all that jazz
theme 01: platonic love
It's Elena who named the baby.
… the chocobo baby.
It's Elena who named the chocobo baby.
Rude was bemused, Reno disproved.
Elena, oblivious, cooed at the yellow-feathered creature, nuzzling her cheek against the cute bird.
"Have no worries, we're going to take care of you. 'Cause we're a happy family and we'll always love you. And if not us, then Rufus. You'd never know it, but he's a softie at heart. Provided you can use your secret weapon: those large eyes, and a soft kweh! He'll be wrapped around your feathers in no time. It works miracles for me."
Rude, unmoved by this heart-warming scene, wondered if their latest addition to the 'family' was actually storing the information for future purposes.
Reno, warily stepping closer to the two of them, was slowly becoming drawn the allure of innocent radiance.
"Aw, would ya look at that…" Emerald eyes glossed, once the chocobo baby met his eyes and chirped happily. "Maybe it's not such a bad idea, after all…"
It was too late for Reno to be saved from the monster of adorability.
Rude shook his head, not amused and not swayed.
He was a man made of steel, and would not crumble.
"C'mon on, Rude, join us." All three of them pleaded, communicating through their shiny eyes. "Just say yes!"
Well… steel can melt…
"…" Hesitating, he took a step back. "Will you at least consider changing the name?"
"Why should I?" Elena pouted, tickling the feathery creature under its neck. "I named my teddy bear that when I was a child."
"But…" Hesitating on his reply, Rude sighed. "… it's so random."
"Doesn't matter. We've never wanted normality, after all." Reno shrugged, waving the complaint away, and gazing adoringly at the snuggling baby bird.
"When we introduce our latest recruit—"
"Oh, recruit, is it?" Tiredly, Rude rubbed his eyes.
"—trust me, Rufus' not going to care about the name." Elena finished. "Or should we… mention… how we stumbled across our new friend?"
"… no. Alright. We're keeping her, solely for the purpose of being our mascot." Rude finally agreed, the steel finally succumbing to heat, now a puddle.
Rufus and Tseng must never know that he screamed, and was stuck in a tree, because he was terrified of a wailing fiend. It didn't help that the darkness and ominous sounds of lightning were there too. Reno and Elena snickered, trying, and failing spectacularly, to hide their laughter behind coughing fits, when they discovered the identity of the fiend… promptly falling in love with it.
Slightly uncomfortable, Rude quickly added. "… no harm must come to… Spuhluka."
Reno and Elena shared sneaky grins, giving each other high-fives.
"You've learnt how to blackmail him excellently." Reno smirked. "And come up with such an original name too."
"I learn from the best." Doing a gentle jig, she looked at young baby Spuhluka, her hazel eyes blinking slowly, before sparkling once more.
"Oh, look, Spuhluka's finally asleep…" Reno rested his hand on Elena's shoulder, peering at the slumbering chocobo baby.
Unable to resist any longer, Rude inched forward to obtain a better look.
… it is very cute.
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