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eastofthemoonIt's now 12 Days until Christmas. Time flies doesn't anyway? Now I can start posting the 12 Christmas drabbles I wrote for my own personal challenge. Basically, for the next 12 days, I'm going to be posting one short drabble until Christmas Eve. A lot of them will be Slayers, but there's also a couple from Spice and Wolf, Tales of the Abyss, etc.
So, start things off, here's my first one.
Title: Mission Gingerbread
Series: Slayers
Characters: Lina/Gourry
Rating: G
Lina smelled it instantly. Her mouth watered as the fresh aroma of spices and ginger entered her nose. Her eyes locked onto the small box in Gourry’s hands. Before the swordsman could utter a “Hello”, Lina lunged to seize the box. Fortunately for Gourry, his instincts and reflexes were a few milliseconds faster, but still he was barely able to doge the attack. He held the small box high over his head.
Lina growled like a dog being denied her steak dinner. “Gourry, hand them over!”
Still holding the box high, Gourry innocently asked, “Hand what over?”
“The gingerbread cookies! You can’t fool my nose,” Lina growled. She hopped, but the box was still inches out of her reach. “Come on! You’re not allowed to hog those all to yourself.”
Gourry clicked his tongue. “First, these may or may not be gingerbread cookies.”
Lina raised an eyebrow. “Sure they’re not.”
“However,” Gourry continued. “If they were I might share them with you.”
About time Lina thought as her tummy growled.
“But not now.” Lina’s gaped as Gourry tucked the box underneath his pillow and sat on his bed. “I’ll share them later.”
Lina raised an eyebrow. “You can’t be serious, I can just roast you-“
“And risk damaging the room and the cookies and having to pay for the damages? I don’t think so.” He stretched out and said smirking, “I’m going to take a nap.”
Lina eyed the box. She could take the cookies now, but it would be tricky with them right under Gourry’s head. With a snarl she stomped out. So, Gourry thinks he can keep those cookies away me does he? She thought. We’ll see about that.
An hour passed before Lina entered the room again. Quietly she peeked into the room. She watched Gourry’s chest rise up and down. Good, he’s still asleep. Tip toeing inside, Lina slowly approached Gourry’s bed. In her hand she had an empty box that was the exact size as the box containing the cookies.
She stood next to the bed. Carefully and slowly she pushed the box beneath Gourry’s pillow so it was sitting close to the other box. Now came the complicated part. Lina went to the other side of the pillow. Gently, she dug behind the pillow and pulled the empty box forward which also pushed the cookie box towards her. She guided the boxes until the empty box was in the exact same place the cookies box was previously in.
Victory! Lina cheered to herself as she picked up the cookie box. Smiling evilly, she tip toed out of the room. Lina sat down in the hall, and opened the box ready to taste her first cookie.
She stared into the box. Her smile faded. The lid fell from her fingers. To her discovery, the box did not have cookies. It had small rocks. Lina was shocked. Her nose was never wrong! How could she mistake gingerbread cookies for these rocks?
Lina slapped her forehead. Gourry probably switched boxes after she left. This meant the box of cookies could be anywhere.
She let out a long howl of frustration. Gourry from inside the room opened one eye and smirked.
Later that evening, Lina sulked at the table. She had spent the rest of the day searching the room. She looked from the ceiling to the carpet. Gourry even stood by the door frame to watch. However, there had been no sign of the cookies. Eventually, Lina was too tired and frustrated to search any more. So, she went downstairs, ordered dinner and tried to forget the whole thing. She wasn’t sure which she was more annoyed by, that she wasn’t able to eat the cookies or that Gourry had outsmarted her.
She gave a glare as Gourry sat down. “So, you give up?” Gourry asked.
Lina sighed and stabbed her fork into her potato. “Do what you want. You could feed those cookies to a mazoku for all I care.”
“In that case.” Gourry placed the cookies box on the table. “I’ll share them now.”
Lina dropped her fork. “Wait? You’re going to share them now?”
The swordsman opened the box, revealing it to be full of smiling gingerbread men. “Of course, I was planning on sharing them with you as soon as I got back.”
Lina bent her fork. “In that case, why didn’t you say so from the start instead of having me search for them all day?!”
Gourry handed her a gingerbread man with red candy buttons. “Because you got all grabby, so I thought it would be more fun to tease you for awhile.” He grinned. “Grandma told me to never reward people for bad manners.”
Lina fumed, but having the cookie she’d been craving all day in her hand cooled her temper. “Okay smart guy, will you at least tell me where you did hid the cookies?”
Gourry bit off his gingerbread man’s arm. “Nope.”
Lina almost dropped her cookies. “Why not?!”
“I need to keep some secrets Lina.” He leaned over and grinned. “Besides, it’s fun to watch you go crazy.”
Lina snarled. She craved vengeance and she wanted to demand where this secret hiding place was. However, she was too exhausted. Lina decided to drill Gourry about it in the morning. Instead, she pretended her gingerbread man was a model of Gourry and proceeded to bite his head off. Licking the crumbs off her lips, she felt much better.
So, start things off, here's my first one.
Title: Mission Gingerbread
Series: Slayers
Characters: Lina/Gourry
Rating: G
Lina smelled it instantly. Her mouth watered as the fresh aroma of spices and ginger entered her nose. Her eyes locked onto the small box in Gourry’s hands. Before the swordsman could utter a “Hello”, Lina lunged to seize the box. Fortunately for Gourry, his instincts and reflexes were a few milliseconds faster, but still he was barely able to doge the attack. He held the small box high over his head.
Lina growled like a dog being denied her steak dinner. “Gourry, hand them over!”
Still holding the box high, Gourry innocently asked, “Hand what over?”
“The gingerbread cookies! You can’t fool my nose,” Lina growled. She hopped, but the box was still inches out of her reach. “Come on! You’re not allowed to hog those all to yourself.”
Gourry clicked his tongue. “First, these may or may not be gingerbread cookies.”
Lina raised an eyebrow. “Sure they’re not.”
“However,” Gourry continued. “If they were I might share them with you.”
About time Lina thought as her tummy growled.
“But not now.” Lina’s gaped as Gourry tucked the box underneath his pillow and sat on his bed. “I’ll share them later.”
Lina raised an eyebrow. “You can’t be serious, I can just roast you-“
“And risk damaging the room and the cookies and having to pay for the damages? I don’t think so.” He stretched out and said smirking, “I’m going to take a nap.”
Lina eyed the box. She could take the cookies now, but it would be tricky with them right under Gourry’s head. With a snarl she stomped out. So, Gourry thinks he can keep those cookies away me does he? She thought. We’ll see about that.
An hour passed before Lina entered the room again. Quietly she peeked into the room. She watched Gourry’s chest rise up and down. Good, he’s still asleep. Tip toeing inside, Lina slowly approached Gourry’s bed. In her hand she had an empty box that was the exact size as the box containing the cookies.
She stood next to the bed. Carefully and slowly she pushed the box beneath Gourry’s pillow so it was sitting close to the other box. Now came the complicated part. Lina went to the other side of the pillow. Gently, she dug behind the pillow and pulled the empty box forward which also pushed the cookie box towards her. She guided the boxes until the empty box was in the exact same place the cookies box was previously in.
Victory! Lina cheered to herself as she picked up the cookie box. Smiling evilly, she tip toed out of the room. Lina sat down in the hall, and opened the box ready to taste her first cookie.
She stared into the box. Her smile faded. The lid fell from her fingers. To her discovery, the box did not have cookies. It had small rocks. Lina was shocked. Her nose was never wrong! How could she mistake gingerbread cookies for these rocks?
Lina slapped her forehead. Gourry probably switched boxes after she left. This meant the box of cookies could be anywhere.
She let out a long howl of frustration. Gourry from inside the room opened one eye and smirked.
Later that evening, Lina sulked at the table. She had spent the rest of the day searching the room. She looked from the ceiling to the carpet. Gourry even stood by the door frame to watch. However, there had been no sign of the cookies. Eventually, Lina was too tired and frustrated to search any more. So, she went downstairs, ordered dinner and tried to forget the whole thing. She wasn’t sure which she was more annoyed by, that she wasn’t able to eat the cookies or that Gourry had outsmarted her.
She gave a glare as Gourry sat down. “So, you give up?” Gourry asked.
Lina sighed and stabbed her fork into her potato. “Do what you want. You could feed those cookies to a mazoku for all I care.”
“In that case.” Gourry placed the cookies box on the table. “I’ll share them now.”
Lina dropped her fork. “Wait? You’re going to share them now?”
The swordsman opened the box, revealing it to be full of smiling gingerbread men. “Of course, I was planning on sharing them with you as soon as I got back.”
Lina bent her fork. “In that case, why didn’t you say so from the start instead of having me search for them all day?!”
Gourry handed her a gingerbread man with red candy buttons. “Because you got all grabby, so I thought it would be more fun to tease you for awhile.” He grinned. “Grandma told me to never reward people for bad manners.”
Lina fumed, but having the cookie she’d been craving all day in her hand cooled her temper. “Okay smart guy, will you at least tell me where you did hid the cookies?”
Gourry bit off his gingerbread man’s arm. “Nope.”
Lina almost dropped her cookies. “Why not?!”
“I need to keep some secrets Lina.” He leaned over and grinned. “Besides, it’s fun to watch you go crazy.”
Lina snarled. She craved vengeance and she wanted to demand where this secret hiding place was. However, she was too exhausted. Lina decided to drill Gourry about it in the morning. Instead, she pretended her gingerbread man was a model of Gourry and proceeded to bite his head off. Licking the crumbs off her lips, she felt much better.
