Nana: Unlike in all the other drabbles, for this one Akito's going to be female. However, since Akito thinks of herself as male, I'll be using 'he' in the narrative. Hopefully it works, this is kind of experimental…enjoy!

Aki In The Bath

Title: The Doll Festival

Prompt: 024. Family

Rating: PG-13

The Doll Festival confuses Akito. When he takes off his clothes he looks like the other little girls, but he's a he, he's male. And so despite wanting to, he's not allowed to play with the dolls on display. Being God doesn't matter. Kagura the disgusting pig's allowed to play, and so is Kisa, too young to do anything but put them in her mouth. He doesn't know why this makes him feel so alienated, why this almost makes him cry.

But Hatori knows that it does. He brings him a doll that night, walks off silently to let him play.