dropsofviolet (dropsofviolet) wrote in no_true_pair, @ 2009-01-10 13:53:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! 2009 eight characters challenge, author: dropsofviolet, fandom: tsubasa, pairing: sakura/watanuki |
By Any Other Name (Tsubasa: Watanuki & Sakura)
Title: By Any Other Name; or Begin to Bloom
Author/Artist: dropsofviolet
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (/xxxHOLiC)
Pairing/characters: Watanuki and Sakura gen; Syaoran/Sakura implied
Rating: G
Warnings: Tsubasa spoilers
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Watanuki and Sakura with the title, "By Any Other Name"
Excerpt: She had done what she had to; she would never regret it. But she was glad to have Watanuki here to talk to. Real or not-- he never seemed quite sure of his own existence-- he was here, and he listened to her, and tried to help.
Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
-Romeo and Juliet, Act II, scene II
Watanuki was calm in his dreams. If Sakura had met him waking, she would have seen an entirely different, disconcerting man. But when he wandered through the dream world, his gaze was gentle and his words were quiet.
She had done what she had to; she would never regret it. But she was glad to have Watanuki here to talk to. Real or not-- he never seemed quite sure of his own existence-- he was here, and he listened to her, and tried to help.
She was followed around by a cascade of cherry blossom petals that blew into their dreamspace at odd times. Watanuki would catch them up in his hands and laugh, blowing flower petals at her until she had to laugh too.
She knew Syaoran was doing his best to find her, even now, and she was careful not to become too attached to the odd-eyed boy. He had his own anchors to life.
Sometimes she stroked his cheek, when he was sad, and it always made him smile. That was enough.