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[Oct 4][j-rock: GacktJOB] Sunset
Title: Sunset
Day/Theme: October 4: Why do you sleep with girls?
Fandom: J-rock -- GacktJOB
Character/Pairing: one-sided RenxYou, previous GacktxYou
Rating: PG
Summary: Love is love, so utterly simple and yet equally complex.
Comments: Eien AU again, previous incarnations for Ren (who should be obvious) and You (Meiko), with mentions of even earlier incarnations of You (Yuusuke) and Gackt (Kamui - ahhaha! Jaguar makes a funny!). Time setting is purposefully left vague, but probably somewhere in the last half of the nineteenth century.
~*~*~
Ren loved evenings best, the quiet of sunset and nightfall as land and people alike calmed into sleep. It was also the time when she could pamper Lady Meiko, her mistress. She had been with Meiko's family for years, inwardly relieved to find a familiar soul in the youngest daughter. A soul she knew almost as intimately as her own.
“Ren-san, can I ask you a question?”
“Of course, Mei-chan,” she said, grinning as she kept combing the girl's long black hair.
“Why do you ... why do, um, well, er, why do you, er, sleep with girls?”
Ren paused a couple of beats, then resumed tending Meiko's hair.
“Why do you think that?”
“Oh, well, um, er, I sort of ... overheard some of the servants talking. I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't listen to such things, but....”
“It's all right, Mei-chan,” Ren said, chuckling softly. “I know who started it and she's just jealous. Right, but jealous.”
“She ... she is? But then ... why?”
“I dunno, why do you want to have a boy in your bed?”
“Ren-san!”
“Love is love, Mei-chan. You fall in love with a person because of who they are on the inside, not because of the outer form. Can I help it if both I and my dearest love were born into this life as women? Should I set aside my feelings, wait for the next life, and hope for the best? No, no, I've not got that kind of patience. I only hope you don't have to worry about these things with your soulmate.”
“My soulmate? Ren-san, do you really think I have a soulmate?”
“I know you do, Mei-chan,” Ren murmured, one hand resting on Meiko's shoulder. “A wonderful and gentle spirit well matched to you.”
Ren smothered a sigh as she watched youthful idealism glow in her mistress's eyes. Dreams of the perfect man, a handsome gentleman who would sweep her off her feet. Ren didn't have the heart to shatter her fantasies, to tell her that her soulmate wasn't always the perfect image. After all, she hadn't seen Meiko's soulmate yet either, so who could say?
“Ren-san? What if ... what if I can't be with my soulmate? I know Father means for me to wed soon. What if the man he chooses isn't my soulmate?”
“Love always finds a way, Mei-chan.”
Love is patient beyond time, she sighed to herself. She certainly had reason to know the truth of that. Setting aside the comb, she ran her own fingers through raven hair before dividing it for braiding.
Oh Yuusuke, even after all these lifetimes, I still love you. I hope Kamui comes for you soon. And I hope he came into this cycle as a man who really can sweep you off your feet. If I can't keep you, then it should be Kamui.
“Good night, Mei-chan.”
“Good night, Ren-san. Thank you.”
Ren only smiled as she put her beloved charge to bed. Perhaps in another life....
Day/Theme: October 4: Why do you sleep with girls?
Fandom: J-rock -- GacktJOB
Character/Pairing: one-sided RenxYou, previous GacktxYou
Rating: PG
Summary: Love is love, so utterly simple and yet equally complex.
Comments: Eien AU again, previous incarnations for Ren (who should be obvious) and You (Meiko), with mentions of even earlier incarnations of You (Yuusuke) and Gackt (Kamui - ahhaha! Jaguar makes a funny!). Time setting is purposefully left vague, but probably somewhere in the last half of the nineteenth century.
~*~*~
Ren loved evenings best, the quiet of sunset and nightfall as land and people alike calmed into sleep. It was also the time when she could pamper Lady Meiko, her mistress. She had been with Meiko's family for years, inwardly relieved to find a familiar soul in the youngest daughter. A soul she knew almost as intimately as her own.
“Ren-san, can I ask you a question?”
“Of course, Mei-chan,” she said, grinning as she kept combing the girl's long black hair.
“Why do you ... why do, um, well, er, why do you, er, sleep with girls?”
Ren paused a couple of beats, then resumed tending Meiko's hair.
“Why do you think that?”
“Oh, well, um, er, I sort of ... overheard some of the servants talking. I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't listen to such things, but....”
“It's all right, Mei-chan,” Ren said, chuckling softly. “I know who started it and she's just jealous. Right, but jealous.”
“She ... she is? But then ... why?”
“I dunno, why do you want to have a boy in your bed?”
“Ren-san!”
“Love is love, Mei-chan. You fall in love with a person because of who they are on the inside, not because of the outer form. Can I help it if both I and my dearest love were born into this life as women? Should I set aside my feelings, wait for the next life, and hope for the best? No, no, I've not got that kind of patience. I only hope you don't have to worry about these things with your soulmate.”
“My soulmate? Ren-san, do you really think I have a soulmate?”
“I know you do, Mei-chan,” Ren murmured, one hand resting on Meiko's shoulder. “A wonderful and gentle spirit well matched to you.”
Ren smothered a sigh as she watched youthful idealism glow in her mistress's eyes. Dreams of the perfect man, a handsome gentleman who would sweep her off her feet. Ren didn't have the heart to shatter her fantasies, to tell her that her soulmate wasn't always the perfect image. After all, she hadn't seen Meiko's soulmate yet either, so who could say?
“Ren-san? What if ... what if I can't be with my soulmate? I know Father means for me to wed soon. What if the man he chooses isn't my soulmate?”
“Love always finds a way, Mei-chan.”
Love is patient beyond time, she sighed to herself. She certainly had reason to know the truth of that. Setting aside the comb, she ran her own fingers through raven hair before dividing it for braiding.
Oh Yuusuke, even after all these lifetimes, I still love you. I hope Kamui comes for you soon. And I hope he came into this cycle as a man who really can sweep you off your feet. If I can't keep you, then it should be Kamui.
“Good night, Mei-chan.”
“Good night, Ren-san. Thank you.”
Ren only smiled as she put her beloved charge to bed. Perhaps in another life....