Just Another Day in the Life


A/N: Just a little thought that occurred to me when I was dropping my mom's phone off to her after she forgot it today. Her office has sunflowers growing outside and it made me realize something pretty…ironic?

PS: Mugen-centric, post-series. Might have some high-T cursing.


SUNFLOWERS


How many months did they wander together? It felt like forever and a half to him. He glared at the bright yellow disc just barely taller than him. How many times did he save her scrawny ass? He lost track, balling and releasing his fists to relieve some tension.

He stood before an entire field of them. Goddamn sunflowers. They seemed to stretch on for eons and the sight of so much yellow was enough to turn the pirate into a bull seeing red. Their seeds had been harvested and their brown faces were sticky with whatever the hell stuck them there.

The little pink bitch was so obsessed with these stupid flowers, wasn't she? She led him and Four-Eyes all over the damn country like chumps in her search for the dude who smelled like them. Smelled like sunflowers, she kept insisting. Smelled like sunflowers. Ha! Talk about a fool's errand!

Mugen drew his temporary sword – a stand-in until he was able to find another one that suited him a bit better – and gave an untrained swing. He made crisp contact and a handful of stalks fell to the ground at his feet. He smirked in victory and stomped their faces in, not really caring if his geta became sticky as a result.

This felt good. No. This felt damn good, he corrected himself.

Sheathing his sword onto his back, he peered down to admire his handiwork. The flowers lay in the dirt, a pile of brown and yellow mush. He spat on it for good measure and realized one seed remained.

He crouched to pluck the resilient bastard from the mess and glared at it. "Sunflowers don't even have a Goddamn smell!" He snarled at it in lieu of a whiny waitress, shoving it into his pocket and stomping down the path back to the village.


A/N: Short and not-so-sweet. 370 words. Hope you were able to enjoy this brief tantrum of his!