Sorry this is a few days late. Took me a while to find where I hid it.
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White day.
The fourteenth of March. One month after Valentine's Day.
It's the day when it is the guys turn to give the girls in their life a token of affection, something small and white, or some cookies or something just kind of special.
Not that Kaito had remembered.
They were on their way home from school now, and he had somehow blithely remained oblivious to it the entire day, despite looks from the majority of the girls in class, most especially Akako. Even though he had rained a shower of white flowers during one of the breaks. But he did that occasionally when he was bored anyway, so it didn't count.
Aoko wasn't sure if she should pleased, or if she wanted to hit him for being so dense. After all, she hadn't given him any chocolate for Valentine's Day this year.
Not that he had remembered that holiday either. In fact, he'd simply been overjoyed at the fact that people were giving him chocolate.
The idiot.
Beside her, he stretched, raising his hands over his head and looking for all the world like a satisfied cat, before suddenly blinking, losing the sleepy expression to a maniac grin.
A sure sign of trouble.
"Oh, Aoko!" He grinned, looking pleased with himself. "Close your eyes!"
She gave him a sceptical look. He waved his hands at her, sweat dropping. "It's nothing bad! Really, ah..." He scratched his head, giving up. "Watch."
He held his hands up to show that they were empty, even though she -knew- that they weren't. He always had some sort of trick up his sleeve, something that never failed to amuse her. With a quick flip of one hand, he suddenly held a flapping dove aloft. He grinned, offering her the bird.
She hesitantly reached out and took it, the bird perching on her fingers. "It's a dove." She commented.
He beamed. "Yup!"
"..." She looked up at him. "You have lots of doves."
"Not," He corrected, "like this one. Take a closer look."
Raising an eyebrow, she did so.
And then realised that it wasn't a dove. Not really. It was actually a stuft animal, made to look like a dove. It even had a few feathers sewn on to it.
"Look." He grinned, that grin that he had only when he was up to something. He pressed a small button under the bird's collarbone, causing the wings to flap. "If you hold this down, there's a place for you to keep stuff under the wings. So no one can find it. Neat, huh?"
She nodded, petting the dove's head in shock. "Yeah..."
He beamed, honestly pleased instead of one of his fake cheerful grins. "Was fiddling around with stuff and it kind of reminded me of you. Anyway, see you tomorrow!"
Kaito waved, heading down the path to his house. She waved back, only partially aware of a silly grin spreading across her own face.
That was her strange but often times sweet friend Kaito alright... Completely forgetting about a holiday, but giving her a gift simply because he thought she might like it.
-fin-
For more information on White Day, see here:
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White day.
The fourteenth of March. One month after Valentine's Day.
It's the day when it is the guys turn to give the girls in their life a token of affection, something small and white, or some cookies or something just kind of special.
Not that Kaito had remembered.
They were on their way home from school now, and he had somehow blithely remained oblivious to it the entire day, despite looks from the majority of the girls in class, most especially Akako. Even though he had rained a shower of white flowers during one of the breaks. But he did that occasionally when he was bored anyway, so it didn't count.
Aoko wasn't sure if she should pleased, or if she wanted to hit him for being so dense. After all, she hadn't given him any chocolate for Valentine's Day this year.
Not that he had remembered that holiday either. In fact, he'd simply been overjoyed at the fact that people were giving him chocolate.
The idiot.
Beside her, he stretched, raising his hands over his head and looking for all the world like a satisfied cat, before suddenly blinking, losing the sleepy expression to a maniac grin.
A sure sign of trouble.
"Oh, Aoko!" He grinned, looking pleased with himself. "Close your eyes!"
She gave him a sceptical look. He waved his hands at her, sweat dropping. "It's nothing bad! Really, ah..." He scratched his head, giving up. "Watch."
He held his hands up to show that they were empty, even though she -knew- that they weren't. He always had some sort of trick up his sleeve, something that never failed to amuse her. With a quick flip of one hand, he suddenly held a flapping dove aloft. He grinned, offering her the bird.
She hesitantly reached out and took it, the bird perching on her fingers. "It's a dove." She commented.
He beamed. "Yup!"
"..." She looked up at him. "You have lots of doves."
"Not," He corrected, "like this one. Take a closer look."
Raising an eyebrow, she did so.
And then realised that it wasn't a dove. Not really. It was actually a stuft animal, made to look like a dove. It even had a few feathers sewn on to it.
"Look." He grinned, that grin that he had only when he was up to something. He pressed a small button under the bird's collarbone, causing the wings to flap. "If you hold this down, there's a place for you to keep stuff under the wings. So no one can find it. Neat, huh?"
She nodded, petting the dove's head in shock. "Yeah..."
He beamed, honestly pleased instead of one of his fake cheerful grins. "Was fiddling around with stuff and it kind of reminded me of you. Anyway, see you tomorrow!"
Kaito waved, heading down the path to his house. She waved back, only partially aware of a silly grin spreading across her own face.
That was her strange but often times sweet friend Kaito alright... Completely forgetting about a holiday, but giving her a gift simply because he thought she might like it.
-fin-
For more information on White Day, see here: