AN: I totally blame the episodes with Zazie focused and with Lag...I couldn't help it they just seemed rather cute. Slight spoilers for manga if you haven't read past where Lag brought Gauche/Noir back. The crossdressing really happened in the manga and I don't own Tegami Bachi. I just thought this was something cute to do, meant to do it on Valentine's day but got busy. Enjoy!
The Bee Hive was quiet as the daily business took place, with the exception of red, white and pink decorations hanging all around the inside and outside. It seemed normal up until an extremely pissed off voice shook the whole building.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO DELIVER THESE STUPID ST. VALENTINE'S LETTERS IN THAT RIDICULOUS OUTFIT!?"
"Now now, calm down letter bee Zazie." Head bee Largo Llyod replied calmly from behind his desk. "everyone had a fair chance to get this and you were just the lucky one to be picked this year!"
"Che! More like unluckily!" the dark haired letter bee grumbled folding his arms angrily.
"Be it as it may, your name was drawn from the lots and you'll be the one to deliver the Saint Valentine's day letters to their addresses." Aria Link stated as she pushed up her glasses.
"I don't have a say in this do I?" Zazie grumbled.
"Sorry! Its for the spirit of the holidays just enjoy it as much as you can!" Lloyd replied smiling brightly which was just making the Letter Bee in front of him more infuriated. "don't forget you're not going to be doing this alone you'll have a partner!"
"Why exactly do I have to have a partner for this?" the dark haired bee asked scowling.
"Tradition of course! Saint Valentine's day is a day of lovers or couples! So of course its only natural that the ones to deliver the letters be two people!" Lloyd replied.
"Uh huh and who exactly am I stuck with?" Zazie asked folding his arms. The irate letter bee could feel his eye twitch when he saw the head bee just smile back at him and motioned for him to just take the outfit Aria was holding for him.
"You'll see your partner when you head downstairs to pick up your letters to deliver." Aria replied. Zazie just muttered something under his breath and stormed out of the office. Once the irritated bee slammed the door behind him and his footsteps thundered down the hall Aria turned to the still smiling Llyod.
"Are you sure it's a good idea sir? I mean it's a bit unorthodox isn't it?" Aria said.
"But that's just what makes it more amusing! Don't you think so?" Lloyd replied grinning making Aria groan as she rubbed her forehead.
"Sometimes I wonder about you sir…." She muttered as she looked out the window.
Zazie continued tugging on the red scarf he had wrapped around his neck as he held his letter bee uniform in his other arm. His 'delivery' outfit consisted of white pants with red linings on the edge, a dark red vest and a long sleeved white top underneath the red vest and a dark red cap on his head. What annoyed him the most about the 'uniform' were the small wings on his back.
'I swear when I find out who designed this ridiculous outfit for this holiday they're going to get a nice 'delivery' of my aotoge….' Zazie thought furiously as he walked down the stairs fuming. It wasn't until he got to the very bottom where he saw Conner standing in front of someone, trying to protect them from the gather crowd.
'What the hell is going on?' Zazie thought as he hurried down the stairs to help his friend.
"Oh come on Conner! Let us see already!"
"Yeah you can't keep her all to yourself you know! Others want to look!"
"I never knew we had such a pretty bee in our midst!"
"Why is she even hanging around you is the biggest question!"
"Oi!!" Zazie yelled out catching everyone's attention down below, "don't you people have DELIVERIES to do? I'm pretty sure there are still normal letters to be sent out!"
There was a moment of silence before the group of boys groaned when they saw Zazie making his eye twitch.
"Awww man!! If Zazie is in that outfit that means he's the cutie's partner!!"
"Of all the times I actually WANTED to be picked for this!! Dammit!!"
"Che…" grumbled Zazie as he finished descending down the steps until he was standing in front of a relieved Conner.
"Oh thank god you're here Zazie!! I don't think I could've held them back any longer!!" the plump Bee stated wiping his head with a handkerchief.
"Exactly what were they going on about anyway?" Zazie asked folding his arms. He watched amused as Conner's face turned a bit red and looked behind him.
"U…uhm…remember how two people are suppose to be delivering the letters for Saint Valentine's Day?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, and I haven't FOUND my partner yet and…wait…you mean those morons were surrounding you because the girl that's STUCK with me in doing this crap was hiding behind you!?" he exclaimed.
Conner made a sort of strangled noise in the back of his throat as Zazie could've swore he heard a muffled squeak behind him.
"Uh y...yes and no Zazie…you see uhm…I do have your partner only…."
"Only what Conner?"
"Only its not exactly a girl? Sort of? Ehehehe…"
"Did you eat too many pizzas again and are delusional!? How can it not exactly be a girl when a GIRL is suppose to be my bloody partner!?"
"Uh…uh…maybe you should see for yourself…." The other boy replied moving away for Zazie to see the person that had been hiding easily behind the other boy.
The cat like boy stared at the person behind Conner.
In what had to be one of the frilliest dresses he's ever seen, the girl was wearing a dark red dress with pink frills at the bottom as the top had a short v dip with short sleeves as the girl had on white gloves and a cute white choker around the girl's neck. There was even a white frilly apron on top with hearts that was on top of the skirt part and tied in a bow in the back, along with small wings similar to his outfit.
Her hair was long with a pretty silver color that looked like it had been brushed several times with some other stuff that seemed to make it shine in the light and the big red ribbon in the back made the girl look pretty cute. Her makeup, who ever had done it had done a very good job as the pink lipstick seemed to make the girl's mouth shine as there was a cute pink flush on her cheeks as her one visible eye was highlighted by the eye shadow and eyeliner bringing out the pretty magenta color of it.
'Wait…silver hair with one visible magenta eye?' Zazie thought to himself, 'the only other person I know that has silver hair and works here besides Gauche is…' the young bee suddenly looked horrified as he realized who exactly was his partner. His mouth dropped as Conner laughed nervously and the 'girl' shifted nervously where she stood.
"No way….no FREAKING way!!!"
"A…a...ano…he-hello Zazie…" an embarrassed Lag Seeing said weakly in his get up.
"Why the HELL are you my partner!?!? You're a GUY for cryin' out loud!!" Zazie shouted nearly blowing up. "and where the hell is your dingo!?"
"Uh…uhm…y…you know how there aren't as many girl bees here?" Lag said embarrassed as he shifted in his outfit. "A-apparently they got tired of doing the deliveries and wanted someone else to do it."
"SO!??"
Conner cleared his throat and turned Zazie's attention to him instead of poor Lag.
"The girls decided to find the 'cutest' looking guy that could pull off being a girl and somehow they had gotten the report where we had to get Lag to dress as a girl that one time…" the plump bee stated making Zazie blanch and turn a bit red as he remembered exactly how the silver haired bee had looked in that red riding hood getup….
"So those girls did all of THIS!?" Zazie said pointing to Lag.
"Them and Sylvette…she thought it was cute…" mumbled the blushing bee as he tugged at the dress. "it was her idea to get the wig and fix it up…."
Zazie just groaned. "and where was Niche during all of this?"
"She…she um had gotten hungry and accidentally ate something she shouldn't have and is stuck at home with food poisoning. " Lag replied laughing sheepishly.
"Great…so now we're BOTH stuck doing this stupid delivery…"
"Zazie its not that bad…"
"how can it not be BAD Seeing!? YOU'RE in a freakin' DRESS!!"
"D-despite that we're going to deliver letters with peoples hearts in them, that'll make them really happy when they get the letter from someone they care about!" Lag exclaimed passionately making Zazie stare at him.
The poor silver haired boy just tilted his head cutely when the other bee didn't say anything and a flush was appearing on his cheeks as he muttered something under his breath. Turning swiftly on his heels he headed towards the door leaving a confused Lag and Conner behind him.
"Oi get over here Lag before I leave you behind!!"
"Ahhh!! Zazie wait for me!!!" Lag exclaimed as he ran after Zazie trying not to trip over the dress.
"Here's you letter miss!!" Lag said cutely handing the smiling woman a letter from his basket. The woman took it and she let out a happy gasp when she saw whom exactly it was from.
"Oh my thank you!" She said, "its from my husband! He hasn't been home in months due to work but receiving this letter is just what I needed."
"Its no problem ma'am!" Lag replied smiling.
"Oh you are just so adorable! And you and your boyfriend make such a cute couple!!" she giggled.
Lag blushed furiously as he scratched his cheek nervously at the giggling woman before she thanked him one more time and gently shut the door. The boy couldn't help but sigh, this was the same as the last few houses with the people commenting on how cute he looked and how Zazie and him made a cute couple. Lag glanced over at the irritated bee leaning against the side of the house waiting for him to finish and saw him muttering under his breath again.
'Well at least the bright side is we're on the last house now…' he thought to himself as he walked up to Zazie.
"How many more do we have left?" he asked gruffly.
"Just one more Zazie then we're done." Lag replied smiling as the other boy groaned.
"FINALLY come on let's hurry. The quicker we can deliver the last letter the sooner we can get out of these ridiculous outfits…." He grumbled grabbing the other boy's wrist taking the letter out of his hand and dragging him to the address.
During the short travel, Lag had nearly tripped on a few of the cobblestones on the ground but with a firm yank from Zazie the young be was balanced on his feet once more as Zazie seemed to slow down so that he wouldn't trip as much. Lag couldn't help but observe the other bee. Throughout the day Zazie had been acting a bit weird when people made comments about them being a couple and would glare at anyone looking their way. Lag figured that Zazie wanted this day over with and for the people to stop staring….
They finally arrived at the last house, which looked like a mini mansion. Zazie walked up the steps with Lag behind him and used the door knocker to get the attention of the people there. It was only a few minutes later a servant came to the door.
"May I help you Young sir and Miss?"
"Yeah we got a letter for the master of the house?"
"Ah I see please follow me inside, I believe the master and mistress are enjoying their tea." The servant replied opening the door wider. Zazie sighed and walked in as he and Lag followed the servant to a vast living room to see an elderly couple sitting on an expensive couch enjoying their tea.
"Sir, these Letter Bees have brought you a letter." The servant said and the lady clapped her hands delighted.
"Oh my the Saint Valentine's Day delivers! I always looked forward to this day." She said, "its so romantic being brought letters of love from the messengers of love themselves!"
"Uh right…I believe its addressed to you sir…" Zazie said as he walked over and handed the man the letter. The man adjusted his glasses and smiled.
"Dear, its from our sweet daughter…" he said.
"Oooo I do hope she found a husband already!" his wife replied.
"If that's all we're be going now." Zazie said turning around.
"Now hold on young man don't you know the tradition of delivering the final letter on Saint Valentines Day letter?" he asked with a mischievous look on his face making the two Letter Bees sweat.
"Uh…I…I'm not familiar with the tradition Sir…" Lag said almost nervously.
"Why, at the end of the last delivery the messengers of love are suppose to kiss to grant another year of successful romance until next Saint Valentine's Day." He replied joyously.
The two bees could only stare at the man horrified.
"WHAT!?!" they both exclaimed as the woman giggled at the two.
"Y…you can't be serious!!" Lag nearly shouted.
"This could be why the girls were tired of having to do this every year…." Zazie mumbled to himself, "having to kiss random boys because of tradition even I'd get sick of it after a few times…"
The woman winked at the horrified Lag.
"Sorry dearie but tis tradition!" she said smiling, "now go on and pucker up!!"
"But…but…but….but…" Lag stuttered suddenly feeling dizzy at the thought of kissing another boy and ZAZIE at that!
"Fine…if it gets me out of this outfit then I'll do it." He growled and walked quickly over to Lag whose face was doing a wonderful impression of a tomato and had frozen when he heard the other boy say that.
But before the poor silver haired boy could get a protest past his lips, the other boy's own quickly covered them. Lag's visible eye widen as he felt Zazie wraps his arms around his waist as his own lips moved against his own. Lag couldn't help it and closed his eye as he reached up and grasped the front of Zazie's uniform tightly. As he was kissing the other boy, he could feel a warm feeling coursing through him as he could feel Zazie's hold on him tighten. What seemed like hours Zazie finally pulled away, both breathing albeit heavily and looked at each other, faces flushed deeply before the other boy quickly let go of Lag. The poor silver haired boy's legs felt like jelly after that and nearly collapsed until Zazie grabbed his arm steadying him again.
"There was that good enough for your traditions?" Zazie asked.
"Oh yes I'm sure we'll have a very fruitful year of romance…" The man grinned as Zazie rolled his eyes and tugged a confused silver haired bee after him and out of the house.
There was a sort of awkward and heavy silence between the two of them as they headed back to the hive to return the outfits. There was one lingering thought on Lag's mind as he let Zazie practically drag him to the bee hive.
'Did I feel Zazie's TONGUE!?'
Lame ending I know but I couldn't think of anything else! So quick question should there be an aftermath fic?