[drabble123] [heart no kuni] Prompts 04. Long dark night of the soul, 07. A midnight clear
Title: Long Dark Night of the Soul
Author: spicy_diamond
Fandom: Heart no Kuni no Alice
Characters: Alice Liddell
Table: In the Dark
Prompt: 04. Long dark night of the soul
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: drabble123
Summary: [Joker, Joker / Alice] Heads I win, tails you lose.
Word Count: 200
Author's Notes: I freakin' swear. On some of the routes in Joker Alice will be completely minding her own business... and then suddenly she'll be in the prison for no apparent reason again.
Alice was halfway to her room when the carpet under her feet warped unnaturally into stone and sent her stumbling to the ground in what was becoming an all too familiar pattern.
“Well, well, what have we here?” Joker leaned over the fallen girl. Gaze deliberately dropping down to take in her flimsy nightgown, he gave a wide, leering smirk. ”Come to visit me again, did you?”
“Hardly.” Cursing under her breath, Alice pushed herself up off the ground. Her arms crossed defensively over her chest. “I didn't come to visit either of you, Black-san.”
“Don't call me that.” He sneered at the nickname, narrowing his good eye. “We're not as separate as you like to think we are.”
“Really, just two sides of the same coin then?”
“Fucking, smart ass.” Joker gave her an almost amused look. “So? Heads or tails? Have you've figured out yet which side of the coin I am?”
“You,” Alice declared flatly. “Are just as crazy as everyone else in this world.”
His dry cackle echoed eerily off of the prison's stone walls.
“And yet you just can't stay away, can you?”
Title: A Midnight Clear
Author: spicy_diamond
Fandom: Heart no Kuni no Alice
Characters: Alice Liddell
Table: In the Dark
Prompt: 07. A midnight clear
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: drabble123
Summary: [Heart. Blood / Alice] Blood was always fond of late nights.
Word Count: 200
“Here it is such a lovely night out, that must truly be an interesting book to hold your attention so unwaveringly.” A sigh and a slight shift of movement were the only warnings Alice had before the tip of Blood's crane tapped lightly at the top of her novel, forcing her to set it down as Blood drew her attention back to himself. “I'm almost jealous.”
Alice blinked up at the mafia boss in surprise before flushing.
“Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you.” She apologized, glancing quickly around the office in concern. “Did you need me for something?”
“Really, I wonder...”
Shaking his head lazily, he sighed again. Cane casually set aside. He eased down onto the couch, trapping Alice against the cushions.
The book fell to the floor with a thud.
“Blood?” Her voice pitched uncomfortably. “What are you...”
“Need is such a loaded word, wouldn't you agree Ojou-san?”
She flushed again, more frustrated than embarrassed this time. But, seemingly anticipating her forming protest, Blood captured her hands. Brushing a slow kiss over the fluttering pulse point at her wrist, he smirked.
“But, if you're willing to indulge me...”
Author: spicy_diamond
Fandom: Heart no Kuni no Alice
Characters: Alice Liddell
Table: In the Dark
Prompt: 04. Long dark night of the soul
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: drabble123
Summary: [Joker, Joker / Alice] Heads I win, tails you lose.
Word Count: 200
Author's Notes: I freakin' swear. On some of the routes in Joker Alice will be completely minding her own business... and then suddenly she'll be in the prison for no apparent reason again.
Alice was halfway to her room when the carpet under her feet warped unnaturally into stone and sent her stumbling to the ground in what was becoming an all too familiar pattern.
“Well, well, what have we here?” Joker leaned over the fallen girl. Gaze deliberately dropping down to take in her flimsy nightgown, he gave a wide, leering smirk. ”Come to visit me again, did you?”
“Hardly.” Cursing under her breath, Alice pushed herself up off the ground. Her arms crossed defensively over her chest. “I didn't come to visit either of you, Black-san.”
“Don't call me that.” He sneered at the nickname, narrowing his good eye. “We're not as separate as you like to think we are.”
“Really, just two sides of the same coin then?”
“Fucking, smart ass.” Joker gave her an almost amused look. “So? Heads or tails? Have you've figured out yet which side of the coin I am?”
“You,” Alice declared flatly. “Are just as crazy as everyone else in this world.”
His dry cackle echoed eerily off of the prison's stone walls.
“And yet you just can't stay away, can you?”
Title: A Midnight Clear
Author: spicy_diamond
Fandom: Heart no Kuni no Alice
Characters: Alice Liddell
Table: In the Dark
Prompt: 07. A midnight clear
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: drabble123
Summary: [Heart. Blood / Alice] Blood was always fond of late nights.
Word Count: 200
“Here it is such a lovely night out, that must truly be an interesting book to hold your attention so unwaveringly.” A sigh and a slight shift of movement were the only warnings Alice had before the tip of Blood's crane tapped lightly at the top of her novel, forcing her to set it down as Blood drew her attention back to himself. “I'm almost jealous.”
Alice blinked up at the mafia boss in surprise before flushing.
“Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you.” She apologized, glancing quickly around the office in concern. “Did you need me for something?”
“Really, I wonder...”
Shaking his head lazily, he sighed again. Cane casually set aside. He eased down onto the couch, trapping Alice against the cushions.
The book fell to the floor with a thud.
“Blood?” Her voice pitched uncomfortably. “What are you...”
“Need is such a loaded word, wouldn't you agree Ojou-san?”
She flushed again, more frustrated than embarrassed this time. But, seemingly anticipating her forming protest, Blood captured her hands. Brushing a slow kiss over the fluttering pulse point at her wrist, he smirked.
“But, if you're willing to indulge me...”