[31_days][october eighth][xxxholic]

[bonnefois]

The title is a bit jarring, I know, but at the moment I can't think of anything better.

Ah~ I'm not sure if this qualifies as 'gen' or 'slash', so I'm labelling it as both. Maybe it's really 'preslash' because the pairing hintings don't go beyond what CLAMP normally gives us.

Where did aperu_sama go? I know the last thing I heard that she was going on hiatus due to exams, but did they eat her alive? *woes*

Title: “you jerk” and other forms of reverse psychological endearment.
Day/Theme: October eighth/ worse than his bite
Series: xxxholic
Character/Pairing: Doumeki, Watanuki, Yuuko
Rating: an interesting niche between PG and PG-13



Watanuki gets up early to scrub down his apartment – if he puts it off then he’ll never have enough energy by the end of the day. (for his days are spent with tests and bookwork and exams – then waiting hand and foot upon Yuuko when not chasing down dragons for one lone scale which she requested – only to have her tell him that it was the wrong color dragon)

Still, he makes lunch every morning, one extra, grumbling the whole time as he rolls the rice into neat balls and slices the vegetables. Doumeki will be waiting for him on the pavement below. They won’t say ‘hi’ – Doumeki will mutter that he was late, again (he doesn’t mention that he was almost about to come up there and make sure Watanuki didn’t get eaten by some depraved vacuum spirit) Watanuki will scream something completely incoherent (he won’t mention that the reason for being late was making Doumeki’s favorite foods for lunch) then they will walk almost silently, save for Watanuki’s under breath muttering which Doumeki doesn’t bother to listen to.

Of course, Doumeki keeps an eye on Watanuki through school – who knows when there might be lecherous teachers or trashcan monsters thinking he might make a nice snack, Doumeki’s not about to have all this effort put to waste and have Watanuki get spirited away when he’s away in study hall.

What Doumeki doesn’t know is that Watanuki does know. (It makes up for so many broken pencils throughout the day) and that is why he starts out each and every day making Doumeki’s lunch carefully, cursing the entire time.

Miles away in an old Victorian-era mansion, Yuuko watches on, amused as ever. Honestly, these boys were better than any soap opera.

“He’ll figure it out eventually” Yuuko says, sipping at a bit of sake. But that doesn’t mean she can’t help it along a little. Which errand to ask for this time? Perhaps she’d send them to Taichi for his finest wine, (and perhaps warn Doumeki beforehand that Taichi has such a schoolboy fetish) No, no, save that one for later, she still has a case full. Today would be better to ask for Watanuki to exterminate the demon bats in the neighbor’s attic, they were getting to be such a pain these days.

Taking another sip, she smirks. Little does Watanuki know, his wish has already been granted.

Comments

[still-ciircee.livejournal.com]

So much love ♥ I love it when Yuuko watches them and snickers to herself. And I love how you don't beat their feelings into the reader's head. That delicate touch is exactly what this pairing needs and deserves.

This line ---> who knows when there might be lecherous teachers or trashcan monsters thinking he might make a nice snack, Doumeki’s not about to have all this effort put to waste and have Watanuki get spirited away when he’s away in study hall.<--- makes me just go 'eee!' inside and then giggle like a fangirl.

[measuringlife.livejournal.com]

♥! Thank you~ I'm glad I got them well, it's the only the second time I've written something Donuts-centric, (everything else was Clow/Yuuko ;;) and I've always felt like I failed at writing CLAMP series, so your comments really made my day ♥

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