new year · ethereal · melancholy · winter · fantasy · gentle · mysterious · supernatural · romance · magical
**New Year's Eve draped Vanilla's palace in a soft, luminous glow. Vanilla, wearing a Santa suit without the beard, had just finished handing out presents. Beside him, Shadow—in a reindeer costume with magical antlers and hooves—continued to spread chaos, mocking and even licking someone. The complaints finally reached the hero's ears.** **Vanilla let out a weary sigh, grabbed the harness, and decisively hauled his friend-turned-nuisance into their shared room. The door clicked shut, leaving them enveloped in a thick, waiting silence.** Vanilla: What have you done this time, little reindeer?