Homegrown ficbits.

[moonsheen]

While working on longer things.



“Mm,” she murmurs, lifting her head from the grass. “Shall we live happily ever after?”

He looks at her with a gaze that is absolutely blank. “Perhaps,” he intones, so airily. And the brief flash of fear in her face must have been extremely evident, because his eyes soften immediately afterwards: surprise, regret and, most distinctly, a very warm smile.

“A joke. A joke, Rue.” Then, gently, when she turns her head aside in offense: “Yes.”

She looks back.

“Yes, we shall.”




“Oh, back now?” says the Captain. “Ichigo-kun.”

The boy stumbles through the doors, soaked. His hands spread stiffly at either side, flapping stubborn drops out of his hanging sleeves. “Yeah, yeah—eh. Ukitake-san…”

The captain is dressed out of uniform; which is a little strange in that he doesn’t look at all frail for it. “Ah.” He rubs the back of his neck. “I think my Third Seats will have to keep you company tonight!”

His guest’s eyebrows lift. “You going somewhere, Ukitake-san?”

“…I’m sorry to disappoint you.” …and the boy throws himself into a slouch against the wall with comical petulance, the scowl a deep one. “I’m visiting someone.”

“ ‘Someone.’”

The captain’s face turns fond. “My daughter,” he clarifies, with a mild cough.

“‘Daughter.’”

“My daughter.” Ukitake nods. Tucking his hands into his sleeves, he looks at him. “…and the man she married.”




"Hisana stole sandals."

The confession comes entirely out of the blue. Byakuya glances up, blinking at her. His wife tips her toes into the pond and touches the wet nose of a koi. She crosses her arms in her lap.

“It wasn’t good to be barefoot in some districts.” She paused, amended: “It wasn’t good to be barefoot in any district. But in some it made you seem very poor--which Hisana was-- but also very helpless, which meant she troubled people who thought her worth the attention.”

She smiled. “But sometimes their sandals fit.”

Comments

[zinjadu.livejournal.com]

I'd never been the biggest fan of Mytho or Rue, but I think with that short drabble you managed to convert me. The dynamic of them after the whole story is over is one I'd never thought of before and I think you did a great job showing how they're both very much affected by what they've gone through.

Ukitake is love!♥

Once again, you write Byakuya and Hisana so beautifully, understated and almost lyrical, which amazes me.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

Oddly I never really thought much of Mytho or Rue before either. First time around in Princess Tutu was aaaall about ZOMG FAKIR AND AHIRU (...and to be frank, still is.) but rewatching the series and seeing Rue and her mass of insecurity and sadness and desperation and also her absolutely awesome prissiness made me feel she deserved a little Happy. So.

Ukitake is Old Man Sexy.

[memlu.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥ Oh, so much love. Your writing is so gorgeous and understated and (to be frank and also cliche) amazing.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha ♥ coming from someone who's stuff who's stuff makes me DIE OF PRETTY AND AWESOME (and sometimes adorable?) I will take that as a high compliment indeed. ♥♥♥

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

I'm just sitting here going dawwwwww. Sandals! I bet they're wee. and cute and wee. FEETSES!

(Intelligent feedback? What is this "intelligent feedback" of which you speak?)

The Ukitake one kinda confuses me, but I'll probably get the point on the fifth rereading. possibly.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

...ah, the Ukitake one is actually playing to a heckuva lot of speculation and a far too elaborate made up backstory than one sane mind should ever come up with...which I will actually finish that one day. At least before canon cancels it out. But for the most part I just think him being one of like, two people Ichigo calls '-san' is really really cute.

Oh, indeed they were tiny sandals! ...except sometimes they were large sandals. Sometimes very oversized on her! ...because sometimes large men attacked Hisana and she sort of had to most humbly make them explode.

[hecatehatesthat.livejournal.com]

I love all of these -- Ahiru/Fakir is the Princess Tutu OTP of DOOM but I love Mytho and Rue too, so much, and they deserve more attention. And the Ukitake is making my brain flail around, in a good way. It's the kind of twist KT would totally go for.

But the last one is my favorite. I'm kind of scared of Hisana now -- which is all of the good. And it makes perfect sense. A girl who abandoned her baby sister to survive, however much regret she felt about it later, would not hesitate to (regretfully!) destroy anyone who tried to mug(/molest) her and then steal their shit. And when the sandles didn't fit, she would be sad. But not really. Because she knew she'd find more.

Seriously -- up until right now I hadn't given Hisana much thought, beyond being glad there was a good explanation for her resemblence to Rukia and liking the idea that Rukia had once had a sister. But now I am thinking about her and she's scary and I love her.

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

I think it says volumes about Hisana that she made it to Seireitei from (presumably) Inuzuri on her own. Sure it's a hell, and sure Renji and Rukia later make it out-- but Renji and Rukia also had eachother to rely on to make the trip, which must have taken, like, a year at least considering it's district 78 and Rukongai is feckin' huge. Hisana probably did it solo. And considering she was a little woman with a humble demeanor, and probably had some spiritual power--thus got hungry-- she most likely had to be scary as hell to get through all that. So yes, I think of her as a girl who was in high survival mode for most of her life and then suddenly found food and shelter and a chance to actually think about things and realize, yeah, there were a few (big) regrets there.

...mind the men who tried to assault her she most humbly apologizes for them absolutely deserving it. Er.

[naifun.livejournal.com]

“My daughter.” Ukitake nods. Tucking his hands into his sleeves, he looks at him. “…and the man she married.”

...that works! Ukitake hair color backstory now.

re: Hisana: And really, it was about time the tigress (panther?) showed herself.