A
"Little" Problem
By
Aya-chan
Author’s
notes: This is my
first Princess Tutu fic and the first fic I write in English (English is not my
main language, sorry, forgive my
grammar mistakes)
This
fic is set after the anime but although Ahiru can’t turn into Tutu anymore,
she is still a girl.
The
Firebird is a
beautiful ballet composed by Stravinsky in 1910. You can find more info about it
hereà
http://www.danceit.org/firebird.html
This
is just a little warning, I love waff and Fakir and Ahiru.^.~
Disclaimer:
Sadly, I don’t own Princess Tutu. ;_;
Chapter
1
A
new day had begun in Kinkan town. It was still early and only the soft sound of
bird chirping disturbed the calmness. It
was all so quiet….
‘Well…Not
so quiet.’ Fakir thought with a frown. He was still in his bed when he heard
someone crying…
“Man…Uzura,
be quiet!! I want to sleep, you know. We have an important rehearsal today at
school and I hardly slept at all tonight. It’s still 6 a.m for crying out
loud!”
Suddenly
Fakir noted something in his bed.
“Quiet-zura?
Uzura isn’t crying” Uzura yelled at the top of her lungs staring at Fakir
from under his sheet. Fakir almost had a heart attack.
“You’re
going to kill me, Uzura. Get out of my bed! Wait a moment…Then, who’s
crying?” Fakir got up and followed the cries. They were coming from the door.
He went there and found a basket with a little something inside. It was a baby
covered in some rags and there was a note beside him. Fakir took the note and
paled.
Please,
take care of my baby. I don’t have enough money to support him. I don’t
think I’ll be back for my child so treat him as your own. Thanks.
And
that was all.
‘This
can’t be happening, now what do I do? Think Fakir, there must be a
solution…It’s settled, I’ll let the basket at the neighbour’s door…’
“Be
careful, darling” Fakir heard the woman next-door saying farewell to her
husband.
‘Damn
it, they are already awake!’ Fakir took the baby in his arms trying to calm
him down.
“Shh,
stop crying, please! All this crying is going to wake up the whole
neighbourhood.” He cradled the baby back and forth in a futile attempt to put
him to sleep.
“Who
is this child-zura? Is he yours, Fakir? Children are the product of
rabu-rabu-zura!! That’s what I heard, is that true??” The drum sound
was getting on Fakir’s nerves.
Fakir
put the baby on his bed and lay alongside him.
“I’ll
have to skip my lessons today, I can’t let you all by yourself.” He sighed.
The baby smiled at him in a cute way and Fakir poked him. “I will tell
Neko-sensei I caught the measles or something and have to stay at home for a
while. I must talk with Charon, he will know what to do.” Before realizing it,
the baby fell asleep.
In
another town, not too far from Kinkan Rue and Mytho were having some tea in
their lovely new house. They were living together and ran their own ballet
academy. They would get married soon.
“I
don’t want you to go, Rue. We have lots of students this year and one person
can’t teach so many people.”
“But
I can’t help it, we owe a lot to Neko-sensei and he asked us for help. We
can’t close the academy so I’ll go and you’ll stay here. Fakir is good
enough to perform as the main character but Neko-sensei told me the Fire Bird is
a difficult role and there isn’t any suitable girl to play it among his
students.”
Mytho
sighed. “Ok, do as you wish. But I’ll miss you.”
Rue smiled softly and held her pince. “It’s okay…I’ll come back soon”
Ahiru,
Pike and Lillie were having lunch outdoors. They were exhausted after their
lesson with Neko-sensei, especially Ahiru.
“Neko-sensei
made me repeat that step at least 20 times, he said I’m not graceful enough to
use en pointe shoes yet. How mean!” Ahiru sulked
“What
are you talking about, Ahiru? You will never be able to use them, you’re soooo
clumsy” Lillie laughed.
“I
wonder what happened to Fakir-sama” said Pike a bit worried “He never skips
his lessons...Today there was a rehearsal for The Fire Bird and he had gotten
Ivan, the main role. I heard Neko-sensei wanted Mytho and Rue to perform but
Mytho is busy. He’s working in some ballet projects in the new academy he and
Rue opened in a neighbour town but I think she will perform. I don’t think
there is another girl as good as Rue in Kinkan and the Fire Bird is a difficult
role. Anyway Fakir will make a perfect Ivan.” Pike’s eyes shone and she
giggled.
“It’s
weird, ne? Fakir is always so reliable”
“Maybe
he had an accident...yes, that would be wonderful...” Lillie’s eyes sparkled
Ahiru
sweatdropped. ‘I think I heard someone saying he’s sick. Anyway I’ll pay
him a visit’
Ahiru took her things and exited the academy. She bought some medicine for Fakir on her way. “I’m sure he’s pushing himself even in his condition...’
Fakir
was desperated. He never thought taking care of a baby was so complicated, why
did he have to cry so much? He felt tired and had a headache.
“I
have fed you already, why are you still crying?!” Then he heard a knock on the
door.
“Damn
it, I have to hide the baby. God knows what people could think if someone sees
me like this...’
Fakir
put the baby in the basket and hide it behind a curtain.
Ahiru
went in.
“Fakir!
What are you doing out of bed? Look at you, you are pale and look sick. You even
have circles under your eyes.’ Ahiru shoved Fakir to his bed and he pretended
to cough to hide the baby’s cries.
‘Why
did she have to appear now? I must be the unluckiest man alive...’
“What...*cough*
are you doing... *cough* *cough*... here?” Fakir tried to sound angered
but deep inside he felt a bit happy. She
was worried about him.
“Mou,
you don’t have to be so rude. I came to check on you since you missed the
rehearsal. Rue-chan was a bit angry, you two are the main characters and she
can’t practice most of her parts without you. I didn’t know you were going
to play the Fire Bird. I envy you two a bit. I’m glad I came because you look
bad. Have you taken some medicine?” Ahiru seated on his bed and Fakir blushed
a bit.
“No,
but it’s none of your business. I’ll get better, you can leave.”
“I
can’t leave you alone like that. You must have a fever” Ahiru touched his
forehead with hers and that made Fakir blush even more.
“B-baka!
What are you doing?”
She
rolled her sleeves and took the medicine she has bought for Fakir.
“Here,
take some medicine... Where do you keep the spoons?”
“I-In
the kitchen cupboard”
Ahiru
was on her way but... “This room is too dark Fakir, I’ll draw the curtains a
bit”
“No!
Wait!!” Fakir cried
Too
late.