Notes:
Hey Everyone! Zancrowe Here!
And I'm back witches! Granted, I was never intending to retire from fanfics, hence the Poll and all the announcements, but this little work is an extra. Basically me polishing my writing skills by attempting something I have never done: Drabbles! So if you wanted just a little more from the Nouvelle-verse, this is for you! They are also (mostly) pretty standalone, so if you never read or cared for Nouvelle or Classique, you can read (most of them) just fine!
So while I work on my next big project, please enjoy these drabbles, and they are taken from a list of prompts created by Tumblr User: mouserzwuzhere, and there's a total of 101 of them. My intent is four (4) per "chapter", with the last remaining prompt as a standalone. And, if you are curious about the title of this fic, well, maybe this old Wedding Rhyme can offer a clue:
"Something Old (Classique), Something New (Nouvelle), Something Borrowed, Something BLUE, and A Sixpence In Your Shoe."
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Drabble #1 / 101: "Will you please just give me a hand?"
Pairing: Soma / Erina
"Now then, any questions?" Erina asked the classroom she and Soma had been assigned to give a lecture to, or rather, Soma had and she went along to make sure he actually did the lecture properly and didn't just torment the First Years with his experiments. When she saw every single student raise their hand, however, she rolled her eyes and added, "About the lecture, not about my relationship status."
Almost all hands instantly went down. All except for one.
"I don't trust you," Soma added, signaling to the side, at the student, "Put your hand down Loren. I ain't falling for it."
"Oh come on! Coward…" the boy said with mischievous little laugh.
Erina sighed, and moved back to pick up all the equipment they had used, since it was clear all these kids were more interested in gossip than in their studies (except for those who she knew had understood everything perfectly, like Raymond, Berta or Cilla). Still, Erina began to grab their things, while Soma chatted a bit with the kids, and she really didn't want him blabbering anything private, so… "Soma… Will you please just give me a hand?"
He turned to her and clapped.
The First Years all laughed, as did he, while she had to refrain from throwing a frying pan on his head.
"You know what I mean!"
Soma pushed himself away from Mitsuru's desk and reached where Erina was, bending down next to her and picking everything up. She wanted to complain, since she knew he adored teasing her even in public, but… if he wanted to play it that way, then two could play that game. As he stood up, holding most of the equipment she extended her hand to him.
"Help your girl up?" she teased, since the one thing she knew flustered him, ironically enough, was cutesy displays in public, despite lewd ones not bothering him at all. So she'd use that for all it was worth, but to her surprise, he took her hand gently and pulled her up with a little more force that she anticipated, ending with her rested against his chest, her face bright red, the whole class suggestively whistling at the two, and him with that damn smirk that annoyed her so much yet she adored even more.
"Anything for my girl," he said as he knowingly, intentionally traced his thumb over her ring finger and the gem therein. The reminder was enough to cause her to malfunction, and for the official score of their little flirting game to be updated to…
Erina: 8 – Soma: 13
…At least according to the little point chart Berta and Cilla were using to keep track of the academy's ultimate power couple.
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Drabble #2 / 101: "Why is there a drunk man sleeping in the bathtub?"
Pairing: Shun / Ryoko
The last thing Ryoko expected to find when she went to one of the Polar Star Dormitories smaller bathrooms late in the morning after the intense party they all had thrown the night before to celebrate their four First Years being selected for the Autumn Election preliminaries, was a drunk guy passed out on the small bathtub. She should have used the main baths…
"Why is there a drunk man sleeping in the bathtub?" she asked, turning to Shun, who was just walking down the halls, and who gave pause, turning, and sighing.
"…Oh, this is where he went," Shun noted dryly, and Ryoko just stared, wanting an explanation, now, "I'll deal with him," he added, and walked towards the tub, and with no mercy, turned to cold water on.
The dude yelped, instantly rushing out, slipping, and landing face-first onto the floor. He groaned, sat up, and stared at the two. "…That's cruel cousin."
"Get out Tommy," Shun voiced, firmly, before he turned to Ryoko, "Sorry, this is my second cousin Tommy Revolver. He came here yesterday to apologize for all the trouble he helped cause."
"That's his actual name?"
"…Yes," was all Shun said, before he turned to Tommy, "And you're forgiven, now get out."
"Oh show some mercy you cruel kid…" Tommy begged, and Ryoko was so close to just calling Fumio… or the police. "But fine, I'll go. That rice juice was really something, I'll tell you that."
"You can thank my girlfriend for it," Shun noted, and still, Ryoko pouted. She wasn't used to him using that term so freely with her. Tommy, however, turned to her, and gave an impressed nod of acknowledgement.
"That was yours? Fancy stuff little lady," he noted, and she had to hold down the scoff, "And girlfriend? Wow, no wonder you wanted to defend this place so furiously and kicked my ass cousin, always knew that haircut meant something."
"Out," Shun just pulled him up by the jacket, and despite Tommy's protests, just literally kicked him out of the bathroom and shoved him to where the main exit was, while also telling him he'd call for Christmas or something. Ryoko wouldn't ask. But when Shun did return, she couldn't quite hide the look of just… something in her eyes, "Sorry. I assure you, he's harmless."
"It's fine… kinda, but…" she noted, tilting her head to the side, and bit her lower lip, "Defended this place so furiously huh? Was that really mostly for little old me?"
"…Back then, it was… I mean…"
She shut him up with a soft kiss, which made him, like always, flinch, as she smiled into the kiss, and as she pulled back, her knowing smirk was ever present, "I'll keep that detail in mind."
A smile, a wink, and she shut the door on his face. Shun couldn't help but let out a little laugh at this, while shaking his head. Such a troublesome girl, and yet, oh so worth it.
'…Yeah, all for you. Always you.'
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Drabble #3 / 101: "How could anyone be that cruel?"
Pairing: Ryou / Alice
"How could anyone be that cruel?" Alice said with a pout, pacing around Ryou's room, as the boy just sat on his bed, his eyes lazily following her steps along. She was insulted, heck, she was affronted! Because, of course, "I swear, if Erina picks Hisako over me to be the Maid of Honor I will flip a table!"
"…Alice, they just announced it," Ryou tried, but he knew his girlfriend was taking this very seriously, "Isn't it too soon to begin arguing about this?"
"No!" she shot back, childishly, "This is serious! I adore Hisako, but no!"
"Hisako is the sister…" Ryou offered, but the glare Alice shot him made him bite down on that argument and instead, "You're jumping the gun. I think you've given this more thought than Milady Erina herself has."
"Of course! Because I know her! She's going to just push me aside! Make me a bridesmaid or whatever, but no, I refuse!" Alice noted, stomping her foot, "I did not cry out to the winds how much I loved Erina, even making a hashtag symbol with my fingers to Protect Erina to get… replaced!"
"She hasn't even mentioned it…"
"I swear, if she doesn't pick me, when we get married, I'm not picking her!"
"…Don't pretend. You're picking her."
"…Yeah, I'm picking her," Alice lamented, "And that's why it hurts! I won't stand for this!"
"Milady Erina won't leave you astray," Ryou assured, and took gentle hold of Alice's arm, and pulled her to him, sitting her on his lap, as she was still glaring but it did make her give pause and blush a bit, "You know she isn't as expressive as you are –"
"Funny way to say she's mean as all shit!"
"…Or that," Ryou just moved along, "But she still adores you, and she won't just toss you aside. Trust her, and please, let her and Soma be happy with all of this for now. They certainly fought hard for it."
Alice just sighed, before she rested her head on Ryou's chest. "…Fine, I'll wait, but I swear, if she doesn't bring the subject up, I will."
He laughed. "Yeah, yeah, I'd figured," he noted, and as he caressed her hair with his fingers, which made her melt in his arms, he added, with genuine curiosity, "Also… did you just mention our potential wedding?"
The response Alice gave him was the equivalent of a keyboard smash in spoken form. He didn't understand a single syllable she said, but her face, how red it got and how she instantly hid herself by burying herself onto his jacket said more than enough.
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Drabble #4 / 101: "Where did that cat come from?"
Pairing: Eishi / Rindou
Currently returning to the rented place they shared until they left for whatever exotic place his girlfriend wanted next, Eishi set aside his tools before he noticed something strange in the house. It was quiet, too quiet. Eishi frowned, and took a few careful steps and peeked into the kitchen, finding nothing, then turning and reaching their bedroom, also finding nothing, before he turned and –
There was a cat on his face!
"What the…?!" he cried out, backing up, before he noticed that the cat was being held by Rindou, who had a very naughty smirk in her face, having enjoyed her little prank a lot it would seem.
"Literal cat scare, huh?" she boasted, before she set the cat down on the floor, and it just laid there, lazily.
"Where did that cat come from?" Eishi just blurted out, before he turned from the cat to Rindou, "You are not cooking it."
"What? No! I'm not cooking this kitty," she said with a pout, "I actually found her on my walk back here from the pharmacy, and she looked so lost and afraid, so I just couldn't leave her there! Let's keep her!"
"R-Rin… we're constantly moving from one place to another, you can't be serious…" he tried, but she just pouted harder.
"And? She's small. She counts as carry-on luggage."
"They don't allow pets here."
"Things are illegal only if the police get involved."
"That is so not how that works."
"Come on, please," she now turned to pleading with her cutesy tone and wide eyes, and he frowned, since she knew he would always bend to that, "When have I ever asked you for something like this?"
"…You made me keep a crocodile…"
"That was an ingredient! I cooked it! This is different!"
"Yes, a week later, but it got out. At night. I woke up to it chasing me!"
"Look, the kitty won't try to eat you…" she proposed, and Eishi wanted so hard to, for once, just say 'no' and be done with it, but, like always…
"Oh, fine, alright. But it's your responsibility. You better know how to take care of a kitten."
"Oh, how hard can they be? I take care of you every day, don't I?"
Eishi just gave her a little tilt of his head, indirectly saying 'ha, ha' to her, before he took a deep breathe, and added, "Just… promise me, no more surprise guests, deal?"
Rindou actually gave a little pause, her eyes widening for a slight second, before she gave him a warm smile and nodded. "Sure thing…" she said, and while he was sure she didn't mean it at all, her soft and gentle tone caught him by surprise. It made him drop the subject, and as he moved away, Rindou just stared at him for a few seconds…
…the pregnancy test on the bathroom's counter still clearly marked as positive.
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