The Snow Day (fluffy Naekusaba)

Ah, the first snow of winter, always a magical time, especially around Christmas. You always saw lots of people and kids playing out in the snow, and one of those people was Makoto Naegi. He was cheerful year round, but winter had to be his favorite because of the snow, and the winter holidays.

School was officially out for a few weeks due to the holidays, and no one was happier than he when he woke up the next morning to a fresh blanket of snow on the ground. So he donned his winter jacket, boots, gloves, and hat, and traipsed over to the dorms. Maybe someone would wanna play?

It seemed that most everyone had gone home for the holidays, there were few people left, and one of those people was his longtime friend, Mukuro Ikusaba. He grinned to himself as he knocked on her door, bouncing on the balls of his feet. “Mukuro, cmon open up! I know you’re home!”

Mukuro cracked open the door, smiling a little when saw it was him, and then opened it fully. “Hi.. Why are you dressed like that? Is it really that cold outside today?”

“Didn’t you know? It snowed overnight! I was wondering if you wanted to come out and play in the snow with me?” He looked at her hopefully, giving her the puppy dog look, which no one could resist. So she sighed and held up a finger, indicating to give her a second. A few moments later she came back out, decked out in full winter weather gear. Makoto smiled at her and grabbed her hand, tugging her outside. “You look really cute Muku!”

“Ah.. Thanks.. Junko picked it out, or it was hers, I don’t remember,” She shrugged and looked down at the jacket. “Then again, she doesn’t wear black too often so she probably bought it for me..”

“Either way, you look nice!” He smiled and paused, turning to face her. “So, what do you wanna do first? Snowball fight, snow angels, building a snowman? The possibilities are endless!”

Mukuro shrugged, looking around. “I don’t mind what we do.. But honestly I’ve never um.. I’ve never played in the snow before..”

“What?? No way! You’ve never played in the snow?” He frowned. “How come?”

“I don’t know I just.. Never did, I guess I missed out? I mean is playing in the snow some rite of passage for everyone? It’s just frozen water falling from the sky.” She hugged her arms, poking her boot around in the snow.

“Snow is more than that! Snow is.. Amazing!” Makoto grinned and scooped some up, shaping it into a snowball. “Here, watch this.” He smirked and hurled it at Togami, who was a little ways away, reading on a bench. Makoto grabbed her hand and ducked down, while Togami whipped his head around, furious.

“Hmph.. Whoever did that better show themselves or I swear-“

“Oh shut up Togami, you can’t say you weren’t expecting it deep down.” Kirigiri smirked, glancing behind him and seeing the two. “Perhaps you’d better go inside if you don’t want it to happen again.”

“Is that a threat-“

“Just a warning.” She chuckled, walking by and shooting the two a wink.

Togami huffed and got up, brushing himself off and walking inside.

Once he was gone, Makoto burst into a fit of giggles, which caused Mukuro to start laughing too. His laugh was infectious, what could she say?

“Did you see his face? That was priceless!” He hugged his stomach, wiping tears from his eyes. “Whew.. That was amazing!”

Mukuro chuckled and nodded, grinning. “That was amazing.. Could we do that again?”

“Sure! If he comes back.” He grinned and fell backwards in the snow. “For now, let’s make a snow angel!”

She tilted her head, raising an eyebrow. “How exactly do you make one..? Is it hard?”

“Not at all! Here, just watch.” He smiled and started moving his arms and legs up and down, until he was satisfied and stood up. “There! A snow angel.”

“Oh, seems easy..” She laid back, shivering as the snow hit the back of her bare neck. She copied Makoto’s movements, until he helped her up and looked down at the two snow angels, side by side. “Hm.. Mine is a little bigger.”

Makoto pouted, sighing. “Because you’re slightly taller, but whatever! You did a good job! Now let’s see.. We could build a snowman if you want!”

Mukuro nodded, following his lead as he rolled up a giant snowball to form the base, the middle, and finally the head. “Isn’t there supposed to be a face? At least, I think that’s how traditional snowmen are made..”

Makoto smiled, nodding. “Yep! But we have to find the stuff to make the face, which we would use sticks and twigs.”

“How about a branch?”

He looked over and saw that she had two large branches in her hands. “W-Wha.. Where did you get those?”

“A tree.”

“But.. You’re actually.. Well, you’re.. Ah, never mind, good job Mukuro!” He smiled at her, sticking in two rocks for the eyes, a small twig for the nose, and a bunch of little pebbles for the smile. “Would you do the honors Muku?”

She nodded, sticking the branches on either end. “Like that, yes?”

“Yep! That’s a good looking snowman huh?”

“I’d say so..” She smiled a bit, shivering. “Oh.. Now I’m getting really cold..”

“Oh, well let’s go inside then and have some hot chocolate! How does that sound?” Makoto smiled and grabbed her hand, pulling her inside.

And he couldn’t see it, but along with her response, a small blush dusted across her cheeks. It could’ve been from the cold.. Or was it?

(Yay! More Naekusaba, such a blessed ship goddamn, always happy to help fill up the tag! Oh, and this request was by @thedang25 :) thank you so much!)