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Paper Cranes Part 1

#FanFiction #IsTheOrderARabbit (#GochiUsa)
#Wssv366 #MastoPrompt #MicroPrompt

“Where are we going?” Maya asked. She was leading the other girls, bouncing more than walking.

“That’s a surprise,” Midori said, with a laugh tugging at her lips.

“Dad, where are we going?” Chino asked more quietly than the others. She held Takahiro’s hand on one side by choice, and Cocoa’s on the other at Cocoa’s insistence.

“You’ll know when we #arrive,” he answered. “It was Midori’s idea, and it’s her surprise.” His smile radiated joy equal to Midori’s.

“I know,” Cocoa said. “We’re going to the park, the one with the carousel.”

“The park is the other way,” Chiya said, pointing. Her kimono sleeves caught the cool morning breeze. The green of her dress matched the summer vegetation. Next to her friends in casual dress, she looked regal.

“It’s toward the lake,” Rize said. “Perhaps we're going swimming?” Her glance strayed to Syaro. Catching her eye, she nodded thanks for teaching her to swim.

“It can’t be swimming; we didn’t bring swimsuits," Megu said.

The two adults nodded in agreement. Instead of answering, they listened to the girls' chatter.

Syaro finally spoke. “I know where we’re going, and you should too, Chiya. We were just talking about it last night.”

“Oh, the…”

“Shush,” the adults said, almost drowned out by the chorus of “Where, where, where are we going?”

“Look! It says ‘#Crane #Viewing.’” Cocoa pointed to a pastel blue banner.

“Go on, and run ahead if you want, but don’t bother anyone.” No sooner had Takahiro spoken than the younger girls began running. Chiya and Syaro continued strolling, while Rize and Cocoa decided which group to join. The former joined the “Ladylike” group, while Cocoa continued looking after Chino and the rest of ChiMaME. "I have to look after my little sister.”

Midori chuckled and said, “That's the duty of a big sister.”

Takahiro winked at Midori knowingly and said to Cocoa, “Go on, here is the money to buy tickets. We'll join you.”

#Wholesome #SliceOfLife #Yuri #FanFic
#MicroFiction #TootFic #NMPrompts #NMV366 #NMMP
#ごちうさ #ご注文はうさぎですか? #MicroFiction #TootFic

Confession of a Yandere (ヤンデレ彼女の 白状)

A Candle Not Fireworks

#RegardingSaekiSayaka #FanFiction (#BloomIntoYou)

#Wss366 #MastoPrompt

“Arisu, that was Yuu on the phone. She’s bringing Touko to visit me and #view the local fireworks. She wants us to join them. They would like to get to know you better,” Saeki shouted from the kitchen, a “privilege” she had wrestled from her service-oriented girlfriend.

“I have to finish this costume and study. Plus, you wanted me to ace that stupid math test.” Arisu’s excuses might have run on, but Saeki cut her off. She knew this game. It was called, “Get Arisu to do something for herself, not ‘Mistress.’”

“That girl is quite a handful,” she muttered to herself.

Louder, she said, “You work too hard. They’re coming all the way out here to see me, and it would be nice if you joined us. Yuu likes you, and if you don’t pick a fight with Touko, it will be fun.” Saeki had to admit she wasn’t very good at this game. Like now, she had already switched to coaxing.

Saeki had to smile to herself. She’d never imagined the day would come when she would be coaxing a girlfriend to do something fun. Her high school friends would laugh at seeing serious Sayaka-san pushing to do something as frivolous as fireworks viewing. She wasn’t the same girl who had first met Arisu; even her language had “deteriorated.” She amended the thought to “become less formal.”

Arisu poked her head into the kitchen, paper #crane in hand and a smart-alecky smile tugging at her lips. “Will you wear the yukata I made you?”

Arisu was better at this game, Saeki had to admit. But she still had one card left.

“Only if you wear yours. No street fashion, no Lolita, and NO Goth.”

“Deal, senpai!” Arisu’s grin lit up the kitchen.

Saeki rolled her eyes at her girlfriend using “senpai” but let it go; it was better than “Mistress,” the title Arisu favored.

1 of 6. To be Continued

"Hey! Hey!" Brunhilde said. "Where do babies come from?"
The bear and Forrest glanced at one another.
"Isn't there a #crane that brings them?" the bear said.
Brunhilde stared at him reproachfully.
"Don't they just replicate them?" Forrest said. "That's where we came from."
"But we weren't ever babies," the bear admitted.
Silence.
"Maybe you should ask your mother," Forrest said.
"I did!" Brunhilde scoffed. "But her answer made even less sense than yours — something about birds and bees." #wss366

This is such a good story for these times.

A little Canada Goose "abandoned as an egg" was adopted by a Wisconsin crane family and so far it's looking like it'll be happy ever after.

Such tales as these inspired Disney and others to anthropomorphise baby animals (and birds). For this is surely a reboot of The Ugly Duckling. Go team crane!

Recommended for lovers of Interspecial empathy. *****

people.com/crane-family-adopts

People.comBaby Goose Abandoned by Its Parents Learns to Be a Tall Bird After Finding an 'Unexpected Family' with 3 CranesA baby Canada goose abandoned as an egg found an 'unexpected family' with a pair of Sandhill cranes, and their colt, in Madison, Wis., in the spring of 2025. Madison-based photographer Alan Ginsberg has been documenting the bird family
#Cute#Goose#Crane