Tumblr word prompt by awesomeasusual. In which Black Star's a brat and Tsubaki is lovely, as usual.
loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative;wordy.
"Does he ever stop talking?" Maka whispered to Soul.
"Never ever," Soul hissed back disapprovingly before ripping into his apple. Maka hummed in irritation and propped her chin on her hand, staring at Black Star in consternation. Right now, the blue-haired boy was trying to wheedle Stein into giving him stronger fuel for his firebreathing. Thankfully, the scientist was refusing.
Soul grimaced as Black Star gave a particularly high-pitched whine. "Please! Please please please! Come on, if you can brew up moonshine as strong as you do then I know you've got something amazing I could use for my firebreathing! Please?"
"Dear god," Maka mumbled, putting her forehead down against the tabletop. Everyone else in the mess tent appeared to share her sentiments.
Stein took a ferocious gulp of his coffee, apparently unfazed by the visible steam curling up from it, and said stoutly, "No. I refuse categorically. You've no talent for it and you'll burn us all to the ground in a minute."
Black Star gave a great, wounded gasp that seemed entirely authentic. "What? You're joking, aren't you? I haven't lit anything on fire in days! Please? Please? That's not fair, Stein, you can't science up something incredible and not share it!"
"When did I ever admit to having invented anything like what you're speaking of?" Stein grumbled darkly.
Black Star skipped around the table and squatted down on the bench beside Stein, the better to stare at him. His begging devolved into a steady sequence of drawn-out pleas interspersed with a few colorful insults and some inhuman moans, all of which Stein ignored.
"What willpower," Maka said in astonishment, apparently referring to Stein. "I'd have thrown Black Star through a wall ten minutes ago."
"Well, you're a naturally bloodthirsty person," Soul said absently. She scowled at him for a moment before turning back to Black Star and his increasingly desperate cajoling.
"My ears are going to fall off," Mira muttered from across the table.
"If I weren't already dead I'd beg one of you to kill me," Sid agreed dourly. Even Blair looked irritated.
But then Black Star stopped his rantings mid-syllable, and it was so astoundingly wonderful that the whole tent looked up to see what had finally shut him up.
Tsubaki, standing in the doorway, blinked as everyone's gaze fell on her. The silence was almost dizzying. "Hello," she said sweetly, smiling. There was an audible thump as Black Star tried to leap off the bench, caught his foot, and smacked facefirst into the ground.
"Oh," Maka said mischievously to Soul. "I think we know the only thing that can distract him now!"