Ok everyone, thank Kayla for this! She inspired me this (well, half of it). Enjoy!
"Aw c'mon Razzie… please eat!" the five brothers had been trying to get their baby sister to eat her evening meal, but she just wouldn't. They assumed at first she was just being picky- every spoonful they gave her she immediately spit out, often aiming for one of their faces, making target half the time. They'd tried plums, peaches, apples, melon, grapes, and more, but every time she immediately scrunched up her face and within moments it came flying back at them. Gupta was the latest victim, angrily wiping a mixture of plum and baby spit off his face. Little Raz found humor in this, squealing in delight and clapping her hands, giggling.
"Ew…"
With the others snickering along with her, Squint managed to jumped up and shove a spoon of peach puree into her mouth. Instantly her face puckered, but before she could spit, he clamped his hands over her mouth. "Swallow it!" he ordered. "You swallow that. Right. Now!"
With an unhappy expression, slowly, audibly, she swallowed it. When she was done, he pulled back his hands, and she scrunched up her face, pink tongue poking out on disagreement. "There… finally. Was that so bad?"
In answer, the joey suddenly hiccupped once, twice… on the third time, she leaned forward and was promptly sick all over her brothers' front. Giving a happy, babyish sigh, she leaned back contently in her chair, giving them that innocent gummy smile that they just couldn't be mad at.
"Oh, yuck!" everyone laughed at the rabbit's misfortune, who was wiping what used to be food off himself, now slimy with spit and stomach juice. "Ew…" Raz kicked her feet, clapping, clearly pleased with herself, howling with laughter. "I'm… gonna go take a bath, I think." He glared at his baby sister. "Why won't you eat?!"
She looked at him, quieting. Tilting her head, she cooed, babbling in the odd language babies spoke. "Oo-a?"
"Would it kill you?!" he demanded. "C'mon, we all know you get cranky if you don't eat. I know it he knows it you know it! Why won't you eat?!" A pout crossed her face; brow creasing, eyes narrowing, lip sticking out.
Then she reached out, grabbed the spoon, and they watched as she stuck it into the mash, and shoved it into her mouth. Then she smiled, continuing to do it as quick as she could, shoveling peaches into her mouth, happily swallowing mouthful after mouthful.
"Wouldja lookit that?" Gupta murmured, chuckling. "She just wanted ta feed herself!"
"That doesn't explain why she threw up on me!" Raz grinned at him, sticky fruit on her face, swallowing another spoonful. Full, she set the spoon down, giggling and nodding, applauding herself. Her brothers joined, clapping for her victory.
However, Squint stopped as, suddenly, her half-full bowl came flying at him and he was doused in sticky peach puree. "Oh come on!"
…
"Yer a real pain in the neck, ya know that?" She nodded proudly, her smile annoyingly innocent. Squint sighed, still trying the scrub the smell of baby spit up and peaches out of his fur. It didn't help his mood that his baby sister had followed him, and had plunked herself down on the floor to watch. Her curious stare made him feel a tad uncomfortable and flawed. "Ugh, sisters." In response, she giggled at him, shoving a thumb in her mouth, slurping on it. He rolled his eyes. Her (successful) attempts to be cute never failed.
Once he was done, or at least partly satisfied, he jumped up out of the warm water and shook off. His sister cooed curiously and went cross eyed as a drop landed on her nose. She rubbed at her face curiously, a smile playing across her lips. "…Ya like water, Razzie?" she nodded excitedly, babbling. Though she couldn't yet talk, she understood when they talked to her pretty well. She knew her name and those of her brothers; she knew different colors and had figured otmany different gstures to indicate simple responses.
Experimentally, he stuck a hand back in the water and flicked a finger at her. She giggled as a few drops speckled her face. Rubbing it off, she held her hands out in what meant 'Do it again!'. "Ok…" he did as she asked, splashing her, her happy squeals of approval ringing in the air. "What is it with you and water, kid?"
"I'onno."
He almost fell over. In shock, he stumbled away from her, eyes bugging. "D- Did you just…"
"I'onno." Gasping, her hands flew up to her mouth, a wide grin forming.
"What…"
"I'onno! I'onno!" she chimed, clearly proud of herself. "I'onno!"
She was confused when her brother bolted from the room, but merely continued singing "I'onno, I'onno!" to herself.
…
"Are you sure?"
"'Course!"
"And what did she say xactly?"
"Well, I dunno. Bu' she said something."
Suddenly Raz found herself surrounded by her seven brothers, staring at her. "Razzie?" Flynn asked. "Razzie, didja really? Didja talk?"
She shrugged, a cheeky grin on her face. "I'onno."
Ok, in my defense, I never said these one shots would be long! They might be longer than these, might be much shorter! They're just snippets! I'm considering making this into a snippet collection! Should I?