Soap Opera

Typed by M.A. Darkling

AN: Set in my 'Cute AU', same as "The Swing" world. Vivi is _trying_ to watch his soaps, but everyone is making it impossible. What are they fussin' about, anyway?





Vivi waddled to the TV. He turned it on and flipped the channel to 34 2/3. "Ah, time for my soap," Vivi sighed.

*CRASH, BOOM!!!!*

"(What is that?)" Vivi grumbled loudly. "(Sounds like Dagger got mad again.)"

~". . . You'll protect me, won't you Jennox?"

~"Yeah . . ."

He stared harder at the screen. "No, Jennox! Don't kiss her, that's Lena's cousin's twin sister's niece!" Vivi yelled at the TV. "The evil one!!"

*CRASH, BOOM, SLASH!!!!*

"(WHAT are they doing?)" Vivi mumbled. "(Now it sounds like Steiner caught Zidane making moves on Dagger.)"

"AND STOP HARRASSING THE PRINCESS, YOU THIEF--Princess, where are you going with that criminal--?" Steiner's shouts were muffled through the door Zidane and Dagger had come through.

Zidane locked the door, just in case. Dagger looked on concerned. Vivi turned off the TV and started to watch-without-getting-caught. They didn't seem to notice.

"Ack," Zidane breathed a sigh of relief. Steiner pounded on the door. "Doesn't leave us alone, does he?"

"No he's always so worried about me," Dagger said irritably. "Like I'm made of glass. I can take care of myself, you know."

"I have no doubt you could, Dagger," Zidane walked over to the couch where she was sitting and sat down next to her.

"Princess, what are you doing, come out this instant, what is HE doing--" Steiner yelled, trying to break the door down.

"And even when I can't take care of myself, you would protect me, wouldn't you Zidane?" Dagger leaned on to his shoulder.

Vivi watched intently. This scene looked familiar somehow . . .

"Yeah . . ." Zidane agreed. Dagger lifted his tail to her face and kissed it lightly.

. . . familiar even without the tail . . . what was it?

"Princess, please come out of there before he does something you'll regret--" Steiner begged. You'd think the door was made of iron the way he pounded on it.

. . . familiar . . .

Both were silent for a moment, as they drew closer to each other.

. . . familiar . . . THAT WAS IT!!!!

"NO, ZIDANE!!! DON'T KISS HER!!! THAT'S DAGGER'S TWIN SISTER'S COUSIN'S NIECE!!!!" Vivi yelled, recognizing (finally) the scene from today's soap. "THE EVIL ONE!!"

"Vivi . . . my only cousin is a single child . . ." the Tomato-Dagger told the adorable if mislead romantic moment destroying black mage.

"Oh . . ."

"That does it!! No more soaps for you Vivi!!" the Tomato-Zidane commanded.

"Aw . . . now I'll never know how Lena survived the plane crash," Vivi whined.

End.