Lightning-Dono: These are just too fun to write…I just noticed that these lastthree themes all started with the letter "R".

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Theme: #4 Roses
Word Count: 488

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Jill opened the door of her house to some insistent knocking. Standing there, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet, was Kai looking more eager and happy than he ever had before. One arm was behind his back and the other was in half-knock.

"What's up?" She leaned against the door frame in her pajamas (which, as usual, was a simple pair of blue overalls), completely forgetting whatever special event Kai had managed to remember.

"It's your birthday, remember?" He reached back and scratched his head, only managing to rumple his violet bandanna. "Don't tell me I got the wrong day." His face went somber at the thought. He was careful to keep his other arm concealed behind his back.

She slammed a fist into an open palm. "That's right!" A smile spread across her face. "I'm so glad you remembered."

Kai noticed how flustered and nervous she seemed because of her image, especially since she was standing there in less-than-casual clothing and he was wearing something a little below a suit. A black coat adorned his torso, ornamented with a purple tie. He wore black dress pants and shining shoes that glared in the morning sun. Not to mention he smelled of roses. An unusual fragrance for a man, Jill noted.

"Sorry I'm not all dressed up," she apologized quickly, knowing how much it must have taken him to pull on clothing he hardly ever wore. "I didn't remember, plus it's not really an occasion worth dressing up for…" her voice trailed off, hoping she hadn't offended the man before her. "You want to come in?"

"No, it's okay. Happy birthday." Kai extended the arm that he had hidden behind his back to reveal a gleaming bouquet of dew-striped roses. They seemed to glow with the radiance of the very star in the sky itself.

Jill seemed taken aback by this. "But I never gave you anything on your birthday!"

"So?" He raised a sharp eyebrow. "What happened to 'it's the thought that counts'?"

"But…I can't just take it."

Kai sighed in mock exasperation. "Well, if you can't take it, at least take one. Turn around."

She did as instructed.

Carefully, he removed his bandanna, revealing a field of brown stubble that covered his head. He never did like having his hair long.

Sweeping the purple cloth around Jill's hair, he tied it in a makeshift ribbon so her luxurious, long blonde hair hung in a swinging mop-like shape. He then wound the stem of a thorn-less rose within the depths of the violet material that gathered up Jill's hair until it appeared as though a green, flexible vine was snaking in and out of the cloth until there was only a rose protruding from her hair.

"Hope you like it," he said calmly, running his fingers through her fluid hair.

Jill smiled at the wall, still with her back towards Kai. "I do."