The Best Defense

The
Itch

A/n: I've had a few people asking about Farfarello in this chapter. In my version of the WK universe, Farfarello can feel... just not pain. Hope that helps!

Farfarello
groaned soulfully, his forehead pressing against the cool glass of
the car window. His cast itched. Badly. He writhed slightly, trying
to get the contraption to scratch itself, but with no luck. He cast a
hard stare over at his seat mate, but she avoided his gaze. Blatantly
avoided his gaze. He twisted again, keeping his eye trained on her
face, and managed to get his shackled legs closer to where she sat,
his wrist shackles clanking loudly at the movement.

Without
looking down, her face twisted disgustedly, and she inched away.

"Oh,
get off it!" he spat, trying to get a reaction, and felt the car
swerve slightly at his outburst.

The
small front glass pane opened slightly, and the voice of the driver
wafted through, "Miss Manx? Is everything all right?"

"Everything's
fine," she said sternly, pushing his leg away with her gun hilt.
The pane slipped closed.

"No,
everything's not fine," Farfarello grumbled, squirming again.

"Oh,
for God's sake, what on earth is wrong?"

"Not
for God's sake, but for mine! My leg itches."

"It…
itches?" Well, she was looking at him now.

"Aye,
itches."

There
was a deep silence, broken only by Manx's incredulous, "Itches…?"

"And
I certainly can't scratch it," he pointed out. He could feel
idiotic itch-tears forming in his eyes, and knew that she could see
them, as well.

"Unn…
sure…" she moved reluctantly, still somewhat stunned at this
new discovery, poking his thigh lightly with her gun.

"SCRATCH
IT!" he roared, a fat tear slipping down his cheek, and finally,
finally felt her fingers digging into his skin. "No, no, under
the godforsaken bloody cast. Ah, yeah, no no, almost…"

They
didn't feel the car slipping to a halt, nor the muffled voices
through the door.

But
when the door was flung open… Well, they definitely noticed that.

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Sorry,
I know this one is short XD It just felt like a nice place to cut
off. This is my baby right now, so expect updates fairly soon :) Any
comments/critiques/love/hatred/random noises would be indescribably
appreciated! Thanks so much for reading!