InsaneJournal

Partnership
Title: Partnership
Fandom: D.Gray-Man
Characters: Tiki & Tease
Prompt: 01 - Beginnings
Word Count: 278
Rating: PG
Summary: Tiki muses on his beloved partner. No spoilers.



Tiki reclined on a couch in one of the sitting rooms of their home, legs crossed at the ankle, golden eyes trained on the fluttering above him. He absently noted the sound of turning pages as Rhode read her books for school. Tiki watched the dozen or so flittering butterflies merge into one. Stretching out a hand toward it, the Noah smiled as the creature came to rest on his palm.

Tease was a wondrous creature, elegant in its beauty and deadly in its craft. He could still remember when the Earl first gave him the being, having promised him a golem of his very own. He had frowned at first upon seeing the Earl open cupped hands to reveal the golem, which fluttered toward him, coming to rest on his shoulder, beating its wings gently as it perched.

“It suits you,” the Earl had said as he gazed at master and servant, wearing his perpetual grin.

At first, Tiki hadn’t been sure what the Earl had meant, not sure that he wanted to know. But now he did. The golem beat his wings as it stared at its master, making a low rumbling noise. The Noah’s smile broadened at the familiar sound. A thing with hungers that never ceased, wrapped in a pretty shell. Much like him.

Bringing his hand toward his face, he kissed the golem on the top of its head. “Hungry again, Tease?” Tiki asked, the golem’s sounds becoming more eager as he chuckled in response. He swung his legs over the side of the couch, rising from it without dislodging servant and partner from its perch. “Let’s get you something to eat.”

End