[Fic] [Round 1] All year 'round, PG
Author/Artist: nusuth
Characters/Pairings: Yuuri
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG
Theme/Prompt being used: Holiday
A/N: So really, it's four 100 word drabbles tying into one fic, I was going to post them separately but I felt they worked better in one piece ^^
Enjoy!
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In Shin Makoku, New Year took place at the height of summer and was generally celebrated with a rather impressive amount of ice cream. That and the - apparently pan-universal - fireworks were Yuuri’s favourite traditions.
New Year resolutions seemed to be pan-universal as well. Unfortunately in Shin Makoku it was also traditional for the Maou to announce his to the entire kingdom.
Yuuri said all the right things on the Castle’s balcony - Conrad and Gwendal had helped him write his speech, after all - but he did wonder how “getting married within the year” had been slipped in there without his notice.
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After last year’s debacle, it had taken Yuuri two weeks to convince Wolfram that Valentine Day only happened once every ten years. Understandably, then, Yuuri hadn’t dared mention the word “carnival” in Blood Pledge Castle.
Murata, on the other hand, seemed to have no such qualms and threw around the words “Rio” and “feather bikini” until Wolfram was convinced that Yuuri was cheating on him with a city-full of un-virtuous women.
Yuuri tried explaining he didn’t even celebrate carnival and ended up bringing Wolfram to his parents’ to prove it, forgetting that they were fast approaching White day in Japan.
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Yuuri loved chocolate, Greta loved chocolate and Wolfram hoarded the stuff. Therefore, the introduction of Easter to Shin Makoku naturally went over fairly well.
Once Yuuri’d explained the tradition to the Castle residents, Anissina made them all bunny ears (black for Yuuri and pink for Wolfram and Greta) followed by several attempts at creating hide-the-eggs-kun. It took Greta no more than ten minutes after the successful production of hide-the-eggs-kun 3.1.5 to convince Anissina to make her a help-Greta-chan-find-the-eggs-kun.
It took Yuuri the whole afternoon to deactivate both of the glowing bunny tail shaped devices while Wolfram planted the eggs manually.
~*~
Not a whole lot is celebrated in autumn. On earth it’s a time to honour those who are gone and in Shin Makoku harvesting doesn’t leave time for celebration.
There is, though, one holiday. It’s short and sweet and lasts only for an hour but it’s a great favourite in Shin Makoku.
It happens on that day, when summer turns to autumn, exactly one month after New Year. It’s a family thing - families gather together to watch the last sunset of summer. It’s a calm and peaceful moment and, for Yuuri, it is his reward for getting through the year.
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Christmas (not counted for the challenged but it fits with this fic)
Characters/Pairings: Yuuri
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG
Theme/Prompt being used: Holiday
A/N: So really, it's four 100 word drabbles tying into one fic, I was going to post them separately but I felt they worked better in one piece ^^
Enjoy!
~*~
In Shin Makoku, New Year took place at the height of summer and was generally celebrated with a rather impressive amount of ice cream. That and the - apparently pan-universal - fireworks were Yuuri’s favourite traditions.
New Year resolutions seemed to be pan-universal as well. Unfortunately in Shin Makoku it was also traditional for the Maou to announce his to the entire kingdom.
Yuuri said all the right things on the Castle’s balcony - Conrad and Gwendal had helped him write his speech, after all - but he did wonder how “getting married within the year” had been slipped in there without his notice.
~*~
After last year’s debacle, it had taken Yuuri two weeks to convince Wolfram that Valentine Day only happened once every ten years. Understandably, then, Yuuri hadn’t dared mention the word “carnival” in Blood Pledge Castle.
Murata, on the other hand, seemed to have no such qualms and threw around the words “Rio” and “feather bikini” until Wolfram was convinced that Yuuri was cheating on him with a city-full of un-virtuous women.
Yuuri tried explaining he didn’t even celebrate carnival and ended up bringing Wolfram to his parents’ to prove it, forgetting that they were fast approaching White day in Japan.
~*~
Yuuri loved chocolate, Greta loved chocolate and Wolfram hoarded the stuff. Therefore, the introduction of Easter to Shin Makoku naturally went over fairly well.
Once Yuuri’d explained the tradition to the Castle residents, Anissina made them all bunny ears (black for Yuuri and pink for Wolfram and Greta) followed by several attempts at creating hide-the-eggs-kun. It took Greta no more than ten minutes after the successful production of hide-the-eggs-kun 3.1.5 to convince Anissina to make her a help-Greta-chan-find-the-eggs-kun.
It took Yuuri the whole afternoon to deactivate both of the glowing bunny tail shaped devices while Wolfram planted the eggs manually.
~*~
Not a whole lot is celebrated in autumn. On earth it’s a time to honour those who are gone and in Shin Makoku harvesting doesn’t leave time for celebration.
There is, though, one holiday. It’s short and sweet and lasts only for an hour but it’s a great favourite in Shin Makoku.
It happens on that day, when summer turns to autumn, exactly one month after New Year. It’s a family thing - families gather together to watch the last sunset of summer. It’s a calm and peaceful moment and, for Yuuri, it is his reward for getting through the year.
~*~
Christmas (not counted for the challenged but it fits with this fic)