"Unh?" Viktor glanced out from under the forearm that was serving him as an impromptu sunshade and yawned. "Are who biting? Nanami and Nina? Figure that's something you ought to ask yourself..."

Flik just rolled his eyes and hunkered down next to Viktor. "The fish, you ass."

Viktor shifted the wooden pole slightly and shrugged. "Nah. Haven't had a single nibble all day. Guess that froofy blue cape of yours scared 'em all off..."

"Don't you dare blame this on me." Mildly affronted, Flik caught the edges of said cape and pulled it tight about his shoulders.

"Why not?" Viktor yawned again, then reached over to knuckle Flik's shoulder in a reasonably friendly fashion (no bones broken, merely a momentary loss of balance that Flik absently corrected for the instant before it would have sent him splashing into the lake). "Way I see it, everything's your fault. Fish aren't biting? Your fault. Castle falls over? Your fault. Laundry turns my underwear pink? Your fault. Saves on thinking."

"I just got back from Radat not ten minutes ago," Flik said crisply, ignoring Viktor's 'logic'. "I take absolutely no responsibility for the dispositions of the local fish. As for what I think of your alleged piscatory endeavours..."

"Hey, fuck you. You wanna stop shoving your education down my throat before I shove my fist down yours?" Contrary to the lazy threat Viktor grinned at Flik.

After a moment Flik allowed him a small thin smile in answer. "No. Would you like to stop wasting my time and come have lunch with me, before I take that fishing pole away from you and stuff it up your ass?"

"Huh. You hear that? For a second there I coulda sworn I heard a mouse squeakin'. Musta been the wind." His grin got a little wider, and Viktor lumbered to his feet beside Flik, winding up the fishing line.

Flik eyed the hook--empty. "No wonder they weren't biting. One of them stole your bait."

"Bait?" Viktor's neck popped as he stretched, fingers clawing at the sky.

"Yes. Bait, Viktor. You know, the food or shiny thing you put on the hook to entice the fish to bite it." Flik paused, considering, then added, "Don't tell me you forgot to use bait."

Viktor threw his arm around Flik's waist and more or less dragged the smaller man backwards along the pier towards the castle. "Course I wasn't using bait! You use bait, you get all these fish trying to interrupt a perfectly good nap!"