｢tsukuribanashi ｣

Title: Stain
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: None.
Prompt: Generator; Naruto x Haku, in the laundry room, death
Word Count: 207
Rating: PG

( Naruto doesn't like doing laundry, because scrubbing at bloodstains make him remember Haku. )

Originally posted on December 9th, 2007.

Title: Admission
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Naruto/Sasuke
Word Count: 160
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: Don't let his act fool you; Sasuke is just shy. Still speech-only.

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"I've been thinking."
"Did it hurt?"
"I can't believe you still say things like that."
"I'm seventeen, not fifty. What's up?"
"I'm not sure I want to tell you now."
"Oh, lighten up, frowny-face. You know I'm curious."
"I was thinking that maybe I wouldn't mind."
"Huh?"
"Doing.... things. With you."
"Like, what, dates and stuff?"
"God, you are so dense."
"What? I'm not a freaking mind rea- Oh. Oh."
"Yeah."
"That's fantastic! When?"
"What do you mean, 'when?' You want to set a date and time?"
"Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad idea-- Ow!"
"Can you be serious for just one minute, please?"
"I'm sorry, Sasuke."
"Hn."
"I just got really excited."
"I can see that. You can't tonight, though; I have a mission in the morning."
"Yeah, I know."
"I just thought you should know. So, uh, yeah."
"Thanks, frowny-face."
"...One day I'm going to kill you in your sleep."
"Yeah yeah, I know. What's for dinner?"

Originally posted on November 28th, 2007.

Title: Query
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Naruto/Sasuke
Word Count: 295
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: Experimenting with a different writing style.

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( 'Sasuke, have you ever thought sex?' )

Originally posted on November 6th, 2006.

Title: Americans
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing: Heero Yuy and Duo Maxwell
Prompt: 7snogs; Embrace (view table)
Word Count: 561
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: In episode 19, Duo gets captured by the enemy.

( When Duo finally managed to get over his surprise and pick up the gun Heero had dropped for him, Heero realised that maybe it would have been better to shoot him after all. )

Originally posted on October 21st, 2006.

Title: Love Bites
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing(s): Sasuke/Naruto
Prompt: 10_what_ifs; Vampires (view table)
Word Count: 468
Rating: PG

( Sasuke can see in the mirror that he's still sprawled comfortably, and for a moment he hates his teammate for not feeling awkward. Even after one year and three months, he's still not sure what to do after sex. )

Originally posted on October 25th, 2006.

Title: Conclusion
Fandom: Digimon
Character: Yamato Ishida
Prompt: fanfic100; Ends (view table)
Word Count: 322
Rating: PG
Spoiler Warning: None.

( He wasn't sure whether it was the presence of the other kids or whether it was one in particular, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to continue pretending he was okay. )

Originally posted on October 23rd, 2006.

Title: Starting Point
Fandom: Digimon
Character: Yamato Ishida
Prompt: fanfic100; Beginnings (view table)
Word Count: 290
Rating: PG
Author's Note: Everything has a beginning; it helps mold who we are.

( 'Who do you want to live with?' they'd asked him, and he'd chosen his father. )

Originally posted on December 8th, 2004.

"My Greatest Moment"
by Yamato Ishida

It just feels like sometimes there really isn’t anything you can do. Friends fall apart under pressure. That’s just how life works. I just never expected him to be the one that needed support, or that I would be the one supporting him. And then that our roles would reverse themselves… But then I suppose I am getting ahead of myself. I apologise; I get easily distracted.

This is supposed to be a story about the greatest moment I ever experienced. I personally think that such a story can never truly be written, for how can you ever tell a true story in the one way that gives it justice? You can’t, or at least I can’t. But I don’t want to fail this class, so I guess I’ll have to try.

Did I mention that I’m easily distracted?

( Read more... )

Originally posted on September 2nd, 2004.

Ken hated being alone sometimes. There was no way for him to escape his thoughts, his emotions... He hated feeling, but he hated thinking most of all.

It was no wonder sometimes that Daisuke worried about him. There were days where he did his best to push him away but he always failed at that. Daisuke knew when there was something wrong and always pushed to find out what it was.

He loved and hated it, but he couldn't hate Daisuke. He would never be able to stop loving him.

It scared him sometimes—not that he would ever admit that, especially to Daisuke himself—because he never knew what to do to make things right. Lying in Daisuke's arms gave him the best feeling, but he just felt so worried that one day it would all change, that Daisuke would leave him. When he was with Daisuke he felt almost complete; the things he'd done as the Digimon Kaiser just faded away... but when he was alone it would all come back to him. It haunted both his waking thoughts and his dreams.

The dreams were the worst part. Only Daisuke could make the memories of them fade.

He both loved and hated it, but he could never hate Daisuke.

Originally posted on August 28th, 2004.

"Does it bother you that Sora's with Tai instead of you?"

The question was entirely unexpected; Yamato blinked uncertainly. "Come on, Tai's my best friend and he knows how I feel. Besides, I completely trust Sora. I'm not worried at all, Izzy."

It was hard work keeping up appearances—pretending that he liked Sora was hard—but Yamato was good at hiding how he really felt. No one had gotten past his mask in a long time except for TK, and that had been for a very good reason. They were brothers after all.
To think that no one knew his secret except TK...

He realized abruptly that Izzy was talking again. "I'm sorry, what did you say?"

The redhead frowned. "I said, are you sure you're alright? It's just that you've been rather reserved lately, and I was just offering a listening ear in case you required one."

"Thanks Izzy, but I'm really okay." Yamato crossed his arms over his chest in irritation but managed to smile. "I don't need to talk to anyone."

He could have sworn Izzy muttered, "That's what you think," under his breath as he left, but he wasn't sure.

Was the genius right? He should probably tell someone the real reason that he was worried about the budding relationship between Sora and Taichi, but he'd never really opened up to anyone in his life. Maybe...?

Yamato shook his head and started walking, ducking into the nearby forest and down the narrow path to the lake. He needed to think about his real feelings for Taichi, really think, and didn't want to be interrupted.

The haunting melody of his harmonica echoed through the night as the moon shone down on the other children sitting around the campfire, light from the flames dancing across their tired faces and shining in their eyes.

Taichi closed his eyes and listened. Yamato was a confusing guy, but he played a mean harmonica and the brunette wasn't one to complain about a free show, even if the music was a little sad.

He made up his mind that he would talk to Yamato when he returned from wherever it was that he was hiding now. He couldn't run from himself forever; Taichi would open him up and hear his secrets if it was the last thing he did.