Snowflakes on My Shoulders
by Cooking Spray
Originally intended to be chaptered, I just never got around to it. A cute Mokuba/Rebecca fic with a Christmas setting.
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A warm glow was cast upon the street from the yellow light spilling onto the pavement, little shops casting their mark into the wintry city. It was sort of comforting, you could almost feel the heat creeping into you from their quaint depths.
Tiny snow flurries spiraled from the sky, and the icy wind whirled them into the air, creating a frothy display. The tip of Rebecca's nose tingled with cold, and her eyes glittered as she drank it all in. It almost made her heart ache for home, her own American Christmas tree, but she was too lost in loveliness of it all to be too homesick, even though her circumstances for even being there were grim.
Mokuba crossed his arms boyishly behind his neck, searching the snow- filled sky. "So.......... why do you come here for Christmas? In Japan? Another championship?"
Rebecca shock her head. "I told my father about the technology used in Duel Monsters here in Japan. He's the one who picked up the game from his grandfather and was very interested." Her eyes fell to the sidewalk, already begining to gather a fine white dust. "He has his own company surrounding the game back home. He came here to study concepts created by KaibaCorp to put out some competition for our customers." She sighed. "Unfortunately, he scheduled the trip right around the holidays. He's such a businessman. He said it'd be the best Christmas we'd ever had, and he promised to make it up to us, but my mother and I aren't too happy about being away from the family. Everything is so different here." She kicked up some snow with her boot, making a powdery plume splay out around her foot.
Mokuba was watching the sidewalk now, seeming to have listened to Rebecca's explanation. "I know what it's like, to feel lost sometimes."
She twisted her head up with a jolt, studying him. He was as mysterious as his older brother, it was hard to know exactly what he was thinking or feeling. He seemed to make Rebecca's petty troubles and whimpers trivial, and perhaps they were to him. His past was foreign to her. Yet, he had a maturity beyond his years. This was curious; Rebecca wanted to know more.
"You feel that way too? But I thought you and your brother were close."
A faint smile came to his lips. "Nii-sama is the only family I have. My parents are both gone. My mother died in childbirth with me; my father a few years later in an accident at work." Did the smile look remorseful now? "I was adopted, by a man named Gozaburo, the president of KaibaCorp. But it turned out he only wanted nii-sama as a heir to carry on the company legacy. He died of a heart attack a few years ago, but by that time nii- sama was old enough to care for me. He continued his duties as CEO and takes care of me in the mansion." His smile grew wider as he spoke of his brother. Rebecca noticed this. "But it is very lonely sometimes. Nii-sama is very busy most of the time, and he tries his best to be a good brother to me, but sometimes you still feel alone." He turned to her, his sharp violet eyes probing her. "Do you know the feeling?"
She shook her head in affirmation. "My father is away most of the time on business, and when he's not he's yelling at some corporate big shot over the phone or running to the office on days off for extra hours. I'm an only child, too. My mother is sort of quiet these days. She cries a lot at night when Dad's gone, too. I can hear her in my bedroom." Her voice became almost a whisper. "And the worse thing is, I'm homeschooled, so I don't even have a friend to confide into." She looked up at the young boy listening sympathetically beside her. "You're the first person I've been able to tell this to."
The distant sound of a J-pop Christmas concert filled the silence. "You know, we're a lot alike, in some ways. You have both parents; but you feel like you have none. We're both wealthy, and have relatives in the Duel Monsters business. And we're the same age."
"Yeah........" she said, thinking about what Mokuba had just said, let the wind carry her words away.
Mokuba studied her, remembering the first time he'd seen her with Yuugi and company. He felt his heart jump a little. Maybe, just maybe... his Christmas wish would come true.
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A nice, polished ending. I like this coupling, it's very sweet. This was also a post Across the Aquarium You Stare Back at Me story (A very unfinished Seto/Anzu fic of mine), but I ended up dropping it and postponing Across. Review if you'd like more... the next thing I have is a Jounouchi/Mai concept titled 'Found What We Weren't Looking For'.
Ja ne!
Originally intended to be chaptered, I just never got around to it. A cute Mokuba/Rebecca fic with a Christmas setting.
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A warm glow was cast upon the street from the yellow light spilling onto the pavement, little shops casting their mark into the wintry city. It was sort of comforting, you could almost feel the heat creeping into you from their quaint depths.
Tiny snow flurries spiraled from the sky, and the icy wind whirled them into the air, creating a frothy display. The tip of Rebecca's nose tingled with cold, and her eyes glittered as she drank it all in. It almost made her heart ache for home, her own American Christmas tree, but she was too lost in loveliness of it all to be too homesick, even though her circumstances for even being there were grim.
Mokuba crossed his arms boyishly behind his neck, searching the snow- filled sky. "So.......... why do you come here for Christmas? In Japan? Another championship?"
Rebecca shock her head. "I told my father about the technology used in Duel Monsters here in Japan. He's the one who picked up the game from his grandfather and was very interested." Her eyes fell to the sidewalk, already begining to gather a fine white dust. "He has his own company surrounding the game back home. He came here to study concepts created by KaibaCorp to put out some competition for our customers." She sighed. "Unfortunately, he scheduled the trip right around the holidays. He's such a businessman. He said it'd be the best Christmas we'd ever had, and he promised to make it up to us, but my mother and I aren't too happy about being away from the family. Everything is so different here." She kicked up some snow with her boot, making a powdery plume splay out around her foot.
Mokuba was watching the sidewalk now, seeming to have listened to Rebecca's explanation. "I know what it's like, to feel lost sometimes."
She twisted her head up with a jolt, studying him. He was as mysterious as his older brother, it was hard to know exactly what he was thinking or feeling. He seemed to make Rebecca's petty troubles and whimpers trivial, and perhaps they were to him. His past was foreign to her. Yet, he had a maturity beyond his years. This was curious; Rebecca wanted to know more.
"You feel that way too? But I thought you and your brother were close."
A faint smile came to his lips. "Nii-sama is the only family I have. My parents are both gone. My mother died in childbirth with me; my father a few years later in an accident at work." Did the smile look remorseful now? "I was adopted, by a man named Gozaburo, the president of KaibaCorp. But it turned out he only wanted nii-sama as a heir to carry on the company legacy. He died of a heart attack a few years ago, but by that time nii- sama was old enough to care for me. He continued his duties as CEO and takes care of me in the mansion." His smile grew wider as he spoke of his brother. Rebecca noticed this. "But it is very lonely sometimes. Nii-sama is very busy most of the time, and he tries his best to be a good brother to me, but sometimes you still feel alone." He turned to her, his sharp violet eyes probing her. "Do you know the feeling?"
She shook her head in affirmation. "My father is away most of the time on business, and when he's not he's yelling at some corporate big shot over the phone or running to the office on days off for extra hours. I'm an only child, too. My mother is sort of quiet these days. She cries a lot at night when Dad's gone, too. I can hear her in my bedroom." Her voice became almost a whisper. "And the worse thing is, I'm homeschooled, so I don't even have a friend to confide into." She looked up at the young boy listening sympathetically beside her. "You're the first person I've been able to tell this to."
The distant sound of a J-pop Christmas concert filled the silence. "You know, we're a lot alike, in some ways. You have both parents; but you feel like you have none. We're both wealthy, and have relatives in the Duel Monsters business. And we're the same age."
"Yeah........" she said, thinking about what Mokuba had just said, let the wind carry her words away.
Mokuba studied her, remembering the first time he'd seen her with Yuugi and company. He felt his heart jump a little. Maybe, just maybe... his Christmas wish would come true.
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A nice, polished ending. I like this coupling, it's very sweet. This was also a post Across the Aquarium You Stare Back at Me story (A very unfinished Seto/Anzu fic of mine), but I ended up dropping it and postponing Across. Review if you'd like more... the next thing I have is a Jounouchi/Mai concept titled 'Found What We Weren't Looking For'.
Ja ne!