4I Want You to Be Mine
Chapter 1
Loneliness and Love?
Lilo sighed dejectedly, looking at the ceiling. It had been about 9 years since the battle with the Leroys and now she was 16 years old. It had also been two years since all of the experiments turned human-like. And it had been 2 years since Angel and Stitch had become taritifi, or life long mates.
Recently, Stitch had been spending more time with Angel recently because Jumba had said that there was a possibility that she was pregnant. Was Lilo jealous? Very much so.
She was embarrassed to admit it but she was. Lilo wanted to feel happy for them being a cute couple with a possible baby on the way but she couldn't help but feel jealous that her best friend was hanging out with someone else.
Lilo turned off the light of her room as she chided herself for being jealous. Chuckling at her childishness, she fell asleep, dreaming of having fun at the beach with her friends. However, unknown to her, something life changing was about to happen to her.
The next morning, Lilo groaned as the rising sun's light hit her eyes. Yawning, she sat up, rubbing her eyes. Thankfully, it was summer time and there weren't any hula lessons because it was a Saturday. Lilo slid off the bed and was about to leave the room when she saw something peculiar.
Sitting on her dresser was a small package, as long as a ruler but as thin as a stick, wrapped in a sea-foam handkerchief and tied together by a red ribbon. Curiously, Lilo picked it up, twirling it in her fingers. Still looking at it with wonder, she went downstairs and into the kitchen.
Nani was making coffee, Stitch was chatting with Angel, and Jumba and Pleakley were arguing over something. Lilo sat down at her usual spot, still wondering what was in the "package".
"What is that?" Jumba asked Lilo.
"I...don't know. I found it on my dresser this morning." Lilo replied.
Careful not to damage the beautiful ribbon, Lilo gently pulled at one end so it came undone. She then cautiously pulled back the sea-foam handkerchief. Lilo gasped when she saw what it was.
It was a back spine, much like Stitch's "alien" form's, but green with a darker green tip and tan surrounding the tip. Bewildered, Lilo held it up, causing Pleakly to gasp and Jumba to pale.
"Oh no..." the mad scientist muttered, eyes fixated on the spine.
"What is it?" Lilo asked worriedly.
Jumba looked at Stitch, who was also paling. Stitch sighed and awkwardly looked at his hands, obviously not wanting to meet Lilo's eyes.
"Well...we experiments have this...ritual in order for us to become mates. That's why it took me and Angel a week or so to become tartifi, or life-mates." Stitch slowly explained.
"What does that mean? And what does it have to do with this?" Lilo asked, half dreading, half wondering what Stitch meant.
"That's the first step of our mating ritual!" Stitch blurted out quickly.