Unwind, Start

by Maaya

Fye had planned to catch Syaoran and Sakura and haul them along, but one more look and he decides that they look rather content on their own.

Unadulterated Christmas fluff. Syaoran/Sakura, and Kurogane/Fye-friendship/love/whatever-you-fancy. G. And did I mention fluff?

Unwind, Start
by Maaya

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"Christmas?" Sakura tilts her head and there is a slight accent as she pronounces the unfamiliar word. (Probably caused more from the way she is unsure what the word really means than because of a language barrier. After all, there is no barrier. Mokona makes sure of that.)

Her companions, circled around her, look just as puzzled as she feels.

Mokona sing-songs the word (and other, merry songs that include it, along with jingling bells and new years and peace on earth) and the creature brushes snow away from Sakura's shoulder.

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"Mokona refuses to move on before the twenty-sixth." Fye's eyes are playing silent melodies.

He's having fun, Kurogane realizes and there is a moment of fear, quickly soaked in the frustration/anger/irritation that is suddenly brimming over.

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The lights are pretty, reds, greens, yellows and blues attached to pine twigs to decorate walls, entrances and archways. Sakura takes the city, world, in with wide eyes and delight which turns into wonder.

It is still snowing. The air is not too cold, but cold enough, and Syaoran takes Sakura's hand to warm it.

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"The kids are having fun," Fye says with calm. There is an expression on his face and if Kurogane didn't know better, he would say it was nostalgia.

"At least some people are." Kurogane grabs Mokona by the ears (the creature had been poking at his nose and cheeks) and swings the white bun viciously, wishing for the satisfaction of revenge. There is no such thing, of course. "There is no feather in this world, why are we still here?"

"This world has hot chocolate," Fye states.

The word flickers in Kurogane memory a little before settling in the Outo-category. "No," he says with growled emphasis.

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Fye had planned to catch Syaoran and Sakura and haul them along, but one more look and he decides that they look rather content on their own. (Fye likes to meddle, and he is good enough at it to know when it is not needed.)

Kurogane refuses hot chocolate either way.

But he does order green tea.

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"Holiday services!" Mokona cheers right before the creature sprouts wings to send them to another world. "Yuuko wants payment for holiday services!"

Four people blink.

Then Fye starts laughing, at the same time as Kurogane rages, Sakura tilts her head and Syaoran grabs her hand, again.

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end

(I have a memory of Sakura offering Syaoran hot chocolate in anime Outo, saying that Fye had taught her how to make it. I don't know if it happens in the manga as well.)

Mmkay, it won't win an award for great witty writing but it was nice to write nonetheless. Hope you liked it as well!