20_heartbeats challenge! 05. devotion
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Title: New Games
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters: Luxord, Xigbar, Axel, Larxene
Rating: G
Prompt: 05. Devotion [faith as sweet as a promise, sharp as a knife]
Word Count: 437
Summary: You can only play so many rounds of poker before you want to strangle someone.
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is, most obviously, owned by big name companies and not by a girl sitting at a laptop on her bedroom floor.
A/N: These four are like the ultimate BFFs in my book. Well, the most snarky BFFs at least. Written for 20_heartbeats. [[challenge tables]]
“You’re not cheating.” Larxene eyed Luxord suspiciously as the realization hit her. Luxord smiled pleasantly over the cards in his hand. “What trick do you have up your sleeve now?”
“I thought you just decided that I was not cheating,” Luxord replied smoothly.
Xigbar let out a sharp laugh. “Like we believe you.”
On Luxord’s other side, Axel let out an exaggerated sigh. “Don’t be such sore losers,” he groaned, tossing an arm around Luxord’s shoulders. “Can’t you just acknowledge the man’s natural talent?”
Luxord turned his smile from Larxene to Axel, moving his cards out of view of the redhead’s prying eyes. “A sentiment better expressed were you yourself not trying to cheat. Very poorly, might I add.”
“S’all in good fun,” Axel muttered, sitting back in his seat. Larxene punched him good-naturedly in the shoulder.
“Until someone loses an eye, right?” She laughed, easily dodging the card that Xigbar flicked in her direction. “Xigbar has a queen of hearts, if anyone would like to know.”
“Ooh, I’ll trade that for my three,” Axel offered, taking the fallen card and tossing out a new one.
Luxord sighed, setting down his hand. “I suppose the game has devolved into a round of Presidents.”
“We can play Ratscrew, if you’d like,” Axel suggested, and Larxene laughed again, materializing a dagger and stabbing it into the center of the table.
“With weapons.”
“On second thought…”
“How about Go Fish while we’re at it?” Luxord said, rolling his eyes.
Xigbar tossed his cards onto the table. “You’re just grumpy that we don’t want to play poker anymore.”
“I am not grumpy. Poker - ”
“Is pretty much all luck,” Larxene drawled, twirling a card in her fingers. “Which if you hadn’t noticed, you seem to have the most of. Even if you aren’t cheating. Supposedly.”
“Oh, you just want to play Ratscrew because you’ll win,” Xigbar muttered.
“And you’re afraid of your disadvantage with one eye,” Axel pointed out, crossing his arms over his chest. “Obviously the only solution is Spoons.”
An emphatically resounding chorus of “no” followed Axel’s statement.
“Old Maid?” Axel proposed facetiously, and Larxene punched him in the shoulder again.
“You can only play so many rounds of poker before you want to strangle someone,” she lamented.
Xigbar snorted. “You’re too attached to poker, buddy,” he told Luxord, stretching his arms over his head. “We need a new hobby. Like paintball or something.”
Luxord just smiled at them, picking up all the cards with a wave of his hand. They’d understand someday. Sometimes there are old things you have that you just can’t bear to get rid of.
end.
Title: New Games
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Characters: Luxord, Xigbar, Axel, Larxene
Rating: G
Prompt: 05. Devotion [faith as sweet as a promise, sharp as a knife]
Word Count: 437
Summary: You can only play so many rounds of poker before you want to strangle someone.
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is, most obviously, owned by big name companies and not by a girl sitting at a laptop on her bedroom floor.
A/N: These four are like the ultimate BFFs in my book. Well, the most snarky BFFs at least. Written for 20_heartbeats. [[challenge tables]]
“You’re not cheating.” Larxene eyed Luxord suspiciously as the realization hit her. Luxord smiled pleasantly over the cards in his hand. “What trick do you have up your sleeve now?”
“I thought you just decided that I was not cheating,” Luxord replied smoothly.
Xigbar let out a sharp laugh. “Like we believe you.”
On Luxord’s other side, Axel let out an exaggerated sigh. “Don’t be such sore losers,” he groaned, tossing an arm around Luxord’s shoulders. “Can’t you just acknowledge the man’s natural talent?”
Luxord turned his smile from Larxene to Axel, moving his cards out of view of the redhead’s prying eyes. “A sentiment better expressed were you yourself not trying to cheat. Very poorly, might I add.”
“S’all in good fun,” Axel muttered, sitting back in his seat. Larxene punched him good-naturedly in the shoulder.
“Until someone loses an eye, right?” She laughed, easily dodging the card that Xigbar flicked in her direction. “Xigbar has a queen of hearts, if anyone would like to know.”
“Ooh, I’ll trade that for my three,” Axel offered, taking the fallen card and tossing out a new one.
Luxord sighed, setting down his hand. “I suppose the game has devolved into a round of Presidents.”
“We can play Ratscrew, if you’d like,” Axel suggested, and Larxene laughed again, materializing a dagger and stabbing it into the center of the table.
“With weapons.”
“On second thought…”
“How about Go Fish while we’re at it?” Luxord said, rolling his eyes.
Xigbar tossed his cards onto the table. “You’re just grumpy that we don’t want to play poker anymore.”
“I am not grumpy. Poker - ”
“Is pretty much all luck,” Larxene drawled, twirling a card in her fingers. “Which if you hadn’t noticed, you seem to have the most of. Even if you aren’t cheating. Supposedly.”
“Oh, you just want to play Ratscrew because you’ll win,” Xigbar muttered.
“And you’re afraid of your disadvantage with one eye,” Axel pointed out, crossing his arms over his chest. “Obviously the only solution is Spoons.”
An emphatically resounding chorus of “no” followed Axel’s statement.
“Old Maid?” Axel proposed facetiously, and Larxene punched him in the shoulder again.
“You can only play so many rounds of poker before you want to strangle someone,” she lamented.
Xigbar snorted. “You’re too attached to poker, buddy,” he told Luxord, stretching his arms over his head. “We need a new hobby. Like paintball or something.”
Luxord just smiled at them, picking up all the cards with a wave of his hand. They’d understand someday. Sometimes there are old things you have that you just can’t bear to get rid of.
end.