Title: Prompter
Author: Enaty
Rating: K+
Warning: None.
Disclaimer: …
Claimer: The text.
Author's Notes: Nani wanted this. So I wrote it.
Prompter
"Count, will you marry me?"
The young kami had already opened his mouth to reply.
"No."
He closed it. The young man in front of him looked disappointed.
"We wouldn't have to marry right away," he tried. "I'd be content if we could just be engaged..."
"No."
D closed his mouth again and wrinkled his brow. The young man looked heart-broken, but he hastened to assure the Count of his honest intentions.
"If you think this is too hasty, then maybe, maybe we could just agree on going steady?"
The Count's eyes blazed this time when the "No." sounded through the shop. He turned half in his seat to glare at the floor behind his chair in fiendish silence. The poor young man swallowed hard. He dropped his gaze to his knees.
"Well... would you think me impolite if I'd invite you to dinner? Maybe we could do that? Go to the theatre and have dinner afterwards?"
It was amazing that he still didn't give up hope when the Count hissed warningly, still staring at the floor. The answer mixed into his hiss.
"No."
"A cup of tea, then, maybe...?" he dared to suggest. And finally, he had success.
"My dear Wu-san, I would be honoured to have a cup of tea with you sometime," the Count twittered, the sweet voice in complete contrast to his former behaviour. The young man started and looked up in confusion, but Count D had already risen from his chair and gently guided him out of the shop, not without some urgency.
"Please call me to fix a date for our little tea-time, would you be so kind?" he smiled and shut the door after the young man had disappeared, gushing with gratitude.
Then he turned back into the shop. His face lost the smile and he looked downright angry. "Ten-chan!" he yelled angrily at the fox that now appeared behind the chair he'd just sat in. "Whatever you may think, I do not need a prompter to get rid of my suitors!"
-End-
