Holding a bunch of cards with both hands, Tori watched as one of her favourite brothers, Rex, stroked his head as it was his turn to make a move in sabacc. She wiggled her legs as she glanced at Cody, who was resting his hands on his cheeks. "Hey Rex," he spoke, gazing at him. "Are you going to move or not?"
"I'm thinking right now," Rex replied, looking at his deck of cards. Which cards should I put? I can't lose to Tori and Cody again. If I lose to Tori, I have to get her a kriffing drink and if I lose to Cody, he's going to force me to get him more coffee. Think, Rex, think. Which card should I use?283Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lhuMhB8Ke
Taking a deep breath, Rex closed his eyes and placed all of his cards on the deck, smiling to himself. "I won," he declared, smirking to Cody and Tori. She pressed her lips together, suppressing her giggles, much to his dismay. "What's so funny, Princess?"
Tori shook her head as she placed her cards on Rex's, which was an Idiot's Array. Cody groaned in frustration as he threw his cards on the table, pouting his lips. Rex placed both his hands on his buzz cut as the commander in pastel pink armour burst out in laughter, holding her stomach.
"You doughheads are buying me a drink tonight," she bellowed, as Cody gave her a death glare.
"You cheated," he accused her. "I saw you hiding those cards inside your sleeves."
She rolled her eyes as she lightly slapped Cody's shoulder, covered in his yellow armour. "You're such a sore loser, Codes."
"I saw it with my own eyes, Tor," he explained further, poking her forearms. "I have proof."
"Oh, do you, Marshall Commander?" she gave a huge smug, wiggling her eyebrows.
Rex got up and smacked behind her head, making her yelp. "Oww!"
"I didn't even hit you that hard, Princess," he poured himself a cup of water. "Also, I'm not buying you a whiskey, again."
"Deal is a deal, Rexster," Tori got up and hit him back. "You get me a drink or you pay up."
"Didn't you say that you were quitting a month ago?" Cody pointed out, placing his arms behind him and rested his legs on the table.
Tori lifted her shoulders and sat beside him. "I tried, Codes," she said, gulping down a bottle of beer. "Didn't really work for me."
"You're supposed to cut down your alcohol intake first," he advised. "Not stop all of a sudden. You know that quitting cold turkey is not good, right? "
I'm aware of that, genius. Thanks for your kriffing input anyways. "It's just too difficult for me to put down the bottle for you, you know?"
Rex placed his arms around her shoulder and noticed Tori's head hung low, her lips curved downwards. "Hey, if you can't do it for yourself, at least do it for the girls."
Her face lit up when Rex mentioned the girls, Ava Lira and Eva Bella Young. Generals of the 101st Battalion, the twin sisters led them into countless battles from the Battle of Phoenix to the Battle of Kadavo. Even though she didn't take them in, the girls were her pride and joy. "I don't know if I could, Rex."
"Imagine if they found you drinking in your room, Tor," Cody squeezed her hands, snatching the alcohol from her hands. "They'll tell General Kenobi and General Doyvesky, and then the two Generals will stop you from seeing Lira and Eva. Do you want that to happen? "
She shook her head as her eyebrows drooped. "Of course not, Codes. What would the 101st Battalion be without Lira and Eva? "
Cody smiled as he tapped her hand twice. "Now that's what I want to hear from you."
Tori sighed as she pouted her lips. "It's still difficult, though."
"Don't give up, Princess," Rex rubbed her back. "I know you can fight your alcoholism. Like I said before, if you can't do it for yourself, do it for-"
"Lira and Eva, I know, vod."
Cody chuckled as he offered his hand to her. She smiled and squeezed his hand, before hitting him on the shoulders. "That's for calling me a kriffing cheater."
"Ouch," he chuckled, rubbing his shoulder. "But it's true. I saw you hiding those cards inside your sleeves."
She blew her tongue and dragged Rex out of his quarters, leaving Cody behind. He rolled his eyes and sighed as he caught up to both of them, pacing beside Rex. "So, where are we heading?"
"You both owe me a drink," Tori replied to him, making Rex squinted his eyes.
"We're not buying you a whiskey."
"You donkeyheads are buying a whiskey," she waved her index fingers at the duo.
"No, we're not," Cody pushed her finger down. "We're getting you some sweets instead."
She groaned in frustration. You know how much I hate sweets, Codes. They make me extremely jumpy and more anxious than usual, although I could pass them to Lira and Eva. Those little buggers have a huge sweet tooth. Lira would happily blow on that stretchy bubblegum while Eva loved to lick those huge, swirly lollipop, which makes her tongue colourful. General Kenobi and General Doyvesky would forbid them to get their hands on sweets but I wouldn't mind, as long as they learn to control themselves. Their masters wouldn't know that I gave them sweets. It's our little secret between the three of us.
"Alright, Codes," she gave a nod to him. "We'll get some bubblegum and lollipops."
"Glad we could come to an agreement, Tori."
"Also, can we get ice-cream?"
Rex giggled, placing his arms around her shoulders. "Of course, Princess."
She gave a light punch on his shoulders, making Rex and Cody burst out in laughter.
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