Hasn't Been Long Enough (Clow/Yuuko)

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Title: Hasn't Been Long Enough
Day/Theme: Sept 7 // you look a little bit older, a little bit colder
Series: Cardcaptor Sakura/xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: Clow Reed/Yuuko Ichihara + Eriol Hiiragizawa
Rating: PG
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Excerpt: You look a little bit older, a little bit colder, but you're still the same Clow (Eriol) and I won't ever be anyone but Yuuko, no matter what guise I wear.

You look a little bit older, a little bit colder, but you're still the same Clow (Eriol) and I won't ever be anyone but Yuuko, no matter what guise I wear.

"Ichihara-san," you begin, bowing, but I have long realized that the key to life is in living, not vapid politeness. I reach out and rest my hand against your cheek and you almost flinch. Your skin is not as cold as your English coloring suggests; but then again, it never was.

"Call me Yuuko," I say, running a long nail down your cheek, watching your cheeks flush.

"Ichihara-san?" you say, disturbed by my intimacy, but I've known you for centuries and I won't be pushed away now. I lean back leisurely on the divan, exposing most of my pale legs (I've still got it, so I'm going to flaunt it, dammit). Your eyes follow the rustle of fabric, even if it is in a sort of horrified fascination. I am in charge here and you don't understand this, don't like this. You're still Clow, but you're not, and I intend to take advantage of this uncertainty.

"You owe me something, Clow," I say, smiling like a crocodile. You mouth "Eriol," but don't say it. "And you have a wish. So you owe me two things."

"It's been... not long at all," Clow-Eriol says after a moment, and we sit down and begin to negotiate.