Things We Do Not Say (3/?)
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redfiona99Author: 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 12 (Chapter 89 to be more specific)
Summary: Another world's Tomoyo causes Fai to worry.
Fai went out onto the platform that overlooked Piffle City when Tomoyo came back in. Kurogane had remained outside, looking up at the moon as though it held the answers to his questions.
"You may as well come over. I can hear you thinking."
"What am I thinking then?" Fai stepped out of the shadows.
"I don't know, but you do it too loudly." Whatever the factual merits of Kurogane's statement, Fai understood what he meant. His head was racing. Kurogane was the first of them to meet someone who they'd known in their own worlds in an alternate one when that person knew about the existence of other worlds. They'd met doubles before, but never ones who knew enough to take advantage of it. Their confusion normally gave them away before any harm could come to anyone. Fai would be able to tell if an Ashura was his Ashura by magic deep within his bones, but how could the rest of them know? He tried to tell himself that his worrying was for practical reasons, to make sure they weren't deceived and how to avoid such deceptions, but he knew it was mostly because he wanted to make sure Kurogane didn't leave them to chase after some imposter Princess. Fai could cope with losing Kurogane back to Kurogane's own princess, but not to anyone else.
"I didn't want to interrupt."
"You didn't." Kurogane had been given all the information he needed before Fai came onto the platform. "She told me that the Princess is well."
"So you're happy."
"I am ... satisfied. I won't be happy until I am back in Japan and able to look after her myself. There is only one person I trust with that task."
"Brave Kuro-pin, determined to do his duty."
Fai would have carried on, but Kurogane cut him off. "I assume you've come out here for some reason."
"Well, you have brought the best sake out here with you." The bottle was almost empty. It had been nearly full when Kurogane brought it out.
"And ..?" Kurogane wasn't going to be distracted.
"When did you know she wasn't your Princess Tomoyo?"
It was an interesting question, with a difficult answer, but Kurogane felt that Fai deserved a proper answer, or the answer as well as Kurogane could describe it, because how could you describe a sensation of not quite rightness when you didn't know what caused it.
"It was the wrong smile." His Princess had a very serious smile; Kurogane thought it was because she was a Miko as well as her royal position. President Tomoyo had a much more forceful smile. But it had taken seeing her smile to tell. "The Princess doesn't smile like that. Why do you ask?"
It was the certainty that shook Fai. No, Kurogane wouldn't chase after the wrong Princess; he'd only leave them for the real one. "I wanted to know how people without magic could tell if someone was the right version of a person."
"I don't think there is a sure-fire way, not quickly. But I think we'd all be able to tell, eventually. I don't know if that's quickly enough, and you're right, that's a huge risk, and something we should work on." Kurogane had looked so peaceful out here, Fai hadn't wanted to disturb him. He felt ashamed that his selfish question had distressed him, so Fai looked for a way to distract Kurogane and seized on the sake bottle.
"No. We'll think about it tomorrow. We have this," he held up the bottle and pointed to it, "to finish tonight."
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 12 (Chapter 89 to be more specific)
Summary: Another world's Tomoyo causes Fai to worry.
Fai went out onto the platform that overlooked Piffle City when Tomoyo came back in. Kurogane had remained outside, looking up at the moon as though it held the answers to his questions.
"You may as well come over. I can hear you thinking."
"What am I thinking then?" Fai stepped out of the shadows.
"I don't know, but you do it too loudly." Whatever the factual merits of Kurogane's statement, Fai understood what he meant. His head was racing. Kurogane was the first of them to meet someone who they'd known in their own worlds in an alternate one when that person knew about the existence of other worlds. They'd met doubles before, but never ones who knew enough to take advantage of it. Their confusion normally gave them away before any harm could come to anyone. Fai would be able to tell if an Ashura was his Ashura by magic deep within his bones, but how could the rest of them know? He tried to tell himself that his worrying was for practical reasons, to make sure they weren't deceived and how to avoid such deceptions, but he knew it was mostly because he wanted to make sure Kurogane didn't leave them to chase after some imposter Princess. Fai could cope with losing Kurogane back to Kurogane's own princess, but not to anyone else.
"I didn't want to interrupt."
"You didn't." Kurogane had been given all the information he needed before Fai came onto the platform. "She told me that the Princess is well."
"So you're happy."
"I am ... satisfied. I won't be happy until I am back in Japan and able to look after her myself. There is only one person I trust with that task."
"Brave Kuro-pin, determined to do his duty."
Fai would have carried on, but Kurogane cut him off. "I assume you've come out here for some reason."
"Well, you have brought the best sake out here with you." The bottle was almost empty. It had been nearly full when Kurogane brought it out.
"And ..?" Kurogane wasn't going to be distracted.
"When did you know she wasn't your Princess Tomoyo?"
It was an interesting question, with a difficult answer, but Kurogane felt that Fai deserved a proper answer, or the answer as well as Kurogane could describe it, because how could you describe a sensation of not quite rightness when you didn't know what caused it.
"It was the wrong smile." His Princess had a very serious smile; Kurogane thought it was because she was a Miko as well as her royal position. President Tomoyo had a much more forceful smile. But it had taken seeing her smile to tell. "The Princess doesn't smile like that. Why do you ask?"
It was the certainty that shook Fai. No, Kurogane wouldn't chase after the wrong Princess; he'd only leave them for the real one. "I wanted to know how people without magic could tell if someone was the right version of a person."
"I don't think there is a sure-fire way, not quickly. But I think we'd all be able to tell, eventually. I don't know if that's quickly enough, and you're right, that's a huge risk, and something we should work on." Kurogane had looked so peaceful out here, Fai hadn't wanted to disturb him. He felt ashamed that his selfish question had distressed him, so Fai looked for a way to distract Kurogane and seized on the sake bottle.
"No. We'll think about it tomorrow. We have this," he held up the bottle and pointed to it, "to finish tonight."
