To Halflight, From Oki-chan ♥
Title: Why Kurogane Hates Zombie Movies.
Author: oki_chan
Recipient: halflight007
Series: Tsubasa
Characters/Pairing: Kuro/'Yuui' + Fai
Rating: PG-13
Author Notes/Warnings: Apologies if this isn't exactly what the requester wanted. I'm afraid incest is a rather large squick of mine, so I wrote a piece involving the three of them in a platonic setting. I also wanted to experiment with 'real' Fai having a slightly different personality from that of his brother, since identical twins are rarely as such in anything other than appearance... not to mention, Fai probably developed differently since, well. He was underwater for years and years. Just for reference, I picked the 'scary movie' prompt.
Anyway, I did my best. I hope you enjoy it.
He brings up his hand and slaps it against the offender's cheek--he's had enough of these mind-games, enough of being some toy in a game of cat-and-mouse. He thought this might put an end to it, but it only served to exacerbate things.
Words begin to pour out of the mage's reddening mouth, sweet words with a voice as smooth as warm honey, and before he knows it, hot breath is on his cheeks, and spidery fingers tangle themselves in his shirt, pulling him closer to the impossibly thin figure. Lips, parted slightly, hover inches from his own, and the air that escapes them almost dares him to inch closer and close the space between them.
The darker man hesitates, red eyes meeting blue, and the opposing colors clash for what seems to be an eternity. There is no uncertainty in his eyes as he waits for the taller man to answer his unspoken question. How long had the two of them sat on these emotions?
Slowly, red eyes close, and the taller man cranes his neck down; dry lips meet those of his partner. For a moment, the mage's breath hitches, and suddenly the ninja is possessed by the thrill that surges through him at the idea of having such overwhelming power over the blond. The other man breaks away just long enough to gasp what might have been a nickname in a breathy, needy whisper; the ninja silences him quickly by devouring his lips again, giving him no time to think.
Bony fingers bring themselves to the taller man's chest, running lightly along his front and stopping at his shoulders; he feels the tingling of energy trailing along with the touch and is almost lightheaded...
Until the hands give a very solid shove.
Kurogane grunts in irritation, glancing down at the blond before him and is met with a wide smile, the bruise from the strike suddenly gone from his cheek and his expression showing no signs of their earlier fight (or... exchange of fluids). Just what the hell was wrong with this guy?
* * *
"Kurogane!"
Kurogane's eyes snapped open quickly, and after a moment he blinked and remembered where he was--a dream, albiet extremetly... realistic. His field of view was filled with an irritating smile and bright blue eyes. Fai? No--other-Fai. His Fai's skin wasn't so pale, nor was he in possession of two blue eyes. They had since managed to retrieve his other eye from the clone that had taken it (and not without a fair share of pain and suffering on both ends), but the eye that had remained was still yellow.
It had been established at one point that the Fai that had been traveling with them actually went by the name of Yuui at one point or another, but Kurogane really couldn't give half a care less. Fai had been introduced as 'Fai' and would remain that way in his mind, though to avoid confusion, he mostly found himself referring to them as 'Tweedle-Dum' and 'Tweedle-Dumber', since 'mage', 'idiot', 'you' and 'get the hell off of me!' were far too general for them to understand which he was referring to.
Of course, he'd learned rather quickly to try and distinguish which one he was calling for. If he didn't, they both came over. Most of the time, it was just teasing, but depending on their mood, their reactions to his call for their attention bordered on molestation. Granted, anything that wasn't a tap on the shoulder was considered as such to Kurogane, but... it was a little overwhelming to see two of the same face hanging all over you when you could barely handle one in the first place.
In any case, one of them (who he was pretty sure was the 'real' Fai, considering he didn't call him a nickname) was all but straddling Kurogane in an effort to get him to wake up from a nap he didn't entirely remember drifting into. Irritated, Kurogane sat up, pushing away the blond that was sitting a little too suggestively on his crotch. The other fell back pathetically, whining when his back made contact with the mattress.
"Yuui," he said pathetically, glancing over at his twin, who was standing in the doorway. Kurogane didn't like this Fai as much. He was much more childish, almost whiny. Maybe being trapped underwater for a few years stunted your emotional growth. "Did you see that? Kurogane is trying to take advantage of me!"
Kurogane's Fai smiled, raising an amused eyebrow as he replied. "Don't be silly. Kuro-pon would never make the first move." His eyes flicked over mischievously to meet Kurogane's, and the ninja saw the ghost of a smile tug at the corners of the mage's lips. "He may not look it, but he's actually very shy."
"Shut your mouth," he hissed, feeling a growing heat in his ears as he attempted to look angry. His threats almost never worked on Fai, and since he wasn't intimidated, his brother almost surely never was, either. Needless to say, Kurogane's once stellar reputation of being a fearsome alpha male was quickly dwindling with the two dumbasses around. How on earth could someone look manly with a couple of idiots like these guys?
"Who cares about that?" 'Real' Fai said, pushing himself up into a sitting position on the floor. "We're going to be late if we don't hurry, and you'd promised we'd make it this time."
"Tell that to Kuro-myu. He's the one that decided to take a nap when we needed to go."
Kurogane opened his mouth to shoot back that he'd never actually agreed to go, he'd just been volunteered, but the younger brother had seized his hand and attempted to pull the ninja to his feet before he had the chance. Kurogane's Fai watched from a safe distance, the hint of a smile still on his lips. Kurogane would've liked to slap it off, but considering the events of his all-too-recent dream, decided to keep his hands to himself.
"Come on, come on, come on!" the younger Fai said, tugging painfully on his wrist with each word. Attempting to keep a lid on his irritation, Kurogane rose to his feet on his own--an action which left the 'real' Fai toppling over from the sudden lack of resistance. Kurogane attempted to hide a smug look, folding his arms tightly over his chest.
"Just what the hell is so great about a moving picture show, anyway?" he growled, eyeing the two blonds for an answer.
"Well, you haven't seen one either, have you Kurogane?" his Fai said, stepping forward to help his brother to his feet. The other made a small, pathetic squeak once he'd regained his footing, throwing a hurt glance in Kurogane's direction. He couldn't say he was too moved by it.
"Did you ever stop and wonder why?" he asked back, and Fai's expression implied that he still had the upper hand.
"Perhaps because we've never had a chance to go?"
"Who would want to watch a movie about zombies in the first place? Aren't they just dead people?"
"Dead people..." The younger Fai said, trailing off--he seemed a bit too eager to correct Kurogane's mistake. "...Who want to eat your brains!"
While the idea of dead people who wanted to eat his brains wasn't something that Yuui himself would consider exciting, it was important to his brother, so he might as well play along. Despite the fact that he and Kurogane had managed to get over most of their differences, that didn't stop Yuui from teasing every now and then. It was so marvelous watching him bristle.
"Yeah, so what? They'd be dead again with one thrust of a blade."
"They wouldn't! They'd keep coming back up!"
"What?!" Kurogane said, allowing his arms to drop tensely to his sides and betray the fact that he was getting a little too swept away by the conversation. He huffed indignantly after a moment, sniffing as he raised his chin. "That's stupid."
"You have to destroy the brain for them to completely die!" Fai said, raising a pointer finger as he stated the fact with the most serious of tones. Yuui had to admit, it was rather amusing to watch the two of them go at it--they were both rather stubborn, though in different ways. Fai always had been more of a bookworm than Yuui, and ever since they'd started traveling together, he'd dove headfirst into what people called 'comic books'. It reminded Yuui of the samurai manga that Kurogane would read, only rather than reading about two people fight and die for honor, justice or love, Fai would read about... zombies, superheroes, and aliens. Dare he say that Fai was turning into... what was that word he'd heard before? A 'geek'?
"Then why the hell didn't you say so before?" Kurogane asked, twitching brow hinting at the annoyance he was trying to hide. "That still doesn't change the fact that I could take them out."
"No you couldn't!"
"Don't be stupid. Of course I could."
"No way! You'd be surrounded by hundreds--no, thousands of them!"
"Are you retarded?! Where the hell did all of those things come from?"
"They infect everything they bite! Don't you read, Kurogane?"
"What is this? You can't bite someone and turn them into a drooling idiot."
That was... unless you were talking about the idiot mage. But that was a comment that was best left for their private lives, Fai thought to himself. But this whole argument between the two of them was like watching kids playing a game of war and both of them having a cloak of invincibility. While amusing, it was going to make them late.
"Why don't we take this battle of manliness outside? You guys can continue on the way." "Don't worry, Kuro-pon. You'd be the first person I go to if we ever get attacked by zombies."
"I heard this movie was really scary!"
"Oh, is that so? I'm so glad we have a manly friend here to save us from it! He could probably burn the screen with his eyes, if he really wanted to."
Kurogane felt a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach as the blonds latched onto each arm and practically dragged him down the street. And even though he'd never seen one before, he could tell right now that he would come to hate scary movies. Perhaps the fact that he had two twittering blonds on either side of him chit-chatting about how scary the movie was going to be had something to do with it. Kurogane couldn't ever claim to be psychic, but he knew, deep down, that this evening would probably end with both of them snuggled with him in his bed.
Whether or not it was from supposed 'fear' was something to be determined, unfortunately.
Author: oki_chan
Recipient: halflight007
Series: Tsubasa
Characters/Pairing: Kuro/'Yuui' + Fai
Rating: PG-13
Author Notes/Warnings: Apologies if this isn't exactly what the requester wanted. I'm afraid incest is a rather large squick of mine, so I wrote a piece involving the three of them in a platonic setting. I also wanted to experiment with 'real' Fai having a slightly different personality from that of his brother, since identical twins are rarely as such in anything other than appearance... not to mention, Fai probably developed differently since, well. He was underwater for years and years. Just for reference, I picked the 'scary movie' prompt.
Anyway, I did my best. I hope you enjoy it.
He brings up his hand and slaps it against the offender's cheek--he's had enough of these mind-games, enough of being some toy in a game of cat-and-mouse. He thought this might put an end to it, but it only served to exacerbate things.
Words begin to pour out of the mage's reddening mouth, sweet words with a voice as smooth as warm honey, and before he knows it, hot breath is on his cheeks, and spidery fingers tangle themselves in his shirt, pulling him closer to the impossibly thin figure. Lips, parted slightly, hover inches from his own, and the air that escapes them almost dares him to inch closer and close the space between them.
The darker man hesitates, red eyes meeting blue, and the opposing colors clash for what seems to be an eternity. There is no uncertainty in his eyes as he waits for the taller man to answer his unspoken question. How long had the two of them sat on these emotions?
Slowly, red eyes close, and the taller man cranes his neck down; dry lips meet those of his partner. For a moment, the mage's breath hitches, and suddenly the ninja is possessed by the thrill that surges through him at the idea of having such overwhelming power over the blond. The other man breaks away just long enough to gasp what might have been a nickname in a breathy, needy whisper; the ninja silences him quickly by devouring his lips again, giving him no time to think.
Bony fingers bring themselves to the taller man's chest, running lightly along his front and stopping at his shoulders; he feels the tingling of energy trailing along with the touch and is almost lightheaded...
Until the hands give a very solid shove.
Kurogane grunts in irritation, glancing down at the blond before him and is met with a wide smile, the bruise from the strike suddenly gone from his cheek and his expression showing no signs of their earlier fight (or... exchange of fluids). Just what the hell was wrong with this guy?
* * *
"Kurogane!"
Kurogane's eyes snapped open quickly, and after a moment he blinked and remembered where he was--a dream, albiet extremetly... realistic. His field of view was filled with an irritating smile and bright blue eyes. Fai? No--other-Fai. His Fai's skin wasn't so pale, nor was he in possession of two blue eyes. They had since managed to retrieve his other eye from the clone that had taken it (and not without a fair share of pain and suffering on both ends), but the eye that had remained was still yellow.
It had been established at one point that the Fai that had been traveling with them actually went by the name of Yuui at one point or another, but Kurogane really couldn't give half a care less. Fai had been introduced as 'Fai' and would remain that way in his mind, though to avoid confusion, he mostly found himself referring to them as 'Tweedle-Dum' and 'Tweedle-Dumber', since 'mage', 'idiot', 'you' and 'get the hell off of me!' were far too general for them to understand which he was referring to.
Of course, he'd learned rather quickly to try and distinguish which one he was calling for. If he didn't, they both came over. Most of the time, it was just teasing, but depending on their mood, their reactions to his call for their attention bordered on molestation. Granted, anything that wasn't a tap on the shoulder was considered as such to Kurogane, but... it was a little overwhelming to see two of the same face hanging all over you when you could barely handle one in the first place.
In any case, one of them (who he was pretty sure was the 'real' Fai, considering he didn't call him a nickname) was all but straddling Kurogane in an effort to get him to wake up from a nap he didn't entirely remember drifting into. Irritated, Kurogane sat up, pushing away the blond that was sitting a little too suggestively on his crotch. The other fell back pathetically, whining when his back made contact with the mattress.
"Yuui," he said pathetically, glancing over at his twin, who was standing in the doorway. Kurogane didn't like this Fai as much. He was much more childish, almost whiny. Maybe being trapped underwater for a few years stunted your emotional growth. "Did you see that? Kurogane is trying to take advantage of me!"
Kurogane's Fai smiled, raising an amused eyebrow as he replied. "Don't be silly. Kuro-pon would never make the first move." His eyes flicked over mischievously to meet Kurogane's, and the ninja saw the ghost of a smile tug at the corners of the mage's lips. "He may not look it, but he's actually very shy."
"Shut your mouth," he hissed, feeling a growing heat in his ears as he attempted to look angry. His threats almost never worked on Fai, and since he wasn't intimidated, his brother almost surely never was, either. Needless to say, Kurogane's once stellar reputation of being a fearsome alpha male was quickly dwindling with the two dumbasses around. How on earth could someone look manly with a couple of idiots like these guys?
"Who cares about that?" 'Real' Fai said, pushing himself up into a sitting position on the floor. "We're going to be late if we don't hurry, and you'd promised we'd make it this time."
"Tell that to Kuro-myu. He's the one that decided to take a nap when we needed to go."
Kurogane opened his mouth to shoot back that he'd never actually agreed to go, he'd just been volunteered, but the younger brother had seized his hand and attempted to pull the ninja to his feet before he had the chance. Kurogane's Fai watched from a safe distance, the hint of a smile still on his lips. Kurogane would've liked to slap it off, but considering the events of his all-too-recent dream, decided to keep his hands to himself.
"Come on, come on, come on!" the younger Fai said, tugging painfully on his wrist with each word. Attempting to keep a lid on his irritation, Kurogane rose to his feet on his own--an action which left the 'real' Fai toppling over from the sudden lack of resistance. Kurogane attempted to hide a smug look, folding his arms tightly over his chest.
"Just what the hell is so great about a moving picture show, anyway?" he growled, eyeing the two blonds for an answer.
"Well, you haven't seen one either, have you Kurogane?" his Fai said, stepping forward to help his brother to his feet. The other made a small, pathetic squeak once he'd regained his footing, throwing a hurt glance in Kurogane's direction. He couldn't say he was too moved by it.
"Did you ever stop and wonder why?" he asked back, and Fai's expression implied that he still had the upper hand.
"Perhaps because we've never had a chance to go?"
"Who would want to watch a movie about zombies in the first place? Aren't they just dead people?"
"Dead people..." The younger Fai said, trailing off--he seemed a bit too eager to correct Kurogane's mistake. "...Who want to eat your brains!"
While the idea of dead people who wanted to eat his brains wasn't something that Yuui himself would consider exciting, it was important to his brother, so he might as well play along. Despite the fact that he and Kurogane had managed to get over most of their differences, that didn't stop Yuui from teasing every now and then. It was so marvelous watching him bristle.
"Yeah, so what? They'd be dead again with one thrust of a blade."
"They wouldn't! They'd keep coming back up!"
"What?!" Kurogane said, allowing his arms to drop tensely to his sides and betray the fact that he was getting a little too swept away by the conversation. He huffed indignantly after a moment, sniffing as he raised his chin. "That's stupid."
"You have to destroy the brain for them to completely die!" Fai said, raising a pointer finger as he stated the fact with the most serious of tones. Yuui had to admit, it was rather amusing to watch the two of them go at it--they were both rather stubborn, though in different ways. Fai always had been more of a bookworm than Yuui, and ever since they'd started traveling together, he'd dove headfirst into what people called 'comic books'. It reminded Yuui of the samurai manga that Kurogane would read, only rather than reading about two people fight and die for honor, justice or love, Fai would read about... zombies, superheroes, and aliens. Dare he say that Fai was turning into... what was that word he'd heard before? A 'geek'?
"Then why the hell didn't you say so before?" Kurogane asked, twitching brow hinting at the annoyance he was trying to hide. "That still doesn't change the fact that I could take them out."
"No you couldn't!"
"Don't be stupid. Of course I could."
"No way! You'd be surrounded by hundreds--no, thousands of them!"
"Are you retarded?! Where the hell did all of those things come from?"
"They infect everything they bite! Don't you read, Kurogane?"
"What is this? You can't bite someone and turn them into a drooling idiot."
That was... unless you were talking about the idiot mage. But that was a comment that was best left for their private lives, Fai thought to himself. But this whole argument between the two of them was like watching kids playing a game of war and both of them having a cloak of invincibility. While amusing, it was going to make them late.
"Why don't we take this battle of manliness outside? You guys can continue on the way." "Don't worry, Kuro-pon. You'd be the first person I go to if we ever get attacked by zombies."
"I heard this movie was really scary!"
"Oh, is that so? I'm so glad we have a manly friend here to save us from it! He could probably burn the screen with his eyes, if he really wanted to."
Kurogane felt a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach as the blonds latched onto each arm and practically dragged him down the street. And even though he'd never seen one before, he could tell right now that he would come to hate scary movies. Perhaps the fact that he had two twittering blonds on either side of him chit-chatting about how scary the movie was going to be had something to do with it. Kurogane couldn't ever claim to be psychic, but he knew, deep down, that this evening would probably end with both of them snuggled with him in his bed.
Whether or not it was from supposed 'fear' was something to be determined, unfortunately.