Summary: I got the impression that episode 204 wasn't the first time Aquarius tucked Lucy into bed….

Pairings: Aquarius/Lucy friendship, implied Aquarius/Layla friendship, implied Aquarius/Scorpio, and implied parental Layla/Lucy.

YouTube Prompt: Couple tribute to 'Perfect 10' by The Beautiful South. Evergreen/Elfman clips must be used for when the female vocalist talks about her men being extra-large!

Aquarius glowered at the whimpering pile of child at her tail. She had been summoned in a bath tub again, for the fifth time in the human week which for her was the fifth time in two hours, and took out her frustration by teaching her brat a lesson.

Now the bathroom was soaked in bath water and bubble bath. Lucy was clutching a soaked towel to protect her modesty (though God knows why, she has nothing to hide. She's only seven) and looked pathetic with her hair glued to her forehead and little, bony, body trembling.

Jeeze, don't these people feed her?

"Look at this mess," Aquarius clucked her tongue disapprovingly. "I hope you know you caused this. The bathroom wouldn't be in this state if you summoned me properly and not in the water you're bathing in."

"Yes Aquarius," Lucy said quietly, "but I only wanted to pla-"

"I don't care what you wanted!" Aquarius snarled furiously. "I wants never get. Now suck it up and face the consequences of your actions." She pointed around the bathroom, somehow, don't ask her how, shampoo even covered the ceiling. "Clean it up. Now!"

"Y-yes, Aquarius!"

And at that, Lucy began racing through the bathroom with a mop. Aquarius could have gone back to the spirit world and continue painting her nails like she had been before but she couldn't quite bring herself to just abandon that little brat just yet. She couldn't help but notice that Lucy had been summoning her with that sad expression on her face more and more, and with Layla, less and less. In fact with it being bath time Aquarius would have thought Layla would be here in ensure Lucy was washed properly….

She took in her new master (how it irked her that she has a new master while her previous one was still living) and frowned her skinniness and the dark shadows under her eyes.

Something was not right.

But Aquarius couldn't quite figure out what.

With a sigh, and a roll of her eyes, Aquarius summoned a magazine and decided to lounge around. Perhaps if she looked available the brat would spill the beans and then she can go without this annoying sensation that was gnawing at her stomach.

She read through three different magazines when she realised that it was too quiet and peered up from the stunning bikini tops she was eyeing up to see her brat of a master snoozing on the cold bath tiles.

"Honestly!" she rolled her eyes, vanished her magazine, and felt her jaw twitched ever so slightly as she moved to loom over her brat of a master. "I swear you do this just to annoy me."

Grumbling under her breath, Aquarius hauled up the brat (God for someone so skinny she was rather heavy!) and carried her back into her bedroom (can she just say that there is something wrong about a seven year old having an en-suit?) and dropped her onto the bed.

Lucy shivered and mumbled something under her breath as she rolled over into a more comfortable position. Knowing Layla would never forgive her if she let her daughter freeze to death, Aquarius moved to pull the blankets over her master.

She caught sight of her master's sleeping face and instantly softened. Just a little bit. Not that much. Oh shut up! Aquarius liked cute things too!

"Good night," Aquarius smoothed Lucy's hair out of her face and, for some reason she cannot fathom because this brat annoyed the hell out of her, she quickly kissed Lucy's forehead. "You little brat."

"Good night Aquarius," Lucy smiled.

Aquarius turned bright red and instantly returned to the spirit world with a puff of purple smoke (which she hopes the brat chokes on!).

Damn that annoying brat! Embarrassing her like hat when she could have been making out with her boyfriend.