Just to be here with her is a special kind of joy.

Zen is restless as they stand for their family portrait, the last one with his father, and the last one together. *Written for ANS Platonic Week 2023, Day Seven.*

Mrs. Shenazard spends whatever time she has left with her three children, grateful they are with her. *Written for ANS Platonic Week 2023, Day Six.*

There are times when Raji pauses and realizes just how wonderful having younger siblings is. *Written for ANS Platonic Week 2023, Day Five.*

Higata is not used to being the pharmacist trusted with what seems like an especially important task, treating another pharmacist, especially when they both went through training at the same time. *Written for ANS Platonic Week 2023, Day Four.*

Obi's not used to having female friends, so his comparisons between the two of them are rather lackluster. *Written for ANS Platonic Week 2023, Day Three.*

Obi's grateful he's here, despite the stinging. *Written for ANS Platonic Week 2023, Day Two.*

Kihal is here on an impossible mission and yet there is one kind face to the palace. *Written for Day One of ANS Platonic Week 2023.*

They find the opportunity to head for a walk together, even though Ryuu knows the risks. *A late fill for ANS Rare Pair Week 2022, Day Two, filling one of that day's prompts.*

Kiki appreciates both the past and the present. *A late fill to ANS Rare Pair Week 2022, Day One, filling the last prompt of that day.*

And somehow from a broken heart and a proposal, a new hope is beginning to emerge. *A late fill to ANS Rare Pair Week 2022, Day One, filling one of the prompts from that day.*

It wasn't a duel that made this possible. *Fanpoem.*

She arrived at an answer she didn't expect. *Fanpoem.*

It is here that he feels a hope arise. *Fanpoem.*

And here, they are. *Fanpoem.*

Cooking can be a bond that unites, and a warmth between friends. *Written for Cooking With Zen 2023.*

Zen's friends take it upon themselves to teach him how to cook, challenges, difficulties, and all. *Written for Cooking With Zen Event 2023*

Somehow it's the five of them cooking together that works as well as people that always did this together. *Written for Cooking With Zen 2023, Week Five.*

Zen goes through the effort of cooking a nice if simple dinner for his friends. *Written for Cooking With Zen 2023, Week Five.*

And when Zen ends up cooking with Kiki, it doesn't quite go the way he expected.

Obi invites Zen to help with something, and yet Zen is still left confused as to exactly what they made. *Written for Cooking With Zen 2023, Week Four.*

Zen is awed that his wife with what his wife knows and also awed that she'd teach what she knows to him. *Written for Cooking With Zen 2023, Week Three.*

Zen is like the stars above. *Fanpoem.*

It still fills me with awe. *Fanpoem.*

Shirayuki knows how to make not just the best tasting apple tarts Zen's ever had, but bread as well, and Zen is a happy student of hers. *Written for Cooking With Zen 2023, Week Three.*