Ghost Hunt Fluff Week 2015

Wednesday – Everyday


It was the little, everyday things that made their family special.

It was Okaachan dealing with customers, and making tea, and cuddling with her in thunderstorms when she wasn't scared, and blowing raspberries on her brothers' tummies to cheer them up. It was Papa scolding her brothers, Gin and Kazuo, for trying to lift the tellie again, and showing her how to control her Psychometry, and making her hot chocolate with lots of foam and sprinkles when it was just them in the office.

It was Uncle Gene in her dreams, and in the haunted pocket mirror she always kept on her person, and showing her how to dance. It was Uncle Yasu being cheeky as he researched, finding information he really shouldn't have access to, and helping her with her maths homework.

It was Jichan and Bachan play-fighting calling each other old. It was Jichan teaching them how to play bass, and listen to rock, and Buddhist warding magic. It was Bachan showing them basic first aid, and jokingly telling them to look after Okaachan, and showing them how to make protective seals. It was Grandma and Grandpa's surprise visits from England, with presents, and stories about Papa and Uncle Gene from when they were young, too.

It was Aunt Masako bringing Momo-kun around to play with them, and helping her understand the words or pictures that nobody else could hear or see. It was in the 'adventures' that she would go on with her brothers and Momo-kun: sometimes, they were knights of the round table, fighting dragons! Sometimes they were little red Indians, with super cool names like Running Fox, and Sleepy Kitten. And sometimes, they were spiritualists of old: Momo-kun and Ginrei were mediums, Kazuo was a Shinto Priest, and she a Buddhist one, running around trying to save the world from evil spirits.

It was Uncle Lin and Aunt Madoka and cousin Tenma (after Aunt Madoka's grandfather) coming around for dinner on Wednesday nights, the only time Tenma was free from all the hard work a high school student had to do, and telling them stories about China. It was history lessons, geography, and demons. It was Uncle John's church sermons on special occasions, and Sunday roasts once a month; it was visiting Australia for his mother's funeral, and lots of cuddles to make sure he was alright (and maybe because the koala over the fence was scary, and Uncle John was cool.)

It was Aunt Taka and Aunt Kasai making a game out of cleaning the office, and taking them to the park; helping them with their kanji, because Papa wasn't good at it, and Okaachan had chicken scratch handwriting. It was learning how to file things at the office, so that everyone could go home early, and they could watch the Doctor Who DVDs Grandma and Grandpa had posted them in the mail, even though some bits would give her and her brothers nightmares – but they weren't scared! Aliens were cool!

It was the everyday things that made her family special, and very precious to her, and she wouldn't trade any of it for the world.


Some bits are headcanons from a temporarily-abandoned GH/HP fic I started ages ago, so I hope nobody minds XD