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storypaint) wrote2009-10-30 09:24 am
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Upon a Time (Yuuko and Watanuki gen)
Title: Upon a Time
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 453 words
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31_days: 29 Oct 09 // a crow buries its secret
Pairing: Yuuko and Watanuki gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "Once upon a time," Yuuko said, exhaling smoke that slid lazily across the air, half-forming patterns that broke as soon as Watanuki looked at them. "Once upon a time, there was a crow."
"Once upon a time," Yuuko said, exhaling smoke that slid lazily across the air, half-forming patterns that broke as soon as Watanuki looked at them. "Once upon a time, there was a crow."
"You're telling fairytales now?" Watanuki asked, sweeping busily. But with Yuuko, the fairytales were often true, and it really was a silly thing to question.
"There are a lot of magnificent stories that begin "once upon a time," Watanuki-kun," she admonished. "Everything that happens, happened once upon a time, even if that time was long ago in another universe."
"Are you saying that all of those old stories are true?" he replied, voice incredulous, and Yuuko rubbed the bridge of her nose. Some days, she seemed to be thinking, some days you betray your willful ignorance, Watanuki. Watanuki scowled. He hated that look.
"Truth is never as simple as you think," she answered. "Now. Once upon a time, there was a crow who found a beautiful strip of shiny paper. He loved it at once, taking it home to his nest and putting it in a place of honor."
"I fail to see," Watanuki interrupted, "what this has to do with me not making your dinner tonight."
"It would help if you'd let me finish," his employer answered. "Sssh, before I die of hunger." She sighed dramatically.
"Yeah, yeah," Watanuki answered sourly. He never asked for time off and he was feeling rather put-upon that this was the answer to his question.
"After a while, the crow had to leave the nest to find food. I won't give you the details of that," she drawled on. "But he didn't want to leave his treasure alone, so he found a good place to bury it."
"Do crows dig?" Watanuki objected.
Yuuko rolled her eyes and continued. "So the crow buried his treasure and went to find food. But when he came back, a squirrel had been busy at work burying nuts. No matter how much the crow digged, he couldn't find his shiny thing. And now he regretted burying it in the first place."
She leaned back with an air of triumph. Watanuki blinked.
"I still don't see--" he ventured.
"Don't hide your good things, Watanuki-kun!" she declared. "Use them, or lose them."
"I don't think that me not feeding you once is going to lead to my loss of cooking skills." He paused, and because this was Yuuko, he then continued, "Is it?"
She buried her face in her arms. "Once upon a time," she warned.
"If I make something now, you can warm it for dinner," he said with a long-suffering sigh. She perked up, her grin devilish.
"Caw caw," Watanuki muttered.
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 453 words
Prompt:
31_days: 29 Oct 09 // a crow buries its secretPairing: Yuuko and Watanuki gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "Once upon a time," Yuuko said, exhaling smoke that slid lazily across the air, half-forming patterns that broke as soon as Watanuki looked at them. "Once upon a time, there was a crow."
"Once upon a time," Yuuko said, exhaling smoke that slid lazily across the air, half-forming patterns that broke as soon as Watanuki looked at them. "Once upon a time, there was a crow."
"You're telling fairytales now?" Watanuki asked, sweeping busily. But with Yuuko, the fairytales were often true, and it really was a silly thing to question.
"There are a lot of magnificent stories that begin "once upon a time," Watanuki-kun," she admonished. "Everything that happens, happened once upon a time, even if that time was long ago in another universe."
"Are you saying that all of those old stories are true?" he replied, voice incredulous, and Yuuko rubbed the bridge of her nose. Some days, she seemed to be thinking, some days you betray your willful ignorance, Watanuki. Watanuki scowled. He hated that look.
"Truth is never as simple as you think," she answered. "Now. Once upon a time, there was a crow who found a beautiful strip of shiny paper. He loved it at once, taking it home to his nest and putting it in a place of honor."
"I fail to see," Watanuki interrupted, "what this has to do with me not making your dinner tonight."
"It would help if you'd let me finish," his employer answered. "Sssh, before I die of hunger." She sighed dramatically.
"Yeah, yeah," Watanuki answered sourly. He never asked for time off and he was feeling rather put-upon that this was the answer to his question.
"After a while, the crow had to leave the nest to find food. I won't give you the details of that," she drawled on. "But he didn't want to leave his treasure alone, so he found a good place to bury it."
"Do crows dig?" Watanuki objected.
Yuuko rolled her eyes and continued. "So the crow buried his treasure and went to find food. But when he came back, a squirrel had been busy at work burying nuts. No matter how much the crow digged, he couldn't find his shiny thing. And now he regretted burying it in the first place."
She leaned back with an air of triumph. Watanuki blinked.
"I still don't see--" he ventured.
"Don't hide your good things, Watanuki-kun!" she declared. "Use them, or lose them."
"I don't think that me not feeding you once is going to lead to my loss of cooking skills." He paused, and because this was Yuuko, he then continued, "Is it?"
She buried her face in her arms. "Once upon a time," she warned.
"If I make something now, you can warm it for dinner," he said with a long-suffering sigh. She perked up, her grin devilish.
"Caw caw," Watanuki muttered.