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laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-10-20 05:05 pm
laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-10-20 05:05 pm
Substitute [XXXHOLiC; English]
Title: Substitute
Rating: PG
Genre: Humour
Characters: Clow and Yuuko (and Cards)
Summary: Yuuko's perception skills shouldn't be underestimated.
Notes: Written for Insert Phrase.
It was unusual for Clow to be late. Yuuko wasn't exactly worried – with a presence like his, she was bound to feel it if something big happened – but she was beginning to wonder what was taking him so long. She was ready to open the sake without him, when she finally heard him enter the house.
Yuuko looked at the wizard's figure for a moment, then narrowed her eyes.
"All right," she said, "where is he, why did he send you, and what made him think I wouldn't notice?"
"I knew this would happen," Mirror sighed, defeated. "They just wouldn't listen..."
"They?"
"Clow was going to come," said the Card. "But Yue said he should stay at home. He's got a terrible headache."
"He got drunk," Yuuko corrected, gritting her teeth. "Without me."
Mirror blushed.
"Agh! That's awful!" the witch exclaimed. She sat up and poured herself a glass of sake. "Your Master and I are going to have a very serious talk, you know."
"Um, maybe I should leave, then..."
"Not yet," said Yuuko. "He's going to ask what happened here, isn't he? And you'll have to answer."
"Yes," Mirror replied, hesitating a little, "but I really don't think – "
"So you tell him," she interrupted, "that I said it's terribly selfish of him to send you just because he's had too much to drink."
"But that's what I do," the Card said, puzzled. "I'm made for this kind of things, like the boring jobs or the unpleasant visits..."
Yuuko took a gulp of her sake. Mirror looked suddenly horrified.
"Oh, no – I – I didn't mean it that way! I'm so, so sorry!"
The witch couldn't help but laugh at that. She knew it'd confuse the poor Card even further, but she couldn't control it.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"You talk like a girl," she panted.
"I am a... oh."
"Listen," Yuuko said, finally regaining her composure, "I need to ask you a favour."
"I can't do anything against him," Mirror warned her, looking suspicious. "I mean, I couldn't if I tried."
"It's not against him," the witch replied, as she waved her hand dismissively. "I just want you to give him a message."
* * *
Clow's Guardians kept giving him strange looks as he laughed at the note he'd just received, but he decided he wasn't even going to try to explain.
Idiot,
Next time you want to skip work, you could warn me about it instead of sending the poor girl. (And don't say Yue forced you to; you spoil him.) I'm not going to kill you for staying at home, after all.
I am going to kill you for not sharing the booze. Invite me next time, you greedy bastard. Or at least hide it better.
~Yuuko
P.S. – You actually look kind of cute when you blush.
Rating: PG
Genre: Humour
Characters: Clow and Yuuko (and Cards)
Summary: Yuuko's perception skills shouldn't be underestimated.
Notes: Written for Insert Phrase.
It was unusual for Clow to be late. Yuuko wasn't exactly worried – with a presence like his, she was bound to feel it if something big happened – but she was beginning to wonder what was taking him so long. She was ready to open the sake without him, when she finally heard him enter the house.
Yuuko looked at the wizard's figure for a moment, then narrowed her eyes.
"All right," she said, "where is he, why did he send you, and what made him think I wouldn't notice?"
"I knew this would happen," Mirror sighed, defeated. "They just wouldn't listen..."
"They?"
"Clow was going to come," said the Card. "But Yue said he should stay at home. He's got a terrible headache."
"He got drunk," Yuuko corrected, gritting her teeth. "Without me."
Mirror blushed.
"Agh! That's awful!" the witch exclaimed. She sat up and poured herself a glass of sake. "Your Master and I are going to have a very serious talk, you know."
"Um, maybe I should leave, then..."
"Not yet," said Yuuko. "He's going to ask what happened here, isn't he? And you'll have to answer."
"Yes," Mirror replied, hesitating a little, "but I really don't think – "
"So you tell him," she interrupted, "that I said it's terribly selfish of him to send you just because he's had too much to drink."
"But that's what I do," the Card said, puzzled. "I'm made for this kind of things, like the boring jobs or the unpleasant visits..."
Yuuko took a gulp of her sake. Mirror looked suddenly horrified.
"Oh, no – I – I didn't mean it that way! I'm so, so sorry!"
The witch couldn't help but laugh at that. She knew it'd confuse the poor Card even further, but she couldn't control it.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"You talk like a girl," she panted.
"I am a... oh."
"Listen," Yuuko said, finally regaining her composure, "I need to ask you a favour."
"I can't do anything against him," Mirror warned her, looking suspicious. "I mean, I couldn't if I tried."
"It's not against him," the witch replied, as she waved her hand dismissively. "I just want you to give him a message."
Clow's Guardians kept giving him strange looks as he laughed at the note he'd just received, but he decided he wasn't even going to try to explain.
Idiot,
Next time you want to skip work, you could warn me about it instead of sending the poor girl. (And don't say Yue forced you to; you spoil him.) I'm not going to kill you for staying at home, after all.
I am going to kill you for not sharing the booze. Invite me next time, you greedy bastard. Or at least hide it better.
~Yuuko
P.S. – You actually look kind of cute when you blush.