Word Count: 270
F is for Fool
"You're not very good at this undercover stuff, you know."
He looked up. "What do you mean?"
"You say that you're job is to fit in here as a normal high school student but you're anything but."
"I wear the proper uniform, complete assignments, and have participated in various class activities."
"Sousuke," Kaname said flatly. "No normal high school student cleans guns at their desk. Next to stun grenades for that matter."
He blinked and looked back down at the task, his eyelids drooping a fraction as he realized civilian life had miffed him once again. The blue-haired girl sighed.
"You're hardly fooling anyone. The only reason they don't know you're the real deal is because that idea is somehow more ridiculous than the one of you being permitted to use these things on campus. Otherwise, there's not much hiding the truth."
Sousuke swallowed. "The truth…?"
She nodded. "That you're a military-frenzied, five-star general wannabe who would only dedicate himself to his mission."
There was a pause.
"…Those aren't the only things I'd dedicate myself to."
Kaname blinked and stared at him, and the way he stared back made her cheeks heat. "Wh-what else is there…?"
Instead of telling, he resumed cleaning. "It seems I am able to fool people after all. I will take note of this and try to apply it to future—"
"What else were you talking about?"
"I'm sorry, that's classified information."
"Sousuke, answer my question now or I'll—!"
"Chi-Chidori… that's a real grenade…"
Their argument attracted attention from classmates, but ultimately was overlooked and forgotten. Things like this, after all, were quite normal.
-owari
Authoress Notes
Thanks to those who help point out where I may need to make revisions. I'll try and get on those right away!
On a completely curious note, can anyone tell me the model of Sousuke's handgun? I'm curious and don't know where to look that up at the moment. But I think I'd like to use a detail such as that in future drabbles.
Thanks again everyone!
EDIT 10-27-05 - Made changes to title and word count, as was pointed out to me. Sorry, but I'm lazy and just use the previous file/coding and exchange the story, so sometimes I forget to do little things like this. Thank you, Ariane! You're a big help!