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Just thought I'd try writing a little Christmas drabble.
Disclaimer: This is the eleventh chapter! By now I hope it's clear that I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter Eleven: Shortbread Cookies
"Merry Christmas, Mitsuru!" Haruka gleefully exclaims as she and Yuuki entered the hospital room with a cheerful smile. Their happiness was contagious that he doesn't feel as weak.
"Oh, what are you guys doing here?" Mitsuru ask sitting up and clearing his throat.
"We came to see you, silly!" Haruka chuckled as she handed Mitsuru a red package of shortbread cookies. He looks up to her bewildered.
"Buddy, it's Christmas! Go on, try them!" Yuuki then added with a gesture that they were safe to eat only to get an elbow to his ribs.
Haruka and Yuuki began to tell him the story behind the shortbread cookies. Occasionally they would burst out laughing but he could only chuckle along. It was one of those 'have to be there in order to get it'.
"She slips on the flour…"
"And then I burnt the third batch…"
On and on they went. He took a long look at Haruka then at Yuuki. Never had he ever seen her so happy. It was all true, not of it was false. But he wasn't jealous. All that really mattered was to see her truly happy. There were times it hurt but a part of him always felt that she deserved someone better than him. Even before he confessed his feelings to her he felt that she already had someone else in her heart, a feeling that someone else was her first love.
He looked down and opened the carefully wrapped gift. The cookies weren't perfect but that didn't matter. Some were burnt around the edges, some were too pale, and then there were the ones that turned out just fine. He could see the love that went into making the pastry. That was probably the secret ingredient. A faint smile came across his face as he took one of the cookies out of the red package.
"How is it?" Haruka asked while she watched Mitsuru take a bite.
"It's sweet," he replied. It was sweet just like his first love.
End of chapter
"That was just a drabble so naturally it's short."
That's right, Eefi. This is probably the closest I've ever made Haruka in character from the game. (Is it just me, or does May always say 'silly' in the game?)
"I don't know. How can you tell? All they ever say is '… … … … …'"
By the way, this wasn't the chapter about green and midori. I guess you could say this was just a little Christmas Special Eddition. Merry Christmas everyone!
