2-21-17: Minor edits made, removed notes, added extra commentary at the end.
Challenge: Tseng, Reno, Toothbrush.
"Hey Tseng… Have you seen my toothbrush?" Reno asks, scratching his head as he walks up to his boss. Tseng blinks and stares at Reno, vaguely recalling seeing the redhead with a red toothbrush earlier this morning. The green-eyed Turk idly flips his lighter open and only years of Reno-developed reflexes allow Tseng to confiscate the lighter before yet another potted plant goes up in flames.
"Reno… Why did you bring your toothbrush to work?" Tseng says, rubbing his forehead as he shoves the lighter in his pocket with a mental reminder to hide it when he gets back to his office.
"It wanted a change of scenery…" Reno says not even batting an eye at the expression on Tseng's face as he said that. Tseng bites back a groan at the response, it was definitely one of those days.
"You do realize your toothbrush is an inanimate object…?" Tseng asks, wondering how in the name of Bahamut he always found himself in these conversations. Reno nods a huge grin on his face. "And you do realize that as an inanimate object Toothbrushes have no brains and therefore do not want or need anything, right?"
"Of course…Who do you think I am? Zack?" Reno demands, pointing over to where the black haired SOLDIER is holding a conversation with another potted plant. Tseng sweatdrops and wonders yet again why Sephiroth kept the man around.
"Then why did you bring your toothbrush to work?" Tseng asks, exasperation dripping into his tone. There was a ton of paperwork waiting on his desk and it would take at least five hours to decipher Heidigger's handwriting. Reno grins evilly.
"To make you twitch…" Reno says waving cheerily at his superior before turning sharply on his heels and stalking off. Tseng watches him leave an odd expression on his face as he eyes the red toothbrush hanging out of the Turk's back pocket.
He wasn't quite sure whether he should want to throttle the man or laugh at him, so he decided to take the easy way out and go back to work.
Looking back, it's kind of hilarious that this whole thing started because I said 'Oh bestest friend, give me a random item so that I may amuse myself writing during class' and she said 'Ok' and then gave me a toothbrush.
(I should note that if anyone wants the original commentary, I have back-ups saved)