Room 504, Sunday Afternoon

[intraspective]

Zack had the crazy idea to let the baby chicobo go and Ino and sulked and pouted and kissed the wee bird and informed him that he couldn't sleepover anymore ever if he managed to get rid of it.

She was pretty sure he hadn't even heard her since he'd already been out the door and rambling at Mister Chocho. So Ino was going to spend the afternoon talking to the plants in the room and making sure they were all watered just exactly as her Daddy had taught her.

Being Ino, she wasn't doing that bad of a job considering her age. She did know her plants.

And they were getting a very grave recitation about why boys were stupid and boys who wanted to get rid of something as adorable as the chicobo were even stupider.

(… Sorry, Zack.)

[puppy_fair's leaving modded with permission. Open door and post!]

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[raspberryturk]

... Yep. There was the forehead slap yet again. And a sigh. Neither of which, Reno was trying to hide anymore.

"Been havin' sleepovers, have you?"

Gods help him.

[intraspective]

"It's more fun than being 'lone," she said, nodding. "And when he's not being stupid he's pretty okay."

[raspberryturk]

Yep. There went the planet.

"You don't think he's doing what he's doing because he thinks that Mister Chocho'll be happier that way, yo?"

[intraspective]

"Mister Chocho was happy this morning," she said, with conviction. Surely the warbling and lack of pecking meant that, right?

[raspberryturk]

Reno strongly suspected that it meant that the poor thing had been mauled by children so much that it had simply given up.

"Well," he said, noncommittally, "maybe you'll luck out and he'll follow the puppy home again, yo."

[intraspective]

They were very affectionate children!

... mauled was possibly accurate.

"You don't believe that'll happen," she accused.

[raspberryturk]

"You never know," Reno replied, smirking. "Maybe Zack's got the thing tied to a leash or something, and he don't wanna let it go any more'n you do."

Which, knowing Zack, wouldn't surprise Reno all that much.

[intraspective]

"You're laughing at me," she said, pouting. Could he hear that pout? "You're no fun at all."

[raspberryturk]

It was the cutest freaking pout ever. Even over the phone. Who let kids pout like that, anyhow?

"I have my moments, Rookie. Just take good care of that bird, okay?"

[intraspective]

"Am no Rookie," she informed him solemnly. "I'm going to be the best kunoichi ever and they're not rookies ever."

Yes, they were.

"I can take care of Mister Chocho, though."