shout 'go fish!' and that's it." Genki replied with a nod of his head. He was trying his best to start out with easy games, but it didn't seem to be working out quite as he had planned.

"But, I don't like it."

"Huh? Why not?"

"I think it sounds rude. It's like, if you told me 'go shopping!', I'd be offended. If you asked politely, though, like 'could you please go shopping?' then I wouldn't mind. I feel like I'm demanding you to go fishing and that's not very nice." Holly explained with uncertainty while Genki face faulted in suprise.

"Holly! It's just a game! I'm not really telling you to go fishing or anything!" Genki stated with a chuckle as he found Holly's reasoning to be downright sweet. "I would never demand anything from you, let alone demand you to go fishing in the rain."

"…your world has strange games, Genki." The brunette replied with a wryly smile.

"Yours too! I mean, out of all the games this world could have, you guys play intense 'old maid'! In my world, 'old maid' is probably one of the lamest card games around." Genki laughed softly as he looked back to when Suezo played 'old maid' with Captain Horn with Holly as their betting chip.

"I can't argue there." Holly said with a giggle. "So, what other games can you teach me?"

"I don't know too many, but does this world play a game called 'pyramids'?"

"Never heard of it."

"Solitaire?"

"Nope."

"Blackjack?"

"No, sorry."

"What about 'bull shit'?"

"…I beg your pardon?"

"No! I didn't mean it in a bad way! It's just a random card game I use to play with my friends, but I can already tell we should wait on that one." Genki responded as he sweated slightly while he noted Holly's look of puzzlement. "How about poker?"

"…poker? I know how to play that game!"

"Really? This world plays poker? I wouldn't have guessed..."

"Yeah, watch!" Holly exclaimed before she leaned over the table before beginning to gently poke Genki on his sides. A laugh of ticklish enjoyment released from Genki's throat before he, too, leaned forward and began to poke at Holly's unguarded sides. With a yelp, the young girl reeled back into her seat as if she had been stuck by lightening, but Genki was fast to bolt to her side before continuing to childishly poke her. Try as she must, Holly couldn't escape the boy's incoming attacks and all she could do was squirm around and laugh hysterically.

"Mercy! Mercy!" Holly choked out from her fit of laughter.

"Only if you promise to give me a kiss after!" Genki replied with a wryly grin.

"Okay! Okay! Deal!"

With a triumphant smile Genki stopped his assault on the girl, whom was now gasping for breath as she held her sides and let a few last remaining giggles out. After a moment of recovering, Holly smiled softly as she had to leaned up to brush her lips against Genki's since he was now a few inches taller than her, though she was still getting use to being shorter. Genki felt his face heat up from the kiss and he was quick to fully press his lips against her's in one quick motion. Suddenly he found his hands knotted in her soft hair and Holly's lips parted slightly, allowing his tongue entrance and for the kiss to deepen further. Her elegant hands came up to rest on the back of the young man's head while occasionally she would subconsciously stroke his hair in the back or grasp slightly at his hat. A soft moan exited from her mouth as she felt in absolute bliss, though this only caused Genki's heart to quicken and for his mouth to work faster while his hands caressed her sides gently. Suddenly, Genki felt his heart leap when one of Holly's hands slid up into his shirt to stroke his chest and the intense breathing coming from both of them was making his head spin and for his vision to cloud over.

"Whatcha playing, chi?"

At the sound of the voice, Genki and Holly tore apart in horror and embarrassment as if they had been burned while they turned to stared at Mocchi with wide-eyes and gaping mouths. They had no idea how long the young monster had been standing there for, but both knew he could have been there the whole time and they wouldn't have noticed a bit due to the state they were in. Both young adults' faces were blushed scarlet and they found themselves unable to look at each other while Mocchi waited patiently for an answer. After several minutes, Holly coughed awkwardly before kneeling down and placing a gentle hand on the young monster's head.

"We were just, uh, getting ready to play cards." Holly stammered, though her face was still as red as a ripe tomato.

"Really? Can I play, too, chi?" Mocchi asked with a grin.

"Of course! Genki was just teaching me some games from his world so now I'll have someone to learn with me." The brunette replied with a hesitant laugh while Mocchi cooed in excitement; the awkward timing moments earlier all but forgotten. As Holly sat back down in her seat with Mocchi in suite, she gave Genki an apologetic glance, though Genki didn't seem to notice as he stayed deep in thought for a moment.

'If that happened when suggesting we play poker, I wonder how she would play strip poker…' Genki thought to himself with a blush, and he made it a mental note to find it out when it was only him and her home. It was then that he realized something: he actually really liked card games more than he first thought.

Whoop, I can't write kiss scenes for crap since I've never had my first kiss yet. My friend use to always poke me whenever I suggested we play poker so that's where this came from. XD This was another shorter one, but I had some fun with it. These past two chaptes have been pretty short, but that's mainly because my right arm is still recovering from my bad blood donating experience. XD Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!

RockyRoadSmith: Signing off! :3