You know things are getting serious when the cross-dressers join in.. I wish I owned Nuriko.. or Tasuki.. or Chichiri .. but I don't .'sob'. anyhow. many thanks to Kristall for poking me to continue with the other characters, more is yet to come! enjoy! and! review!
"Ohh, your majesty, don't do this to me when we've come so far! Just a few more steps to go and then-"
"No! Don't want to! It's all lies! LIES do you hear me!?"
"that's it, just one more step-"
"I'm not TAKING bloody steps, I'm being DRAGGED in an EMBARRASSING and UNDIGNIFIED MANNER that's BREAKING my NEW HEELS as I dig them into the ground and getting DUST in my freshly conditioned and otherwise BEAUTIFUL HAIR!"
I grimaced at the sight of the protesting emperor being hauled as lightly as anything by Nuriko who was in full drag. Arriving at my feet, the emperor was dropped in the dust and sat weeping over the state of his hair. Nuriko had a coy grin plastered to his face as, with a flourish , he produced a pink feathered quill and signed both of their names up.
"I d-don't want to!" Hotohori cried again as Nuriko dragged him to his feet and patted his head.
"But of course you do, how else will you admit your burning desire for me?" laughing gently, he turned to me "oh this is just such a good idea - you have no idea of the grief he's been giving me" sniffing loudly, he opened his palm which contained a misshapen ring " he threw this back at me last night" he moaned, wiping a non-existent tear from his eye.
"Nuriko" Hotohori whispered gently
"what is it your majesty?"
"It...offends me to see myself in this state. I feel most urgently that my hair needs to be washed and my skin moisturised until flawless" more tear rose in his eyes "how could I ever have let myself been seen like this? The shame of it…"
"oh, don't worry your highness, you're still beautiful to me" Nuriko soothed, supporting him around the waist and taking the key to their room from my hand.
"Really?" he whispered, clutching at him desperately
"Always."
"You'll be sharing" I added.
"But of course" Nuriko smiled gently as if to an infant, flourishing his hand to bat away and ridiculous notions that they wouldn't be.
"and.. Nuriko?" I asked
"yeeees?"
Surveying the perfectly styled hair, the women's clothing and the flawless makeup, I raised an eyebrow "remind me, just why exactly are you here?"
Smiling sweetly, he squeezed Hotohori's waist "well you couldn't expect me to leave him could you? Oh, I can't bear to think of us apart!" he cried "Besides, I'll be setting a good example for the others"
"Nuriko!" Hotohori cried, desperately gesticulating at his hair
"of course, of course" he smiled sweetly, gliding away with his arm around him.
I noted them down on the married couples section of my register, but was distracted somewhat by the sight of a furiously arguing monk followed quickly by a raging bandit. "ah…next…" was all I could find to say.
