Hello. One idea attacked me so I decided to give in to it and here we go - a little drabble
"Sorry for spoil weekends of your an' very pity your new richboy, too". Mal made low bows and really apologizing face. So real that Inara ever made him believe that she almost believes.
"What do you need, Mal? " She asked tiredly.
"We go to the deal… and we need a doc with us. So-"
"Watch the freak". Jane smiled broadly as River stepped in the shuttle.
"Jane, where must you be?" Mal give a man stern look and Jane went out checking the guns. Mal shifted from one foot to another, then looked up to Inara. She immediately looked aside.
"Well… thank you and good luck".
She just briefly smiled on that.
"You too. Don't get a shoot".
"That was only twice!" Mal smiled and stepped out from the shuttle, Inara relaxed as tension went away, then his head burst into the room again.
"Oh and just remember that – don't teach the girl anything bad" he smirked.
"Out" Inara closed the door.
Then relaxed, again, and went to River on her bed.
The girl was lost in her thoughts staring on Inara.
"River?" The Companion called. "River are you all right?"
River suddenly widened her eyes with some new, interesting thought.
"You love him?" River asks with big curious eyes.
"Wha- Whom?" Inara feels a bit uncomfortable.
River looks through the Companion as if she tried to read her mind. Then she answers talking fast as if she read a book:
"That annoying irritating stubborn stupid not-funny-at-all man, who always makes you feel angry and makes forget that important word 'control' and makes you wanna do bad things to him in every sense of that word and… wow Inara! You Are love him, definitely!"
"How do you?.. Where that come fr?.. Are you imagining things?" Inara frowned her eyebrows in disbelieve and pure horror.
River just smiles. Understandingly smiles.
"No. No! Of course I am not. I can't love such kind of person! He… he's really very irritatin' me most of times and also… also he always insultin' me and if not then laugh at me or insulting me while laughing at me… Of course I can't love him, that's just ridiculous!"
River still smiles. And nods.
"I wouldn't tell him" - she said. "I understand that's a secret". She almost whispered that.
"No. River mai-mai that's not a secret coz it's NOT true. So let's just forget 'bout that silly joke, alright?"
Inara felt very awkward now. How does she know? She can't being such predictable and readable can she? And those descriptions… it's just like she thought about him in that moment. A girl what – read her mind?
Inara glanced on girl. River was watching on her frowned.
Oh dear Buddha, if she'll tell him… Well, what then she gonna do? How she gonna act?
"No worry, promise, will not telling him about your love. But you should tell him with yourself. He will like to know, people love hear such a things."
"River, I don't love him! Mal and I we just-"
"Mal?" River frowned. "Didn't mean him. Was talkin' about Jane."
Finn.
hehe what do you think?:) Hope you enjoyed!