Be Kind to Each Other

anonymous: A roomba arrives for Gold, carrying with it two gummy candies shaped like foxes.

Kouki does a fingergun gesture and gives Gold a radiant, completely out-of-character grin. “Ding ding, you got it!” He was already starting to break character, as Barry would start laughing at his own joke instead, but then again acting wasn’t really his strong suit.

“Okay, here’s another one- Whaddya call a lazy kangaroo?”

“Hmm.” This one he doesn’t know, and thinking about it makes Gold forget all about Kouki’s odd behaviour.

“Hey, Gold!” Kouki- or rather, someone that looks like him, but clearly acts completely different- sprints up to Gold in a suspiciously cheerful mood, waving his arms to get his friend’s attention. 

“Why did the skeleton want a friend?”

@aureatecore

Mildly concerned but not one to leave a friend hanging - and besides, Kouki discovering his inner clown is a good thing right? Not that Gold would ever use those words, but the guy needs to get the stick out of his ass - Gold gets right into the spirit of things.

VENUS

You are nurturing and attentive, thoughtful and affectionate — relationships in all of their forms are the center of your universe. Even-keeled as you might come across, for someone to challenge you on the things you care about would be deeply, deeply foolish. What an honor it is to be swept into your orbit.

Gold’s response wasn’t exactly what he wanted to hear, but Kouki did his best not to let it show. He knew his friend well enough to take one good look at his reaction and understand that he wasn’t actually going to follow through with the plan, but since things turned out fine anyway calling him out on it wouldn’t do any good.

Besides, Kouki had no involvement in their conflict aside from being asked for an opinion, so it was easy for him to tell his friend to apologize and move on. He couldn’t just expect people to see things from his perspective every time, as much as he thought it’d make their lives less complicated.

“No, no. It’s fine.” He raised his hand to get Gold’s attention, then took another sip from his mug. The coffee was starting to get cold after the many twists and turns of their conversation. “I know it was my idea, but what really matters is that everything’s fine now. Don’t worry about it.”

“Besides, just because I was on the right track doesn’t mean I get to be rude about it. I mean, when you’re presenting a report you have to know how to explain your point, right? So let’s just,” he then did a motion as if tossing something over his shoulder, “Put all that stuff behind us and do better from now on. If that’s fine with you, of course.”

“Y-yeah.” Gold fidgeted with the deceptively plain-looking fabric of the kimono in his lap. He sounded grateful, and he was, but dropping the subject didn’t address his own feelings of failure.

He never considered himself someone to betray his own values. But, well... if everyone deserved a chance to be better, that included him as well, right? He silently vowed to learn from the experience and, just as Kouki suggested, do better from now on.

He sat up straighter, determination back in his eyes but the image was almost immediately ruined by a hastily covered-up yawn.

anonymous: Gold gets a chocolate box for Palentine's Day, from an anonymous sender.

It happened again.

Gold frowns at the gift. He turns it over in his hands in search of something, anything at all to determine the origin, but if there are any clues he must be incapable of interpreting them. This is the second time now that he’s received an anonymous gift for a holiday, and he feels even stronger about it than he did the first time.

He has to repay this kind person somehow. It’s only polite.

Kouki leaned back on his chair again, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow at his friend’s response. For a moment, he considered explaining that he didn’t mean it as a self-deprecating joke and was instead stating a fact that Gold himself proved only a few minutes ago, but after thinking about it a bit further he figured that it was a silly thing to argue about.

“You know what? I’ll just take the compliment.” He shrugged, trying to act casual, but found himself smiling again. That was a sweet thing to say, after all, and an ego boost was always welcome.

Now that their conversation was headed in a calmer direction, though, he almost felt bad for changing the topic to something more serious, but leaving an important conversation unfinished didn’t sit well with him either.

“Oh. You guys talked it out either way, so it’s all good now, right?” Gold’s tone implied he still felt guilty, so Kouki focused on the positives to avoid hurting his feelings. “So, I brought this up because I wanted to apologize. I said some very rude things back then.”

Gold shook his head maybe a bit too enthusiastically, the motion accompanied by a “Nuh-uh.”

“You weren’- I’m s’pposed t’ be apologisin’.” One corner of his mouth twisted up in what was more of a grimace than a smile. “I mean, ya were right, an’ that he apologised jus’ proves that ya were. An’ I should be sorry, because I didn’ even, really-”

Oh dear, where was he going with this? Now that Gold had started talking - because he was sorry, that much was true - he wasn’t sure if that was enough on its own.

Kate sighs, but at least the other legendary-(mythical? Kate’s never been good at remembering which are which) isn’t screaming her status to the literal heavens now. How to explain..? Well, maybe the truth would work?

“Well, that is.. kinda easier for me, I guess. I wasn’t born as… yknow. I became one.” She admits quietly, looking away. It still sounds crazy out loud.

“Plus, Darkrai doesn’t have wings, really, so its easier to hide as long as i don’t get worked up.” She’s never been the emotional sort anyway.

Gold looks genuinely surprised for a second, but it passes quickly and he gets his features back under control. Maybe in the world below he’d have allowed himself moreways to express this thought, partially as an act, but up here, a human turning into a deity wasn’t quite as strange.

A lot of things were possible in the realm of gods after all, and hiding for a few years shouldn’t make him forget that.

fill this with what you most associate with your muse in each of these (some slightly unusual) categories !

spice: cinnamon

weather: sunshowers

color: gold, yellow, all of them

color of the sky: sunset hues

pokémon type: normal

magical power: fortune

shoe: sneakers

houseplant: sunflowers

blade weapon: blades are for skatin’, ya dingus

school subject: battle theory

social media: Twitter

makeup product: rainbow eyeshadow

candy: fruit gummies

tangible fear: robots (they have no soul and can’t be reasoned with)

ice cube shape: stars

method of long-distance travel: bike

art style: hand-crafted pokéballs

historical period: Heian period

mythological creature: phoenix

piece of stationery: a set of neon highlighters

three emoji combination: 🌈🐓✨

celestial body: Sun

rom com archetype: the oblivious love interest (Kouki I’m sorry)

@controlledflame​: Normally Red's not one to encourage typical fan habits, but he's particularly fond of Gold compared to most so he'll make an exception this time. It's a bit worn out after years of use but it's been washed and Red doesn't wear it anymore, so a box arrives at Gold's place with an old hat from his journey through Kanto. 'Merry Mewmas Gold, don't go too crazy with this but have a good day all the same :)'

Gold’s grin threatens to split his face in half as he unwraps the gift. He recognises that hat even though he’s never seen it on Red in person. He doesn’t need a description or explanation to understand the significance.

It’s the one from those photos that had inspired him to start his own journey.