♠ Your name: Nayami ♠ # of submission: 4 ♠ Title of submission: Mikan-tan's Helpers ♠ Characters: Kurocchi, Shirocchi, Mikan-tan ♠ Word count: 611 ♠ Theme used: Food ♠ The body of the fic:
Kurocchi couldn't be happier today. Mikan-tan was in a baking mood, which meant plenty of delicious bowls to lick clean or spills to pounce upon.
Shirocchi had told her that he would wait until the food was properly served to have his taste. The snowy dreamer was still doing his best to imitate his idol, Akai-san, even though Kurocchi was fairly sure that she had seen Akai-san lick his share of bowls and spoons when offered. But Shirocchi was absolutely convinced that it was uncivilized
No matter. Kurocchi still intended to enjoy herself to the fullest as she flapped around Mikan-tan on her tiny wings. Thick mouth-watering scents of baked pumpkin and cherry wafted around them, sending Kurocchi's tail into an excited sway.
"If you're going to stay up there, you could at least be more helpful," Mikan-tan said teasing, waving a plastic spoon at Kurocchi.
Kurocchi responded with a gentle purr and flapped up to the spice cabinets to seize some nutmeg in her teeth and offer it to Mikan-tan. Mikan-tan giggled and accepted the spice to add it to her cooking.
"That's better. Do you think you can find me some vanilla next?"
Kurocchi nodded eagerly and went back to the cabinet to sniff out the flavor. She remembered the word from treats Gin-sensei gave them from time to time, usually during the winter. But the other baking smells made it harder to separate one smell from the other. She would need Shirocchi's keener nose, if she could convince him to crawl along the countertops as he used to do before the start of his infatuation.
Shirocchi refused, as expected, and instead suggested they use one of the dining table chairs like everyone else did. An attempt to do so quickly reminded them of how much smaller they were than their companions. Mikan-tan just watched their antics with an amused smile. After several failed jumps at the cabinet, Kurocchi decided to take matters into her own paws and seized Shirocchi's nape with her teeth. Shirocchi let out a surprised squeal, as Kurocchi carried him up to the cabinet.
It took a few moments for Shirocchi to calm down enough to sniff out the vanilla bottle, but the tasty task soon won him over. The rest of the hour was spent with Kurocchi ferrying Shirocchi around the kitchen so he could sniff out whatever Mikan-tan needed. Mikan-tan could hardy stop laughing and rewarded every delivery with a hearty scritch for both of her furry assistants.
When all the pies were finished, Mikan-tan shooed the two of them away so she could clean up. Kurocchi flopped on her special pillow, a bit disheartened at the thought of no more dropped treats. Even Shirocchi kept giving longing glances at the kitchen, suggestion that he too had gotten into the excitement. It was just too bad that their two-legged companions always said their desserts were two rich for Kurocchi and Shirocchi.
That evening, when Mikan-tan brought out all the pies she had spent the afternoon preparing, she also brought out a much smaller pie and set it down on a smaller raised platform on the floor. Confused, Kurocchi investigated the pie to find it smelled of both carrots and fish! She had never smelled a pie like it before and was sure she had not smelled anything like this while helping Mikan-tan.
"I thought you two could use a special treat for helping today," Mikan-tan said, with a big smile. "This one's just for you."
As Kurocchi and Shirocchi dug in (Shirocchi having forgotten to mimic the humans' mannerisms in his enthusiasm), Kurocchi decided that Mikan-tan definitely had cooking assistants from now on.
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♠ # of submission: 4
♠ Title of submission: Mikan-tan's Helpers
♠ Characters: Kurocchi, Shirocchi, Mikan-tan
♠ Word count: 611
♠ Theme used: Food
♠ The body of the fic:
Kurocchi couldn't be happier today. Mikan-tan was in a baking mood, which meant plenty of delicious bowls to lick clean or spills to pounce upon.
Shirocchi had told her that he would wait until the food was properly served to have his taste. The snowy dreamer was still doing his best to imitate his idol, Akai-san, even though Kurocchi was fairly sure that she had seen Akai-san lick his share of bowls and spoons when offered. But Shirocchi was absolutely convinced that it was uncivilized
No matter. Kurocchi still intended to enjoy herself to the fullest as she flapped around Mikan-tan on her tiny wings. Thick mouth-watering scents of baked pumpkin and cherry wafted around them, sending Kurocchi's tail into an excited sway.
"If you're going to stay up there, you could at least be more helpful," Mikan-tan said teasing, waving a plastic spoon at Kurocchi.
Kurocchi responded with a gentle purr and flapped up to the spice cabinets to seize some nutmeg in her teeth and offer it to Mikan-tan. Mikan-tan giggled and accepted the spice to add it to her cooking.
"That's better. Do you think you can find me some vanilla next?"
Kurocchi nodded eagerly and went back to the cabinet to sniff out the flavor. She remembered the word from treats Gin-sensei gave them from time to time, usually during the winter. But the other baking smells made it harder to separate one smell from the other. She would need Shirocchi's keener nose, if she could convince him to crawl along the countertops as he used to do before the start of his infatuation.
Shirocchi refused, as expected, and instead suggested they use one of the dining table chairs like everyone else did. An attempt to do so quickly reminded them of how much smaller they were than their companions. Mikan-tan just watched their antics with an amused smile. After several failed jumps at the cabinet, Kurocchi decided to take matters into her own paws and seized Shirocchi's nape with her teeth. Shirocchi let out a surprised squeal, as Kurocchi carried him up to the cabinet.
It took a few moments for Shirocchi to calm down enough to sniff out the vanilla bottle, but the tasty task soon won him over. The rest of the hour was spent with Kurocchi ferrying Shirocchi around the kitchen so he could sniff out whatever Mikan-tan needed. Mikan-tan could hardy stop laughing and rewarded every delivery with a hearty scritch for both of her furry assistants.
When all the pies were finished, Mikan-tan shooed the two of them away so she could clean up. Kurocchi flopped on her special pillow, a bit disheartened at the thought of no more dropped treats. Even Shirocchi kept giving longing glances at the kitchen, suggestion that he too had gotten into the excitement. It was just too bad that their two-legged companions always said their desserts were two rich for Kurocchi and Shirocchi.
That evening, when Mikan-tan brought out all the pies she had spent the afternoon preparing, she also brought out a much smaller pie and set it down on a smaller raised platform on the floor. Confused, Kurocchi investigated the pie to find it smelled of both carrots and fish! She had never smelled a pie like it before and was sure she had not smelled anything like this while helping Mikan-tan.
"I thought you two could use a special treat for helping today," Mikan-tan said, with a big smile. "This one's just for you."
As Kurocchi and Shirocchi dug in (Shirocchi having forgotten to mimic the humans' mannerisms in his enthusiasm), Kurocchi decided that Mikan-tan definitely had cooking assistants from now on.