Poker for Kittens

Fluff in multiple definitions.

Main Points:
Buffy/Yakuza AU (Slayer's Mad Whelp)
Chapter Summary: faster to read
Word Count: 200
Rating: Teen

        Honestly, this is starting to get pathetic, and a jewel like the ‘Slayer’s Mad Whelp’ ain’t allowed to get pathetic, so Spike just walks up, emphasizing his footsteps so as not to startle.  The human gives no indication that he’s noticed, but Spike can tell all the same.  “You’ve been lookin’ for a prezzie for the witch, yeah?”
        Xander’s head darts up, cautiously hopeful.  “Yeah?”
        “Well, she’s been talkin’ about little fuzzy furballs recently, ‘n I happen ta have a standin’ invitation ta a weekly poker for kittens game.”
        On one hand, judging by that smile, Spike will lose money.  On the other hand, he won’t regret the chaos that ensues.
        And he doesn’t, even the all-too-innocent way the boy suggests mahjong instead, produces a set from goodness-knows-where, does his absolute best to teach them in a few ‘practice rounds’, and manages to spank them rather soundly when they ‘play for real’ anyway.  He refuses to take the whole pot rather good-naturedly (“I only needed the one, thanks”) and is generally just so damn polite and charming that they don’t even mind that he obviously hustled them all for a single kitten.  Spike’s been bored, and this is downright entertaining.