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There’s all kinds of fillings and seasonings you can use with onigiri. This is a recipe for one of the most common types you will see in “konbini” (convenience stores).

**yields about 4-6 onigiri

Ingredients

4 cups cooked sushi rice (warm or at room temp)

2 nori (seaweed) sheets

1 can tuna in water

2 tbsps Japanese mayo (or to preference)

Salt and pepper to taste

Black toasted sesame seeds

Kitchen Tools

Medium bowl

Rice Spatula

Paper towel or cheese cloth

Cling wrap

Onigiri shaping tool or bowl with salt water

Measuring tools

1. Cook sushi rice and transfer to medium bowl. Fluff rice with rice spatula and cover bowl with damp paper towel or cheesecloth and let cool to room temperature.

2. Combine tuna, mayo, salt and pepper in separate bowl. Mix until well combined. Add additional mayo and spices to preferences. Set aside.

3. IF USING ONIGIRI TOOL: cut a sheet of cling wrap and line both sides of tool. Add light amount of salt to each side. Scoop rice and fill one side of tool, press a small indentation in the middle. Fill hole with tuna filling. Scoop rice and fill other side of tool. Close tool shut and open. Carefully remove onigiri from tool with cling wrap and press onigiri with hands to ensure onigiri does not fall apart. Remove cling wrap and roll edges in sesame seeds. When ready to eat, wrap in nori sheet.

4. IF FORMING WITH HANDS: prepare a bowl of warm/room temp salt water. Dip clean hands in salt water (this prevents the rice from sticking to your hands), scoop rice from bowl and carefully form into a triangle with hands. Press small indentation in the center and fill with tuna filling. Scoop rice and cover filling, forming into a firm triangle with hands (rewet with salt water if rice is sticking). Roll in sesame seeds. When ready to eat, wrap in nori sheet.

The only good thing about all this is...

"Hey Cor... Realizing now that Niflheim attacks us... Does that mean the wedding is called off?" he looked at me with a frown "you really don't want to marry him" "is that so obvious?" "I'll say yes the wedding is called off, but take in consideration that he helped Insomnia for you and not Niflheim, he saved some Glaives, and he must have the ring of Lucii, that's the last time I heard of him"

"Well, shit..." "close but not enough" Prompto laughed "shut up" then something hard fall to the floor and all of us stop "... Did you hear that?"

"I think we all heard that Prompto the question is what it was?" We all looked around and Cor got his katana To then block a leg... A spider leg, instantly we all got our weapons and another bigger spider tried to attack me so I jumped back then run fastly at it to slash it, it screamed in pain, while Prompto and Noctis Helped Cor, Ignis, Gladio and me killed the other one. "huf... I knew I didn't like this cave!" Noctis says angrily "at least they're dead now..." Prompto said worried less.

"let's go" Cor says while walking to a white door with some symbols on them, then gets a key out and show it to me "this opens all of the doors containing the swords of the other kings of Lucis"  then put it on the keyhole and move it so the doors open when he get it out, inside was a Body of stone with a Sword on it, he then gives me the key so I keep it in a pocket. And we get closer to it another tomb another sword and another soul... I touched the sword and it became white to then shiny and get through me with the other swords. Now two swords... Only eleven more...

"time to get back," Cor said while going to the door. We all followed him, at the end we got out of the cave. Cor came with us and led us to a Caem little base where some Kingslaves where, and I Could see Monica on the distance, we stopped and got out of the car.

"Monica! Is good to see you alright"

"is good to see you alright too princess" then looked at the guys "you too prince Noctis, guys"

"P-PRINCEEEEEEESS!!!!"

I looked around and got hugged strongly and fastly. Almost without air.

"oof"

"Princess I'm so glad you're okay I was worried sick! , withtheattackat thecitadeltherewasnocommunicationthereforewecouldn'tcontactyounorprinceNoctisandwedidn'tknowwetheryouwereokayornotand I WAS SO WORRIED"

"let her breath Afita" Cor say sternly.

She let me go with tears on her eyes.

"I'm... I'm sorry, I got emotional..." I smiled, she always worried about me so much, from all the people who protect me she's the only one who expresses her worry so strongly. Even though she's my maid she learned how to fight for my sake, that's what Cor told me at least. And she has been with me since I can remember.

"it's okay don't worry about it"

"P-Princess..."   "I'm also glad you're okay" she cried again Ignis took out a Napkin and gave it to her, she took it gladly and clean on it. "when Cor told me he was going for you I got so happy! Niflheim attacked Insomnia and the news were telling you and Prince Noctis died and you didn't answer your phone and and and..." she keep crying while I smiled and put a hand over her shoulder. "we're all here now, so don't cry anymore please" she sniffed and cleaned one last time "O-okay..." I turned around to see Cor. "something else you have to tell me?" "there's a Nif base close from here, we got some map and found a back entrance we could go and turn it off" a way to attack them "that sounds good we should start tomorrow" I look at the Dawn "it's late and we should rest" Cor nods "then we'll prepare for everything" i look at the guys "we'll do too"

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"you know when you said an Adventure outside of Insomnia I thought we'll meet new people, live adventures, fight monsters... And we have just fight some Wolf like things... And spiders"  "I told you I was going with Aria to Protect her in her travel from Insomnia to Altissia" Noctis leaned at Gladio and Prompto's talk "and besides I did tell you they were escorting her to Altissia" Prompto sighed or at least that was what I heard out of the Tent. "So this Nyx Ulric was the one to save Luna and Ravus?" I asked at Cor we both seat on different rocks.

"he did, he risked his life and helped Ravus to get the ring" "I see" maybe he knows if my father... "is he here?" "he's with the kingsglaive who's leg is broken" "mhm. I'll pay a visit to him, I believe I have to thank him..." I got up and clean my jeans "Thanks Cor" "is nothing Aria" I smile at him and start walking, from the few places where kingsglaives where sleeping I remembered the one of that man with a broken leg, he fight in that state and that's very honored from him. I got close to the half-destroyed house. "did you see the Princess? She was talking with the marshall" I heard a man talk surprised "Queen you asshat she's the Queen now" and a woman got offended. "I saw her before her departure remember? I took her together with Mr. Scientia and the Prince to her apartment" "how is she?" the woman asked "very Humble, she thanked me for using my time to take her at her apartment"

I think I better knock now... They all stay on silence and a chair move. Then the door opened revealing a Woman with black hair. "yes? Oh... Your majesty!" she bows at me, still so strange... "hi, I'm searching for a man his name is Nyx Ulric" she looked inside then move "Nyx!" he gets up and goes to the door

"Your Majesty" he bows at me, that must be him "you're Nyx Ulric aren't you?" he got up "I am, it's an honor that you know my name" damn... So many formalities...

"ah...it's okay you can leave the formality I feel strange being called your majesty I know I'm the queen but I don't feel ready yet to have that surname so by meantime call me Aria or Princess if you want that's what I'm accustomed" "if you say so. Princess" the Woman got inside next to her friend the man with a broken leg. "that's more like it, now changing the subject" I got outside and motion him to come, "Cor told me you saved Lunafreya and...um...my betrothed... Prince Ravus" he follow me and closed the door "well I'll say it was more the other way around, Prince Ravus saved me from the death a few times out there in Insomnia" "that's good, but Cor said that you fight with General Glauca which was the one who killed my father" "that's... Correct" "I see... Did... Did my father suffer?" they keep on silence while he looked away and then back " I would say that the only thing he did suffer about was not being with his family at the moment, General Glauca got a sword through him... It wasn't a little sword...." "I see..." he must have felt so much pain... Yet he stands up like any king... Dad... "Thank you Nyx for all you have done" "is nothing Princess..." he hesitates he wanted to say something... "can I say something else?" I nod "of course no need to ask" "is something without importance but... Had we known in the time it would have been very valuable" "what was it?" ".... General Glauca he... He was Titus Drautos" what?! "What?!" "while we fought his helmet got destroyed and I could see his face" "he..." He killed dad...

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"take care of my father for me"

he bowed "will do your highness"

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I... I trust him... And he fooled me... Dad... Dad and all of us who trusted him...

"Princess?" I finally look back "i... Thank you for your honesty... I... I'll go now... It was a pleasure to meet you Nyx Ulric" "me too princess" I go around and go to the Regalia, it wasn't too far away but...

"Aria?" I look behind me, Iggy was there with a bag of supplies probably for tomorrow's breakfast, but he leaves it on the floor and goes to me. "what happened, why are you crying?" when he gets in front of me I let more tears go off and hug him. "Aria?" he finally hugs me back "... I want him back Ignis..." I feel him move his head and give a kiss to my hair "we all lose someone who we want back..." "that... Doesn't make me feel better" "if I were to lose you I would give everything to avoid so"..... Iggy... "don't, you should do that with the person you love, or your child, not your... Queen" he keeps silent while I got away. "but thanks for the intention Ignis" I go and kiss his cheek. "always so helpful" he smiles "what can I say?"

That's what friends are for...

You worked in a retail store; it was a prettyboring job most of the time, and you always aspired of doing something bigger.Still, it was good enough for the time, and it was a good enough pay to keepyou on your feet. Last year’s Christmas was easy; you took some time off andenjoyed the holiday with your boyfriend, Ignis, and he cooked the mostdelicious Christmas dinner for you and your family (he got along well with yourparents, he was the dream guy for you in their eyes).

This year, however,was going to be different. Only recently, you’d gotten a promotion; it was suchan exciting thing that you hadn’t even considered holidays or the like. Youwere the branch manager now, and it hit you just a few minutes after callingIgnis to give him the news that Christmas was your problem to sort out now.

The lead-up toChristmas was hectic. Frantic fathers and flustered mothers rushed in and outof the store, picking up bits here and there, only a few items, or sometimesenough to empty the stockroom. You were doing everything and anything to try tohelp; working the till, helping picky customers find exactly what they were looking for (Gods forbid youshowed them the wrong item, they’d demand to see the manager and then go palewhen they realised you werethe manager), bagging and wrapping gifts, mopping the aisles and having a heartattack when one determined customer would ignore the sign and march downanyway.

It was madness in the stockroom out back.Staff rushed in and out, trying to organize things as best they could. Itemswere depleting so fast you could barely stay on top of the stock, and youprayed the stock management systems were still functioning otherwise you’d haveto do a manual restock and Gods, that would take far too long. 

But, of course– it failed in the busiest weekof the year.

You were there even after the store closed.Some of the other employees offered to help, but it was Christmas Eve; youdidn’t have the heart to keep them behind, so close to the holiday. And so,high off caffeine and straining your eyes to keep them open, you worked in theback room, checking prices, organizing what stock was left.

You didn’t even realise the time when yourphone rang. Scrambling, you almost dropped it in your hurry to answer it,pressing it to your ear without even checking who the caller ID was.

“Hello?” you slurred, your voice heavy. Youstifled a yawn with the back of your hand.

“Y/N, where on earth are you?”

Ah, it was Ignis. Of course he was checking upon you; it was almost midnight.

“Oh, I’m in work,” you answered honestly,pressing your shoulder into the back of your phone so you could continueworking. The faster you got this done the faster you could go home.

Ignis spluttered onthe other end. “W-Work?” hedemanded, “At this time of night?”

“I’ll be done soon, I promise.”

Sighing, he sounded almostdisappointed. “My dear, you work too much.”

The endearing tone in his voice had yousmiling. “Says you, Royal Advisor.”

“My boss doesn’t have me working this late atnight so close to Christmas.”

“Of course not, Prince Noctis has a reputationto hold up, no?”

“Call me when you’re finished,” he murmured,dismissing your previous jab at the prince. “I don’t want you walking homeon your own at this time of night.”

“Yeah, okay.”

Ignis always took care of you; it was hard tobelieve you ever ended up with such a great guy. You felt like the times youtried to take care of him barely ever worked the way you wanted them to. Didn’tmean you gave up on trying.

It took another hour,but finally, finally, you were done. You’dnever felt so tired, but there was a feeling of satisfaction at seeingeverything organized and clean. It was ready for the new year as soon as newstock rolled in to replace the Boxing Day sales. You could go home, thank theGods.

Ignis was waiting in the car outside, and itwas a relief as you settled into the comfortable reclined chair next to him; itwas so warm in here, just the way you liked it.

“I don’t like it when you work so late,” hechided as you began the way home, “You shouldn’t have to do that, it’sawful that you’re… Y/N?”

“Yes, yes, I’mlistening,” you mumbled in a really convincing tone. You weren’t at all; youreyelids were as heavy as dumbbells right now.

He sighed, and you felt his handaffectionately pat your head. “I think you should head straight to bedwhen we get home.”

“But I haven’t even baked anything yet,” youargued, “There’s things I’ve gotta wrap up for my parents still. I need toget a bath. I should help you decorate–”

“No, none of that, my darling,” 

“But Ignis–”

“You’re on the vergeof collapsing you’re so tired. No buts.”

He was in one of those moods; there was gonna be no changing his mind now. You’d just have to go without those things this year.

As soon as you got home, you kicked off your shoes as you stumbled into the hallway. Before he even took his own off, Ignis helped you with your coat, closing the door behind you as he hung the coats up by the door. 

You took a little look around; it was so dismal in here. You’d think it wasn’t even Christmas by the looks of things. You’d kept on saying you’d decorate but with how busy the both of you got, it was hard to do anything. Ignis hadn’t attempted either since you had said you had wanted to do it. Since you two moved into this place together, you’d had an image of what you wanted it to look like; there was a spot in the corner of the lounge that would be perfect for a short, stout Christmas tree, decorated with warm lights and pretty baubles and nicknack’s. There were so many different decorations and wreathes you had in storage you wanted to decorate the place with. It was such a shame it was so dark and silent in here now.

“Off to bed,” he murmured, giving your back a gentle push and placing a kiss on the top of your head.

“You’re coming?” you mumbled sleepily, tugging on his dress shirt.

“I will be in a few minutes,” Ignis promised.

You tried to wait up for him, but minutes after settling down in your bed, you were out cold. You wasn’t sure when, but you woke up partly a little while later, maybe, maybe a few hours later, to the feeling of his arm curling around your midsection and pulling you in close. 

Bah, even if you didn’t have all the stupid decorations up, at least you had this. This was what mattered; Ignis mattered, more than anything else. You smiled contentedly, and fell back asleep.

The next morning, it was snowing. The view outside your bedroom was a beautiful sight; the city was covered in a pearly white blanket which spared nothing from its cold embrace. The sky was bright, and Ignis wasn’t next to you when you woke up; you must’ve slept in. 

Yawning, you dragged your feet in your slippers out of the bedroom. You noticed you weren’t wearing the uniform you fell asleep in; Ignis must’ve changed you, and thank god he did because you were incredibly uncomfortable in those work clothes.

“Good morning, my darling Y/N,” he greeted warmly as he almost bumped into you in the hall, a steaming cup of coffee in his hand, “Sleep well?”

“Almost too well,” you murmured, and gave him a sheepish smile. Then, you jolted upright, “Oh!” you chirped, “Merry Christmas!”

Ignis gave you a warm smile, subconsciously brushing the back of a finger against his glasses to push them further up his nose. “Merry Christmas,” he replied in the like, and took your hand. You loved his hands; he rarely ever took his gloves off, and when he did, his hands were as soft as a baby’s. They were even softer than yours. 

“I know you asked me not to touch anything,” he began in a soft voice as you entered the lounge behind him, “But I couldn’t help myself. I got a little… carried away, shall we say?”

“Oh, Ignis…”

It was just how you imagined it. The tree was exactly how you’d pictured, barely fit into the corner of the room with colourful string lights lining the branches, various decorations and baubles hanging off each strand, a small star atop it which almost hit the roof. Underneath the tree sat a multitude of neatly wrapped parcels (and he must’ve found your gifts for him, for the slightly messy, rushed ones were there too).

“Do you like it?” Ignis asked cautiously, swallowing as his eyes flickered away under his taut brows. “You asked me not to, so I was worried you’d be upset with me.”

“Upset?” you repeated, incredulous. “Ignis it’s wonderful. Thank you, it means a lot.”

He smiled, and reached out to brush the loose strand of your bedridden hair behind your ear. “You deserve it after working so hard.”

Shuffling your feet forward so you could close the gap between the two of you, you wrapped your arms around him and buried your face in his shoulder.

“I love you, Iggy. You know that, don’t you?”