Love Potion No. 9 Series
Author: K. M. Carthoway
Disclaimer: I don't own GetBackers. I wish I did. Then I could make Ban strip for my amusement.
Opening Author's Notes: Just one more after this, and the series should be done! (Yes, it's very short, I know.) Anyway, this one is the most... mild of the whole series, so there aren't very many warnings attached to it. Just, never trust a Freudian.
Oral Fixation
It was a happy, cheerful place at the Honky Tonk that spring afternoon. Ban and Ginji sat at the bar, Ginji laughing loudly and talking with exaggerated hand motions, Band nodding along and lighting up another cigarette. Himiko sat in the corner, watching the two underneath the cover of a large text book.
Ginji swung around suddenly. Smiling, he asked the poison user, "Hey, Himiko! What'cha reading?"
Himiko glanced at two nonchalantly. Holding up the heavy, hardcover book, she displayed the title for both of them to see. "Freudian Psychology." Seeing the blank look on loveable Ginji's face, she explained, "It's for diagnosing disorders and such."
Ban narrowed his eyes, but Ginji seemed delighted—if not a little confused. "That's great! I think…"
"Ah," Himiko murmured almost to herself, but in such a way that invited the two to listen. "And it seems that, according to this…" she trailed off. Sure enough, Ginji hung on to her every word, completely baited. She pinned Ban with a deep harsh stare. "Ban! You have an Oral Fixation!"
Band jumped in his seat, startled by the girl's sudden accusation. Ginji however, dived onto his partner, and hung around his neck. "That's terrible! Is there anyway to fix him?" Ban tried unsuccessfully to pry the panicky blonde off of him, but to no avail.
Himiko placed the open book on the table. She shook her head sadly. "I'm so sorry Ginji," she whispered mournfully. "But, Ban is doomed!" She perked, as if hit by a sudden inspiration. "Unless!"
Ginji clung to Ban tighter, nearly cutting off the brunet's air completely. The blond cried out, weeping, "What? I'll do anything to save my Ban-chan!"
Himiko looked thoughtful. "Well…"
An hour and several bruises and scratches later, Ginji and Himiko looked over their work. Only now becoming skeptical of Himiko's "treatment," Ginji asked, "Are you sure this is going to work?"
Himiko shrugged. "How should I know?" She turned and walked away, waving jovially before she exited the coffee shop, "Bye Ginji! Bye-bye, Ban-chan!"
Ginji turned tear-filled eyes upon Ban. He whimpered, "Ban-chan, you know I love you, right? Right?"
Ban hung by a long rope tied securely around his wrists, suspended by a light fixture with his feet barely touching the floor. The only thing he wore was a hot pink miniskirt—courtesy of Himiko's own wardrobe. Paint covered his bare chest proclaiming: "I have an Oral Fixation!" Although he was gagged, his eyes clearly told the world that he was ready to murder a certain blond, electric boy.
Ginji whimpered again and started to cry.
Outside the coffee shop, Himiko and Kazuki clapped hands. "That was so mean!" Kazuki giggled.
Himiko laughed girlishly. "But it was totally fun!"
END!
