Double Trouble [Yandere Edition] (Writing Practice)
A/N: @blutulip Been meaning for ages to write something like this, mood just struck me :3
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"Do you feel the eyes as well?" This question was posed to Tulip as she and Xingshen made their way through the mall, with Xingshen alone carrying the bags of clothes and various makeup they had just purchased. Xingshen had spoken these words under her breath without an alter in stride nor expression, her voice deepening further in an attempt to keep her words secret.
Tulip knew to not look around as she turned to the taller woman, "I think, yeah. What should we do?" Tulip, smart woman that she was, knew full well who owned the eyes following the both of them.
A smile nearly broke Xingshen's carefully kept expression. "To this end I have a plan, if you are in the mood for some fun and just a smidge of mischief."
The two women would position themselves before the street before long. With the crosswalk soon to change, Xingshen suddenly tripped, her high heel getting caught in a grate as she pitched forward, accidentally grabbing Tulip's shoulder and causing them both to fall forward as a truck sped towards them, horn honking in desperation.
A moment before it did, there came a flash of gold. The truck would not impact Tulip, instead of unforgiving steel she felt the warmth of familiar fur. When her eyes opened, she would see the truck shoved backwards, black streaks along the road where the tires had resisted the sudden momentum shift. The truck was damaged, but luckily not the driver or anyone else. Looking up, she'd see the very worried eyes of Wukong.
Xingshen herself would appear a few moments later from a shadow portal in the wall, being firmly held by a frowning Macaque. She was unceremoniously dropped to her feet, but the Rainbow Princess took this in stride, smoothing her ebony curls and dusting off her dress' skirt. "I knew you two would take action."
"So you put yourself in intentional danger? What is wrong with you two? Do you have a death wish, do you like scaring the absolute hell out of us? Well, me." Wukong squinted at Macaque. "I still don't get why he's here, but on the point..." He frowns down at Tulip. "You could have died, what would you do if I wasn't there to save you?"
"But you did." Tulip (who truthfully was shaken by the whole thing), moved herself from Wukong's hold. "And don't look at me, I didn't know Xingshen was gonna do that."
Both simians' glares turned to the princess, who was completely unabashed. "I fell with her intentionally facing away from the truck, she would have been shielded by my body. Besides that, I knew you were both following us. Stalking is quite the crime, you know. So..." Xingshen crossed her arms over her chest, golden eyes fixing them both in a basilisk stare. "Explain yourselves at once."
Wukong, for the first time since he knew the priest, looked away and actually fidgeted like a schoolboy being scolded by his mother. Macaque for his part pretending to be unaffected by looking to the side, but his hand tracing the scarf around his neck gave him away. It would be the Monkey King who spoke first, "Tulip...is mortal. She's not like the kid, she's not like his friends. They have powers and she doesn't. So...I kind of..." His golden eyes glanced to Tulip (who stood beside Xingshen with a copied stance) as if seeking comfort and strength in her presence alone. "Worry. A lot."
Tulip felt a smile begin twitching at the corners of her mouth. "Wukong, you know you could just ask to go with me. I'm a tough girl, I can handle myself." And that much was certainly true, Tulip was formidable in her own right. "Stalking someone is super creepy, but...I know you have the world's worst communication skills." Tulip holds out her arms for a hug that the Monkey King gratefully accepts.
Xingshen turned her attention to Macaque, who was looking away from the tender moment. "And you?" Her voice remained as frigid as a winter lake.
"When we first met you were so dense you'd walk into a cave filled with demons and wouldn't know anything was wrong until your bones were picked clean, I was just making sure you'd grown out of the habit."
Xingshen's glare held for a few seconds before she ruffled Macaque's fur. "Liu'er, I have grown considerably from the girl you knew then. Like Tulip, however, I appreciate the gesture. Now, as a means of peace over this matter, come! The mortal treat of ice cream is sweet and it is my wish to enjoy the treat before the night is through. You are welcome to join us, if you wish."
Thus the night was ended with ice cream and calm rather than blood splatter and despair. Tulip did wonder why Xingshen thought of falling into oncoming traffic, but then again she wondered a lot of things about Xingshen. Currently, though, she would have to be content to only wonder at how such a prim woman could down a whole sundae in a few bites like a glutton.
