Of Apples and Grecians

Kiku Honda was a privileged man of Japanese descent. He had gathered up enough money to sail around the world with no one but himself and a few servants. Currently, he is in Greece, a rather beautiful country, if he must say. He had been here for some months, getting to know the locals and their unique language. It was much different than Japanese, but very fun to learn.

While in Greece, he had befriended a local ruler by the name of Heracles Karpusi. The two got along well, bonding over their mutual love of cats (such fascinating creatures), and trying each other's foods. They had grown rather close, the Japanese man often opting to stay in Heracles' house instead of making the walk back to the ship where his own sleeping quarters were.

Apparently a few things hadn't gotten through the lethargic Grecians head in all the time the two had spent together.

One day, Kiku was venturing through the market, picking out a few fruits to his liking, when out of nowhere, an apple was thrown his way. He barely heard the warning shout of, "Hey, watch out!" before he caught the red fruit.

He stared at the apple quizzically for a few seconds before he looked for the person who was trying to hit him. His gaze fell upon a Heracles who was smiling rather triumphantly. Kiku raised an eyebrow at his friend, wondering why he was smiling so.

The confused man looked around, seeing many of the people shouting in joy and smiling.

Kiku looked back at his friend, wondering, pardon, what the hell was going on.

Heracles just smiled even more, if possible, as he walked towards the smaller man.

"I see you accept me?" he asked.

"Accept you…? Why, yes, I suppose I do. I am your friend," he said a bit cautiously.

This caused laughter to bubble in the crowd surrounding them.

"No, no. You accept my love. You caught my apple," he said as if it was obvious.

"But… but… I… What?" Kiku asked, still very confused.

"We shall be wed by the weeks end!" He shouted to the crowd, pulling Kiku closer to him, arm around his waist. He turned Kiku until they were facing each other and kissed him full on the lips.

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A/N: Yep. I saw an article saying that in Ancient Greece, they threw apples as sort of a declaration of love. And if you caught it, you accept the love. Basically, it was a marriage proposal. I couldn't resist, seeing as I wrote one version of Giripan proposal, here is another! X3

That is all. Go on and tell me how silly it is~

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