Tag Archives: yami no matsuei
The King’s Burden
There is a story where a king disguised himself as a beggar for a day, to walk among the poor of his kingdom. He took with him a slave to guide his steps through the city, to whisper the right … Continue reading
All In Fire
When he returned from Kyoto he found Suzaku waiting. Perched on the edge of a rock that had not been there before he left, her scarlet robes fluttering in the breeze, she sat with hooded eyes and tense shoulders. Touda … Continue reading
True Love
Tsuzuki was in love. She was the (second) most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. Tall, slender, gracefully shaped, dressed in a lovely shade of milky brown, with a single deep red jewel at her crown. And maybe he was getting … Continue reading
Birthday Mathoms — 2009
“You will be beautiful,” her new handmaiden says. Cool hands card through the ratty mass of her hair, easing a comb through it. “You already are beautiful, ma petite, though you may complain now.” Himiko lifts her chin, staring at … Continue reading
for outside eyes, unseen
Of course Kurosaki-kun knows: the darkness can only hide the physical form, not the emotions that may be lurking within. And of course Tsuzuki-san does not know: because he is as desperately in love with Kurosaki-kun as he has been … Continue reading