Nurarihyon Drabble: A Moment
Title: A Moment (Standing Forever Still)
Author: lifelink
Fandom: Nurarihyon no Mago
Rating: PG
Words: 387
Genre: Gen
Summary: Eternity exists but within our minds. Seimei and his mother, before the end begins.
Notes: For pen_over_fist . Again, sorry this is really short. No Japanese terms in here because I just really don't like the mix. Kuzunoha is the name of Abe no Seimei's mother historically. There is also a bit of allusion to her folklore which can be explained through this wikipedia article. The title is based off a quote by James Montgomery. Do enjoy~
He visits her on days like this, when the moon is dark in the sky, just a sliver peeking young from behind the clouds. It's not often that he comes here anymore, her beloved Seimei, but she looks forward to the visits with her full heart. A fox has eternity and she is but still a child; she can wait as long as it takes.
Her son is smiling at her this time, nothing as cruel as the turns his lips will take towards the people of his city, but something warm and bright. It reminds her of a young Seimei, before everything, before she was found out. Before she was forced to leave his side. Now, however, she has no cares about this, no more worry, and thusly lets her tail rest warm against his back as she pulls him closer.
“And what has made you so happy, my dear Seimei?” She asks softly into his hair, letting each strand tickle lightly at her face.
He laughs, low and smooth, letting her go in order to pick up the thick box he had brought with him and places it in her arms.
She opens the package carefully, unwrapping the thick cloth to get at smooth wood and what is beneath.
“It is a robe, mother. I saw it hanging in the shops at the capital and thought of nothing but you.” Seimei breathes into the night, his eyes narrow and dark, but she doesn't notice. How can she possibly when the world is beautifully inlaid on rich fabric, when her fingers can only feel soft cloth and not her rough commoner's clothing.
She holds the garment close and doesn't let go.
(In later years she will be called the robed fox and she will rip and rend and tear at the world with all her might. She will steal away smiles, she will bring purpose, she will kill because she will finally know the truth of her place. But for now she is just herself, just Kuzunoha, just Seimei's mother sitting with him in her creaking shack, breathing in his scent on gifted embroidered silk, and wishing days like this could last forever.)
The next time he visits, she lets him in with a smile as a storm brews outside and listens to the fall of his words as he speaks to her of infinity.
Author: lifelink
Fandom: Nurarihyon no Mago
Rating: PG
Words: 387
Genre: Gen
Summary: Eternity exists but within our minds. Seimei and his mother, before the end begins.
Notes: For pen_over_fist . Again, sorry this is really short. No Japanese terms in here because I just really don't like the mix. Kuzunoha is the name of Abe no Seimei's mother historically. There is also a bit of allusion to her folklore which can be explained through this wikipedia article. The title is based off a quote by James Montgomery. Do enjoy~
He visits her on days like this, when the moon is dark in the sky, just a sliver peeking young from behind the clouds. It's not often that he comes here anymore, her beloved Seimei, but she looks forward to the visits with her full heart. A fox has eternity and she is but still a child; she can wait as long as it takes.
Her son is smiling at her this time, nothing as cruel as the turns his lips will take towards the people of his city, but something warm and bright. It reminds her of a young Seimei, before everything, before she was found out. Before she was forced to leave his side. Now, however, she has no cares about this, no more worry, and thusly lets her tail rest warm against his back as she pulls him closer.
“And what has made you so happy, my dear Seimei?” She asks softly into his hair, letting each strand tickle lightly at her face.
He laughs, low and smooth, letting her go in order to pick up the thick box he had brought with him and places it in her arms.
She opens the package carefully, unwrapping the thick cloth to get at smooth wood and what is beneath.
“It is a robe, mother. I saw it hanging in the shops at the capital and thought of nothing but you.” Seimei breathes into the night, his eyes narrow and dark, but she doesn't notice. How can she possibly when the world is beautifully inlaid on rich fabric, when her fingers can only feel soft cloth and not her rough commoner's clothing.
She holds the garment close and doesn't let go.
(In later years she will be called the robed fox and she will rip and rend and tear at the world with all her might. She will steal away smiles, she will bring purpose, she will kill because she will finally know the truth of her place. But for now she is just herself, just Kuzunoha, just Seimei's mother sitting with him in her creaking shack, breathing in his scent on gifted embroidered silk, and wishing days like this could last forever.)
The next time he visits, she lets him in with a smile as a storm brews outside and listens to the fall of his words as he speaks to her of infinity.