The Fire Prince and The Dragon Princess

Chapter 12: Lóng zhī huǒ

"AND THEN I KISSED HIM. I LITERALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED." Mei said, faceplanting into a bowl of noodles.

Tang blinked. "I...wow. A descendant of a dragon king and a fire demon. That's an odd couple."

Pigsy lifted Mei's face out, wiping off the soup with a towel. "Well, do ya like him?"

Mei's cheeks went red before she sat up. "I-I mean...m-maybe? I-I dunno! He...he is r-really nice deep down. I-I find that temper of his pretty f-funny...and k-kinda cute...and he's really smart! And I can e-even see an affectionate side of him somewhere. H-He doesn't show it a whole lot, but I know it's there."

Tang smirked a bit and slurped up some of his noodle soup before turning to Mei. "Yup. You definitely like him."

Mei's face went even redder and she covered her face with her hands, screaming into them out of embarrassment.

Pigsy laughed. "Oh, this'll be interesting."

"Ask him out then!" Tang said simply.

Mei shot up. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! HE'LL OBVIOUSLY SAY NO!"

Pigsy and Tang looked at each other before looking back at Mei. "Uhhh, Mei. I think you're forgetting that he went all the way to MACAQUE of all people to save you. He didn't even know about the rest of us!" Tang said.

"And also that Sleep Bug thing he fixed to save you too." Pigsy added. "He definitely likes you, even if he doesn't realize it."

Mei blushed so much she could've sworn she was on fire. She felt every single math equation in her head run around in mere seconds before she realized Pigsy and Tang were telling the truth. "OH."

Pigsy nodded. "Yyyyup."

Tang blinked. "How do we know so much about this when we've never fallen in love before?"

"...I don't know." Pigsy said.

Then, almost out of nowhere, Red Son teleported into the noodle shop, looking around. Mei quickly hid inside of the janitor's closet before he could notice, her face as red as his hair.

"Oh, hey Red." Pigsy said.

Red Son gave a wave, sitting down next to Tang. He then looked around more. "Where's Mei and what's his face?"

"You mean MK?" Tang snorted.

Red Son nodded. "Yes, KM!"

Pigsy narrowed his eyes before shrugging. "He's out doing the gods know what. And Mei is...uhhh..."

Red Son seemed to care more about where Mei was, while Tang looked at the closet and then gave Pigsy the gesture to lie.

"...doing...dragon...royal...noodle...soup...stuff." Pigsy blinked.

Tang facepalmed.

Red Son narrowed his eyes. "Do you take me for a fool?"

"I don't think you wanna know the answer to that." Pigsy said. "But why do you wanna find her?"

Red Son's cheeks turned a bit red and a few sparks came from his hair. "W-Well...I...I, err...maybe want to ask her out."

Mei crashed out of the closet, causing a hole to be created through the door. She faceplanted onto the floor and then flipped back to her feet. "REALLY?!?!"

Red Son yelped, falling off his chair while Tang just hid behind the counter and behind Pigsy, still holding his noodles like it was the most precious thing ever.

Mei blushed and quickly helped Red Son up. "S-Sorry, sorry!"

Red Son cleared his throat, standing up. "U-Uhhh, it's alright...wait, you heard that?"