Pairing: Cid/Vincent
Warnings: contains cussing, fluff, humor and um I guess this could be considered AU?…I'm not exactly sure yet
Author's comments: It's another muse! Run!
To babysit a chocobo 1
"….You want me to do what?" Vincent was standing at the front door to Shinra mansion, which was now his mansion now, looking down at Aeris who had come to him with her request. This had to be a couple of weeks now since the last time she visited along with Cloud and almost everyone else in the crew. Vincent had to say he didn't enjoy that one bit either, considering the mess they left behind and everything that had to be cleaned up; things like cigarette buds, beer cans, furballs, and other miscellaneous items. Those two days of cleaning had to be hell. And it didn't help with the monsters still floating around randomly. No, they never wanted to help. And now here Aeris was in front of him, asking him to do this…this of all other things.
"I need you to take care of him for a little while," Aeris said holding up the little chocobo that she had in her arms upon her arrival. She even had a little baby bag on her shoulder, which probably housed everything the chocobo needed. "Just for a couple of days."
"Why didn't you just take him to the chocobo ranch?" Vincent asked of her as he pulled his cape away from the little baby chocobo that was chewing on it. The little chocobo made a little cheep sound at him for taking away the beloved cape but Vincent just ignored it, keeping his attention on Aeris.
Aeris smiled and lifted a shoulder to keep the bag from sliding off. "It was completely filled out. And I definitely can't take him where I'm going."
How do you even know it's a he?
"So why didn't you give him to someone else like Yuffie or Cid or…" He frowned slightly getting quiet as he started to see the reasoning behind him being the only choice. Cid could kill the thing with his smoking…Yuffie would probably sale it and well…Red doesn't even have the hands to be able to feed it or nurse it.
"Well-" Aeris looked back when she heard a whistle and Vincent looked up to see Cloud and Tifa gesturing for Aeris to hurry up. "I'm sorry, but I have to go." Vincent blinked at the suddenness of being loaded with both a baby chocobo and a baby bag. His eyes flashed with confusion before a bit of panic started to show in them.
"W-wait!"
"Don't worry, I told Cid to come by and check on you, being that he's the only one you seem to put up with at least." She turned around starting to walk off as she looked over her shoulder waving at him and giving him a wink. "I'll see you in three days! Don't worry, there's some instructions in the bag!" Vincent blinked being left in shock as he stood there until he saw the Highwind lifting into the air and taking off.
So Cid's dropping them off to this place they're going. He'll tell me what's going on anyway…. Wait didn't she say a couple a days? Where did three come from?
"Wark?" The little chocobo tilted its head slightly, pulling at Vincent's clothes a little as the past arms man sighed heading back inside. Kicking the door closed behind him, he sat the chocobo on the ground watching as it wobbled slightly before shaking its feathers, fluffing them.
"Don't make a mess," Vincent said pointing a finger at the little thing only to grumble as it wobbled over to him and started pecking at his shoes. This was going to be a nuisance to his daily routine, not that he had one. If anything he spent his days brooding in one room or another. Sometimes he might even let his imagination roam and he'd see his younger self, looking so perky with his short hair. He'd be beside Lucrecia, who was his wife, and he'd be dancing the night away in this very mansion which was his home. And everyone would be there too…. He shook his head from that though heading towards the kitchen, the little chocobo behind him. No, he probably would not have lived in this place…it would always look so dark.
"Wark!" Vincent turned looking down at his feet at the little chocobo and lifted a brow a bit.
"What?"
"Wark Wark!"
"You hungry?" The little chocobo disregarded him, tugging on his pants leg. Grunting, Vincent opened up the baby bag, pulling out the items, which he set down on the kitchen counter. There was even a baby rattle. What would a chocobo do with that? He found the note and opened it reading it quietly to himself.
Vincent,
I placed as much geisha green into the bag as I could. I appreciate what you're doing for me. I'm sorry about this being so sudden but we couldn't take him with us and you were the only person I could think of to entrust him with. His name is Chip. So if you call him by that he'll respond to you. Also he can only eat twice a day, and he has to eat before seven or else he'll be hyper all night. He's really loveable once you get to know him. Please take care of him for me. I'll see you in five days! Thank you!
Aeris
P.S. If you need some more Geisha greens, ask Cid. He'll tell you where to go.
…….Five days!
She seemed to be adding more and more time to this…babysitting job he was thrown into. Vincent didn't think himself capable of growing to love such a little creature, even if it was cute. The chocobo plucked at his leg some more before Vincent finally picked it up and held out one of the geisha greens for it to eat. It was after seven but he wasn't sure how a chocobo could get hyper. Either way, if it would get the creature to stop pestering him, he'd gladly feed it. He continued to let it eat as he headed out of the kitchen and up the steps to what he considered his bedroom. Sure, he could sleep in a coffin, but to what means? Cloud had broken him away from that. And of course after being out in the sunlight and the fresh air, he didn't ever look forward to going back to the dankness that Hojo had incased him in.
Since there were two bedrooms upstairs in the little mansion, Vincent placed the chocobo in one. He set it on the ground, giving it a little lecture on what not to do to the furniture or the floors before he closed the door leaving it there. That would take care of that. The creature would sleep in a room, and Vincent would sleep in his own room. However, he hadn't even taken two steps from the door before the kheeing sound came blaring out through the wooden door to the room. He would have ignored it had it not been sounding like his eardrums were about to burst. His frustration at this whole situation was growing and he finally opened up the door to the room.
Chip instantly ceased his crying sounds as he wobbled on over to Vincent, biting at his pants once again. "You're becoming a nuisance," Vincent said picking the creature up and taking it to his room. "You can sleep in here with me for one night, but no more." The creature disregarded him with a look, tilting his head to look at his sitter as he was set down on the bed. Quickly Vincent changed into more comfortable clothes for sleeping and lay down on his back blinking slightly as Chip nuzzled down to sleep on his chest. It actually made Vincent smile, the chocobo looking like a little yellow fuzz ball. Maybe it was a few seconds later, or a couple of minutes before Vincent found his eyes shutting and his thoughts becoming more disperse and less frequent. His breathing became heavy and slow, causing the chocobo to rise and fall in a comforting haze as the two of them rested in needed sleep.
"Hey, rise and fucking shine, sleepyhead!" Cid held the cig in the side of his mouth, his hand down on Vincent's shoulder trying to shake the man into waking up. He was checking on the man, just like Aeris asked of him, and here he was sleeping to his heart's content without a fucking care in the world, the asshole. "Get your ass up and do your job."
Vincent grumbled slightly, lying on his stomach with his head buried in the pillow, and moved his head enough to deliver a glare in Cid's direction. "What are you doing in my house?"
"You left the door open so I figured you were giving me an invitation." Cid took a step back, making sure not to step on the little chocobo by his feet as he folding his arms over his chest watching Vincent trying to wake himself up. "Not to mention your little 'charge' here making all that fucking noise with his whining. It's not my job to be feeding the damn thing, you know." He took the cig from his lips, blowing a puff of smoke into the air as Vincent finally managed to sit up on the bed, rubbing a hand over his eyes to get the sleep out.
"I didn't even ask to take care of him." Vincent said, tugging on his hair slightly as he kept his glare on Cid. "And don't smoke that in the house."
"Yeah yeah," Cid said smothering the cig on a desk behind him before he looked at Vincent again. Even with those glaring red eyes staring at him, Vincent was a sexy man, whether he knew it or not. Chances are he didn't considering that here he was still living all by himself in this big gigantic mansion with the monsters roaming around. Cid swore that if he had to see that creepy thing swinging from the ceiling again, he was going to kill it. And why in the hell would Vincent want to live in a place like this! It was like he was considering the monsters as guest or something! Just clearing them out would make the mansion a hell of a lot less creepy. And he could swear a flying pumpkin winked at him. Just imagine what those creepy things would do to Vincent! No wait, scratch that, Vincent would tear them to shreds in a heartbeat.
"He kept me up all night." Vincent said tiredly, his eyes drooping for a moment before he opened them again looking at the accused creature on the floor that regarded him with curiosity and a little cooing sound. "I wasn't even asleep for five minutes before he started running around making that…that noise."
"Well what did you expect when you agreed to do this." Cid sat down on the end of the bed, toeing Chip away from him with the foot of his shoe, his craving to have a cig growing. "Besides, you have what…five more days? Then you don't have to worry about this ever again."
Vincent nodded slightly. "You're right." For a moment, Vincent sat there quietly looking down at the bed before he looked up towards Cid who was grumbling and cursing as Chip kept pecking at his pants. "I should get dressed now."
"I agree. You look like a bum."
"Get out."
"What! Geez calm down! Don't be so fucking uptight!"
Vincent sighed and rolled his eyes slightly. "I mean get out of my room so I can change."
"Oh…. Too shy to change in front of another guy huh? Ok ok, I'm leaving, sheesh!" Cid picked up the baby chocobo and heading for the door, already reaching into his pocket for his cig. "I didn't wanna see your bony ass anyway."
"And don't you dare smoke that around Chip."
"Yeah yeah. You're beginning to act like a fucking mother," Cid said stepping out of the room. He turned around, shifting the cig around in his mouth as he looked at Vincent. "Just don't forget, you didn't hatch this damn egg." The door was slammed in his face and he muttered something under his breath about "someone having a stick of his ass" before he started heading down the steps.
The day was quiet for the most part as they were taking turns with taking care of the chocobo and feeding it. The list of things to do and the times to do it being very long. There was actually a schedule for playtime and for naps. All this for a little chocobo? It didn't make any sense at all. What was Aeris thinking when she gave him this?
"…Does the damn thing say anything about potty training the fucking thing!" Vincent sighed letting his eyes scan over the thing before he shook his head. "Then you might wanna invest in some freaking diapers or something before that thing ruins all your furniture." Vincent didn't get up from his chair at the table but just looked up at the pilot standing there with his arms folded and the chocobo running around his feet. He had his thumb pointed back towards the living room, which meant that Vincent might want to wash the cushions on the sofa.
This is going to be a long day.
"By the way," Cid said moving carefully so as not to step on the chocobo. He made it to the kitchen the table and took a seat, glancing around for a moment before he leaned in closer and spoke lowly like he was trying not to let what he had to say be heard. The scent of his cigarette breath blew right into the other's face causing him to wiggling his nose. "I've been meaning to ask you this." He pointed his finger suddenly down the hallway at a pumpkin that was hovering there looking at them. "Why the hell…are those things still flying around this place?"
Vincent shrugged his shoulders looking over at the pumpkin. "They live here."
"But that doesn't make any sense! And I swear that…that hanging from the ceiling is trying to check me out!" Cid shuddered at that thought making Vincent smile slightly.
"They've lived here as long as I have. What right do I have to just kick them out?" Vincent leaned back in his chair. "Besides this, they're not harming anything."
"You could at least train the suckers to help out around the place," Cid said before he muttered. "And if any of them touches me, I'm killing them."
"Hm…" Vincent went quiet as he thought about it. If he trained them to help around the house, it would give them something to do as well as keep them out of his hair when he was trying to clean things himself. He could even have them watch the chocobo…though he wouldn't trust them that far. He needed to dust the place, not to mention mop the floors and if he could, redo the walls. Some furniture needed to be replaced, like the broken piano. And some places just needed more to them. He did agree that the ceiling monster was a pervert considering that sometimes when he walked by he felt like something had grabbed his ass. He didn't like that.
"Wark!" Chip pecked at Vincent's foot trying to get the other's attention as he opened his mouth loud giving out a kheeing sound as he flapped his wings.
"Looks like the little pest is hungry again," Cid said as he flopped down into the chair at the table so he was sitting across from Vincent.
"I just fed him. It can't be that." Vincent looked down at the little bird that seemed to have taken a liking to Cid, considering how he followed him around and pecked at his feet so much.
"Well…what does the list say?" Cid leaned across the table, looking at the schedule lying on the table in front of Vincent.
"WK…"
"What the hell's a WK!" Cid asked, looking just as annoyed as Vincent felt.
"Its means we have to take him for a walk…I think," Vincent explained as he stood up from the table. He walked over to the baby bag and opened it looking for a leash. Considering that Aeris gave him a baby rattle, he was sure she must have given him a leash somewhere. He managed to find it and kneeled down in front of the chocobo placing the hoop of the leash around his neck before he stood up. "Well…..might as well get it over with."
"Khee!" Chip happily ran in a little circle in front of Vincent before he sat down using a foot to scratch his side.
"Little bastard has fleas?" Vincent shook his head at Cid's words and looked down at the list again. What else did Aeris have for them to do after the walk?
"We have to give him a bath when we get back," Vincent said looking up and receiving a look from Cid that said something like 'no fucking way, not in a million years.' "And after that we have to feed him again, then brushes his teeth, and read him a bedtime story."
"Sure. And while we're at it we'll dress the little fucker up in his cute fucking little jammies and bunny slippers." If you couldn't tell Cid was being sarcastic then the looking he was giving the little chocobo would be enough to tell him. A pumpkin floated by, smiling happily at them before it disappeared around the corner. Vincent shuddered slightly but decided to ignore it as usual as he looked up at Cid.
"Actually…that's on here too."
"What the hell is a chocobo going to do with those!" Cid was finally seeing the true ridiculousness of this whole situation.
That is a good question though….
With the leash in hand, Vincent stared at Cid, watching as the other chewed on his cig in annoyance. At this rate, he wouldn't have a cig to smoke by the time he was done.
"They're treating the damn thing like it's actually a baby or something!" Cid got up from his chair then picked the chocobo up, holding it up so he could look it eye to eye. "God damn it, be a man! You can't let those crazy ass women baby you! You keep this up and you'll be walking around with pink little bows all over the place!" Chip just cocked his head to the side, looking at Cid yet apparently not listening to him as he tried to bite at his collar. Vincent just shook his head. Where in the world would Cloud and the two girls go? And why not let Barret take care of it? Marlene would probably love it. "Well come on," Cid said putting the chocobo back on the ground. "Let's get this over with." Vincent agreed with that, and started for the door, the chocobo automatically following him, biting at his red cloak and cooing. Cid mumbled something but followed them out, giving Chip a dirty look when the little chocobo looked back at his pants. "Don't even think about it."
Just four and a half more days…please let them go by quickly.
TBC….
Ah at first I was like….blah….I thought it got weird….and after months or not seeing it again I ended up rereading it and getting into it again. :laughs: I think I'll likes this one too. I haven't even begun the other two muses and I really need to update that one gundam fic but yeah I'll get to it, I promise.