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Title: Epic Conversations About Nothing
Word Count: 445
Rating/Warnings: G, homage to classic Mickey & Friends cartoons
Notes: Sora, Riku, Kairi genfic, the behavior of friends and mental images they never wanted. XD Comedy; inspired when a buddy classified Pete as a dog and I said 'Actually, no...'



While watching the sunset (as one did, and they tried to do, often) Sora turned, chewing a bite of apple and said what was on his mind at the time (as he did, often).

"What kind of animal is Pete?"

"Cat," Riku answered.

"He hasn't got a tail," Sora mused, not because he was ignoring Riku, but because he was trying to logic it out. Logic with Sora... well Tron would have said it was trying to run a program meant for a 64-bit operating system on a 32-bit computer. He could absolutely do it, but it would take a lot longer.

"His ears are pointy, but you know how his snout is kind of rounded," he gestured around his face to indicate, "big nose and his teeth are all flat, like Goofy's."

Riku didn't respond. He'd already answered, and unlike when they were eight, he no longer got aggravated when Sora refused to let the matter drop.

"But Goofy's a dog." Sora suddenly thrust a finger into the air, "It's weird though, because Goofy is a dog, and Pluto's a dog. But Pluto doesn't talk, and he doesn't wear clothes, and he doesn't walk on his hind legs unless he's really trying to get a treat-"

Kairi didn't ask what brought this up. This was the way Sora's mind worked, and she knew that.

Instead, she said, "Queen Minnie has a cat. A cat-cat, like Pluto is a dog-dog- it's this adorable little black and white kitty."

Riku nodded. "His name's Figaro."

"Doesn't that strike anyone else as weird?" Sora asked. "I mean, they're mice, and they have a cat and a dog. I don't know about dogs, but cats usually chase mice!"

Riku winced and Sora caught it.

"Not that the King and Queen are normal mice-"

"No." Riku waved a hand to cut him off. "No, there are stories." He laughed but it was obviously forced. "Supposedly before the King became the King, and before he and the Queen got married- which was also before he became King- Pete did that."

Sora blinked. "Did what? Chased them?"

Kairi smirked at the sight of Riku blushing faintly.

"No," he said, "just Queen Minnie."

It clicked for Kairi long before Sora and her jaw dropped open. "Chased like chased? As in dating?"

Riku looked even more uncomfortable as the conversation went on. "Well... it's not like she was interested in him."

Sora's apple was hanging half off his fingers and his mouth gaped. "Oh gross."

"You're the one who started the conversation!" Riku said, clearly just as disturbed by the concept and Kairi grinned (as she did, often) as her boys started to bicker.