i'll get my money back from the bookstore right away

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game)

Gen | for chufff | 100 words | 2023-01-07 | the lamb | AO3

Niyah | Nia & Minochi | Cole | Minoth

Niyah | Nia, Minochi | Cole | Minoth

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel


"How come it looks good on you, anyway? You're not even supposed to bloody get one!"

Far, far too tricky a process for the shabby results it gave - tiptoeing over the counter, shoving your face up close to the mirror, perilously balancing the already-dulled razor...

"Nia, Nia, Nia. So impatient! You shave it off enough, it'll learn its lesson."

Said Minoth.

"Promise?"

"Cross my heart."

(Nia crossed her eyes at him for that one.)

"And you know this how?"

"Best way to learn anything is the hard way," waggled the unibrow.

"Not true."

"Nia. Look at me. Eh?"

Not false.