cmbranford | Drabble Meme

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Drabble Meme

I put in a request on

youkai_girl's round of this meme, so here is mine.

The first five comments will get their own drabble (~100-300 words). If you request something, please put this in your own journal (unless you already have).

I don't have time to write crossover fics (and they wouldn't make sense in a drabble, anyway), so none of those. I wil not write non-canon pairings, so any pairings you want me to write must be justifiable in canon (Ichigo/Rukia can squeak by, but Ichigo/Byakuya ain't happenin', sorry). This is to make it easier for me to write short fics for fandoms that I do not normally write for. Also, don't expect too much. I can barely do anything with less than 300 words to work with, so you're not going to get anything particularly erotic.

Please be specific about what you want. Give me the series/universe you want, the characters you want to be in it and some kind of prompt about what you would like to see happen (it can be very specific, like "I want to see these two characters fight over pocky" or vague like the prompt, "stone"). If you do not give me these three pieces of information I will ignore your request until you do. If 5 other fics have been successfully requested (whether they posted before you or not) before you add the necessary information, you will be out of luck, sorry.

The fics may take me a few days to finish/post. I am very busy with work this week, so I will do them as I have time. I apologize in advance for any delays. This meme will remain active until the 5 requests are made (however long that takes: weeks, months, years...).

I will write for the following fandoms and any others not listed here that are present on my FF.net profile bio or in my interests list here at LiveJournal (on the user info page). Keep in mind that fandoms I have already written for are ones I am more comfortable with and will probably result in better fics.

Bleach
Gravitation
X/Tokyo Babylon
Any Makoto Tateno Series/Universe (Aoi Hitsuji no Yume and Steal Moon are in the same universe, for example).

**I have currently received 4 requests and have fulfilled 4 of them.**

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Here you go! ^_^

Kai and Nozomi had a strange relationship to be sure.

Discussions about the events that had brought on this tentative friendship were few and generally in passing. They usually regarded it with the phrase, "since then," and followed it with something completely unrelated. It wasn't a sore subject, just something that tended to lead down a path neither was particularly interested in and to questions neither really wanted to answer.

Nozomi didn't like talking about his time at Digital Angels or why he wore a replica of the destroyed collar and Kai didn't like discussing Maria or why neither he nor Ratri would bring themselves to kill her after everything she had done.

Neither did they ever discuss their love lives. Nozomi still couldn't be sure of the true nature of Kai's relationship with Ratri, though he presumed they loved each other even if they never showed it outright. Nozomi himself was still too embarassed by his love for Coyote to discuss it, even if he had another man with whom he could relate.

Instead, they filled their meetings sharing notes on their fighting techniques. Sometimes Kai would recount memories of his grandfather, who had taught him kung fu as a child, though Nozomi knew that it was Ratri who had taught Kai most of what he knew about fighting. In only that was Nozomi jealous of Kai, as the posessive Coyote would probably not want him to study under the boss of Saruto.

Maybe at this week's lunch he would finally ask Kai to trade martial arts lessons. If nothing else it would give him an excuse to spend more time with his new friend.

Aw... so cute. *is giddy from the cute* Also, I love how you made Nozomi think that Coyote would mind him studying with Ratri, but not with Kai.

I bet Coyote is the kind of guy who would jokingly suggest a threesome with Kai, to which Nozomi would become very angry.

I bet he would, if only to rile Nozomi up. That'd be a fun scenario.

Indeed. Nozomi would become enraged and Kai would quietly (though a little uncomfortably) laugh it off (then go have sex with Ratri).

But would he tell Ratri about it first? ^~

Probably not unless Ratri inquired about it (which he might to see Kai's reaction). Kai also seems to be a bit embarassed about his sexual relationship with another man. He blushes adorably just at the memory of things Ratri has done to him. ^_^

Aah, it's only part of his cute puppy-like charm. Also, Ratri seems to have a lovely habit of telling him important information during sex. I'm thinking he does it solely for the pleasure of seeing Kai blush (like he did in V3/Ch1) when he had to recall it. *squee*

WAIT I MEAN V2CH3?

The one where they're investigating the crime scene of the murdered council members? Indeed how deliciously cruel of Ratri. ^_^

He also does seem to embarass Kai in volume 3 chapter 1 by coming to Kai's room in the middle of the night to have sex with him. Kai looks so completely taken aback by the fact that Ratri is even there and so resistent to Ratri wanting to have sex with him there. It's so adorable (even knowing what happens next).

And then there's chapter 4 of Steal Moon where Ratri is discussing work during sex. Man, can't he leave the office discussions aside while he's pounding his uke? I know he obviously gets off on testing Kai's concentration abilities, but have a little consideration... Okay, it's great to watch, too. I admit it... ^_^

Yes, indeed that one! *giggles* Also, I absolutely adore this panel. Kai has s uch a deliciously uke expression (yay grammar o.x), which he rarely does, and somehow that increases his charm at least ten-fold.

Ratri needs to work on his boyfriend!personality more. It's obvious that's why he makes a good leader, but on the other hand, I wish he'd be nicer to Kai sometimes since he clearly does care about him.

It is indeed incredibly fun to watch. I'm sure Kai has proven himself the many times Ratri's done this, but I think that's how Ratri has his fun. (C'mon! The man looks so serious all the time, every single day. They've probably never gone out on a date even. Ratri needs to find a way to tease uke somehow~)

Edited 2008-08-25 05:21 (UTC)

Well, Ratri gets away with it because Kai acts like a total doormat sometimes. He's "happy" with whatver Ratri gives him, even when it is accompanied by humiliation (getting slapped in front of Narada) or borderline betrayal (volume 3?). It' both his noblest quality and his greatest flaw. Ratri does tend to relent, though and judging from his actions he realizes what a prize Kai is (something Kai doesn't even see in himself) and clings to him in whatever ways he can. In some ways they're truly a "stupid couple." They're both so adorably insecure about a relationship that has been completely codependent since the moment the first sleep together. ^_^

Haha. It could be such an unhealthy relationship, yet it worked out so well for them? Or at least as well as it did.

Also, stupid couples are cute. Their joint idiocy is what makes them both adorable and interesting.

Sorry about that. I closed my eyes for a minute and before I knew it, it was morning. That's what I get for going to a concert and then coming back and thinking I could check my e-mail. =P

*fell asleep in middle of conversation last night*

Indeed, it's how Tateno injects some humor into an otherwise very serious series. You'll notice there is very little of her trademark chibi use in AHnY (there's more in Steal Moon, though). Getting to see both Kai and Ratri act completely insecure about their relationship (Ratri is totally the jealous type and after Kai's initial betrayal has a hard time believing Kai actually wants to be with him and Kai doesn't believe he is useful to anyone and desperately wants to prove himself worthy of "at least" standing by Ratri's side) is hilarious.

Ah, it's okay. Besides, I still haven't replied to that stuff on the comm yet (because I'm so easily distracted. Me: ooooh Junjou kink meme *reads for three hours*!)

Tateno's chibis are so cute. I actually noticed for the first time Nozomi standing next to an Isis going, "..." and him sweatdropping. *laughs*

Ratri's jealousy is cute. I loved how he was like, grrr after Narada molested Kai and he had to keep his composure and stuff.

I'm kind of interested in a story where Kai would wake up to see a sleeping Ratri for the second time after sex. I think it'd be a very interesting premise, because I don't think we've seen them like that again until Steal Moon (at least as of the current story in AHnY...also, they seemed to have learned how to get dressed really fast, like when Nozomi called for them. I want that skill!) I thought it was very interesting that Ratri slept next to Kai the first time they did it since it would leave him so vulnerable, but I guess that was the extent of his trust in Kai? Also, because Kai had tried to kill him after that, it probably caused a lot of trust problems for Ratri afterward, so I think it'd be a sort of healing experience.

....and I might even write it myself! *cough*

Yes, distractions... *just got distracted by new HwD chapter release...*

Ratri is adorable. Even setting aside the overt possessive actions, like his angry-about-Narada sex, Ratri is incredibly insecure about his relationship with Kai. He met this great kid with a lot of potential and he spent probably months training him and getting closer to him and the moment he gets to sleep with him the guy turns out to only be interested in his sister (which by that point we can probably bet that Ratri knew "Maria" was his sister). What a way to hurt a man's ego. And we can't even fault him for keeping his distance from Kai long after the issues of the first two chapters are settled. Ratri still believed that Kai loved Maria, not him, and only stayed with him as a secondary choice (even though Kai shot his sister in favor of staying by his side). Even after they start sleeping together again (at the end of volume 1) there is no actual (only perceived) assumption of romantic interest between them (though I absolutely adored Ratri's "You should go home with 'that girl,' it'll be better for you--*kiss!*"). As Kai is the type to simply do whatever it is that Ratri asks of him, how is Ratri supposed to know what Kai really wants?

I think the thing with Nozomi happened the next morning and Ratri and Kai are simply early risers? Or maybe they had such fabulous reunited!sex that they stayed up all night doing it and then took a shower and changed right before Nozomi woke up and found Coyote gone?

I think Ratri starts his relationship with Kai under the same assumption that Maria had of him (and how she claims that like her, Ratri was also drawn to Kai's innocence/purity), that he was a genuine and trustworthy guy, which is really sweet and not that far off from the truth, but equally tragic for their early relationship. I don't get the impression that Ratri agrees to sleep in the same room with Kai after they have sex after that first time. We never see them like that, it is true, and it seemed that even through volume 2, Ratri had the habit of sending Kai away when he didn't have "use" of him.

I think it would be a great premise for a fic and you should totally write it, just like I should get around to finishing the post-Steal Moon Ratri/Kai fic I started writing last year. ^_^

What? There's a new HaruDaki release? :o *doesn't keep up* Yesterday, for me it was, "oh... I'm going to make a site for someone so she can make me a Kai icon" *points to it*

Even though Ratri is the king of Cold and Stoic, he's not very good at hiding his feelings towards Kai, is he? XD It's also kind of hard to draw the line between what is and isn't romance for them. They don't actually have the chance to go on dates (unless if you count getting shot at and blown up on a daily basis romantic... I'm pretty sure it's not, unlike what action-romance movies make it out to be), so there's a lot of interpretations in there for both of them. Does Kai follow Ratri's orders because he loves him or because he feels he needs to out of duty? Does Ratri keep bedding Kai because he perceives him as safer and easier than other men or because he wants to be with Kai? etc. There's other things too. Even though Kai chose Ratri over Maria, that doesn't necessarily mean he loves him more than her; we merely know he feels better morally to be with Ratri because Maria is a killer. (Random but interesting point: When Coyote suggests to Kai that they have sex, Kai tells Coyo that he's "too much of a solider." So he doesn't perceive Ratri to be like that?) Also, keeping Kai around brings Viharn around, so is Ratri more interested in his sister or his sister's ex?

Also, yes Ratri, great way to convince Kai to go home. I have to admit though, I still squee every time I read that scene.

I think the thing with Nozomi happened the next morning and Ratri and Kai are simply early risers? Or maybe they had such fabulous reunited!sex that they stayed up all night doing it and then took a shower and changed right before Nozomi woke up and found Coyote gone?

Oh! Oh! I vote for the latter! Though I still think they have to have awesome putting on clothes skills. I mean, if they didn't, wouldn't it be kind of awkward if they had sex and then someone needed to report something to Ratri?

I don't get the impression that Ratri agrees to sleep in the same room with Kai after they have sex after that first time. We never see them like that, it is true, and it seemed that even through volume 2, Ratri had the habit of sending Kai away when he didn't have "use" of him.

Ever again, or at least for quite a while? I think beginning volume 2 is still a little too close in time to the end of v1ch2, and by the way Ratri treats Kai, I wouldn't be surprised if he hadn't forgiven him yet. However, By the end of v3ch2, when Ratri is sleeping in the chair next to Kai's hospital bed. I mean, clearly Kai has gone through hell and back basically because Ratri told him to and is clearly not a threat to Ratri, but it's still very symbolic. The only time Ratri ever seems to be very vulnerable (even when he's hurt) is when he's sleeping, so letting Kai see him like that again is kind of... I dunno? Like giving him forgive...ness. ooh, great job Kyuu.

Also, sorry for spamming this post. I mean, I'm glad we can have this awesome conversation (in two parts, apparently) about AHnY because I love talking about it so much and exchanging theories, but I think we might potentially be scaring away other people who want to request? XD

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Well, if you had Kai as a pet, wouldn't you do that sort of thing, too? I know I would, especially knowing just how much Kai really likes it (deep down in a place he won't admit exists openly). ^_^

It's adorable that Kai is shy -- and not violently shy, but just in his own, quiet way. I think I can see why people like Viharn and Ratri like him, for wearing his heart on his sleeve and all.

Also: Kai also seems to be a bit embarassed about his sexual relationship with another man.

I'm pretty sure he's just embarassed about the sex? Also, Nozomi and Kai talking about "it" would be hilarious, even if it would never happen.

Yes, I would love to see a crackfic about it: Sex talk between Tateno Alpha ukes. I wrote a crackfic omake like that to one of my Yellow fics a while back, but those were all minor character ukes (and all completely different character types from Nozomi and Kai). I think The Uke Club, Aoi Hitsuji no Yume/Steal Moon Edition would be hilarious.

I would love to see that. I also want to see mother!Nozomi for the crack value, since he said he'd take care of the Soma and Gyokuto. Along with Coyote, they would have the most hilariously dysfunctional families ever.

Well, especially considering those two boys want to grow up and bone Nozomi. I wonder how Coyote feels about that? ^_^

He probably doesn't consider them a threat - yet. But considering how Soma grows up (from the insert at the end of volume 1), he might actually have a challenger.

Also, Soma/Gyukuto could potentially be cute, when they grow up. They're kind of young right now, but...

I think it's a pretty presumed pairing by the end of Steal Moon. Especially considering Tateno goes through the trouble of teasingly showing us what they'll look like whne they get older. It's only a few years away, too, so Coyote needs to watch out! ^_^

Hm, maybe we'll get to see more of them later in AHnY? I'm kind of curious how long this series is going to go. It's quite possible for sensei to leave it in a state of limbo with Maria alive and the "war" with Maina ongoing, but somehow that doesn't seem like a satisfactory ending, and if anything, Tateno-sensei seems to like delivering a conclusive, satisfying ending.