This was a one-shot that I wrote for a community on LJ I belong to called 15Hugs. The first theme was "Teddy Bear," and that's what this one-shot is based around. I nice feedback on this, so I thought you peeps would like it too! Then again, it could also be so I could distract from my long hiatus from Hakumei. –sweatdrop- Well, enjoy! And review please!

Theme: Teddy bear.

You know, the best song to listen to when reading this is ironically, Teddy Bear by Ayumi Hamasaki. –sniffle- It's so CUTE…

It's not like she hated the gift. She really didn't love it either. Anna Kyouyama glanced at her gift from Yoh uncertainly.

A mediocre teddy bear.

Now, her fiancée wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but the itako thought he would know that she just didn't go for those kind of cute things. Honestly, what could you do with a teddy bear, besides squeeze it to death at night until the stuffing spilled out? It would make a good decoration on top of her dresser, but…

Anna stroked the bear. It had dark brown fur and dark chocolate brown eyes. Basically it was everything you could find in almost any teddy. Yoh had given it to her yesterday afternoon after he got home from shopping for groceries.

That idiot. He wasted good money… she thought ruefully. Suddenly, a small shard of her memory flashed back…

"I'm home!" Anna turned around from her laying position from under the kotatsu. Yoh was holding a bag of groceries and had just returned from the market.

"You're late," she said frankly.

"Eh, heh. Gomen. I bought something else along with the food," he said grinning nonchalantly.

"Is that so?"

"Yup. It's for you." Anna looked up slightly surprised. Yoh rummaged through the plastic bag and handed it to her.

"Here. I thought you might like it!" he said cheerfully. Anna eyed it warily.

"What IS that?"

"It's a teddy bear. I felt like giving something to you, I didn't feel like buying anything with my money, so…" Yoh hesitated as Anna gently pulled it away. She stared at it for a moment and then looked up at Yoh.

"Thank you…"

Yoh just smiled at her and said, "No problem!"

She set the bear gently on her dresser and contemplated for a minute. Then, Anna stood up and walked out of her room. She found Yoh and Manta sitting under the kotatsu chatting away while Amidamaru sat and listened to them.

"Yoh?" The two friends looked up a bit scared at the itako who they expected to force them into doing labor around the house.

"Eh… Yes, Anna?" replied Yoh.

"Did you buy… Something last night with the money I gave you so you can get a CD?" Anna inquired. Yoh sat there for a moment and then gave her a secret grin.

"Yeah. But it wasn't for me."

"… I see." She walked back into her room. Manta shot Yoh a confused look.

"What was that about?" he asked. Yoh shrugged casually.

"Oh, I nothing. I just think I put my own money into good use." Manta shook his head and decided not to go any further then that.

Inside the sanctuary of her room, Anna hugged her special teddy bear bought selflessly by Yoh.

--End--