[Darker than BLACK] [Hei/Yin] Try
Title: Try
Author/ess: akanekari-katamari
Series: Darker than BLACK
Length: 190 words, one shot
Character/pairing: Hei/Yin
Rating/warnings: K+/PG, set post-series, references to eps 13-14
Summary: Hei and Yin talk a little about their future together.
Oh, Darker than BLACK. Yeah, I fell hard for this series, what can I say. I love Hei, and I grew to love Yin…and, yeah, I kinda like them together. Even if the majority of fanfics seem to prefer other pairings, alas. Thus, I was pretty happy to find this little drabble among the rest of the fic at ff.net. Hei, Yin, after everything and without knowing where to go next.
First and foremost, this fic was in character. Which, you know, tricky. Most of the fics I’ve seen with Yin in them…oh, that was messy and a bit scary. And I sympathize, since Yin’s probably the hardest character to write in DtB - you never know if your characterization of her pushes the bar too much, or if you’re making her stoically boring, plus the series’ (season, I hope) finale gave her character room to grow…vaguely. Typically most writers go way over the bar, but this one stays well in the ‘that makes sense’ zone. And of course Hei’s very IC too, but characterization spiel aside. With very short pieces, every word counts, and I admit that I winced when the author talked about eyes with color adjectives and “orbs”. Orbs? Bad. Very bad. (I know, but…ask Dex and she’ll explain this one Naruto fic that we couldn’t stop laughing over, alas.) Otherwise, the rest of it was poignant, feeling as though each word was heavy with subtlety or meaning. A great drabble that gives the pairing just enough to be a pairing, and not too much so they’re still the Hei and Yin we know and love.
Preview:
“Love…?” She repeated.
Of course, she knew what it was. Scientifically, of course. She couldn’t remember any of her former feelings as Kirisi.
Hei turned to her, coughing and turning slightly pink.
“It’s when someone-”
“I know.” Yin cut him off. “…It won’t work.”
Author/ess: akanekari-katamari
Series: Darker than BLACK
Length: 190 words, one shot
Character/pairing: Hei/Yin
Rating/warnings: K+/PG, set post-series, references to eps 13-14
Summary: Hei and Yin talk a little about their future together.
Oh, Darker than BLACK. Yeah, I fell hard for this series, what can I say. I love Hei, and I grew to love Yin…and, yeah, I kinda like them together. Even if the majority of fanfics seem to prefer other pairings, alas. Thus, I was pretty happy to find this little drabble among the rest of the fic at ff.net. Hei, Yin, after everything and without knowing where to go next.
First and foremost, this fic was in character. Which, you know, tricky. Most of the fics I’ve seen with Yin in them…oh, that was messy and a bit scary. And I sympathize, since Yin’s probably the hardest character to write in DtB - you never know if your characterization of her pushes the bar too much, or if you’re making her stoically boring, plus the series’ (season, I hope) finale gave her character room to grow…vaguely. Typically most writers go way over the bar, but this one stays well in the ‘that makes sense’ zone. And of course Hei’s very IC too, but characterization spiel aside. With very short pieces, every word counts, and I admit that I winced when the author talked about eyes with color adjectives and “orbs”. Orbs? Bad. Very bad. (I know, but…ask Dex and she’ll explain this one Naruto fic that we couldn’t stop laughing over, alas.) Otherwise, the rest of it was poignant, feeling as though each word was heavy with subtlety or meaning. A great drabble that gives the pairing just enough to be a pairing, and not too much so they’re still the Hei and Yin we know and love.
Preview:
“Love…?” She repeated.
Of course, she knew what it was. Scientifically, of course. She couldn’t remember any of her former feelings as Kirisi.
Hei turned to her, coughing and turning slightly pink.
“It’s when someone-”
“I know.” Yin cut him off. “…It won’t work.”