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Castilla
a Shaman King fanfic by Sakura.
Standard disclaimers apply.

Word Count: 274

 

Posted: 2003.11.29

 

Notes:

[1] Anna hates sweets.
[2] Castilla definitely don't sell that cheap.
[3] They don't come that small, either.

 

 

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The goldfish-shaped ones were hundred yen apiece.

 

"You don't want castilla?" Yoh asked, incredulously. Anna knew he would ask that question; he wouldn't think about anything else, not after Manta had given him a piece at school the other day. There were much more important things in life than sponge cake, such as budget and being Shaman King First Lady and turning Funbari Onsen into a prime vacation spot, so she sniffed and tossed her hair over her shoulder. "Let's go."

 

"B-But it's castilla, Anna. Are you sure you want to go home without having any?"

 

"I'll live. And I won't be giving you money for that, either."

 

"Ah. It's all right, I think I have some money left over from last week..." He started feeling in his pockets for some change.

"Yoh, we're going home." The festival was making her head throb. All that people and noise and cold night air. Before her, her fiance triumphantly fished out a coin from his back pocket.

 

He was hopeless.

 

But he was smiling when he lifted her palm to lay the goldfish on it --- a warm, small brown fish-shaped treat, perched on a tiny square of paper. "It's really good, Anna. Eat it."

 

"You're the one who wants this."

 

"It's okay, just eat it."

 

She popped the goldfish in her mouth. It was sugary and warm and light on the tongue, and all the while Yoh was smiling at her with festival lights in his eyes. She couldn't decide which was sweeter.

 

"You like it?" He asked, hopefully, after she had swallowed.

 

"Not bad," she murmured, "not bad at all."

 

 

 

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