#faiweek

Hello! It's time for everyone's favorite angst magnet to have a week all to himself! Be sure to tag your posts with #faiweek and #faiweek2019 All prompts are merely suggestions, so feel free to do what you like!

Day 1: Pranks, Jokes, and Magical Mishaps

Day 2: Favorite Things

Day 3: Adventure

Day 4: Bad Habits

Day 5: Alternate Universe

Day 6: Memories

Day 7: Family

@fai-week Day 1: Pranks, Jokes and Magical Mishaps

Fai flipped frantically through the pages in front of him, eyes jumping from spell to spell, desperately looking for something to fix the mess he found himself in. The words were starting to merge together, his heart racing in his ears, He only had a short amount of time before the king would be coming by to check up on his progress. He was going to flip when he’s seen the mess he’s made. 

He tensed up as he heard cheerfully whistling coming down the hall and his eyes widened. He was out of time. He slammed the book shut and hurried to the door, slipping out and quickly closing it behind him just as Ashura was approaching the door. He put a smile on his face, hoping that the man wouldn’t notice how tense he was.

“Good morning Fai.” Ashura smiled softly at him, leaning down slightly and eyeing him curiously. “I hope you don’t mind me coming by a little early. You’ve been progressing wonderfully with your magic and I’ve found myself curious to see how you’re first self-taught lesson is going.”

Fai felt his smile tighten, his chest feeling tight. Ashura had placed so much trust in him, and he had screwed everything up. It was such an easy lesson too! But he couldn’t for the life of him figure out where he went wrong and he was absolutely terrified that he was going to be in trouble. “You didn’t need to take time to come down here early. Everything is going just fine! I’m sure you have much better things to be doing than checking in on me.”

Ashura raised an eyebrow, taking in how Fai was leaning back almost protectively against the door. “You know I’m always happy to see your magic. Why don’t we step inside this room here and you can show me what you can do.”

“No!” The protest was out before Fai could stop it and he clamped his mouth shut quickly. An embarrassed flush spread across his cheeks and he gave a sheepish grin, “I mean, I would love to show you! Just... some other time, when I’ve gotten a little more control over what I want to show you.”

The look on Ashura’s face showed he clearly wasn’t buying his excuse, and he straightened up with a sigh. “Fai... What did you do?” 

“Nothing!” Fai quickly defended, but the no nonsense look on his king’s face, and the fact that he didn’t appear angry just yet took away a lot of his steam. “I kind of.. overdid it with my multiplication spell.”

“Overdid it how?”

“I... don’t know how to make it stop?”

Ashura opened and closed his mouth, trying to find the words to ask what he needed to know. But words were not needed when Fai stepped aside and pulled open the door. The avalanche of bubbles that piled out of the room said more than enough. And, instead of being angry like Fai feared, Ashura couldn’t help but throw his head back and laugh.

“Of Fai. This is nothing to be stressed out about!” Ashura reassured, reaching out and giving Fai a pat on the head, ruffling his hair before reaching up to pop a few bubbles. “Accidents like this happen all the time, especially when you’re still learning.” He crouched down to get level with the boy to show him that everything was going to be okay. “I promise you, okay? Why, when I was learning, I once filled the ballroom with pillows and flooded the entire third floor. And, just like those mistakes, we can fix this one.” His smile grew as he watched Fai relax, the relief that he hadn’t completely screwed up clear on his face. “But first, there’s nothing wrong with enjoy your little mistake, okay?” He reached out to pop a bubble that landed on Fai’s nose, smile growing at the small but happy grin that formed.

🎶...and whiskers on kittens.🎶

@fai-week Day 2: Favorite Things.