HikaGo fic
Aug. 8th, 2005 12:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Had friends down this weekend, did shopping and costuming and it's so past my bedtime, and this is short, but I know where I need to go now with this story, so here it is. 'Night, y'all.
Days turned into weeks turned into months. Autumn expressed itself with an unexpected cold snap, and Akira was never more grateful for the sweater he huddled in going between lessons and games and study.
"Are you going to the party?" Shindou asked one evening as they shared an elevator going down to street level. They'd practically closed down the Go salon with their game discussion tonight.
"I'm not sure," Akira answered. They'd both received invitations to a mixer costume party the Go Association was sponsoring. He knew he should be good, and responsible, and attend, but.... "I have no idea what I would dress as," he admitted.
"Hmm." Shindou leaned his head back against the wall. "Waya had the idea of doing a classic monster set. There's me and him, Isumi... I think Ochi wanted in on it too." He snickered. "He's going to be a mummy."
"Sounds interesting," Akira said, trying to envision that. Ochi wound up in bandages....
"Want my help with a costume?" Shindou's head was tilted to one side as he regarded Akira. "We found a couple good costume stores."
"I'm not cosplaying as some J-Rocker," Akira informed him.
"Awww." Shindou's smile melted, then sprang back, fully formed. "How about a harlequin? Costumes are all about being something you're not."
"What are you going as?"
Shindou grinned, showing off his eye teeth. "Dracula."
"Shindou!"
The other player shrugged, unrepentant. "Why not?"
Akira couldn't find an answer to that one. "You are insane."
"Says the one who complains about no truth in advertising."
*
Hikaru waved goodbye and headed toward his station. It was annoying, in some ways, that he and Touya had to take different train lines to get home--it would be good to have more time to talk--but at least *his* stop was closer to the parlor. Touya had to walk down three blocks and over two to get to his train line.
What costume would suit Touya, drive him mad, and yet be so perfect that he had no chance of rejecting it? Hikaru mulled it over as he went down the steps, mind skipping through the selection of costumes the shops he, Waya, and Isumi had visited. No, not that one... Touya would never agree to *that* one either... the momentary vision of Touya dressed in *that* particular costume flitted behind his eyes and he had to screw up his face to keep from laughing out loud....
He fumbled for his wallet and the train pass it contained, still thinking. He'd have to take Touya along to the shops, though, to pick something out (Touya trusted him, but not far enough to wear something he picked out, sight unseen)... when would their schedules permit?
He finally found the pass and palmed it, stepping up to the turnstile as he put his wallet away.
His eyes flew wide as the world went cold, and a scream from nowhere hit him like a kick in the gut.
/Shindou!/
Days turned into weeks turned into months. Autumn expressed itself with an unexpected cold snap, and Akira was never more grateful for the sweater he huddled in going between lessons and games and study.
"Are you going to the party?" Shindou asked one evening as they shared an elevator going down to street level. They'd practically closed down the Go salon with their game discussion tonight.
"I'm not sure," Akira answered. They'd both received invitations to a mixer costume party the Go Association was sponsoring. He knew he should be good, and responsible, and attend, but.... "I have no idea what I would dress as," he admitted.
"Hmm." Shindou leaned his head back against the wall. "Waya had the idea of doing a classic monster set. There's me and him, Isumi... I think Ochi wanted in on it too." He snickered. "He's going to be a mummy."
"Sounds interesting," Akira said, trying to envision that. Ochi wound up in bandages....
"Want my help with a costume?" Shindou's head was tilted to one side as he regarded Akira. "We found a couple good costume stores."
"I'm not cosplaying as some J-Rocker," Akira informed him.
"Awww." Shindou's smile melted, then sprang back, fully formed. "How about a harlequin? Costumes are all about being something you're not."
"What are you going as?"
Shindou grinned, showing off his eye teeth. "Dracula."
"Shindou!"
The other player shrugged, unrepentant. "Why not?"
Akira couldn't find an answer to that one. "You are insane."
"Says the one who complains about no truth in advertising."
Hikaru waved goodbye and headed toward his station. It was annoying, in some ways, that he and Touya had to take different train lines to get home--it would be good to have more time to talk--but at least *his* stop was closer to the parlor. Touya had to walk down three blocks and over two to get to his train line.
What costume would suit Touya, drive him mad, and yet be so perfect that he had no chance of rejecting it? Hikaru mulled it over as he went down the steps, mind skipping through the selection of costumes the shops he, Waya, and Isumi had visited. No, not that one... Touya would never agree to *that* one either... the momentary vision of Touya dressed in *that* particular costume flitted behind his eyes and he had to screw up his face to keep from laughing out loud....
He fumbled for his wallet and the train pass it contained, still thinking. He'd have to take Touya along to the shops, though, to pick something out (Touya trusted him, but not far enough to wear something he picked out, sight unseen)... when would their schedules permit?
He finally found the pass and palmed it, stepping up to the turnstile as he put his wallet away.
His eyes flew wide as the world went cold, and a scream from nowhere hit him like a kick in the gut.
/Shindou!/
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Date: 2005-08-08 07:48 am (UTC)*sniff* And when I'm about to get on another plane, too....hidoi! It's going to be days before I see the next bit!
As always, your dialogue captures the interaction between the characters perfectly. :D I look forward to seeing the next bit, even if I won't be able to log in again until Tuesday.
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Date: 2005-08-08 01:51 pm (UTC)