A/N: Hello from 2014!
Pfft, over here in the U.S., I still have a few hours until 12:00 comes around (when I'm posting this anyways). Ah well.
And this isn't my best work, but *shrugs* neither is this story.
Happy new year to all you wonderful people out there!
June 4th
Kind
North and Jack got along well. All of the Guardians understood that.
But it was only their resident winter spirit that truly understood why they did. Sure, they were both associated with winter, and they both were children at heart, but those weren't the true reasons.
It was because North welcomed him in happily at the very beginning. It was because they both tried to understand one another.
It was because the Guardian of Wonder was kind to him.
Eventually, years and years down the road, when Jack had settled into his new lifestyle, he admitted this fact to North, who was completely and utterly surprised.
"Hey North?"
Blue eyes looked up from his current project, "Yes Jack?"
The winter spirit swung his legs as he sat on North's desk. He swallowed before speaking, "I never said thank you for being so nice."
"So nice at what?" The elder Guardian asked bemusedly, setting down his tiny hammer and pushing his chair backward on its wheels to turn off the music he was playing.
Jack looked at him and ran a hand down his staff nervously, "You know . . . when I first became a Guardian."
"Ahh . . ." North nodded, not really understanding at all.
The winter spirit in the room noticed his confusion and tried to explain it better, "At the very first, you helped me find my center. And after that you gave me a room here. And you don't get very mad when I freeze stuff or play pranks or whatever," He shrugged self-consciously, "it's just nice."
North smiled and pulled Jack into a side hug, "Anytime братец. Anytime."