Hey guys, sorry for the wait. I'm leaving for my country in like 2 days and I've been so frickin busy e_e
Alright, so anyway, this one is courtesy of Solara Goldsun who asked for: One where young Rex accidentally called Six "Daddy". I started doing that, I really did, but somehow it ended up as this, hopefully it ended up alright regardless =]
Hawkpath: Don't we all love just love a good dose of Holix to make the day? =D And as for the fight scene, thank you, I don't write fight scenes very often and I didn't think it'd come out very well but I guess it did! Thanks! =]
Enjoy!
Agent Six sighed as he saw his ten year charge attempt to sneak up on him through the reflection on the laptop in front of him.
"What do you want, Rex?"
Upon hearing the agent's voice, Rex froze in his super-spy stealth stance and figuring he was caught anyway, opted to just making a run for the back of Six's chair and then jumping up, throwing his arms around Six's neck and resting his chin on the man's shoulder. Six noticed a small blue handball in one of Rex's hands.
And whereas a normal person would have cracked under the affection from such a sweet child, Six was completely unfazed. "I am very busy, Rex, why don't you bother-er go to Holiday instead?" he said in a perfectly monotone voice.
"Six" Rex sighed, staring off distantly "You always treat me like such a pain in the-"
"Because you are" Six replied, cutting the boy off.
Rex scrunched his nose "Now, now, I can't be that bad, I mean you do protect me for a reason. And it-"
"Rex, you're choking me" Six deadpanned. But Rex continued to rant.
"Doesn't even help that you seem to have a soft spot for me sometimes...come to think of it you have a bit of a soft spot for Holly too. But I think everyone has a soft spot for her. She's so...hot. I bet you think so too Six, because-"
"Rex, shut up" the growl went unnoticed.
"You hang out with her a lot. She hangs out with you a lot too! Come to think of it you guys are with each other almost all the time! I wonder what crazy things you guys do when I'm not around! Maybe you guys do the funnest thing there is to do around here! That'd be cool cause then you'd have to find a bed and-"
"Rex!" Six shouted. He unconsciously cleared his suddenly dry throat and loosened his tie a bit. When did it get so hot in his office?
"What?" Rex said, looking rather irritated at the person who'd just cut off his speech.
"That is...very inappropriate" Six coughed.
"What?" Rex looked at Six as though he'd grown an extra head "How is jumping on the bed, inappropriate?"
It was only years of training that stopped Six from twitching at that moment.
"I mean seriously Six, have you ever done anything more fun than jumped on a fluffy bed all day?" Rex inhaled deeply, closing his eyes. "Fun!"
Six took a deep breath and just barely stopped a palm from reaching his face. "What is it exactly that you want from me?"
Rex jumped off the back of Six's chair and walked to his side. "Wanna play catch with me?" He tossed the ball in his hand up and caught it again.
"No."
"How about-"
"No."
"What about-"
"No."
"Maybe you could-"
"No."
"Do you even want to throw me in the Petting Zoo today?"
"No. I have an enormous amount of paperwork to complete and you're not helping one bit" Six said, turning back to his work.
"Oh, come on, Six. Come on. Just a little game of catch? Throw a little ball around a few times?" Rex pouted a little, placing the handball on Six's desk and rolling it over to him. He frowned though when Six made no move towards it and allowed it to roll until it hit his laptop, changed course and rolled right off the desk.
"Ask Holiday. She'd say yes" Six said, attempting to brush the boy off.
"I can't ask Holiday" Rex said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Playing catch is something boys do with their Daddies!"
Six froze for a moment, unsure of how to respond to that. It was strange for the kid to throw out random sentiments like that and it actually caught the agent off guard. He finally came up with "I'm not your father, Rex."
"Yeah, but you're like my dad, right?" Rex said hopefully. "Because you're the only guy around here that cares about me-kinda like a...a male...male parental figure" he struggled to pronounce the last few words correctly.
"Who told you that?" Six raised a brow. How did the kid even get the impression he cared about him? That was the real thought running through Six's head. What with all the abuse and harsh words Rex had to deal with every day from the agent, the fact that he still through he cared was something to think about.
"I looked it up the word Daddy on Holly's computer the other day and it led me to this page that said, Father: A key male parental figure in a child's life. Fathers are are naturally protective, supportive, and responsible..." Rex said, suddenly looking down. "And I thought of you when I read those words. Ya' know, protective, supportive...kinda, responsible. I don't have a Dad-well I don't remember him at least. And I don't remember the things I did with him... and it feels really empty inside...not having any memories. So maybe if I made some new memories...with you...since you're kinda like my daddy...and Holly's kinda like a mommy..."
Six did his best to ignore his mind, which immediately began screaming what it meant if he was the father, Holiday was the mother and there was a kid involved. Instead he focused on how the boy's demeanor has gone from bouncing off the walls to looking down and speaking quietly. "Well...I'm busy now.."
"Please, Six!" Rex pleaded "Don't you know how special it is spending time with a dad? Didn't you ever play catch with your daddy?"
Immediately a million and one thoughts of his deceased father popped into Six's mind. But the overall thought was: Nope, he was too busy serving the country to play catch with me.
"Really?" Rex raised a brow.
"What?" Six said-and then realized he'd said that part about his father out loud. "I-yes. My father was a soldier."
"Oh...was he like you?" Rex asked in all innocence.
"Can't tell. He left when I was eight and returned when I was twice your age."
"And then?"
"Died in the nanite event two months later" Six replied coldly. And suddenly snapped back to reality; he was telling secrets he wouldn't tell to another living soul-to this boy. This boy that he was trying to get rid of mere minutes ago.
"So you've never played catch?" Rex said in disbelief.
"With my father, no. With my brother a few times, yes" Six replied, without even thinking. He was still trying to figure out what it was that was making him talk and not shoo off the boy to begin with.
"Six..." Rex said quietly "Do you have a family? Or kids?"
"No."
"Well..." Rex hesitated, fidgeting. "You've got me...a-and Holly too" he said looking up at the agent. And though Six was wearing his usual shades, he felt as though the kid was looking right through them and straight into his eyes. Straight into his soul.
"Yeah..." he choked out "I know."
"Catch?" Rex suggested with a small smile
"Not now" Six said. Now he had to find alcohol and drown out the memories he'd been working for years to forget that one little conversation had resurfaced. "Maybe later if you behave-"
"Nah, it's ok" Rex sighed, looking even more crestfallen than he originally had. "I'll just go ask Bobo-wait Bobo's not a man...maybe Callan or something..." He trailed off, heading towards the door.
Six watched Rex and suddenly felt as though he should say something. He wasn't sure what, but he felt like there was something he should be doing to help the downhearted boy walking away from him. After all that'd just happened, he couldn't just let him walk away. And besides, the kid was his charge...if his nanites shorted out or anything because of Six, he would never hear the end of it from White. Yes, that was a valid reason to do something, right? Yes of course it was-that and the thought of the poor kid trying to play catch with Callan-not a pretty image.
Six bent over and picked the handball off the floor where it had fallen near his foot. He looked at it for a moment, at the sloppily written "rEx" on it's surface in sharpie, before looking back to Rex, who was ever so slowly dragging himself out of the office, and called out "Hey..."
And just as Rex turned around, Six decided it wouldn't kill him to gently toss the ball at him.
And though Rex had to jump a little bit to catch the ball, once he came back down, with it in both his hands, the grin he gave Six as he looked up, was one to kill for. It made the agent feel strange inside...warm and tingly...as though he'd done something right. As though he'd done something great for someone he genuinely cared-No.
No, no, no. Six suddenly halted that train of thought...before he melted into a puddle of kind and concern at least. "Only a couple of throws, ok?" he told Rex, who nodded vigorously.
"Thanks, Six! I promise I won't bother you again for the next fifteen hundred hours for his!" Rex raised his arms over his arms for emphasis "Thanks a million!"
"Yeah, yeah, just throw the ball" Six rolled his eyes beneath his shades.
Jesus, he was turning into Holiday.
Alright, so how was it? I know it's a bit short and a bit rushed as well, but like I said I'm heading overseas in like two days and I've been real busy. I'm gonna try real hard to get a chapter up before I leave but no promises. Oh and I hope Six's mind wasn't too perverted in this chapter XD XD
I remember someone had requested a cute mother son thing between Holiday and Rex and I really liked that idea so I'm gonna get to that real soon as well. If it's not the next one then it'll be the one after. I promise =]
And thank you guys, for all your reviews. I'm really happy that last message actually got through. Love you guys to death, you all rock =] I'd love it if you guys could keep it up. It makes us all happy =]
Oh and on a random note, who has a cat? I have a 10 month old kitten named Xanatos and I had to leave him at a friend's house cause I'm travelling and I can't bring him along. Miss the little guy already =( Ah, just thought I'd share =] If you do have a cat, or even a dog, I'm curious, what's his or her name? =]
Reviews are love, and remember, suggestions and requests are always welcome! =]