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“Careful now. Don’t go too fast or you’ll make a mess.”

Arthur nodded, easing up the little watering pail away from a pot filled with delicate flowers.

I patted my little helper on the head before looking around the large menagerie of plants in the room. It was only natural the former resident of the room would keep such a collection. The mere thought of any of these lovely specimens dying from dehydration was painful to me, so I took it upon myself to be their caretaker, despite the fact that I couldn’t directly care for them.

I really can’t thank Byx enough for such a thoughtful gift.

Said gift scuttled off the counter and onto my shoulder as I turned to leave the room.

~~~~~

After a bit of aimless wandering through the castle’s labyrinth of corridors, I found myself in the doorway of the castle library.

No other members were around, seeing as most of the Organization was off re-landscaping Mt. Olympus, so the hollow clicking of my boots on the floor rung echoed eerily through the space. I stopped in front of one of the sprawling bookcases while instinctively drawing my hands back behind me.

Books - yet another reminder of my inconvenient abilities.

I recall being taught to read at some point, and enjoying it at that. But now, I can’t even brush my fingers across the vast sea of book spines before me without leaving a pile of rotted paper.

I sighed deeply, the good feeling that came from watering the plants now replaced by the all too familiar feeling of helplessness. I threw myself upon the one couch in the room and stared blankly up at the ceiling. Arthur crawled up onto my belly and stared quizzically at me. I managed to smile at the little Heartless and scratch his chin, briefly recalling the one time I tried to get Arthur to fetch a book.

Needless to say, the Superiors weren’t to happy to discover a section of the collection seemed a little chewed up.

The longer I stared up at the ceiling, the more my mind wandered. My thoughts drifted back to the plants. They had relied on their former master to care for them, and had no one to depend on after his demise. That is, until a certain Nobody and her Heartless discovered the room. Now they depended on her. It’s an odd feeling - knowing that something depends on you for survival. Sure, everyone in the Organization more or less treats one another like family, but for the most part, we’re on our own.

I supposed Arthur needs me too. Sure, he’s a scrappy little guy when he’s in the mood, but he’s nothing compared to some of the other creatures of darkness I’ve come across. If Byx hadn’t picked him up… I didn’t want to think of something that depressing.

Not sure how long it took me to doze off.

~~~~~

“AAAAAAARGH!”

… Not the most pleasant way I’ve been awoken.

I peered over the side of my makeshift bed to find my pet doing his very best to rip off a certain necromancer’s nose.

“Get off him, boy…” I managed to croak, still groggy from being yanked out of a deep sleep.
Arthur obeyed, but not before giving my boyfriend a good long death glare.

“I get the feeling he doesn’t like me very much.” Doodix chuckled, rubbing his abused nose.

“I’m sure he was just being protective.” I yawned, pulling myself up into a sitting position and trying to stretch the sleepiness out of my limbs.

“Pffft, I was just gonna try to wake you up…” He replied, feigning mild insult as he said it.

“Oh? And how did you plan on-” The rest of my question was lost, as other Nobody had taken my face in both hands and pulled it to his own in a chaste kiss.

He certainly loves cutting me off like that.

“I must admit, that would have been a far more pleasant wake-up call than the sound of Arthur rearranging your face.” I tittered, leaning on the shoulder of a now seated Doodix.

“Mhm..” He mumbled absent-mindedly, resting his head atop mine. “Sooo… What were you doing snoozing in here?”

“Uhm… I was just doing some thinking and I drifted off.” I didn’t answer right away. The books were creeping back into my mind.

“Ah~ Is that all?”

… He knows me too well.

“… I want to read something.” I said quietly.

“Oh? What’s stopping… Oh… Right.” It sounded to me like my tattooed faced beau had forgotten about my “look-but-don’t-touch” policy with most objects, so it took a while for my annoyed look to sink in when he was mid-sentence.
“Sooo… Which one do you want?”

I watched Doodix get up and walk over to a bookshelf. I was so taken aback I couldn’t respond.

“Uhm… How about this one? Look good?” He pressed, holding up a rather dusty-looking tome.

“Marquis de Sade?” I read the title aloud. “… Might want to pick another one.”

“Hm? Something wrong with it?” The necromancer turned over the book in his hands, inspecting it.

“It’s just… Never mind.” I had once overheard someone talking about that particular book, and I was in no mood to read something like that, much less with my upbeat boyfriend. “Anything else interesting up there?”

“…”

Something dawned upon me.

“Can you read?”

Still no reply, just a nervous smile in my direction.

“… Would you like me to teach you?”

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly his facial expressions can change.

His face changed from questioning, to pleased, to thoughtful as he sat back down next to me. He placed a finger on his chin as he looked up at the ceiling.

“Well, I dunno….” A brief dramatic pause before he turned to me with a huge goofy grin on his face. “I always thought that student-teacher relationships were a big no-no nowadays.”

I couldn’t help but laugh aloud at the comment. “I’m sure we can make an exception for this case.” I said while batting my eyelashes at him.

Now it was his turn to laugh. He pulled me into his lap and held the newly selected book in front of us, so I could read aloud.

The feeling of being needed - what a glorious thing it is.
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So! I was getting ready to take a shower earlier this evening (yes, I take showers an hour before midnight. Shut up), when this thought suddenly came to me: "I need to write more DoodHex fluff."

Two hours of typing later, this is what I came up with.


Anyone who gets the "Marquis de Sade" bit gets +1000 cool points.

Doodix (c) ~OffOn
Hexslay (c) *Naoko-san
Heartless' and Nobodies (c) Squeenix
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dungeonmaster11's avatar
Aww, what a sweet little fluffy niblet of a story! I hope to see more--and I really hope they start Organization Infinity auditions again.......

As far as Marquis de Saude goes, I think it's really strange that, despite being one of the biggest sexual deviants of the 19th century, he had a conserved Christian wife, who aided him in his perverted exploits due to her belief that she should remain devoted to her husband. And I always thought it was kinda funny how Larxene took an interest in his works in the CoM manga.