[fic] ShizNat Drabble Cycle #23-26
Thank you to everyone who has left a comment. Hopefully I'll get around to responding to these in the future, but for now it's good to note that writing drabbles really late at night is probably not the best idea. That being said, these might be a little wonky.
"Hold on / Hold on to yourself / You know that only time will tell / What is it in me that refuses to believe / This isn’t easier than the real thing" (Hold On, Sarah McLachlan)
Previous installments: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-22
23
A glance around the locker room, a sudden impulse to take a second look, a peek out of the corner of her eye-it all began with a little curiosity. It wasn’t like she hadn’t seen it all before, but that she was looking at everyone in a new light. Was he “cute”? Was she “pretty?” Natsuki had never really assessed people like that. Sometimes she blushed when she realized what she was thinking; sometimes she blushed because she felt a little jealous. But always she wondered:
What had Shizuru seen in her? What did she see that she wanted?
24
Shizuru never tired of looking at Natsuki. Years of watching, touching, studying, and daydreaming about her had given Shizuru an amazing intimacy with her body. Few people knew that Natsuki had the tiniest of beauty marks hidden behind her left ear or that her skin bore the faint and diminished scars of her fateful accident. Few knew how painfully honest that face could be or how her pride masked vulnerability. Yet only Shizuru’s eyes could peel away Natsuki’s clothes, alight at the thought of what lingerie lurked beneath-in the same dreams which Shizuru gently kissed all those hurts away.
25
Mai accomplished the impossible and taught Natsuki how to cook. It was a long, trying ordeal, with lessons even about cracking eggs, that almost wrung tears of joy from Mai when Natsuki first produced an edible omelet. What Mai didn’t know and what Natsuki didn’t tell her when she blushingly mumbled a request for Mai’s help, was that Natsuki had nearly sent herself and Shizuru to the hospital with an impromptu Saturday night dinner. With one bite.
Shizuru had teasingly laughed then, but one successful retry later, could only gaze at Natsuki with not only surprise, but pride and gratitude.
26
Shizuru touched her so frequently that Natsuki came to expect the hugs from behind, a teasing hand on her arm, even the occasional straightening of her collar. She absorbed Shizuru’s smiles, her laughter, her moments of amusement hidden behind a hand, her sly comments and cheeky jokes. But sometimes Natsuki wondered what it would be like to touch her, to just lean against her one day while they were sitting side by side or come up behind her and place a hand on her shoulder for no reason.
These thoughts scared her though. She wasn’t ready to face Shizuru’s surprise.
Notes: Again, thank you to everyone reading and leaving comments. I won't guarantee you won't hate me by the end of this project (if it sees an end) or that you'll get any satisfaction from this. In other words, in order to cover my ass, I'm not making any promises. =) Shizuru and Natsuki have not actually gotten together in my head yet (I mean, the series of events that would lead to them getting together--it doesn't take much to inspire smutty thoughts) and this really is an experiment to see if I, fighting my logic, can get them there. If my brain does decide it should happen, I'd like them to be on very good terms, and so I think there are a few things that need to happen for both of them in their own growth as well as in their relationship, which is why there are really random drabbles that seem to come out of the blue.
Also, I don't write the drabbles thematically, so if there are drabbles that "feel out of place" it's just that those ended up being more random than the others. They do fit into a vague timeline (some things lead to other ones), but otherwise they can stand alone for the most part.
Oh yeah, fluff! Fluff... well, if I ever get them together, I can probably say there'll be a lot of pointless fluff. It's the getting there that's the hard part. But don't hate me too much for what I'm going to do in between, ok? Ok? *hides*
(Did I forget to address any other questions or concerns?)
"Hold on / Hold on to yourself / You know that only time will tell / What is it in me that refuses to believe / This isn’t easier than the real thing" (Hold On, Sarah McLachlan)
Previous installments: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-22
23
A glance around the locker room, a sudden impulse to take a second look, a peek out of the corner of her eye-it all began with a little curiosity. It wasn’t like she hadn’t seen it all before, but that she was looking at everyone in a new light. Was he “cute”? Was she “pretty?” Natsuki had never really assessed people like that. Sometimes she blushed when she realized what she was thinking; sometimes she blushed because she felt a little jealous. But always she wondered:
What had Shizuru seen in her? What did she see that she wanted?
24
Shizuru never tired of looking at Natsuki. Years of watching, touching, studying, and daydreaming about her had given Shizuru an amazing intimacy with her body. Few people knew that Natsuki had the tiniest of beauty marks hidden behind her left ear or that her skin bore the faint and diminished scars of her fateful accident. Few knew how painfully honest that face could be or how her pride masked vulnerability. Yet only Shizuru’s eyes could peel away Natsuki’s clothes, alight at the thought of what lingerie lurked beneath-in the same dreams which Shizuru gently kissed all those hurts away.
25
Mai accomplished the impossible and taught Natsuki how to cook. It was a long, trying ordeal, with lessons even about cracking eggs, that almost wrung tears of joy from Mai when Natsuki first produced an edible omelet. What Mai didn’t know and what Natsuki didn’t tell her when she blushingly mumbled a request for Mai’s help, was that Natsuki had nearly sent herself and Shizuru to the hospital with an impromptu Saturday night dinner. With one bite.
Shizuru had teasingly laughed then, but one successful retry later, could only gaze at Natsuki with not only surprise, but pride and gratitude.
26
Shizuru touched her so frequently that Natsuki came to expect the hugs from behind, a teasing hand on her arm, even the occasional straightening of her collar. She absorbed Shizuru’s smiles, her laughter, her moments of amusement hidden behind a hand, her sly comments and cheeky jokes. But sometimes Natsuki wondered what it would be like to touch her, to just lean against her one day while they were sitting side by side or come up behind her and place a hand on her shoulder for no reason.
These thoughts scared her though. She wasn’t ready to face Shizuru’s surprise.
Notes: Again, thank you to everyone reading and leaving comments. I won't guarantee you won't hate me by the end of this project (if it sees an end) or that you'll get any satisfaction from this. In other words, in order to cover my ass, I'm not making any promises. =) Shizuru and Natsuki have not actually gotten together in my head yet (I mean, the series of events that would lead to them getting together--it doesn't take much to inspire smutty thoughts) and this really is an experiment to see if I, fighting my logic, can get them there. If my brain does decide it should happen, I'd like them to be on very good terms, and so I think there are a few things that need to happen for both of them in their own growth as well as in their relationship, which is why there are really random drabbles that seem to come out of the blue.
Also, I don't write the drabbles thematically, so if there are drabbles that "feel out of place" it's just that those ended up being more random than the others. They do fit into a vague timeline (some things lead to other ones), but otherwise they can stand alone for the most part.
Oh yeah, fluff! Fluff... well, if I ever get them together, I can probably say there'll be a lot of pointless fluff. It's the getting there that's the hard part. But don't hate me too much for what I'm going to do in between, ok? Ok? *hides*
(Did I forget to address any other questions or concerns?)