Love and Sickness

Comfort Item

Fatima invited Roundtree to her house. She decided to show him her bedroom.

'You've got a nice room!' Roundtree said. Then he noticed something under her pillow.

'Aw, a stuffed rabbit!'

'Oh! You weren't supposed to see that!' Fatima exclaimed, embarrassed.

'Oh. Sorry. Just saw him peaking out from under your pillow, and decided to look. Didn't mean to pry.' Roundtree replied.

'Thanks. I've had that rabbit for a very long time. I hid him away years ago because I thought I outgrew him. Then that mission in Egypt happened, and I brought him out.'

'Well, that's okay. I don't see anything embarrassing about it.'

'You're so sweet, thank you!' Fatima said, then she hugged him.

Roundtree smiled, 'you're welcome!'

At dinner

'So what do you call him?' Roundtree asked.

'It differs between Fuzzy Fuzzy and Diff. Hey don't laugh!' Fatima replied.

'Sorry! Just hard to imagine anyone calling a stuffed animal 'Diff'!'

'Silly guy.' Fatima thought, amused.