booshslashhaven | Mysterious Pink Sky Water (3/?)

Title: Mysterious Pink Sky Water (3/?)
Summary: When a mysterious pink liquid lands on Vince, Howard finds himself with a lot more than he can handle and Vince finds love. But of course it's never that simple in the Boosh universe.
Word Count: 1019
Genre: romance/angst
Pairing: Howard/Vince
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Don't own The Boosh, but you all know that.

VINCE POV

This was it, the moment I'd been dreaming about for the last few minutes, and it was really going to happen, me and Howard were finally going to get together! This is just brilliant.

But when our lips finally connect, he just freezes up, and I smile a bit, thinking it was just Howard getting all nervous and shy. Although, I mean, we have done this before, you'd think he'd be used to it the second time around. But when a whole minute passed without any response, I decided it was time to investigate.

"Howard?"

"Get. Off. Me. Now." Howard said in the most serious voice I'd ever heard him use, but me being me, I don't take anything seriously, least of all Howard.

"Aw but Howard, why would I want to do something like that when we could continue with the kissing? That is if you'd join in next time around, I mean for a man of action, you're not doing a lot of 'action' are ya?" I grin expecting some sort of stuttered retort about what it means to be a man of action or a comeback about me being a futuristic prostitute or anything really, aside from what actually happened.

Instead of a reply, Howard just shoved me right off him and onto the floor. Hard. Before quickly standing up.

"Ow! What are you doing Howard!" I asked, slightly irritated but not angry, I could never be mad at my Howard.

"What am I doing? What are you doing! You've gone way too far this time Vince!"

Hearing Howard actually yell at me was surprising, we joke yeah but this was something else, and I just didn't understand.

"I don't know what you mean Howard." I said as calmly as I could manage from my position on the floor with Howard towering over me.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about you little titbox! But what I don't get is what you're trying to accomplish with this little trick!"

I didn't like this situation at all, and I was thoroughly confused. Howard loved me too didn't he? Didn't he? Oh what am I saying? He's just being Howard, getting all flustered over nothing. Of course he loves me. He has to. So in an attempt to make this a happy moment again I made a joke.

"Silly Howard, tricks are for kids."

That probably hadn't been the best thing to do though cause Howard just growled and began to storm off.

"Howard wait!" I said, running after him.

"What Vince! WHAT!" Howard yelled spinning around to face me, and I stopped dead in my tracks.

"Howard. I love you." I said it as sincerely as I possibly could, but it didn't seem to matter.

"Yeah, you already said that. Are you trying to seduce me or something Vince so you can go out and make fun of me with all your friends about how gullible I am? Did Naboo get home early? Is he in the closet with a video camera trying to capture yet another embarrassing 'Howard moment' that you can watch over and over while eating popcorn and laughing at how stupid I look for falling for yet another one of your pranks! Cause it's not going to work this time, no sir!"

My eyes were getting blurry as Howard continued his rant, and I realized I was crying.

"Oh just great Vince! Bring on the waterworks yeah? Trying to guilt me into believing all this, or are you just sad that for once everything didn't go right for Vince Noir?"

I could hardly see through the tears that were now streaming down my face, and I could hardly speak, but I had to make him see.

"B…but H…Howard, I really do l…love you!" I cried, and he just sneered at me.

"Yeah well ya know what Vince? I don't care. Even if you were telling the truth (which I know you're not) I could never and would never love you back! How could I? I mean look at you! You're everything I hate, electro and sparkles, ridiculous hair and even more ridiculous clothes-"

I could hardly even breathe, but Howard just kept on going.

"You're the shallowest person I've ever met Vince, you don't care about anyone but yourself! You think its funny to play all these tricks on people? People that are supposed to be your best mate! Cause its not, and I've had it! You don't do anything around here, you just go about as you please, letting in crack addicted foxes, eating jazz records that you have no right touching, pretending to be the 'chosen one' and making me your slave, cutting people's hair while they're asleep, using Naboo's black magic book to start bloody Nanageddon, choosing a cape over a life long friendship, then using me to save your own neck after the worst party in my whole life! You're a horrible person Vince Noir, and I really just don't know why we're even friends anymore."

And just like that, Howard stomped away.

I wanted to follow him, I really did, prove to him that I loved him somehow, but my legs wouldn't move, they couldn't even hold me up anymore. So I just fell to my knees and cried. Howard didn't love me, he doesn't even like me anymore, he thinks I'm the worst person alive. What was I going to do now? I cant live without Howard, he's my everything. I couldn't even think anymore, it was like my brain cell finally called it quits, and my heart had been ripped from my chest, which I guess in some ways is true, I felt empty, and life seemed beyond pointless. I could hardly breath so I just sat there with tears steadily streaming down my face.

"I love you." I whispered to no one.

xxx

HOWARD POV

I suppose I might have been a little harsh on Vince, he did look pretty sorry I guess, but maybe this will teach him not to mess with Howard Moon, Jazz Maverick again, no sir.

TBC