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[17 Sept] [Hikaru no Go] And the Waves Crashed on the Goban 17/?
Title: And the Waves Crashed on the Goban 17?
Day/Theme: 17 Sept/You bring out the sunshine underground
Series: Hikaru no Go
Character/Pairing: Hikaru/Akira
Rating: General
Shindou supposed that it had been a bit mean of him to make Touya take over his students.
Then again, they annoyed Touya so much that he had stopped hovering over Shindou like a mother hen. In fact, Touya had even given him a rather cold reply when Shindou--deliberately putting on an innocent face--asked him how the teaching sessions were.
Shindou mentally rubbed his hands together in glee.
Just then, his notebook computer on the bed 'pinged' to indicate that his Net Go opponent had responded. Shindou sighed inwardly, feeling overwhelmed as he looked down at his desk where he was sitting, at the pair of crutches leaning against the wall, and then at the bed on the other end of the room. True, his bedroom was not big, but-
He was halfway there when someone knocked on his door. "I'm naked!" he yelled, not wanting his mother to enter and help him.
The door opened anyway.
"Mum-" Shindou turned his head around and put on his best whine, ignoring the fact that his best whine was sounding a bit breathless. "Touya?"
It was Touya, all right, still in the suit he usually wore for teaching sessions. He was looking a little anxious, but contrary to Shindou's expectations, he didn't rush over to help Shindou right away.
Shindou glanced at his clock. "Touya, you're early."
Touya closed the door behind him and continued to stand there. "Another four steps," he observed critically. "Can you make it, or should I-"
"Ha!" Shindou rested on his good leg and waved a crutch at him. "Just stand there and watch me perform miracles!" A bit hurt that his lover hadn't rushed over, but relieved as well, Shindou concentrated on putting one foot in front of another in tandem with his crutches.
As Touya had estimated, it was four steps.
Shindou sat heavily on his bed. His physical therapist promised him that he would regain full use of his leg--and left arm--but it would take time. That meant there was light at the end of the tunnel--but in the meantime, Shindou thought, it was a very dark tunnel, and the weakness and pain kept dragging him down, despite his best efforts. The nightmares about the accident didn't help. He pulled the notebook computer towards him and studied the hand that 'Mickey_Mouse' had just played.
A shadow fell over him. Touya was sitting down beside him, though his concentration was on the Net Go screen. "Your last ten hands are erratic and illogical," he said.
"They are not!" Shindou said. He played a response. "Just watch." He waited, then recalled why he had been sitting at the desk just now. "Well, not really, because he takes about ten minutes to reply each time. I think he's discussing the game with a friend." He put the computer down.
"That's too long. We have an appointment, remember? I borrowed Ogata-san's car."
"Oh, I'll just send him a note to postpone the game then," Shindou said, suiting his action to his words. "You know, I think he sounds relieved," he said as 'Mickey_Mouse' replied almost immediately.
"Shall we go now?"
"Are you going to be helping me?"
"Would you like me to?"
Shindou thought for a second. "Just down the stairs."
In the car, back from having his hair professionally dyed, Shindou said, "How come you didn't rush over and help me today?"
Touya gave him a glance before turning back to the traffic. "Because you wanted to do it yourself."
"You knew that?"
Touya's lips quirked. "You yelled 'I'm naked!' just to avoid having anyone come in."
Shindou glanced at himself in the sideview mirror. No, he wasn't naked anymore. His hair looked the same again--it gleamed like sunshine in the afternoon sun--and he felt perfectly confident for the first time in many days.
Day/Theme: 17 Sept/You bring out the sunshine underground
Series: Hikaru no Go
Character/Pairing: Hikaru/Akira
Rating: General
Shindou supposed that it had been a bit mean of him to make Touya take over his students.
Then again, they annoyed Touya so much that he had stopped hovering over Shindou like a mother hen. In fact, Touya had even given him a rather cold reply when Shindou--deliberately putting on an innocent face--asked him how the teaching sessions were.
Shindou mentally rubbed his hands together in glee.
Just then, his notebook computer on the bed 'pinged' to indicate that his Net Go opponent had responded. Shindou sighed inwardly, feeling overwhelmed as he looked down at his desk where he was sitting, at the pair of crutches leaning against the wall, and then at the bed on the other end of the room. True, his bedroom was not big, but-
He was halfway there when someone knocked on his door. "I'm naked!" he yelled, not wanting his mother to enter and help him.
The door opened anyway.
"Mum-" Shindou turned his head around and put on his best whine, ignoring the fact that his best whine was sounding a bit breathless. "Touya?"
It was Touya, all right, still in the suit he usually wore for teaching sessions. He was looking a little anxious, but contrary to Shindou's expectations, he didn't rush over to help Shindou right away.
Shindou glanced at his clock. "Touya, you're early."
Touya closed the door behind him and continued to stand there. "Another four steps," he observed critically. "Can you make it, or should I-"
"Ha!" Shindou rested on his good leg and waved a crutch at him. "Just stand there and watch me perform miracles!" A bit hurt that his lover hadn't rushed over, but relieved as well, Shindou concentrated on putting one foot in front of another in tandem with his crutches.
As Touya had estimated, it was four steps.
Shindou sat heavily on his bed. His physical therapist promised him that he would regain full use of his leg--and left arm--but it would take time. That meant there was light at the end of the tunnel--but in the meantime, Shindou thought, it was a very dark tunnel, and the weakness and pain kept dragging him down, despite his best efforts. The nightmares about the accident didn't help. He pulled the notebook computer towards him and studied the hand that 'Mickey_Mouse' had just played.
A shadow fell over him. Touya was sitting down beside him, though his concentration was on the Net Go screen. "Your last ten hands are erratic and illogical," he said.
"They are not!" Shindou said. He played a response. "Just watch." He waited, then recalled why he had been sitting at the desk just now. "Well, not really, because he takes about ten minutes to reply each time. I think he's discussing the game with a friend." He put the computer down.
"That's too long. We have an appointment, remember? I borrowed Ogata-san's car."
"Oh, I'll just send him a note to postpone the game then," Shindou said, suiting his action to his words. "You know, I think he sounds relieved," he said as 'Mickey_Mouse' replied almost immediately.
"Shall we go now?"
"Are you going to be helping me?"
"Would you like me to?"
Shindou thought for a second. "Just down the stairs."
In the car, back from having his hair professionally dyed, Shindou said, "How come you didn't rush over and help me today?"
Touya gave him a glance before turning back to the traffic. "Because you wanted to do it yourself."
"You knew that?"
Touya's lips quirked. "You yelled 'I'm naked!' just to avoid having anyone come in."
Shindou glanced at himself in the sideview mirror. No, he wasn't naked anymore. His hair looked the same again--it gleamed like sunshine in the afternoon sun--and he felt perfectly confident for the first time in many days.