![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
branchandroot) wrote2008-06-19 02:55 pm
[Fic] Coals and Ink
Cross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: Bleach, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Inoue Orihime, Kuchiki Rukia, Rukia/Orihime
Summary: Rukia and Orihime have some soft, quiet moments together. Written for Porn Battle, with the prompt: Rukia/Orihime, grooming as foreplay/a sign of affection.
Meta: Romance, I-3
Wordcount: 397
Rukia sighed happily as the soft brush stroked through her hair. One of the things she liked best about being assigned here, or at least about staying with Orihime, was having someone to brush her hair in the evenings. It reminded her of growing up, when the girls had saved broken combs to wash in the canal and do each other's hair with.
Coals and Ink
Rukia sighed happily as the soft brush stroked through her hair. One of the things she liked best about being assigned here, or at least about staying with Orihime, was having someone to brush her hair in the evenings. It reminded her of growing up, when the girls had saved broken combs to wash in the canal and do each other’s hair with.
It wasn’t at all the same when the Kuchiki servants did it.
She was nearly purring with contentment when Orihime stopped and patted her shoulder. "There."
"Okay." Rukia scrambled up off the pillow and turned to take the brush. "Your turn."
It still made Orihime blush a little and Rukia shook her head, rueful. "You have beautiful hair," she reminded Orihime.
"But people say it’s so loud colored," Orihime murmured.
"Ichigo’s hair is loud," Rukia corrected firmly. "Yours is beautiful." She stroked the brush carefully down the silky length. "Arisawa likes it, doesn’t she?" Rukia smiled. "And your brother?" At Orihime’s faint murmur admitting that, she nodded. "And so do I."
"Thank you." Orihime’s voice as soft.
Rukia gently brushed the hair back over Orihime’s shoulder and leaned in to kiss the curve of her neck. "You don’t need to thank your friends for something like that." She wrapped her arms around Orihime, pleased when she leaned back into Rukia’s hold.
"Thank you anyway." Orihime smiled over her shoulder, the real smile this time.
"Well. You’re welcome, then." Rukia ran her fingers through the warm, shining fall of Orihime’s hair and over her throat, and turned her chin gently to kiss her again. "Very welcome."
The way Orihime turned to cuddle into her, arms sliding around her waist, was all the thanks Rukia needed. "It’s been a long day for everyone," she murmured into Orihime’s hair. "Come to bed?"
Orihime blushed for real this time and nodded shyly, and Rukia lifted one of her hand to kiss the fingers before tugging her to her feet. "Come on then." Glancing aside, a little shy, herself, she added, "I’ll make sure you sleep well."
The hair brushing wasn’t the only thing she liked about staying with Orihime.
End
it started off being atobe....
But yes, agreement on what you said. Except to add, the second category you mentioned; I see them not so much as not being able to control their strength, but rather that their brilliance/genius have not found an avenue that they can pour their feelings and emotions into. There is no goal for them. They are directionless, and more often than not bored with the world.
Akutsu can't seem to enjoy anything, Fuji is in a perpetual state of fugue, once in while waking to see the happenings surrounding him because they amuse him, and Kirihara... well, Kirihara is interesting. The boy is obsessed with tennis, is obsessed with the wanting to beat the power3, but his anger, and his complete focus on the court borders on possession. And it is interesting to note that in the match between him and Fuji (manga) the former became clear-headed, and the latter found motivation. Now, I'm sooooooo curious to see what happens to their characterisation, is anything at all.
Re: it started off being atobe....
Oh, I want the manga of the Rikkaidai matches! Damn the stupid programming glitches that keep kicking the mac irc client off the networks! *growls* Most of the time I don't miss irc, but every now and then it's really annoying not to have a reliable client for it.
Re: it started off being atobe....
Me too, the Chinese scans are really grainy, and the Japanese ones.... well, I can't even understand one word out of every 100 words they use, so I'm sort of stumped there. And I have an aversion to IRC channels. They scare me. Plus, dial up connnection. Bad.