purple_alicorn (purple_alicorn) wrote in ironman7, @ 2007-08-22 07:00:00 |
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Entry tags: | purple_alicorn, week 1: prompt 6, yami no matsuei |
: Yami no Matsuei/ Descendents of Darkness (Watari) [week 1 - prompt 6]
Title: Relationship Counsellor
Author: purple_alicorn
Rating: FR13
Word Count: 270
Author’s notes: Influenced by a thought of mine – all Shinigami have trauma of some kind, that’s they’re Shinigami. Just because it’s not obvious doesn’t mean its not there…
Watari sighed as the offended Shinigami huffed out of his lab. Closing the door he rested against it for a moment, before sliding down to sit on the floor.
Another day, another dollar, another drama he thought accurately, though a little unkindly. He wondered when he had become the unofficial relationship counsellor for what seemed like half of JuOhCho. Today had started with Terazuma cornering Watari with his shikigami induced ‘I’m-a-monster-how-can-Wakaba-like-me?’ angst, followed by Wakaba’s corresponding ‘I-love-Terazuma-but-can’t-touch-when-he’s-i
Then he had a couple of hours of low grade Tsuzuki moping because Bon was annoyed about the overdue paperwork. He managed to escape to the library when Tsuzuki was distracted by lunch, but even there he was plagued by couples mooning over each other.
Even when he finally received a case, it involved feuding lovers who couldn’t let go beyond the grave. He couldn’t catch a break. Getting back late he was ambushed by yet another person wanting relationship advice because, and he was quoting here “You’re so happy and bouncy that you must know all about love, right?”
What an arrogant assumption. He was a Shingami for Enma’s sake. That meant that he had unresolved business, and therefore his own trauma. Why couldn’t they see that? Couldn’t they see that he had his own pain, his own broken heart? It had been the last straw and he had blown up at the man, letting out the pain he had been hiding. It was amazing how good it had felt.
Watari made a vow. No more playing relationship therapist. He had enough pain of his own without taking on other peoples.