Of a Sweeter Kind
by Kameko-Lullaby
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PART ONE
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Bets are On – "Shouldn't she have a say in this?"
Hoagie stayed on the sidelines as the two chased after the soccer ball in some weird two-person version of the official game. It never occurred to him six years ago that being friends with both of them would end up being this utterly difficult. He let out an exasperated sigh as Wallabee began yelling at Ace somewhere down the hometown soccer field after he lost his footing. According to the Aussie, the pilot had tripped him.
"Fine, I did what of it?" He heard Ace reply, as he pulled his goggles over his eyes and lay down in the sun. It was in the middle of July, the afternoon, and a lovely 82 degrees. He felt sleepy.
"That's cheating, moron!" Wally yelled, increasing the decibel of his voice to a higher volume then Hoagie thought possible. He had a habit of denying that he could mess up or lose anything.
"I didn't do it on purpose… you weren't paying attention anyway, Blondie," Hoagie's fellow pilot muttered back, his voice as cool and suave as usual. Nothing ever seemed to get to him, well, expect for Kuki and her love of following Wally around. The boy wasn't used to being ignored by the female gender, not that it was like the petite Japanese girl didn't pay attention to him. She simply had other interests of conquest.
Wallabee hissed something under his breath before glaring heatedly at him, "Shut up, fly-boy! It's not like I need to take this game seriously at all anyhow!"
Ace looked amused for a moment, pausing to smirk at the flustered blond boy, the soccer ball trapped from movement under his sneakered foot. He was always so confident. He wondered if he'd be so confident if he actually had something of value to lose. With that thought, the grin on his face grew to the point that Wally wondered if it would split his face. "Beetles, I know how to make this game interesting…"
"And how is that?" Wally answered, sarcasm rolling off each vowel-emphasized syllable.
Ace smiled. "We'll play three rounds, and however has the most points at the end of the three wins,"
Wally opened his mouth to complain but, Ace cut him off, "And the winner of the match does get a bit of a prize-"
"-And that would be?"
"I was getting to that," The pilot rolled his eyes. "The prize will be flirtation rights to Kuki for a whole week with no interfering from jealous on-lookers like you."
Wallabee simply blinked, while Hoagie sat up from his grassy and green bed nearby. There was no way that Numbuh Four would agree to that. Numbuh Three had barely forgiven him for the last stunt he pulled, and Kuki wasn't one to hold a grudge - especially against Wallabee.
"And the loser?" Numbuh Four asked, while Numbuh Two prayed to the gods that their Japanese friend would be in a good mood when they made it back to the tree-house.
"The loser must act like Kuki doesn't exist for that whole week; Hoagie will be the observer," He gestured with his thumb towards the friend they shared. "So are you man enough, or do I have to call you chicken for the entirety of our Junior and Senior year?"
Wally swallowed.
Hoagie slapped a hand to his forehead. He knew exactly where this was going.
"I'm in."
Moron.
A/N: After, uh, a mishap with the other thing I'm writing that was completely unintentional on my part, and full of sheer stupidity. I decided I'd take a try at writing something kind of fluffy. This chapter isn't fluffy really at all but, I hope someone at least will attempt to read it and give a good review.
The whole idea is a bit cliche, and overused but, who doesn't use those cliche plots now-and-again.
I know it's short. I write better in short little chapters instead of bulk.
Oh, and I'm still writing Forever in a Kiss, I'm just taking a little break. I actually completely spaced on all of my over-break homework and wrote this up while trying to write an essay for English - 10th grade English.
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- Lullaby
Entire Fanfiction Theme:
Hot N Cold by Katy Perry
One Week by Barenaked Ladies
Wally, Hoagie, Ace, Kuki and the rest of them © Tom (Mr.) Warburton