4. At lest he's no Chi Fu
Finally catching up with Mulan, who was preparing what little things she would need, Yin tapped her shoulder, saying cautiously, "Can I help you?"
"Actually I'm almost done," Mulan replied, turning around to smile at him. "But thanks anyway."
He nodded, disappointed, turning to return to Chi Fu.
"Yin Po," Mulan stopped him. "I've got to ask you something."
"Just call me Yin," he replied, turning around to face her again. "It makes it harder to mistake me for my brother."
She nodded, "I can do that, you don't exactly have the same build anyway. But look, what's actually happening? I mean, great there's something wrong and we're gathering our troops to prepare for it, *yay*," she rolled her eyes sarcastically, "but that doesn't really SAY anything."
Yin looked at her sideways. Surprisingly, it wasn't an inappropriate question, stupid or in anyway stereotypically 'womanly'. He shook his head, "right now all that most people know is what's in the rumors that are going around. I know for a fact that Chi Fu is being kept in the dark and doesn't want anybody to know it." He caught himself grinning as an amused grin began to creep up to his eyes.
Mulan chuckled, "it must be driving him CRAZY!"
Yin grinned, "I'll bet."
After a pause Mulan raised an eyebrow at him, "So, do YOU know?"
Yin puffed up his chest proudly, "more than Chi Fu does anyway, which only makes him even more mad because you know," Yin shifted his note to a higher voice and made a face like Chi Fu's, "he is my 'superior'!"
Mulan laughed outright. "You're not half as stuck up as I was worried you were going to be."
"Well, you aren't half as girly as I thought you would be," Yin consented.
Mulan rolled her eyes, "I don't think 'girly' is the word you're looking for, Yin."
Yin raised an eyebrow at her, cocking his head sideways, "maybe it is maybe it isn't."
"Ha! So what is it you would call me then? A fluke?" Mulan demanded, spinning around.
Yin grinned at her, looking just like Yao, Ling or Chin Po when they finally got to her.
Mulan shook her head, beaten and at a loss of comebacks. "I hope you end up with another 'fluke', Yin, THEN maybe you'll see!" Muttering to herself she added, "well at least he's no Chi Fu."
Finally catching up with Mulan, who was preparing what little things she would need, Yin tapped her shoulder, saying cautiously, "Can I help you?"
"Actually I'm almost done," Mulan replied, turning around to smile at him. "But thanks anyway."
He nodded, disappointed, turning to return to Chi Fu.
"Yin Po," Mulan stopped him. "I've got to ask you something."
"Just call me Yin," he replied, turning around to face her again. "It makes it harder to mistake me for my brother."
She nodded, "I can do that, you don't exactly have the same build anyway. But look, what's actually happening? I mean, great there's something wrong and we're gathering our troops to prepare for it, *yay*," she rolled her eyes sarcastically, "but that doesn't really SAY anything."
Yin looked at her sideways. Surprisingly, it wasn't an inappropriate question, stupid or in anyway stereotypically 'womanly'. He shook his head, "right now all that most people know is what's in the rumors that are going around. I know for a fact that Chi Fu is being kept in the dark and doesn't want anybody to know it." He caught himself grinning as an amused grin began to creep up to his eyes.
Mulan chuckled, "it must be driving him CRAZY!"
Yin grinned, "I'll bet."
After a pause Mulan raised an eyebrow at him, "So, do YOU know?"
Yin puffed up his chest proudly, "more than Chi Fu does anyway, which only makes him even more mad because you know," Yin shifted his note to a higher voice and made a face like Chi Fu's, "he is my 'superior'!"
Mulan laughed outright. "You're not half as stuck up as I was worried you were going to be."
"Well, you aren't half as girly as I thought you would be," Yin consented.
Mulan rolled her eyes, "I don't think 'girly' is the word you're looking for, Yin."
Yin raised an eyebrow at her, cocking his head sideways, "maybe it is maybe it isn't."
"Ha! So what is it you would call me then? A fluke?" Mulan demanded, spinning around.
Yin grinned at her, looking just like Yao, Ling or Chin Po when they finally got to her.
Mulan shook her head, beaten and at a loss of comebacks. "I hope you end up with another 'fluke', Yin, THEN maybe you'll see!" Muttering to herself she added, "well at least he's no Chi Fu."
