Puppy Love

It was your average Gaian day - the sun was shining, the grass was soft and springy, and mythical creatures of all kinds were buzzing, flying, crawling and teleporting around.
Sitting proudly to the right of the towering Guilds Hall, was a Gaia*-marked sign reading: 'GMFC clinic - 1 mile'. Or it would have read that if someone hadn't crossed out 'GM', replacing it with a 'K'. Strangers to Barton Town now flock there to overcome their addiction to the fried foodstuff, or to ask if the chicken is feeling well today. And each time Rellen has to send them away - and usually his (unofficial) job is to keep people there, entranced by his feminine beauty, whatever sexual orientation they are. It hurts his poor brain. While he is lithe and healthy, his brain is the equivalent of an obese couch-potato

"No, we don't sell chicken here, but please come again when you want a child." his eyes squinted in a happy face, radiating beauty, and the once-hungry Fox-woman dropped down - out like a light.
"Don't tell me that happened again, Rellen. You really must learn to control your smile. It's dangerous to have people fainting all the time, even if this is a medical building" Kamiki stood leaning on the doorway to one of the confidential rooms where she talked to couples about getting pregnant, counselling courses for stress, and other private issues.
Tears glistened at the corner of his eyes. "I didn't mean to do it" he started to sob. Meanwhile, the woman had been attended to by one of the nurses, and finally dragged away star-gazed.
"Mum, mum!" Gavin came running through the door "Look look look!" he thrust a pink leaflet into her face. "Buy me a ticket!" he demanded. "A ticket for what?" Kamiki asked with a sigh, the paper way too close to read.
"Oh silly, can't you see? It's only advertising the biggest event of this millennia!"

Kamiki's eyes focused on the luminous paper, and she read it out, half under her breath.

'THE LAVA! For one time only The Lava will be performing in BAA**, singing tracks from their upcoming album 'To The Point of Insanity', along with some old favourites like 'Unsung Ego', and the chart-topping 'Two Deaths Are Better Than One'. And one lucky ticket buyer will get a chance to go backstage with the band. For more information and details on how to get a ticket ring us on 76589970
(normal rates apply) or visit The Lava's website at www.thelava.gaia'

Kamiki frowned. She'd heard about this band - they tended to do crazy stuff on stage like piercing themselves with drawing pins - she knew from her medical experience piercing is only truly safe when done by doctors using sterilised equipment. She didn't want her own little silver-haired devil getting any ideas. Gavin could smell a 'no' coming off so he decided to play on her emotions; once Gavin wanted something, he gripped onto it firmly with his small yet incredibly sharp teeth.

"Whenever I want to do some 'good, clean fun', you're always visiting your clients. You never make time for me, and you care aboutthem more than me - I bet if they wanted to go you'd let them." He pouted, which turned out incredibly cute - not exactly the effect he was trying to achieve.

She felt a pang of guilt, it wasn't exactly true, but it was true that sometimes she was too busy to play with him.
"Sweetie..." she pulled her child into an embrace, and gently stroked his hair "... I don't have to worry about them like I do with you because you are my child. You're the one a love, and I just don't think it's safe for you to go all by yourself to a concert, especially this type. I want you to always know that you are the most important thing in my life. You do know that, right?" the inflection on that last part was a little to serious for the young kitsune/anju so he mumbled "yes" and tried to squirm out of his mother's surprisingly strong arms.

Gavin wasn't about to give up, though. "I know! I don't have to be by myself - I can go with Simon"

'Simon and Gavin... I wonder what mischief they would get up to.' Kamiki thought with a chuckle. But still, she trusted Simon - and knew he would look after her son.

"Oh alright, as long as you stick to well lit paths, come straight home if anything happens..."

Gavin switched off during her usual talk on 'safety do's and don'ts'. He knew it off by heart anyway.

***

It had come to the time of the concert and Gavin was a hyperactive fluffball. He was running around screeching 'The Lava' songs at a higher frequency than most thought possible.

He finally latched onto Simon's arm and they were off. The windows silently thanked god.

As they entered through the massive gates, Gavin's sensitive kitsune ears perked up, and he had a sort of spider-sense that someone
was following him. The shuffling of sandals against the gritted path was as obvious to him as the pre-concert music blaring from BAA. A suppressed giggle, he was sure he heard that, too.

He turned around to catch a Bunny girl with blond meatball hair and big shiny blue eyes, dressed in an Angelical Camisole and Blue High Tek Sandals and Angelic Winglets, giggling at him. "What's so funny?" he demanded. "You have a sign on your back that says 'kiss me', so..." she leaned forward to kiss him, but he shrank away in horror. “You’re funny!" she giggled again (all this giggling was giving Gavin a headache by now). Simon gave the girl a haunting stare, and she ran off half-scared, half-giggling. "Thanks, Simon. I owe you one. Let's go.", and so they started walking again. Something hit him. The sign - it was still on his back. He hastily ripped it off and flinged it at the nearest wastebin.
"You're throwing away a perfectly good practical joke there. Shame on you." Without knowing how she got there, another girl was behind him. Why was he so popular today? But this girl couldn't be different from the girly-giggle-fit he'd previously encountered. She was more around his age, and had shock-red wavy hair, emerald eyes speckled with grey and was wearing what looked like a boys brown Peasant Top, or a girls brown Peasant Dress cut in half, and baggy brown skater pants with Rainbow Socks and Santa Boots. It was odd yet kind of cool at the same time.
"I can't believe the whole thing was over and done with so quickly, still I guess it was a lame prank..." she rambled onto to herself.
"So this is YOUR fault." Gavin grumbled "But wait - how did you manage to get it there without my noticing? I have VERY good senses, y'know."

The girl winked "Ah, but that would be telling". She looked around shiftily, and then leaned forward and whispered "Transmogrification". Gavin's eyes widened. "Wh-what?!"
"Shhh, not so loud, you're attracting attention"
"Okay here's the deal, I have the ability to change things, both physical and spiritual into other things. But nothing living. I used to have to be REAL close to the object but now I can do it from anywhere as long as I can see it."
"So... what did you change? On my back, I mean."
"T-the... I mean I... the..." she went as red as her hair "kiss I'd blown to you a few seconds before."
She ran off, embarrassed. "Wait!" Gavin shouted after her, but she was already gone.
Gavin never did see that stranger again, but he had fished out the sign from the bin, and kept it in a secret drawer, as a reminder of what once could have been.

* the Gambino Association International's Approval
** Barton Art Arena

Gaia Name: Bishounen Bunny Generator
Medium: N/A
Is this your first entry? Y
Referred by: I've been hanging around the GMFC quite a bit, mostly lurking, and I saw ithe advertisement in Kamiki's signature quite a few times