41 (UISYA)

Below is the description of Ann and Larie's **41st meeting** (EARTH 6) from the Ed, Edd n Eddy fanfiction series, Until I See You Again.

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## Story

> Ann is an adult black widow, suffering from the bad reputation of her gender and the increasing intelligence in animals overall. Prey insects are quicker to see and avoid spider webs, and male black widows too scared to pursue hungry widow females. They expect to get eaten and avoid reproduction altogether, so they can live out their lives to the fullest. This mindset keeps decreasing the spiders' numbers, and as long females and newborn widows have not fully shed their urge to cannibalize each other, things are looking grim.
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> At the same time, females developed a longing to have a family; consisting out of a partner and their children. Ann is one of them and hopes someone will sweep her off her many feet, but hasn't come across a male for as long she's been alive, as if they don't exist.
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> One morning she happens to feel something struggling in her web. Ecstatic to have caught food, she goes out and finds it's a young male widow. Despite his predicament, he shows no fear or worry in her presence and asks her for help. Ann is surprised that one of her own got tricked by a web he could've spun himself, but he explains to have lost one side of his eyes fighting his siblings at birth. Upon closer look, she confirms it to be so, and upon closer look, he becomes instantly smitten by the combination of her looks and kindness.
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> His flirting is picked up on, but Ann rejects him saying he's too young for her, leaving him perplexed. He reminds her he's the right age to have offspring, but she insists he's just a boy and is looking for a fully grown man. She consoles him saying there are many willing singles out there to choose from, but he claims the shortage of food made everyone crabby and she's the first not to abuse his clumsiness. Ann tells him she'd love his company and is welcome to visit, but stands by her beliefs and can't see him in a romantic light.
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> The rejected Larie doesn't give up and wishes to impress her. He calls for her attention before launching himself onto a hiding mouse on the ground, which he manages to immobilize and kill with his venom. Naturally, he earns her praise and Ann remarks to have never witnessed a small spider hunt large prey without a web. She asks how he saw it sitting there, and Larie confidently answers to have heard it mess about the entire time.
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> He senses her growing interest in him and goes on to offer her the mouse. Ann is not in the position to politely decline and accepts the gift. He asks if he can bring her more food in the future, but she doesn't want to take stuff for free. Larie knows better than to overstep his boundaries this soon in and asks to have his back watched in return.
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> Days pass, but he doesn't seem as incompetent he made himself out to be and Ann remarks she hasn't been able to repay him for the food. He answers she could be his girlfriend, but is declined again. Larie asks what makes a black spider better in her eyes, to which she argues they're mature and more likely to have their life in order. He says that most of the guys out there are either lazy or party animals, and none of them catches food like he can. Ann understands his points and promises to think her beliefs over.
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> The next morning she wakes up surrounded by a handful of male spiders. She thinks it to be a hallucination, but they appear to be real and feeling safe to approach her after her many meals. She then reminds herself of Larie and the fact he's nowhere around. She asks the strangers if they've seen him, but the description doesn't sound familiar to them or do they don't seem to care. While the men start to bluff and threaten each other for Ann's attention, she leaves to go find him.
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> When he won't respond to her calls, she checks the ground if he's wrestling with a mouse again, but instead finds him on his back with his legs curled up. Ann sobs at the sight of him and tries to determine how he could've died, but his body shows nothing helpful. She begins to suspect the other spiders beaten him up and pushed him down the tree branch, and regrets her failure to protect him. She places Larie on her back and leaves the group squabbling amongst themselves.
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> Ann moves into an abandoned wooden crate and can only watch the body of the first and only company she's had. Her instincts are trying to push her into preserving him as food for later, but she can't get herself to do it and just sits down next to him.
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> Another day passes, and Ann wakes up without Larie by her side. She starts to panic and think she ate him after all, until he shows up alive and well. Ann is surprised, but ecstatic.
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## See also

* Until I See You Again
* An, Ann n Anny
* Ed, Edd n Eddy Working