[Fic meme] "Five things," batch 2
I finally wrote these up! The writing seemed a little shaky at times, so please forgive me if I didn't hit characterization fair and square. This meme can be a bit challenging when you want to expand on it. *_*;
For kaeru_chan: (D.Gray-man) Five ways Allen can make Rinali laugh
1) When he eats, he uses his knife for everything sometimes. He picks up his strawberries that way and at times even bread, poking at it with the plastic butter knife until she laughs. He glances at her unsurely, clearly embarrassed, and does not tell her his story-how it became a habit after becoming an orphan, learning to treasure the smell of food without its taste to fill his stomach, being a child against starvation.
2) He plays with small bugs. He’s especially fond of ladybugs, the way they crawl on his hand of Innocence, unafraid and unaware. He wants the world to see him like that: not as a young exorcist, a killer in battle, but a boy with a different hand. Then she laughs, not because he is being ridiculous, but as she says to him, “We all know that already.”
3) The sunrays bless him tremendously. They strike at him every morning, lighting up his face and making him squint. It’s always such a subtle joy to wake him up that she briefly wishes she can do so every sunrise.
4) Allen talks about his father with fondness that only a real son can have. It is an irony that he was adopted; Mana seems so real to Rinali by the way Allen perceives him. “I used to trip all the time, trying to perform circus tricks,” he would say, and she’d smile in enchantment and let the laughs escape her mouth.
5) When they meet children as they save towns, the little ones are always doting on Allen. They’re not afraid of what his left arm looks like; they only care about the fact that he let them escape from death. They hardly know what death is like, but they know they are saved-and because they are saved, their expressions are of joy (and by watching them, the look in her eyes lightens, too).
For dsdragonster: (Fruits Basket) Five things Kyou doesn’t need to tell Tohru (because she already knows)
1) He’s scared that he’ll be left alone, locked up in the cold and never seeing the light-the light that is her, the house that he lives in with his two other relatives. He’s sitting in the corner one day, not saying anything but looking out into the evening horizon when she suddenly comes over and begins to clean up the floor. She takes one glance at him and says, “It’s going to be okay, Kyo.”
2) He had lost the watch she gave him. He felt responsible, and most of all, bad; he didn’t tell her a word until she noticed his empty wrist. Instead of getting angry or disappointed, she smiled and gifted him another.
3) He complains about Yuki sometimes against his better judgment, and though Tohru doesn’t particularly like any kind of conflict, she listens silently while peeling an apple. After he’s done huffing and puffing with a slice of apple in his mouth, she suggests, “How about going for a walk?”
4) The insecurities he lived with, lives with, and will live with, the worries and conceptual prejudice aimed at his heart, ripping, tearing. She sews the wounds up slowly but willingly, her eyes never losing that hope.
5) Her hand brushes his bracelet, the dark and light brown marbles encircling his lifelong burden. He flinches and nearly withdraws his fingers, but she looks at him in the eyes and he stops. It takes one look to realize and one look to understand.
For aoimidori: (Hana Yori Dango) Five things from the future of Tsukasa/Tsukushi
1) “I told you not to teach him how to punch!”
“You want our son to be a sissy? No way, I’m teaching him how to be a man, and that involves fists, damn it!”
“Stop. Swearing.”
“How is ‘damn’ swearing?!”
2) The first time he tried making dinner, Tsukasa failed miserably. The soup was nearly black and honestly, she didn’t want to know what was in it. He probably mixed everything together the way ‘commoners’ did in his definition, anyway. She ate a spoonful and said, “Eh, how about we order pizza?” to which he agreed, fairly mortified. But a small “Thanks for trying,” from Tsukushi made him grin all over again.
3) They argued over their wedding ring set. He wanted something spectacular, big gems that people would take notice of at once; she wanted a simple, elegant design. It was when both of them were sitting on a bench at the mall, tired of yelling and attempted reasoning, that she suddenly said, “I feel like a runaway bride.” He glanced her way sharply and retorted, “Don’t you even think about it.”
4) He had to promise her to stay awake during Soujirou’s wedding. He grumbled and kept saying how boring the ceremonies were, that even when he was marrying Tsukushi, it was difficult for his eyes to remain open. She smacked him on his shoulder and firmly stated that he could not ruin the new couple’s happiness by falling asleep, that it would cause grief for the bride (her best friend Yuuki).
5) “Where do you want to go next?”
“What? We’re not even done sightseeing Paris yet!”
“How about Venice? I think the rivers are nice there. You travel by boats and stuff, you know?”
“Hey Doumyoji, are you listening to me? I said-”
“Ah-ah. When I said I would take you to Europe, I meant we do it my way.”
“But it’s like speed-traveling! I want to see more in detail. The cities, the environment, the culture…”
“Good. We can come again next time then.”
For zauberer_sirin: (One Piece) Five things that made Robin fall in love with Sanji
1) His back-the way his back looks in the kitchen whenever she looks through the small window by the door, firm and intact, fixed on his passion. She can bet the life of the entire crew on the line that he’s adding spices again to her dish. What part of Asia is this from? She will ask, and he will give her the name of the town.
2) He may not be the most loyal and faithful lover (of course, she doesn’t realize the hidden devotion he sets aside for her, if only because he’s so good at keeping it hidden) but he is the most graceful. When she says graceful, she means suave and well-mannered; she also means that his emotions are raw and palpable, real to the touch of his voice. He cannot bring himself to lie or let the woman become unprotected. And though she claims she does not need any saving, he keeps coming back with more things to say, like “you are a part of us” and “don’t you miss the coffee I used to make for you?” She’s standing on the bridge to agony in the city of Water Seven and his love is so young and clear that she knows his way of loving is refined.
3) His dreams are an inevitable part of him. He is a grown man who still believes in All Blue and he makes her feel so old, patched up like an incurable wound. He is fresh; she is worn. He makes fantasies; she remembers memories. He moves forward; she stays still. What she knows, if not all, is when there comes a time he decides to pull her inside his wagon of childhood reverie, she will gladly join him and take a seat.
4) He never truly worries. His philosophy stands, ‘life goes on, so move along.’ He’s almost as carefree as the ship’s Captain, but in a more careful way, as if letting his untroubled side show is a dangerous risk. She supposes he wants to look reposed, but not overly so. The truth is that she fails to see any intensity in him, except when he fights, protects, and does what is right; when he is doing such things, his strength appears so prominently that she has to blink back her surprise.
5) How can you love him? How can you, but how can you not? He makes her understand that a person can’t answer her own questions sometimes. He teaches her a new feeling of passion instead, the fervent gaze he looks at her with giving her the words he will say.
For kaeru_chan: (D.Gray-man) Five ways Allen can make Rinali laugh
1) When he eats, he uses his knife for everything sometimes. He picks up his strawberries that way and at times even bread, poking at it with the plastic butter knife until she laughs. He glances at her unsurely, clearly embarrassed, and does not tell her his story-how it became a habit after becoming an orphan, learning to treasure the smell of food without its taste to fill his stomach, being a child against starvation.
2) He plays with small bugs. He’s especially fond of ladybugs, the way they crawl on his hand of Innocence, unafraid and unaware. He wants the world to see him like that: not as a young exorcist, a killer in battle, but a boy with a different hand. Then she laughs, not because he is being ridiculous, but as she says to him, “We all know that already.”
3) The sunrays bless him tremendously. They strike at him every morning, lighting up his face and making him squint. It’s always such a subtle joy to wake him up that she briefly wishes she can do so every sunrise.
4) Allen talks about his father with fondness that only a real son can have. It is an irony that he was adopted; Mana seems so real to Rinali by the way Allen perceives him. “I used to trip all the time, trying to perform circus tricks,” he would say, and she’d smile in enchantment and let the laughs escape her mouth.
5) When they meet children as they save towns, the little ones are always doting on Allen. They’re not afraid of what his left arm looks like; they only care about the fact that he let them escape from death. They hardly know what death is like, but they know they are saved-and because they are saved, their expressions are of joy (and by watching them, the look in her eyes lightens, too).
For dsdragonster: (Fruits Basket) Five things Kyou doesn’t need to tell Tohru (because she already knows)
1) He’s scared that he’ll be left alone, locked up in the cold and never seeing the light-the light that is her, the house that he lives in with his two other relatives. He’s sitting in the corner one day, not saying anything but looking out into the evening horizon when she suddenly comes over and begins to clean up the floor. She takes one glance at him and says, “It’s going to be okay, Kyo.”
2) He had lost the watch she gave him. He felt responsible, and most of all, bad; he didn’t tell her a word until she noticed his empty wrist. Instead of getting angry or disappointed, she smiled and gifted him another.
3) He complains about Yuki sometimes against his better judgment, and though Tohru doesn’t particularly like any kind of conflict, she listens silently while peeling an apple. After he’s done huffing and puffing with a slice of apple in his mouth, she suggests, “How about going for a walk?”
4) The insecurities he lived with, lives with, and will live with, the worries and conceptual prejudice aimed at his heart, ripping, tearing. She sews the wounds up slowly but willingly, her eyes never losing that hope.
5) Her hand brushes his bracelet, the dark and light brown marbles encircling his lifelong burden. He flinches and nearly withdraws his fingers, but she looks at him in the eyes and he stops. It takes one look to realize and one look to understand.
For aoimidori: (Hana Yori Dango) Five things from the future of Tsukasa/Tsukushi
1) “I told you not to teach him how to punch!”
“You want our son to be a sissy? No way, I’m teaching him how to be a man, and that involves fists, damn it!”
“Stop. Swearing.”
“How is ‘damn’ swearing?!”
2) The first time he tried making dinner, Tsukasa failed miserably. The soup was nearly black and honestly, she didn’t want to know what was in it. He probably mixed everything together the way ‘commoners’ did in his definition, anyway. She ate a spoonful and said, “Eh, how about we order pizza?” to which he agreed, fairly mortified. But a small “Thanks for trying,” from Tsukushi made him grin all over again.
3) They argued over their wedding ring set. He wanted something spectacular, big gems that people would take notice of at once; she wanted a simple, elegant design. It was when both of them were sitting on a bench at the mall, tired of yelling and attempted reasoning, that she suddenly said, “I feel like a runaway bride.” He glanced her way sharply and retorted, “Don’t you even think about it.”
4) He had to promise her to stay awake during Soujirou’s wedding. He grumbled and kept saying how boring the ceremonies were, that even when he was marrying Tsukushi, it was difficult for his eyes to remain open. She smacked him on his shoulder and firmly stated that he could not ruin the new couple’s happiness by falling asleep, that it would cause grief for the bride (her best friend Yuuki).
5) “Where do you want to go next?”
“What? We’re not even done sightseeing Paris yet!”
“How about Venice? I think the rivers are nice there. You travel by boats and stuff, you know?”
“Hey Doumyoji, are you listening to me? I said-”
“Ah-ah. When I said I would take you to Europe, I meant we do it my way.”
“But it’s like speed-traveling! I want to see more in detail. The cities, the environment, the culture…”
“Good. We can come again next time then.”
For zauberer_sirin: (One Piece) Five things that made Robin fall in love with Sanji
1) His back-the way his back looks in the kitchen whenever she looks through the small window by the door, firm and intact, fixed on his passion. She can bet the life of the entire crew on the line that he’s adding spices again to her dish. What part of Asia is this from? She will ask, and he will give her the name of the town.
2) He may not be the most loyal and faithful lover (of course, she doesn’t realize the hidden devotion he sets aside for her, if only because he’s so good at keeping it hidden) but he is the most graceful. When she says graceful, she means suave and well-mannered; she also means that his emotions are raw and palpable, real to the touch of his voice. He cannot bring himself to lie or let the woman become unprotected. And though she claims she does not need any saving, he keeps coming back with more things to say, like “you are a part of us” and “don’t you miss the coffee I used to make for you?” She’s standing on the bridge to agony in the city of Water Seven and his love is so young and clear that she knows his way of loving is refined.
3) His dreams are an inevitable part of him. He is a grown man who still believes in All Blue and he makes her feel so old, patched up like an incurable wound. He is fresh; she is worn. He makes fantasies; she remembers memories. He moves forward; she stays still. What she knows, if not all, is when there comes a time he decides to pull her inside his wagon of childhood reverie, she will gladly join him and take a seat.
4) He never truly worries. His philosophy stands, ‘life goes on, so move along.’ He’s almost as carefree as the ship’s Captain, but in a more careful way, as if letting his untroubled side show is a dangerous risk. She supposes he wants to look reposed, but not overly so. The truth is that she fails to see any intensity in him, except when he fights, protects, and does what is right; when he is doing such things, his strength appears so prominently that she has to blink back her surprise.
5) How can you love him? How can you, but how can you not? He makes her understand that a person can’t answer her own questions sometimes. He teaches her a new feeling of passion instead, the fervent gaze he looks at her with giving her the words he will say.