Kansaki Sou - Working Late [KenEd]
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scriveynerTitle: working late
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist, Rurouni Kenshin, Fairy Tail
AU: Musebox
Characters/Pairing: Kenshin/Ed, Happy
Rating: T
Length: 635
Summary: It was seven o’clock on a Saturday. Edward shuffled his feet, hands in his pockets as he stood in place on the sidewalk. Kenshin was closing up at the book shop tonight, he would not be done until closer to eight and Edward thought he would be chivalrous and show up to walk his boyfriend home. What he got for his troubles was Kenshin shoving him right back out the door of the shop, hissing under his breath “I told you not to come in here!” and slamming the door behind him.
It was seven o’clock on a Saturday. Edward shuffled his feet, hands in his pockets as he stood in place on the sidewalk. Kenshin was closing up at the book shop tonight, he would not be done until closer to eight and Edward thought he would be chivalrous and show up to walk his boyfriend home. What he got for his troubles was Kenshin shoving him right back out the door of the shop, hissing under his breath “I told you not to come in here!” and slamming the door behind him. Edward sulked about on the sidewalk directly outside the store for a good ten minutes, directing injured glares at Kenshin through the glass, before moving on up the street.
Kenshin didn’t have to be so RUDE about it. Edward knew Kenshin liked to keep him out of book stores in general and the book shop that he worked at in particular – but it wasn’t like Edward was going to DO anything. Maybe browse a few books and look around while waiting for Kenshin to finish up his closing duties. He wasn’t a little kid, he didn’t need to be supervised all the damn time.
But Kenshin got weird about his job, and Edward could appreciate that even if he didn’t understand it. Didn’t mean he still wasn’t going to give him hell on the walk home, but he could at least appreciate it.
The small little town had grown a lot more recently. Edward lingered in front of the window at R + E Repair, but the shop was dark. They didn’t keep much by the way of operating hours, most of the time it was only open by appointment only. Edward turned back to the street, his hands still in his pockets.
And walked face-first into a flying, blue cat.
There was a confused moment of absolute flail – Edward scrabbled at the cat now glued to his face, the cat made a strange shrieking cry and finally they extricated – and Edward was absolutely sure he was hallucinating, because he was in fact looking at a flying blue cat with small white wings and why the fuck did something like that even exist???
There was nothing about this that could possibly be weirder.
Then the blue flying cat burst into tears.
“Whoa,” Edward said, and immediately felt stupid. BLUE FLYING CAT. “Are you … okay, I guess? I didn’t meant to hurt-”
“I can’t find Natsuuuu,” the cat cried.
“Uh,” Edward looked around. There were never much by the way of pedestrians out and about on these streets – a few people, here and there, but no one seemed to be looking for a BLUE FLYING CAT. Edward scratched the back of his head with one hand. “I’m sorry, I don’t know this guy, where did you last see him-?”
The blue cat sniffed and pawed at its eyes with one tiny blue paw. It was really freakishly proportioned, Edward realized now, with an over-large head on a tinier, more anthropomorphic body. “I don’t know.”
“You don’t know,” Edward repeated.
The cat nodded miserably. “I smelled fish and I was hungry and then when I turned around Natsu was gone!”
Edward looked around again and sighed. Well, he HAD been looking for a distraction. And it wasn’t like a talking, blue flying cat was the weirdest thing he had ever seen in his life. “Well, let’s go find your friend then.”
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist, Rurouni Kenshin, Fairy Tail
AU: Musebox
Characters/Pairing: Kenshin/Ed, Happy
Rating: T
Length: 635
Summary: It was seven o’clock on a Saturday. Edward shuffled his feet, hands in his pockets as he stood in place on the sidewalk. Kenshin was closing up at the book shop tonight, he would not be done until closer to eight and Edward thought he would be chivalrous and show up to walk his boyfriend home. What he got for his troubles was Kenshin shoving him right back out the door of the shop, hissing under his breath “I told you not to come in here!” and slamming the door behind him.
It was seven o’clock on a Saturday. Edward shuffled his feet, hands in his pockets as he stood in place on the sidewalk. Kenshin was closing up at the book shop tonight, he would not be done until closer to eight and Edward thought he would be chivalrous and show up to walk his boyfriend home. What he got for his troubles was Kenshin shoving him right back out the door of the shop, hissing under his breath “I told you not to come in here!” and slamming the door behind him. Edward sulked about on the sidewalk directly outside the store for a good ten minutes, directing injured glares at Kenshin through the glass, before moving on up the street.
Kenshin didn’t have to be so RUDE about it. Edward knew Kenshin liked to keep him out of book stores in general and the book shop that he worked at in particular – but it wasn’t like Edward was going to DO anything. Maybe browse a few books and look around while waiting for Kenshin to finish up his closing duties. He wasn’t a little kid, he didn’t need to be supervised all the damn time.
But Kenshin got weird about his job, and Edward could appreciate that even if he didn’t understand it. Didn’t mean he still wasn’t going to give him hell on the walk home, but he could at least appreciate it.
The small little town had grown a lot more recently. Edward lingered in front of the window at R + E Repair, but the shop was dark. They didn’t keep much by the way of operating hours, most of the time it was only open by appointment only. Edward turned back to the street, his hands still in his pockets.
And walked face-first into a flying, blue cat.
There was a confused moment of absolute flail – Edward scrabbled at the cat now glued to his face, the cat made a strange shrieking cry and finally they extricated – and Edward was absolutely sure he was hallucinating, because he was in fact looking at a flying blue cat with small white wings and why the fuck did something like that even exist???
There was nothing about this that could possibly be weirder.
Then the blue flying cat burst into tears.
“Whoa,” Edward said, and immediately felt stupid. BLUE FLYING CAT. “Are you … okay, I guess? I didn’t meant to hurt-”
“I can’t find Natsuuuu,” the cat cried.
“Uh,” Edward looked around. There were never much by the way of pedestrians out and about on these streets – a few people, here and there, but no one seemed to be looking for a BLUE FLYING CAT. Edward scratched the back of his head with one hand. “I’m sorry, I don’t know this guy, where did you last see him-?”
The blue cat sniffed and pawed at its eyes with one tiny blue paw. It was really freakishly proportioned, Edward realized now, with an over-large head on a tinier, more anthropomorphic body. “I don’t know.”
“You don’t know,” Edward repeated.
The cat nodded miserably. “I smelled fish and I was hungry and then when I turned around Natsu was gone!”
Edward looked around again and sighed. Well, he HAD been looking for a distraction. And it wasn’t like a talking, blue flying cat was the weirdest thing he had ever seen in his life. “Well, let’s go find your friend then.”
