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On the Sixth Day of Christmas...: Skates

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“Benkei, I don’t know…”

“Oh come on, it will be fun.”

“But-”

“You can trust me.” Benkei remarked as he finished lacing up his boots and held out his hand to her. She bit her lip, before accepting the hand and with a grunt he lifted her up and the pair began to slide on the hardened water. It was different than when she had run across water during chakra control training. Back then, Tamiko could feel the push and pull, the take and the give of the water. Here it was smooth as glass, but hard as concrete and unforgiving as well. She gripped her fiancé’s hand tightly, probably to the point where he was losing feeling, though he never offered anything to say that that was the case.

“Where did you learn to ice skate?” She asked, her voice wavering as her legs wobbled under her. She felt like she was learning to walk all over again. He chuckled.

“My parents taught me when I was younger.” He replied easily with a careless shrug that caused her to have a slight stab of envy. Honestly, she could barely stand here and he was gliding as though he had risen from the waters and lived and breathed ice skating. He pulled again and she gripped his hands tighter as they continued to move away from the edge where safe snow could cushion a fall. She gritted her teeth in concentration and he chuckled.

“Tami, you’re thinking too much into this.” He remarked as he pulled her into a circle. She shuddered as she tried to keep her balance, focusing on his feet briefly, before looking up into his eyes, glaring at him.

“Well unlike you, I never did this before.” She replied dryly as he turned, still gliding effortlessly, with her as a weight anchoring him and ensuring that he didn’t fall down. He chuckled again and she stuck out her tongue at him playfully. He returned the retort by kissing her, claiming her mouth—tongue and all—with his own. Heat flamed through her as she pulled herself close to him. Her legs still wobbled, but now for different reasons as she clutched his sweater. He chuckled against her mouth, pulling her closer to him. He then parted and pushed away, leaving her there.

“Wha-?! Benkei!!!” She cried out flailing her arms as she tried to go after him. “You jerk! Using your kiss to distract me!” She called out, shakily moving her feet. It was like being on oil. She couldn’t move really. This wasn’t her element! In fact this was the complete opposite of her element!

“It’s a way you’ll learn!” He called out, sliding around on the blade holding his weight effortlessly. He grinned as he heard multiple curse words. She flailed her arms and began to scissor her legs back and forth, trying to get close to the edge of the lack, but instead moving backwards and farther from her goal, which he held back some amusement. She needed to learn how to skate. At least he wasn’t his parents, who had put him in the middle of the lake and he had to skate back or face the wrath of his mother’s frying pan. Though he would admit, if she didn’t move, he would go back to her and pull her back to the bank.

“BBBBEEENNNKKKKEEEIIII!!!” She wailed loudly and he chuckled and skated back to her. She gripped him tightly, terrified he would try to leave her again, and he began to suspect that once they reached the bank, he would rather face his mother’s wrath than the wrath of his firecracker.
Tamiko(c): Me
Benkei(c)::icondreamchaser21:
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*covers eyes and laughs like no tomorrow*

OH GOD...This is so freaking hilarious!:rofl:

Benkei would totally do something like that to her!:la:

and he was IN character. SPOT ON CHARACTERIZATION!:aww:


GOOD JOB!!!:huggle: