[KinKi AU] By the River Anduin
It's old, but I've been burying my head in the Lord of the Rings novels lately. One of the scenes tickled my muses into dropping KinKi in the same situation and exploring the difference in character and interaction, hence sprouted this. I suppose it can be considered an AU, but I'm afraid it might not make sense to readers unacquainted with LotR.
The original scene is between the hobbits Sam and Frodo at end of The Breaking of the Fellowship (Book II, Chapter 10) of which summary can be found here.
Please read on only if you don't mind this indulgent supposition.
Disclaimer: This writing is fictional and has no commercial purpose. Kouichi and Tsuyoshi belong to themselves. Background story alludes to the plot of the Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Pairing: None intended (love seems to be of a rather different notion in LotR verse)
Genre: AU, drama, mild fluff
Rating: G
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By the River Anduin
In a less dangerous situation this might have been amusing, but his panic had not entirely dissipated even after he found Kouichi, knowing that the momentary blunder did little to melt the painful resolution.
"Where were you going?"
Kouichi pursed his lips. "I was just walking around. You've all agreed to give me time alone to think."
Tsuyoshi calmed his panting breath and drew nearer, noting how Kouichi tried to discreetly set his bag down on the ground. "How did you think you could go on alone with such a poor sense of direction?"
Kouichi didn't seem too surprised that he'd been read through. "The hidden path led me the long way around. I would've figured it out with a bit more time."
"I found you before you could," Tsuyoshi challenged. "The Enemy could have managed the same."
"At least he wouldn't find you along with me," Kouichi murmured, as his eyes scanned the surrounding greens anxiously. The others might come back any time.
Tsuyoshi watched him for a long moment. "Leave me behind, if that will make you feel better," he said at length, making Kouichi turn a cautious look at him. "But don't go alone. There is too much darkness ahead. Let Nagase, at least, go with you. He has steady hands."
"It is almost certainly doom that I'm walking into," Kouichi replied. "He has his own responsibilities beyond that, as does each of you."
"Yet all tasks will be in vain should yours fail."
A rustling sound came from the thick of trees some distance away. They had wasted much time in argument. Kouichi grabbed his bag off the ground and hurried away from the source of the noise.
"This way," Tsuyoshi called out, and Kouichi halted. "Aren't you heading to the boats?"
On confident legs, Tsuyoshi led the way towards the brighter edge of the woods. Kouichi didn't hesitate long before he followed.
They made their way out of the forest and through the small hill. They soon saw the river, and their boats. Tsuyoshi strode on to one of them and pushed it onto the water. He waited for Kouichi to board it before getting on it himself.
Kouichi looked across the thick, strange mist. "There's a waterfall down the stream, isn't there?"
Tsuyoshi took the paddles and handed one to him. "Yes. We're going to need both our strengths to cross the current."
Kouichi held his look as the paddle changed hands. "You're not good with heights."
"I shall be fine waterborne," said Tsuyoshi. "As long as we're not about to grow wings and fly."
"That'll be mighty convenient, though," said Kouichi, and that was the last of his dissuasion attempt.
As Kouichi leant forward to row, his glance fell on the bundle inside the boat, beside Tsuyoshi's seat. "How come you have your bag ready in here?"
Looking up to observe the sky, Tsuyoshi smiled, despite the despairing shadows consuming the entire view above the land they were headed for. "I put it in this morning, thinking I might want to pass this afternoon looking out for fishes."
"There can't be any in this current," Kouichi argued.
"And yet I caught one," Tsuyoshi replied, and laughed at Kouichi's dismayed face.
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The original scene is between the hobbits Sam and Frodo at end of The Breaking of the Fellowship (Book II, Chapter 10) of which summary can be found here.
Please read on only if you don't mind this indulgent supposition.
Disclaimer: This writing is fictional and has no commercial purpose. Kouichi and Tsuyoshi belong to themselves. Background story alludes to the plot of the Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Pairing: None intended (love seems to be of a rather different notion in LotR verse)
Genre: AU, drama, mild fluff
Rating: G
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By the River Anduin
In a less dangerous situation this might have been amusing, but his panic had not entirely dissipated even after he found Kouichi, knowing that the momentary blunder did little to melt the painful resolution.
"Where were you going?"
Kouichi pursed his lips. "I was just walking around. You've all agreed to give me time alone to think."
Tsuyoshi calmed his panting breath and drew nearer, noting how Kouichi tried to discreetly set his bag down on the ground. "How did you think you could go on alone with such a poor sense of direction?"
Kouichi didn't seem too surprised that he'd been read through. "The hidden path led me the long way around. I would've figured it out with a bit more time."
"I found you before you could," Tsuyoshi challenged. "The Enemy could have managed the same."
"At least he wouldn't find you along with me," Kouichi murmured, as his eyes scanned the surrounding greens anxiously. The others might come back any time.
Tsuyoshi watched him for a long moment. "Leave me behind, if that will make you feel better," he said at length, making Kouichi turn a cautious look at him. "But don't go alone. There is too much darkness ahead. Let Nagase, at least, go with you. He has steady hands."
"It is almost certainly doom that I'm walking into," Kouichi replied. "He has his own responsibilities beyond that, as does each of you."
"Yet all tasks will be in vain should yours fail."
A rustling sound came from the thick of trees some distance away. They had wasted much time in argument. Kouichi grabbed his bag off the ground and hurried away from the source of the noise.
"This way," Tsuyoshi called out, and Kouichi halted. "Aren't you heading to the boats?"
On confident legs, Tsuyoshi led the way towards the brighter edge of the woods. Kouichi didn't hesitate long before he followed.
They made their way out of the forest and through the small hill. They soon saw the river, and their boats. Tsuyoshi strode on to one of them and pushed it onto the water. He waited for Kouichi to board it before getting on it himself.
Kouichi looked across the thick, strange mist. "There's a waterfall down the stream, isn't there?"
Tsuyoshi took the paddles and handed one to him. "Yes. We're going to need both our strengths to cross the current."
Kouichi held his look as the paddle changed hands. "You're not good with heights."
"I shall be fine waterborne," said Tsuyoshi. "As long as we're not about to grow wings and fly."
"That'll be mighty convenient, though," said Kouichi, and that was the last of his dissuasion attempt.
As Kouichi leant forward to row, his glance fell on the bundle inside the boat, beside Tsuyoshi's seat. "How come you have your bag ready in here?"
Looking up to observe the sky, Tsuyoshi smiled, despite the despairing shadows consuming the entire view above the land they were headed for. "I put it in this morning, thinking I might want to pass this afternoon looking out for fishes."
"There can't be any in this current," Kouichi argued.
"And yet I caught one," Tsuyoshi replied, and laughed at Kouichi's dismayed face.
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