*Sidles on sheepishly* Hi. Remember this story exists? I'm sorry for taking so long to update, it's just that I've started cross-posting on Ao3 (Under the name Cinnamon_for_days), I've had a severe case of writers block and I just couldn't be bothered. It's hard to remember these are written by actual people, so please don't get salty at my lack of motivation. I will continue this, I've just been really busy lately. Anyway, enough of me throwing out every excuse in the book. Please enjoy! Comments are appreciated!- Purecinnamonbun
Literally everything hurt. The only reason Phichit knew he was alive was Yuuri muttering indistinctly next to him about how this was a terrible idea. Accompanied by the occasional muffled groan of pain. At least Yuuri was able to move his mouth- currently all Phichit could do was lay there and try not to cry. Crying was not macho. When he met the Land People, and Seung Gil, he wanted to make the best impression possible. But first, he had to actually try to move.
After a few more minutes, Phichit gingerly moved his arm and pushed himself upright, ignoring the stabs of pain. Ouch. Ignoring Yuuri who was still lecturing…(who exactly was he talking to?), and examined his new legs. Leaning forward, Phichit poked one of them, and then quickly ducked back, as if they were going to explode. They didn't. Phichit shifted slightly. His legs moved.
"Yuuri." Phichit whispered.
"Whaaaat?" moaned Yuuri, his usually perfect brown hair matted with sand.
"We have legs." Phichit told Yuuri seriously. Then the reality set in.
"WE HAVE LEGS, WE HAVE LEGS WE HAVE LEGS!" Phichit squealed, pulling Yuuri into a painful hug.
"Legs that hurt like heck and are currently making me question my life decisions" Yuuri said dryly, hauling himself upright.
Phichit wagged a finger "Don't get salty just because your new and fantabulous legs hurt. You know you're as happy as I am."
"Only you would use the word fantabulous for something that hurts so much" Yuuri sighed, and attempted to pull himself into a standing position. His legs immediately gave out from under him, and he was reduced to a tangled mess on the sand.
He pointed at Phichit, who was trying his utmost not to laugh.
"Not a word."
Phichit tried to stand up himself, only to meet the same end Yuuri had.
This time Yuuri laughed, only to have Phichit glare at him.
Three hours later, they found themselves collapsed on the sand only a few feet from where they started. Yuuri currently held the record for standing time (1 minute), but they had both managed to walk a few steps before falling over.
"How do Land People do this?" Phichit muttered. Were there cushions everywhere for people to fall on? Walking did seem very inconvenient.
Yuuri shrugged. Or Phichit thought he did. It was hard to tell when Yuuri was almost completely covered in sand.
"I've been wondering this the whole time" said Yuuri "But what are we wearing?"
Phichit glanced down. The 'clothes' he was wearing (Land People clothes!) looked an awful lot like his tail. His legs were covered with red fabric, while his upper half was gold. Yuuri was wearing a similar style, but black with what looked like white gems or rocks sewn on.
"Please tell me these aren't our tails" Yuuri said, horrified, touching his clothing.
"Georgi wouldn't do that." Phichit plucked at the fabric "This is probably some kind of sick joke."
Before Yuuri could answer, they were interrupted by a loud noise. It sounded like two halves of a coconut being hit together, Phichit noted.
There were two flying clouds of sand in the distance. Heading straight for them. Phichit tried to wriggle out of the way, but his legs trailed uselessly behind him. The clouds got closer and closer, then just…. stopped. The sand cleared away to reveal two huge beasts. But Phichit was looking above them. Where a silver haired man and Seung Gil were perched. Phichit heard Yuuri take in a huge breath.
"Wow."
Apparently Seung Gil had seen them (Phichit ignored how his heart skipped a beat when he dismounted), and he and his companion were walking forwards. The silver haired man (Victor, Phichit remembered his name was), seemed to only have eyes for Yuuri. That was a step in one direction at least. While Seung Gil looked on impassively, Victor asked
"Who are you?"
Before Yuuri (who was blushing and looked incredibly flustered) could answer, Phichit quickly intercepted with
"I'm Phichit, and he's Yuuri. We come from a country over there" Phichit jerked his head towards the sea "The ship we were on sank, and we woke up on this beach. Our tai- LEGS seemed to have given out though"
Victor nodded sympathetically, and turned to Yuuri again, smiling.
"Yuuri right!? Don't worry, I'm sure we can take good care of you back up at the castle."
"The castle" said Phichit incredulously
"The CASTLE?" asked Yuuri, still blushing
"The castle?!" Seung Gil spoke for the first time "Are you sure about that?"
"Of course!" Victor laughed, latching himself to Yuuri "Yuuri here can share my room!"
Seung Gil sighed.
"Very well." He glanced at Phichit "Will you be needing help getting up?"
"Hmmm? Oh- uh, maybe" Phichit stuttered.
Seung Gil pulled Phichit up, and put him on his beast (Phichit later found out it was called a horse) before mounting it himself.
Phichit was pretty sure his heart was going to explode. So did Yuuri, from the looks of it.
During the long ride to the castle, Phichit found himself chattering about everything that came into his head. Seung Gil gave mostly one word answers, but Phichit didn't let that deter him. At least he wasn't constantly firing questions at Seung Gil like Victor was to Yuuri. His poor brother looked terrified, stuttering as he answered that he'd never had any lovers.
Phichit studied the landscape grinning. It looked like Yuuri would be just fine.
"Do you have any pets?" Phichit suddenly asked Seung Gil.
He'd once found a book in a watertight chest, talking about all the different types of pets. Phichit's heart had gone out to one in particular though…
"I have a few huskys." Seung Gil replied "And some hamsters"
The horse bucked at Phichit's resounding yell of
"HAMSTEEEERSSS!"
"I take it you like hamsters?
"Do I EVER! They're just so fluffy and cute and…."
"That's why hamsters are the best pets in the world!" Phichit finished just as the horse entered the castle gates. He thought he saw a ghost of a smile on Seung Gil's face, but it quickly became neutral again.
"I see. Do… do you want to meet mine? Hamsters that is"
"Do I EVER!"
Sorry this chapter was kind of bad, but the aforementioned writers block and lack of motivation aren't really a recipe for a great chapter.
