Just Another Day in the Life
A/N: Ever have one of those moments where you just HAVE to write? I'm currently in that mood right now. Consider this the consequence of my decision to stay up until 7am reading and then proceeding to "nap" until 3pm. Thank God it's Sunday. *sigh* I am incorrigible…
Anyway, enough of my bitching. I WILL REMEMBER TO INSERT PAGE BREAKS THIS TIME because I always somehow forget! This will be scenes between various characters that don't have enough substance to be placed anywhere else. Like a drabble-series, I guess. Consider them the compost pile, or table scraps of my hard drive. Most of them are inspired by lyrics or a particular quote. Enjoy.
Oh, snap. I almost forgot! I do not own Samurai Champloo or any of its characters. Likewise, I do not own any of the lyrics or quotes used unless otherwise marked. Let this be the disclaimer for every subsequent chapter I upload because I do not always write an author's note.
Please feel free – actually, feel encouraged to correct me if I credit the wrong person for a particular quote, as they can be harder to track down than song lyrics.
"A cigarette…so I take her to the can." – Wrong Way by Sublime
Fuu rolled her eyes and sighed as she plopped her head down onto her hand. Here we go again… she thought dryly, listening to Mugen. They'd separated to find any form of potential work in return for payment or a place to stay. Hell, even some tea would do. Fuu had returned with a few meager sticks of dumplings, Jin had brandished a tiny handful of ryo, and Mugen…
She ground her empty fist into the dirt angrily, trying to tune him out over the roar of their campfire. Stupid Mugen.
"So get this." he told Jin, arms flailing excitedly to add emphasis to his words. "Are ya listenin' to me, Four-Eyes?"
Jin merely grunted, not too interested since it didn't involve his acquisition of food, shelter, or money.
"She was a total babe, I'm tellin' ya." his eyes grew wider in his enthusiasm. "A cigarette pressed between her lips." he put his fingers up to his mouth to imitate the woman's tempting pout. "But I'm starin' at her tits." he cupped imaginary knockers. Fuu's eye twitched at the unrealistic size he was portraying.
Jin sighed. It's the wrong way…
"Yeah?" Fuu snapped. "And then what happened?" she was only being sarcastic, her tone implying for Mugen to shut the hell up already.
But being Mugen, he turned to her and gave her a wicked smirk before shrugging easily and leaning back onto his arms. "Strong if I can…"
Her heart soared – did that mean he didn't do what she thought he did?
"…But I am only a man."
Her expression was deadpan as her head slipped off her hand.
"So I took her to the can." he finished, his smirk returning at the memory of having such a woman pressed against the bathroom wall.
"It's the wrong way…," Jin voiced his previous thoughts with a disappointed shake of his head.
