Title: Snow globe
Author: Me
Theme: Snow globe #28
Rating: K
Warnings: f/f mentioned, lots of fluff/cheesy humor
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.
Summary: Maybe they serve as a metaphor, maybe not.
They collected snow globes. Lines and lines of snow globes filled a large shelf in their house. Trips to Cancun, London, Beijing, San Francisco and Brazil had each yielded one of the spheres. Others had been bought at second hand stores and the like. Some of them played music, some were set amidst miniature water falls, and a few were held in the clutches of dragons.
It was their little trophy wall, something that Maiko was excessively proud of. Of course, Ayaka remembered how annoyed Maiko had been when they'd gotten their first snow globe, an anniversary gift from Shuichi. Years later though, it had become the center piece of the collection and Maiko would always take great pains to polish it.
Once, when they'd felt earthquake tremors begin to shake the house, the first thing they'd done was brace themselves against the shelves, in hopes of the protecting their snow globes. Fortunately they only lost the one with the swim trunks wearing polar bear.
The bear had been the one point of contention with in their household, a relic from days that were best left forgotten. So it wasn't missed anyways, especially when they replaced it with a singing hippopotamus, who wore blue overalls.