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storypaint) wrote2011-03-21 03:12 pm
storypaint) wrote2011-03-21 03:12 pm
[xxxHOLiC] seasoned with folly (Watanuki gen)
Title: seasoned with folly
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 270 words
Prompt: Given a fandom, I will write a no-powers or modern-day AU.
Pairing: slight Watanuki/Doumeki; Watanuki/Himawari (as in canon)
Other: AU in which Yuuko runs something rather like a host club.
Excerpt: Sometimes, Watanuki really thought it wasn't worth it. This was one of those times.
Sometimes, Watanuki really thought it wasn't worth it. This was one of those times.
"I am not entertaining him!" he shouted, face reddening. "I won't! I refuse! There's no way!"
Yuuko smiled, unruffled by his shouting. She brushed dust from her chest and said, "Do you want my expertise or not?"
"What do you know about seducing women, anyway?" Watanuki grumbled, looking down at his feet. The shiny shoes still seemed strange to him. It had been almost a month since he had stumbled into this host club, miserably looking from a distraction from his unappealing love life, and Yuuko had agreed to teach him how to be desirable to ladies in exchange for his working here. It didn't take him long to figure out why she didn't have many employees. She was the weirdest woman he'd ever met.
"You don't want to ask that question!" Yuuko said cheerfully, herding him back towards the door to the guestroom. "Just think of your lovely Himawari-chan, hmm?"
The idea of Himawari sustained him for a long and sparkly moment, but he paused with his fingers on the doorframe and said, "Why don't you go out there? You're a woman!"
"He asked for you specifically," Yuuko said, her grin bright as the red lipstick she wore. "How strange that he didn't know you worked here until now! I thought you would have told all your friends."
With that insult, she pushed him out of the room, closing the door firmly behind him, and Watanuki was left alone with the boy who was the reason for Watanuki's current irritation --
Doumeki Shizuka, Himawari's boyfriend.
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Length: 270 words
Prompt: Given a fandom, I will write a no-powers or modern-day AU.
Pairing: slight Watanuki/Doumeki; Watanuki/Himawari (as in canon)
Other: AU in which Yuuko runs something rather like a host club.
Excerpt: Sometimes, Watanuki really thought it wasn't worth it. This was one of those times.
Sometimes, Watanuki really thought it wasn't worth it. This was one of those times.
"I am not entertaining him!" he shouted, face reddening. "I won't! I refuse! There's no way!"
Yuuko smiled, unruffled by his shouting. She brushed dust from her chest and said, "Do you want my expertise or not?"
"What do you know about seducing women, anyway?" Watanuki grumbled, looking down at his feet. The shiny shoes still seemed strange to him. It had been almost a month since he had stumbled into this host club, miserably looking from a distraction from his unappealing love life, and Yuuko had agreed to teach him how to be desirable to ladies in exchange for his working here. It didn't take him long to figure out why she didn't have many employees. She was the weirdest woman he'd ever met.
"You don't want to ask that question!" Yuuko said cheerfully, herding him back towards the door to the guestroom. "Just think of your lovely Himawari-chan, hmm?"
The idea of Himawari sustained him for a long and sparkly moment, but he paused with his fingers on the doorframe and said, "Why don't you go out there? You're a woman!"
"He asked for you specifically," Yuuko said, her grin bright as the red lipstick she wore. "How strange that he didn't know you worked here until now! I thought you would have told all your friends."
With that insult, she pushed him out of the room, closing the door firmly behind him, and Watanuki was left alone with the boy who was the reason for Watanuki's current irritation --
Doumeki Shizuka, Himawari's boyfriend.