Well Smurf

This tiring day started out like any other smurfy day.

Clumsy and I were picking flowers in the nearby flower field. Smurfette needed them for something. What I don't know and I don't care. This was cutting into my studies. Oh well. At least she asked clumsy and me to do it. If it had been any other smurf, I would have a black eye by now . I never understood why Clumsy, of all smurfs, would want to be my friend, and he liked me too! Not may smurfs do. Guess I can't look a gift horse in the mouth can I.

Now where was I? Oh yes. Clumsy and I were in the flower field smurfing flowers when all of a sudden...

"Ho there Brainy, Clumsy! What are you two doing?"

My heart does a funny fluttery thing in my chest. I knew that voice anywhere. I look up and sure enough, Hefty Smurf stood before us, breathing heavily. He must have just finished his morning jog.

"Uh howdy, Hefty! Brainy and I were jus' smurfin' some flowers fer Smurfette. She wanted ta make a dress out of 'em so she could wear somethin' purdy fer Painter. He's gonna paint her a portrait." Clumsy smiles as he clutches a bouquet of flowers to his chest, standing close enough that I can smell the flowers in his hands. Hefty gets this weird look on his face. I'm not sure what it means, but I don't care. I'm rather wary of Hefty. He was the smurf who threw me out of the village last time, and does clumsy have to stand so close to me? The heat coming from his body is making me feel weird.

"A dress made of flowers? Isn't that a bit much?" Hefty asks.

I scoff. "It's Smurfette, what do you expect? She wants to be flashy. She's a girl." Hefty and Clumsy just nod. My knowledge was sound. Hefty shuffles his feet. I can tell he wants to ask something else. "Yes Hefty? Is there something else you want to know?"

Was that a blush? No way. Hefty smurf doesn't blush. Must be the heat.

"Well, yes, but it can wait. It's a private question." Hefty rubs his arms.

I stood there a little stunned. Hefty has never asked me a personal question before, "Uh, well. Okay, when do you want to meet up?"

Hefty smiles, "How about after you and Clumsy give Smurfette her flowers? You free then?"

"Hmmmm." I think about this a bit. "Yes, I'm free later."

Hefty's smile got wider. "Alright, see you later. Bye guys." He waves as he jogs back to the village.

I turn back to the task at hand and wipe sweat from my face. "Sure is a hot one today, eh Clumsy?"

He smiles. "Sure is Brainy. Hey do ya want some smurfberry juice?"

I smile. "That would be smurfy, Clumsy."

Clumsy sets the flowers he was holding down. "Great! I'll be right back!"

I watch him run off with a sigh. I wish I had his energy.

~~

"I can't believe it! Hefty asked Brainy out an' right as I was standin' next ta him!" I ran as fast as my clumsy legs could go. I'm so fumin' mad! Didn't every smurf know that I liked Brainy?! Oh Hefty was gonna get it!

I spotted the smurf jus' as he was enterin' the village. "Hey Hefty!" I called out. He turns ta face me, jus' a few feet away. "Clumsy? what's..oof!"

He never saw it comin'.

I can't belive it! Clumsy tackled me. The small, weak, klutzy clumsy smurf tackled me, Hefty Smurf! "Ugh. Clumsy what the smurf was that for?"

He growls. Clumsy Smurf, the gentlest smurf in the whole village, growls at me!

"'Cause ya asked Brainy out in front of me that's why!"

Now it was my turn to growl. "So what? How is that a bad thing?" Clumsy just glares down at me. Glares I tell you!

"'Cause I love 'im that's why! I've been in love 'im fer years!"

Well that's news. I shoved him off of me and sat up. "Well you know what Clumsy? I love him too." Clumsy glares at me again! He stood up and brushed himself off.

"No ya don't! I've seen ya beat him senseless and throw 'im outta the village fer years!"

That made me mad. "Do you think I enjoy doing that?! It tears me up inside each and every time. It kills me whenever he looks at me in anger and hatred. I just do what Papa Smurf tells me to do!" I spat at him as I glare at the ground, breathing heavily as anger rushes through me. Clumsy would never understand.

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I blink in confusion. Hefty loves brainy? It hurt when he hurts 'im? If this is true, why didn't he ask Papa ta get somesmurf else to do it?

"Hefty?" he looks at me, "Why do ya keep doin' it if ya love him?" Pain flashed in his eyes as he looked back at the ground. I watched as his hands opened and closed as he thought. Finally his body relaxes as he looks at me once more. His expression was now one of complete and utter loss and acceptance. His answer wanted ta make me cry.

"Because it's the only time I ever really get to spend with Brainy alone."

I watched as tears gather at the corners of his eyes. Holy smurf! Hefty does love Brainy!

~~

I felt so relieved to finally confess and get this weight off my chest. I look up at Clumsy. Seems he believes me. He looks at me and I see his anger dissipate.

"So, what do we do now?" he asks.

I shake my head and sigh, "I don't know." I sit down on the ground with a thump and hang my head. What do we do? He loves brainy. I love brainy. What are two smurfs to do? As I sat there feeling sorry for myself, I didn't really notice that Clumsy sat down beside me. I only really noticed when he put his hand on my shoulder.

~~

I smile when I saw Hefty jump as I laid my hand on his shoulder. "Hefty I have an idea."

I'm tremblin' wit excitement as I watch Hefty. His face a mish mash of emotions. "I know what ta do." his shocked face just makes me smile more. I know this will work. It has ta.

"You do? What? What do we do?!"

He's gettin' excited now ta. Good. My smile widens. "We love brainy together that's what." I watch as he processes my brilliant idea.

"WHAT?!?!"

I cover my ears 'cause that wasn't what I was expectin'. Hefty jumps up and stand a few feet away from me. Definitely not what he was expectin' me ta say.

~~

"What the smurf is that supposed to mean?!" I am surprised with Clumsy. I thought he would want to fight for Brainy. To see who was better for him, but clumsy alwasy seems to surprise me. He looks at me calmly and smiles softly at me. Which oddly and freakishly calms me down. He chuckles.

"'Cause Brainy needs us both. I make 'im feel special, like some smurf actually listens ta 'im when he talks."

His smile turns sad, which makes me frown. Why would that make him sad? Before I could voice my question, Clumsy continues speaking.

"It's funny now that i think 'bout it. The reason I listen is 'cause he doesn't condemn me fer my clumsiness like the others do."

I was about to object but shut my mouth after realizing he was right. We all get mad at Clumsy fairly easily, and blame him for a lot of things. I sigh and look at him. "So why does brainy need me if he has you?" He just smiles at me.

"'Cause you can keep 'im from goin' ta far. Ya can shut 'im up when he monologues."

Well smurf me. Clumsy has a good idea. If you thought about it like he did. Somesmurf to listen to him and another to shut him up before he went too far. By all accounts it should be a perfect plan except "Well, what about us?" that got me a funny look.

"What do ya mean? What 'bout us?"

That made me frown. Had he not thought about us? "Well assuming we actually go through with this plan, what will we do?" I struggle to convey my thoughts. Clumsy laughs. Well that was unexpected.

"Oh that's simple. We may not love each other, but we might grow ta care fer each other down the road. I don't plan on fightin' or hatin' ya. That wouldn't be fair ta Brainy."

Well I'll be smurfed. He had thought it through. Now that made me smile. "Well alrighty then. Let's love Brainy together." I help Clumsy to his feet. "Now comes the hard part. How do we convince brainy to be with us?" Clumsy's next words sent tingles down my back.

"Oh don't worry Hefty. I'm sure we can think of a few thin's we can do ta Brainy ta convince 'im."

Then he cackles. Clumsy smurfing cackles. The smurf did I get myself into?

Somewhere in a flower field a certain smurf sneezes and shudders as a cold chill makes it's way down his spine. "Oh smurf. This is going to be a long smurfing day."

THE END!
or is it?