Juuni Kokki Fanfiction
Title: The Empress's Diary #8 - White Day
Written by: Enki-sama
Fandom: Juuni Kokki
Pairing: Yoko + 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 + Keiki
Dear diary,
I am starting to believe wholeheartedly that nothing in this world can cure stupidity, much less a stupid kirin. I have tried consulting the yellow physician, the one in charge of our dearest Taiho, but unfortunately (or fortunately, however you want to see things), he could find nothing wrong with Keiki. Therefore, I am left with no choice but to continue my (rather fruitless) pursuit of the stupidest kirin in the world.
I am not mad or angry, although I having a feeling that no one is buying that. As a matter of fact, I feel rather calm now.
Yeah. Like the calm before the storm.
I absolutely cannot believe it! I finally discovered what made Keiki have that expression on his face when I gave him his chocolate for Valentine's Day, only after Enho spent the entire afternoon giving me a lecture on how a human heart looks like. I am not saying that it is not important, because nothing is not important when you are governing a country, but imagine spending a whole afternoon cooped up in a room, learning all about the human heart. What's more, Enho even showed me a real dissected heart of a lamb! Eww, I really do not need to see that, especially before dinner. Yucks!
I felt really puzzled by all that, after all, Enho is not one to lecture without a reason. (Unlike a certain nagging kirin.) It was only after the entire session was over that did I understand why. It turned out that Keiki sent Enho a note, a note that was shredded to tiny pieces by me on the spot, to instruct him to teach me about the human heart.
I really did not want to believe it, but apparently, Keiki thought that I thought that the heart shape that I made his chocolate into is the shape of a human heart!
What is this? The stupid calling the smart stupid?
And you know what? The most unfortunate thing being that I cannot take revenge on him at all! I briefly contemplated the idea of not giving him any more Valentine's Day chocolate until he goes down unto his knees to beg for it. (Fat hope.) But since chocolate is such a new product that we are pushing for not only in the local market but in international markets as well, I cannot afford to not set an example at all, not even for a year.
Sad, right? Imagine the injustice.
What's more, his is the only white chocolate that I received this year!
What? Only one? When I sent almost every male I know friendship chocolates? Even Asano got a box in front of his grave. And I only got one in return? (Not that I was expecting him to rise up from his grave to give me white chocolate, mind you.) And the worst thing being the shape my one and only white chocolate this year came in.
In the shape of a heart.
In case you are wondering what the hell is so wrong with that, let me repeat that again. Keiki gave me white chocolate in the shape of a heart. A heart, get it? A human heart with all the arteries in details, plus all the blue and red veins too!
Oh. My. God.
I nearly screamed when I opened the box, in front of the idiot who looked almost pleased with himself. It was only after a while that did I realized that the heart was entirely made out of chocolate. The colourings, those blue and red lines that stuck out so clearly on the white surface, were made of strawberries and blueberries fillings. My only consolation was that at least he stuck to the whole white chocolate theme. If he gave me red chocolate, I would probably have ripped his heart out on the spot. I calmly asked him how he managed to get chocolate in such an interesting shape and size, somehow the size of the 'heart' is very close to a real one, he told me that Kei's imperial kitchens were totally capable of creating a masterpiece like this. A masterpiece indeed.
And hear this, the final straw simply have to be the card. You know how Valentine's Day cards are supposed to read like 'Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, So are you'? Well, I have learned not to expect too much from that blockhead anyway. Just a simple 'Happy White Day!' will be more than enough, thank you. But do you know what that idiot wrote on his card to me?
'Shujou,
Happy White Day.
Regards, Keiki
P.S. This is what a heart looks like.'
P.S. This is what a heart looks like.
P.S. This is what a heart looks like.
P.S. THIS IS WHAT A HEART LOOKS LIKE!
He is dead! I am gunning him down now.
Cough. Cough.
Still, with all that, there is no way I can throw my one and only white chocolate this year away. So I am resigned to eating the disgusting thing... Such is the tragedy of a woman in love with a moron.
But lucky me, I at least has a brain, unlike some moron.
Revenge is already on its way...
Koshou and Sekki were exhausted by the time the sun had set over the horizon. Somehow, the giving of chocolates were more tiring than anything else they have done, and that includes being part of a rebellion.
"Hey, why must we give those women white chocolate today?"
"Because it is the 14th of the third month, and they did give us chocolate last month."
"So?"
"Because Shujou said so."
There was silence for a while.
"What's the point of having such a day again?"
"Because Shujou said that this will improve relationships."
"And the sales of our new products."
Sekki can only nod in agreement.
"You do have to admit that there was much excitement among the women folks today..."
"Hn."
"... Have you tasted the chocolate yet?"
"Now that you mention it, no."
Sekki felt around in his pockets.
"I knew I have a box left here somewhere... The one meant for Shujou that I didn't get to giving after hearing Taiho's words..."
"I have one left too! Same thing here, meant for Shujou but did not get to give it to her."
"Aha!"
"Aha!"
Both brothers called out simultaneously.
"Let's give it a taste then."
"Okay."
Silence.
"Mmmm, not bad..."
"There is even a slight minty taste to it..."
"The platinum foil wrapping it looks good too..."
"I like the long shape! It makes it easier to bite onto it."
"The name 'Heartless' makes it an appropriate companion to 'Loveless' too."
The two brothers looked at each other.
"Heh, don't you feel that this 'Heartless' chocolate does have some similarities to..."
Sekki covered his elder brother's mouth with his hand.
"Shhh... You never know who is listening!"
"But..."
"No buts!"
"Think about it..."
Sekki hate to admit, but the chocolate really does bear some resemblance to the stoic figure who always stood by their Keiou's side.
A brief moment passed as the brothers thought things over.
Then, one spoke up.
"Nah... Why would Shujou want to model chocolate after the Taiho and call it 'Heartless' anyway?"
"We were thinking too much."
"Must be the chocolate."
"Must be the chocolate."
End
A/N: One of the longest chapter I have ever typed. :grinz: School's taking a lot of my time nowadays, exams are coming, work is piling up. Writing this is sort of like a stress reliever. Ha.
