Fluffy
Songfic for Touchy
A
Songfic for Touchy's challenge. I worked hard on it. Whew! And it's
dark. Happy New Year and I hope you like!
(It's from The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book. That is so Freedom Fighter style - there's also a slightly covered sexual reference to Longshot having reactions to a 'bare' Smellerbee).
The Bare Necessities
Look for the bare necessities
The
simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your
strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's
recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life
"Argh!" She cried out in pain. The rest of the boys looked on.
"Here" said Sneers as he returned from the bushes and thrust a cutting of a plant to her. "Press this to your shoulder."
None of the others questioned him, he just averted his gaze from Jet's and said plainly, "I told you we have everything we need out here."
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I
couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the
tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the
rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe
try a few
It didn't escape the others that Smellerbee, accompanied by Longshot, put it upon themselves to look out for The Duke.
Pipsqueak was The Duke's best friend, but Smellerbee and Longshot always sat with him at dinner, keeping a watchful eye, usually one of them at a time would keep account of where he was if they weren't right beside him, which one usually was.
They were alluded to as the careful parents of the boy, except when The Duke was in earshot because it would most likely result in whoever was saying it getting a hit to the groin in defense.
It was Jet's turn when he found Smellerbee scolding The Duke to save his small friend from Smellerbee's impending wrath, so doing so, he hid a grin and strode over to them.
"You don't need to eat ants, Duke, we have food you know."
"But Pipsqueak eats ants!"
"But you shouldn't!"
Jet nodded over to where Longshot was finishing up nailing a new tarp to The Duke's roof. "How about you let daddy over there decide."
He realized it wasn't worth mentioning ever again, when he had her knife pointed a couple of millimeters from his eye and The Duke had just turned around and carried back on eating ants.
The bare necessities of life will come to
you Look for the bare necessities
They'll come to you!
The
simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your
strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest
at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
It was a
relaxing day back as the Freedom Fighters were spending the afternoon
out at a stream. Longshot was stuck keeping watch.
Fingers
brushing over his bow, the sun on his face, he watched them playing.
Smellerbee was more bare than he had ever seen her before - scraps of
clothing from the camp cladding her thin body, Longshot had to
pretend he wasn't staring.
As he watched the sunlight play over her moist skin, and the cheeky grin on her face as she tried to get Jet back for dunking her under the water, nothing was bothering him.
Until he realized embarrassingly that he'd have to take a stroll around the perimeter, first covering himself with his hat.
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly
pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the
prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the
claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of
the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue ?
She crouched down and observed the boy's hands, covered in blood. She knew he liked the fruit off the prickly pear tree the best, but he had to stop hurting himself by thinking he could blow up the fruit.
"It's easy" she said, taking her knife in his hand and guiding it along to cut open the fruit.
From a few feet away, Longshot looked on. It was evident that she'd make a good mother one day, but what was even more evident was if he ever let her know that, he'd probably make an enemy for life.
The bare necessities
of life will come to you Aww mam, this
is really cool
They'll come to you!
So just try and relax, yeah
Fall apart in my
backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If
you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard.
"You don't need to be so worried. There's enough wood in the forest, Bee."
Jet didn't know why she was acting like this. She'd overworked herself on everyone else's parts of the tree hideout. Dark circles were under her eyes as she looked nervously around to everything that hadn't been completed.
"I just want to get settled alright?" She snapped back and looked around for something she could do.
And don't spend your time
lookin' around The bare necessities
of life will come to you
For something you want that can't be found
When
you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin'
about it
I'll tell you something true
He watched on as she held the man down and searched his pockets. She found exactly what they needed. Her eyes twinkled as she pushed him roughly away again and held the thick cord between both of her hands.
The last attachment they needed to finish the job. Now it was all worth it. Now they could rest at ease.
He didn't know who she was obsessing about this for. For Jet? For The Duke? For him? She had to have known that he and Jet could take care of themselves.
Either way, he believed her. Things would be easier now. Comfortable. There was nothing more they needed.
Look for the bare
necessities The bare necessities of life will come to you
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your
worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why
a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of
life
As the two looked out over the treetops. Everything finally finished and everyone finally with a place to sleep, Longshot's hand edged towards hers, both her palms spread out as she sat and mused with a satisfied smile.
His fingers felt tingly with anticipation as he pondered upon making this final move. Indeed, all the material things had been taken care of...
But there was still one more thing that he needed...
Her.
Finally his hand jumped the centimeter distance and clasped around hers. She looked at him with surprise. Perhaps the camp had been right after all, the way they mocked them for being like an "old married couple".
Her
fingers interlocked with his and her stomach squirmed. Everything had
been accounted for.
She had her archer.