Stuff Snowy Says

Rushdall Anniversary One-Shot

RainingFaye theKendallStorm

"Are we ready to go?" Rush said, checking her red, white, black, and yellow striped bag one last time.

"Yup!" Kendall bounced up and down with excitement, her blue eyes alight.

Rush smiled, distracted by how cute Kendall was. In fact, she had been so distracted that she had forgotten to ask a key question. "What are we looking for again?"

The rusty-haired girl sighed, as if she had said this a million times before. "The man-eating highlighter, of course!"

Rush raised an eyebrow, and her cat ears twitched. "That's a bit dangerous, no?"

"Don't worry." Kendall waved her hand and started walking along the worn dirt path. "We're not men, so it'll be fine."

***

Both their shoes were soon covered in dust, and beads of perspiration dotted their foreheads. At first, Kendall had insisted on taking the map but soon got tired and handed it off to her brown and blue haired companion.

However, Kendall still had plenty of energy to point out everything that moved in the sparsely forested area. "CHESTNUT BACKED CHICKADEE!" she yelped, scaring the bird away in the process.

Rush nodded. Despite holding the map, she had been lost in thought for most of the walk. She pondered the absurdity of a man-eating highlighter. Kendall did wacky things, but this expedition was really pushing it.

"She could be lying," Nina offered.

"Kendall never lies to us!" Naomie shouted back.

Rush had to agree with Naomie. She decided to think of something more familiar, like figuring out more of Forgotten Demons or imagining Luktra scenes.

The screech of a bird and Kendall's yelp of surprise jolted Rush out of her maze of thoughts. After having spent so long on the precipice of death a few months ago, Rush's instincts were quick. And perhaps the identity of the person she was protecting also lent to her speed. She slashed at the giant bird and it faltered, drawing a long, red scratch at the base of Kendall's neck. Rush froze for a moment, fearing that whatever she did to the bird might hurt her companion.

The bird took the opportunity and dug its claws into Kendall's backpack. The redhead swung in vain at the force pulling at her back, which would t have been quite funny at another time. Rush moved again, hitting the bird with the flat side of her sword. However, the bird's grip was strong, and it flew away with Kendall's backpack.

Kendall clutched what remained of her backpack straps in shock. "That..." she managed, "Was not a Chestnut-backed chickadee."

Rush hugged Kendall tightly, to calm down both herself and her companion.  "I hope that rotten bird's proud of itself for causing as much fear as a dullion.

With a sigh of relief and something else Rush couldn't quite make out, Kendall leaned against her partner.

They continued on like this for a bit, until Kendall suddenly jumped up. "We're here!" she declared.

There was no sight of a man-eating highlighter. In front of them was a small, grassy hill, crowned with an emerald tree with thin, long branches.

The energetic blue-eyed girl sprinted up the hill, dragging Rush behind her. "Surprise!" Kendall crowed, waving jazz hands. "For our anniversary!"

Seeing Rush's dumbfounded face, Kendall continued, "I was going to set up a picnic, with food and everything, but it was all in my backpack and that dumb bird stole it." She looked away. "I guess it's not that impressive without all the picnic stuff."

Rush's heart swelled with every word Kendall said. Then it overflowed and Rush kissed her beautiful, blue-eyed girlfriend with a force that made both of them stumble. "I don't care," she murmured against Kendall's cheek. "You with your rusty hair that makes me wish everything was that color just so I could be constantly reminded of you. The swirls of your blue eyes and the way that I could stare at them forever. How your laugh makes my heart implode and reform all at once... That's what matters."

Aha this was speed written in two days and half-assed

Edit: Rush's speech thing at the end was really bothering me with how vague and cliche it was... So I changed it.