190 Near Disasters

[cal_sitter]

Apartment Action (first half)/Accidental Video (second half)[Niko's sleep becomes restless after midnight. A light sheen of sweat gilds his olive-dark skin and dampens the strands of hair that fall against his cheek. His hand tightens convulsively around the hilt of the knife he keeps beneath his pillow. Fine tremors of tension ripple through

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[justashow]

You need to teach them not to jump up on the furniture.

[cal_sitter]

Have you ever tried to teach a cat not to jump on the furniture?

[justashow]

Not really. I've taught fuzzballs not to nest in my tie rack though.

[cal_sitter]

You haven't tried to teach mine.

[justashow]

I wouldn't presume. They're yours to train.

[cal_sitter]

They'll have to wait. I need to look over the budget again before tonight.

[justashow]

Since when is it your job to look over the budget? Stop crowding my turf, Leandros.

[cal_sitter]

Have it on my desk before five o'clock.

[justashow]

...No.

[cal_sitter]

Oh?

[justashow]

I've worked on the books for 16 hours now and they're perfect. I'm not putting them on your desk so you can mess them up with your cursed tinkering.

[cal_sitter]

I am not cursed. I am drowning in paperwork and you're complicating matters.

[justashow]

You are cursed and you've obviously had to dig up extra paperwork just to have something to fret about.

[cal_sitter]

You're being ridiculous.

[justashow]

I'm being ridiculous? Leave my books alone, Niko.

And that receipt drawer had better be as I left it when I come in tomorrow.

[cal_sitter]

When you come in tomorrow, we are going to have a discussion. I can fit you in between 2:00 and 2:05.