[video]

[symmetrophile]

Everyone, we're coming up on a very important day, the last of its kind before we turn over to a new year.

As with all such momentous occasions, I think we at the Villa should host a holiday party. On that date, precisely.

[This is actually a message intended for other Villa residents, but whatever, the rest of the bubble will get to enjoy the rare sight of the young reaper looking, dare we say, a little jolly? A little affected by holiday spirit?

Actually, more like he's being a fanboy.]

Of course, I'm speaking of December twenty-first, being the last day of the year that is a perfect palindrome, the numbers of the month being a mirror-image of the date.

[Good old 12/21.

Death the Kid's fingers, gloved and interlaced, tuck up under his chin as he exhales with contentment (and a little longing, that total weirdo), letting out a plume of steam. The moment is abruptly shattered by a snowball planting itself against the side of his head, startling him out of his reverie.

It's a good thing the SFC cuts out when it does. No one should witness the Snowball Retribution Apocalypse (Shinigami Version).]

Comments

[video]

[demonicbookworm]

I-I see... I'm sorry. Should I call you... Kid, then?

<sub>[He's so unsure, but actually he is more surprised than scared.

He used to be an arch-demon in his past life, he has no rights to be scared. Can you see his demonic soul... Should he be worried about that.]</sub>

[video]

[symmetrophile]

[Earlier on, when he was still damp from his abrupt arrival, Kid might have observed his soul without so much as an 'If you please'; he's adapting a little better to his new surroundings, so the status of high alert has been consequently relaxed.

He won't go peeping at souls unless he's given due cause to.]

Kid is just fine, Ruca. Are you alright?

[video]

[demonicbookworm]

<sub>[That's good to hear.

Ruca relaxes a little. He tries to smile a little as well (even though it looks really awkward) and nods.]</sub>

Yes! I'm okay...

_{[Don't mind him really.]}

[video]

[symmetrophile]

[He'll take his word for it, because for all that they're both from rather inhuman origins, Kid's the sort who tends to believe the first thing he hears, at least until something else changes his mind.]

How long have you been here?

[video]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[Ruca's expression saddens.]}

...Almost a year.

_{[Remembering about that he can't help but feel homesick. He haven't seen some of his friend for so long. Not to mention his parents... he haven't seen them even longer than that.]}

[video]

[symmetrophile]

[Did he say something wro--

Oh.]

I apologize for bringing up a sore subject. That was careless of me.

[That's right, a year is nothing to sneeze at; there are undoubtedly people and places he misses. The little things in live that make up the individual definition of 'normal'.]

[video]

[demonicbookworm]

N-no! It's okay...

_{[Ruca manages to smile.]}

This place isn't bad... There're a lot of kind people here, too.

_{[But he can't help it; he misses his friends from home.]}