Book Haven - Saturday - 09/27

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As much as Fiyero was glad to be himself again ... he half-missed the feminine perks, as it were.

And maybe he was flipping through a girly magazine at the counter of the bookstore today. So sue him!

Besides, maybe he could find something he'd be able to cook.

{{OOC: OCD-less!}}

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And Fiyero ... just managed to look confused.

"Oh. Well, that's very ... odd."

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He shrugged.

"For all I know, it might have been the goldfish's trickery or my own magic playing games. It's... it's not really clear.

"I just hope you don't mind."

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"Why would I mind?"

He ... blinked. It wasn't as if Liir had done it on purpose.

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He looked over at Fiyero.

"I-- they aren't mine. They're yours."

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"...well, you're mine. So perhaps a loan-by-extension."

Or something of the sort.

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Something within him thrilled at those words, the sense of belonging they brought. He was Fiyero's, claimed. As much as the words had, in a sense, already been spoken, hearing them put so plainly put a smile on his face.

"If you think I'm worthy of them," he said with a hopeful expression.

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"I wouldn't have said so otherwise," he murmured easily enough with a lazy smile of his own.

Perhaps he hadn't thought about the full impact of the words at first, but now it made sense enough...

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He hated the counter for the moment, just because he wanted to go around it to hug his father.

And tell him--

"Thank you," he said after a moment.

"I've... if only recently, I've tried to make you proud. Since I knew."

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Fiyero was getting more accustomed to doing what he knew Liir wanted, but wouldn't say.

He shifted around the counter to wrap an arm around Liir's shoulders.

"I'm sure you've been doing that all along without realizing it, Liir."

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Oh yes, because I'm sure you would have been proud of me when the soldiers tied me in a sack and left me in the barn while they stole your family.

Elphaba wasn't.

"I've tried," he said gently, leaning into the embrace nonetheless.

But... but he had Shell. He had what he'd said to Shell, what he'd done. That was something, wasn't it? Much more important than the mistakes of a child!

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Everyone did things they regretted in the long run. Fiyero was sure of that much at least.

He smiled and pressed a kiss to Liir's temple.

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He looked up at his father and gave him a squeeze.

"And you?" because the moment would be broken and better he did it.

"What have you been up to? What did you do being female and all?"

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"Not much of anything, honestly. I've been something of a hermit."

Pause. "And Geoffrey wasn't exactly pleased. A beaver and then a woman within a few weeks of each other didn't sit well with him, apparently."

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"Days," he pointed out.

"I was a kitten when he was a beaver. Just about the same days too, I believe."

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"Well, that's an odd coincidence. Did you at least enjoy being a kitten?"

Because Geoffrey hadn't been pleased by the Beaver incident.

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"I always enjoy being a kitten," he said with a grin.

"I've thought of figuring out a way to do it on purpose."

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Fiyero's lips twitched into a grin.

"That would be something."

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His face flushed.

"I should say."

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He smiled.

"I had thought you might be far more talented than I."

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He blinked and looked at his father with nothing but shock on his features.

"You had magic?"

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"Oh," because apparently that had come out all wrong, "Not one drop of it, much to the dismay of the school, I'm sure."

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"I would have said the same, did for ages, until I was somewhat forced to admit it," he said with a shrug.

"I don't think I ever did anything that interested, er, her. So I suppose it came late."

Or he hadn't been thinking enough to use it.

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"Well, I'm not surprised you've got some of it -- mostly because of her, honestly."

It'd been obvious enough that she had it.

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"She didn't exactly tell me I was hers," he pointed out quietly. "And before I had things presented rather blatantly before me to prove it, it was much easier to believe I was simply uninteresting than try to figure out why she might not care even if--"

And he waved a hand, as if to cover the rest of it. Mostly because he didn't want to.

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Fiyero half-winced, though, and gave Liir another squeeze. But that ... well, brought up something.

He'd spoken to Hurley and when the man had asked why he didn't know about Liir -- well, aside from the fact he wasn't likely born yet -- he didn't have an answer.

But he'd bring it up another time. "Well, at least you can be sure now."