A New Love Of Reality - Chapter One
Linda/Imprefectlin/Linables

A few rays of sunlight found their way into 2-D's bedroom the next morning, waking the person in question. Blinking a few times, the vocalist slowly opened his eyes and yawned quietly turning onto his side. For a very short moment, he was surprised as his bare skin came in contact with someone else's - someone who was delightfully warm, and had silky-smooth olive colored skin. After the short initial shock faded,

2-D smiled; one of the true, hearfelt smiles that he had seemed to be showing a lot more lately.

The smile remained on his face as he watched Noodle sleeping beside him, reveling in the fact - yes fact and not daydream or fantasy or delusion - that he and her WERE actually in love, and what had happened the previous night really DID happen. "Woa..." 2-D thought peacefully to himself. "She really 's beautiful..." As he was thinking this, Noodle shifted slightly in her sleep so that the sheet covering her up to her chest slipped down a good several inches.

Now, when 2-D looked at her, he had to fight several immediate reactions his body wanted to take upon seeing her like this for the first time in the light - Noodle, still asleep, was unwittingly giving the most fabulous display of her whole upper body, which 2-D had confirmed many times had indeed turned into something to look at. Not being able to help himself, 2-D slid a hand across her stomach and upwards. He brushed his fingers idly along the exposed skin, lingering on her breasts perhaps for a few seconds too long, since he soon noticed Noodle blink a few times as she awoke.

Her eyes didn't open before letting out a quiet, gasping moan, but as they did, she saw 2-D quickly pull his hands away, looking dissapointed but also guilty. She opened her eyes fully and looked at him, and he immediately whispered, "Sorry! I didn' mean to...!" Seeing his face, Noodle smiled, immediately coming to terms herself with their situation and shaking her head to say that she didn't mind. 2-D's expression relaxed, and his earlier smile returned.

Not able to think of a better way to start the morning, 2-D leaned over and placed a soft kiss on Noodle's lips, one that she returned right away, wrapping her arms around 2-D's neck and letting her body entangle with his as his arms wrapped around her. As they parted, 2-D smiled and, not remembering having felt this light for years, whispered, "I love you." "I love you too" was heard, and then there were a few seconds of silence.

Arms lingering around 2-D's neck and torso, Noodle then whispered, "So...did you sleep well, 2-D-kun? 2-D smiled.

"Uh-huh. Never slept better."

"Oh? Why's that?"

"''Cause I kept dreaming of you."

At this, a wide smile appeared on Noodle's face, and she blushed scarlet, leaning in towards 2-D and him towards her. Their faces were a few centimeters apart when, all of a sudden, a loud knock sounded on the door. The sound was alarming, as knuckles against the hardwood door made a hard, clanging sound, and the two on the bed were startled apart.

A momentary look of panic took over both their faces for a second or so, then Noodle quickly jumped up, and, giving 2-D a quick peck on the lips, whispered "I'll hide in the bathroom...!" And she ran to the bathroom after snatching up her nightshirt, closing the door as quietly and quickly as possible. 2-D rushed to pull the tangled sheets over himself, then threw himself down onto the bed and closed his eyes in his best attempt at mock sleep. A second knock sounded, then the door flew open, the knocker apparently not willing to wait any longer. 2-D opened his eyes slighly and turned his head to see a cross-looking Murdoc at the door, a questioning look on his face.

"Where the hell were you last night, Dullard? After we finished recording you dissapered into bloody thin air!" He stopped, then, looking like he just remembered something else, gave the room a quick once-over. 2-D quickly shoved Noodle's underwear under his bed before Murdoc could see them. "And where is Noodle? She's been as wacky as you lately, like she's hiding something. And you too, No-Brains! What the fuck is goin' on?"

2-D panicked quietly, not having any ideas of how he could answer. Noodle had been watching and listening through the crack between the bathroom door and wall, and right as 2-D was about to open his mouth to helplessly try and explain his situation, she opened the bathroom door, trying to look as casual as possible. Silently thanking the gods that she had remember to pick up her nightshirt, she walked out, clad in said garment and holding a towel.

Turning to see Murdoc, she put on her best act of surprise, and quickly said, "Oh, hello Murdoc-san. My shower's broken, so 2-D-san was going to let me use his. I'm just...going back to my room, I forgot my shampoo. Sorry to barge out in the middle of your conversation - bye!!" And she slipped past Murdoc in the doorway, down the hall and into her room. But not before giving 2-D a brief smile and wink, which thankfully went unnoticed by Murdoc.

The man in the doorway watched her hurry off and raised an eyebrow. Then the turned back to 2-D, who was still silent. "So...I guess we better, ya know, call the repair man to her shower fixed, eh mate?" he said with a sarcastic undertone, which 2-D didn't pick up due to a combination of his jumbled mind and the state it was normally in anyways. "Y...yeah, why don' you go an' do that...?" 2-D stammered, but Murdoc wasn't convinced that the whole situation was true.

He walked into the room, looking around once again, and then returned his eyes to the frazzled vocalist sitting on the bed.

"So, tell me mate - do you normally wake up with a big shiny kiss mark on your neck?"

Frantically, 2-D glanced over at his bedside mirror.

"And tell me, also..."

Murdoc quickly reached under 2-D's bed and snatched something. 2-D tried to stop him, but failed.

"...Since when do you wear women's underwear?!"

2-D's eyes went wide.

"Gimme those!!" he snapped, grabbing the yellow Yum Pop underwear from his bandmate and stuffing them in between his sheets.

"Ah..." said Murdoc. "So they are yours, eh?" he said, keeping the sarcastic tone.

"No!!" 2-D yelled, only afterwards realizing he'd giving Murdoc even more of the proof he was looking for.

"Oh! Good then, we wouldn't want to put up with rubbish rumors like that, would we mate? But if they're not yours, then who's for fuck's sakes are they??" Look a little Japanese, don't they? Would that have anything to do with it?!"

Helpless, 2-D gave up trying to fight.

"Fine, so I slep' with her! Whadda you think you're gonna do about it? I love Noodle, an' she loves me! You can't change that!!"

"Fuck, Dullard, you ever realize that the girl is seventeen? She's a teenager, for fuck's sakes, have lost whatever bit of mind you had?!"

"I LOVE her, Muds, nuffin' you say or do is gonna change that! It don't matter how old she is, she's great, and I love her!"

"She great, she's fantastic...I want a fuckin' explanation, I dont' wanna know how our guitarist is in bed!!"

"Thas' not what I meant!!"

"So she isn't great? Should I tell her that?"

"NO, she IS great in every way!! And I thought you didn't wanna know!!"

"I don't! I'm just tryin' to figure out why the fuck you're being such a bloody basketcase!"

"I'm not bloody nuts, Murdoc - I love 'er, and she loves me, and there's nothing you can do about it! So don' try!!"

Still fuming slightly, Murdoc opened his mouth to say something, but stopped before any sound came out. Shaking his head and waving his hand, he turned and went out of the room. Silence finally came.

Still frazzled, 2-D ran a hand through his mop of blue hair and stared blankly at his wall. Everything he'd said to Murdoc was absolutely true, he wasn't going to let his or anyone come in the way of he and Noodle being together. His eyes slowly scanned the room, and as they fell on the doorway, he noticed a young Japanese girl peeking into the room, cheeks flushed.

2-D smiled, calming down, and Noodle returned the smile as she walked into the room. She made sure to close the door, before running back into 2-D's arms.