concoursec | Better Lake Than Never

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Better Lake Than Never

Characters: Pinkie Pie and Champloo
Location: The lake -- backdated waaay back to the break!
Rating: PG?
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed.
Summary: Pinkie Pie tells Champloo to come to her tent alone.

So they can go swimming. You perv.

With the feast ended and the leftovers given proper homes in various places, Champloo left Garden with a smile on his face and a spring on his step. His destination, swiftly arrived-at, was Pinkie Pie's tent. Why she had chosen to camp outside all break was beyond his knowledge, but it didn't bother him -- she would do as she wished, and if it made her happy, he could ask for nothing more.

"Pinkie!" he called out, as he approached.

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"Well, not here in Garden, or locally. While I have no doubt they exist, I have never encountered one on this world."

"Are they cranky here, too?" Because the last one she dealt with was, but only when they woke it up.

"I do not think they are friendly, but I have never met one," Champloo said. "All I know is what I have been taught since I came here. I believe they are less social and perhaps more alien in mind than Netherworld dragons."

Now she hadn't heard of other types of dragons in other worlds before, so Pinkie looked curious and leaned in close.

"What are Netherworld dragons like?" She'll ask about what the Netherworld is later.

"They are large, but not terribly larger than demons," Champloo said. "They are generally grumpy and violent, but this is not unlike most demons either. Of course, they can fly and most can breathe fire, so they have many similarities to the larger, less social ones here."

"So....they aren't very different from monsters here." Pinkie summed up, looking not so impressed. "No lights or streamers?!" She shook her head in shame.

"Do you know of many monsters that generally have lights or streamers?" Champloo countered. "Although it is true that we demons are often considered monsters by humans, and there are some few of us that favor one or the other."

She would say 'yes' but...that's after her time. In the meantime, Pinkie tapped her chin in thought. "Not really, but I'm sure they're out there!"

Pinkie would be the type to believe in aliens.

"Then allow me to ask you: if they are capable of appreciating lights and streamers, Pinkie, are they truly monsters in your eyes?"

It took a few moments for Pinkie to digest the question, and it dawned on her...

"OHMIGOSHTHEY'RENOTMONSTERSATALL!!!"

"No more so than you or I," said Champloo. "Though the term may be used to describe them, it is no more reflective of their hearts than 'demon', 'human', 'vampire', or any such thing."

Pinkie tapped his nose with a brilliant grin.

"You're so...so...SMART!" She knew some things about monsters, herself, but not as extensively as Champloo.

"I have simply been around for much longer," Champloo said with a smile as he drew the girl to him. "There are many things about which I have less knowledge than rice has capsaicin."

At being pulled closer, Pinkie hued at the closeness. It wasn't like any other time of her tackling down her friends or kidnapping someone to party with her or getting a piggyback ride. This was just her and her Special Someone. Alone. On a moonlit night. Never mind that fact that they're partially clothed.

So THIS was romance. Huh.

Smiling after what seemed like forever, Pinkie latched onto his arm, but his statement left her curious.

"What don't you know about?"

Well, it was certainly a very good start, at the least.

"There are many things I do not know about. For example, I do not know how to sew, or repair cars. Hyahya, in fact, most things that require specialty knowledge and cannot simply be punched, cooked, or intuited through with a good heart are beyond me."

"Don't worry! I can teach you some things, just like YOU can teach ME some things! Like...um..."

Pinkie wasn't much of a fighter, hence all the capoeira lessons. She knew not to operate heavy machinery, just the ones she designed herself. She knew how to cook.

".....You can teach me things!"

Yes, she would leave it just like that. For now, until she could think of things.

"Given what has happened between us already..."

He laced his fingers through hers, smiling.

"I think we are about to both learn a large number of new things together."

There went that stomach flippy-flop of butterflies again as Champloo laced their hands together. Of course Pinkie did likewise, squeezing his in reaction.

"You...think so?"

Pinkie hoped Twilight had a book on Special Someones. Or at least find something similar.

"I have no doubts! After all, have you ever had a Special Someone before?"

He knew the answer to that, of course; it was a teaching question.

"Weeeelllllll..."

Pinkie grinned. Of course he knew the answer to that question.

"Not like this!" She emphasized her point by giving his hand a light squeeze.

"That being the case," he said, squeezing back, "how could you not learn new things?"

"Since we learn new things everyday, then we'll learn a whole BUNCH of new things!" Pinkie bounced in place, creating quite a splash in the water. "I wonder what we'll learn next!"

"I, for one, have learned a valuable lesson about how pleasant it is to swim with you in the night. And it is quite a pleasant lesson indeed!"

Perhaps the truest statement of Champloo's appreciation for the girl was that when she bounced in the water, his smile came from the delight on her face and the happiness in her heart, and not on any effects the motions might have had on her anatomy.

Pinkie was clueless about any anatomy doing its natural job.

"And I learned that when we play water polo, you're on my team! And you have warm hands. Even though this water isn't that warm!" She tilted her head in confusion. "Why is that?"

"Perhaps centuries in the kitchen have caused me to absorb the ovens' heat!" Champloo suggested, only half-joke. "I do tend to run warm. Though I have served as a chef, a teacher, and an ingredient, I might be able to find work as a winter blanket in times of need!"

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