8th ☆

[adropofjupiter]

[Action - School]

[It's lunch time and Marisa has just managed to escape a gaggle of drone girls that had been intent on acquiring gossip about her 'boyfriend'. Once free, she finds herself a tree in the school yard to climb and enjoy her lunch in. So what if she's in a dress and if one stands at the right angle they might catch a glimpse of her panties? She's pretty sure her drone 'friends' won't find her in a tree.

Clearly she shouldn't be allowed to eat in peace, right?]



[Phone]

[One very annoyed witch picks up the phone after she gets home from school.]

Look. I don't care what anyone says, I'm not dating Guy 'Mustang'. You all probably know him as Guy of the Kutolah. And just because he calls me Lady Marisa and I'm at his house once or twice a week doesn't mean we're dating.

If I have to hear those damn girls ask me one more time about how 'hunky' he is, the Bowl-o-Rama, and if we're going up to Makeout Point anytime soon, I'm quite possibly going to set them all on fire. Besides, I'm already seeing someone that's not Guy.

So, if you hear anyone talking about that me-dating-Guy crap? Don't believe 'em.

Comments

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

[ It's been a while since Koakuma's spoken to Marisa. She didn't know if she really wanted to now - there was something about hearing her (or was it the topic?) that made her feel really... bothered. ]

Other people don't get bugged for talking to guys. Why are you?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Because--

[Oh, right. Marisa had agreed to be nicer to Koakuma. She'll just stop that jerkass comment and go with something that was relevent.]

Probably because I was stuck in the bowling alley with him. They seem to think that makes us boyfriend and girlfriend since it was, like, a hook-up place or something.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

... oh.

[ That was a simple enough response and yet it... didn't satisfy Koakuma at all. Then again, a simple response and Marisa were two very strange things... ]

Well, um... you should just ignore drones anyway. It's not anyone really pays attention to them.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Hard to do when they swarm me at school between classes and at lunch. And I just wanted to quash any potential rumors before they got started.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

Oh, um... well, most people probably wouldn't have heard about it if you didn't say...

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be so sure considering how damn loud they were at school. And Guy has someone who happens to be my friend, so I didn't want any misunderstandings.

...and I was really damn irritated over the whole thing. I'm with Patchy, damnit.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

[ If only flinches could be heard over phones. ]

... why do you want to be with her anyway?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Because I love her. Duh.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

Since when?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

I don't have an exact date, Koakuma. Probably... sometime after the whole Underground hot springs Incident.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

Why? Because she helped you back then?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Not because of that, but it did give me more time with her outside of the context of the library. I got to see more of who she is.

Why are you asking me this? Does it really matter? You can't really explain love, Koakuma. It kinda just happens.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

It matters because it's Lady Patchouli! And things don't just happen, not things like that!

[ She can't help the way that she feels. It was as if the bitter feeling that she began in this conversation had grown as the conversation went on, and this was the result. ] Why should she like you all of the sudden? She told me it's always been like this, but I don't believe it. [ And just to add a bite, regardless of whether it was true or not- ] You know she was just making you go into the underground because she can't, right? It didn't mean anything.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Because--

[And again, Marisa stops herself and takes a deep breath. Gods, if she didn't love Patchouli she would never put up with it. Let's try this a different way...]

I'm well aware that's why Patchy needed me to go to the Underground. Here's a question for you: have you ever been in love?

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

[ She had been waiting for Marisa to fly off at her for that, but what she got instead did surprise her - and especially that question. ]

W-why? -- why are you asking that?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Because you're not believing your mistress and you're acting like love follows a set of predictable rules. Love is a magic unto itself, ze. It's the most powerful thing there is.

And if you've never experienced it yourself, you're not in any position to say how love does and does not work.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

You-- you're the one who doesn't know anything! You might be fooling Miss Patchouli, but I know her better than you ever will! And she will never ever need a person like you! Ever!

[ With her hand shaking as she holds the receiver, she slams the phone down. ]

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

[That outburst made very little sense, silly devil. And even though Koakuma can't hear it, Marisa says one more thing before she sets the reciever down.]

She doesn't need me; she wants me.

[sortsbooks.livejournal.com]

[ IT MADE PLENTY OF SENSE OKAY GO AWAY!!! Koakuma's the only one for Patchouli!! ]