October 13, 2010

Apocopate—to omit the end sounds of a word

Shinobu was annoyed. Miyagi was ignoring him…again. He had done all the usual things to get his attention: hugged him, showed up at school, cooked excellent cabbage and shown up at his work, but nothing was getting through to the older man.

It was time to do something drastic. What could he do to make Miyagi pay attention to him? He could pretend to be sick, but that was too much effort. He would just have to figure out a way to surprise Miyagi. Now what surprised and/or annoyed the literature professor?

Improper grammar… That was it. If he apocopated the verbs from his sentences, it was bound to catch Miyagi's attention! That settled, he started to make dinner.

When Miyagi arrived home, he called out a greeting and asked about dinner.

"It almost ready."

Miyagi raised an eyebrow. "Are you alright?"

"Of course I fine," he replied.

"Okay," Miyagi said, giving in.

"How work?" Shinobu called from the kitchen.

"Uh, what did you say?"

"I, how work?"

Miyagi shook his head. "Why aren't you ending any sentences?"

"I not what you mean."

Miyagi rolled his eyes and went into the kitchen. "What's up with you today? You sound weird."

"I incorrect?"

"I don't even know what you're saying," Miyagi growled, getting annoyed. He reached out, grabbing the boy and spinning him to face him. "Speak properly."

"I will if you pay more attention to me!" he snapped out, red faced.

Miyagi rolled his eyes once more. "You're apocopating your verbs because I'm not paying enough attention to you."

"When you say it out loud…" he muttered.

"It sounds stupid, doesn't it?"

Shinobu nodded, pouting slightly. Miyagi chuckled and kissed him gently, indulging the boy. Their tongues danced as they forgot dinner and Miyagi fed the teen's libido. They wrapped their arms around each other as they slid to the floor while Miyagi's hands slid under the boy's shirt.

For those of you who don't understand why I chose verbs it's because in Japanese grammar, the verb is the last word in a phrase.

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Oh for those of you who don't know, October 9th's feature was from Koisuru Boukun.

~Cheyanne