Tangled: Stardust and the 12 Zodiacs (Varian Fanfiction)

Chapter 42: Water Problems

It has been four days since the group, minus Soul, and the younger girls had started working on turning their caravan into a boat. And so far, the caravan looks pretty good.

"Just a few more tweaks and making sure that everything is perfectly assembled, we can finally sail our way to Dale Island." Varian announced while tightening some screws he thought were a bit loose on the steering wheel. 

"Great! It's been a while since we've gone on a romantic cruise." Eugene purred, wiggling his eyebrows towards Rapunzel, causing her to get flustered.

"This trip is far from being a romantic cruise, Eugene." She replied, giggling as she kissed the man on his cheek.

This caused an idea to spark in Eugene's mind. "Hey! How about we go on a romantic cruise on our honeymoon?" He suggested.

"I don't mind whatever we do. As long as it's you, I'm sharing those moments with."

Varian watched the couple's interactions while hammering down a nail, gasping in surprise when he almost hammered his own hand. The hammer's head was VERY close to his hand. Had he not stopped, he was sure to say goodbye to his left hand. 

"Distracted again, are we?" Lance teased, appearing behind the alchemist. Varian placed a hand over his chest where his heart would be as he turned around to face his older friend.

"Lance! W-what are you talking about? And stop sneaking up on me!" Varian yelled, annoyed. He then thought back to the last part he said, and his mind instantly flew towards Soul and the many times he snuck of on her. In his defense, the girl was always on her guard. I sound like Soul just now. Hehe...

"Thinking of a certain lavender-haired girl with blue eyes?" Lance asked as he leaned on the poor alchemist, using Varian's head as support. "I mean, who else got you smiling?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about. Well, sure. She's part of the reason why I was smiling."

"Knew it!"

"But! It's because of what happened earlier reminded me of us." Varian interjected, putting his hands up.

"What happened earlier? You mean Eugene and Raps acting sweet and couple-y?" The burly man teased more.

"Wha- No! I don't even think about that." The alchemist denied, his cheeks turning red. Lance just looked at him in disbelief, urging him to tell the truth. "I mean, I thought about it once."

Lance didn't say anything as he crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow as he continued to stare at the poor blushing teen.

"Or twice..." Lance just squinted his eyes, causing Varian to grumble out in frustration. "ALRIGHT, FINE! I've thought about it a lot."

"Attaboy! You know it's not good to lie to yourself." Lance cheered as he ruffled the alchemist's hair, causing Varian's goggles to almost fall from his head.

"Speaking of Soul, where is she?" Rapunzel asked from below deck, looking around for the lavender-haired girl.

"Oh, there she is!" Eugene shouted, pointing towards the astrologer, who was lying seemingly lifeless on the sand by the shore. Rapunzel was about to run to check on the girl when Eugene stopped her, saying he's got this. 

Jumping off the caraboat, named by the one and only Varian, the ex-thief took his sweet time in approaching the astrologer. Finally reaching the girl, Eugene looked down on Soul, taking in her appearance. "Still alive down there, buddy?"

Soul groaned in response, not opening her eyes as she dusted off some sand that got on her face.

"I'm taking that as a yes." The relaxing sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and the squawking of seagulls were the only things to be heard as it was silent around the two. "Soooo, how's your water spell coming along?"