28 - Prompted Vignette - Post- Game


Heirloom

"Where did you get the cat from?" Neku wasn't talking about Mr. Mew, of course. He was directing his question at Shiki, concerning the jade cat statue sitting on Shiki's bookshelf.

It looked out of place; the rest of her room was decorated very stylishly, with bright posters and fashionable accessories on her dresser. He didn't know a whole lot about fashion (though he was getting there, due to spending time with Shiki) but he knew it looked a bit off.

She looked up at it fondly. "It's kind of a family heirloom. I don't know when the tradition started, but it's passed down to the first child when they're ten years of age."

"That's a strange tradition," he commented, raising an eyebrow at her.

In response, she stuck her tongue out at him. "Is not. I think it's rather nice. I can just imagine the feeling of seeing the look on my kid's face when I give it to him or her."

"Right. So is the statue the reason why your first project was Mr. Mew?"

"Yep - wait! You just acknowledged that Mr. Mew is a cat," she said gleefully. Obviously she had been waiting a long time for this.

He shrugged. "Whatever."

Neku's response was less than satisfactory, nevertheless Shiki bounced up onto her feet, taking it and then handing it to Neku. "Can't you just feel the weight of history of it?"

"Sure..." He was just humouring her, really. It did feel pretty heavy for such a small object, though. "More importantly, are you sure I'm allowed to hold this? Since it's an heirloom and all."

It looked like he just knocked the colour off her face. "Oh no."

"What?"

She brought her hands up to her face, covering it. "I completely forgot."

"What?" Neku repeated.

"If someone besides the one who's given it touches it, the owner's love life will be cursed forever."

"...Please don't tell me you seriously believe that." Neku rolled his eyes at her.

"I do, believe it," she said snatching it out of his hands.

"C'mon, it was probably just one of your ancestors who came up with the rules. How's a curse supposed to get there?"

"I have the right to be superstitious, you know." She left out the bit where she justified it using the Reaper's Game, but he had the feeling she wanted to say that.

"Well, if I promised to marry you, it would be fine, right?"

...

"W-what? Neku, we're not even dating yet."

"I was just joking okay! Huh - did you say 'yet'?"

"I meant that if you want to marry someone you have to date first."

"You really want to marry me?"

"No!"

"Ouch, you didn't have to deny it that badly. Am I that horrible? "

"Neku!"

By now their faces were both red in the face and Neku coughed rather awkwardly before gathering up his things. "I should head home now."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow," she squeaked as he let himself out.

Although they couldn't see each other, the same thought ran through their minds: "What was that?!"


A/N: Tadaa! My friend gave me this prompt when she found out I wrote fanfics and was like 'PROOOMPT'. This is the best I can come up with...welp, hope you enjoyed reading it :)

...Please review? ;D