No song today. Was listening to some narrative let's play.
It was a hot day of summer. Very hot day in fact, and the sun was burning almost everything in Menagerie. That though didn't prevent one of the most important event of Menagerie's summer to be completely crowded. The mains riverbanks were packed with perhaps hundred of Faunuses, all cheering and encouraging the five competitors that had their eyes fixed on the water. One of them was a dolphin, another was a fox, next to him stood a bear and the last two were felines, a white tiger and a cat. Said cat was Blake, and she was having a hard time focusing on the water with Yang cheering her from the side.
She was determined to win this year again. She couldn't let her place of best Fish Hunter go, even if it meant that she had to embarrass herself in front of her girlfriend. In any normal time, she would have felt no shame hunting fish bare-handed as it was a family tradition. But now that there was a witness… deep in her heart she felt a hesitation. Would she really let herself act so bold and let her instincts take full control when she had tried as hard as she could to impress Yang?
A silvery shining interrupted her line of thoughts, as she automatically modified her stance to get closer to the river, knowing that each and every one of her opponents had seen this shining too. As her eyes trailed on the water, she suddenly forgave the brilliant fish, as a more discreet one was sliding and twisting on the rocky river bed… A more discreet, and more importantly, twice as big. The crowd had silenced a little while ago, knowing that the heart of the competition was beating right now, and at almost exactly the same moment, every opponent abruptly dived into the water, all using their animal heritage at their best. For a few seconds, they all remained under the water, grasping around and preying for the biggest fish that had the misfortune to find itself between their claws.
Then they all emerged from the river, all proudly exhibiting their catch. As the elder approached to judge each catch by its rarity and size, Blake tried her best to keep a straight face and not dwell in embarrassment even though she was holding a fish between her teeth. The gigantic eel that she had spotted earlier was firmly held in her hands, but she hadn't resisted the urge to catch the carp that was stupid enough to pass in front of her while she was catching the eel. As the judges of the contest all admitted that Blake had won without a doubt, catching an extra fish and having in her hand the biggest fish of all five competitors, her loud whistling was heard over the crowd cheering.
"That's my Blakey!" Yang's voice rose proudly, while the blondie herself started crossing the river to join the group.
Blushing fiercely, Blake had a thought time keeping the two fishes, knowing full well that it would inevitably lead to a full load of Yang-styled puns. Finally managing to hold the eel with one hand, she freed herself from the carpy gag only to realize that she had absolutely nothing to say.
"Cat got your tongue Blakey?" Yang mocked, having completely forgotten that half of Kuo Kuana was watching them
Blake opened her mouth to answer but was silenced by Yang's lips pressing against her. Closing her eyes, she too forgot the whole public around, fading herself into the kiss. There was still one rational part of her silently praying that her parents weren't around, even if that would only delay the inevitable… When Yang finally pulled away, she had a mischievous grin plastered on her face.
"Think your parents will notice that our situation is… fishy?" the sunny dragon said, visibly very proud of her pun.
Quarter of the way done! And I wrote this three hours late. I should really discipline myself. Anyway… once again it's a bit far-fetched, but I've been wanting to write this since I saw a fan art of Blake in a fish-hunting contest. How about review answering?
SomeRandoFromTX : Yeah, I too want to play that game now… The more I wrote it, the more I realized it could really be awesome. And yeah of course, winners don't do drugs. Never wanted to pass another message, should have been a little more careful around 'High' right? About Steven Universe, if you're interested then go watch it, it's a really good series. Now my propaganda work is done, where's my money? Ah yeah that's right, I didn't do that for money…
Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you tomorrow !
