Yo:waves: back again in the swing of things. Got a couple fun ideas to work with and all that jazz. Decided to update anyway even if the quota's not filled.

Alright... :thinks: warnings? One lame-$$ cussword. :blinks: hey... you can't put 'at' signs in here anymore?

Dragon Knight Snippets: Pies and Grudges

"Pie?"

"Yes."

"You're making pie?" Kaistern repeated, as if to reaffirm that Alfeegi was indeed standing in front of him, apron stained with patches of flour and milk, making pie.

"Yes," Alfeegi grated out.

"Oh," was all the Blue Officer responded, and for the next few minutes he was silent from his spot perched atop a stool as the white secretary went about his work.

Kaistern watched as Alfeegi's hands rolled the pliable dough over powdery flour, molding it into a long cord, then took a rolling pin and flattened into an evenly thick circle. His hands were covered in a layer of flour and the occasional bit of dough. Every once in a while, he'd pinch a bit of the pastry and eat it, and so his face had gotten flour on it as well. Carefully lifting the edges of the circle, he placed it in the mold, pressing and trimming the dough that hung limply over the sides.

The cherries were glistening mouth-wateringly in the bowl, like good little children waiting in a classroom. Alfeegi took a large bowl and dropped them rather unceremoniously in it, carefully measuring the sugar and cornstarch before dropping those in too.

"Here, you can stir," the White Officer handed him the bowl, and Kaistern blinked before shrugging to himself and beginning to stir. Alfeegi watched him amusedly for a moment, almost laughing at the infantile look of concentration on Kaistern's face as he furiously beat the filling into a syrupy concoction.

A high-pitched beepingfilled the air as the timer rung and Alfeegi whirled about, wiping his hands on his already stained apron and taking an oven mitt. Heat, along with the tantalizing smell of warm, freshly baked pie, blasted into the room as Alfeegi opened the oven, reaching in cautiously to remove said pie.

"You already had one cooking? No wonder it smelled so good."

"Baking," he corrected absentmindedly, and set the steaming pastry on the counter, "And yes, I had."

Kaistern lifted a finger to dip it into the cherry filling and then yelped as the rolling pin connected painfully withhis head.

"Don't you dare," the cold glare was scary, but as soon as Alfeegi turned his back to him to inspect the other pie, Kaistern dipped his finger in anyway. Besides, he was used to Alfeegi's scary glares.

'Course, Alfeegi found out anyway, since Kaistern forgot to wipe his mouth, and another yelp followed.

"So... why'd you make two?" Kaistern asked idly once the second pie was in the oven, and the first one had cooled to an edible temperature. There was a strange look in Alfeegi's eyes, and the slight smirk on his face made the Blue Officer wary.

"Sniff it and you'll find out."

Kaistern gave Alfeegi a look that clearly doubted his sanity, but Alfeegi was smart, so he nonetheless complied, lowering his head to smell the pie closer. His nose was about an inch away from the crust when he felt a hand push his head roughly into the pie. Warmth pressed into his face in a squishy mess.

"Alfeegi! What was that for!" he barked, wiping cherry off his face and out of his eyes as he shot his head back up. He could hear someone laughing from the distance, and through his cherry-fogged vision realized it was Ruwalk laughing his ass off.

"That was for that April Fool's joke with the water," Alfeegi said shortly, turning heel and stalking out.

"Wha-" Kaistern stared in disbelief, "That- That was forty years ago! How the heck can you hold a grudge that-" he blinked, licking his lips, "Hey, this pie's good."

Ruwalk laughed harder.

:Laughs: I have no idea where this came from, but I thought it'd be a funny thing to do... Shortness of reviews last snippet?

Aquajogger: Liam? Is that Possessed by a Memory? If so... hm, I hadn't realized it, but it is kinda alike... :laughs: It wasn't intended, but you're right. Really? I kidna skimped on Rath's morphing cause I was like 'ah, i'm no gonna bother describing it too much, it's not the point of the snippet.' lol.

Angstluver: Wow, I'm really glad I was able to, uh, create :can't find right word: that kind of emotion. Yay! Lol, thanks for the compliment.

Kage::huggles Thatz too: Poor baby! I'm so mean to him, isn't that odd? Cause I wouldn't con

Old Fiat::shrug: It wasn't really shounen-ai, but it could have been taken that way since I wrote it with half implications of that in mind. Thanks for reading it half way. Hm, I don't know if I'll watch it, your version of wicked awesome seems a bit different than mine.

Puppy: Hm, that's true, he is a pretty flexible character... :pats him: Is that why I torture him so much? Lol.

Long Forgotten Howl: Ugh, school :shakes head: but we had a four day weekend::cheers: Is there any snippet in particular you'd like to see?

Ooh, I'm so gonna do a Gillaam next... or type up that Rath/Thatz... which one do you want posted first?