More angst!

[danceabitch]

[Just outside the forest, four pickies can be seen hopping around cheerfully looking for food. Were someone to not get distracted by the small, strange birds, they might notice that on one side of a nearby tree there is a girl sitting

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[nonekkidtiemz]

[[After weeks of moping about after his encounter with Mytho, he emerges from the woods, and blinks down curiously at four small birds. They look rather strange but...

A shadow of a smirk appears on his face as he watches them, not noticing the girl beside the tree.]]

[danceabitch]

[The birds continue in their own little world. Pumpernickle suddenly notices him and chirps and the other three turn their attention to him, tilting their heads at various angles. Hadn't they seen him before? Several times? Sometimes Ahiru liked the person that looked like him and sometimes she didn't. They needed to be careful. Brioche makes a tentative hop toward him.

Ahiru, in the meantime, is still quietly sulking under the tree, completely unaware that someone else is here.]

[nonekkidtiemz]

[[With a small smile, he crouches down, holding his hand out toward the picky.]]

Where did you come from?

[danceabitch]

[Brioche hops toward his hand carefully, however he and his posse are startled as a cry come from behind the tree.]

QUA-!!

[Ahiru throws her hands over her mouth, nearly falling over in fright. The pickies flap their wings a bit in concern before calming, looking toward the tree in surprise. Ahiru slowly begins to peek her head around.]

Wh-who's there?

[nonekkidtiemz]

[[At Ahiru's outburst, Fakir immediately jumps to his feet, almost ready to jump behind the nearest bush. That was almost a full damn quack!]]

Oi! Calm down, idiot; it's just me.

[danceabitch]

[The pickies watch him carefully as he moves. He had been acting nice, but something felt... off.

Ahiru finally gets her face around the trunk and her nerves immediately melt away. It was Fakir. THAT Fakir. The one from Kinkan. Which meant he was just as much of a jerk that hid things from her, right? She frowns.]

Oh. Hmph, nevermind then.

[She crosses her arms and throws herself back to her previous sitting position against the tree.]

[nonekkidtiemz]

[[His eyebrows furrow in confusion at her sudden attitude. He glances down at the pickies, almost silently asking if they know what the matter is, before circling the tree to face her.]]

What's with you?

[danceabitch]

[The pickies follow him in hot pursuit. If he was going to be trouble they had to defend their friend!

Ahiru keeps her head down, frowning into her arms. She really didn't feel like talking to him and stays quiet for several moments.

...Then again, he still hadn't actually told her. Maybe it was time to get a confession out of him.]

Since when did you start caring?

[nonekkidtiemz]

...What?

[[He crosses his arms, looking down at her. Sure, she'd been a pest in the past, but...it's not as if he doesn't care at all. She said she doesn't think of him as a useless knight, so...]]

All right. What the hell has gotten into you?

[danceabitch]

[Her head snaps up. Of course he was going to play stupid; he didn't know she knew. Still, she wanted to hear it from his mouth.]

Nothing's "gotten into me." I'm just wondering when my feelings suddenly started to matter!

[nonekkidtiemz]

[[When her feelings started to matter? The moment that she made it clear that HIS feelings matter. But he's not going to tell that to her face. Not while she's acting this idiotic.

He crouches down to face her on an equal level.]]

Why the hell are you acting like this? What the hell did I do to deserve- Stop being stupid and tell me what the hell is going through your head.

[danceabitch]

[She tries to lean away, briefly forgetting that the tree hinders her in this. Her scowl only grows.]

I'm not being stupid! And why don't you tell me what's going on in yours, huh? Is there anything you haven't said to me?!

[nonekkidtiemz]

[[What. The. Hell!?]]

Dammit, you're the one who kept that little detail about you being a duck a secret, so don't act like I'm hiding anything! You've seen me cry for god's sake!

[[A slight flash of a forgotten memory--feathers everywhere, a mother, a father--flies through the back of his head, but he pays it no mind.]]

[danceabitch]

[So he was gonna play tough was he? Fine, she could be tough, too!]

What was I supposed to say, "Oh, by the way, I'm really a bird!"? And don't pretend you aren't hiding something!

[nonekkidtiemz]

[[At this, he rises to his feet, almost sneering at her.]]

You've seen everything, dammit! What could I possibly be hiding?!

[danceabitch]

[She jumps to her feet as well, glaring as much as she can.]

I have not! Just because you don't care about my feelings and think you don't have to tell me things so I'll keep doing things for you two doesn't mean I don't deserve to know!