Survival of the Almost Achievers
Drabble #7: In Which Ruka Screws Up Everything
Ruka fed a few pellets of animal food to his rabbit as he stroked her lovingly.
Snap, snap.
He didn't have to turn around. "Imai," he acknowledged calmly.
Hotaru never showed what she felt, so the surprise she did feel was not portrayed on her face. She settled for the 'all-knowing mad scientist look' instead. It never failed to scare the pants off of dear Ruka Nogi.
But Ruka was not going to have his pants scared off of. No, not the new Ruka. The new Ruka Nogi who could stand up to Ice-Queen Hotaru Imai was refusing to back down.
He raised an eyebrow smoothly. Yes! he thought to himself in victory. I've been practicing that all night! It was clear to poor Ruka that he always messed up one way or another. But not this time. This time, he would show Hotaru Imai who was boss.
And that definitely wasn't her. No matter how she seemed fit for the job.
Fit, he thought suddenly, she was very fit.
Bad thoughts, Ruka! Bad, bad!
Now it was Hotaru's turn to raise an eyebrow. "May I ask why you are pounding your head on the table?"
"No," growled Ruka against the surface of the table. "You may not."
"Very well, then," said Hotaru and took a few more shots of his emo look. "This will certainly be enough for today's profit. Later, Nogi."
And the Ice Queen walked away, smirking. I've still got it.
Ruka banged his head against the table one more time. The new Ruka Nogi, he thought to himself bitterly, the King of Screwing Up.
Yay! A Rukaru drabble! There are more of this to come, of course, not only HayateHotaru. And plenty of SumireKoko. It's so fun writing about them. ;)
~Smiley!Isa
