Author's Note: Miss me? Yes, I have been very busy, but I'm back now. I'm going to tell you now, I completely forgot what an ABC short was supposed to be. Just a few sentences describing the word theme. So I'm going back to that for the most part…at least I'll try. I'm pretty bad at not writing a lot. Uh, as for the short "Flatulent"…don't hate me. I swear, it was a suggestion. "Frankenstein" is my mini tribute to Halloween. Companions: "Family" and "Fun".

Family

He had to grudgingly admit that he had one. Of course, he'd never admit it to the bastard. So when Ikki came skating by and asking what he thought to make their little "family" become closer (he was taking suggestions from everyone, because he wanted the strongest team in AT history), Agito turned his head the other way and told him to fuck off.

Surprisingly, instead of getting into a scuffle with the shark as he normally would, a sad look crept into the leader's eyes. He scuffed his skates in the dirt and said awkwardly that he was sorry for bothering him.

Agito was tempted to sneer at him, but Akito chided him. Agito gritted his teeth and forced a few words out of his mouth: "We should have more fun outings."

Ikki blinked several times before he finally grasped the idea that Agito was giving a suggestion, and he grinned. "Yeah. Yeah, we should!"

And he skated away trumpeting loudly that they were going to have more outings, claiming that he decided it on his own.

Agito swore that he had just condemned himself.

Fun

So they had their outings. And with each outing, Agito found it harder and harder to keep himself from smiling. Granted, his smile was a twisted thing, toothy and wicked, especially if the idiots got themselves into trouble and he was left on the sidelines to laugh. But he did.

All the team members had their own theories as to why the shark was so uncharacteristically happy on their little field trips.

Ikki said it was all because of his own brilliant idea to lead his team out to have fun.

Buccha insisted that he just enjoyed seeing mayhem (and he was right for the most part).

Onigiri said he did it to see more girls.

Emily suggested that the boy was seriously sick.

Yayoi offered that perhaps he just liked the chance to battle others when they were attacked (also true. There always seemed to conveniently be a team wanting to take them out).

But Kazu, who seemed to be closest to the boy during the outings, just smiled quietly and kept his theory to himself. He knew it would embarrass the boy if he said that Agito was smiling because he enjoyed being with all of them. He was having fun.

Frantic

"Where is she?"

Kazu pointed wordlessly to the bathroom, and the shark stormed down the hall and stopped short in front of the wooden door. He knocked softly and Yayoi said he could enter. He did so with haste.

She was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, dabbing at her leg with a washcloth. At first Agito thought her leg was painted red, but he soon saw (and smelled) that it was blood.

"Idiot," he hissed, taking the cloth from her and carefully inspecting the damage.

Yayoi laughed. "You worry too much. I'm fine. It's just a big scratch, that's all."

Agito didn't reply. He wiped away the blood.

Yayoi felt his hands trembling on her leg and she sighed. She lifted his head and gave him a reassuring smile. After a few seconds, he let out a huff and she giggled.

"Just be more careful next time."

Flatulent

Ikki was actually innocent when Agito roared at him for releasing such a foul stench into the air. The crow tried to escape the angry boy. As he tensed up to run, he looked to Kazu for help.

The blond looked strangely guilty.

Ikki's eyes widened, but before he could call his best friend out on it, Agito launched his first Fang.

Figure

No one could blame him. He had never been in a relationship before, and he was still new to giving the right answers to his girlfriend's questions.

So when Yayoi asked the dreaded question, "Does this dress make me look fat?" he had no idea how to answer it properly. He was so used to giving his true opinion that he said the first thing that came to his mind.

"From the side, no, but if you look at it straight on, your waistline looks a little chunky, and—."

He wasn't able to finish because of the death glare she gave him. Later, when the boys pressed him about his answer and he told them, they said he was lucky to be alive.

Fussy

"Fuck! Does it hurt?"

"Agito, I'm fine, I swear. It was just a cramp."

"No, you're not fine. Come on, we need to get you to the hospital now."

"But I'm not in a hurry, and—"

"Do you have all your things packed?"

"Yes, but—"

"Where's the bag? Oh, shit, weren't you supposed to call Adachi when this happened? And where the hell is Kazu? He said he'd be here, dammit! The car! We have to get to the car and—"

"Agito!"

The man froze, bag slung over his shoulder, hair uncombed, still garbed in his pajamas. "…Yes?"

"Relax." The shark protested, but she shushed him. "It doesn't hurt. Breathe deep. Kazu is here. he's outside. He can call Emily for us."

Agito slowly lowered the bag and cast a glance at his wife's round stomach. "Right. Right," he repeated, sounding a bit confused. He leaned his head against the door. "I'm just a bit on edge. But if you say you're fine…"

His wife gave a sudden gasp.

He glanced back. "What's wrong?"

"My water just broke."

A beat. "Oh, fuck."

Flower

"So is he romantic?"

Yayoi giggled. "I suppose."

"No way, that beast? I mean, he's hot, but his temper is just…"

"Really, girls. He is. He even made me lunch."

This earned a round of squeals from her fellow female classmates, as well as a new round of questions. As she tried to answer each one, she didn't notice the topic of their discussion lingering outside the classroom door, looking more annoyed with each passing second.

Finally, he called out, "Oi! Nakayama!"

Said girl looked up, and the girls around her gasped. "Yes?"

He pursed his lips. "I need to talk with you."

Her friends giggled as she stood and walked over to her boyfriend. "What's up?"

The Storm Rider hesitated before holding out a small bouquet. He offered no explanation, and she asked no questions. She took the flowers and smiled. He glanced around; the girls spying on them quickly looked away. Satisfied, he stepped forward and kissed his girl.

"Have a nice day," he murmured against her lips. And he was gone.

When Yayoi sat back down amongst her friends, she said in a dazed voice, "As an answer to your first question: yes."

Freedom

He used to think that the only freedom he'd ever find was in the form of Air Treks.

He found out much later, that freedom also came in a softer, more human form by the name of Yayoi Nakayama.

Frankenstein

Yayoi had said that she was going as the Bride of Frankenstein for Halloween. So no one was really surprised when Agito had arrived at the costume party bash as Frankenstein.

Even though he had sworn to high heaven that he wouldn't dress up for the social event, much less show up to it.

Future

He liked cloud gazing with her. Sometimes, if a cloud looked like a bunch of flours, or a giant cake, or a baby, he found himself closing his eyes and dreaming of what awaited him in the future.

'Just as soon as you pluck up enough courage to propose,' Lind always reminded him.

Food

He admitted grudgingly that it tasted delicious.

His girlfriend turned back to the stove with a satisfied smile as the rest of Kogarasumaru "aww-ed". To save face, he added, "Well, I suppose anything will taste good to a person who's half-starved."

He never saw the frying pan coming.