Had to add a bit of a twist to this, hope you like it!
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“What are you doing?” Tenpou asked suspiciously upon entering his office and finding Kenren and Goku sitting at his desk playing cards.
“Playing cards,” Kenren replied, a little too innocently for Tenpou’s liking.
“Yes, I can see that. What exactly are you playing?” Tenpou asked, as if he didn’t know the answer to that question.
“Go fish.” Kenren replied absentmindedly as he stared at his cards.
“But Ken-nii-chan,” Goku interrupted sweetly, “I thought you said the name of the game was Pokie.”
Kenren tossed his cards to the table, grunting as he firmly planted his palm against his forehead. Tenpou couldn’t help but snort a little at Goku’s innocent comment.
Still staring at the table, Kenren mumbled at the young boy, “Pok-er, Goku, it’s called Poker.”
Goku appeared to digest the information before looking quizzically at Kenren, “Then why did you call it ‘go fish’?”
“Because Ken-nii-chan didn’t want to get in trouble,” Tenpou responded before Kenren could get a word in.
“Oh…are we in trouble?” Goku asked, frowning slightly.
“No, we’re not, right Tenpou?” Kenren asked, batting his long eyelashes like some school girl. “He’s picking it up pretty quickly. And besides, it’s helping him with his numbers, and matching similar cards…you know…it’s kind of like learning.”
Tenpou rolled his eyes, and taking a seat next to Kenren he reached out to look at the hand the general had thrown down.
“Not a very good hand.”
“Shall we start a new one then?”
Tenpou looked over to Goku, who was sitting surprisingly still considering his normal high strung behavior. “Goku, do you want to keep playing?”
Goku shook his head enthusiastically, “Yeah. Ten-chan, I want to play with you and Ken-nii.”
Tenpou smiled at Goku’s excitement and started gathering the deck together again. “Very well, I guess a few games couldn’t hurt.”
“That’s the spirit, Tenpou,” Kenren added, grinning.
“But one thing, Goku.”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t tell Konzen, OK?”
“Um, OK, but why?”
“He doesn’t like having fun,” Kenren answered sarcastically. Tenpou glared at the general, who merely shrugged.
“It’ll be our little secret, alright Goku?” Tenpou instructed kindly.
Goku nodded, smiling. “OK, Ten-chan. I won’t tell him!”
Playing Pokie 1 of 2
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“What are you doing?” Tenpou asked suspiciously upon entering his office and finding Kenren and Goku sitting at his desk playing cards.
“Playing cards,” Kenren replied, a little too innocently for Tenpou’s liking.
“Yes, I can see that. What exactly are you playing?” Tenpou asked, as if he didn’t know the answer to that question.
“Go fish.” Kenren replied absentmindedly as he stared at his cards.
“But Ken-nii-chan,” Goku interrupted sweetly, “I thought you said the name of the game was Pokie.”
Kenren tossed his cards to the table, grunting as he firmly planted his palm against his forehead. Tenpou couldn’t help but snort a little at Goku’s innocent comment.
Still staring at the table, Kenren mumbled at the young boy, “Pok-er, Goku, it’s called Poker.”
Goku appeared to digest the information before looking quizzically at Kenren, “Then why did you call it ‘go fish’?”
“Because Ken-nii-chan didn’t want to get in trouble,” Tenpou responded before Kenren could get a word in.
“Oh…are we in trouble?” Goku asked, frowning slightly.
“No, we’re not, right Tenpou?” Kenren asked, batting his long eyelashes like some school girl. “He’s picking it up pretty quickly. And besides, it’s helping him with his numbers, and matching similar cards…you know…it’s kind of like learning.”
Tenpou rolled his eyes, and taking a seat next to Kenren he reached out to look at the hand the general had thrown down.
“Not a very good hand.”
“Shall we start a new one then?”
Tenpou looked over to Goku, who was sitting surprisingly still considering his normal high strung behavior. “Goku, do you want to keep playing?”
Goku shook his head enthusiastically, “Yeah. Ten-chan, I want to play with you and Ken-nii.”
Tenpou smiled at Goku’s excitement and started gathering the deck together again. “Very well, I guess a few games couldn’t hurt.”
“That’s the spirit, Tenpou,” Kenren added, grinning.
“But one thing, Goku.”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t tell Konzen, OK?”
“Um, OK, but why?”
“He doesn’t like having fun,” Kenren answered sarcastically. Tenpou glared at the general, who merely shrugged.
“It’ll be our little secret, alright Goku?” Tenpou instructed kindly.
Goku nodded, smiling. “OK, Ten-chan. I won’t tell him!”