I Need to Talk to You
"Ahh! There's a human in here! Lin, get rid of it!"
"Why me?"
"You had one as an apprentice."
"I'm trying to sleep." Chihiro rolled over.
"It talked!"
"Yeah. Hey kid, get up. If you're here to help, wake up."
"Huh?" She sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Lin!"
"Get off me. Do I know you?"
"It's me, Chihiro."
"Chihiro? My lord! It is you!"
"Let's go ladies. Time to work." The small green frog opened the door. "What! Master Haku!"
"What is it now?" He appeared in the doorway.
"It's a human!"
"She's here to work. She's in Lin's department."
"Hi, Haku." She put her things away.
"What did I tell you about that?"
"Sorry, Master Haku." She gave a slight bow.
"Get to work. It's your job to feed Kamagi."
"Okay." She gave him a swift kiss on the cheek and he caught her arm before she could leave.
"I need to talk to you . . . now." His words were final as they walked outside to the balcony corner.
"Well? Don't you ladies need to be somewhere?" The frog jumped in agitation.
"Right."
Lin blinked. What in the world was happening?
"What do you think you're doing!" He had her backed against the rail a little ways away from the room. "I told you years ago what the proper conduct was here!"
"Didn't seem to stop you earlier."
"That was different!" His hands tried to elaborate for him. He settled for running his fingers through his hair and setting the other hand on his hip.
"It was. That doesn't mean I'm your slave in public!" Her hands gripped the rail until her knuckles turned white.
"I don't want you to act like a slave. I just want you to treat me like everyone else does." Do I? He reached out to grab her shoulder but she recoiled and tumbled over the rail. Haku changed and dove after her hoping against hope that he would reach her before the ground did.
A: ahhh . . . stupid . . . writer's block . . . sorry you'll have to wait for awhile.
