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taotrooper) wrote2009-06-19 12:10 am
taotrooper) wrote2009-06-19 12:10 am
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[CLAMP] Side effects
Title: Side effects
Challenge: 30 kisses - #27
Series: XXXHOLiC/CCS
Genre: Angst
Rating: G
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow
Aqueous Transmission, Incubus
She found him sitting on her garden. He was holding his knees with his hands, keeping the balance. The wind was playing with long, dark strands of his ebony hair, but he didn't seem to mind such a mundane bother. There was something wrong with him; Yuuko could tell.
She walked towards him, until she stood at his side. His eyes, wide open, were fixed on a far horizon he could not touch. His body was shaking in genuine horror, and the skin of the back of his hands had goose bumps. A tear of diamond slipped through his cheek.
"Clow? What's wrong?"
He did not answer. He did not listen to her voice. He was not there.
She stood in front of him, and moved her arm up and down in front of the wizard's dark eyes. It was in vane; not even a blink from him she got. She, the garden, the house, they were all invisible for him.
"Clow! Wake up!! Stop messing with me!"
No reply. He was holding his breath. She desperately slapped him twice, trying to bring some sense to the man. Useless.
She sat facing him, and waited for minutes until he regain conscious. He felt a physical pain on his face, and was surprised to see his friend staring back at him.
"About damned time! You got me wor---"
She couldn't finish the phrase: Clow put his arms around the woman, trying to hold on to something real. She hugged him back, unable to speak since the pain in his eyes was being transferred to hers.
Five hundred second later, his voice activated again.
"A vision. A disgusting vision," he said, in a whisper. "A new war in Europe. Destruction. Death. Cruelty. Emptiness. Darkness of hearts. There are no words that could express the suffering that human kind will breed."
"What...? Are you saying you can see such a future? I thought it was impossible. That's... too much."
"When it comes to me, it's always too much. The excess of power. The overflow of energy. The avalanche of visions. It doesn't leave me alone. I can't control it. Not by myself..."
Yuuko sighed, and embraced him tighter. At that moment, she felt as helpless as he did. Clow might be a pain in her arse, a sneaky know-it-all, a teaser, an alcohol stealer, a creepy guy, but... he had a heart of gold. He tended to think about everyone else's welfare, and that was his biggest flaw. It caused him grief. And seeing him in grief was something she couldn't handle. Secretly, she had always envied his kindness; however, she was loathing it at the same time, since it was hurting him, his guardians, and her.
"There, there," she tried to console him, like you do with a lonely boy. "I know human kind is hideous, but you can do nothing about this war. Hitsuzen, this is such an enormous fate not even you can change it."
"I know I can't..."
"Come on, you need a glass of brandy, you're all covered on sweat."
"Okay..."
She got on her feet and offered her hand to help him to stand up. He kissed her hand as a thank you, and held to her waist so he could not fall down. They went slowly to the house.
"Besides," Yuuko added, "you're in Japan now, not Europe. You have nothing to worry about, we'll be safe here."
"... That's what you think. The real terror will be released here."
"Pardon?"
"Promise me something, Yuuko. Don't you ever get close to Hiroshima or Nagasaki when the second war starts. And never ask me why, I don't want to talk about that."
She nodded and shivered. She did not want to find out either.
Challenge: 30 kisses - #27
Series: XXXHOLiC/CCS
Genre: Angst
Rating: G
Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow
Aqueous Transmission, Incubus
She found him sitting on her garden. He was holding his knees with his hands, keeping the balance. The wind was playing with long, dark strands of his ebony hair, but he didn't seem to mind such a mundane bother. There was something wrong with him; Yuuko could tell.
She walked towards him, until she stood at his side. His eyes, wide open, were fixed on a far horizon he could not touch. His body was shaking in genuine horror, and the skin of the back of his hands had goose bumps. A tear of diamond slipped through his cheek.
"Clow? What's wrong?"
He did not answer. He did not listen to her voice. He was not there.
She stood in front of him, and moved her arm up and down in front of the wizard's dark eyes. It was in vane; not even a blink from him she got. She, the garden, the house, they were all invisible for him.
"Clow! Wake up!! Stop messing with me!"
No reply. He was holding his breath. She desperately slapped him twice, trying to bring some sense to the man. Useless.
She sat facing him, and waited for minutes until he regain conscious. He felt a physical pain on his face, and was surprised to see his friend staring back at him.
"About damned time! You got me wor---"
She couldn't finish the phrase: Clow put his arms around the woman, trying to hold on to something real. She hugged him back, unable to speak since the pain in his eyes was being transferred to hers.
Five hundred second later, his voice activated again.
"A vision. A disgusting vision," he said, in a whisper. "A new war in Europe. Destruction. Death. Cruelty. Emptiness. Darkness of hearts. There are no words that could express the suffering that human kind will breed."
"What...? Are you saying you can see such a future? I thought it was impossible. That's... too much."
"When it comes to me, it's always too much. The excess of power. The overflow of energy. The avalanche of visions. It doesn't leave me alone. I can't control it. Not by myself..."
Yuuko sighed, and embraced him tighter. At that moment, she felt as helpless as he did. Clow might be a pain in her arse, a sneaky know-it-all, a teaser, an alcohol stealer, a creepy guy, but... he had a heart of gold. He tended to think about everyone else's welfare, and that was his biggest flaw. It caused him grief. And seeing him in grief was something she couldn't handle. Secretly, she had always envied his kindness; however, she was loathing it at the same time, since it was hurting him, his guardians, and her.
"There, there," she tried to console him, like you do with a lonely boy. "I know human kind is hideous, but you can do nothing about this war. Hitsuzen, this is such an enormous fate not even you can change it."
"I know I can't..."
"Come on, you need a glass of brandy, you're all covered on sweat."
"Okay..."
She got on her feet and offered her hand to help him to stand up. He kissed her hand as a thank you, and held to her waist so he could not fall down. They went slowly to the house.
"Besides," Yuuko added, "you're in Japan now, not Europe. You have nothing to worry about, we'll be safe here."
"... That's what you think. The real terror will be released here."
"Pardon?"
"Promise me something, Yuuko. Don't you ever get close to Hiroshima or Nagasaki when the second war starts. And never ask me why, I don't want to talk about that."
She nodded and shivered. She did not want to find out either.