Impatience
Fandom: FFVIII
Pairing: Quistis/Xu, but implied Kadowaki/Quistis
Rating: R
Prompt: Taboo
Word Count: 500
Note: Since the prompt is taboo, I took something from canon that could easily be twisted. For this one, it's how much time two characters spend with Quistis and how that could be interpreted. If you pay attention to the relationships in the Card Club in Balamb Garden, then you'll see the very distinct similarities between Kadowaki and Xu. There are a couple of things that one could consider taboo in this drabble, so let's see if anyone wants to guess at them. They're pretty damned obvious, but I'm curious to see what people might say.
"She did what now?"
Quistis teasingly drummed her fingers along Xu's ribs before she began rubbing her back in earnest. "She taught me how to play cards."
"Is that a euphemism for something?"
One rib, two ribs, three ribs, four. Hm. Xu exercised too much. Quistis decided that she needed to eat a little better. She would make certain that she did once she finished the massage. Of course, if Xu still wondered about silly euphemisms after that...
"No, silly. She really did teach me how to play."
"I thought..."
Quistis pressed harder once she reached Xu's hips.
"Thought what?"
Muscles trembled under tanned skin. Quistis frowned. She didn't like the way Xu pushed herself sometimes and she really didn't like the way she winced at such simple contact.
"Well, you know..."
Xu closed her eyes when Quistis' fingers started to move in slow, gentle circles. She hadn't meant to overdo it at the gym, but sometimes she felt very inadequate. A few more laps at the pool, a few extra miles on the treadmill, a few more crunches. It was never enough, though. If she hadn't loved Quistis the way she did, she would have hated her. Nothing was ever enough. Not for women like her, even when Quistis made it seem like it was.
"Know what?"
"Uh, you know how she used to look at you, so..."
Quistis laughed. "She didn't molest me, if that's what has you so worried."
Xu laughed with her. What else could she do? She was painfully transparent sometimes. "That's not what I..."
Leaning forward and pressing her lips against Xu's shoulder, she mumbled, "She wanted to, though."
"She what?!"
Quistis worked her fingers into the soft skin just under Xu's hairline. She lovingly stroked the dark down on the nape of her neck and purred, "Oh yes. Not at first, I don't think. After I beat her in cards that day she treated me with a little more respect, but even then it was a few years before I noticed the difference. It took me quite a while to figure out why she always insisted I assist her after class, but one day she..."
Xu rolled onto her side so she could see those blue eyes she adored so much. "What did she do?"
"She touched my shoulder."
"That's it?"
Quistis shrugged. "You wouldn't say that if you had seen her face that afternoon."
Was that shame in her voice? Surely not.
"How could you tell that she..."
"That she wanted me?"
Xu didn't want to know, but her silence was mistaken for permission to continue.
"Well, it was just little things. She'd watch me while I was filing her paperwork, almost the same way you stare at me sometimes."
Kadowaki was a vile, disgusting woman to fall in love with such a young girl, but that made Xu wonder about herself. Three years older than Quistis, she had impatiently waited for her eighteenth birthday.
It appeared she wasn't the only one.
Pairing: Quistis/Xu, but implied Kadowaki/Quistis
Rating: R
Prompt: Taboo
Word Count: 500
Note: Since the prompt is taboo, I took something from canon that could easily be twisted. For this one, it's how much time two characters spend with Quistis and how that could be interpreted. If you pay attention to the relationships in the Card Club in Balamb Garden, then you'll see the very distinct similarities between Kadowaki and Xu. There are a couple of things that one could consider taboo in this drabble, so let's see if anyone wants to guess at them. They're pretty damned obvious, but I'm curious to see what people might say.
"She did what now?"
Quistis teasingly drummed her fingers along Xu's ribs before she began rubbing her back in earnest. "She taught me how to play cards."
"Is that a euphemism for something?"
One rib, two ribs, three ribs, four. Hm. Xu exercised too much. Quistis decided that she needed to eat a little better. She would make certain that she did once she finished the massage. Of course, if Xu still wondered about silly euphemisms after that...
"No, silly. She really did teach me how to play."
"I thought..."
Quistis pressed harder once she reached Xu's hips.
"Thought what?"
Muscles trembled under tanned skin. Quistis frowned. She didn't like the way Xu pushed herself sometimes and she really didn't like the way she winced at such simple contact.
"Well, you know..."
Xu closed her eyes when Quistis' fingers started to move in slow, gentle circles. She hadn't meant to overdo it at the gym, but sometimes she felt very inadequate. A few more laps at the pool, a few extra miles on the treadmill, a few more crunches. It was never enough, though. If she hadn't loved Quistis the way she did, she would have hated her. Nothing was ever enough. Not for women like her, even when Quistis made it seem like it was.
"Know what?"
"Uh, you know how she used to look at you, so..."
Quistis laughed. "She didn't molest me, if that's what has you so worried."
Xu laughed with her. What else could she do? She was painfully transparent sometimes. "That's not what I..."
Leaning forward and pressing her lips against Xu's shoulder, she mumbled, "She wanted to, though."
"She what?!"
Quistis worked her fingers into the soft skin just under Xu's hairline. She lovingly stroked the dark down on the nape of her neck and purred, "Oh yes. Not at first, I don't think. After I beat her in cards that day she treated me with a little more respect, but even then it was a few years before I noticed the difference. It took me quite a while to figure out why she always insisted I assist her after class, but one day she..."
Xu rolled onto her side so she could see those blue eyes she adored so much. "What did she do?"
"She touched my shoulder."
"That's it?"
Quistis shrugged. "You wouldn't say that if you had seen her face that afternoon."
Was that shame in her voice? Surely not.
"How could you tell that she..."
"That she wanted me?"
Xu didn't want to know, but her silence was mistaken for permission to continue.
"Well, it was just little things. She'd watch me while I was filing her paperwork, almost the same way you stare at me sometimes."
Kadowaki was a vile, disgusting woman to fall in love with such a young girl, but that made Xu wonder about herself. Three years older than Quistis, she had impatiently waited for her eighteenth birthday.
It appeared she wasn't the only one.