Juuni Kokki Fanfiction
Title: The Empress's Diary #6 - Christmas Tree
Written by: Enki-sama
Fandom: Juuni Kokki
Pairing: Yoko and Keiki
Rating: PG
Disclaimers: Juuni Kokki and all its characters belong to Ono Fuyumi. I am merely borrowing them to have some fun.
Summary: A peek into the Empress's diary and her attempts to get a certain blockhead kirin to notice her... Yoko and Keiki


Dear diary,

The end of the year is nearing, what's more important to a young girl than the day of Christmas? (Anyone who points out to me that I am no longer a young girl is going to get punished!)

And what's Christmas without a Christmas tree?

So, to celebrate, I arranged for a huge, tall tree to be placed in the middle of the throne room. The place is way too high and wide anyway. Even during assemblies, it is still too empty for my liking. As for the lights, well, since we do not have electricity, we used candles. Of course, we were very careful with the candles. After all, it is no laughing matter if the throne room is set on fire, especially as a result of one of the empress's idea.

And then what's a Christmas tree doing without a Christmas party? So, we had a party to countdown to Christmas. I do not think many of the officials present truly understand the celebration, but hey, having successfully persuaded Keiki to hold the party was an achievement itself already.

Ah, Christmas...

I recalled during my time in Japan, Christmas was a special occasion for us girls. It is an awfully romantic, wonderful moment to confess your feelings to the boy who has a special place in your heart, especially under the beautifully decorated Christmas tree.

Still, what's inevitable will eventually happen anyway...

Moments before midnight on Christmas Eve, just when I was about to 'talk' to Keiki under the tree, it caught fire.

Sigh.

So, the last moments of Christmas Eve were spent amidst screams and throwing buckets of water onto the flaming tree.

Sigh.

But the worse thing was not the chaos, not the burning tree, but Keiki.

He asked me.

'Is that the purpose of having to light up the tree? To burn it up at midnight to provide warmth to everyone present?'

How I wish the tree will just drop on his head and burn all his hair to ashes.

Stupid Keiki.


A/N: Wishing everyone a merry christmas!

End

Completed: 23th December 2004