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The Beastly Flamingo 101


Chapter Six: Fetish Shack

"Ohhhh…feeet…oh glorious feet…" Chiaki murmured, nestling his sleeping footrest self further into the carpet. "Oh lovely princess feeeet—"

"CHIAKI."

"Wah!" Chiaki barked as he noticed Hatori standing in front of him. The footrest quickly gathered himself together, backing away from the master's chair.

"What were you doing there?" Hatori asked suspiciously.

"Oh uh nothing, Tori. Nothing at all." Chiaki laughed nervously.

Hatori's clock hands ticked skeptically.

"Chiaki, did you goad master Ritsu into putting his feet on you?" He said, his tone dry with accusation.

"No." Chiaki squeaked huffily.

"Liar. I can see the imprints on your head."

Chiaki let out a growl of pent up frustration and began to hop about.

"But Tori—"

"But NOTHING Chiaki! I thought I told you not to do that anymore! Having other people put their lower appendages on you is demeaning and you should take no part in it."

"But Tori!" Chiaki cut in. "That's what I'm for! I like doing it!"

"That doesn't matter," Tori countered.

"Why not? You're a clock so you always remind people of the time!…Well, you did that when you were human too but…Tori—"

"Will you two cut it out!" A snippy voice rang from the hallway as Kisa hopped over to one of the couches. "I'm trying to run a bloody backup and I can barely concentrate with all your goddamned fuss!"

Hatori growled back irritably, but began hopping out of the room.

"Come on Chiaki, we're not done discussing this."

"Tori! Wait!" Chiaki whined as he followed. "What's wrong with me loving feet?"

"Three words Chiaki: PATHOLOGICAL FOOT FETISH."

"Patho the what now?"

Kisa let out a sigh of exasperation as the two finally took their argument elsewhere. He hadn't really been running a backup, he just wanted Mr. and Mrs. Petty Arguments out.

Besides… it wasn't like he was alone.

"Kisa-san!" Yukina chirped as the laptop hoped onto a loveseat by his monitor. "It's so great to see you!"

Even though the two had just seen each other last night, Yukina always seemed to be under the impression that their visits were few and far between, and he treated it as much.

But still, Kisa couldn't help but feel the slightest bit grateful that the sparkly idiot was always happy to see him. No one else certainly was (unless the wi-fi was out and they needed tech support).

"Nice to see you too Yukina." Kisa muttered, plugging his cord into a nearby outlet. Yukina's volume nearly jumped at the gesture, as it meant that the laptop was setting up shop for a while.

"So whatcha been up to lately?" Yukina asked, all the while searching through his music files for something to "set the mood."

"Not much. I taught Takano how to download today. He's all a flutter."

Yukina chuckled.

"At least it didn't take as long as teaching him what the internet was huh Kisa-san?"

"No shit." The laptop grumbled. "But, this time it may not work out in my favor."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well," Kisa sighed. "If Takano gets too obsessed with downloading…he may start to realize that I can't meet all his demands."

"What do you mean Kisa-san?" Yukina asked, aghast. "You're so amazing and modern!"

"I'm actually quite old. And I don't have as much speed or memory as newer computers. I've—I've even seen Takano…looking at Radio Shack magazines."

Yukina gasped in horror.

"NO!"

"I'm afraid so." Kisa replied, his screen tilting downward.

"Well I won't let it happen!"

"Huh?" Kisa grunted, glancing back up again.

"I don't care if it goes against Master's will! I won't let him replace you! I'll fight him button and cord!" Yukina said, his modern brilliance shinning with a majestic background of sparkles and rose petals. Kisa titled his screen at an angle so as not to be blinded by the sudden heavenly light.

"Er—that's okay Yukina. Even if master does get a new laptop, there's no way he'd just throw me out on the lawn or something. In fact, I'd like a younger me to pawn off on him. I'd get a lot more free time…"

Yukina whined quietly.

"Oh Kisa-san, you're so brave. But don't worry, I'll protect you no matter what."

Kisa mused quietly, a little stunned by his words. But he quickly changed the subject as to save face…er screen.

"So…where did Princess Ritsu wander off to?"

"Oh him? He went to go see the library. He really likes books, just like master."

Kisa virtual mouth dropped at the disclosure and he quickly tugged his cord from the wall.

"KISA-SAN! Where are you going?" Yukina yelped at the laptop hopped down and sped toward the hall.

"Oh shit." Kisa muttered. "I better get down there…otherwise I'm gonna be a Hewlit Packard for the rest of my goddamn life."