Gazing in Wonder

[Malice]

He laughed brightly, not at her but rather at what she had said. It was true that he shouldn't have to hide his real side but this was his real side. "If you're expecting some hyperactive person than you're looking at the wrong triplet because that's Deviant!" he told her laying a hand on her chin to pull her face up so that he could stare into her eyes. "This is the real me but I'll tell you if you see me all mopey and depressed looking than that means that I've gone into Warrior Mode, as Deviant likes to call it!" He chuckled lightly letting his hand drop to his side before he stared out at the water.

[Strawberry]

Sasha's face turned a light pink as before and she shifted around so she was facing the water as well, running a hand through her hair absently. "Oh. I just assumed... Never mind," she said, stumbling on her words as well as her thoughts. Maybe she was just making herself seem like a complete fool for assuming. I guess not everyone has to look happy all the time to actually be happy. I've just.. never really like frowns, I suppose, she thought. Sasha looked up at him, studying his half solemn-like face before an idea popped into her head. "Hmm.... I wonder if..." She suddenly poked his side a couple of times, wondering if he was the ticklish sort under that warrior-like demeanor.

[Malice]

He just laughed in a comforting way knowing that most people's definition of happy was bubbly and bright smiles. The most you got from him was a soft smile and a little chuckle but that was about it. He did every once in a while get excited and let a burst such as, YES, or something of that sort out but not very often. Sometimes he blushed and sometimes he got angry but that was about it. He wasn't a very emotional person when it came down to it.

"Don't worry about-" he stopped short and laughed when she started to poke him grabing her wrists in his strong hands gently. "Let's not tickle the Spectral now!" He held her arms away from him smiling down at her with a kind of sparkle in his eyes.

[Strawberry]

Sasha laughed. "Aha! I know a simple weakness to make you laugh. Now I know how to torture you when I have nothing better to do. Or at least when we bump into each other and everything," she said. She knew they would probably go their seperate ways in due time and by then she'd probably be attached to him as if she knew him her whole life. It was just fun to be around this new stranger for some reason, very entertaining and new to her. Sasha looked at her wrists, wriggling them lightly without much of a fight, then rolled her eyes and sighed dramatically. "Oh dear, the Grim Reaper has caught me at a bad deed and will probably take me to hell. Oh hey, front row seats! And its priceless!" Sasha was slightly giggling as she pointed her pointer fingers down at Spectral's side in a lazy attempt to poke him again.

[Malice]

He couldn't help but smile at her silliness because she was very entertaining. Spectral just realized how hard it would be to say good-bye because of him being such a Wandering fool. He had always told himself he would never get close to someone after his last friend who happened to have died when they had seen each other. Someone was after him and she had met with him one day and was killed in a fight. They were only friends but Spectral had been deeply hurt by it. He knew he shouldn't continue this but he had to, he needed friends too! He was only human!

"Oh but I've grown so used to you so how about we settle for this instead of Hell?" he asked kissing her lightly on the nose before pulling away with a little wink. "The kiss of Death!" He laughed and threw his Scythe away from his back before running away from her to stand in the water slightly. "Bet you can't catch me Sasha!" he challenged the young lady his red hair getting slightly wet as a large wave came and splashed against him. He stood his ground and watched to see what she would do as he splashed at her with water. "You wanted to see the real me? Well you got it, Sasha!"

[Strawberry]

Her face seemed to have grown several degrees warmer. It might have been a small, simple gesture, but it was a first for her, to tell the truth. Sasha quickly recollected herself and laughed, following after him. "You can't possibly go through the water fast enough to get away from me!" she exclaimed, the water splashing up and dampening her ebony hair as she took a slight leap into the water not too far from Spectral. "I'm gonna get you eventually, so maybe you should just give up now! I'm so gonna torture you when I get a hold of you." She leaped at him, uncaring of ruining her leather outfit or of anything, really. She was having too much fun to care.

[Malice]

Spectral saw the blush on her face and it only made his smile wider to know that he could do something that drastic with just a small kiss to the nose. He wondered how she would react if he were to actually kiss her. Shaking his head he got those thoughts out of his head just as she fell down and he was about to go help her out of habit but just laughed at her in a friendly way. He watched her with his deep burgandy eyes as she started after him and couldn't help but take off his heavy Japanese style shirt knowing that it was ruined but he would just get another from his brother Jovial.

"Oh yeah? Well you can't out run Death!" he told her running at her to pick her up over his shoulder standing at his tall height of six foot four with her just dangling. "See? I told you that you couldn't get away from me!" He just laughed and tossed her, as if she were a rag doll, into the water not too far away laughing brightly. "I'm going to make you sorry you ever even vetured to try and get me to be myself!"

[Strawberry]

Sasha let out a mix between a squeal and a laugh as she landed in the water. It took her a few seconds to gain her footing in the soft sand and she surfaced the water, pushing her hair out of her face. "Hey! That was cheating you big cheater!" she shouted, but in a playful way. She wouldn't definitely need to get a new outfit now, but she could worry about that later. "Now you're really gonna get it, Mr. I-Am-Death!" She waded her way toward Spectral, laughing, until she leaped at him, loosing her balance in the process.

[Malice]

He chuckled at her girlish charm when she spoke and shrugged his shoulders carelessly pushing some of his bangs out of his hair. "You know you like me that way!" he told her a bit on the sly side. This was the side of him that no one but his brothers had ever seen and his old friends but they were mostly dead now. He laughed at her hair sticking to her face and it was all wet making her look so cute.

When she lost her balance he caught her into his arms and held her up laughing as he did this. "You should be more careful or you'll hurt yourself you little klutz!" he told her looking down into her eyes iwth a smile on his face. He couldn't help but notice how innocently beautiful she was and scooped her up bridal style just as another wave crashed into them. "Aw! You see?! Bad charma for insulting Death!" he laughed brightly staring down at her with his hair all in his face.

[Strawberry]

Her face was red, but she didn't feel the least embarrassed. Instead, she kept thinking about how close they were and how this funny little feeling in her stomach suddenly came up when she looked up at him. It was strange, as he was such a stranger, but she felt comfortable and didn't mind anything at all what he said or did. "Well, if Death didn't taunt me so, I wouldn't have to insult," she said, one arm around his neck loosely as she smiled up at him. She reached with her free hand and moved his hair out of his face, her hazel eyes searching his burgandy ones.

[Malice]

"Well I would be insulted if I didn't taunt you! Just consider yourself lucky, mortal woman!" he told her in his deep voice then laughed at himself. There was nothing better than being a bit goofy when he wasn't off using the scythe that was now out on the beach in perfect sight so that someone just didn't randomly come up and take it. He wouldn't want that at all. That was a special idem that was the only memory of his mother whom had given it to him before she had passed away.

He felt his own face turn a bit red as she touched him in such ways that he had always forbid anyone from doing to him. It didn't feel so uncomfortable this time and he could feel his eyes widen in surprise at her soft gentle touch even if it was just a brush of skin on skin. It was like time had stopped around them and they were the only thing in the world. It sounded a bit corny, he knew this but he found that he didn't exactly care either!

He didn't even realize it when he leaned in to connect their lips gently an electric shock going down his spine like ice water on a warm day poured down his back. It was a few seconds before he came back down to earth and opened his eyes, that he had obviously closed and looked down at her wtih blush on his face. "S-Sorry about that!" he studdered looking to the side in embarrassment expecting her to push him away.

[Strawberry]

Sasha had giggled lightly when she saw his face turn red, but her own probably matched his when he had kissed her. Sasha's eyes had grown wide with the unexpected act and she was too shocked to speak when he apologized. The wind now felt as cold as ice on her heated skin and she felt almost childish with her stomach doing somersaults with butterflies in it. She laughed lightly, covering her face with her hand. "It... It's okay," she managed to say finally, trying to appear collected and calm, but her flushed face and giggling fits just gave herself away. "I didn't think a first kiss would make me feel like a sappy teenager."

[Malice]

He was glad that she wasn't angry at him for his brave move but he was also still very embarrassed. That hadn't been his first kiss, persay, but it was the most enjoyable even if it were small and delicate; he wasn't the one into bondage and roughness, no, that was Deviant. The thought made him want to shudder but he held it in not being able but to laugh with her little giggling self.

"You're lucky then! My first kiss was from a crazy fan girl from the We Love Triplets Club back in high school! Girls were insane and one stole my first kiss because she thought I liked her!" he chuckled lightly thinking about the young lady who had stolen that special moment from him. It hadn't been fun at all because she was so forceful and angry on the inside. "But is it a good kind of feeling?" he asked her half serious and half joking around as he leaned down again. He just smirked and laughed again.

[Strawberry]

"Uh.. If butterflies and this weird I-always-wanna-be-happy feeling means good, then yes, I'm pretty sure it's a good feeling," she said, leaning her head on his shoulder. She couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy toward the girl who stole his first kiss, but at least he hadn't liked her back. Is this what it feels like to.. actually be with someone? she asked herself, not really knowing the feeling. She had been without parents for seven years, had no real friends before or after the traumatic experience, and had never thought about a relationship all that much. Without much thought, she closed the small distance between their mouths, pressing hers against his. It felt more like a need than a want, and she wasn't sure whether to be afraid of the outcome or embrace it with open arms. He would just have to be the judge.

[Malice]

It was funny to think of himself as a strong, powerful Warrior and yet here he was afraid of what would come of their small kisses. Spectral had never really kissed someone before but from what he felt in his heart it was pretty damn good! "Good, I wouldn't want to make you feel uncomfortable now would I?" he whispered so gently he was afraid that she wouldn't hear him.

Since his mother and father had died he had never felt needed before except when his youngest triplet, Jovial, got into trouble and couldn't get himself out. No, this was a different kind of needed. He could feel the desperation in her lips when she kissed him again and it felt so wonderful, possibly even better the second time more than the first. He decided this would be his first kiss because it was so much more enjoyable as he slowly moved her lips with his. Spectral was gentle and tender wtih his gestures and it seemed so perfect to him to be standing there with her in his arms that way.

For that instant he found that he didn't care about what would come of this. Good or bad, he would embrace it. Spectral wasn't afraid for once in his life and no matter how mascaline he acted he had always been afraid of life and how it would treat him. At that moment he couldn't think of anything but Sasha.