Shizuku twitched in her bed. There was noise. Loud noises. Outside her room. At...two in the morning. She twitched as another loud bang echoed down the hallway. She shoved her pillow on top of her head. If she didn't hear it, it wasn't happening.
BAM
It wasn't happening.
BAMBAMKNOCK
Nope. Nothing was happening.
BANG
There was absolutely nothing going on.
WHAP
At all. It was obviously a figment of her imagination.
THUD
…She was not concerned.
HISSSSSSSSSS
It was all just a dream, after all.
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A really. Bad. Dream.
BARKBARKBARK
SLAM
"What's going on in here?"
She froze as all other sounds halted for mere seconds before footsteps (human and animal) headed in her direction. Not that she noticed, since the moment her exclamation was uttered, she saw something far more concerning.
Red.
Everything was red.
Everything.
Bright. Red.
Lamps.
Streamers.
Paint.
Puppets.
All. Red.
"Shizuku! Did I wake you! My apologies. I may have gotten carried away in my excitement."
...Oh. Hitsugi was wearing a kimono for some reason. Red, as expected.
"Oh, yes. Meet Tom Wolfe."
The dog really did look like a wolf. A puppy wolf. Dyed red. Her eyes were starting to hurt.
"Come join us! Together we shall make this a night to remember!"
Ah. That was confetti on the floor, not paint. Some of it was stuck to the dog, along with other questionable items. Hardly noticeable against its fur.
"You are up earlier than expected, but that merely means we shall have more time to enjoy ourselves."
"It's...red."
"Admiring the decorations? I haven't yet completed adorning the house. I have another box of lamps and several rolls of streamers left. Perhaps you would enjoy helping?"
She gave up trying to make sense of it all.
"...That's a very nice kimono, Hitsugi-san."
"I have prepared one for you as well. If you don't feel up to the challenge of putting it on, you may leave yourself in my hands. I assure you, it would be no inconvenie-uh. Shizuku?"
"You have confetti in your hair."
"How thoughtful of you, to take care of that."
"Your hair is really soft."
"...I honestly have no idea how I want to respond to that."
"...Hitsugi-san."
"Yes?"
"I'm going back to sleep now."
"Are you cer-ah." Click. "Okay."
"Hmph. That wasn't quite the reaction I was expecting."
BARK
"Now that you mention it, she was more tired than usual at dinner. The chances for a good reaction truly are hit or miss when she is in such a state. Not that this was a bad reaction, per se."
BARKBARK
"Well said, my small comrade. That is what makes her so amusing, among other things."
BARK
"My thoughts exactly. We have four more hours to prepare. Let us resume our work with all our energy!"
~End~
Something quick I did to help me remember another fic I was planning out. How did I forget it in the first place? Well. I don't type things until I have the entire plan mapped out. Is this a bad idea? Probably. Will that other one ever get typed? ...Maybe. Anyway, enjoy this sadly slapped together quick type of a fic. (But still edited to the best of my abilities. No beta on this one. Sorry. Lets hope FFN stops mashing my words together.)