Sakaki-san

The visit home and the subsequent trip to Okinawa with all her former classmates had been absolutely wonderful for Sakaki. It had been so good to see everyone again, both her friends and her family, and Okinawa was beautiful. She had several adorable little tchotchkes from tourist kiosks clinking around in her bag, as well as several great memories of visiting temples and gardens, of scuba diving and sunbathing, and a part of her was a little bit sad to be returning back to school here in America.

A little bit.

Because there was something else with Sakaki upon her return that made it impossible to be sad about anything, and that something was an absolutely adorable Iriomote kitten.

How Sakaki came to be in the possession of such a cat was a long story; the fact that such a cat not only allowed Sakaki to pet it and play with it, but that it had actually actively followed her around as if claiming her was nothing short of a miracle. She would never forget, that first encounter, when she met Maya and he did not run away, he did not scratch or bite or hiss at her, but, instead, happily let her pet his head and scratch his chin, and started purring, and Sakaki thought she would die right then of complete and total happiness overload...

This had, of course, been on a visit to Iriomote Island, and when they had to leave, it was a tearful departure indeed for Sakaki, who finally made a feline friend, and resolved to the fate of never seeing him ever again.

So imagine her surprise when he showed up at her house a few days later, as she was packing up yet again to return to Fandom. Somehow, he'd figured out a way to return to her. He'd traveled all the way from Okinawa just to be with her, and Sakaki's heart absolutely melted.

She'd never been able to keep pets because her parents were allergic, but that wouldn't be a problem in Fandom! Well, it might be. Perhaps if Harry was allergic, too, but then Maya could still just stay at the animal shelter. He was an endangered species, after all, surely, there could be some sort of protections that could suit them in this case...

But, either way, despite knowing she should probably go be social at the welcome picnic, when Sakaki got back in, she had much more important things to take care of, and that was makings sure Maya was all set-up and comfortable in their room, and then literally spending almost the entire day playing with him and getting him all set up, and just....you know...being the happiest she had ever been in her entire life.


[[ door and post are open! ]]

Sakaki figured one of the best ways to help her get over the trauma that was yesterday's ordeal with transporting the spiders was to throw herself into her photography class assignment for the week.

By dressing up all of her stuffed animals in fancy outfits and posing them for very elaborate fashion photography shots to show off all their pretty, frilly dresses and cute little hats.

Some of her classmates might have thought it was a little silly, but she was pretty sure that Mr. Argentum would appreciate it, although maybe not as much as if she'd have done the same photoshoot down at the Shelter with the puppies instead, but these models were much more well-behaved.

[[ work may be luring me into a false sense of security, but door and post are both open! ]]

Oh, wow! When Sakaki woke up that morning, she could hardly believe it! She was surrounded by all sorts of cute and cuddly friends....including an owl! She figured it was probably best to let the owl stay in the cage; she would feel terrible if it got lost! But all the stuffed animals she'd found on the side of the room she'd woken up on could all come out and play! And there was all sorts of fabric and things in the desk drawers, too, so she could dress them all up in nice, fancy clothes and set them all up on the floor, and they were going to have a tea party like in the story books, and after that, they would have an animal princess ball, and it was going to be a lovely time, and Sakaki couldnt' wait to find out who was going to be crowned Princess Best Friend of All Time!

Spoiler alert: it was going to be all of them!

Eventually Sakaki might discover that she should probably go find something to eat or find out where some grown up were, but for now? She was in play pretend heaven and was going to be quite content for quite a while!

[[ door and post are oooopen! ]]