Prompt #21: Halloween; November 2011. Rating: G. Thank you Bleached-Whale and pharitse for the kind words! :)

Halloween

Orihime loved all seasons.

Winter brought New Year's and skating. But Spring had Easter bunnies and cherry blossoms, and Summer Tanabata, and Fall—when the leaves turned the color of her and Kurosaki-kun's hair—

Fall brought her birthday!

Fall brought Halloween!

It was her favorite Western holiday for three reasons:

1. Candy ! ! !

2. Costumes.

3. At Halloween, the veil between the living and the dead is sheerest.

"In Mexico," said Chad, "we call it Día de los Muertos. My abuelo would wear a devil's mask and give me skulls made of sugar."

Ulquiorra, she imagined, would prefer this season, too.