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Rikku was humming as she decorated the apartment. Because she didn't really know much about this holiday, but it was all kinds of cheerful, and that was good enough for her.
"You're lucky you're cute," she told the little ball of feathers sitting on the dining room table. "Because I am seriously tempted to go fiend-hunting without you. I need supplies, Momo needs practice, it's a win-win. You could take care of yourself, right?"
Actually, he'd probably be killed by one of the other pets inside of a day. Petey wouldn't mean to maim him. He'd just play too rough.
"Maybe I toss you into my leg-pouch?"
Because, seriously. He'd fit.
(for him what is turning back. can be open beyond that!)
"You're lucky you're cute," she told the little ball of feathers sitting on the dining room table. "Because I am seriously tempted to go fiend-hunting without you. I need supplies, Momo needs practice, it's a win-win. You could take care of yourself, right?"
Actually, he'd probably be killed by one of the other pets inside of a day. Petey wouldn't mean to maim him. He'd just play too rough.
"Maybe I toss you into my leg-pouch?"
Because, seriously. He'd fit.
(for him what is turning back. can be open beyond that!)
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:02 pm (UTC)Reno would rather ride in the pouch than stay behind! What kind of girlfriend went off killing monsters and left their boyfriends behind? Huh? Huh? That would be horrible!
Just to demonstrate what he thought about being made to take care of himself, he raspberried again. For good measure!
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:09 pm (UTC)"I could lock you in the bathroom, with the duck," she said. "Give you some nice birdy bonding time. Wouldn't that be nice?"
She wouldn't, really. Honest. No matter how tempting it sounded.
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:13 pm (UTC)Being a bird simply meant that he could insult the duck in his own language.
"Wark!"
That was more disagreement, Rikku! He'd even follow that up with another raspberry!
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:17 pm (UTC)Don't mind Rikku. Her boyfriend had been a tiny baby bird for a week and a half. She had to amuse herself somehow.
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:22 pm (UTC)He'd be lunch in three seconds flat.
BUT HE WOULD TRY!!!
There was more raspberrying, anyhow. Followed up with a light peck to Rikku's thumb. Just to show how big and tough he was! See how big and tough he was?
He was the toughest ever!
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:31 pm (UTC)He'd make the cutest little chocho corpse ever. And Petey would lick him incessantly and try to make him un-dead.
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:41 pm (UTC)Either way, Reno had to voice his distaste for the keep-away, too!
Of course, being a chocobo, it was the happiest distaste ever.
Mostly.
"Kwe-aaah! Sonofafuckingbitch!"
Because it stopped being happy about halfway through, when he ceased being a cute little bird, and started being a whole lot of naked Reno, falling a good five feet to the floor to land on his ass.
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:48 pm (UTC)Which wasn't as bad as falling to the ground, buck-naked, and hitting your butt on the carpet, so she wouldn't complain.
She clapped a hand -- the other hand -- over her mouth. "Are you okay?"
And then .... okay, so the humor of the situation kind of took over, at that point, and so: yes. Rikku was giggling.
Could he really blame her?
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Date: 2010-12-18 10:59 pm (UTC)"This island's timing, yo. Never better."
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:05 pm (UTC)"Do you even know how long you were like that?" she asked, still amused. She was going to offer him a hand, in case he wanted to stand up. "We missed going to save the day, zoto."
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:10 pm (UTC)"... Really? I didn't get to kick the big bad in the friggin' teeth, even?"
No, Reno really hadn't had any idea how long he'd been a chocobo.
"... Shit, I didn't miss class too, did I?"
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:12 pm (UTC)Tugging Reno up might lead into wrapping her arms around Reno's waist, once he was standing. She didn't figure he'd mind.
"Although ... I wouldn't say you missed class," she added.
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:22 pm (UTC)".... And why wouldn't you say that?"
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:28 pm (UTC)"I taught the final for you," she explained. "I mean, you were in no condition to teach."
That was half of an answer.
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:31 pm (UTC)That look that he was giving her suggested that he wasn't completely satisfied with that answer.
"How'd they do?"
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:47 pm (UTC)It seemed logical enough to her.
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Date: 2010-12-18 11:52 pm (UTC)"Hey, works for me, yo. They passed the practical."
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Date: 2010-12-19 12:01 am (UTC)She leaned up to steal a kiss. "But you did a fabulous job of cheering them up. So that helped."
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Date: 2010-12-19 12:04 am (UTC)He probably raspberried at the whole damn class. That sounded about right to him.
"... You didn't see any that were worse off than the rest, did you? You think maybe I should check up on 'em?"
Rookie syndrome was now kicking in.
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Date: 2010-12-19 12:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-19 12:35 am (UTC)"I'll see if I can find 'em both," he agreed. "How long was I out of commission, then? It ain't break already, is it?"
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Date: 2010-12-19 03:33 am (UTC)"It is," she said, "but only just barely. You've been out of it for ... a week and a half? It's Saturday, just after classes are done for the year."
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Date: 2010-12-19 03:38 am (UTC)Because, you know, he totally had big plans for the break, right?
Sure.