Red is the color of my true love's face.

[mithrigil]

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This makes the third springkink/kinkfest prompt that refuses to lie in wait for two months before being posted.

Title: Riddle-Game
Fandom: Tokyo Babylon
Characters: Subaru, Seishirou
Words: 2900
Rating: PG. Innuendo, teasing.
Irony Cudgel Index: As far as I can tell he juggles bowling balls, but he's not good at it.

Summary: Stuck in traffic on the Haneda,

Comments

[puella_nerdii]

You already know how I feel about this one (several thousand different kinds of love), but to reiterate: LOVE.

I love the teasing in this, and how it's layered -- the riddles themselves (and their significance in relation to the canon, of course; the last riddle Subaru offers Seishirou is particularly notable in that regard), the sexual innuendo, the fact of Seishirou himself. I love how Subaru's clothing articulates his embarrassment. I love the red, and the uncertainty of light, and the uncertainty in general. It's wonderful.

And yes, the Irony Cudgel's getting one hell of a workout.

Love this, and you. <3

[mithrigil]

The love, of course, is entirely mutual. ::hugs:: I loved WRITING it, constructing it, researching it. You know that. And it is wonderful to be so thoroughly grokked.

[a_white_rain]

Haha Subaru was cute in this. You really captured his voice well.

And what's the answer to the last riddle?

[mithrigil]

鎌 kama (sickle) and 釜 kama (kettle). Kettle-kama is also okama no kama.

And thanks so much! He really is fun to write when he's more blush than angst. Or a different kind of fun, really.

[lady_venn]

Oh, unintentional (and then intentional!) innuendos. And puns. How I love grammar jokes. :P

Adorable and hot.

[mithrigil]

How I love people loving grammar jokes.

~!

[lassarina]

Neeeee, I love them flirting with riddles and wordplay and the repetition of red. So gorgeous.

[mithrigil]

thanks! It really was a pleasure to pace this out~

[intradependency]

...like he assumed Subaru meant ‘yes’ with that ‘no.’

This whole thing was such an unspeakable pleasure to read.

[mithrigil]

::laughs:: Thank you so damned kindly.