More Today Than Yesterday, KKM, Hube/Nicola
Title: More Today Than Yesterday
Author: Ellie Biel
Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou
Characters/pairing: Hube/Nicola
Warnings: all I can think of is that there are spoilers for eps 23-26
Notes: Written for stagesoflove Five Senses, Stage 3 - Touch
Stage 1: Sight
Stage 2: Hearing
No one asked Hube, and he was grudgingly grateful for that, but if they had, and if he was inclined to answer, he'd have to say yes. Yes, he did miss his left eye.
He'd adapted without it; there had been little choice in the matter and despite the fact that he'd tried to find someone to best him in a duel. Only Weller, and then Gwendal, his own cousin, had been able to defeat him - and they'd have done the same even if he'd still had both eyes.
As a soldier in the army, he'd developed a warrior's instincts for anticipating danger. It was something that helped compensate for his blind spot and saved his skin even when he'd thought that was the last thing he wanted. He supposed the survival instinct had been too deeply engrained for too long.
There was no escaping the past, after all. All he could do was learn to live with the man that it had made him into.
Hube looked over at Nicola and Eru and mentally amended that thought. There was far more that he could do, and although he continued to wonder what he'd done to deserve a chance at happiness - at love - the days when he cursed all the mistakes he'd made were fewer and farther between.
Eru had seen him and was waving both arms at him wildly, her fingers grazing Nicola's chin. Even from this distance he could feel the warmth in her gaze and with long strides he joined them both, tickling Eru's jaw and smiling when she giggled at him.
Hube put his arm around Nicola's shoulders and Eru reached for his hair, tugging it lightly with another gurgle of delight. He let her play with it for a while, tolerating it even when her tugs became more enthusiastic, and finally he tapped her tiny fist with the tip of his finger.
He wasn't sure which made his heart swell with pride and happiness more, Nicola's head leaning on his shoulder, or Eru's chubby little hand curling around his finger.
Author: Ellie Biel
Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou
Characters/pairing: Hube/Nicola
Warnings: all I can think of is that there are spoilers for eps 23-26
Notes: Written for stagesoflove Five Senses, Stage 3 - Touch
Stage 1: Sight
Stage 2: Hearing
No one asked Hube, and he was grudgingly grateful for that, but if they had, and if he was inclined to answer, he'd have to say yes. Yes, he did miss his left eye.
He'd adapted without it; there had been little choice in the matter and despite the fact that he'd tried to find someone to best him in a duel. Only Weller, and then Gwendal, his own cousin, had been able to defeat him - and they'd have done the same even if he'd still had both eyes.
As a soldier in the army, he'd developed a warrior's instincts for anticipating danger. It was something that helped compensate for his blind spot and saved his skin even when he'd thought that was the last thing he wanted. He supposed the survival instinct had been too deeply engrained for too long.
There was no escaping the past, after all. All he could do was learn to live with the man that it had made him into.
Hube looked over at Nicola and Eru and mentally amended that thought. There was far more that he could do, and although he continued to wonder what he'd done to deserve a chance at happiness - at love - the days when he cursed all the mistakes he'd made were fewer and farther between.
Eru had seen him and was waving both arms at him wildly, her fingers grazing Nicola's chin. Even from this distance he could feel the warmth in her gaze and with long strides he joined them both, tickling Eru's jaw and smiling when she giggled at him.
Hube put his arm around Nicola's shoulders and Eru reached for his hair, tugging it lightly with another gurgle of delight. He let her play with it for a while, tolerating it even when her tugs became more enthusiastic, and finally he tapped her tiny fist with the tip of his finger.
He wasn't sure which made his heart swell with pride and happiness more, Nicola's head leaning on his shoulder, or Eru's chubby little hand curling around his finger.