Taking Cuts

Never trust a fairy.

Me:  "Ah, coming back from Tokyo is always such a long tri- .....  Eh!?"

Me:  "Eeeeh!?!"

Luke:  "Miss me?"

Me:  "What are you doing here!?"

Luke:  "Nice greeting."

Me:  "How did you get here!?"

Luke:  "We came in that box."

Me:  "What box!?"

Luke:  "That infernal box you stuck us in six months ago.  Remember?  It got mailed here."

Me:  "But... but I didn't ask for your box to be mailed to me...  I asked for......."

Luke:  "For what?"  ::smirk::

Me:  "You cheater!  How did you-!"

Luke:  "It was a simple matter of coercing someone into writing eight little letters after you left.  Since you told us what was going to happen beforehand, I had plenty of time to find someone and... convince them it would be worth the risk."

Me:  "I don't even want to know how you did that."

Luke:  "It's exactly what you think."

Me:  "Bad fairy!  Bad, bad fairy!"

Luke:  *laugh*

Rook:  "Are you mad....?"

Me:  *sigh*  "No...  Just worried about what Antonio's going to do to me when he finds out he wasn't shipped first."

Rook:  "I'm sorry......"

Me:  "It's not your fault.  Really."

Luke:  *snort*

Me:  "And I am happy to see you.  Welcome."

Rook:  "Oh yeah...."

Rook:  "Where are we?"

Me:  "Japan."

Rook:  "Japan..."

Me:  "Mm..  Tachi's home.  Even though he's not here...."

Rook:  "I remember.  It's pretty."

Me:  "I think you'll find most things the same, except the language.  .....  And I hope you don't prefer blondes."

Rook:  "Mm-mm.."

Rook:  "I want to go look around."

Me:  "Be careful.  Don't get lost."

Rook:  "I'll be ok."

Later

Luke:  "Meh...  Everything here sucks.  The Japanese have awful food."

Rook:  "They taste funny too."

Luke:  "Oh?"

Rook:  "Not bad, just.... different."

Luke:  "Hm."

Rook:  "You were... waiting for me?"

Luke:  "No, but I've been sleeping in that box for six months.  I don't feel like sleeping any more."

Rook:  "Oh...."

Luke:  "You've got a little~"

Luke:  ::lick::

Rook:  *whimper*

Rook:  "Will... will you share a bed with me!?"

Luke:  "I can't."

Rook:  "Oh..."

Luke:  "I mean, I have to be able to come and go during the day, so I can't share your box with you."

Luke:  "But I'll tell you what I can do."

Luke:  "I'll make my bed right here next to you, so we'll be together, even if we're not together.  Ok?"

Rook:  "Okay~"

Luke:  "Will you sit with me until the sun comes up?"

Rook:  "S-sure..."

Luke:  "Unless you're sick of me.  We were in that box together for a long time, so I'd understand."

Rook:  "No!  ...  I... could never....."

Rook:  "I think she was mad.."

Luke:  "She'll get over it."

Rook:  "Maybe you shouldn't have...."

Luke:  "Oh?  But I did it for you."

Rook:  "For me?"

Luke:  "Of course."

Luke:  "You had just gotten out of a box, and she went and put you right back in one.  How mean."

Rook:  "S-so...."

Luke:  "I did it so you could get out sooner."

Rook:  "Really?"

Luke:  "Really."

Rook:  "Thank you."

Luke:  "Anything for you.  No ulterior motives."

Rook:  "No?"

Luke:  "Nope."

Luke:  "None at all......"

To be continued.......