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The Mustang Chronicles
Prompt: Annoyed
Air
Roy sat on the grass in front of his parent's house and concentrated with his eyes closed. He was supposed to be able to feel each small change in the air currents, but the air was relatively still today which made the task quite hard. He supposed that was the point, but still...
The sound of small tires crunching over rocks and dirt met his ears but he tried to ignore it and continue what he was doing. The sound stopped and a moment later something crashed to the ground and footsteps started toward him until whoever it was started walking on the grass.
The person stopped beside him, and, try as he might, Roy just couldn't seem to ignore the fact that someone was standing beside him.
"Rooooooy..." came a whisper in his ear.
Roy groaned inwardly. "What..." he said, annoyance filling his voice.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to concentrate on the air currents," he responded.
There was silence for a moment before he felt a sudden rush of air blowing at him. Irritably, Roy opened his eyes and glared at Riza who was blowing at him. When she saw that she had his attention, she grinned and said, "Father wants you."
Letting out a sound of exasperation, Roy stood up and looked down at her. "Why didn't you just say that in the first place?"
She shrugged and started walking back toward her bike. "I thought you might be asleep. Here I was, trying to be nice and wake you up slowly..."
"It's the middle of the afternoon," he said. "Of course I'm not sleeping."
The girl got on her bike, looked at him then rolled her eyes. "Of course you weren't sleeping in the middle of the afternoon. You would never do that. You might nap, but not sleep."
He pressed his lips together, trying to think of what to say. It was true, he did nap often... "Well... That's different..." he said defensively as he started walking toward the road.
She shook her head again and started peddling. As she rode past him, she yelled, "Sure it is! You keep telling yourself that!"
He glared at her back as her laugher hit his ears. "It is different!" he yelled at her and quickened his step trying not to think of the fact that she had gotten the better of him again.