Howls moving castle fluff

In The Clouds

     The castle rushed through the clouds, pushing the strands of the atmosphere out of its way as it went. Sophie was holding onto the railing of the small balcony watching the peaceful scene play out at the tips of her fingers. She reached out and touched the clouds with her fingers and was surprised that she felt practically nothing. It felt like she was dipping her finger into a pool of light mist. She felt herself smile as she tried to grasp handfuls of the cool cotton candy that was in front of her, but she failed multiple times. A low giggle pulled her from her trance-like-state, and she playfully frowned at its owner. 

     "What?" she asked to the giggling mess standing across the balcony.

     "Nothing."  The man in the light red blouse said. "You just look cute, that's all." He began to step closer to Sophie and took her hand and held it back into the clouds with his own. They both  tried to grab the clouds this time. Of course, since he was a wizard, Howls' hand came back from the mist with a fluffy handful of cloud. 

     Sophie gasped and smiled at the swirling mess in his hand. "Hold on! I want to save it." She said as she opened the door, ran inside to the bathroom and grabbed an empty bottle from a shelf. She then scurried back to the balcony where Howl was still holding the small cloud in his hand. "Can you put it in here?" she asked. "I'd really like to keep it."

     "Sure, we can put it in my room." he replied while taking the cloud and pressing it into the bottle. "I need new things for my room, since they all got destroyed the other day." 

     It had only been days since Sophie had put Howls' Heart back. All the other conflicts ceased after that day. The pointless war was over, and she was young again. She was happy, and so it seemed, was Howl. He had taken her to see her family, and they had a VERY awkward lunch. I mean it wasn't every day you told your family that you were going to be living in a flying castle with a wizard. But it ended well and she wasn't showered with too many questions from anyone.  Honestly she was getting quite the happily ever after. Looking back at the beautiful, kind, person standing next ho her with a bottle of clouds in his hands, she couldn't help but smile. 

    "Hey, its getting cold out here, we should probably get inside and check on Markl." Sophie said, breaking the peaceful silence. "We could also find a place for that cloud-in-a-jar." 

     "Wouldn't want to keep you out in the cold anyways." Howl said almost jokingly. "And yes, let's hope that Markl hasn't set his whole room on fire with that spell I gave him to practice."

     Howl then took Sophies' hand and walked her to the door. As the door opened a rush of warm air blasted them in their faces and left them with rosy cheeks. Howl, still holding Sophies' hand, looked at her with a light smile as he shut the door behind them. Sophies' heart just melted onto the floor. He was the kindest person once you got to know him. He leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. I really love him so much. she thought as he guided her down the stairs to the main room in the castle. 

     "Markl, have you gotten the spell yet?" Howl asked across the room to the young, almost ginger-haired boy, who was lying with his head on a table with a book and some other tools scattered near him. Sophie and Howl looked at each other with the same smile of understanding. Little Markl had fallen asleep while doing his homework, again. 

     "Let's get him to bed." Howl whispered to Sophie. "I'll carry him to his room, can you put his books away?" 

    "Sure." she responded in the same hushed tone. 

    She helped Howl gently pick up the sleeping child and watched as he carefully began to walk up to Markl's room. Getting back to her task, she closed the book and stacked his tools, so the table was clear. She then grabbed the cloud in a jar and started over to Markl's room.

     Carefully, she opened the door to Markl's room and her heart immediately warmed. There was Howl sitting on Markl's bed, stroking his head while tucking him under his blankets. Howl loved Markl like a son, and that was very obvious in this situation. She just watched as Howl swept Markl's hair out out his face and stood to leave his room. That was when he saw Sophie watching him. Howls' face turned bright red. So red, that Sophie could tell that he was blushing even in the dark of Markl's room. 

     "You caught me." Howl said quietly as he creeped out of the room. "I didn't see you there. How long have you been standing there?" He asked a bit louder after he shut Markl's door behind him. 

     Sophie Giggled. "A minute or so." She had to pause to catch her breath. "Do you normally tuck him into bed like that?" 

     "Yes, only sometimes though." Howl responded blushing again turning his gaze to the ground. "He doesn't have family so-."

     "I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it. You're so silly." Sophie interrupted. "I think its actually quite adorable. The way you look at him just melts my heart." It was Sophies' turn too blush. 

    Howl smiled at her. "Oh so you're jealous that Markl is getting all the attention?" He said wrapping one arm around her waist and using the other to take the cloud jar from her. "Why don't we go to bed too?" 

     Sophie blushed even more. "I-I, ok." she stuttered. "I'll go change into my nightgown!" she said as she wriggled from his arms and darted towards the bathroom. She could hear Howls' playful giggle as she shut the door behind her. 

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     A/N: Hi, I honestly don't know if I'm gonna write another part. This was fun tho, and if I am bored some time in the next week or something I might write more. The next chapter will prob be something about cuddling because we all love that cute shit. 

      If anyone happens to see this let me know in the comments what you think. Also feel free to leave other cute ideas. 

      Also, I'd love to give credit for the amazing fan art I used as my cover photo for this chapter. But it was a screen shot I had on my computer from Pinterest. So all I know is it was from Pinterest.