"Would you stop jumping around, mage?" Kurogane glared at the cartwheeling Fai, who nimbly hopped over Kurogane's grab at his ankle.
"Eh? But it's so fun!" Fai laughed, dancing around Kurogane.
"Yeah, but we're on top of a ten-feet-high-wall! Sit down!" Kurogane growled, closing his eyes in frustration.
"Aw," Fai's voice whispered in Kurogane's ear. He blinked, seeing Fai in a handstand. "Kuro-daddy's worried about Fai-mommy! But don't worry, Fai-mommy will be fine, as long as I watch the dismount!" Fai winked at Kurogane.
"Don't call me that!" Kurogane lunged at Fai, catching only air when Fai pushed off with his arms, arcing neatly over Kurogane, and whipping his upper body forward to land in a crouch.
"You know, Kuro-chu, there's an interesting children's rhyme in this world."
Kurogane almost protested the nickname, but paused instead, catching a serious undertone to Fai's words.
"It's quite short, actually. Just four lines. It's something like this-
'Humpty-dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty-dumpty had a great fall
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.'
Fai's voice drifted off at the end. "I wonder... If I fell apart... Would I be impossible to put back together?"
"You idiot." Fai's head twisted around at Kurogane's voice, as if suddenly remembering that he was still there. Kurogane was scowling, eyes dark with anger and impatience.
"What?" Fai asked gently, tipping his head to the side, a blank mask settling into his eyes.
"I'll be there, no matter when or where, and I'll put you back together, no matter what," Kurogane frowned, his tone clearly saying, "Why don't you know this yet?"
"Well, Fai said after a moment. "You're just to good for me, Kuro-tan." His voice was light, but his smile- his smile was too bright.
"Don't say that."
"You know it's true, Kuro-rin."
"I don't care."
"You'll leave me someday."
"I won't."
"You'll be forced to."
"I don't care," Kurogane repeated.
Fai sighed and leaned against Kurogane's shoulder. "I'll stop jumping around now."
Ja ne
(A/N: I know the opening doesn't transition well, but I had two scenes bouncing around in my head, except both took place in the same setting, so I just... smushed them together. Anyways, please review, reviews really make my day. Even leave just a couple words if that's all you have time for. I appreciate just hearing from people! Thanks! -LOTRjunkie)
Edited: February 13, 2011- I realised I had left out two lines from the ending, so I added those in and fixed the spacing a little.