I am Thankful
"Busu's Home!"
"Mou! Can't you stop calling me that for a minute?"
A shrug.
"It's better that than old HAG! AHAHAHAA!"
A growl and appearance of a bokken.
"Want to repeat what you just said?"
"Old. Hag."
Chasing ensues, followed by some yelps and maniacal laughter.
The rurouni shakes his head and looks over the tanuki's purchases.
"Kaoru-dono, what is all of this for?"
She pauses in her pursuit of beating to a pulp her student/adopted brother.
"I overheard Tae talking about the Westerner's Thanksgiving and it sounded like a nice idea, so I bought stuff for us to celebrate it as well."
Face fault.
"Kaoru-dono…"
"Haha, don't worry, we can all cook it together."
"No way!" Yahiko moaned.
A bop on the head with a bokken creates a loud THUMP.
"Itai!"
"That's what you deserve. Thanksgiving is about celebrating what you are most thankful for. And since you are an ungrateful lazy brat, I guess you won't be participating in it with us."
A glare. Then a serious face.
"I am thankful…"
"Oh?"
Suddenly, small arms wrap around in a semi-tight embrace.
"I am." A quiet voice states.
The hug is returned.
Two pairs of eyes filled with love stare back at each other and then settle on the third party rurouni.
"Kenshin no baka!"
The rurouni is tugged into them for a group hug.
"Kaoru?"
"Yes, yahiko?"
"I'm still not helping cook! BUSU!"
"Why you!!!!!!!!!"
More chasing… while the rurouni smiles knowingly and begins making their dinner.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!