On Trees, Hot Chocolate and
Why Stop-Motion Christmas Specials Are Evil
Part III
DISCALIMER: Not mine. . . yet.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a slightly magical AU, by the way. Blame it on the book I'm reading right now.
"Three hot cocoas. . . Sakura, do you want a cocoa?"
"Yes, please!"
"Four hot cocoas and. . . Kuro-tan?" Fai broke off again. "Cocoa, eggnog, cider?"
"Anything that's not sickeningly sweet?" Kurogane quipped.
"Well, they have great. . . "
"Water,"
"You didn't even let me finish!" Fai whined.
"Water," Kurogane repeated.
"Four cocoas and one. . ." Fai glanced at his husband a moment, then back at the woman in the booth, "water."
Fai paid the woman, and retrieved their drinks, cautioning all the children to 'be careful, it's hot'.
"So, what do you guys want to do now?" he asked the kids. "There's a magician we could go and see, where is he?" Fai rummaged in his pocket for the flyer he had picked up about the fair, "Fey Wong Reed the Great! Doesn't that sound fun?"
"Is he the magician they had at Himawari's birthday party?" Syaoran asked.
"Hmm? Well I can't remember, Syaoran-kun."
"He is," Watanuki said, "He's awful, Mommy is a much better magician. Mommy is a better magician than him."
"Now that's not nice, Kimi-chan, you can't really compare me to someone who makes a living off of magic. I hardly use it at all any more, and then only very small magic."
"I've seen you do big magic before!" the darker twin insisted.
"When?"
"Christmas," Syaoran took up the arguments, "last Christmas, when you didn't have the food done. You used magic to cook it!"
"Hah, hah! I guess I did, didn't I? I try not to make a habit of that," Fai grinned, remembering the near disaster, "So, no magician. What do you want to do then?"
"We could look at books!" Syaoran suggested excitedly. He had started reading young and while that made his parents very happy, it had become something of an obsession.
"Ah, Syaoran-kun! We go to the library all the time; don't you want to do something besides look at books? Anyway, I don't think there are any here."
"Let's get orna-ornamid. . . stuff for the tree!" Sakura said."
Fai thought a moment, "No let's save that for later. I don't want them to break while we carry them around."
"There's a fortune teller," a deep voice intoned.
"Kuro-sama?" Fai asked, startled.
"A fortune teller."
"And how would Kuro-myu know?" Fai teased.
Kurogane shrugged and pointed over his shoulder to a small tent with a sign outside, reading: Mystic Lady Yuko's Magical Supply Emporium, Wishes Granted, Fortunes Told (Alcohol or Cash accepted)
"What a good idea, Kuro-rin! Who wants to know the future?" Fai asked, as he began trekking towards the tent.