Huā pén (Flower pot)

[shadowwaker]

Author: shadowwaker
Title: Huā pén (Flower pot)
Prompt: Dreams, Past Prompts 3
Characters: Tseng, Rufus
Series: OGC/AC
Team: Turks
Rating: G
Word count: 100

A/N: I blame my colleague for this. :) She gave me the prompt “reincarnation as a flower pot”. I turned it into a pun. (“Huā pén” = 1. flower pot, 2. feminine man)

Huā pén (Flower pot)

A sudden violent movement shook the bed and jolted him awake. Drowsy, he forced open his eyes and found himself looking at Tseng’s sitting form in the gloom. He was staring at the far end of the room with a puzzled and disturbed look on his face.

“What is it?” Rufus asked with a voice hoarse from sleep.

Tseng looked at him. “I had the weirdest dream... That I’d been reincarnated as a flower pot. All bright pink and with flowers painted on it.” He shuddered. “This is your fault, Rufus, talking me into your bed and calling me pretty.”

Comments

[zen_monk]

Slightly off topic, but I was totally reminded of Mulan from the title :3

[shadowwaker]

That's no surprise. :D It's from Mulan that I learned about the meaning of 'flower pot'. Her name is a pun, how cool is that, hahah. (Stumbled across the term in a comic before, but had no idea what it meant.)