Asked by gwy. Characters: Heero & Duo, sweet.
Halloween Drabble 12
I leaned over the counter and watched as Duo stabbed another apple. "I don't understand what you are doing to those poor things," I said. "They've never hurt you."
He grinned at me. "They are too healthy this way. I'm going to stab them, dip them in a boiling bath of sugar, drizzle them with scalding chocolate and then I'm going to force you to eat them."
"This Halloween holiday of yours seems quite violent," I shook my head. "Who taught you to torture apples?"
His grin softened a bit. "At the orphanage, after we all went trick or treating, we'd come back and give all of our caramels and chocolates to Sister Helen. She'd melt them all down and we'd get to help her make the apples. Then we'd all sit down and watch one of those old creepy movies on the tiny tv in Father Maxwell's room."
"That sounds like fun," I said and Duo gave me a wistful smile.
"It was. That's why I want to share this with you. We can't do the trick or treating part, but I can teach you how to make the perfect caramel apple." I moved around to his side of the table and picked up one of the wooden skewers.
"So, where do I start?" I asked and he handed me an apple. I examined it closely, mostly for his amusement. "These don't seem to have a heart."
"That's vampires," he shook his head at me, chuckling. "Put the apple down on the counter and just stick that skewer right through the middle- it's harder than it looks."
He was right. On my first attempt the skewer promptly fell out. On my second- I stabbed the wood too hard through the apple and split it apart. Duo promptly fell over in a heap of laughter.
I was rewarded for my persistence though. Duo got up and stood at my shoulder, resting one hand on the back of mine. He helped me skewer the apple, and then kept his hand on mine as I dipped it into the melted caramel.
"I still don't know why we had to use the sour green apples for this though," I said as I triumphantly placed the apple on the waxed paper. "Won't it wreck the taste?"
"No," Duo shook his head. "The sour only enhances the sweet." He was still standing quite close to me.
"Does it really?" I asked and he smiled. He picked up a piece of the apple I had destroyed and offered me a bite. As I chewed, he unwrapped a caramel and popped it into his own mouth.
"Try and see," he offered.
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