Honey! Gummigoo x Pomni TADC

5 - Awe Fudge..

"You're quite the mumma's boy, you know that, right?" Pomni said to Gummi from the passenger seat, crossing her arms with a smug smile and squinted eyes, an act she'd picked up from him.

Gummi looked over, brows furrowed in an offended manner, a hand over his chest. "Oh wow! You did not just say that." 

"I did though, and I'm not going to le you live it down." Pomni snickered.

"I love me mum, what's so wrong with that? Jealous?.." Gummi smirked.

"No?? That'd be weir- LOOK OUT!!!" Pomni suddenly yelled, and Gummi's attention snapped forward again just in time to narrowly avoid slamming into a boulder. Pomni looked horrified, and let out a sound of fear and relief, turning to him. "Keep your eyes on the road! PLEASE!"

"Jeeze, jeeze, I had it under control, it's not my fault you're so distracting." Gummi laughed, giving her a small nudge, somehow acting like they hadn't just nearly died. 

Pomni paused, glancing at him momentarily after his comment, then looked back out the window. She felt a strange feeling in her stomach. 'I thought Caine said we didn't need to eat here..'

-

After a bit more driving, they slowly came upon a wide trail of, uh, brown. Gummigoo hopped out of the vehicle, squinting his eyes as he leaned down, inspecting it.

"What is this stuff..?" Pomni asked, nose scrunched up as she came up beside him, looking disgusted when Gummigoo swiped some up on his finger, tasting it and thinking for a moment. 

"Fudge monster, fair dinkums." Gummi began.

"Wha-"

"And your mates were here as well. Headed west." He nodded to himself.

"How did you get all of that?" Pomni gave him a skeptical look, to which Gummi pointed at some tire tracks in the dirt, told in the direction of the Candy Kingdom castle. "Oh." Pomni muttered.

"We need to get moving if we want to reach them," Gummigoo said as he stood, fixing his cowboy hat as they returned to the vehicle. 

Pomni stared at him subtly as he began driving, zoning out a bit. She couldn't help but feel that silly feeling in her stomach again.

-

"IF I KNEW HOW TO USE THE CHERRY BOMBS I'D USE THE F%#^@ING CHERRY BOMBS!" Jax spat, rummaging around their truck's stash for a weapon.

"Jax, Ragatha! I really think now is not the time to argue!" Gangle pleaded worriedly from the driver's seat, struggling to keep the swaying tanker under control, whimpering in fear as she caught a glimpse of the fudge monster in the rearview mirror. 

"Maybe we wouldn't have anything to argue about if SOMEONE hadn't tried to negotiate with a gluttonous pile of goop!" Ragatha seethed, glaring at Jax who glared right back. 

"Hey, I heard that!" The raspy voice of the monster cried in an offended tone.

"SHUT UP!" Jax and Ragatha spat in unison, and Jax turned to her again as he reloaded his bazooka. 

"It was a great plan, foolproof really! Too bad we have the king of fools on our hands!" Jax huffed as he turned and shot the fudge monster who was hot on their tails, slowing it momentarily as it roared out in hungry rage. 

"Yeah well, now you get to save him!" Ragatha exclaimed as she swiftly tied a secured rope around Jax's waist, then pushed him off the truck, straight into the monster's jaws, dusting her hands off as she rolled her eyes at Jax's string of profanities.