Aarmau: Remember Me, Remember Us, Just Remember

Chapter 18

Aph simply lies against her pillow feeling her stomach cramp a little from the food. It's not a completely uncomfortable feeling but she will not let anyone know it's there no matter how bad it gets.

After 10 minutes it starts to fade and she opens her eyes to find Aaron watching her. She's exhausted but she's not ready to sleep just yet. "I wish I could marry food. It would be a wonderful ceremony."

Aaron laughs, "And a very short one. I can hear the preacher now, I now pronounce you man and wife, you may now eat your husband. Hey wouldn't that make you a cannibal?"

Aph sputters and then looks at him clearly confused, "Why would I be a cannibal?"

Aaron's eyebrows go up and he laughs again, "Um because you're a potato! Food should not marry and then eat each other."

Aph's eyes widen at what he just said, "F.C., think! Why did you just call me a potato?!"

Ivy yells from the living room, "Ah! I'm so sorry I started that stupid nickname!"

Aaron is clearly trying to figure out why he said what he did," I...I don't know. It just came to me."

Aph sighs as she looks up at the ceiling. "Yeah, Ivy was the first one to call me a potato in school. And then..."

A flash of Aaron laughing at a younger Shu and calling her a stupid potato pops into his head. 

Like the other's it vanishes almost instantly, "Stupid potato..."

Aph glares at Aaron, "HEY! I am not.... wait."

Their eyes meet but she can see that even though he remembered that it didn't change anything. She sighs on the inside but offers him a gentle smile. "It's ok we have time F.C. I won't give up."