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ralibo14 · 15 days ago

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Little late, but... Happy birthday Yuugo! 💗🥳

Just a little something, I wrote. I know I'm a few days late but I hope it's readable 💗. Enjoy. (If not interested in the one shot or you have no time for it, it's okay🥰. Art is here, you can skip the rest of the post, no hard feelings 🥰😁)

Short stories from the

Demon World:

Ever wondered what happened on the other side of the world, while you were living your casual life? Then one day the news was full of strange kids appearing all over the world. You think you know the full story, but you don't.

“I was forced to write this!”

At least that's what I would like to say. It would be a lie though. I want to… no… I have to write this, so everyone will know him, so no one will ever forget about him.

Even when remembering hurts, even when I'm bad at writing and even worse with typing words into a laptop keyboard. This feels hella weird and not grand enough for a person like he was. He deserved to be here and tell this tale himself. Now you are stuck with my shitty writing, which is relying on other people's memories and the tales from an old traveling journal. So enjoy… I guess– Ray.

Christmas with Them.

(24th December 2040, B06-32 Shelter)

Yuugo's Pov:

Being alone for years can really scramble your eggs. What? You don't believe me? I've been alone in this bloody shelter since 2032. And my brain makes me remember all the meaningless memories that only bring more misery in this already lonely solitude. This is the eighth Christmas I have to spend completely alone and I can't do anything about it. I think I will just lay on my bed and wait for the painful nostalgia to pass by. Ya know… the more I think about it the more clear it is.

There are a few days in the year where being born can backfire you later in life. For example if you were born on the same day as one of your relatives, you can forget about getting all the attention. Or if you were born in the summer… Well sorry to tell you, but all of your friends are already on vacation somewhere far away. New Year's Eve? Everyone is either already asleep or drunk themselves under the bench. Sorry. Valentine's Day? Ugh! I don't even want to think about it. All that lovey-dovey crap… makes me sick. Halloween or the Day of the Dead? I'm sure you are always THRILLED to celebrate your birthday. But even that can't compete against the worst birthday of all time…

Which birthday is the worst then? I tell you… mine. I was born on the night of December 24th. Yep. You're reading that right. I'm not fucking with you, that's my actual birthday, talk about bad luck, huh?

“But hey, doesn't that mean you get double presents?” you might ask which to, I would say: ‘Bullshit’!

Or maybe you guys are right. Maybe in the Human World it works like that but on this side of the world it's nothing like that. I mean in Glory Bell, in the House it wasn't so bad because Christmas wasn't about presents there. Of course everyone got something small from our caretaker and she always remembered that it's also my birthday. So I got a bigger present each Christmas than the others and that made most of the kids jealous in the House. Funny, I almost forgot, but that's how Lucas, Dina and I actually became close friends. We were friends before but it was mostly because we grew up together. Our trio’s friendship had its highs and lows, but hey which friendship hasn't?

I remember a particular low pretty clearly. Lucas, that kind hearted idiot, from all people got jealous on one Christmas, it was my eighth or ninth birthday and I got a cool model airplane. Ya know, the one with the double wings and turnable propellers. He simply pulled the box out of my hands, locked himself into the House’s library and refused to give it back. It needed our beloved Teacher and Dina’s combined effort to convince him to give my gift back. Later our caretaker sat down with him and told him that he shouldn't be jealous, since everyone gets birthday presents and mine just happened to be on the same day as Christmas.

That of course didn't change the fact that when Lucas first came to me to apologise I didn't even listen to him. I simply stood up and walked out of the room. Later he tried again, I gave him an ‘Get lost!’ look and shoved him in the shoulder as I walked past him. That rust haired idiot thought it was an invitation to try again or maybe he thought that ‘Third times the charm’ and approached me again at night when me and Dina sat in the dining room trying to build my present. I still remember that conversation as clear as day and oh boy. I would smack my young self on the back of his neck for being a smartass little rascal.

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(24th of December 2025, Glory Bell; Plantation 4)

“You're doing it wrong Yuugo. If you have to force it then it doesn't belong there” Dina sighed, gently scolding me.

“The manual says it goes there so…grr the hell!? Why doesn't it work? Piece of shit!” I muttered under my breath.

“Language!” my friend shot a glare at me. “You know that Miss Ruelle doesn't like when we talk like that”

“She is with the little ones outside and they are snowball fighting. I doubt she will hear me from there” I rolled my eyes, shoving away the half done model airplane “I gave up! It's impossible to build! Must be broken or something”

“Don't you think you gave up a bit too fast Yuugo?” Dina chuckled while inspecting the toy. “You're almost done, just a few more piece…

“Why do I need to build it?! Why couldn't our Teacher give me an already built one?”

“I think it's like those tests she gives us. Where we… have to work in teams to solve a problem” someone said from the door.

I know the voice and at the moment I didn't want to talk with him.

“Get lost! No one asked for your opinion”

“Don’t be mean” Dina whispered to me “Oh, hey Lucas! Come sit with us” she waved at him with a smile.

“Oh nyenyenye come Lucas sit with us. You're such a traitor” I whispered, mocking the blonde haired girl next to me who shoved her elbow between my ribs under the table. Needless to say, that made me shut up pretty quickly.

“Are you guys still building the airplane?”

“Yeah, but we could use some help… I don't understand this kind of thing and Yuugo is as stubborn as a mule”

“Dina, you are my closest friend and I respect you but… shut up” I groaned under my nose while softly banging my head against the dining table.

“Is building the airplane really this hard?” Lucas sat down across the table.

“Why do you care? Do you want to steal it again?”

“Okay, okay. Fair point. I deserved that” he sighed tapping on the table. His expression looked guilty. “Yuugo, I'm so sorry about earlier. I really got jealous and…”

“You behaved like an asshole?” I lifted up my head from the table.

“Heh yeah… I guess I was kind of an asshole”

“And?” Dina grinned at the rust haired boy.

“I'm sorry for being jealous and it won't happen again” Lucas muttered, still not looking at me. “I acknowledge that it's your birthday present and I won't attempt to steal it again.” I huffed while my blonde haired friend seemed to accept this apology.

“Well it's not like I can stay mad at him for long” I thought, standing up and ruffling his hair. “Fine. Come here ya idiot. We are all good”

“Really?”

“Of course you dummy!”

“Just don't do it again Lucas” Dina kindly chimed in.

“Yeah, you know if you asked me I would have shared it with you”

“So… does that mean I can help you build it?” my rust haired friend grinned at me.

“What do you think?! Of course ya can!” I laughed.

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A lot of things happened after me and my friends left Glory Bell following the path of William Minerva. Lot of things happened after we left our new home, the B06-32 shelter and headed towards our next goal, which was Goldy Pond. There I… I faced many horrors and most of them still haunt me in my dreams. I lost everyone I ever cared about, my younger ‘siblings’, my comrades, even my closest friends Dina and Lucas and I blamed myself for these horrors. For thirteen long years I blamed myself. I completely abandoned hope and only concentrated on my own survival.

Then almost a year ago a bunch of idiots bursted into my life, full of ambitions, dreams and hopes. It was sickening really, I wanted all of them gone, but no matter what I did. How many times I threatened to kill them they just wouldn't leave. Ya all remember what I said about hitting my younger self on the back of his neck for being a rascal right? Well I had that feeling tenfold when I first met Emma and Ray. Then those two… no the whole group managed to do the impossible. They gave me back the hope I lost. Antenna dragged me out of the shelter and Cyclops basically kicked my butt back to Goldy Pond because that purple eyed idiot refused to let his best friend die. And then they gave me back not just hope but also someone I thought I had lost forever. Lucas! I will be grateful to Emma and Ray and all of those amazing, headstrong idiots for reuniting me with him until the day I die. But if anyone from y'all who are reading this tells them that, I will make you sleep a night out of the shelter, kapish? They also made me, me who always loathed my birthdays, enjoy it once….

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(24th of December 2046, B06-32 shelter)

Third Person Pov:

The shelter was buzzing with life. A little more than 60 people gathered under the shelter’s trapdoor. They all seemed excited about something. The trapdoor opened with a quiet beep and a white haired boy’s grinning face appeared.

“We are totally snowed in” Oliver's voice was basically ringing with excitement. “The whole Wasteland is demon clear. Everyone dress up warmly!”

All the kids started cheering as they ran towards their rooms to get their winter clothes.

Yuugo watched them and rolled his eyes, trying to mask the grin tugging on his lips.

The little ones were asking for this for weeks, while the Kvathidala search group can use this day as a well deserved break.

“Yuugo, come one! You don't want to miss this out!” Emma peaked into the kitchen, smiling brightly.

“Yeah Geezer, what are you waiting for? You always say you want to throw things at us. Now you can do it without any consequences! Don't tell me you're scared of a little snowball fight?” Ray joined in the conversation with a huge grin on his face, resting his chin on the red haired girl's head.

“Speaking of the most troublesome pair from the Search group” The black haired man thought to himself.

“I'm coming, I'm coming. You go ahead ya rascals”

“In that case… tag you're it!” the freckled girl tapped Ray on the shoulder and started running.

“Hey! Not fair!” the dark haired boy complained jokingly, chasing after her.

The two oldest Grace Field kids left the kitchen, their laugh and cheerful shouts echoed in the hallway. They were already in their thick, warm winter clothes. Yuugo shook his head, smiling.

“Now, they are finally behaving like kids should” he murmured under his breath while going to fetch his own winter clothes. “Ray's birthday is next month. Who else has a winter birthday? I should ask Lucas” his thoughts trailed towards the children as he climbed up the ladder to the surface only to immediately get hit by a snowball in the face.

Yuugo's Pov:

“Eek! Sorry Mister! I thought that you would be Don!” Thoma’s voice shouted.

“You little… when I catch you!” I whipped down the snow from my face, jumping at the snow, already forming a ball-like shape from it and throwing it towards the boy. Unfortunately someone stood in front of Thoma receiving the unpleasant icy surprise instead of the boy.

“Oh shit…” I thought “Lucas, why are you in the way?!”

“Oh so you threw the snowball” the rust haired man laughed. “If I didn't know you Yuugo, I would call you childish”

“Yes because of… huh?! Where is Thoma?”

“He went after the others” Ray chimed in.

“And where are the others?”

“The other side of that hill” the black haired teen pointed across the white landscape. “Anna, Nat, Zack and Oliver took most of the kids to sleigh with them. I think Nigel even built some skis and snowboards. They are testing them” he stood next to a huge snowman, while lifting up Chris in piggy back style so the little boy could place the carrot as the snowman’s nose.

“Then why are you still here Cyclops?”

“Don't worry Geezer, once we finish this we get out of your hair.”

“We?” I started to get confused.

“Theo said he never had a chance to build a snowman, since there weren't big snowfalls in the past few years in his Plantation so we thought we would make up for that” Jemima smiled, stepping out from behind the thing, bringing a few pebbles for the snowman’s buttons, mouth and eyes.

“And Ray is here to make sure we don't get buried under the snow” Theo said, shooting a thankful glare at the older boy.

“He is totally acting like a mother hen” Lanni brought himself two big sticks and immediately received an annoyed glare from Ray. “What? It's true. You are always worrying.”

“Because you and Thoma always do something that you think it's funny while in reality it's dangerous”

“Oh here we go again…” the blond haired boy rolled his eyes.

“I don't know Lanni… I think Ray is in the right here” Alicia handed the black haired boy an old scarf, which he put on the snowman.

“Ugh… of course you say that”

“Lanni enough. How about you help Theo decide what hat should our snowman have?” there was a little warning in Ray’s voice.

“This is the subtle way to say ‘Shut the fuck up’.” I thought to myself “Damn! Maybe I should ask Cyclops to teach me how to do that”

“And now you're sounding just like Mom…” Lanni continued and Ray's eyes shot up at him. For a second his expressions seemed shocked with a dangerous light shining in his eyes.

“You're on thin ice, Lannion.” he said, gently putting down Chris from his neck and hiding a good amount of snow on his hand

“Yeah? And what will you do about it? Put me in a time out, like she used to when we were still in the House”

“No” Ray calmly walked over to the blond haired boy, messing up his hair “I think this will do the trick” he grinned and put the snow under Lanni's winter coat.

“Ahhh! Ray! Ahhh! What is wrong with you?! You know how freaking cold this is!?”

“Yeah, I know. Come on Little man, turn around. Back to the shelter. We are going to have a serious talk” The black haired boy grabbed Lanni's arm and I physically had to restrain myself from laughing.

“And what about the sleigh?” Jemima asked quietly and Cyclops' eyes immediately grew wide, then he looked at me with almost pleadingly.

“Fine…you can have this Kid” I thought. “Lucas, would you be so nice and join me on a walk? I have a revenge to get back on Thoma” I turned towards my partner.

“Sure, come on kids! Let's leave your very nice snowman here and join the others” he smiled, herding the kids towards the hill.

“Thanks” Ray whispered.

“You owe me one, Night owl” I scoffed with a smile.

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Hours later, when all the kids got tired of sliding down and climbing back up to the hill. We started to head back to the shelter. Lucas and I closed the line to hide our tracks, so no wild demon could follow it. We were walking for quite a while when Lucas spoke up.

“You seem grumpier than usual. What's wrong?” he asked as we watched the kids in front of us.

“It's just…” I sighed. “This is the first Christmas I spent with others after a really long time”

“We missed out a lot of Christmas haven't we?” Lucas sighed.

“Wait, you too? Really? You didn't celebrate with the kids at Goldy Pond?” my eyebrows shot up in surprise.

“No, not really. Occasionally we had time to sit down together and eat a meal in peace but usually we had to spend most of our free time planning the final battle”

“Oh yeah… right. Sorry” I nervously run my hand through my hair.

“You know you don't have to walk on eggshells whenever we mention Goldy Pond, right?”

“Then why do I feel like I have to?”

“Because you're an idiot?” the rust haired man offered.

“I'm serious Lucas. Oh god! I wish I wasn't a coward and went back to the Hunting Ground! Then…

“Then they…” he pointed towards Emma and the Grace Field group who were currently climbing back down on the shelter’s ladder “...wouldn't have had you here to help them. I'm not happy about the missing time either. I hate how you were alone for 13 years, but let's be honest. Emma and the others would not accomplish this many things this fast if you weren't here”

“Ah… well damn. I guess you are right about this” I muttered under my breath.

“What? Sorry I didn't hear you” he grinned.

“Oh my god Lucas…I swear you're dancing on my nerves on purpose” I thought but in the end I just sighed. “I said you were right, ya idiot.” I grumbled which caused him to chuckle.

“Good to know I can still rile you up” the rust haired man laughed as he started to climb down the ladder.

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Third Person Pov:

“So you really did that on purpose. I'm offended” Yuugo gasped, a false annoyance swiping into his voice as he landed on the solid floor behind his rust haired partner. Only to find himself in the dark corridor, alone. “Oh haha Lucas. I'm not eight anymore, I'm not scared of the dark”

There was no answer, but some faint whispers were coming from the room with the piano in it.

“What the hell? Are all the gremlins playing hide and seek?” the black haired man switched on the corridor’s lamps. “And where the hell Lucas went to?” he slowly walked towards the room as the whisper got louder and louder.

He turned to the next corridor, went straight to the room’s door and now he was able to hear some words.

“Psst… keep it down… he is coming” various children's voices mixed together.

“Oh yeah. They're definitely playing hide and seek” Yuugo grinned, pushing down the doorknob. “Found ya little rascals!” He opened the door only to get blinded by someone who turned on the lights.

“SURPRISE!” the younger kids yelled jumping at the man “HAPPY BIRTHDAY YUUGO!!!” the older kids choir joined in, leaving the black haired man speechless.

A confetti cannon popped open, covering the man with colorful confetti papers.

“Wha… what…What's going on?” his voice faltered, still not quite believing what he saw.

“Well… we thought that this year we would celebrate your birthday instead of Christmas” Emma smiled at Yuugo. “Lucas told us it's today and since last year we met in January. We thought that this year there's no way we will miss out on it.

“The most tricky part was to make sure everyone kept the secret until today” Oliver joined in placing a party hat in the hands of the still shocked Mister.

“But… But you… You guys… How in the world?”

“Give us some credit Geezer.” Ray chuckled, placing the hand crafted confetti cannon onto the table. “We organised an escape plan and an attack plan in the same year and we were on our own for that most of the time”

“Keeping a surprise party as a secret for a few months was child's play” Don nodded.

“They're fascinatingly creative” Lucas patted Yuugo's shoulder from behind. “Only Anna and Pepe asked a question about which plant can replace sugar. They did everything else on their own”

“We also made presents. I hope you will like them” Alicia hugged the black haired man.

“Yes, there are over there Mister. You can open them whenever you want” Jemima pointed at a chair full of wrapped boxes.

“We wrapped them up” Lanni and Thoma grinned.

“More like, you annoyed me and Ray as we did it” Gilda scolded them gently.

“When did you have time to decorate? To place the presents here? To… well… To do all of this”

“Come on Mister, did you really think it was a coincidence that you had to come with Chris to the hills today?” Zack shrugged with a smile on his face.

“Lanni and I were the decoy… he overplayed his part though” Ray sent an angry glare towards the blond haired boy.

“Hey, I already said sorry ten times. When will you let it go?”

“That insult was way under the belt” the dark haired teen groaned under his nose, but immediately stopped moping when Nat sat down to the piano.

Yuugo's Pov:

“I was told that you don't like the ‘Happy birthday’ song so mind if I play ‘Quiet night’?” Nat looked at me.

“Ah… no, no, not at all… ya go ahead Kid” I muttered, trying to find against my emotions.

He started playing and oh boy, he was good. Way better than we were back in Glory Bell when our Teacher tried to teach us this song.

“Well this is definitely not helping to fight back my tears” I thought thinking that was it, but nooo, because the kitchen door opened. Anna and Pepe carefully brought in a tray of cake with candles and everything. I spent the next hours surrounded by this found family of mine. Opening hand made presents, eating cake, which turned out delicious by the way and just being in the moment. Because this night the outside world with the demons, with all that pain from the past seemed to cease from existence.

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“So? How do you like this birthday?” Lucas' voice felt light thunder in my eardrums pulling me back to the actual conversation I was in. I turned towards him.

“You! You set this all up?”

“I merely dropped some words here and there. It was all the kids’ doing” he smiled, joy was twinkling in his eyes. “Don't tell me you don't like it”

“Are ya kidding?! This is the second best birthday I had in my life”

“Second?” he was surprised. “Which one do you place on top if not this?”

“When a certain rust haired idiot got jealous and stole my present” I grinned at him and watched his reaction.

“Oh my god! You're such a jerk, you know that” Lucas laughed, then placed his head on my shoulder. “In some way I miss it.”

“The House?”

“No…” he shook his head lightly, his voice quieted down. “The company” he looked up at me and my tears suddenly threatened to fall.

“Hm…me too. I miss them so very, very much. But if I learned anything this year, it is that nothing and no one really dies. You know how many times these little rascals remind me of our friends, hm?” I whispered, putting my head on top of his. “Everything lives on in some way as long as someone is there to tell their story”

“Yeesh, when did you get so wise?” my friend's voice faltered.

“Comes with age… I guess” I shrugged not finding more words.

“Happy birthday Yuugo” Lucas looked up at me, gently squeezing my hand.

“Merry Christmas Lucas” I answered softly, squeezing back his hand.

The End💗

#the promised neverland #tpn #yakusoku no neverland #tpn ray #tpn emma #tpn yuugo #tpn manga #tpn spoilers #tpn lucas #I hoped I can copy my whole writing XD.#I'm always late with character birthdays but hey... we are still is December #that's progress for me🤣#The art in the end is for the one shot #I hope the story is okay💗🥰

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