Domestic Moments Among the Exquisite Dead [POT, vampire!au: Yanagi, Kirihara]
title: v. Domestic moments among the exquisite dead
fandom: Prince of Tennis
characters: vamp!Yanagi, vamp!Kirihara)
prompt: From vacivity: Five ficlets, each focusing on a different characters, set in a Vampire!AU setting. You must feature Fuji, Tezuka, Echizen, Kikumaru, Atobe. Any others are up to you.
notes: Written a while back, archiving. Fifth (final!) of five. 293 Words.
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v. Domestic moments among the exquisite dead
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"I don't want to help with the laundry," Kirihara states plainly. He tries to meet Yanagi's eyes, because he listens to what Kirihara says when he does that, but he can't bring himself to do it, and instead look down at his feet. "I don't see why we have to do it."
"Because even we get our clothes dirty, Akaya," Yanagi replies.
"Dirt doesn't show up on dark clothes!" Kirihara protests.
"And yet it's still there, so we're going to clean them."
Kirihara snatches the shirt held out to him, and the soap, and plunges both into the water, sending a froth of bubbles over the side. Yanagi doesn't even notice, let alone frown. He frowns often around Kirihara.
"When can I go outside?" Mostly when he says things like that. Kirihara bites his lip, it just slipped out. It's so boring inside. Surviving on stupid rats and mice.
"When you're strong enough."
He never says when that will actually be. So Kirihara asks.
"Not yet," Yanagi says shortly. And then, as if he feels he is being too sharp, he looks up and softens his tone. "You were abandoned out there with no way to help yourself. I don't agree with that; we take care of our own. There's enough people about, slayers on our backs, without us turning upon each other."
He hangs up the shirt he has been washing as if he hasn't a care in the world any larger than that.
"Remember this when you're out there in the midst of it all and you're wishing you'd only stayed inside."
Somehow, Kirihara thinks Yanagi doesn't like what he has become all that much. And that doing these stupid, boring chores are a way to remind him of his lost humanity.
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fandom: Prince of Tennis
characters: vamp!Yanagi, vamp!Kirihara)
prompt: From vacivity: Five ficlets, each focusing on a different characters, set in a Vampire!AU setting. You must feature Fuji, Tezuka, Echizen, Kikumaru, Atobe. Any others are up to you.
notes: Written a while back, archiving. Fifth (final!) of five. 293 Words.
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v. Domestic moments among the exquisite dead
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"I don't want to help with the laundry," Kirihara states plainly. He tries to meet Yanagi's eyes, because he listens to what Kirihara says when he does that, but he can't bring himself to do it, and instead look down at his feet. "I don't see why we have to do it."
"Because even we get our clothes dirty, Akaya," Yanagi replies.
"Dirt doesn't show up on dark clothes!" Kirihara protests.
"And yet it's still there, so we're going to clean them."
Kirihara snatches the shirt held out to him, and the soap, and plunges both into the water, sending a froth of bubbles over the side. Yanagi doesn't even notice, let alone frown. He frowns often around Kirihara.
"When can I go outside?" Mostly when he says things like that. Kirihara bites his lip, it just slipped out. It's so boring inside. Surviving on stupid rats and mice.
"When you're strong enough."
He never says when that will actually be. So Kirihara asks.
"Not yet," Yanagi says shortly. And then, as if he feels he is being too sharp, he looks up and softens his tone. "You were abandoned out there with no way to help yourself. I don't agree with that; we take care of our own. There's enough people about, slayers on our backs, without us turning upon each other."
He hangs up the shirt he has been washing as if he hasn't a care in the world any larger than that.
"Remember this when you're out there in the midst of it all and you're wishing you'd only stayed inside."
Somehow, Kirihara thinks Yanagi doesn't like what he has become all that much. And that doing these stupid, boring chores are a way to remind him of his lost humanity.
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