[Ficlet ~ PG-13] Couch Conversation

[wingzerosnuggles]

Title: Couch Conversation
Continuity: Nonsensical Nuances
Length: Ficlet
Pairings: 1xR
Prompt: "You fell down the stairs into my arms and swiftly ran the other way,
and I heard the steady swell of applause for two drunk kids trying to figure out
which way was home, they got lost as they were taking off each other's clothes,
they realized there was a hole in the boat" from "Fell Down the Stairs" by Tilly
and the Wall
Teaser: "I think I just might be territorial," he bit out. "You think?" she
laughed. "I have no doubt of that. I follow you around for a few months and you
go and tail me for eleven years..."
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5141105/23/ ... al_Nuances

Disclaimer: GW = not mine.

Author's Note: Using the seventh August prompt "You fell down the stairs into my arms and swiftly ran the other way, and I heard the steady swell of applause for two drunk kids trying to figure out which way was home, they got lost as they were taking off each other's clothes, they realized there was a hole in the boat" from "Fell Down the Stairs" by Tilly and the Wall. Not really taking the prompt literally and going with a short snippet featuring post coital couch talk.

Nonsensical Nuances
by mistress amethyst une

Couch Conversation

They celebrated their engagement on the couch, downing an entire bottle of champagne between them. There was a reason Heero and Relena never got drunk at the same time. Who would be the voice of reason? The sober counterpart to stop the drunk from doing something stupid? The one to tuck the passed out idiot into bed? The one to nurse the hangover? They were living dangerously, both no longer in full control of their senses with no buffer in place.

When one's definition of living dangerously is being tipsy on the couch, one seriously needs to get out more.

"Why couldn't we go drink at the bar?" muttered Relena, curling up against Heero's bare chest.

They weren't drunk, just pleasantly buzzed, skin warm from the alcohol and...other activities.

"At the bar, we wouldn't have been able to do what we just did," he responded, absentmindedly toying with her hair.

"Says who?"

"They call themselves the police. The crime is called indecent exposure."

"More's the pity. You'd give Trowa a run for his money."

Heero glared at her, wondering what she meant by that. She immediately caught on and read the misconstrued meaning running through his mind.

"I meant in terms of acrobatics," she chortled. "You're very flexible."

He was still glaring.

"We just got engaged," she murmured, cozying up to him some more. "You can't possibly be jealous."

"I think I just might be territorial," he bit out.

"You think?" she laughed. "I have no doubt of that. I follow you around for a few months and you go and tail me for eleven years. Surely, you'd know if I'd ever been with anyone else."

"Hn."

"Heero?"

"What?"

"Just in case you're wondering, there hasn't been anyone else."

"That's good to know."

"And, from now on, there's no chance of there ever being anyone else..."

"Hn."

"Scary prospect, isn't it?"

"Huh?"

"The two of us. Stuck together forever until I can figure out how to file a divorce. Heero, what if it doesn't work out?"

"It will."

"How can you be so sure?"

"We've had eleven years of practice."

"But-"

"And ZERO told me..."

"What?"

"The ZERO system. It gives the people who use it visions. On occassion, it gives glimpses into the future."

"You're a horrid liar."

"Am I? Go ask the other pilots. Quatre was actually able to establish a telepathic link with Dorothy through ZERO. That's how he knew she was the one controlling the mobile dolls. Some traces of that link still remain, actually. Go poke him and see if Dorothy says ouch."

"I'm gullible and too nice for my own good, not stupid."

"I'm telling the truth. ZERO showed me a glimpse into the future."

"Tell me about it then."

"It showed me I was going to marry you."

"And?"

"We're going to have lots of sex."

She elbowed him in the stomach, causing him to give a mildly pained groan. "Thank you for stating the obvious."

"And we're never going to get divorced," he added.

"Nice save," she chortled. "You still didn't answer my question."

"I did. Our marriage is going to last because ZERO pre-ordained it."

"That's not-"

"And I love you."

It wasn't often that Heero told her he loved her without her saying she loved him first. The last time he'd done so was in the early days of their relationship. Even then, he didn't tell her directly. He told her when he thought she was asleep and unable to hear. If she hadn't been such a light sleeper and heard him one time, this may never have come to pass.

But now...

She knew it was difficult for him to put his feelings for her into words. He just wasn't that kind of man. To hear him say "I love you" so casually...

"Y-you... You said it before me for once."

He smirked. "I'm marrying you, aren't I? It's a habit I need to pick up."

"Heero, you-"

He kissed her, making her lose her train of thought.

"...made me forget what I was going to say," she finished once he finally managed to let her breathe.

"I've learned that it's the only way I'll ever get the last word in," he stated. "I have to win some arguments if this marriage is going to survive."

"As long as I win most of them," she yawned.

"Of course."

[Elyn Yuy]