Meeting Zen's brother does not go all that well, but here with Zen, she's safe. *Fanpoem.*

They are still getting to know each other, and yet this feels like more than an early relationship. *Late fill to MitsuKiki Weekend 2022, Bonus Day/Day Four, filling one of that day's prompts.*

Kiki isn't used to this feeling yet. *Late fill to Day Three of MitsuKiki Weekend 2022, filling one of that day's prompts.*

It feels like a poorly placed goodbye, even though it really isn't one. *Late fill to MitsuKiki Weekend 2022, Day Two, filling one of that day's prompts.*

Suddenly mere memorization is not the right word for all of this. *Late fill to MitsuKiki Weekend 2022, Day One, filling one of that day's prompts.*

She wishes for so much more. *Fanpoem.* *A late fill to MitsuKiki Weekend 2022, Day One, filling one of that day's prompts.*

I can't give you peace, and yet you love me still.

It is like they were meant to be and to heal side by side. *Fanpoem.*

She is the most beautiful woman Zen's ever seen.

Let me help you up, like you always do for me. *Fanpoem.*

Obi stays firm at her side, not because he's in his element here.

As the evening draws to a close, Shirayuki gets a visitor to her work desk, someone she is always happy to see. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day Seven.*

For a moment, they can blend perfectly into the crowds. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day Six.*

It is warm here. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day Five.*

It is a beautiful night tonight, aglow with more than just the stars above their heads. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day Four.*

Walls are already beginning to crumble where they are loosely bound together. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day Three.*

Shirayuki gets a rare chance to take her boyfriend out to a festival. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day Two.*

There is one disappointment to living in a castle. *Written for ZenYuki Week 2023, Day One.*

And somehow distance gets swallowed up so gradually, he can't count the steps. *A late fill to HisaKiki Week 2022, Day Two, filling the last prompt from that day.*

Kiki feels this like a heavy weight around her heart, heavier than she'd ever known. *A late fill to HisaKiki Week 2022, Day Five, filling the last prompt from that day.*

Kiki meets a boy one day in a most unusual way. *Written for MitsuKiki Week 2023, Day Seven.*

A new beginning is a new opportunity, and yet there is definitely a lot of work involved with this one. *Written for MitsuKiki Week 2023, Day Six.*

The weather changes plans as quickly as they are begun to be lived out. *Written for MitsuKiki Week 2023, Day Five.*

Even the most complicated things can be figured out. *Written for MitsuKiki Week 2023, Day Four.*

Kiki wishes this longing would settle down. *Written for MitsuKiki Week 2023, Day Three.*