[TRC fanfic] Nothing Like the Sun
Title: Nothing Like the Sun
Summary: Fai thinks that Kurogane is like the sun, but Kurogane cannot agree less. KuroFai.
Rating: G
Spoiler: None
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me.
Note: Written for 100_situations. Theme #74 - Fire.
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Nothing Like the Sun
By Gloomy_Gloo
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Fai woke up on a ground of dirt with the sun blazing above his face; gingerly, he lifted a hand to shield his eyes.
“About time you woke up. What were you doing sleeping in a dirty place like this?”
Fai smiled upon hearing the voice and tilted his head up to meet Kurogane’s red eyes staring down at him.
“I must have been sleepwalking!” The mage chirped before proceeding to crawl next to Kurogane’s feet.
“What are you doing, idiot? Get up already.” Kurogane was tempted to give Fai a kick in the face right then. The sight of an adult man wriggling in dirt with his clothes and hair soiled from mud, was, to say the least, abnormal.
“But, Kuro-myuu, it’s so comfortable down here! Come lie down with me, pleeeeease?”
Kurogane decided from that moment on to never relate the word “adult” with Fai again. The mage was more like an overgrown baby that clung and whined until he got his way; unfortunately, Kurogane was the parent left to babysit him.
After a good minute of Kurogane shouting, “No, I’m not going to lie in the dirt with you”, and Fai begging, “Please, pretty pleaseee, Kuro-bun”, Kurogane finally conceded with a huff.
“Gah, just shut up already!” He yelled, irritated.
Before he had met Fai, Kurogane would never have thought himself the type who might spoil his own children, or any children, for that matter; but now, catering to Fai’s every whim because the man was just too damn annoying, Kurogane wondered if he might just become another failure of a parent who would yield to his child’s every demand.
“The sun is bright today, isn’t it?” The blonde suddenly noted when Kurogane was just starting to get comfortable in his spot under the sun.
Kurogane just shrugged and tried to shut out the mage's annoying voice, but Fai continued speaking, “The sun is powerful, you know. It keeps everything alive, but it can also kill everything; it can bring to light things that are beautiful, but it can also bring to light things that want to be hidden. I’m not quite sure if I like it.”
“Sucks for you then.” Kurogane muttered with his eyes now closed to keep the sunlight out. He wondered what the other man was trying to get at.
Fai laughed at his reply and turned to face him, “You know what I do like, though?” He waited a while before answering his own question, “I like the wind; it’s kinda like me, really, having the ability to wander wherever it wants but having no place to stay.”
“Sometimes, I think you are like the sun.” He heard Fai's distant whispered, his soft words blending into the breeze, but Kurogane caught them anyway. He always did.
“I am nothing like the sun.” Kurogane said, certain. “The sun has no control over what it does, what it helps and what it kills; it just exists, burning without meaning,” he paused before continuing, “Fire, on the other hand, is different. Fire can light and warm up places the sun cannot, because while the sun can’t control the areas it reach, fire can exist where people need it. It might not have the power to help things grow, but it can consume everything and allow them to start anew.”
He opened his eyes to look at Fai, “If a person has something they want to forget, all they need to do is let the fire burn it away.” His tone was so serious that Fai couldn't find the will to laugh it off.
“But fire can still hurt if it gets too close to you- it is uncontrollable.” Fai mused, eyes not straying from Kurogane’s.
“Fire can hurt many things, but it cannot hurt the wind.” Kurogane replied simply, “The wind controls fire.”
For once, Fai was speechless at the implication of that statement. All this time, he had thought that the fire would burn him if he got too close, but really, the fire had only wanted to keep him warm.
Perhaps, it would not hurt if he got a little closer, Fai thought as he shifted so that his and Kurogane’s arms were slightly brushing against each other. After all, even as the sun disappeared into the night, the fire by his side would still be there to accompany him, always.
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My other stories for 100_situations challenge here.
Summary: Fai thinks that Kurogane is like the sun, but Kurogane cannot agree less. KuroFai.
Rating: G
Spoiler: None
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me.
Note: Written for 100_situations. Theme #74 - Fire.
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Nothing Like the Sun
By Gloomy_Gloo
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Fai woke up on a ground of dirt with the sun blazing above his face; gingerly, he lifted a hand to shield his eyes.
“About time you woke up. What were you doing sleeping in a dirty place like this?”
Fai smiled upon hearing the voice and tilted his head up to meet Kurogane’s red eyes staring down at him.
“I must have been sleepwalking!” The mage chirped before proceeding to crawl next to Kurogane’s feet.
“What are you doing, idiot? Get up already.” Kurogane was tempted to give Fai a kick in the face right then. The sight of an adult man wriggling in dirt with his clothes and hair soiled from mud, was, to say the least, abnormal.
“But, Kuro-myuu, it’s so comfortable down here! Come lie down with me, pleeeeease?”
Kurogane decided from that moment on to never relate the word “adult” with Fai again. The mage was more like an overgrown baby that clung and whined until he got his way; unfortunately, Kurogane was the parent left to babysit him.
After a good minute of Kurogane shouting, “No, I’m not going to lie in the dirt with you”, and Fai begging, “Please, pretty pleaseee, Kuro-bun”, Kurogane finally conceded with a huff.
“Gah, just shut up already!” He yelled, irritated.
Before he had met Fai, Kurogane would never have thought himself the type who might spoil his own children, or any children, for that matter; but now, catering to Fai’s every whim because the man was just too damn annoying, Kurogane wondered if he might just become another failure of a parent who would yield to his child’s every demand.
“The sun is bright today, isn’t it?” The blonde suddenly noted when Kurogane was just starting to get comfortable in his spot under the sun.
Kurogane just shrugged and tried to shut out the mage's annoying voice, but Fai continued speaking, “The sun is powerful, you know. It keeps everything alive, but it can also kill everything; it can bring to light things that are beautiful, but it can also bring to light things that want to be hidden. I’m not quite sure if I like it.”
“Sucks for you then.” Kurogane muttered with his eyes now closed to keep the sunlight out. He wondered what the other man was trying to get at.
Fai laughed at his reply and turned to face him, “You know what I do like, though?” He waited a while before answering his own question, “I like the wind; it’s kinda like me, really, having the ability to wander wherever it wants but having no place to stay.”
“Sometimes, I think you are like the sun.” He heard Fai's distant whispered, his soft words blending into the breeze, but Kurogane caught them anyway. He always did.
“I am nothing like the sun.” Kurogane said, certain. “The sun has no control over what it does, what it helps and what it kills; it just exists, burning without meaning,” he paused before continuing, “Fire, on the other hand, is different. Fire can light and warm up places the sun cannot, because while the sun can’t control the areas it reach, fire can exist where people need it. It might not have the power to help things grow, but it can consume everything and allow them to start anew.”
He opened his eyes to look at Fai, “If a person has something they want to forget, all they need to do is let the fire burn it away.” His tone was so serious that Fai couldn't find the will to laugh it off.
“But fire can still hurt if it gets too close to you- it is uncontrollable.” Fai mused, eyes not straying from Kurogane’s.
“Fire can hurt many things, but it cannot hurt the wind.” Kurogane replied simply, “The wind controls fire.”
For once, Fai was speechless at the implication of that statement. All this time, he had thought that the fire would burn him if he got too close, but really, the fire had only wanted to keep him warm.
Perhaps, it would not hurt if he got a little closer, Fai thought as he shifted so that his and Kurogane’s arms were slightly brushing against each other. After all, even as the sun disappeared into the night, the fire by his side would still be there to accompany him, always.
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My other stories for 100_situations challenge here.