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laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-06-20 04:09 pm
laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-06-20 04:09 pm
A Present [XXXHOLiC; English]
Title: A Present
Rating: G
Genre: Humour
Pairings: Clow/Yuuko
Summary: A present from Clow Reed is never just what it looks like.
Notes: Written for Insert Phrase.
A Present
Yuuko inspected the pair of beautiful, silver-coloured shoes very carefully. They seemed to be completely safe; at least, there weren’t any spells that she could detect. But it was still a suspicious matter.
When Clow Reed randomly showed up in your garden with a smile and a present, it had to be a suspicious matter.
“I promise I didn’t jinx them,” he said after a few minutes, sounding much too amused to be trusted. She looked up and glared at him.
“All right, let’s suppose for a moment that you haven’t done anything to these,” she said, waving one of the shoes in front of his face. “What did you do?”
“Nothing,” he assured her. “Not everything I give you is a way to make up for something I did.”
“So you decided to start making up for things you’re going to do later?”
Clow sighed in a dramatic way.
“Why is it so difficult to believe that I merely wanted to bring you a present?”
“Why?” she snorted. “Because you have never in your life done anything without getting something in exchange, that’s why.”
“My dear Yuuko,” he replied in a calm voice, “you must be confusing me with yourself.”
She gritted her teeth, controlling the sudden need to yell at him- she wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. Not this time.
“I know you’re getting something out of this,” she said. “I just know it.”
“How about the pleasure of seeing a beautiful woman wearing the beautiful shoes that I bought for her?”
Yuuko didn’t believe him for a second. She crossed her arms and glared at him. He stared back.
Five minutes later, she was beginning to get bored.
“What do you want?” she asked at last.
“Try them on for me,” he said with his most charming smile. “Please?”
She considered her position. It was a sensible request, she could get done with it quickly, and she had already checked that there weren’t any weird spells on the shoes. It couldn’t hurt to put them on for a moment.
And if it did, it would hurt him a lot more when she got back at him. It was a win-win situation.
Something was very, very suspicious about it.
However, Yuuko was willing to put an end to it soon. She sat down, took off her slippers, and put on her new silver shoes.
“There,” she said. “Happy?”
“Very much so,” Clow replied, smiling.
It was strange, but she started to wonder if maybe there wasn’t any catch this time. The shoes were beautiful, and he had been telling the truth about their lack of jinxes. What if it was all truth, for once?
She knew him, after all. She had seen how he was with his Guardians and with the Mokonas. He could get all sappy and sentimental, sometimes…
“You look gorgeous.”
…and then, of course, he had to go and make it all look suspicious again.
“That’s it,” she told him. “Spill it.”
Clow looked at her with his most innocent expression -the one that usually meant he had put something in her sake- but he couldn’t hold it for long, and he chuckled.
“I knew you weren’t paying attention,” he said, “when I read that book to Soel and Larg…”
Yuuko stared at him.
“What does a children’s book have to do with anything, and why would I pay attention to it?”
“Because then you would know about silver shoes,” he said, grinning, “and the Wicked Witch of the East.”
This time, she did yell.
Author’s Notes: I know most of us picture red shoes when thinking about the Wizard of Oz; but they were silver in the book, and that’s what Clow would have been familiar with. And Clow would so read the Mokonas a book about a girl who travelled around with three strange friends and a fluffy mascot…
Rating: G
Genre: Humour
Pairings: Clow/Yuuko
Summary: A present from Clow Reed is never just what it looks like.
Notes: Written for Insert Phrase.
Yuuko inspected the pair of beautiful, silver-coloured shoes very carefully. They seemed to be completely safe; at least, there weren’t any spells that she could detect. But it was still a suspicious matter.
When Clow Reed randomly showed up in your garden with a smile and a present, it had to be a suspicious matter.
“I promise I didn’t jinx them,” he said after a few minutes, sounding much too amused to be trusted. She looked up and glared at him.
“All right, let’s suppose for a moment that you haven’t done anything to these,” she said, waving one of the shoes in front of his face. “What did you do?”
“Nothing,” he assured her. “Not everything I give you is a way to make up for something I did.”
“So you decided to start making up for things you’re going to do later?”
Clow sighed in a dramatic way.
“Why is it so difficult to believe that I merely wanted to bring you a present?”
“Why?” she snorted. “Because you have never in your life done anything without getting something in exchange, that’s why.”
“My dear Yuuko,” he replied in a calm voice, “you must be confusing me with yourself.”
She gritted her teeth, controlling the sudden need to yell at him- she wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. Not this time.
“I know you’re getting something out of this,” she said. “I just know it.”
“How about the pleasure of seeing a beautiful woman wearing the beautiful shoes that I bought for her?”
Yuuko didn’t believe him for a second. She crossed her arms and glared at him. He stared back.
Five minutes later, she was beginning to get bored.
“What do you want?” she asked at last.
“Try them on for me,” he said with his most charming smile. “Please?”
She considered her position. It was a sensible request, she could get done with it quickly, and she had already checked that there weren’t any weird spells on the shoes. It couldn’t hurt to put them on for a moment.
And if it did, it would hurt him a lot more when she got back at him. It was a win-win situation.
Something was very, very suspicious about it.
However, Yuuko was willing to put an end to it soon. She sat down, took off her slippers, and put on her new silver shoes.
“There,” she said. “Happy?”
“Very much so,” Clow replied, smiling.
It was strange, but she started to wonder if maybe there wasn’t any catch this time. The shoes were beautiful, and he had been telling the truth about their lack of jinxes. What if it was all truth, for once?
She knew him, after all. She had seen how he was with his Guardians and with the Mokonas. He could get all sappy and sentimental, sometimes…
“You look gorgeous.”
…and then, of course, he had to go and make it all look suspicious again.
“That’s it,” she told him. “Spill it.”
Clow looked at her with his most innocent expression -the one that usually meant he had put something in her sake- but he couldn’t hold it for long, and he chuckled.
“I knew you weren’t paying attention,” he said, “when I read that book to Soel and Larg…”
Yuuko stared at him.
“What does a children’s book have to do with anything, and why would I pay attention to it?”
“Because then you would know about silver shoes,” he said, grinning, “and the Wicked Witch of the East.”
This time, she did yell.
Author’s Notes: I know most of us picture red shoes when thinking about the Wizard of Oz; but they were silver in the book, and that’s what Clow would have been familiar with. And Clow would so read the Mokonas a book about a girl who travelled around with three strange friends and a fluffy mascot…