8 drabbles: Fruits Basket
Title: Crimson Red
Words: 100
Challenge: #11 - red (table)
Rating: PG (for implied violence, a bit of blood lust)
Characers/Pairings: Akito
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
It's red. It's crimson.
No, it's just a dark red. A dark crimson red.
It's filled with promise, though, most people would not agree with me. It holds to promise of revenge, of pain. It tells me they are feeling the same pain I am. Only their pain is physical and can be seen; my pain is inside and emotional. No one knows my pain, and I’ll be damned if I let people think they know my pain.
Of course, I'm already damned. I was born damned. The cat thinks he's cursed, but if he only knew...
Crimson. Red. Blood.
Title: Shades of Grey
Words: 100
Challenge: #12 - grey (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Shigure, but implied Shigure/Akito
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
Shigure looked at the blank page in front of him and sighed. The paper was white, and the ink in the pen in his hand promised to be black.
Nothing was ever black and white really.
He saw the world in the shades of grey. The darker the grey the more pain and sadness it represents; the lightest represents the love and happiness. Simple, but complex.
The grey that represented love was so light it would almost be white. However, betrayal would be close to the darkest grey possible without being black.
He had seen both. In the same woman.
Title: Her Color
Words: 100
Challenge: #13 - white (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Hanajima. mentions of Tohru.
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
She is so pure, so innocent. It is almost unbelievable.
Hanajima saw Tohru's aurora each time she saw her. It never changed. Never darkened, and it couldn't lighten. She never lost what made her Tohru. Even when she was, unbeknownst to Hanajima, living with in a tent, she never wavered. She stayed the same, glowing with the same innocence, purity, optimistic attitude, and aurora as she always had. She never let the world get her down. She always looked for the good in everything: people, situations, places. Even Hanajima and Arisa.
Tohru's aurora was always white to Hanajima. Pure white.
Title: Darker Version
Words: 100
Challenge: #14 - black (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Haru/Rin
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
He snaps. His demeanor goes cold, raging cold. He seems to be caught in his anger. His slightly unfounded anger.
The normally kind, softhearted, and pushover Haru turns into Black Haru, an angry, raging bull. He can't help becoming someone else, a darker version of himself.
But he's still Haru to her. He'd always just be Haru. He'd always be someone she could easily talk to about anything, and he would always be a caring listener.
He never became Black Haru when he was just around her, because they understood each other. They understand each other's insecurities, pride, and coldness.
Title: Fighting
Words: 100
Challenge: #22 - enemies (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Kyo, Yuki
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
Kyo glared at Yuki. He stood there and didn't say a word. He stared back at Kyo unflinchingly.
"Ready to fight?" Kyo snarled.
"Of course," Yuki said in a bored voice. "We do nothing else."
"We are enemies," Kyo said.
"It's getting old."
"I know," Kyo admitted reluctantly. He tore his eyes away from Yuki's gaze and looked towards the horizon.
"Forget about winning. Whatever you want."
"Are you telling me what to do?" Kyo's eyes snapped over to Yuki.
"You've trained as hard as you could, and I've won." Yuki shook his head and walked away without another word.
Title: Spring Is...
Words: 100
Challenge: #62 - spring (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Hatori/Kana
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
Hatori looked up at the sky. The snow had stopped weeks ago, but it melts slowly. The melting snow turns to water which nourishes the grass and flowers. The greenery blooms and becomes springs.
Spring. Kana. Kana was spring.
Kana was the first and only one that told Hatori that the melting snow become spring, not water. She was so optimistic, so beautiful. Kana. Sweet Kana, his sweet Kana.
Kana was gone, though, but spring happened each year. It was inevitable. Predictable. Spring came after winter. Spring came when the snow melted.
Spring is the memory of Kana and change.
Title: Monster
Words: 100
Challenge: #90 - it (table)
Rating: PG
Characers/Pairings: Kyo and his mom
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
He was a monster without his beads. She shook her head sadly and stared at her adorable son. He had orange hair, and if that didn't set him apart enough he also had to wear beads or become that creature.
"Kyo, don't take off those beads!" she chastised her son when she saw him start to slip off.
Her young son stopped instantly and glanced at her. "Mom..." he started to whine.
"Go play. But don't take those beads off!"
“If the beads do come off, you'd become an it, a monster, an abomination,” she finished so he couldn't hear.
Title: Leeks or No Leeks
Words: 100
Challenge: #93 - Thanksgiving (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Kyo, Tohru, Yuki
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
"Do I smell leeks?!"
Tohru grinned and turned to see Kyo coming into the kitchen looking outraged. "Yes. Fresh from Yuki's garden!" She gestured towards the pot on the stove.
"Tohru--" he started to complain.
"No worry. I made you some leek-free."
Kyo seemed to be taken back by her statement.
"Just say thank you," Yuki demanded from the table.
Kyo turned to glare at Yuki this time.
"Oh no need to tell me thanks," Tohru jumped in to try to prevent a fight.
"Thanks," Kyo muttered ungratefully. Tohru sighed with relief and saw Yuki just shake his head.
Words: 100
Challenge: #11 - red (table)
Rating: PG (for implied violence, a bit of blood lust)
Characers/Pairings: Akito
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
It's red. It's crimson.
No, it's just a dark red. A dark crimson red.
It's filled with promise, though, most people would not agree with me. It holds to promise of revenge, of pain. It tells me they are feeling the same pain I am. Only their pain is physical and can be seen; my pain is inside and emotional. No one knows my pain, and I’ll be damned if I let people think they know my pain.
Of course, I'm already damned. I was born damned. The cat thinks he's cursed, but if he only knew...
Crimson. Red. Blood.
Title: Shades of Grey
Words: 100
Challenge: #12 - grey (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Shigure, but implied Shigure/Akito
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
Shigure looked at the blank page in front of him and sighed. The paper was white, and the ink in the pen in his hand promised to be black.
Nothing was ever black and white really.
He saw the world in the shades of grey. The darker the grey the more pain and sadness it represents; the lightest represents the love and happiness. Simple, but complex.
The grey that represented love was so light it would almost be white. However, betrayal would be close to the darkest grey possible without being black.
He had seen both. In the same woman.
Title: Her Color
Words: 100
Challenge: #13 - white (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Hanajima. mentions of Tohru.
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
She is so pure, so innocent. It is almost unbelievable.
Hanajima saw Tohru's aurora each time she saw her. It never changed. Never darkened, and it couldn't lighten. She never lost what made her Tohru. Even when she was, unbeknownst to Hanajima, living with in a tent, she never wavered. She stayed the same, glowing with the same innocence, purity, optimistic attitude, and aurora as she always had. She never let the world get her down. She always looked for the good in everything: people, situations, places. Even Hanajima and Arisa.
Tohru's aurora was always white to Hanajima. Pure white.
Title: Darker Version
Words: 100
Challenge: #14 - black (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Haru/Rin
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
He snaps. His demeanor goes cold, raging cold. He seems to be caught in his anger. His slightly unfounded anger.
The normally kind, softhearted, and pushover Haru turns into Black Haru, an angry, raging bull. He can't help becoming someone else, a darker version of himself.
But he's still Haru to her. He'd always just be Haru. He'd always be someone she could easily talk to about anything, and he would always be a caring listener.
He never became Black Haru when he was just around her, because they understood each other. They understand each other's insecurities, pride, and coldness.
Title: Fighting
Words: 100
Challenge: #22 - enemies (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Kyo, Yuki
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
Kyo glared at Yuki. He stood there and didn't say a word. He stared back at Kyo unflinchingly.
"Ready to fight?" Kyo snarled.
"Of course," Yuki said in a bored voice. "We do nothing else."
"We are enemies," Kyo said.
"It's getting old."
"I know," Kyo admitted reluctantly. He tore his eyes away from Yuki's gaze and looked towards the horizon.
"Forget about winning. Whatever you want."
"Are you telling me what to do?" Kyo's eyes snapped over to Yuki.
"You've trained as hard as you could, and I've won." Yuki shook his head and walked away without another word.
Title: Spring Is...
Words: 100
Challenge: #62 - spring (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Hatori/Kana
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
Hatori looked up at the sky. The snow had stopped weeks ago, but it melts slowly. The melting snow turns to water which nourishes the grass and flowers. The greenery blooms and becomes springs.
Spring. Kana. Kana was spring.
Kana was the first and only one that told Hatori that the melting snow become spring, not water. She was so optimistic, so beautiful. Kana. Sweet Kana, his sweet Kana.
Kana was gone, though, but spring happened each year. It was inevitable. Predictable. Spring came after winter. Spring came when the snow melted.
Spring is the memory of Kana and change.
Title: Monster
Words: 100
Challenge: #90 - it (table)
Rating: PG
Characers/Pairings: Kyo and his mom
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
He was a monster without his beads. She shook her head sadly and stared at her adorable son. He had orange hair, and if that didn't set him apart enough he also had to wear beads or become that creature.
"Kyo, don't take off those beads!" she chastised her son when she saw him start to slip off.
Her young son stopped instantly and glanced at her. "Mom..." he started to whine.
"Go play. But don't take those beads off!"
“If the beads do come off, you'd become an it, a monster, an abomination,” she finished so he couldn't hear.
Title: Leeks or No Leeks
Words: 100
Challenge: #93 - Thanksgiving (table)
Rating: G
Characers/Pairings: Kyo, Tohru, Yuki
Warnings: Please be careful what you read!
Author's Notes: Comments are more than welcome!
"Do I smell leeks?!"
Tohru grinned and turned to see Kyo coming into the kitchen looking outraged. "Yes. Fresh from Yuki's garden!" She gestured towards the pot on the stove.
"Tohru--" he started to complain.
"No worry. I made you some leek-free."
Kyo seemed to be taken back by her statement.
"Just say thank you," Yuki demanded from the table.
Kyo turned to glare at Yuki this time.
"Oh no need to tell me thanks," Tohru jumped in to try to prevent a fight.
"Thanks," Kyo muttered ungratefully. Tohru sighed with relief and saw Yuki just shake his head.