Its the great harvest moon darrien chevas!
Darrien was just closing up his small glasswork artisan shop for the day, Usagi kept slapping at his leg to close up early since nobody was visiting but that one weirdo asking for kerora figurines of various shapes and colors, hey it's his gold leaves so he's not complaining if for the payment and work. They made sure everything was put away and locked up before scooping up his lapito and carrying her around, she was adamant about being carried so they just automatically do it now when work is over, Usagi made a lil pomf like noise at them making him glance down "what?" he asked her with a slightly raised brow.
They just pointed towards home showing they wanted to go back quick, Darrien sighed out "I'll get us there soon enough just calm your paws" that earned him some lapito paw punchies in rapid succession which didn't hurt and just felt like soft taps against his chest. They finally made it home and another little pomf got his attention as they pointed at the calendar, oh it's the first night of the harvest moon he almost forgot about that making him set Usagi down so she could hop about while he thought about what to do this year. He never really celebrated it since he was always alone but now that he had Usagi they could try doing something "do you want to see the harvest moon usa?" she tilted her head up at him but made a happy noise to show she was ready for this!
They smiled a bit at the look of excitement their friend had for moon viewing fun, but the problem was what did they eat during moon viewing? there was a specific cake but he wasn't a really great chef, he kept it simple enough since he didn't want to waste time on cooking since they always were in a rush to get to the shop and start working, was it his artist spirit just wanting to create fun glass items? yes but also he just was cautious about burning his house down from attempts of cooking a pancake as they rolled their sleeves up ready to attempt a simple recipe from a cookbook.
With that said they looked at the cookbook for something dessert like since he wanted something sweet after using his brain all day, well maybe something salty and sweet as he needed salt too from all the sweating he did too. Usagi stared him down as he read "Glad that customer gifted me this Usagi, otherwise we'd be just making pancakes again" he really didn't want to try that disaster again as he flipped through pages before just staring at Potato Candy "uh" there was only three ingredients and looked very simple to make but potato? candy? Do both those go together in a sentence? he will try it and make some other items he put a book mark on it and a few others as he got started with the potato candy again so weird as he just kind of dazedly started making it with a whole russet potato peeled, chopped, and boiled. "Usagi this is so so strange just keep holding the book for me" He got the measuring cups out and read the next line "ok now i just need eight to ten cups- CUPS?" that made him do a double take "That's so much powdered sugar!"
Usagi batted at the pages to show she wanted them now that he mentioned them "but eight is the lowest possible amount you can add to this thing? eight??" his hands automatically started to add the sugar and he just put his head in his hands as he was flabbergasted at the amount he just put in a bowl before just going along with it and stirred the mixture until it became a dough "now flatten and add peanut butter before rolling and pinching" every step here was just wild for him as he opened up the old fashion ice filled fridge and got started on some other simple desserts that won't need a poundage of sugar.
Darrien finally finished baking and cooking a small feast for the two of them as he got the potato candy out and had to set them outside on his small porch of his little home, it was a perfect size for a bachelor like him and his lapito. They were just in time to see the merging of Selene and Luna "it's such a pretty color Usagi...I wonder if i can replicate it in my work" she pomfed at him to not think about work and instead to feed her a bit of that candy he made!
Oh yes the overly sweetened candy made of potato of all things as he handed her a little bite size piece for a lapito and then got a normal sized cut one for himself "bottoms up" he took a tentative bite before his eyes widened at the taste "whoa this isn't bad at all! If they looked prettier we could sell some" but all that sugar though, guess they'll just eat it themselves as they watched the moon while Usagi stuffed themselves silly while he was busy looking at the moon. She seemed fond of the cake he made for them as he told her to go easy on the food or she'll get a stomach ache as he gave her some water in her favorite bowl "well here's to another bountiful harvest" He clinked his cup to her bowl and enjoyed the rest of the night staring up at the moon while munching on the decadent feast, Surely this was his favorite harvest moon he's ever had.
Darrien enjoys the harvest moon for the first time with his dearest friend
Submitted By Puggle
for 🥮 Moon Viewing
Submitted: 3 months ago ・
Last Updated: 3 months ago