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laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-12-10 05:20 pm
laurus_nobilis) wrote2005-12-10 05:20 pm
Connection [XXXHOLiC; English]
Title: Connection
Rating: G
Genre: Introspection / romance
Pairings: Clow/Yuuko
Summary: Just a drabble this time.
Notes: Written for 31 Days's prompt Perché un di m'hai sorriso. I know, I posted Clow/Yuuko yesterday, but I couldn't let this prompt go to waste. ♥ I'm such a shameless fangirl.
Yuuko had always found Clow's neverending thirst for new magical developments very annoying. It wasn't his smug attitude about his successes what really bothered her; it wasn't that sometimes he left everything he was doing to chase some crazy idea that might fly away, as if he couldn't simply write it down and return to their work. They were never going to finish those creatures if he kept getting distracted, but even that wasn't the worst part.
No, what truly annoyed Yuuko were the times when his experiments went wrong. It didn't happen often, of course, because he was very talented and experienced – which also meant that, when he did fail, he did so much more noisily than the average wizard. Clow's mistakes tended to end in explosions, fires, or the occasional flood or hurricane.
It was especially frustrating when, like this time, the explosions took place at her house.
"How many times do I have to say it?" she snapped as she made her way towards the kneeling sorcerer through the bits and pieces of what was left of the desk. "You should stick to magical theory! Mixing things up is not your specialty."
"I'll fix it in a minute," he assured her. "Give me a hand, will you? I can't see a thing."
"You can't – what did you do?" she asked, anxious, while she helped him up. She knew she wouldn't like the answer the moment she saw his sheepish grin.
"Broke my glasses."
"You idiot," said Yuuko, not quite sure if she was relieved because nothing had happened or angry because she had shown herself worried. "Just repair them and stop fooling around."
"Well, I would, if I could find them," Clow sighed, squinting at the mess at his feet. "That would be useful, come to think of it... something to help you find little things..."
"Didn't you have enough bright ideas for a day?"
She found the glasses, fixed them – and hesitated. She was sure that Clow couldn't make out her grin, but he must have had a bad feeling, because his eyes narrowed even more.
"Give them back," he said.
"Why would I?" Yuuko asked slyly. "After all, I now have in my hands the greatest vulnerability of the most powerful sorcerer in the world. I can't believe you were so careless with these – evil overlords tend to be a lot more complicated when it comes to their weaknesses –"
"I am not an evil overlord," he muttered, rubbing his temples, "and it's not a weakness. I can still feel your presence, you know."
"Prove it," she told him in a sing-song voice, dancing around the disaster that he had left in the room.
Clow wasn't bluffing, and he headed straight towards her, just like she had expected. The other thing that Yuuko had predicted correctly was that he would stumble on one of the plenty of non-magical pieces of trash that lay on his way. He had good reflexes, though, and regained his balance immediately. That was a pity; she had been looking forward to the image of the world's greatest wizard lying flat on the floor.
"This is not funny, Yuuko," he said, with a look that might have been menacing if it wasn't slightly unfocused. "It's quite childish, indeed."
"I beg to differ!" she replied, still laughing at him. "Of course it's funny. You look a lot less dignified with all that squinting."
"That's it!" Clow snapped, and The Erase shone between his fingers. "Say goodbye to your sake."
Yuuko gasped.
"You wouldn't!"
"Try me."
"Don't be ridiculous. I know you wouldn't do that," she said, trying to gain some time. "You're just angry because this shows you aren't perfect."
She had obviously struck a nerve there, and it worked. He put away the Card and straightened himself up.
"It happens to accomplished Seers," he huffed. "You should know about that, with all your talk about balance. I am quite lucky, in fact. Tiresias was blind –"
"Oh, please. I'm a Seer too, and I don't need these telescopes."
"There is only your little drinking problem."
"You are never getting these back," Yuuko told him, annoyed. "Ever."
Clow didn't bother to answer. He risked one decided step to close the distance between them and, before she could react, his lips were on hers. It wasn't even a proper kiss – more like a peck, really – but it lasted long enough for him to snatch his glasses from her hand.
"I win," he said, grinning, as he pushed them up his nose. Yuuko replied with the only thing that crossed her mind.
"That's cheating!"
"I prefer calling it 'thinking outside the box'," he told her. "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Not to mention that there weren't any rules to begin with..."
"Well, I'm setting rules from now on!"
"...were you even listening?"
"Idiot."
"Ah."
Rating: G
Genre: Introspection / romance
Pairings: Clow/Yuuko
Summary: Just a drabble this time.
Notes: Written for 31 Days's prompt Perché un di m'hai sorriso. I know, I posted Clow/Yuuko yesterday, but I couldn't let this prompt go to waste. ♥ I'm such a shameless fangirl.
Yuuko had always found Clow's neverending thirst for new magical developments very annoying. It wasn't his smug attitude about his successes what really bothered her; it wasn't that sometimes he left everything he was doing to chase some crazy idea that might fly away, as if he couldn't simply write it down and return to their work. They were never going to finish those creatures if he kept getting distracted, but even that wasn't the worst part.
No, what truly annoyed Yuuko were the times when his experiments went wrong. It didn't happen often, of course, because he was very talented and experienced – which also meant that, when he did fail, he did so much more noisily than the average wizard. Clow's mistakes tended to end in explosions, fires, or the occasional flood or hurricane.
It was especially frustrating when, like this time, the explosions took place at her house.
"How many times do I have to say it?" she snapped as she made her way towards the kneeling sorcerer through the bits and pieces of what was left of the desk. "You should stick to magical theory! Mixing things up is not your specialty."
"I'll fix it in a minute," he assured her. "Give me a hand, will you? I can't see a thing."
"You can't – what did you do?" she asked, anxious, while she helped him up. She knew she wouldn't like the answer the moment she saw his sheepish grin.
"Broke my glasses."
"You idiot," said Yuuko, not quite sure if she was relieved because nothing had happened or angry because she had shown herself worried. "Just repair them and stop fooling around."
"Well, I would, if I could find them," Clow sighed, squinting at the mess at his feet. "That would be useful, come to think of it... something to help you find little things..."
"Didn't you have enough bright ideas for a day?"
She found the glasses, fixed them – and hesitated. She was sure that Clow couldn't make out her grin, but he must have had a bad feeling, because his eyes narrowed even more.
"Give them back," he said.
"Why would I?" Yuuko asked slyly. "After all, I now have in my hands the greatest vulnerability of the most powerful sorcerer in the world. I can't believe you were so careless with these – evil overlords tend to be a lot more complicated when it comes to their weaknesses –"
"I am not an evil overlord," he muttered, rubbing his temples, "and it's not a weakness. I can still feel your presence, you know."
"Prove it," she told him in a sing-song voice, dancing around the disaster that he had left in the room.
Clow wasn't bluffing, and he headed straight towards her, just like she had expected. The other thing that Yuuko had predicted correctly was that he would stumble on one of the plenty of non-magical pieces of trash that lay on his way. He had good reflexes, though, and regained his balance immediately. That was a pity; she had been looking forward to the image of the world's greatest wizard lying flat on the floor.
"This is not funny, Yuuko," he said, with a look that might have been menacing if it wasn't slightly unfocused. "It's quite childish, indeed."
"I beg to differ!" she replied, still laughing at him. "Of course it's funny. You look a lot less dignified with all that squinting."
"That's it!" Clow snapped, and The Erase shone between his fingers. "Say goodbye to your sake."
Yuuko gasped.
"You wouldn't!"
"Try me."
"Don't be ridiculous. I know you wouldn't do that," she said, trying to gain some time. "You're just angry because this shows you aren't perfect."
She had obviously struck a nerve there, and it worked. He put away the Card and straightened himself up.
"It happens to accomplished Seers," he huffed. "You should know about that, with all your talk about balance. I am quite lucky, in fact. Tiresias was blind –"
"Oh, please. I'm a Seer too, and I don't need these telescopes."
"There is only your little drinking problem."
"You are never getting these back," Yuuko told him, annoyed. "Ever."
Clow didn't bother to answer. He risked one decided step to close the distance between them and, before she could react, his lips were on hers. It wasn't even a proper kiss – more like a peck, really – but it lasted long enough for him to snatch his glasses from her hand.
"I win," he said, grinning, as he pushed them up his nose. Yuuko replied with the only thing that crossed her mind.
"That's cheating!"
"I prefer calling it 'thinking outside the box'," he told her. "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Not to mention that there weren't any rules to begin with..."
"Well, I'm setting rules from now on!"
"...were you even listening?"
"Idiot."
"Ah."