Hikaru no Go [AkiHika] Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
Title: Envy
Author: hostilecrayon
Rating: G
Theme: Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
Notes: Hikaru POV. Written for the Seven Deadly Sins StagesofLove LJ community Challenge: Envy.
Envy
Touya Akira is an amazing person. He has determination, strength and talent running through his veins. He shines in everything he does, and his dedication is more than admirable. People can’t help but take notice wherever he goes.
He has more than his share of admirers. People look up to the cool, collected Touya 5-dan. Many people enter the Go world striving to become his rival.
They are disappointed when they find they are no match for him. They could never be his rival. Can’t they see? It’s only me. It always has been. No one can take that away from me. I refuse to let them.
But still, I also envy Touya. Level-headed and both loved and feared, he is considered the star of the rising Go world. Slowly, I am being recognized, but to many, Touya still stands alone.
I envy that spotlight.
It’s not that I want to take it from him. It’s just that Touya is always compared to his father and to Ogata. They say Touya is on his way to being on the same level as the highest players in the Go world.
I don’t want them to say that. I want them to say that Touya Akira and Shindou Hikaru are on the same level. I want them to recognize that we rise together. I envy the spotlight only because Touya’s alone in it. I want to be part of it. I want to be part of him.
It’s me that he loses his cool façade with. It’s me who he runs from. It’s me who fills his afternoons. It’s been about both of us since I came to the Go world.
When will they recognize that there is no him without me; that there is no me without him? We are the future. Together, we will make history. We cannot thrive alone.
I need him.
Author: hostilecrayon
Rating: G
Theme: Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
Notes: Hikaru POV. Written for the Seven Deadly Sins StagesofLove LJ community Challenge: Envy.
Envy
Touya Akira is an amazing person. He has determination, strength and talent running through his veins. He shines in everything he does, and his dedication is more than admirable. People can’t help but take notice wherever he goes.
He has more than his share of admirers. People look up to the cool, collected Touya 5-dan. Many people enter the Go world striving to become his rival.
They are disappointed when they find they are no match for him. They could never be his rival. Can’t they see? It’s only me. It always has been. No one can take that away from me. I refuse to let them.
But still, I also envy Touya. Level-headed and both loved and feared, he is considered the star of the rising Go world. Slowly, I am being recognized, but to many, Touya still stands alone.
I envy that spotlight.
It’s not that I want to take it from him. It’s just that Touya is always compared to his father and to Ogata. They say Touya is on his way to being on the same level as the highest players in the Go world.
I don’t want them to say that. I want them to say that Touya Akira and Shindou Hikaru are on the same level. I want them to recognize that we rise together. I envy the spotlight only because Touya’s alone in it. I want to be part of it. I want to be part of him.
It’s me that he loses his cool façade with. It’s me who he runs from. It’s me who fills his afternoons. It’s been about both of us since I came to the Go world.
When will they recognize that there is no him without me; that there is no me without him? We are the future. Together, we will make history. We cannot thrive alone.
I need him.