FAKE Double Drabble: Contradictory

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Title: Contradictory
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 326: Warning Labels at drabble_zone.
Spoilers/Setting: During the manga.
Summary: Dee is having problems with the orphanage’s Christmas decorations.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
Every December, Dee took charge of putting up the Orphanage’s Christmas decorations for Mother. He didn’t mind; he always had plenty of willing helpers among the kids. He’d order the tree, get it delivered, set it up, then let the rugrats loose on the lower branches while he took care of the higher ones. Then they’d make paperchains and Dee would hang them up.
 

There were always fairy lights too, both indoors and out, but most of those had been lost or broken when a bomb had destroyed the building that used to house the orphanage.
 

This year, Dee had bought replacement decorations, and everything had been going fine until he’d gotten to putting up the ones outside.
 

He’d been careful when he’d selected them, but now he was facing a very unexpected problem. The box the lights came in clearly stated that they were outdoor lights, but on the lights themselves was a warning label just as clearly stating ‘Not suitable for outdoor use’.

 
He turned to Ryo in exasperation. “So are they outdoor lights or not?”
 

Ryo shook his head. “Your guess is as good as mine.”
 

Dee sighed. “Guess I’d better go buy some more for outside.”
 

 
The End