When Did I Notice
By: Silver Teardrops
Koenma sighed as he received another overly stacked stack of papers. He groaned in frustration and poofed from his chibi form to his grown one and left to the Reikai gardens. He needed a break after all.
Botan was caught merrily humming to herself while she was staring at the dark sky in the gardens, but who else, Koenma.
"Botan-chan, what are you doing out here so late?" Koenma asked as he took a seat beside her on the bench. Botan smiled and sighed, kicking her feet in the process.
"Koenma-sama, I wasn't sleepy, and the job is getting lighter these days, so I thought I would enjoy my free time counting stars. You?" Botan was staring faraway at the stars while Koenma smiled wistfully at her answer.
"Oh this? I have too many papers to sign, which is odd, especially when you have less souls to ferry." Koenma looked perplexed when Botan turned to look at his features. She blushed as Koenma caught her eyes, pink eyes locked onto hazel ones.
"Oh, ano, it might be because I ferry only on certain days. At least I think..." Botan tried to turn away, but the eyes, his eyes were so-interesting. Koenma found it hard also to turn from her eyes, but he blinked and coughed then turned thankfully for the both of them were now red in the face.
"Ah, well I must be going, still more work to be done. Oyasumi Botan-chan." He smiled and nodded at her while he stood. Botan smiled back too and nodded.
"Oyasumi Koenma-sama, I might come by later to check if you've fallen asleep on the job." Botan winked and Koenma nudge her arm softly.
"Alright, but you'll be disappointed I'll still be wide awake." Koenma joked and left and Botan turned her gaze back to the Reikai night sky and smiled wistfully at the sight. Koenma looked back as he stood at the exit, he saw the most beautiful sight he's seen in decades. Botan's light smile, and her beauty and everything about her lit up the garden and dare say it- the night.
Koenma left before he thought of anything else, this was his best friend, his best ferry girl.
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Botan went back in the palace about two hours later, she was too caught up in the beauty of nature to go back earlier, still she didn't want to but her eyes were getting heavier, so she made her way to Koenma's office. Oddly she found the door slightly ajar, and voices were coming out of it. So out of curiousity, she peeped in to see Ayame-san and Koenma-sama talking by the two candle light. Botan suddenly felt a feeling rise in her but she ignored it to hear their conversation.
"Oh Koenma-sama, working late again? You feel asleep. (Botan snickered as she heard that) Let me clean up and you go to bed." Ayame complained as she lifted Koenma up from his seat, he was still in his grown form, strange because he loved-preferred working in chibi form. Koenma was still a bit wobbly, since Ayame just came in and woke him up.
"Mmm." Koenma mumbled as he tripped on air and fell forward on Ayame and trapped her beneath him. Botan gasped, she didn't heard what Koenma said, but thought the wrong way. Koenma made no move to get up, he was tired after a days work, and Ayame was still shocked of the fall. Botan needn't see anything more to know that they were in need of privacy. Even though her thoughts were wrong, she didn't know, she just arrived, and assumed everything was as it was in her head.
_ _ _ _
Koenma blushed as he excused himself to get up off her. He was still dreaming that Botan was with him, scolding him for being a workaholic, and carrying him to his room. It was the old routine when they were younger- wait, earlier in their years together. He was always in his chibi form, so Botan carried him easily, but tonight he was waiting for Botan to come and make a fuss about him changing in chibi so she could carry him to bed. He was waiting, he did nothing but wait, because you still see the new stack there, untouched.
But Ayame came and that was unsuspected. Botan was always the only ferry girl who would wake him when he fell asleep on his job, she was the only one who was comfortably around him, others were too scared of the mighty prince and whatnot.
"It's alright. Just go to your room and rest okay Koenma-sama? You look tired these past few days, you need to maintain your health before the night of your birthday, which I hear is in two weeks?" Ayame blew out one candle and took the other one in her hand. Koenma looked shocked for a moment- he couldn't believe that he actually forgot his own birthday!
"Right, right. Um-oh no." Koenma stopped him walking when he remembered a tradition. It was a horrible one, according to him at least.
"What is wrong?" Ayame asked placing her hand gently on Koenma's shoulder.
"My up-coming birthday, it's when I must choose a bride to marry. It's tradtion when the purple moon is full, and it only occurs every 300 years, last one was when I was still an infant." Koenma sighed rubbing his head, he loved no one, or at least he didn't notice one, and his father has been pairing him up with the most stuck-up girls he'd ever known.
"Oh, well that's all the more reason to rest. Now shoo." Ayame handed the candle to Koenma and left in her own direction back to the ferry girl's rooms or more like houses. He sighed as he thought about it, I wouldn't marry any of the girls father set me up with, shoot I'd rather marry the carefree, sweet, beautiful, and kind Botan. He stopped yet again that night in his tracks.
"Botan-chan?" He whispered and then shook his head, he really needed to sleep. He was thinking of impossible thoughts, or was he?
_ _ _ _
Botan woke up that morning with a weird feeling still in her stomach from yesterday night's scene. It was both sweet, but also gross. Ayame? With Koenma? It just wasn't right, but the way Ayame scolded him was sweet, like they were lovers, but it was Botan's job to scold-wait. Nevermind nevermind, her mind kept repeating as she got out bed. She made her way to her bathroom and freshened up and changed into a different set of clothing today, it was free-dress today, or so she made up herself. She didn't want to wear that pink kimono, besides she'd gotten it dirty yesterday afternoon and it needed to be clean and pressed.
A knock was heard on her house door, she sighed as she straighten out her new stylish purple kimono and made sure her obi was neat, she did it in advance yesterday. So made her way to the door and opened it with a smile, she was expecting Ayame or another ferry girl, but she didn't expect Koenma to be there, and all dressed up in a causual yukata for like a party. Koenma smiled back in return.
"You look lovely today. What? Don't you remember the dress code you vowed to abide by when you agreed to become a ferry girl?" Koenma joked walking inside when Botan moved aside for him to enter. She scwoled playfully at him.
"WELL I'm not the only one dressed up today, where are you going all high and mighty Koenma-sama," Botan did her best to stress out the -sama, and Koenma winced as he tried to keep him cool.
"I'm going to meet with Enma-Daou for today, to discuss an upcoming party event-" He was interrupted by Botan speaking.
"Your birthday."
"How did you know?" Koenma asked unbelievingly, he forgot it and how could she remember it?
"I've known you since a long time, it would be silly and stupid if I forgot my best friend's birthday, and not to mention boss." Botan smiled smugly at him, she knew he forgot it, she was going to remind him but she didn't get a chance yesterday.
"Well, I wanted you to go to Nigenkai today and tell Yusuke and rest of the Reikai Tantei about it and catch up on things there, if anything odds been happening on their watch. I guess it'll be nice if you walk around in this lovely kimono rather than that pink or normal nigen clothes, ne?" Koenma winked and Botan smiled.
"I did choose this one myself, rather than the pink one you choose for me." Koenma gulped but Botan kept her happy mood, fogetting momentarily about the Ayame incident.
"I'm SORRY, sheesh. Give it up, it's been centuries already. Anyways that is all I wanted to ask of you. Oh yeah you didn't come for me last night, why?"
"Oh um, must of forgot, you know me." Botan tried to cover and Koenma bought it.
"See me tonight then alright I just want someone to talk to after a whole day with O-tousan." Koenma made a face and Botan giggled. He left after a short while and Botan began to exit her house and made her way to the gate of the Reikai. There she made her oar appear and she got on gracefully and made her way to the Nigenkai, to alert the others about the oh-so-special birthday bash, why was it so big, his last one wasn't a big deal-wait. Botan remembered too.
"It's the purple full moon. Oh dear...he's going to have to marry someone...why..." She whispered and then she shook her head, she didn't care if it was another girl, hell it wasn't like she wanted him to marry her...or at least she couldn't imagine him thinking that way.
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Botan landed in an empty alley and poofed her oar away and began walking to the Ramen shop where Yusuke was now the proud owner of. She hadn't been to the Nigenkai, just for a visit, in more than 4 years!
By: Silver Teardrops
Koenma sighed as he received another overly stacked stack of papers. He groaned in frustration and poofed from his chibi form to his grown one and left to the Reikai gardens. He needed a break after all.
Botan was caught merrily humming to herself while she was staring at the dark sky in the gardens, but who else, Koenma.
"Botan-chan, what are you doing out here so late?" Koenma asked as he took a seat beside her on the bench. Botan smiled and sighed, kicking her feet in the process.
"Koenma-sama, I wasn't sleepy, and the job is getting lighter these days, so I thought I would enjoy my free time counting stars. You?" Botan was staring faraway at the stars while Koenma smiled wistfully at her answer.
"Oh this? I have too many papers to sign, which is odd, especially when you have less souls to ferry." Koenma looked perplexed when Botan turned to look at his features. She blushed as Koenma caught her eyes, pink eyes locked onto hazel ones.
"Oh, ano, it might be because I ferry only on certain days. At least I think..." Botan tried to turn away, but the eyes, his eyes were so-interesting. Koenma found it hard also to turn from her eyes, but he blinked and coughed then turned thankfully for the both of them were now red in the face.
"Ah, well I must be going, still more work to be done. Oyasumi Botan-chan." He smiled and nodded at her while he stood. Botan smiled back too and nodded.
"Oyasumi Koenma-sama, I might come by later to check if you've fallen asleep on the job." Botan winked and Koenma nudge her arm softly.
"Alright, but you'll be disappointed I'll still be wide awake." Koenma joked and left and Botan turned her gaze back to the Reikai night sky and smiled wistfully at the sight. Koenma looked back as he stood at the exit, he saw the most beautiful sight he's seen in decades. Botan's light smile, and her beauty and everything about her lit up the garden and dare say it- the night.
Koenma left before he thought of anything else, this was his best friend, his best ferry girl.
_ _ _ _
Botan went back in the palace about two hours later, she was too caught up in the beauty of nature to go back earlier, still she didn't want to but her eyes were getting heavier, so she made her way to Koenma's office. Oddly she found the door slightly ajar, and voices were coming out of it. So out of curiousity, she peeped in to see Ayame-san and Koenma-sama talking by the two candle light. Botan suddenly felt a feeling rise in her but she ignored it to hear their conversation.
"Oh Koenma-sama, working late again? You feel asleep. (Botan snickered as she heard that) Let me clean up and you go to bed." Ayame complained as she lifted Koenma up from his seat, he was still in his grown form, strange because he loved-preferred working in chibi form. Koenma was still a bit wobbly, since Ayame just came in and woke him up.
"Mmm." Koenma mumbled as he tripped on air and fell forward on Ayame and trapped her beneath him. Botan gasped, she didn't heard what Koenma said, but thought the wrong way. Koenma made no move to get up, he was tired after a days work, and Ayame was still shocked of the fall. Botan needn't see anything more to know that they were in need of privacy. Even though her thoughts were wrong, she didn't know, she just arrived, and assumed everything was as it was in her head.
_ _ _ _
Koenma blushed as he excused himself to get up off her. He was still dreaming that Botan was with him, scolding him for being a workaholic, and carrying him to his room. It was the old routine when they were younger- wait, earlier in their years together. He was always in his chibi form, so Botan carried him easily, but tonight he was waiting for Botan to come and make a fuss about him changing in chibi so she could carry him to bed. He was waiting, he did nothing but wait, because you still see the new stack there, untouched.
But Ayame came and that was unsuspected. Botan was always the only ferry girl who would wake him when he fell asleep on his job, she was the only one who was comfortably around him, others were too scared of the mighty prince and whatnot.
"It's alright. Just go to your room and rest okay Koenma-sama? You look tired these past few days, you need to maintain your health before the night of your birthday, which I hear is in two weeks?" Ayame blew out one candle and took the other one in her hand. Koenma looked shocked for a moment- he couldn't believe that he actually forgot his own birthday!
"Right, right. Um-oh no." Koenma stopped him walking when he remembered a tradition. It was a horrible one, according to him at least.
"What is wrong?" Ayame asked placing her hand gently on Koenma's shoulder.
"My up-coming birthday, it's when I must choose a bride to marry. It's tradtion when the purple moon is full, and it only occurs every 300 years, last one was when I was still an infant." Koenma sighed rubbing his head, he loved no one, or at least he didn't notice one, and his father has been pairing him up with the most stuck-up girls he'd ever known.
"Oh, well that's all the more reason to rest. Now shoo." Ayame handed the candle to Koenma and left in her own direction back to the ferry girl's rooms or more like houses. He sighed as he thought about it, I wouldn't marry any of the girls father set me up with, shoot I'd rather marry the carefree, sweet, beautiful, and kind Botan. He stopped yet again that night in his tracks.
"Botan-chan?" He whispered and then shook his head, he really needed to sleep. He was thinking of impossible thoughts, or was he?
_ _ _ _
Botan woke up that morning with a weird feeling still in her stomach from yesterday night's scene. It was both sweet, but also gross. Ayame? With Koenma? It just wasn't right, but the way Ayame scolded him was sweet, like they were lovers, but it was Botan's job to scold-wait. Nevermind nevermind, her mind kept repeating as she got out bed. She made her way to her bathroom and freshened up and changed into a different set of clothing today, it was free-dress today, or so she made up herself. She didn't want to wear that pink kimono, besides she'd gotten it dirty yesterday afternoon and it needed to be clean and pressed.
A knock was heard on her house door, she sighed as she straighten out her new stylish purple kimono and made sure her obi was neat, she did it in advance yesterday. So made her way to the door and opened it with a smile, she was expecting Ayame or another ferry girl, but she didn't expect Koenma to be there, and all dressed up in a causual yukata for like a party. Koenma smiled back in return.
"You look lovely today. What? Don't you remember the dress code you vowed to abide by when you agreed to become a ferry girl?" Koenma joked walking inside when Botan moved aside for him to enter. She scwoled playfully at him.
"WELL I'm not the only one dressed up today, where are you going all high and mighty Koenma-sama," Botan did her best to stress out the -sama, and Koenma winced as he tried to keep him cool.
"I'm going to meet with Enma-Daou for today, to discuss an upcoming party event-" He was interrupted by Botan speaking.
"Your birthday."
"How did you know?" Koenma asked unbelievingly, he forgot it and how could she remember it?
"I've known you since a long time, it would be silly and stupid if I forgot my best friend's birthday, and not to mention boss." Botan smiled smugly at him, she knew he forgot it, she was going to remind him but she didn't get a chance yesterday.
"Well, I wanted you to go to Nigenkai today and tell Yusuke and rest of the Reikai Tantei about it and catch up on things there, if anything odds been happening on their watch. I guess it'll be nice if you walk around in this lovely kimono rather than that pink or normal nigen clothes, ne?" Koenma winked and Botan smiled.
"I did choose this one myself, rather than the pink one you choose for me." Koenma gulped but Botan kept her happy mood, fogetting momentarily about the Ayame incident.
"I'm SORRY, sheesh. Give it up, it's been centuries already. Anyways that is all I wanted to ask of you. Oh yeah you didn't come for me last night, why?"
"Oh um, must of forgot, you know me." Botan tried to cover and Koenma bought it.
"See me tonight then alright I just want someone to talk to after a whole day with O-tousan." Koenma made a face and Botan giggled. He left after a short while and Botan began to exit her house and made her way to the gate of the Reikai. There she made her oar appear and she got on gracefully and made her way to the Nigenkai, to alert the others about the oh-so-special birthday bash, why was it so big, his last one wasn't a big deal-wait. Botan remembered too.
"It's the purple full moon. Oh dear...he's going to have to marry someone...why..." She whispered and then she shook her head, she didn't care if it was another girl, hell it wasn't like she wanted him to marry her...or at least she couldn't imagine him thinking that way.
_ _ _ _
Botan landed in an empty alley and poofed her oar away and began walking to the Ramen shop where Yusuke was now the proud owner of. She hadn't been to the Nigenkai, just for a visit, in more than 4 years!