"Awww come on!" for the Short Affair Challenge

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Challenge: The Short Affair

-Prompt Word #2 – Loose

-Prompt Colour – Grey

Author: mrua7

Title: “Awww, come on!”

Word count: Approximately 550

“Tovarisch, does Mother Nature have something against us?”

“Against you and me, personally?” Illya screwed up his face trying to understand what his partner meant.

“Well no not exactly, it was more of a rhetorical question.”

Napoleon stood just inside the entryway to their apartment building with Illya positioned  right behind him.  Both men were holding suitcases and garment bags in their hands.

“To what Napoleon are you asking this rhetorical question then?”

“Look…” Solo pointed out to the street and he was obviously not happy.

Snowflakes were quickly drifting down and had already covered the sidewalk.

A few people scurried past; men holding newspapers over their heads women doing the same with their purses as they weren’t wearing overcoats, as most likely they were caught off guard.

“Isn’t it supposed to be the first day of spring?

“Oh, well yes is it,” Illya shrugged,” but why should a little bit of snow here matter to you? We are after all going on assignment to…”

“Don’t remind me,” Napoleon groused.” Guess we better go upstairs and unpack our winter coats. I didn’t think we’d need them until we got off the plane in Reykjavik. Let’s face it, with it being in the sixties and seventies here this past week, I was ready for spring and now this!”

“Speak for yourself,” the Russian held up his arm with his wool coat loosely draped on his arm beneath his garment bag.

Napoleon flashed him a surprised look. “You knew it was going to snow and you didn’t say anything to me?”

“One had to only look to the skies and see the grey clouds,”Illya shrugged.

“Don’t tell me, your babushka and her homespun weather prediction methods, right?”

“But of course,” Illya knowingly canted his head.” I told you before that she taught me to be observant of the types of clouds, the behaviour of animals and so forth.”

Napoleon looked him straight in the eye.”Well other than looking at the clouds, which don’t seem all that unusual for me I know damned well you weren’t near any animals today except for that cat of yours. There’s no way an indoor cat would telegraph the weather to you!”

“Think what you like,” Kuryakin shrugged. “You have often called me a smart Russian, have you not?”

“Well I’m going upstairs to unpack my coat and call a taxi to take us to headquarters,” Napoleon huffed. He set his suitcase on the floor and took off with his garment bag slung over his shoulder.

As his partner headed up the stairs, Illya pulled a small transistor radio from his pocket and switched it on.

“Well the weather forecasters got this one right cousins,” the radio disc jockey, Cousin Brucie said.” It’s snowing out there and looks like we’ll get the predicted five inches of the white stuff, so don’t put those galoshes and winter coats away just yet...”

“All you had to do was listen to the radio my friend, like I did,” Illya snickered to himself.

A voice echoed down the stairwell…

“I heard that you smart-ass Russian!”

“There you go calling me smart so it must be true,” Illya shouted back, knowing full well he’d annoyed his friend yet again.

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Being right is his job ;)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

How he does it is usually a secret, though he blew it on this one. Thanks for the comment!

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Haaaaaaa, that's hilarious! ...But I sympathize with Napoleon. It's spring and snowing where I am; I want some nice weather...

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think we're all ready for spring. It's 49 degrees her and if it weren't for the wind it would be a sunny gorgeous day! All signs of snow have melted into nothingness. ahhhhh!

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, Cousin Brucie! He is such an icon of NY area radio broadcasts. Occasionally I still get to hear him on satellite radio.

Of course, Illya would know what the weather forecast would be...lol!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Oh wow Cousin Brucie is still around? Holy cow! I used to listen to him when I was a kid. Looked him up and he's 80 years old and still going strong...like another octogenarian we know and love.

Glad you enjoyed the story and thanks for commenting!

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A nice little scene. (At the behaviour of animals, I was wondering if pigeons would play a part.) It does seem a pity they don't have a tropical assignment - better luck next time.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Usually it's seagulls here. They come inland when a storm is coming, and the mammals hunker down. Misa did just that, so I knew a storm was definitely on the way here yesterday. (plus I get headaches from changes in the atmospheric changes)

I'm sure the pigeons would be all safe in their coops or roosting somewhere safe. Animals are smart that way, that's why we should pay attention to them.

Well a tropical assignment might not have Illya so happy as he tends to be uncomfortable in the heat. Either way it's a no win situation for either of them.

Thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed the story. :D

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

For a clever man, Napoleon can often miss the glaringly obvious, lol. Great story.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Yes, but he's clever and on the ball when he needs to be. Still Napoleon does like to fly by the seat of his pants so to speak.

Thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed the story! I already finished writing the short affair for next week and am excited about it, even though I shouldn't be as everyone will probably not care for it. That's usually what happens to me. When I think a story stinks, people enjoy it. When I think it's good, it gets a lukewarm reception. LOL!

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you've written next week's story already. I'm only just starting today's and it's already 9:40 pm LOL

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I'm usually never this far ahead, got PicFic done, drabble done, what's my line and the next Short Affair....can't help it when I'm inspired and I have more time on my hands than most people. Gotta strike while the muse is in the mood right? :D

[carabele.livejournal.com]

[chuckle]

You know though it always amazes me when I am on my way to work and it's pouring or snowing or such and here are all these folks not dressed at all appropriately for the weather. I mean geeze nowadays they can just look up the weather on their ubiquitous smartphones. They are always gazing at them anyhow. ;-)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

So true! Glad it gave you a chuckle. Thanks for reading and commenting.

PS I don't have a smart phone and like Illya I rely on looking at the sky and the animals, AND checking the weather on line! LOL!