"Hiiiyori!" Yato whined. "What's the matter?"
Hiyori shot a glare at Yato, and Yukine looked up from the textbook he was reading.
"You have been kinda down lately, Hiyori." He commented.
"I'm fine. Focus on your studies." Hiyori growled. Yukine yelped and buried his face into the book while Yato sniggered.
"What was that, you jersey-wearing drifter?" Yukine said, throwing a piece of eraser at the god.
"Hey!" Yato exclaimed as eraser piece hit him on the forehead. "Is that anyway to treat your all-powerful godly master?"
"You're an all-powerful pain in my ass." Yukine retorted. Yato opened his mouth to reply but Hiyori cut him off,
"Shut up. You guys are annoying."
Both of them clammed up, casting frightened glances at their half-phantom friend. After a few tense moments of silence, Hiyori got up and muttered a goodbye to her friends.
Upon arriving home, she didn't even bother to take off her uniform before flinging herself onto the bed.
'I shouldn't have taken my bad mood out on them…' Was her thought before falling asleep.
She woke up next to her bed, staring down at her sleeping form. She glanced over her shoulder and, sure enough, a purplish tail was swinging between her legs.
'I should go apologize now.' She decided, hopping out of her window and onto a nearby telephone pole. She inhaled deeply, searching for the smell she had become so familiar with.
"Yato? Yukine-kun?" Hiyori called, opening the door to Kofuku's shrine.
Several screams came from the kitchen along with Yukine yelling, "Somebody distract her!"
Kofuku came flouncing into the room, "Hiyorin!" She cried, throwing her arms around Hiyori.
"Hello, Kofuku-sama."
"Yukki told me to distract you because they're preparing a party for you and it's not ready yet."
Yukine yelled indignantly followed by Yato screaming, "The cake just exploded!"
"I told you we didn't need the whole box of baking soda!" Daikoku growled menacingly.
Kofuku shot a worried glance over her shoulder. She scampered back into the kitchen and Hiyori followed.
It looked like a Vent had been opened in the kitchen (which actually might have happened, considering Kofuku was involved). Yukine was trying to use an electric mixer. Most of the substance he was trying to mix was on him and the floor. Yato looked very frustrated as he struggled to cut an apple. Daikoku was sitting in the corner of the room, apparently having given up on the whole situation. Nobody seemed to notice Hiyori.
Suddenly, "I can't do this! Sekki!"
With a flash, the twin blades were in Yato's hands. He threw the apple into the air and cut it neatly in half.
"Sorry 'bout that, Yukine." He said as Yukine reverted back to human form.
"Don't use me for cooking!' He yelled, looking displeased.
"But look how nicely you cut that apple!" Yato said, holding up one half of the apple.
For the first time in her very stressful week, Hiyori felt laughter bubbling up inside her. Everyone's heads snapped to her.
"Oh yeah." Kofuku said airily. "I couldn't distract Hiyorin."
"Um, surprise!" Yato said awkwardly. "Happy cheer-up day, Hiyori. We threw you a cheer-up party."
Everyone remembered the smile that lit up Hiyori's face. None of them had ever seen her looking so happy. They held the cheer-up party every year after that, even when Hiyori wasn't in a bad mood, because every one of them, even Daikoku, wanted to see that smile on her face again.
Oooh my first Noragami fanfiction! I'm very proud of myself for resisting the urge to screw the prompt and just write oodles and oodles of Yatori fluff. This week is still going on right now (it's currently on day three since it's the 24th of June where I'm from) so you should definitely check out all the great things people have been posting! Many thanks to Umbrella-kun for creating this week!
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With love and smiles,
Dolly
