December 10th, 2018.
Prompt 10: Your dad is Santa, he's missing, and I'm helping you save Christmas
Jonouchi was seven years old at the time.
It was late December and he was playing alone in the park by his home.
The blond was building a snow house, piling up snow and digging into it, enjoying the fresh air that the cold weather provided.
He heard a small whimper behind him.
The young blond turned to see another boy, the same age as him, crying by the snow-covered slide.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Jonouchi asked, approaching the young boy, completely abandoning his project.
The boy looked towards him with big, blue eyes, brimming with tears.
"N-nothing." The brunet replied.
"If it were 'nothing' you wouldn't be crying."
The brunet rubbed his eyes with a small gloved hand, turning away from the other.
"Whatever, if ya' don't want to tell me, that's cool. I'll go back to my fort!"
And so he did.
Jonouchi returned to his snow pile, beginning to gather snow again.
He didn't hear the soft footsteps behind him.
"My dad is missing." A small voice said behind him.
Jonouchi looked up to the boy behind him, shock and disbelief all over his face.
"What? Did you tell the police?"
"I did, but they laughed. They didn't believe me."
"Why would they not believe you? Was your mom not there."
The flash of sadness on the boy's face made the young blond regret asking that.
"No, she wasn't," the other boy replied, "They laughed when I told them who my dad was."
"And who's your dad?"
"Santa Clause."
Jonouchi sputtered.
"Your dad is Santa Clause?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yes," the burnet answered with finality, "and if I don't find him, nobody will get presents for Christmas!"
Jonouchi thought of his sister then, she loved opening her presents Christmas morning. The thought of her not having anything to open broke his heart.
He curled his small gloved hand into a fist, punching the air directly above him, "Ok then! Let's find him!" he cheered.
The young boy looked at the blond in confusion.
"What help will you be?" he asked.
"If you don't want my help, then find him yourself." Jonouchi huffed, crossing his arms in annoyance.
"N-no!" the boy quickly responded, "I need help, Christmas is in less than two weeks, we need to find him as quickly as possible!"
"Well, ok then, let's go find Santa Clause! Hey, by the way, what's your name?"
The blue-eyed boy looked slightly surprised that the boy agreed to help him so quickly.
"I'm Seto." He replied.
The young Jonouchi held out his hand for the other to shake.
"Well, Seto, I'm Jonouchi Katsuya, let's go save Christmas!"
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