Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: The Color of the Phoenix's Tail - Part Four

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Fic post from my archive.

The Color of the Phoenix's Tail: Part Four

Shuuei transfers, Kouyuu broods, Ryuuki gets a new friend. Drama, I-3

"I'm transferring." Shuuei leaned back and looked out the window of Kouyuu's office. "I think I'll be more suited to the military."

And Koku-daishougun had caught him practicing with Sou-taifu and pounced on him like a wolf on tasty prey, and he still wasn't positive that Sou-taifu hadn't set the whole thing up. But he wasn't saying that part; it would be bad for his image.

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Ryuuren's vulnerable side probably comes from his loneliness (before he found Shuurei and Eigetsu, particularly). Shuuei hints at this at some point in the anime, how he has always been alone because he was so different. Shows how caring a big brother Shuuei is, to have understood this ^^ *fangirls* Ryuuren doesn't appear to be affected by it, but Shuurei notices how rare it was to see him smile at all... awww *hugs Ryuuren*

Yeah, there is this whole competition for "who is going to be the best big brother figure for Ryuuki" between Seiran and Shuuei. AND the interesting thing is that (in the anime at least) Seiran tries to steal the role of Kouyuu's big brother at some point (when he asks Shouka to talk to Kouyuu about Reishin), which Shuuei is jealous about ^^;; *loves*