A/N: In the Second Time universe, something special happens during the Sebusai pair's first Thanksgiving with Lightning and Fang. Why does it involve the beloved feline Odin? Pairings: Fangrai (married) and Sebusai (dating)
The Unexpected Soulmates
Fang and Sice, being the two lovable potty mouthed idiots according to their respective partners, are hard at work for the Yun-Farron Thanksgiving meal, with Lightning being an unfortunate part of a bizarre argument between the younger Farron and the giant oaf aka Snow... and Seven still asleep with Odin, the cat who has not being near the silver haired lass on the top of his list of dislikes. How that came to be is anyone's guess, but no one cares if they had an opinion on it. In everyone's eyes, Seven deserved the extra sleep after everything she's done ever since she and Sice moved in with Lightning and Fang. In fact, Fang forbade Seven from doing anything on this particular Thanksgiving and has forbidden the silver haired lass from doing anything on Christmas, which was the next month. It was a while later that Seven finally made her presence known in the Yun-Farron household - complete with bedroom hair - along with one happy Odin the Cat hot on her tail. It was this moment in time that had gotten Fang's attention - Lightning was STILL in that argument which Snow and Serah dragged her into (the topic was what to name the Pitbull puppy they just adopted of all things!) - which a wide smile from the brunette made itself known. And Sice knew why.
Lightning's call with Serah and Snow finally comes to an end a short time after Seven and Odin make themselves known to all, with the pinkette laughing at the whole argument she was dragged into earlier... only to have a unreadable look on her face upon seeing Seven and that cat make their appearance after everyone else. In hindsight, this was one thing Lightning, if she has to be completely honest here, saw coming. Cats, horses and dogs love Seven, and she loved them right back and just as much. "Odin found his real human" was the eye contact exchange between Lightning, Fang & Sice, done in agreement, as the beloved cat LOVES the silver haired lass more than the rest of them, although they were his humans too. If anything, Odin is beyond grateful that Lightning and Fang gave him his forever home and will have an occasional cuddle with him... after his cuddles with the silver haired lass from Rubrum first. Even Rydia feels that Seven is Odin's human soulmate, which she, Edge & Hope figured out faster than Lightning's namesake! How Seven is oblivious to this tidbit about Odin the Cat is quite hilarious to everyone, especially Sice. However, the white haired lass has a feeling that today was going to change that and make her an even better partner for Seven.
Seven's early Christmas gift would come early.
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The Fangrai and Sebusai pairs, along with Edge, Rydia, Snow, Serah, Bahamut the dog, Hope, Porom, Vanille, Carlyn, Y'shtola & Lyse - Maria was back in Fynn with Firion and her older brother Leon with getting clearance for the latter to be able to move to Bodhum-Oerba with Noel's help on the matter - were enjoying the annual Thanksgiving meal. The kids had their own table with Bahamut who was a huge success with the kids because he loved them like Odin already does, but the huge shocker was when Odin was placed right next to Seven, complete with the feline version of Thanksgiving dinner for him to enjoy. In a strange twist, Odin never went for any of Seven's food but did NOT hesitate to 'beg' Lyse for extras, which the tall blonde did with what was safe for the beloved cat to eat. Seeing that cat so happy made Lyse's month for a couple of reasons: 1) Lyse was the quickest to determine that Seven is Odin's human soulmate, and Odin is Seven's feline soulmate; 2) Sice is Seven's lover, Odin accepted Sice, and the two made a silent pact to share the space that is Seven's chest for their pillow. The love between them is very mutual. Seven was nice enough, later on in the meal, to have given Odin the feline version of caramel pecan pie as dessert, while the humans had varying pies to choose from. Y'shtola couldn't stop smiling with her eyes at the scene.
After everyone landed a plate of extra food each, they all parted ways for the night, with Lightning getting the best news from Maria and Firion that Leon was given the clearance to move to Bodhum-Oerba, as Fynn officials got Lightning's information quicker than they expected, and as of the new year, Leon would be reporting directly to Lightning once he joins the Guardian Corps. This was on top of the Sebusai both obtaining honours for their coursework at university, and Fang not having an expedition to go on until after the new year. This was one Thanksgiving that had good things that kept on giving positive vibes. After everything that everyone went through up to this point, it was the least that they deserve, especially the Sebusai pair and the troubles they went through JUST TO MOVE to Bodhum-Oerba. Seven and Odin went back to their room to watch a movie on a laptop as the rest were involved in the cleaning process (Lightning also refused Seven to do anything, as the silver haired lass had done the lot of cleaning the house a couple of days ago - something that Lightning smiled at as Seven's knack for cleaning is identical to Lightning's being a clean freak {Fang's words}) after everyone else had left for the night. "Another successful Thanksgiving in the books, Sunshine" was all Fang said to her wife, for those words rang true.
This Thanksgiving turned out to be Lightning's favourite one thus far, as Seven and Sice got to be a part of it, and she FINALLY has Leon under her wing in the GC soon, with Maria and Firion's help on the matter. A part of the pinkette wonders how her and Fang's parents would view this, but a gentle smile was seen on her face, with the knowledge that this would be an occasion their parents would be proud of them for. It was when Sice returned to the room she and Seven shared, the white haired lass joined them for a movie Seven was about to watch with the cat. Odin, being such a loveable cat, was in between his humans and enjoyed a film that was the pair's favourite. "Thanks for being my feline soulmate Odin..." Seven quietly said to the cat, which earned her the most loving kitty kisses to her nose and other parts of her face, which Sice had a giggle fest for, and for the best reasons. Odin's best reply outside the kitty kisses was the slow eye blink that showed Seven just how much Odin the Cat loves her.
"It took you long enough to realise that you and Odin are unexpected soulmates, Sevsky..." was all Sice said, which had everyone in the room smiling for how true that statement really is.
Seven and Odin are the unexpected soulmates.
FIN
A/N #2: Next story is in the Paying it Forward universe, but NOT a holiday tale... it's a follow up to Belated Birthday Bash that's centered around Sice's birthday.
