A short little thing I wrote celebrating the fact that most of the snow if finally gone!
"Hyuu!" Fai trilled happily, "Isn't spring wonderful?"
"No, not really" Kurogane grunted irritably. He really hated spring. It was cold, wet, and….happy.
"Oh, but look at the flowers, they're so pretty," Fai said, bending down to admire them.
"I could care less" Kurogane replied, folding his arms.
"Kuro-chan has no appreciation for pretty things" Fai complained playfully.
Kurogane considered disagreeing. "Damn straight" The ninja agreed.
Fai plucked a flower out of the ground. It was light blue color with petals that looked frail and were curled up towards the center. The mage stood up and turned to face Kurogane.
"What are you planning to do?" Kurogane asked, his crimson eyes narrowing in suspicion. That familiar grin that always meant trouble grew across his face. Kurogane twitched as the mage reached up and tucked the flower behind Kurogane's ear.
"What. The. Hell." Kurogane snapped, putting extra anger into each word.
Fai pulled back, ignoring the angry ninja in front of him
. "Kuro-wan looks so pretty" Fai cooed.
"I'm going to kill you!" Kurogane exclaimed angrily.
Fai remained oblivious and turned back to the flowers, a soft smile playing on his lips.
"You really like flowers, eh?" Kurogane asked, kneeling down beside Fai.
"We didn't have them back in Celes" He explained quietly. Fai was rarely ever talking this openly about his past. Thus Kurogane decided to be nice and see how long it would last. Kurogane pulled a blood red flower out of the ground and gently admired it.
"I don't see how you find these so fascinating" Kurogane commented, still looking at the flower in his palm
. "Easy" Fai replied, "They're so delicate and pretty."
"The prettier they are, the sharper their thorns" Kurogane stated dryly.
Fai grinned a little at the comment. "That may be so, but anyone brave enough can trim them" Fai said wisely.
He leaned against the ninja slightly, praying he wouldn't notice. Kurogane did, but decided to not shove him away.
It was only because he would complain otherwise, you got it?! Kurogane took the flower he was holding and tucked it behind Fai's ear.
Fai looked up at the ninja in surprise. It wasn't the gesture that shocked him; it was the look of peace on Kurogane's face.
He looked completely calm with the motion. Kurogane noticed Fai's gaze and felt a small flush on his cheeks.
"I'm going back to the house" Kurogane said. Fai didn't move he just grinned at the ninja. Kurogane blushed deeper.
"Kuro-pon's blushing" Fai commented.
"Am not!" Kurogane snapped, looking down so Fai couldn't see.
"I think it's sweet that Kuro-chi's shy," Fai said softly.
"I am not!" Kurogane insisted.
Fai grinned and grabbed the ninja's hand
"Let's go home" Fai said.
Kurogane rolled his eyes. Of course, it had to be his idea.
Fai stood up and pulled Kurogane with him. The mage's strength was amazing sometimes.
Kurogane could've pulled away from Fai's grip on his hand, but, instead, he allowed himself to be lead back to the house.
Maybe, Kurogane thought as he felt the flower by his ear, spring had it's moments.
You have no idea how long I've been waiting for Kurogane to say 'damn straight' in a fanfic. So, I'm pretty proud of that.
You may have noticed how in most situations Fai would've gotten the blue and Kurogane the red, but, that is not the case in this one. In an odd way, I find this one a little sweeter.
Well, R&R!
- Y.A.O.G