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redfiona99First two pictures I wish to share, mostly because they have both caused squeeage.
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verycleanindeed. Um, they haven't got the eyes right, and I gave up on hoping for the accent years ago. And he does look like the offspring of James Franco and Billy Corgan (or Gerard Way, who as we all know is Billy Corgan's long lost son). But the card, and the hat, and the coat, and the curled lip and ... squeeeeeee!
Um, yeah, there will be sense eventually.
The fic is part 2 of "Things We Do Not Say".
Author: Red Fiona
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, their situation or the worlds they travel in, CLAMP do. No money is being made from this piece of fiction.
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles.
Characters: Fai and Kurogane, with mention of Sakura and Sayoran as well as others.
Rating: PG to PG-12, nothing worse than what's in the manga.
Content: Romance, drama and Fai/Kurogane slash.
Spoilers: Up to Volume 10 (Chapter 68 to be more specific)
Summary: Talking was something they found easy, communicating was more difficult, even before they travelled to the country of Shura.
"He hasn’t been practising enough." Kurogane had been waiting to explode about this since the end of the battle.
"You were quite unexpected."
"A soldier’s life is filled with the unexpected. He needs to be prepared."
"Once he was over the shock he did do well though, didn’t he?"
"Yes." It was a grudging sort of yes, but Fai could tell he meant it. It was worth three minutes of praise from most people.
"So, what do you think will happen tomorrow?"
"There will be another battle." There was something in the air. They were finally heading to a final point. Both Fai and Kurogane would put money on the arrival of the others being the deciding factor. And then there was what they had talked about the night before, and all the consequences from that, which they’d both not mentioned since then.
The conversation had reached a distinct pause, not as awkward as it could have been given all of that, but still, growing more so, like there was something that they both wanted to say, but weren’t. It was unusual. They had always been, if not honest with each other - Kurogane had no doubts that Fai hadn’t told any of them the whole truth, at least not all of the time - then at least straightforward with each other. Kurogane didn’t like it. He was reasonably sure that Fai felt it too. He was expecting Fai to break the tension with a stunt or a pratfall, but he’d always been less ridiculous in private than in public, much to Kurogane’s annoyance, if Fai would only behave in public like he did when it was just the two of them, he wouldn’t be angry half as often as he was. This would probably be the only time Kurogane wanted him to act up. So, of course, Fai didn’t.
All Fai did was sit there, smiling. It was the absent smile he sometimes had, when he couldn’t convincingly fake one. There were few expressions Kurogane hated more. It was so helpless and hopeless and not trying to do anything about either situation, and he knew, somehow, that Fai wasn’t like that, not when he was pushed into doing something. So Kurogane felt the pressure was on him to do the pushing. He wasn’t sure how to, not because he wasn’t capable, but he found that he couldn’t bring himself to hurt Fai, not like this. He was sure that the magician was strong, physically, he was fragile in other ways, and Kurogane didn’t want to damage him further.
At the same time, Fai had proved himself more than competent at defending himself, and it wasn’t as though he didn’t want this too. All Kurogane had to do was reach out. So he did. He took Fai’s cheek in his left hand and carefully moved closer. Fai could have pulled away, and they could have laughed it off, but he didn’t. Closer still, close enough to see the traces of what was either shame or disgust, and he almost pulled away, right there and then. He wasn’t going to make Fai do anything he was ashamed of, and he wasn’t going to be looked at with disgust. But that was when Fai took the initiative from him. Fai’s face cleared, something passed from him, Kurogane didn’t know what, but knew that whatever it was probably had a strong bearing on all of Fai’s mysteries. Fai kissed him.
"This changes nothing, you know."
"Of course." Fai was probably right. Whatever the wizard felt exactly was beyond Kurogane, but he knew that what he himself felt wasn’t going to change. Once he decided something, once he was certain, he didn’t change.
~~~~
Part 1 can be found here - http://redfiona99.livejournal.com/525492.html
Care of
verycleanindeed. Um, they haven't got the eyes right, and I gave up on hoping for the accent years ago. And he does look like the offspring of James Franco and Billy Corgan (or Gerard Way, who as we all know is Billy Corgan's long lost son). But the card, and the hat, and the coat, and the curled lip and ... squeeeeeee!Um, yeah, there will be sense eventually.
The fic is part 2 of "Things We Do Not Say".
Author: Red Fiona
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, their situation or the worlds they travel in, CLAMP do. No money is being made from this piece of fiction.
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles.
Characters: Fai and Kurogane, with mention of Sakura and Sayoran as well as others.
Rating: PG to PG-12, nothing worse than what's in the manga.
Content: Romance, drama and Fai/Kurogane slash.
Spoilers: Up to Volume 10 (Chapter 68 to be more specific)
Summary: Talking was something they found easy, communicating was more difficult, even before they travelled to the country of Shura.
"He hasn’t been practising enough." Kurogane had been waiting to explode about this since the end of the battle.
"You were quite unexpected."
"A soldier’s life is filled with the unexpected. He needs to be prepared."
"Once he was over the shock he did do well though, didn’t he?"
"Yes." It was a grudging sort of yes, but Fai could tell he meant it. It was worth three minutes of praise from most people.
"So, what do you think will happen tomorrow?"
"There will be another battle." There was something in the air. They were finally heading to a final point. Both Fai and Kurogane would put money on the arrival of the others being the deciding factor. And then there was what they had talked about the night before, and all the consequences from that, which they’d both not mentioned since then.
The conversation had reached a distinct pause, not as awkward as it could have been given all of that, but still, growing more so, like there was something that they both wanted to say, but weren’t. It was unusual. They had always been, if not honest with each other - Kurogane had no doubts that Fai hadn’t told any of them the whole truth, at least not all of the time - then at least straightforward with each other. Kurogane didn’t like it. He was reasonably sure that Fai felt it too. He was expecting Fai to break the tension with a stunt or a pratfall, but he’d always been less ridiculous in private than in public, much to Kurogane’s annoyance, if Fai would only behave in public like he did when it was just the two of them, he wouldn’t be angry half as often as he was. This would probably be the only time Kurogane wanted him to act up. So, of course, Fai didn’t.
All Fai did was sit there, smiling. It was the absent smile he sometimes had, when he couldn’t convincingly fake one. There were few expressions Kurogane hated more. It was so helpless and hopeless and not trying to do anything about either situation, and he knew, somehow, that Fai wasn’t like that, not when he was pushed into doing something. So Kurogane felt the pressure was on him to do the pushing. He wasn’t sure how to, not because he wasn’t capable, but he found that he couldn’t bring himself to hurt Fai, not like this. He was sure that the magician was strong, physically, he was fragile in other ways, and Kurogane didn’t want to damage him further.
At the same time, Fai had proved himself more than competent at defending himself, and it wasn’t as though he didn’t want this too. All Kurogane had to do was reach out. So he did. He took Fai’s cheek in his left hand and carefully moved closer. Fai could have pulled away, and they could have laughed it off, but he didn’t. Closer still, close enough to see the traces of what was either shame or disgust, and he almost pulled away, right there and then. He wasn’t going to make Fai do anything he was ashamed of, and he wasn’t going to be looked at with disgust. But that was when Fai took the initiative from him. Fai’s face cleared, something passed from him, Kurogane didn’t know what, but knew that whatever it was probably had a strong bearing on all of Fai’s mysteries. Fai kissed him.
"This changes nothing, you know."
"Of course." Fai was probably right. Whatever the wizard felt exactly was beyond Kurogane, but he knew that what he himself felt wasn’t going to change. Once he decided something, once he was certain, he didn’t change.
~~~~
Part 1 can be found here - http://redfiona99.livejournal.com/525492.html
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