What Do You See In Her?
by Cyberchao X
Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem or any characters thereof. Subim is an original character, though. (pronounced soo-BEEM)
"So, that's your girl, Zihark?" the mercenary from the east asked his comrade-in-arms. "Knowing you, I'm halfway surprised you didn't decide to shack up with a sub-human."
"Laguz, Subim; the days of 'human' and 'sub-human' designations are over."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Do you really expect me to believe that the goddess herself wants us to get along with those creatures?"
"Were you not turned to stone when the war enveloped the land? That was the goddess's punishment to mankind for breaking their promise to live without war."
"Still, back to the matter at hand," Subim said, motioning to the tent where Ilyana was resting after again collapsing on the battlefield, "this little thing. She certainly has the appetite of a laguz…if not even greater. But always complaining about being on the verge of starvation, and collapsing. She seems too…frail, to be of much use. What do you see in her?"
"For a guy who still refers to them as 'sub-humans', you really do have a Gallian's mindset, Subim," Zihark chuckled, thinking of the proud warrior race under the young king Skrimir. "Yes, Ilyana's a bit high-maintenance, and it certainly gets expensive keeping her fed…but she can be surprisingly energetic on the rare occasions her belly is full, or at the promise of food."
"You have to work food into your sex games?"
"You're awfully blunt, but I suppose that is one way of putting it…after all, it's not like you can get the money for as much food as she needs by being a good girl, so she's already experienced in performing certain services…I just cut out the middleman and provide the food itself in exchange for her show."
"Show?"
"Oh, you thought she was actually whoring herself out? No, no, it wasn't one of those types of things. Although there was another woman in the convoy I first met her traveling with that I wouldn't put it past…But anyway, yeah, she was a stripper at one point. Also, and this has nothing to do with her sordid past, but did you ever consider that a girl who spends that much time with something in her mouth…"
"Say no more," Subim interrupted, "I'm sure she'd be angry if she knew you were telling me all this."
"You're probably right. She doesn't like it when I tease her about her appetite, even though she really is hungry pretty much all the time."
"You've done a lot better for yourself than I thought."
"You ever consider finding a girl?"
"I've found a few on my journeys. None worth keeping, though."
"Destined to be one of those 'a girl in every city' types, eh?"
"Not every city…not even close. But, yeah, I've been maintaining a few casual relationships at once."
"Not bad…but I like this life better. Now, it's probably feeding time again…"
CCX: Meh, this is another one written late at night. I like this pairing, but some of this story is just not quite right on. The evolution from it being a game for them to having roots in Ilyana's past was…probably ill-conceived, but the part about being a "mouth master", so to speak…well, shouldn't she be? :-3