Ahh geez, I thought I was done! Why is impossible for me to just end a story? My mind just doesn't stop, the ideas keep coming. Enter the second part of Anniversary Roses! I wrote this mostly because I forgot to mention to meaning of the 13 roses, so I needed some way to fit it in. Enjoy :)
Carefully removing each lovely burgundy rose from her bed, Roxanne counted them off as she put them into a clear vase. "…ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen."
"That's right," Megamind said adoringly. "Thirteen burgundy roses."
"I'm assuming thirteen roses have a meaning, too, then?" she asked, too distracted by his sweetness to look for the list of meanings.
He put his hands behind his back and leaned into her. "Of course they do," he confirmed with a loving grin. "It means you have a secret admirer."
She raised an eyebrow at him. "But your feelings aren't a secret."
"Bear with me, Roxanne. It's the anniversary of your first kidnapping, back when I was simply the villain who was secretly in love with you."
She smiled at the thought. She always had a sneaking suspicion that he'd had a thing for her, and that he was just trying to impress her in all the wrong ways. And now that they were together, she could willingly admit that she had found his goatee very attractive back then, and still did, in addition to being completely smitten with his vibrant green eyes. He was an alien, but beautiful to her, and she wouldn't change anything about him, even if given the chance.
"Ahh, I see," she said. "Well, thank you for all the roses. They're beautiful. And they'll keep the apartment smelling good for a while."
He chuckled. "You're very welcome. Twenty-one fresh roses will certainly brighten up any place."
"They're fresh?" Roxanne asked.
"Yep!" His face fell slightly when he saw suspicion spread across his girlfriend's face.
"Where did you get fresh roses in the city?"
"Umm…" Would he get in trouble for…borrowing the roses from a rooftop garden, even if he did it for her?
"Did you steal them, Megamind?" Roxanne wanted to know. She felt like she was scolding him a child.
"No…"
"Liar! You totally stole them!"
"For you, Roxanne!" he defended himself. "It's like you said, where do you find fresh roses in the city?"
"It doesn't matter. You stole them. You're the hero now, you can't steal anymore."
Old habits die hard. But still, she was absolutely right. "Well, what can I do?" he asked shyly. "They're already picked."
Roxanne thought for a moment. At least he wanted to correct the error of his ways. As a villain, he was never totally evil, and even heroes can't be perfect angels, no matter how sweet they are to those they love. She sighed. "Just…plant new roses. No one has to know they were ever gone."
He smirked wickedly at her. "Now, Roxanne, isn't that lying?"
"Oh, don't even try it, mister!" she said with a glare. "I'm only suggesting you lie to fix the mistake you made. This is your fault."
With his over-sized brain, Megamind was constantly baffled by the fact that his girlfriend seemed so much smarter than him. Sometimes it was positively irresistible, while other times it was just plain annoying. "Fine, I'll do it first thing in the morning," he promised.
"Good."
Hmmm. Her face was changing again, to one he was more familiar with. She smiled and leaned in to kiss him, more passionately than he was expecting. But still, he was happy to respond in any way his brain would allow while in this state of not working properly at all. How does she do that?
When they finally separated everything was blurry for a moment in Megamind's eyes, except Roxanne. She was the most beautiful human on Earth, no doubt about it. Just…dazzling! An angel. And she was all his. He would never, ever let her go.
I do enjoy writing fluff :D But shame on Megamind, stealing those roses! The ending was kind of rushed, I just wanted to finish this, but don't worry ninety, I don't hate this one XD
