100 Oneshots Challenge

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NOTE: I promised an anniversary chapter, didn't I? Except I know a lot of you wanted Kaider, but EmberLafonte gave me an amazing idea for more than one pairing. Thank her for the variety!

FIFTY FREAKING REVIEWS?! WHAT INSANITY IS THIS GAHHH!

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Kaider
Celebrating: I met you on this day three years ago.

"Put the opto-sensor wire into the battery. Battery connects to the alternator..." Cinder murmered to herself.

Kai stared at the androids internal wires, confusing him so much he didn't know how she was able to handle it. They were in the Palace's mechanic station. Cinder had taken it over, and now she was always fixing something.

"...Won't reach. Kai? Can you grab the pliers from the table?" Her head snapped up, and so did his.

"Sure, I guess." He walked to the table and grabbed a pointy tool of what he thought were her pliers.

Sighing when he handed it to her, Cinder stood up. "This is a driver, Kai. It's meant to be used for screws." She picked up another tool on the table and held it up. "These are pliers."

He felt stupid, to put it simply. He was spoiled all his life, and his best subject would be politicts. It is what he had been taught all his life, after all.

"You're lucky that you have a talent besides giving speeches."

"That's what you were taught most of your life, though. And I'm no good with speeches, for your information. I've been doing this for all my life. At least, the life that I can remember." She went silent.

He took another step toward her. "Hey. It's okay. It wasn't your fault, remember?"

"Yeah."

She obviously still blamed herself for the attacks on Earth.

"You remember when I met you?" She asked, probably trying to lighten the mood.

How could he forget. "'Course I do."

"My foot was missing that day."

His jaw dropped. "Seriously?"

"Yep."

He burst into a fit of laughter. "Oh my stars... No wonder!"

She frowned. "What?"

"You were so clumsy!" He kept laughing like a three-year-old.

She let out a smile, but went back to her work on the android, still talking to herself on jibberish that Kai couldn't understand.

"What the heck are you saying?" He asked.

"Nothing."

"You were obviously saying something."

"Forget it. I'll stop talking."

"Okay."

After a few more minutes, something clicked in Kai's mind. "Cinder! What was the day we met?"

"Umm..." She told him what she thought was the date.

"Wait, Cinder, that's today!"

She put down the pliers. "Oh my stars, yes! From, like, three years ago."

"How could we forget our three year anniversary! We have to do something."

"Hm, what could we possibly do to celebrate three years of knowing each other...?" Her grin turned cocky.

"For starters, you could let the palace mechanic have his workshop back."

"Nonsense," Cinder said, pulling him out the door.

They ducked into a conveniently empty hallway.

He took her hand in his. "Yeah, what could we possibly do?"

Just as he was about to kiss her, she beat him to it, smashing her lips against his.

Cresswell
Celebrating: Dating for a year!

"Cress!" Thorne shouted to her. He almost felt bad for waking her up; she looked so peaceful.

He would've knocked, but he knew she wouldn't get up and where the house key was. After the war, they moved back to the American Republic. Now their apartments were right next to each others'.

She groaned.

"Come on, Damsel. You know what today is?"

She propped her head up on a pillow. "It's too early..." She mumbled before dozing off.

Sure, it was midnight. But you only get one one year anniversary, and as this was (shockingly) his first, he planned to make the most out of it.

Okay, time for plan B, he thought. He yanked her blanket off of her, and she let out another groan.

"Co-old."

"Come on Darling it's time to get up!"

She finally sat up. "Mmm?"

Yes! A reaction!

He helped her up, pulling her out of her room while still in pajamas and to the couch in the living room.

She sat down next to him. "What are you doing...?"

Her head slumped down into his shoulder. Maybe it was a little early.

He adjusted her position so she was laying on the couch, her head in his lap.

"Maybe we should do this in a few hours," Thorne whispered.

Cress muttered something he was barely able to hear, but he swore it was "I love you, Captain."

After hours of not moving and watching girly net dramas, Thorne had to pee. He gently shook Cress, who was still sleeping in his lap. "Cre-ess? Hello?"

Her eyes flew open and she bolted up. "Captain!"

"Yes?"

"Why are you here?"

"It's our one year anniversary, silly," he replied with a small laugh. "I have to go to the bathroom, though."

He got up and saw Cress walk to her bedroom to get dressed.

They were in the park an hour later, watching the sunrise from a bench. It was all Cress's idea.

Cress turned to him. "Why did you try to wake me up at midnight? I fell asleep at 11!"

He let out a breath he'd been holding. "Can you keep a secret?"

She scooted closer and winked at him. "Of course I can."

"This is my first one year anniversary."

At first the look on her face was disbelief, then it changed as she nodded to herself and started laughing.

"Stars! Really? That actually makes sense!" Cress said, still laughing.

"Yeah, yeah. Could you try to keep it down over there?" Thorne said. "I'm trying- AGH!"

The rodent ran over his hand no problem and onto the big oak tree behind the bench. It was gray and Its tail was bushy.

"Dang squirrel ran right over my hand!" Thorne sucked in a breath and shook his hand. There was some blood on it. "Great! Now I probably have rabies!"

Cress looked at the squirrel and squeaked, "Awe! It's so cute! Poor thing!"

"Poor squirrel?! Cress, it's wild and my hand is bleeding!"

She gently took his hand and examined it.

"I know you're squeamish around blood, but this is nothing antiseptic and a bandage wouldn't fix. And you can only get rabies if the squirrel bit you. From what I see, it only scratched you."

"May I remind you it's wild?"

"But it was cute!"

"Ugh," Thorne said, trying not to look at the blood.

His hand was in a full bandage. It swelled up from when it happened, but he had some liquid ice to reduce it.

Now they were in her apartment again. He didn't have a first aid kit in his.

"Well, now that that's over, any other extravagant things you planned for today?" Cress asked, pecking his cheek.

He felt blood run to his cheeks. Should he tell her?

He had the ring, he might as well.

He grinned cockily. "I was planning to propose, but I might have to postpone that because of my injured hand."

She gaped at him, saying nothing.

He lifted one eyebrow. "What? I have the ring and everything."

"Seriously?"

"I'm normally not serious, but yeah, seriously."

There was a moment of awkward silence. "So... should I ask now, or...?" Thorne asked, almost feeling uncomfortable.

"Don't you already know my answer to it?" She asked.

"No, actually."

She smiled. "Fine. Yes, Captain. How could I say no?"

Wolflet
Celebrating: Married for a year.

"Do you realize we've been married for a year?" Scarlet said after swallowing a bit of her breakfast.

"I do now," Wolf responded.

"Do they have wedding anniversaries on Luna?" She asked.

Wolf frowned. "Not really. The only incentive that is similar to that is a three-day mourning period after someone dies."

"Sounds boring. I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that your Lunar, you know?"

Wolf looked irritated. He got up and put his plate in the sink, not any food left on the dish.

Scarlet followed his example, dumping her remaining food in the trash and catching up to him. "Hey." She put her hand on his shoulder. "Sorry. I know that's a sensitive topic."

"It's fine."

It was obviously not fine. Scarlet could tell by his tone and clenched teeth.

Trying to make hard feelings forgotten, she spoke again. "So what do you want to do today. On Earth it's a custom to celebrate on a day like today, if you didn't know."

"Really?"

"Yep."

He looked up, thinking. "We should do something with tomatoes. Remember that tavern where we met and you introduced me to vegetables?"

She nodded. "That's a good idea. How about we do gardening? The tomatoes are almost ready for harvesting."

"Sure."

Compared to the fields, the garden was tiny, even with several rows of the vegetables they didn't sell. It was one of Scarlet's favorite places, despite the size. It was private, and she used to spend several days gardening with her grand-mere.

They spent nearly the whole day outside, only coming in for meals. It was too nice a day to be cooped up in the house the whole morning and afternoon.

They probably got more chores done than Scarlet ever had done in one day, making games out of each one. Wolf won most of them, but she was able to beat him at times.

Now they sat on the rocking bench, staring at the cloudy sky. There would most likely be a big storm in a few hours.

"Did you have a good day?" Wolf asked abruptly.

She nodded. "Did you?"

"Mm-hm."

Silence fell on them again.

"I love you, Wolf."

Scarlet was sure her words surprised him just as much as they surprised her. They didn't say it often; they didn't need to.

She was so shocked by her own words, she hadn't even expected him to respond.

"I love you too, Scarlet."

The downpour began.

A/N: Yeah... there was going to be Jacinter, except this chapter is quite long and I got lazy. I think I said something about there being Jacinter in the next chapter, anyway. Then I think I'm going to start writing really random stuff that may/may not have pairings.

What?! I can't have this whole story a big wanna-throw-up because of all the romance thing. I don't throw up over romance. I throw up because of a weak stomach, but hey, some people don't like romance.

lots of love,

~Cx3

PS: I know squirrels run away from people! Obviously! But please deal with it for the sake of the story.