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issen4.livejournal.com) wrote in 31_days2010-03-08 11:42 pm
8 March/Hikaru no Go/Spirited Away crossover/Twice the River 8/?
Title: Twice the River 8/?
Series: Hikaru no go/Spirited Away crossover
Day/Theme: 8 March/Childhood is short, maturity is forever.
"What are the two of you doing?"
If it were any other time, Touya would have been embarrassed by Shindou's immature behaviour, not to mention the way he was glaring at Sai and Ogino-san like a child who had been ostracized at the playground.
Sai looked up, seemingly unsurprised to see him and Shindou at the door. He nodded at both of them. "Hikaru, you're here. Touya-kun, too."
Ogino-san side-stepped, putting distance between herself and the bed and letting the two of them see the goban on the table between them. As though it was self-explanatory.
"And visiting hours are over!" Shindou added, as though Sai had been arguing the point.
"Why are you here then?" Ogino-san asked.
Shindou's jaw worked for a minute he continued to stare at from Sai to Ogino-san. "I noticed the two of you looking at each other all day," he said. "And I waited outside the ward the whole night, but she never came out. I thought she must still be here."
Sai nodded. "Quite right, Hikaru. Please come in and close the door. And keep your voice down; I would not like anyone to come in right now.
Shindou started to look mutinous. "Then you and her--"
"We are going to play Go, Hikaru. That's the first step."
Sai would have said more, but Ogino-san raised her hand, turned her head to look at him, then let her hand fall again.
The hairs on the back of Touya's neck prickled. For a moment it looked as though Ogino-san had been about to throw something over them, something that could not be seen.
"Sai," Shindou appealed as he made his way to Sai's bed, directly opposite where Ogino-san was standing. "What is going on?" he asked, the whine in his voice strong enough that Touya had to remind that Shindou was an adult and not a six-year-old.
Sai looked at Shindou. "Hikaru," he said. "Have you never wondered how I came to be here?"
Shindou's expression sobered, the almost-pout slipping away like smoke and even the light in his eyes seemed to deepen in shade. It was like a magic spell, one where the recipient gained a decade's maturity with a breath. "Yes," he said, his answer coming out so soft that it was almost inaudible. "I wondered. I thought you were in another world, chasing after the Hand of God."
"My soul has been wondering, but my physical body..."
"I don't believe it," Touya said after he had heard Sai's explanation. It was impossible.
"I don't believe it either, but I think I must," Shinodu said and to Touya's surprise, he turned to Ogino-san and bowed deeply to her. "I thank you for what you have done."
Series: Hikaru no go/Spirited Away crossover
Day/Theme: 8 March/Childhood is short, maturity is forever.
"What are the two of you doing?"
If it were any other time, Touya would have been embarrassed by Shindou's immature behaviour, not to mention the way he was glaring at Sai and Ogino-san like a child who had been ostracized at the playground.
Sai looked up, seemingly unsurprised to see him and Shindou at the door. He nodded at both of them. "Hikaru, you're here. Touya-kun, too."
Ogino-san side-stepped, putting distance between herself and the bed and letting the two of them see the goban on the table between them. As though it was self-explanatory.
"And visiting hours are over!" Shindou added, as though Sai had been arguing the point.
"Why are you here then?" Ogino-san asked.
Shindou's jaw worked for a minute he continued to stare at from Sai to Ogino-san. "I noticed the two of you looking at each other all day," he said. "And I waited outside the ward the whole night, but she never came out. I thought she must still be here."
Sai nodded. "Quite right, Hikaru. Please come in and close the door. And keep your voice down; I would not like anyone to come in right now.
Shindou started to look mutinous. "Then you and her--"
"We are going to play Go, Hikaru. That's the first step."
Sai would have said more, but Ogino-san raised her hand, turned her head to look at him, then let her hand fall again.
The hairs on the back of Touya's neck prickled. For a moment it looked as though Ogino-san had been about to throw something over them, something that could not be seen.
"Sai," Shindou appealed as he made his way to Sai's bed, directly opposite where Ogino-san was standing. "What is going on?" he asked, the whine in his voice strong enough that Touya had to remind that Shindou was an adult and not a six-year-old.
Sai looked at Shindou. "Hikaru," he said. "Have you never wondered how I came to be here?"
Shindou's expression sobered, the almost-pout slipping away like smoke and even the light in his eyes seemed to deepen in shade. It was like a magic spell, one where the recipient gained a decade's maturity with a breath. "Yes," he said, his answer coming out so soft that it was almost inaudible. "I wondered. I thought you were in another world, chasing after the Hand of God."
"My soul has been wondering, but my physical body..."
"I don't believe it," Touya said after he had heard Sai's explanation. It was impossible.
"I don't believe it either, but I think I must," Shinodu said and to Touya's surprise, he turned to Ogino-san and bowed deeply to her. "I thank you for what you have done."