A short drabble which may be a little OOC. I just needed to write something! Maybe you guys can write more to this idea :) Disclaimer: I ain't owning PoM.
Drabble Time 5
Private has questions. And he also comes to a realization of how much leverage he holds against the team.
Drabble 8 | Thoughts
They had been patrolling around the zoo - usually there was no trouble, last year being an exception - when they came across the otter couple, Marlene and Antonio, kissing. Skipper had been too slow to react of course. However Rico and Kowaski instantaneously slapped their flippers over their eyes. And that was the point when all the gears in Private's brain started running.
Why were they still doing this?
Was I still a young child, that I'm not trusted with the realities of the world? Skipper had been already heightening his expections for my performance in the field, pushing me (within reason) to excel in more difficult tasks now. If I am expected to know more in that area, then why should I still - in a humiliating fashion - be withheld from this?
Besides that...
I have seen Rico… and Kowalski… and wait… Skipper?! I have seen everyone in my team kiss someone of the opposite gender before.. If it is so shameful, why have they done it before? And why have I caught them without them knowing? Shouldn't they be more careful if they want to hide it from me?
Does this mean I have leverage?
Whoa, I have dirt on all my teammates. By accident, not on purpose! I don't like where this is going…
I've seen Rico kiss Perky's forehead before… well he wasn't too showy about it. It was nice and sweet? I don't know how to describe that yet. But Rico's much less involved with woman than Skipper and *gag* Kowalski.
Kitka and Skipper danced on that night at the clock tower and they kissed more times then I can track. Disgusting! I wonder why he would do all that with her when he already kissed the doll before? Weird.
As much as I look up to Kowalski… this part of him grosses me.
The dance!
Forgive me - the most humiliating dance ever combined with bad lyrics and timing. It was during a mission out of all days, with an audience!
Should I be so bothered with that? For now, maybe I'll try to ignore that incident. What's done has been done.
But what he's still doing is sneaking out during missions to visit the dolphin habitat.
Recon? Detour to dolphin habitat.
Obstacle course? Edit it so that it circles around dolphin habitat.
Worst are the stealth missions around the zoo. Skipper partners me with Kowalski; he thinks I'm being mean to Kowalski by approaching Skipper beforehand and requesting a different partner.
Kowalski wastes so much time during the exercises with Doris that it affects how Skipper views me too. Skipper thinks that I am a failure because Kowalski and I always get spotted. Kowalski is the one with the weakness for the females! He's the one with the guard down, kissing away, and hence pulling my score down with him.
Unfair.
I never trouble Skipper or Rico or Kowalski like that. I never hinder their actions. I think.
And on top of dealing with that I have to deal with Kowalski's and Doris' noises. And high-pitched voices. And watch Doris not return Kowalski the same attention he gives. What bond seems to be between them two is far from what exists between Rico and Perky; it is not even close to what existed between Kitka and Skipper.
Maybe Skipper is right, I'm not ready to face the realities of this world.
But...
he shouldn't deny that I have the knowledge of all this already, though.
Feel free to comment and have a blessed new year ahead!
thewriterstory § 9 Feb 2016