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Something New (And Something Familiar)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13696784/1/Something-New-And-Something-Familiar (Written for Day Seven of MitsuKiki Week 2018, Prompt A.) (I've participated for a whole week now! <3 I'm a dork when it comes to prompts, and so I'll probably write four more oneshots, in order to fill the remaining four prompts that I skipped, but it probably won't be back to back like it's been all week.)
White Day Confusion
Mitsukiki Week, Day 5 – Affection (Prompt A)
Title : White Day Confusion
Synopsis : It’s White Day at Wistal Castle and Mitsuhide decides to do something special for Kiki. What will happen?
Disclaimer : I DO NOT OWN AKAGAMI NO SHIRAYUKIHIME! All rights belong to Akiduki Sorata. All the characters mentioned in this fan-fiction are her creations. Any references to actual people are purely coincidental.
Mitsuhide hummed quietly to himself, standing in front of the door of Prince Zen’s office. He held a bouquet of red roses in his hands. He glanced down at the bouquet, nervously running his fingers through his hair. I hope Kiki will like this… He thought to himself.
He pushed open the doors. “Good morning, everyone!”
“Good morning!” Zen and Obi greeted him at the same time. Zen was at his desk while Obi was sitting on the window sill. Kiki was sitting on a nearby couch, reading a book. She still hadn’t even looked in his direction, much less greet him yet.
He gulped. He opened his mouth to greet her but Obi was by his side in no time, inspecting the roses.
“Oh, Mister, why do you have these flowers?” Obi asked curiously. “For some lucky lady you’ve secretly had a rendezvous with before, perhaps?”
He felt a tinge of blush redden his face. “N-No, it’s not like that! Today is White Day, so I thought it might be nice to take part in it.”
“Who are the flowers for, then?”
“Well…,” he started but trailed off. “They’re for… Kiki.”
At the sound of her name, she lifted her head up and looked at him. “Did someone say my name?”
“As a matter of fact, yes, Lady Kiki!” Obi responded mischievously, pushing Mitsuhide towards her.
What is he doing?!
“Well, what is it you need?” Kiki asked, glancing up at him when he was in front of her.
“I-I….” Mitsuhide took a deep breath, trying to gain his composure. “I got these flowers for you.”
She gave him a confused look. “What for?”
“Today is White Day, and on Valentine’s Day, you bought me a few things, so I decided I should return the favor by buying you flowers,” he answered nervously. Does she not like them?
She opened to her mouth to speak but Zen and Obi rudely interrupted her with their laughter.
“What’s so funny?” Mitsuhide demanded, slightly annoyed.
“You, of course!” Zen answered in between laughs. He held his sides as he laughed.
“I can’t believe you got her red roses!” Obi chuckled. “Giving anything red to a girl on White Day means you love her, idiot!”
“W-What?!” The turquoise-haired man exclaimed, turning a deep shade of red even darker than Shirayuki’s hair. “Why didn’t you stop me from giving them to her?!”
“We didn’t actually think you’d give them directly to her, but of course, you’re so dense! It’s called White Day for a reason!”
At this point, he felt like he could die of embarrassment. How could I do something so stupid?!
He risked a glance at Kiki and wish he hadn’t. She had a hand over her mouth, but it was pretty clear by the rising and falling of her shoulders that she was laughing, too.
After seeing the horrified look on his face, she immediately grew serious. She shot the Zen and Obi a look that instantly shut them up. She shifted her gaze back to Mitsuhide. “Care to join me outside for a moment?”
Although Zen and Obi made no audible sounds, their eyes were practically laughing out loud. Mitsuhide tried to ignore them as he and Kiki took their leave. She led them out into the courtyard and they both took seats on a vacant bench.
“I’m really sorry about that,” he immediately began apologizing.
“You have nothing to feel sorry for,” Kiki assured him. “I’m glad you thought of me anyhow.”
“Well, I wanted to get you something in return for the neckties and chocolates you gave to me for Valentine’s Day.” He averted his gaze. “It wasn’t a very good gift, huh?”
“No, I really liked them!” She quickly told him, taking the bouquet from him. “I’ve secretly always loved roses, but due to my position, I always have to reject any roses from noblemen trying to vie for my hand.”
“I know.” He looked at her with a slight smile.
“What do you mean you know?”
“Uhh…” He averted his gaze once again. “Please don’t think it’s creepy, but I always noticed that whenever we went to go talk to Shirayuki while she was in the Royal Garden, you looked especially long at the roses. Plus, whenever we are required to attend balls, you always wear a rosy scent.”
She felt a tinge of blush suddenly creep unto her cheeks. “You… noticed that?”
“How could I not?” He answered her question with his own. “You’re my partner. I’d be stupid to not notice the little things.”
“But why get me red roses?”
“I thought you might like a good excuse to have red roses,” he admitted after a moment. “I know you try not to act feminine, but it’s okay to indulge in feminine things every once in a while.”
She gave him a slight smile. “Thank you. Really. I’m glad I got this one gift from you.”
He blinked in confusion for a moment before snapping his fingers. “That’s right! I forgot that I got you a second gift.” He reached into his pocket and handed her a small box covered in black velvet fabric. “I had this especially made for you. It’s the only one of its kind.”
Kiki took the box tentatively from him before opening the lid slowly. Her smile immediately widened as she gingerly took the bracelet outside of the box. It was a bracelet, but it looked like a semi-watch except that the clock was replaced with a light-silver circular piece of metal. It had the Clarines cress engraved in dark blue on top of it and it was all encased in gold.
“Oh, this is beautiful!” She let out in amazement, forgetting herself.
“That’s not all,” he said with a smile. He pressed a small button on the side of the bracelet she hadn’t noticed and the top half of the case popped open, releasing a sweet rosy scent into the air. A drawing of a rose was painted at the bottom.
“What is it?”
“it’s like your own personal rose perfume that’s hidden inside your bracelet!” He said excitedly. “I had Shirayuki help me make an everlasting perfume scent and I sprayed it inside. It should always smell like a red rose.”
An indescribable feeling overcame her and she hugged him. “Thank you,” she whispered inside his ear.
Mitsuhide hugged her back, his face heated with embarrassment. “N-No problem.”
Authoress’ Notes: So, I heard about this White Day thing happening in Japan before and kinda liked it. I tried (and failed) to do a bit of research on it, but I didn’t get much except that everything had to be white, hence the name. I thought it might be a bit funny for Mitsuhide to get the most important detail wrong and unintentionally give the message that he loved Kiki. I’m not completely sure if giving a woman something red on White Day means you love them, so don’t take my word for it!
To all Native Japanese people reading this, I am sorry if you were cringing because of my lack of knowledge! I’m really trying to get into authentic Japanese culture (not just anime and manga), but I’m not sure which websites are run by misinformed weeaboos or Japanese people. If you know of any good websites that aren’t misinformed, please let me know!
The Rareness Of True Friendship
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13779112/1/The-Rareness-Of-True-Friendship (I finally filled the last prompt from the A List for the week, the last one word prompt. It's Friendship. I had a lot of fun writing it, and it feels half like a character study of Kiki. Also, thank you everyone who read and enjoyed Something New (And Something Familiar); I loved reading every review and tag. You, guys, are incredible! You absolutely blew me away with all of your love and with how much you loved that story of mine.) (With a poetry fun fact, I sort of had a bit of Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay in mind a bit as I wrote this, because trying to tame my MitsuKiki shipping mind is insane, and Sarah and Phil have such a sweet friendship that it's absolutely incredible. So, I figured I could try to capture something just as sweet and meaningful as two real life best friends within this little oneshot. Hopefully, I managed it.) (I'm a poet as well as a fiction writer, which is why my absolute love of poetry sometimes comes through.) (Now, I only have a few Prompt Bs left.)
A Possibility
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13693294/1/A-Possibility
(Apparently, I'm drawn to Prompt A. Here's mine for Day Two.)
What Has Grown
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13694729/1/What-Has-Grown
(A late oneshot for Day Four of MitsuKiki Week 2018, using both prompts for that day.)
Destressing With Each Other
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13696422/1/Destressing-With-Each-Other (I figured I'd try writing more from Mitsuhide's perspective, since I favor writing from Kiki's perspective a whole lot. Hopefully, he's in character. It was pretty hard sometimes to not just flip and focus on how Kiki's feeling, rather than Mitsuhide. I hope that the story doesn't feel super awkward or anything.) (I guess it's a fill to both A and B, since they are the same prompt, technically. Written for Day Six of MitsuKiki Week 2018.)
The Little That Shows
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13695522/1/The-Little-That-Shows
(Affection might be hard to come by, but a little does sneak in.) (Written for Day Five of MitsuKiki Week 2018, both prompts A and B.)
