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A/N: So, my lovelies, here you are~ the 5th chapter in 100 Days! (…LOL reading that again…it came out rather ironically xDD)
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Fai skipped across the floor of his bedroom. He hadn't felt this good in ages. And it was all thanks to a certain tall, red-eyed pirate. Fai giggled at the memories of his teasing of the man.
About 3 Days Ago…
"Play nice, Fai-san."
"Is that permission?" Fai waggled his eyebrows, "I'll take it."
With that, Fai was off to torment the poor tall man with spiky black hair and red eyes. Fai grinned a big Cheshire grin.
Kurogane instantly felt a chill run up his spine. He had a feeling his day would soon take a turn for the worse.
"Hello, good pirate," Fai said popping up behind the tall swordsman.
Kurogane jumped. "What the hell! Don't go popping out of nowhere, you damn magician!"
Fai giggled, "Now, now, that's not nice to say. We've only just met. I think you should tell me your name before you give me a pet-name." He teased.
Kurogane spluttered, and gave up. He sighed. "It's Kurogane."
Fai wrinkled his nose, "What a mouthful of a name you have, Kuro-puu!"
Kurogane's breath hitched and his temper flared. "DON'T CALL ME BY THAT! IT'S KUROGANE, DAMNIT!"
Fai, was surprised at the reaction, but was still smiling nonetheless. If you had a look in his brain you'd probably see it as an amazing opportunity to get under the guy's skin. It'd been such a long time since he had "played" like this.
"Then how about Kuro-rin? Kuro-tan? Kuro-chi? Kuro-pin?" Kurogane growled and threw up his fists.
"THAT'S IT, MAGE! I'M COMIN' FOR YOU!" Fai squealed with laughter and ran away in the other direction.
"RAWWRRR! GET BACK HERE!"
Fai, still laughing incredibly hard, had difficulty running away very fast because he was holding his sides.
"No, no, no, Kuro-wan-wan, I don't think so~!" One look at the pirate's face was all it took for Fai to drop to the floor in fits of hysterical giggles.
Suddenly, this is when Fai's magic decided to be unreasonable and sent him into the world of dreams. He was out instantly.
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Fai stood at the edge of the vision blanketed in darkness and invisible to everything. He saw himself laughing at a blurred figure in the same room. They appeared to be very close. Fai could tell, because the blurry one had a smile on his face. Even though the actions seemed to indicate the figure was angry.
The figure had his arms stretched out in a menacingly way, as if to snatch up his future self to shut him up. Future-Fai leapt up from the floor and dashed around the room, avoiding the shadow figure, but still laughing uncontrollably.
"ro-daddy!"
That's all Fai managed to hear. But now he knew, at least, that the blurry figure was male.
"FAAAIII…" The voice seemed to threaten, even though he had a large, happy smile on his face.
The blurry man lunged for Future-Fai and caught him. The man lifted him up and twirled the blonde around, then he tackled Fai onto the bed.
"Shitty mage, you done teasing now?"The gruff voice asked Future-Fai, as the man placed his arms by the blonde head in order to hold himself up.
"I don't know, ro-sama." Future-Fai grinned. "It depends. What's my punishment?" He asked in a seducing whisper.
The blurry figure growled deep in his throat. "Don't tempt me, stupid mage."
At that point, Fai jolted awake. He was at the inn still, though upstairs now. He briefly wondered who had carried him there when a deep voice said:
"You're awake."
The voice sounded a hell of a lot like the one in his vision. This, Fai decided, was not a good thing. The last thing he needed was a lover, let alone a pirate lover, and a dude, to boot. He sighed. The cryptic thoughts weren't going to get him anywhere.
"Why, if it isn't Kurgy-poo! Did you carry me up here? Thank you~" The blonde giggled.
The tall man bristled, but replied, "Yes I did, stupid mage. What made you pass out so randomly like that?"
"My my~ is Kurgs worried about me~? It was nothing!"
"Nothing, my ass. C'mon, mage, you ain't foolin' anybody."
"Aww~ but Kuro-pii, if something was wrong I would tell you!" Fai responded cheerily.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT! IT'S KUROGANE DAMNIT!"
Fai laughed boisterously. Really, Kurogane was far too much fun. It was just so incredibly amusing to see him get so worked up over just a few nicknames…that Fai couldn't help himself.
Fai got up from the bed and walked down the stairs to join everyone, apparently Kurogane followed him out.
Fai smiled to himself. That was amusing: Kurogane following him around. Almost like…a puppy dog.
"Is Kuro-puppy following his new master~?" Fai baited. He laughed quietly, knowing how ballistic the reaction would be.
"P-puppy? Master? GRRRRRRRRR! DAMN YOU, MAGE! I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!" Kurogane went full-speed ahead, fully intending on capturing the mage and wringing his neck.
Fai went hysterical with laughter. He dodged Kurogane's hands several times, and weaved in and out of the tables. Fai's entire body was trembling with giggles, especially since he knew that most of the tavern had heard Fai's question.
The pirates over in their usual spot were roaring with laughter. They were pounding their fists on the table and holding their stomachs. Fai laughed harder. Kurogane's friends had definitely heard.
"Oh, but Kuro-puppy," Fai had to gasp for breath, "you are still following me~!" Fai burst out laughing again.
Kurogane's face turned purple. Probably from embarrassment and rage. Fai couldn't tell which, though it was most likely both. At Fai's last comment Kurogane's fellow pirates started hooting and falling out of their chairs from laughing so hard.
"Maaaaaaggeeee…" Kurogane hissed menacingly. There was an evil look in his eyes.
Fai couldn't resist. "Awww~ is Kuro-puppy trying to look scawy? I'm afraid that impossible, Kuro-woof! Puppies are far too adorable!" Fai's body wracked with giggles that he desperately tried to keep inside.
The whole tavern laughed. Poor Kurogane. He would probably never be able to live this down. Kurogane's face lit up brighter than a tomato at all the snickering. This was just not his day. God, he decided, was finally punishing him for being a vagabond. He would do anything now to appease said god—if it meant ridding himself of this wretched embarrassment.
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Fai tore himself from the memory with an amused smile on his face. It was one moment he would never, ever forget. It was, after all, a memory that was happy. And he needed those few shining moments to pull him through particularly dark days.
Fai smiled. He walked out into the hallway to be greeted by Watanuki.
"Watanuki!" Fai smiled big.
Watanuki frowned. "Fai…"
Uh oh. When Watanuki sounded like that it meant he knew what you were up to. And wasn't very happy about it.
Shit. "Yes, Watanuki-san?" Fai smiled brilliantly.
"Don't smile when you don't mean it, Fai. We have a problem."
"Problem?" Fai licked his lips. Yep, he definitely didn't like where this was going.
"Yes. That bastar—eh-hem—I mean Doumeki-san might have found out my secret."
Fai's eyes widened. Oh dear. That WAS a problem. "What are you going to do?"
Watanuki bit the tip of his thumbnail, a vein started to show on his forehead. "Nothing. If I react he'll know for certain."
"Hyuu~ that's quite a problem, what do you want to do, Watanuki-san?"
Watanuki closed his eyes and leaned against the wall. "…If I had a choice…I would be on that pirate ship when it departs."
"You have a choice," Fai said gently.
Watanuki gave a small, sad smile. "You know I don't, Fai. I can't leave, or this world will break." Watanuki looked up at the ceiling with a bitter grin, his eyes distant.
Fai frowned. "What if I go in your place?"
Watanuki turned his gaze to Fai; he was shocked. "You would do that?"
Fai smiled. "Of course I would."
Suddenly, the air tensed. Magic energy spiked between the two mages and they both experienced a rather interesting spectacle…
Fai grinned up at the man two floors above him. Kurogane was hanging over the crow's nest and smirking at Fai.
"Oi, mage! Get up here!"
"Why should I do that?"
"Because! You'll be sorry if you don't." A maniacal twist shone in Kurogane's eyes. Fai got shivers down his spine. He blushed.
Fai hesitantly went up the climbing ropes.
The two mages snapped out of their trances.
"Well," they said together, "that was odd."
TBC
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A/N: so i know this is a bit shorter than the other chappies, but -shrugs- oh well. that was a nice place to end it so end it i did. now~ onto business. I really love pleasing my audience but i can't exactly know how ya'll are feelin when i don't get friendly feedback... so i won't post the next chapter unless i get AT LEAST 5 reviews! ;) shouldn't be too hard right? ... right? D: