Title: The Tiger Hunt, part 1
Fandom: Kuroshitsuji
Author: kira
Words: 300
Rating: G
Summary: Soma amuses Lizzie, while waiting for Ciel to arrive, with a "tiger hunt"
Warnings: none
Author's note: Mahout is a keeper/driver of an elephant. A howdah is a seat or covered pavilion on the back of elephant or camel.
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"I know what to do to pass the time, Miss Elizabeth, until Ciel gets here!" Soma said as he helped himself to a handful of cherries from the bowl on the tea table.
"What?" she replied.
"We can go on a tiger hunt!"
Lizzie laughed. "Silly Prince Soma! There aren't any tigers here."
"We can pretend they are! And we can also pretend the sofa is an elephant and I'm the mahout!" Soma smiled. "Agni can be the tiger, and you'll be the princess."
"Okay!"
"Now observe how to ride the elephant," Soma said with all seriousness. He got up and walked over to the sofa where she sat and climbed onto the arm and then scrambled up behind her as he straddled the back of the sofa.
"Prince Soma!"
"I'm not a prince, just Soma, your humble servant. You can be Princess…" he thought it over.
"Ooh… something starting with an 'L' because everyone calls me 'Lizzie.' Only you and Mister Agni call me 'Elizabeth.'"
"Okay… How about Princess Lali?"
"Sounds pretty…Soma." She blushed.
"I'm glad you like it, now give me your hand to I can help you up here."
"Okay…" Lizzie squealed with delight as he helped to sit behind him.
"Normally you'd ride in a howdah, but since I don't know what we could use to make one… you'll just have to hold onto me so you don't fall off."
Lizzie blushed again, but wrapped her arms around him none-the-less. When Soma rocked back and forth, like he was riding an elephant, she giggled and he chuckled along with her. Suddenly, he stopped rocking. Taking an imaginary gun out of nowhere when Agni entered the room, he held it and took aim. "There's the ferocious man-eater, your highness," he said in a loud stage whisper.
"Ooh…"