[FIC] So Close, Yet Far Away
A ficlet I wrote for LJ that I figured I'd share here:
Challenge: 2A – Love Title: So Close, Yet Far Away Author: Shrahime Series/Characters: Kyou Kara Maou/ Shinou & Murata Rating: PG Word Count: 291 Spoilers: Season Two spoilers. Shinou contemplates as he watches Murata sleep.
The disembodied Shinou looked down at the dark haired teen who’d dozed off below. Murata lay propped up against The End of Land, sleeping peacefully despite being so close to the forbidden boxes. The teen had come to speak to the spirit though exhausted by the drain of the day’s events. Events that had included watching over the current Maou.
Shinou’s jealousy grew, fueled by the dark essence that slowly leaked from the boxes. Such a useless boy, Yuuri was. But despite how useless, he’d managed to win over his classmate, Murata defending Yuuri to him at every opportunity. He got to stand by Murata in the light of day, not relegated to the prison that Shinou was. The being had shared angry words with Murata earlier, the boy gazing in his direction reproachfully, denying what Shinou accused him of.
Remember that I was reborn for your sake and no one else’s, Murata had said. Don’t doubt my loyalty. But Yuuri is my friend. I don’t want him to suffer. An age ago, Shinou had been his friend as well, that and more. He wouldn’t lose what he’d come so close to attaining because of that foolish boy.
Had Murata been awake, he would have heard unkind laughter from the being. It wouldn’t be long before Yuuri’s usefulness to Shinou would be realized. He wouldn’t mind Murata giving the boy his warm touch, as long as it was he that wore Yuuri’s skin. He longed to reach out to stroke Murata’s tousled dark locks as he lay in slumber, to gaze into pitch black eyes before tasting his lips. Soon, he’d need not dream of it. Soon, it would be sweet reality.