[ficlet] A Little Something
I wrote this quick ficlet for a kiss meme (someone gives you 2 characters, and you write a fic involving a kiss). I haven't posted any fic in a while, so thought I'd throw it up here. (^__^)/
Title: A Little Something
Characters: Goku & Gojyo
Summary: Love advice from a kappa.
Rating: PG
“Betcha you’ve never been kissed before, monkey,” he said with a knowing smirk.
“Have too!” You yelled back. It wasn’t really true, but whatever. Gojyo wasn’t always so truthful about how much success he had with girls either. He smacked you over the head with his palm and laughed, not believing. You were never very good at lying, anyway.
“Look, kid-”
“I’m not a kid,” you muttered, trying to push off the arm he threw over your shoulder, as he tended to do when he wanted to give you one of his ‘big bro’ pep talks.
“-I’m tellin’ ya, you gotta learn how to talk to chicks! Give ‘em some sweet nothings, a few choice compliments dropped here and there, and maybe then you’ll get a little somethin’ somethin’.”
“Something…something?”
“Ya know, a little-”
“Gojyo, shut up and get out,” Sanzo said from his seat by the window. He didn’t even bother to look up from his paper.
“Hey, I’m just tryin’ to help the little guy out, here! It’s not like you can give him any advice on it, oh Holy One!”
Sanzo’s eyebrow twitched, his fan lashed out, a few more threats followed and that was the end of that.
--
It wasn’t as though you ever wanted that kappa’s advice on how to talk to girls. Were they any different from guys, really? You talked to her like you did with everyone else. In fact, she reminded you a little bit of Sanzo. And it wasn’t just because Sanzo wasn’t with you anymore. It was because of the expression in her eyes and the way she held herself…so sure and confident in who she was. And it was because you thought she was beautiful, too. (Gojyo was totally wrong about this, you were sure of it - how could he say she wasn’t cute?)
You talked about everything together - your journey, your friends, Sanzo - she laughed when you mentioned food yet again, and you thought she looked even prettier when she smiled.
And you realized, this was that ‘something something’ Gojyo was always talking about.
--
Your first kiss is bittersweet. A goodbye kiss, the last you’ll ever share with her.
“She’s a beauty, alright.”
Gojyo finally admits, in a heartbroken kind of voice that he hides behind the curve of his palm as he lights his cigarette.
The warmth of her touch lingers on your lips. You’ll never talk to her again. There’s no more somethings for you and her, because she’s going out there to die for the sake of living.
Why, why?
”You understand why. Don’t you…? Goku?”
You throw your fist into the ground, gasping from the aching in your heart. And Gojyo stands there beside you, silently watching over you as his smoke curls up and rises to the evening sky.
Title: A Little Something
Characters: Goku & Gojyo
Summary: Love advice from a kappa.
Rating: PG
“Betcha you’ve never been kissed before, monkey,” he said with a knowing smirk.
“Have too!” You yelled back. It wasn’t really true, but whatever. Gojyo wasn’t always so truthful about how much success he had with girls either. He smacked you over the head with his palm and laughed, not believing. You were never very good at lying, anyway.
“Look, kid-”
“I’m not a kid,” you muttered, trying to push off the arm he threw over your shoulder, as he tended to do when he wanted to give you one of his ‘big bro’ pep talks.
“-I’m tellin’ ya, you gotta learn how to talk to chicks! Give ‘em some sweet nothings, a few choice compliments dropped here and there, and maybe then you’ll get a little somethin’ somethin’.”
“Something…something?”
“Ya know, a little-”
“Gojyo, shut up and get out,” Sanzo said from his seat by the window. He didn’t even bother to look up from his paper.
“Hey, I’m just tryin’ to help the little guy out, here! It’s not like you can give him any advice on it, oh Holy One!”
Sanzo’s eyebrow twitched, his fan lashed out, a few more threats followed and that was the end of that.
--
It wasn’t as though you ever wanted that kappa’s advice on how to talk to girls. Were they any different from guys, really? You talked to her like you did with everyone else. In fact, she reminded you a little bit of Sanzo. And it wasn’t just because Sanzo wasn’t with you anymore. It was because of the expression in her eyes and the way she held herself…so sure and confident in who she was. And it was because you thought she was beautiful, too. (Gojyo was totally wrong about this, you were sure of it - how could he say she wasn’t cute?)
You talked about everything together - your journey, your friends, Sanzo - she laughed when you mentioned food yet again, and you thought she looked even prettier when she smiled.
And you realized, this was that ‘something something’ Gojyo was always talking about.
--
Your first kiss is bittersweet. A goodbye kiss, the last you’ll ever share with her.
“She’s a beauty, alright.”
Gojyo finally admits, in a heartbroken kind of voice that he hides behind the curve of his palm as he lights his cigarette.
The warmth of her touch lingers on your lips. You’ll never talk to her again. There’s no more somethings for you and her, because she’s going out there to die for the sake of living.
Why, why?
”You understand why. Don’t you…? Goku?”
You throw your fist into the ground, gasping from the aching in your heart. And Gojyo stands there beside you, silently watching over you as his smoke curls up and rises to the evening sky.