Note from rarmaster: So... I realized earlier today that my Spanish was a bit rusty. Too rusty for comfort. So, I remembered that I had intended to write a scene such as this, I sat myself down and just went ahead and wrote it. If you want to know what the heck everyone is saying in this, pop over to my blog, I'll have a translation up.
btw, all the stuff in italics is Japanese, with the exception of the sentence "no es nada"
Note from magik: so... chapter 50. This takes place no where in particular in the timeline, btw. Rar and I just decided to post it now. It was only after we decided that that I realized this is chapter 50. Enjoy something funny, guys!
"6, please, listen to me," 7 said, calmly.
"¡No comprendo a usted!" 6 replied. "¡Si quiere hablar conmigo, necesita hablar en Español!"
7 groaned, and 6 continued ranting in Spanish about… something. No one knew what he was talking about, because no one could understand a word he said.
"I'm beginning to think this is pointless…" 7 muttered, rubbing his head.
"What is?" Riku asked.
"Getting through to 6. He won't stop speaking Spanish, and every time any of us tries to talk to him, he-"
"Says that he can't understand you, and if you want to talk to him you'll have to speak Spanish," Riku finished.
7 threw a glance at Riku, a bit confused. "You can understand him?" he asked, and there was a bit of hope in his voice.
"Uhm…." Riku blinked a few times, suddenly wishing he hadn't said anything. "Lucky guess?" he said, slowly.
7 glared. "No it's not. You understand him!"
"Why does that sound like you're accusing me?" Riku asked.
7's glare deepened. "Get him to stop!" he hissed.
Riku sighed. "You want him to stop? Fine." He turned in 6's direction. "¡Oí! ¡Seis!"
6 turned, looking excited. "¿Si?"
"¡Habla en Inglés por favor!"
"¡No quiero!"
Riku glared.
"What did he say?" 7 asked.
"He says he doesn't want to…" Riku replied. He scratched his cheek. "Lemme try something else. ¡Seis!"
"¿Si?"
"Nosotros queremos comprenderlo," Riku explained. "Y ellos no pueden comprenderlo porque ellos no comprenden Español. Y yo no quiero traducir para ellos. Por tanto, ¿puede hablar en Ingles por favor?"
"¿Para usted?" 6 asked.
Riku made a face. "Sure…"
6 raised his eyebrows.
"Si," Riku clarified, rolling his eyes.
"Lo haría… pero… No puede. Lo siento. No puedo hablar en Inglés más."
"Seriously?"
6 stared.
Riku groaned. "¿En serio?"
"Tristemente, si," 6 replied with a sad shake of his head.
"What?" 7 asked, clueless.
"He, apparently, can't speak English anymore," Riku explained.
"Does he know why?"
Riku glared. "I am not going to keep doing this for you."
"Just for right now," 7 said. "We might be able to figure out what's wrong with him, and then fix it."
Riku sighed. "¿Usted sabe por qué?"
6 thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Ahh… no. No sé."
Riku turned to 7. "He doesn't know."
"I figured."
"¿Por qué quiere saber?"
"Siete quiere arreglarlo," Riku replied.
"¿Y si no quiero ser arreglar?"
Riku turned to 7. "He says he doesn't want to be fixed."
7 stared. "You weren't supposed to tell him—urgh…"
Riku shrugged.
"How are we supposed to fix him, anyway, without full access to the Program?"
"I'd figure something out…"
Riku chuckled and turned back to 6. "¡Lo triste! ¡Siete no le gusta cuando nosotros hablamos en Español!¡El quiere comprendernos! Ah, ¡pobre él!"
6 laughed, too. "Si, ¡pobre él! Podríamos hablar en Español más!"
"You're talking about me, aren't you?" 7 asked.
"No," Riku replied.
7 frowned. "I see you smirking. Besides, I don't need to know everything about Spanish to know that 'siete' means 'seven'. You were talking about me!"
"Creo que estamos molestándolo," Riku told 6.
6 nodded his agreement.
"Riku?"
He turned.
"Ah! Namine! Como-" He paused, then shook his head. "Sorry. What's up?"
She laughed. "I was going to ask you the same," she replied.
"Oh, 6 is just speaking Spanish for some odd reason, and I'm the only one who can understand him," Riku said. "It's nothing, really."
"¡Namine!" 6 called. "¡Creo que Riku le gustas!"
"Hey!"
"What did he say?" Namine asked.
"Nothing," Riku said, quickly. "Right, seis? ¡No es nada!"
6 laughed. "No es necesario ser tímido! Usted puede-"
"Shut up!"
"Lo siento, Riku. Si quiere que yo terminar, necesita decirme en Español."
Riku glared. "¡Cállate!"
"¿Por qué?" 6 asked. "Si le gusta, debería decirlo. ¿Por qué esconderlo? No veo el punto de escondiendo. Además, actuando como esta, ella va a notar muy pronto. Pienso que sería mejor si-"
"Damare!" Riku shouted. "Bakayaro."
6 froze, looking slightly horrified and possibly like he was going to cry.
Riku swallowed.
"What did you just say?" Namine asked.
Riku didn't answer.
"I don't know what it was," 7 told her. "But it sounded rude."
Riku swallowed again. "You didn't— Usted no comprendió lo ¿verdad?"
6 only sniffled.
"Gomen'nasai," Riku said, rubbing his head. "Watashi wa-"
6 glared slightly.
"Eh? You want-" Riku paused, then frowned. "¿Quiere que yo explico en Español? Pero pienso que- ah… Español no tiene el vocabulario que-" He sighed. "Perdón, seis. Estuve enojado y quise que se callara. No dije en serio. Perdón."
"Es- está bien…" 6 said, slowly.
Riku stared. Was that… a smile on 6's face?
"Usted no comprendió me." It was not a question, it was a statement.
6 broke out into a full grin and shook his head.
Riku's stare quickly became a glare.
"Ore wa omae o kirai," he muttered.
"¿Qué?"
"No me gusta a usted…" Riku shook his head in disgust. "Usted realmente me hizo pensar-"
"¿Qué dígame?" 6 interrupted.
Riku paled. "Ah… Tiene razón. Está bien."
"¡Bueno!" 6 turned and started off. "¡Adiós Señor Enojadizo!" he called over his shoulder.
Riku stared after 6, confused.
"What did he just call you?" Namine asked, laughing slightly.
"Mr. Irritable," Riku replied slowly.
Namine stifled a snort. 7 flat out laughed.
Riku settled on glaring after 6.