AN: Hey everyone! *Group hug*
My second Fruits Basket fanfic, only this one is a collection of oneshots , still I'm happy to be writing for Fruits Basket yet again!
As it said in the summary these are oneshots dedicated to my reviewers of The Unvoiced Plea, my first Fruits Basket story I wrote. Some of oneshots were thought up by the reviewers themselves, and the rest were thought up by me. I'm not doing any of these in a particular order so my first reviewer could be my last oneshot of the collection for all I know! Anyway I hope enjoy this first one shot!
Name of oneshot/drabble: Ayame's Birthday
Rating: T
Genre/s: Humour/ Romance/ bit of Hurt/Comfort
Characters/pairings involved: Ayame, Shigure, Hatori, and Yuki. Plus other random characters, but those are the main ones. AyamexMine
Idea for one shot/drabble summary: It's Ayame's birthday, and sadly, all he wants from Hatori is a redo of Shigure's party. Which means another episode of Operation GDD. Meanwhile, Yuki slaves away to find a present to fit Ayame's needs.
Dedicated to: Serena Scarlet :D (I hope you enjoy this, sorry I wasn't able to add the spin –the-bottle bit inot it, I tried but it didn't work out as well as I had hoped ^^;)
Disclaimer: I own this keyboard, this computer, this glass of lemonade, this Search-A-Word puzzle book, a few ideas for the next one shots and this copy of the Sims 3, Natsuki Takaya owns Fruits Basket.
Here we go!
1. Ayame's Birthday
His eyes opened.
Light filtered through the blinds.
The first thing he saw was the clock reading '8:37' in the morning.
Today seemed like an ordinary day...
...far from it!
Ayame sprung out of bed with a huge grin on his face, a tingle of excitement running through him, a joyful atmosphere surrounding him and a calendar that had the special day marked out in big, red letters.
"It's. My. BIRTHDAY!" he announced loudly. He struck pose that was like he was in some over dramatic play. "It's my birthday today and I want the whole world to know it!" He then pulled the blinds up, almost breaking them in the process, pulled up the window and leaned forward with hands on the window sill. "Gooooood morning wooooorrld! Today is my birthday! It's Ayame Sohma's birthday, spread the word!" No one seemed to hear him but a few gazed at what appeared to be an insane but handsome man screaming to the world.
Unable to stand still, Ayame started doing a weird dance and jumping around. "It's my b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y! And I still look as youthful as ever! Oh, I should tell that to the world as we-"
"The whole world knows, now the shut the hell up and keep it down!" came a muffled yell from next door.
Ayame stopped his dance hearing this. He blinked a few times and then frown. "How rude! Don't you know what day it is today? It my, the glorious and amazing Ayame's, birthday!"
"So? Why do I care?" his neighbour responded.
Not bothering to continue Ayame jumped straight to his closest and started looking for the right outfit to wear.
"Good morning, matrie!"
Ayame's smile increased seeing his assistant. "Mine, isn't a beautiful day today?"
She skipped to him, smiling brightly. "Indeed it is!"
"It's my birthday!" he exclaimed. He eyed Mine playfully. "And don't tell me you forgot, Mine..."
"Eh what? Of course I wouldn't! I'm coming to your party tonight aren't I?" Mine said thinking he was serious.
Ayame only chuckled making his way to the sewing machine. "Well, let's get to work. We have fantasies to make a reality and men to deliver the goods to!"
He was surprised when Mine stepped in front of him with an anxious expression on her face. "What are you talking about matrie? It's your birthday you shouldn't have to work!" She laughed nervously. This was awfully out of character for her to be so nervous.
It got Ayame concerned. "Is there something wrong, Mine?"
She shook her head. "No, not all! Why would you say that? I mean I-!" She saw his eyes flash to what lay behind her. In her mind she panicked. 'No! He wasn't suppose to see it yet!'
"Mine, what on earth is this?" Ayame said holding up the item of clothing. It was a long coat, about his size.
Mine looked around the room in thought and quickly came up with an answer. "It's an old project, something that never got picked up by the customer..."
"It's one of the most hideous things I have seen..." Ayame said. Then he went on dramatically "The colour is wrong, the sleeves are too long, the collar is too high, and what on earth is with these frills on the sleeves? Not only that, it has a zip, of all things, it would have been better with buttons...My, I must have been completely blind when I designed this."
He looked back at Mine, who was looking at the ground.
"Mine?"
"Yeah, I know it's...I'll throw it out for you, matrie." She took the clothing from him and began to walk away. She stopped at the door way looking up. She turned her towards him, her eyes closed and an unusual, large grin on her face. "Have a good day, Ayame..."
Ayame frowned as she went out of view. She rarely ever called him Ayame. Was that strange? Maybe it was because it was his birthday and she was just being polite. Not really caring and the thoughts of his birthday clouding his judgment, Ayame focused on his birthday.
He glided over to phone and dialled an all too familiar number. The right person answered. "Hello?"
"Shigure, my darling!"
"Ayame, my sweetheart!"
"How long has it been, my love?"
"Too long, Ayame, too long..."
"I've dreaming about you every night since we last parted! I can't stand this anymore! Tonight we shall be reunited at last!"
"Oh Ayame I-!"
"Will you two quit mucking around!" Ayame heard on the other end. It sounded like a certain temperamental, orange haired cat. "Say one more line and I'll split the phone in two!"
"Kyo's scaring me..." Shigure said quietly.
Busting to get out what he wanted to say, Ayame blurted out "I have an idea Shigure! You remember operation GDD? Can we do it again at my party tonight?"
Shigure gasped on the other end. The sound of a door closing on the other end got Ayame wondering. Was the operation really that secret? Last time they tried it the whole world practically knew about it.
"You want to try that again?" Shigure practically exclaimed.
"Indeed! Don't you think it would be rather fun?"
"...I suppose...Alright, I'll provide the 'secret ingredient' while you pick the song, 'kay?"
Ayame came close to kissing the phone in delight "Shigure, you truly are the best! I know which song already, thank you!" And with that Ayame hung up and started dancing around the room. Now to go find that song...
Yuki stalked the isles of the shops in search for the item. The item that would not only be probably very expensive but also be enough to satisfy Ayame. Like most dramatic, flamboyant, self obsessed, stylish and immature men, Ayame was tough to buy for. Yuki had spent the early hours of this morning trying to find something for his brother but with little success. Now the deadline was tonight at six o'clock. He felt like he'd just walked half of Japan in ten hours!
His half hooded eyes scanned the shelves for anything that might satisfy his brother. After what felt like an eternity of searching the whole store, he trudged out. As soon as he stepped out his lazy, grey eyes scanned the area for any shops he hadn't been to yet.
"Why does having to find a present have to be so hard?" he muttered to himself putting his hands in his pockets. He trudged down the side walk not really seeing the looks people were giving him. With his slouched over form and tired, half hooded eyes it was anything but unnoticeable.
He looked to the clouded sky in thought. So far he knew that Shigure had gotten him something of top secrecy, which usual meant something that wasn't meant for the eyes of the innocent. Kyo had completely forgotten but wasn't about to go out and buy the snake something. Tohru had made him a birthday cake and managed to get a friend of Mine's to do a portrait of him! When Yuki told her about his situation she told him "It should come from the heart! It means a lot more that way...But I'm sure that whatever you get him...he'll love it!"
Suddenly his eyes caught on something in the shop window just ahead. He rushed towards it and gazed it with wide, disbelieving eyes. He almost smiled as he looked at it from top to bottom. It's perfect!
Without another thought he ran into the store. "Is that on sale?"
The store keeper looked at him bewildered. "Eh, yes, it is? Do you want to buy it?"
Yuki nodded eagerly. "How much?"
"Twenty thousand yen..."
Yuki's jaw dropped and he heard a cash register go off in the background. Did she just say what he thought he heard? (AN: 20,000 Yen is equivalent to approximately 219 US dollars, 148 british pounds, and 252 AUS dollars, so quite a fair bit ^^; )
"A-A-Are you sure a-about that?" he said stuttering over his words. She simply nodded confirming his worst fears. What was he going to go? He didn't didn't have that much money on him…Only a thousand yen. He sighed in defeat. There goes the perfect chance… As he was about the trudge out the shop keeper stopped him. "Hey, why so depressed?"
He looked at her with a sigh. "It's nothing…"
"Look, it's not just nothing, you look really upset now. Sorry kid, I can't sell it to ya it you don't have twenty thousand yen, it's a rare type, ya know?"
He nodded and smiled sadly.
The woman frowned at him. "You know…You remind me of someone."
Yuki fully turned to her now frowning as well.
She grinned. "I knew it! I knew you reminded me of someone! You frown just like him! Oh you must be…Are you Yuki?"
Yuki nodded. "Yes…How do you know my name?"
"Are you kidding me? He talks about you practically all the time! Well, almost… He even gave me a detailed desciption about you! I'm guessing you're here to buy this for him…I didn't know his birthday was this soon though. Wait here a sec!"
She ran to the window and pulled the item away from the window carefully. She then ran towards the counter and pulled out a large, purple box. She looked to Yuki and gestured him to come over. "Tell you what, Yuki, I'll give you this present with the money you have in your pocket and we'll forget about the twenty thousand yen, 'kay? Only if you agree to tell him that this is present from me, the shop keeper of 'Valueables and Gems' as well."
Without thinking Yuki blurted out "No, I couldn't if I-!"
"Too late!" She'd already put the item in the box and wrapped it up in a ribbion bow. "That'll be…Whatever you have in your pockets please!"
Again without thinking Yuki pull out his thousand yen and gave it to her. She shoved the box into his hands waved him out. "See you around! Come visit again sometime!"
He stepped out of the shop, trying to take in what had just happened. He looked from present in his hands to the shop. The present, the shop, the present, the shop, the presnt, the shop…
He'd just gotten Ayame a present. But who was that woman talking about? Was it Ayame? It sounded like him. Presuming she knew Ayame, the rat walked off with a slight glee in his footsteps carefully carrying the present under his arm.
6:00PM Ayame's house
Tohru happily walked down the path to Ayame's appartment block, with Shigure, Kyo and Yuki behind her. Ahead was the maginificatant home of Ayame Sohma, which tonight was booming with music and blared up with lights. Tohru remembered Ayame's appartment very well. She had been over once when Ayame had invited her and Yuki over.
"My beloved Shigure, my prince in shining armor!" The snake dramatically reached across the room towards him.
"My darling Ayame, my beautiful princess in the tallest tower!" Shigure said also reaching across dramatically.
"Will you two quit it already!" Kyo exclaimed, his fists ready to knock them out.
Ayame looked surprised. "I'm sorry, did I invite you? I don't belive I did. Oh well, now that you're here we have an extra guest I suppose. That's everyone, except for Mine." He sighed at the last name 'I wonder where she is?'
"She'll show up soon," Tohru encouraged "She wouldn't miss your party for the world."
Ayame smiled in response. "Can't let the blues get me down. Let's party!"
Ayame's apartment was decorated with balloons, streamers, colour and a long, elegant banner saying 'Happy Birthday, Ayame!' in big, golden letters.
'Oh, I can't wait much longer!i Ayame thought as he ran to the stero. He turned the volume down and called out "Right, lets get to the presents!"
With that everyone gathered around Ayame at the table. Next to him were piles of presents ready to be sat down hardly able to contain himself! "Wow, so many presents! Which one should I open first?"
Shigure handed his over to Ayame. "Why not mine, Aya…?"
Ayame excitedly grabbed the present off the dog and tore the green wrapping paper away. He gasped as he saw what it was. He turned to the dog with a mock lovers look. "Shigure…my beloved Shigure. You know me too well…I LOVE IT!"
He held the book up for the whole world to see. Everyone stared at it in horror at the book.
"You read that sort of thing?" Kagura exclaimed.
"It's not surprising" Yuki said rolling his eyes.
"That's just sick!" Kyo and Hiro said in unison.
"You write this load of smut?" Rin exclcaimed pointing an accusing finger at Shigure.
Shigure retreated behind Hatori, who just frowned and sighed in annoyance.
"R-Right, well…" Shigure said in a mocking shaky voice "Moving right along, next present!"
Ayame reached down and picked up a yellow wrapped present from the pile.
"We hope you enjoy our gift, master Ayame," Ritsu's mother said bowing in fornt of the snake. Ritsu followed suit. "Yes, it's from the both of us."
Ayame tore the paper off to reveal a male kimono. However, there was one problem. "It's…green…"
Ritsu and his mother looked horrified. They rushed up to Ayame.
"I'm sorry, I should never have let my son choose the colour! I DIDN'T REALISE THAT THE COLOUR DISGUSTED YOU, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!"
Ritsu then screamed above his mother "FORGIVE MY, AYAME, YOU ARE MY ROLE MODEL BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU DETESTED THE COLOUR GREEN! I SHLL RUN DOWN TO THE STORE AND GET ANOTHER-!"
"And…it's a female kimono," Ayame added as if not hearing the pleas of the two Sohma's from before.
Hearing the this, Ritsu's mother looked as though she was suffering a heart attack, while Ritsu doubled over and looked to the heavens in horror.
"WE'RE SORRY!" Ritsu and his mother exclaimed " I AM INCOMPUTANT, I DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE! I APOLOGISE TO THE STORE OWNER, TO EVERYONE HERE, TO THE BIRDS IN THE SKY, TO THE OXYGEN WE ARE BREATHING RIGHT NOW, TO THE-!"
Shigure intervened and poked both Ritsu and the monkey's mother in the ribs. They both fainted, and the room fell silent.
"Two in one," Shigure said with a confident grin.
After an awkward moment everyone turned back to Ayame as he got the next present.
"Momiji, thank you, but I'm not quite sure what it is you got me. Is it forgein?"
"Haru, this is…lovely…"
Kagura, this is the same present you got me last year. And why is it always a cat?"
"Why Tohru, you are so thoughtfully! I love it, it's so beautiful, I shall hang it up on my wall as soon as possible!"
"Kisa, who sweeet of you!"
"Kyo, Hiro, Rin…why didn't you get me anything?"
Finally, the snake turned to Hatori and looked at him pleadingly. The doctor sighed and piled out a thin,golden wrapped present from his pocket. "Here."
Ayame looked slightly surprised but took the present. He was quick to unwrap it. He gazed in awe at his present. He looked back to Hatori. "Hari…thank you!"
Hatori had given him a gold pen with Ayame's fully name engraved into the side, the characters done elegently in a silver colour. The doctor just simply gave a small smirk.
"Right I think that was everyone…" Ayame said checking for anymore presents by his side. "Oh no, wait…one more." The snake pulled out the large, purple box out for everyone to see. He looked at the tag attatched to it seeing that it was from his beloved brother, Yuki.
He looked up at his brother in shock. "Yuki…you got me…a present?"
"It's nothing much," Yuki commented quietly. "The owner of the store told me to tell you that it was from her too."
"Oh, is that right?" Ayame noticed the insg\ignia of the store it had come from on the box. He didn't comment and just pulled the lid open. He gasped at what was inside. He pulled half of it out and stood up, holding it high in the air. His grin widened as he turned it over and over. Yuki had gotten him a suit. A very expernsive suit. The jacket of the suit, which he was surrently holding up, was about knees length with a small, silver snake embroided on the back. Ayame looked at the silver threads that were sewn at the edges. Also inside the box was a purple and silver stripped tie and the pants of the suit.
He beamed at his younger brother, his girn so wide it looked like it hurt."Yuki, I'm soooo honoured!" he exclaimed and ran up to hug his brother.
Just before the dramatic snake could hug him, Yuki shoved his hand out. Ayame's head hit his hand but he continued to run toward Yuki on the spot and exclaim his declorations of love for his brother. Hatori eventually stepped in, putting his hand on Ayame's shoulder. "Ayame, would you please quiet down. You're hurting everyone's ears…"
Ayame stopped his actions, the room falling silent…
He dramatically turned to towards Hatori. "Hari, can't you see what he got me? Isn't it magnificent, and you were here to see this amazing moment between me and my brother-!"
Kyo and Yuki slammed both their hand over Ayame's mouth, silencing the snake. Everyone just watched as the snake continued to talk in muffles as it not noticing the hands over his mouth. Eventually he quietened down pulled the hands away from his mouth "Well, let's get this party started again, shall we?"
The party was now in full swing…or was it? Moments later, Ayame searched the room for Shigure, finding him snickering at the sight of the drunk Hatori from the table.
"Is now a good time, Shigure?" Ayame asked sneeking up to the dog.
Shigure looked back to the snake. "Another operation GDD is…a go! I'll get the tune while you go get Hari!"
Ayame sneeked up to Hatori, who was slumped on the couch with a glass of punch in one hand and muttering the strangest things to those who past by. "Say, Hari, you wouldn't happen to know this song, perchance?" The snake whispered the song into Hatori's ear. The doctor straightened and looked to Ayame about to say something when…the tune came on!
Ayame stepped back laughing in delight. He and Shigure stood next to the stero. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked towards the stero, and then back to the doctor. They knew where this was going.
Hatori, now fully awake and drunk, stood up and straightened his figure. He quickly removed his jacket and, out of nowhere, pulled out a pair of sunglasses. He untied his tie, got Haru's jacket that the cow had taken off in the cupboard and pulled it on.
He grabbed a chair, collapsed onto it with a loud 'thud', and looked down at the floor drunkenly. Then…
"On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round; And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found; The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone; She could tell right away, " – he looked up at this point to everyone –"that I was bad to the bone…"
He jumped away from the chair and got onto Ayame's exercise bike, grabbing an empty bottle along the way. He looked as though he were riding a real motorcycle! He held to his lips the bottle as if were a microphone.
"Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone"
By this point everyone was cheering the doctor on, except for Hiro, Yuki and Kyo. Shigure and Ayame prepared for the next part as the doctor jumped off the exercise bike and went towards Tohru. He gestured towards the confused girl.
"I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you" Shigure suddenly gave Hatori a picture of Kana in a frame and few others that Hatori had liked.
"I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through" With that he threw away the picture of Kana away along with the others.
The doctor got on one knee and held Tohru's hand one of his and a rose in the other .
"I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
" I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone" At that point Kyo and Yuki angrily pulled the doctor away from the embarrassed Tohru. Hatori pulled himself out of their grasp and got back on the exercise bike.
"Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone"
He jumped off the bike again and continued:
"I make a rich woman beg, I'll make a good woman steal"
He made his way towards Ritsu's mother. " I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young woman squeal"
Ritsu's mother blushed at Hatori's closeness to her and Ritsu squealed as his mother fainted. He then walked away her back to Tohru and grabbed the poor girl's shoulders looking desperate.
"I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone" Again Kyo and Yuki arrived only this time Hatori managed to run away before they could restrain him. He got back on the exercise bike.
"B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone"
Again he jumped off but this time Kyo and Yuki blocked his path.
"And when I walk the streets
Kings and Queens step aside" He managed to shove Kyo and Yuki aside.
He walked up to the girls of the zodiac, except Rin, who turned away from him as he approached. They looked at him dreamily, but it was an act just so they could go along with the whole song. Kisa just looked confused as Hiro dragged her away before Hatori continued:
"Every woman I meet
They all stay satisfied
I wanna tell ya pretty baby
Well Ya see I make my own"
He turned to Tohru "I'm here to tell ya honey
That I'm bad to the bone"
Now Kyo was beyond angry and was grabbing anything he could throw at the doctor. He threw an apple which the doctor turned around caught almost slipping as he did. He took a bite of the apple and threw it away. He jumped onto the table and shouted:
"Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone"
There was clapping and cheering as he came down from the table. Hatori drunkenly made his way back to the couch. He struck a pose in front of the couch. "I do Mondays and Tuuuuesdays! Thirty bucks an…hour….G'NIGHT!" And with that he collapsed onto the couch, lying there as if he were dead. There was complete silence…
….
….
Until Shigure stepped in front of them nervously. "Okay, nothing to see here, folks, just looked the other way for a second!" And with that he pulled out a sheet from behind his back and placed it over the unconscious doctor. He then grabbed Hatori by the legs pulled him off the couch. There was a loud 'thud' as his body landed on the floor and was being dragged off around the corner.
Ayame just laughed at the whole situation. He started the music up again and before he knew it, the party resumed as if there whole incident had never happened.
"Goodbye my beloved Shigure, how I will miss you so much!" Ayame called out from the window of his apartment.
Shigure turned back to Ayame as the three teenagers –Kyo, Tohru and Yuki –kept walking. The dog screamed "I will miss even more, Aya!"
"Until we see each other again, my beloved!" Ayame said waving "Oh and Yuki!"
The rat stopped dead in his tracks, mortified as he saw people watching the scene between the idiot in the apartment calling out to those below.
"Be sure to come visit sometime, okay?" his brother called out "And maybe next time we can try to find you a similar suit so we can dress alike!"
Yuki stomped off to catch up with Tohru and Kyo. Shigure gave Ayame one last wave goodbye before rushing to join the teens. Ayame closed the apartment window sighing as he turned back to the scene behind him. His apartment was a mess. It would take him all day tomorrow to clean this up. Maybe Mine could…
'Mine…she never…showed up…I' he thought sadly. 'I wonder if she's still down at the shop?' He quickly slipped on some shoes and took a coat. He stepped out of apartment and made his way to his shop. He frowned thinking about why she hadn't come. Why didn't she come? There had to be a reason she didn't come. Maybe she still wasn't at the shop. After all, it was way past closing time.
He reached his shop, seeing it was completely dark doors automatically opened. He was surprised seeing as the shop should have been locked up long ago. He didn't bother turning the lights on, able to find his way to the back room. He stopped when he saw a lamp was already lit in the room. He slowly approached it and opened the door just enough so he could peek in.
He was susprised to she Mine sitting with her back to him sewing something together. He heard her wince as the needle pricked her finger.
"Damn, I'll never get this finished," she muttered "I should have designed this better the first time around."
"Mine, what are doing here?"
Mine jumped hearing her boss in the background. She quickly turned to him. "M-Matrie! I didn't know you were there!"
Ayame stepped into the room only a few steps from Mine. She smiled strangely at him. She looked tired, and…pained? Why did she look hurt?
Ayame saw in her hands the garment he was criticizing this morning. "I thought you threw that out…"
She looked down and tried to hide it away. "Eh, yeah, it is. I was just, um, eh, I-"
Ayame looked at her seriously as he came to kneel in front of her and put his hands on top of hers. It was then that she realised that tears were falling down her face. "Why are you…crying Mine?"
She pulled her glasses off and wiped her tears away. She didn't dare to look at Ayame. His serious look always scared her, but she never knew why. She looked down her lap, the garment clutched tightly in her hands. "I…I'm sorry I wasn't able to come tonight, Ayame. I really wanted to come along, but…I had to make a few adjustments… to your birthday present."
The snake was completely shocked. He leaned away from her looking down at what she had made. She made this? She went to all the trouble of making this for him and he…he… 'What did I do?' he thought sadly.
"Mine, I…I didn't realise that…I…" he trailed off in shame and surprise.
She looked back at him with a sad smile. "No, it's okay. I understand…I didn't design it to your liking. I shouldn't have followed that design…I should have realised this long ago…"
He frowned. "How long have you been working on this?"
"For about….four months," she whispered.
So, for four months, she had been working on this for him, hoping he would like it and wear almost everyday. And look at what happened, he harshly criticized it and tossed aside almost like he had done so with Yuki all those years ago. He gently pulled her hands away from the garment. "Let me…try it on."
She looked at him in shock. "W-What? Matrie, don't force yourself just because-!"
"I'm not. I actually…really want to try this on," he said as pulled the garment away from her.
He went into the next room and quickly got changed. He noticed some of the changes she had made. The frills were gone, only the cuffs were left on the sleeves, and the zipper was gone to be replaced with a few gold buttons. He guessed she was hoping to add more buttons before he arrived. He pulled on the long coat slowly. He turned to the mirror behind him.
His eyes widened.
He was surprised…
…this suited him really well.
The dark purple material highlighted the colour of his hair and eyes, the collar wasn't as high as he thought, the golden lining along the coats cuffs and opening stood out vibratingly and the length –up to his shins –wasn't wasn't as long as he had thought. He pulled down the high collar just a little. He smiled in delight at the coat.
"Miiiiiine!" he cried out in joy as he rushed out of the room.
His assistant was surprised by his reaction. He almost hugged her but stopped himself from doing so before it was too late. Instead, he put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her forehead for what felt like the longest minute in Mine's life. She just sat there in total astonishment and blushed bright pink. "M-M-Matrie?"
He pulled his lips away from her forehead and smiled. "This is the best present I have received all night. Thank you so much! " He danced out of the room leaving the shocked girl behind. "See you at work tomorrow!"
'This is one of the best birthday's ever!'
"Oh, hey it's you!" she called out as he entered.
He grinned at her. "What's up, Ume?"
The shop keeper's grin grew wider. "So...did you enjoy your present? How was your birthday?"
He frowned. "Present? I didn't get anything this week..."
It was her turn to frown. "What? But he...Yuki came into the store and he bought this gift for you, Kakeru-"
"You met Yuki?" Kakeru exclaimed. "He's everything I've told he'd be, isn't he? I think some of my antics have rubbed off on him...Anyway I have no idea what you're talking about. My birthday was months ago."
However, as he continued, he didn't notice the shopkeeper twitching madly behind the counter. Veins were popping in her temple and neck. She finally dramatically and angrily raised her head to the heavens and screamed.
"THAT KID TRICKED ME!"
Everyone from outside the 'Valueables and Gems' store just stared in surprise and confusion as they saw what looked to be a mad woman stalking in cirlces around.
It was a choice between 'Bad to the Bone' by George Thorogood and another song I shall save for a oneshot later on ;) For those of you who don't know about operation 'GDD' (Get Doctor Drunk), it's a reference to my other fanfic, The Unvoiced Plea, in chapter 29. I don't think GDD was as good this time around as the original, but I still tried it anyway.
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