A/N: Originally written for the 30shards community on LiveJournal, for theme #2, juggling. And once again, not exactly 100 words, but more like somewhere around 200.
Double Lives
Jaken gave a sigh of relief, finally out of sight and hearing range of his companions - not to mention smelling range, concidering who said companions were, exactly.
It had been getting more and more difficult sneaking away from them. He'd been forced to do so on so many occasions lately that his companions had finally noticed his frequent prolonged absences and were getting suspicious. The normal excuses (I was searching for food. I heard a suspicious noise. Nature called.) weren't working anymore. Jaken thanked his lucky stars that the girl had provided him with a new excuse for a while at least. He'd sputterd and looked outraged and guilty and accused her of stupidity vehemently enough when she'd asked if "Jaken-sama has a secret girlfriend" for them to think that maybe he did for a while, at least.
Still, the day would probably come soon when he would have to confess. It was getting too difficult, keeping his secret and juggling between lives. Jaken sighed again, but then decided pondering this dilemma would have to wait until later. Right now, he had other, mre pressing matters to attend to. He shredded his clothes to reveal the tights hidden underneath and headed off into the darkness for another night of fighting crime.