[19 June] [Yoroiden Samurai Troopers] Hidden And Worn

[taichara]

Title: Hidden And Worn
Day/Prompt: 19 - "to my beloved"
Fandom: Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
Character/Pairing: Oni Demon General Shuten Doji
Rating/Warning(s): G
Word Count: 100
Summary: If one keeps friends close and enemies closer, then ...

If he shifted just right, Shuten could catch the faint rasp of ancient mulberry paper.

How many mortal years, now, had he been keeping that folded slip pressed between eldritch metal? Enough to wear it thin as silk; enough to render the oldest grass-brush ramblings nearly unreadable.

At least the last exchanges were still legible despite wear and abuse and the flickers of blood like flowers across the page ...

Blood, and ink, and the nick of a blade; but the words survived despite betrayal, despite his own hate.

So Shuten would keep the fragile thing until time had its way.