Enchanted in the Moonlight ~ Shinra ~ Main Story

6.1 Making dango

In the kitchen...

I secretly made some dango to thank Shinra for looking for the book with me the other day.

(Heh. I wonder if he'll be surprised.)

I'm making the mochi into balls when Shinra walks by. "What are you doing?"

(Eek! Shinra?!)

I'm making dango."

He looks shocked. "What?!"

"I wanted to make this for you for helping me the other day."

"These are MY dango?!" Shinra asks incredulously.

"Yup."

"You made them for me..." He says. "Hmph. Well, I guess I have no choice." Shinra is clearly happy, despite his words."

(He's a little twisted, isn't he?)

"You make really small dango." He says as he looks at my dango.

"I'm pretty sure this is the normal size..."

Shinra looks at me then at the dango. "Who would be satisfied with this? A dango should be..." He rolls up his sleeves and starts to roll the mochi into a ball. "I don't want to eat anything smaller than this. In the palm of his hand is a dango three times the size of the ones I was making.

"That's too big."

"Bigger tastes better." He says.

"I don't think the size affects how they taste..."

He asks darkly. "Did you say something?"

"No, nothing."

"Making dango is fun. Like playing in the mud." Shinra begins laughing.

"Heh, yeah. Like playing in the sandbox."

Shinra seems excited as he shapes more dango.

"Haha."

He turns to me with a surprised look on his face. "What're you laughing at?"

"There's flour on face."

"On yours too." Shinra smiles mischievously.

"No way! Where?" I turn my face towards his and he stares back at me.

(Huh?)

Shinra's face is getting closer and closer.

(Wh-what's he doing?)

Those gorgeous eyes that I lose myself in are getting closer and closer...

(...!)

I reflexively squeeze my eyes shut.

"Here." He says.

"Huh?"

Shinra grins and puts flour on my nose.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing!"

"Hahaha. Your nose is all white!" He laughs loudly.

(Ugh!)

"Hey! What's that!"

"Hm?" While Shinra looks around us to see what I was talking about, I put flour on his cheeks.

"!" He looks surprised. "You!" Shinra growls.

"Haha. Now we're even."

No one says a word.

"Heh. Ahahaha." We both started laughing.

Shinra grins. "You've gotta see your face."

"Yours too."

We're laughing and making dango. And before long, the other ayakashi come in.

"Well, aren't you guys having fun?" Kyoga asks smiling.

Miyabi grins. "Since when were you two besties?"

"You're wrong. We aren't besties." Shinra sighs.

"Looks like you're taking it easy anyway. Skimping on the baby-making to make dango." Miyabi says with a naughty tone.

Shinra protests. "I-it's none of your business!" His face is bright red.

"Shinra, you're so easy to read." Kyoga laughs.

Miyabi laughs too. "Now that's a red ogre."

"Who are you calling a red ogre! You stupid kitsune." Shinra shouts.

(Haha. Fighting again.)