Random Rikkai D1-ness
Jul. 21st, 2004 01:20 amAnother one of those days when I just don't know what I've written. The fic in my head wouldn't come out and... *hides* I don't think I'll post this to
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The first time Niou ran away from home, he was twelve years old exactly. He had 2376 yen on him, 1500 of which came from his mother's wallet, and 500 from his sister's desk. He was missing for three days, sleeping in a playground two hours away from home by bus.
Nobody looked for him.
On his thirteenth birthday, Niou took the bus to the same playground to find bulldozers and diggers parked where trees were torn out of the ground from their roots. He sat in the loader of a tractor and rocked himself back and forth, ignoring the older kids hanging about, asking if he wanted buy a line, because this time Niou didn't even bother taking money with him.
He looked up to say no again when a shadow loomed over him, and found Yagyuu Hiroshi standing there.
"Why the fuck are you here?"
"You told me to come."
Niou scowled and then he remembered, in school the day before he had said to Yagyuu "I'm running away from home tomorrow, you wanna come along?". He didn't know why he said it but he did, and Yagyuu actually turned up like he would to a school friend's birthday party.
Niou slumped his shoulders, smirked, and held out his hand. "It's my birthday. Party with me."
Yagyuu didn't say anything as he took the hand in his own and helped the other boy up.
Niou wanted a hair cut. They took the JR to Harajuku and found a place at Meijidori that would bleach his hair white and cut it the way he wanted. It took three hours and Yagyuu paid for it without looking at the bill.
Studying his reflection in the mirror, Niou grinned and waved at himself. Yagyuu came to stand behind him and all he said was "you look like a hedgehog".
"I like it. Ever seen a white-haired hedgehog?"
"No, never."
They stole four cans of Asahi at FamilyMart. Yagyuu talked to the woman at the cashier whilst Niou bagged the beer and they walked out. When the woman noticed what was going on they ran for it, and they were gone before the woman got out of the store.
Under the waning sunlight they walked their way back to the destroyed playground. They got lost when Niou insisted to lead but Yagyuu knew the way, from Shibuya through Ebisu back to where they started and Niou wondered why since they didn't even live in Tokyo. At Ebisu Niou stopped by an accessory store and Yagyuu paid for a self-piercing kit. At the toilets Niou gave himself three earrings and one nose-ring.
"Heh." Niou smirked at the hand mirror he told Yagyuu to get him (without paying, he insisted). He looked cool.
"Does it itch?"
"Nah, it's cool."
The beer was warm, shaken and bubbling when Niou opened it, but it tasted bitter and good. Yagyuu ordered pizza delivery and explained four times that yes, he wanted it delivered to the loader of a tractor at the destroyed playground. To make sure the delivery would be made he paid upfront by credit card rather than later by cash. Niou laughed so hard the beer went up his nose. Yagyuu simply shrugged and pocketed his phone.
Pizza arrived half an hour later. Niou finished all of the beer by himself and fell asleep in Yagyuu's lap.
He woke four hours later and it was midnight. Yagyuu stretched his legs to get some life back into them. A boy not much older than them wandered over and asked if they wanted a trip.
Niou didn't say anything but Yagyuu paid. Slumping back into the metal of the loader Niou popped the pill into his mouth and let it melt on his tongue.
"Why are you here?"
"It's a birthday party isn't it?"
"Don't you have to go home?"
"Don't you?"
"No one knows I'm not there..."
"Then you don't have to."
"But I want someone to know!"
"I know."
"You know that I want someone to know, or you know that I'm not home?!"
"......"
"Heh... Do you like my nose-ring?"
"It's nice."
"And my hair?"
"That too."
"But you said it's like a hedgehog!"
"I've never seen a hedgehog this colour."
"I'll be your white hedgehog if you come to my party again next year."
"Deal."
"You must come and look for me."
"I will."
"...Why are you here?!"
Silence.
"Happy birthday Niou."
Yagyuu held Niou when the boy leaned back into him, and rocked him gently. When Niou came around he wouldn't remember anything he had said, but Yagyuu would remember to come again in exactly 364 days because a white hedgehog told him to.
[end]
The first time Niou ran away from home, he was twelve years old exactly. He had 2376 yen on him, 1500 of which came from his mother's wallet, and 500 from his sister's desk. He was missing for three days, sleeping in a playground two hours away from home by bus.
Nobody looked for him.
On his thirteenth birthday, Niou took the bus to the same playground to find bulldozers and diggers parked where trees were torn out of the ground from their roots. He sat in the loader of a tractor and rocked himself back and forth, ignoring the older kids hanging about, asking if he wanted buy a line, because this time Niou didn't even bother taking money with him.
He looked up to say no again when a shadow loomed over him, and found Yagyuu Hiroshi standing there.
"Why the fuck are you here?"
"You told me to come."
Niou scowled and then he remembered, in school the day before he had said to Yagyuu "I'm running away from home tomorrow, you wanna come along?". He didn't know why he said it but he did, and Yagyuu actually turned up like he would to a school friend's birthday party.
Niou slumped his shoulders, smirked, and held out his hand. "It's my birthday. Party with me."
Yagyuu didn't say anything as he took the hand in his own and helped the other boy up.
Niou wanted a hair cut. They took the JR to Harajuku and found a place at Meijidori that would bleach his hair white and cut it the way he wanted. It took three hours and Yagyuu paid for it without looking at the bill.
Studying his reflection in the mirror, Niou grinned and waved at himself. Yagyuu came to stand behind him and all he said was "you look like a hedgehog".
"I like it. Ever seen a white-haired hedgehog?"
"No, never."
They stole four cans of Asahi at FamilyMart. Yagyuu talked to the woman at the cashier whilst Niou bagged the beer and they walked out. When the woman noticed what was going on they ran for it, and they were gone before the woman got out of the store.
Under the waning sunlight they walked their way back to the destroyed playground. They got lost when Niou insisted to lead but Yagyuu knew the way, from Shibuya through Ebisu back to where they started and Niou wondered why since they didn't even live in Tokyo. At Ebisu Niou stopped by an accessory store and Yagyuu paid for a self-piercing kit. At the toilets Niou gave himself three earrings and one nose-ring.
"Heh." Niou smirked at the hand mirror he told Yagyuu to get him (without paying, he insisted). He looked cool.
"Does it itch?"
"Nah, it's cool."
The beer was warm, shaken and bubbling when Niou opened it, but it tasted bitter and good. Yagyuu ordered pizza delivery and explained four times that yes, he wanted it delivered to the loader of a tractor at the destroyed playground. To make sure the delivery would be made he paid upfront by credit card rather than later by cash. Niou laughed so hard the beer went up his nose. Yagyuu simply shrugged and pocketed his phone.
Pizza arrived half an hour later. Niou finished all of the beer by himself and fell asleep in Yagyuu's lap.
He woke four hours later and it was midnight. Yagyuu stretched his legs to get some life back into them. A boy not much older than them wandered over and asked if they wanted a trip.
Niou didn't say anything but Yagyuu paid. Slumping back into the metal of the loader Niou popped the pill into his mouth and let it melt on his tongue.
"Why are you here?"
"It's a birthday party isn't it?"
"Don't you have to go home?"
"Don't you?"
"No one knows I'm not there..."
"Then you don't have to."
"But I want someone to know!"
"I know."
"You know that I want someone to know, or you know that I'm not home?!"
"......"
"Heh... Do you like my nose-ring?"
"It's nice."
"And my hair?"
"That too."
"But you said it's like a hedgehog!"
"I've never seen a hedgehog this colour."
"I'll be your white hedgehog if you come to my party again next year."
"Deal."
"You must come and look for me."
"I will."
"...Why are you here?!"
Silence.
"Happy birthday Niou."
Yagyuu held Niou when the boy leaned back into him, and rocked him gently. When Niou came around he wouldn't remember anything he had said, but Yagyuu would remember to come again in exactly 364 days because a white hedgehog told him to.
[end]
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Date: 2004-07-20 05:44 pm (UTC)White hedgehog made me think of the white rabbit in Alice in wonderland, for some reason <-- has a weird brain. Because of the pill popping and the adventures that the two go through together.
I love your intereaction between them, I fucking LOVE and ADORE it. The fact that nobody looked for him and when Niou slumped his shoulders and held out his hand for Yagyuu to take it, made my chest just ache [even spiky white hedgehogs need love too~!] because of how Yagyuu remained silent but helped Niou up anyway. <-- is blabbering incoherently.
The hand mirror, with out paying *utter random love* The self piercing and...
;_; Niou falling asleep in Yagyuu's lap. *image in head now*
It's like.. Yagyuu is there, always there and even though he's such a gentleman, all prim and proper, he does all those things for Niou. You make their relationship go so much deeper than the surface and it's like, I can't stop my heart from beating because of it.
So much more love for the end dialogue, epecially:
"I'll be your white hedgehog if you come to my party again next year." because I can just imagine Niou saying it while looking up at Yagyuu through the curtain of his bleached hair. Kinda boyish but still rough around the edges.
But fact that nobody comes for him on this twelfth birthday but then afterwards Niou is always like, "Why are you here?" as if he can't believe Yagyuu actually came for him. <-- is making absolutely no sense. <-- is blabblering incoherently and trying not to cry because of the images that are appearing in my head from this.
;_; I'm sorry. I made no sense but I love this.
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Date: 2004-07-20 06:11 pm (UTC)*SNUGGLES EBBEH*
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Date: 2004-07-20 07:59 pm (UTC)I'm still in love with it and will never stop being in love with it. It's like, underneath, Niou needs Yagyuu and Yagyuu needs Niou, just by these small little actions that I usually wouldn't notice. Words and sentences that sent a whirlwind of images reeling into my head <-- is once again not making any sense.
It's like, they're carrying each other and Niou does all these things, beer, drugs, hair, piercings because he wants people to know and people to see. And... and... Yagyuu's there and he does know and he does see and it's just, sod1andsomuchloveandsuchadeepunderstandingandomgstopmebeforeIgotinsanewithlove. >.< ah, I hope that made sense.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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Date: 2004-07-20 08:31 pm (UTC)*________* OOooooh. I liked this. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and I giggled at "hedgehog" and. Yesh. *_* Incoherant.
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Date: 2004-07-21 02:27 pm (UTC)Thank you thank you I'm so glad this worked! Ebby keep putting Niou hedgehogs in Tezuka's lap in chat so it's her fault really and all the D1ness came from her since she influenced me so I tried writing D1 and I'm so happy that you like it!
<--- isn't being coherent XD
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Date: 2004-07-21 02:32 pm (UTC)Now I love this pair so much, they're so different and it's so fun writing them and I love you for loving this story!!!
*glompsbackmoreandohharderandthissoundsohentaibutiwubbleyou*
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Date: 2004-08-03 01:22 am (UTC)*luffle huggles* I think you did a wonderful job and am still in love with this <3333
*LOOOVES*
♥ *goes all spastic lovey dovey on chus and kissues chu all ova*