[FIC] Tales of the Abyss
Title: N/A
Fandom: Tales of the Abyss
Pairing: N/A (young Luke and Guy)
Rating: G
Word Count: 471 words



Guy had approximately ten seconds from the time he entered the front door to when a small redheaded missile shot out of nowhere and grabbed him around the waist.

"Guy! Guy Guy Guy Guy! You're back!" Luke cried excitedly, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet.

"I was only gone for a few hours," Guy laughed, ruffling the boy's hair. "What're you so excited about?" He tried to step out of the entryway and into the hall, but only vaguely succeeded due to Luke's refusal to let go of him.

Luke fixed him with a bright smile. "Guess what!"

Guy ignored the giggles of the maids manning the doorway. "I'm bad at guessing. You know that. How about you just tell me?"

Normally this would've earned him protestations and an insistence that no, he had to guess first, but it looked like Luke was just dying to get it out. The boy grinned and reached into his pocket, pulling out a small box that he proudly presented to Guy. "It's for you!"

"...for me? Really?" Guy looked down at the proffered box, mentally going through a list of what Luke's activities had been that day in an attempt to guess what he was in for. "What is it?"

"Father's been making you do lots of stuff. And he makes you go out all the time." Luke made a face at this. It was no secret that he hated it whenever Guy left the manor, and had been known to throw spectacular temper tantrums just to keep it from happening. "I thought that if you belonged to me, then he couldn't do that anymore! So I got the maids to get you this!"

With slight trepidation, Guy took the lid off the box. A slender collar lay inside, obviously finely-made. It was the kind that nobles often bought for their more treasured pets. For a long while, all he could do was stare at it as Luke smiled sunnily up at him. "Um. Luke, I..." Guy managed, grasping for words.

The boy's face fell. "Don't you like it?"

"No, that's not it at all! It's really lovely, and I appreciate it, it's just..." He had no idea how to finish that sentence. Or explain to Luke why giving people collars wasn't usually acceptable.

"Great!" Luke cut off any further protestations by tugging on Guy's shirt. "Bend down to I can put it on you!" Automatically, Guy knelt down in front of him. Luke very carefully took the collar out of the box and fastened it around Guy's neck, throwing his arms around him in a hug when he was done. "There! See, you're mine now!"

Guy sighed, hugging Luke back. He couldn't help but smile a little at his enthusiasm. "Yeah, Luke. I'm all yours."