So, here's the second chapter of Xanxus' hitlist. This time, instead of the evil vending machines, we're heading on to paddle balls. I don't know about you but even though I utterly suck at them I absolutely love paddle balls. They're actually amazing. Anyway, in this chapter there'll be very subtle hints of XS (because that pairing is awesome) and a little of BelFran.
As I said in the first chapter, I don't own KHR.
Number 2: Fucking Paddle Balls
Fran had been the one to start the little fad. He had come back the castle one day, bouncing a little ball on a paddle. He was rather good at it. Immediately it got the attention of Bel, who literally glomped the frog look-a-like for the little children's toy.
He was good at it too.
The two began passing it back and forth to each other, taking it in turns to see who could get the most bounces. The loser had to do whatever the winner wanted for a whole month. Naturally, with his insane desire to always win, Bel was the victor.
The paddle ball lay forgotten on the floor as the Prince dragged Fran up to his room to engage in…adult games.
Lussuria had gotten to it next, while he was cleaning up the room. He had looked at it questionably before testing it out. He wasn't the best, but after a few hits and misses he got the hang of it. His squeals of joy were very loud as he decided that he had mastered the art of the paddle ball.
Unfortunately, he had to leave it on the coffee table as he decided that he had a duty to clean the rest of the castle.
Levi was next. He picked it up by accident, stared at it and dropped it, not knowing what the hell it was.
Then it was Squalo. The damned shark picked it up and tried it out, to find that he was indeed very good at it. The toy actually managed to keep the swordsman quiet. He didn't even complain when Xanxus ordered him to his room.
The long haired commander absently walked into the boss's room, his eyes fixated on the little ball that kept bouncing up and down on the little paddle. Well, he was until Xanxus snatched the thing off of him.
'VOOII,' he roared, his voice immediately coming back when his daze broke. 'What the fuck was that for?! I was nearly up to a hundred!'
Xanxus stared at him, raising a brow slightly. 'What are you, five?' He threw the paddle ball at his desk and glared at his second in command. 'Go get me some fucking wine, trash,' he demanded, his eyes narrowed.
Squalo yelled something along the lines of '!!!' which frankly, Xanxus did not understand one bit. All he cared about was watching that nice piece of ass storm out of his room to fetch him some alcohol.
After having his fill of watching Squalo and his admittedly amazing ass, Xanxus' gaze unwittingly turned to the paddle ball. He glared at it and picked it up warily, as if it was going to bite him. He turned it around in his hands, inspecting it in boredom. What was the big deal with the damned thing anyway? The Shark trash seemed so mesmerized with it. Out of curiosity he had a go.
Wait a minute; did the ball just hit the paddle?
Xanxus tried again.
Yes, it did!
He was actually doing it. He was doing it pretty well actually.
A coy smirk worked onto his mouth as he watched the ball bounce up and down. Before he knew it he had begun counting his hits.
39, 40, 41, 42
He glared at the ball, willing it to go faster.
66, 67, 68, 69
Why did he find this so entertaining?
97, 98, 99…
Xanxus' jaw actually dropped.
How in the name of hell did his miss his hundredth bounce?
His glare deepened, and he childishly threw the paddle ball to the other side of the room.
'How'd you like that, bitch,' he yelled at it. Unfortunately, that was the exact moment that Squalo decided to walk back in.
'Voi, how'd I like what?' he asked with a glare, unaware that he just answered to the name 'bitch'. He threw the bottle of wine to Xanxus, who caught it easily. As Squalo turned to leave he caught sight of a rather peculiar image.
The paddle ball that he enjoyed so much was half-lodge into Xanxus' wall.
He turned to his boss. 'Do I want to know?'
'Fuck off.'
So that's how I'd imagine Xanxus acting towards paddle balls. I really like the idea of Squalo being silenced by one!
OK, if anyone has any ideas, or if you want me to write about Xanxus doing something crazy-related then please send in a review and tell me. I wouldn't mind writing other peoples ideas and I will put in credit to the person who comes up with one! So, yeah, please review!
