-- Obsession --
A collection of HikaGo drabbles, by Llowyn
Inspired by Solo Chang's Hikaru no Go Drabbles
Standard Disclaimer (HikaGo isn't mine, blahblahblah… just a poor college student, yadayadayada…) applies to all chapters herein. Shounen-Ai warning – I happen to be a fan of the Hika/Aki pairing, so if you're not, here's your chance to get out
A/N: Since I've failed in the past to keep up with normal-length chapters/stories, and because I usually only have enough steam to get through the first few paragraphs, I figured that I'd try to stick to 'KISS' (keep it simple, stupid) for once. As of right now, I've seen the full 75 anime ep's of HnG, but I've only gotten up to volume 7 in the manga, so forgive me, but until I have enough money to grab the rest of them, I'm gonna be sticking to what I know.
It had been a long time since I'd thought about it.
When Shindou first appeared before me.
I don't mean the game itself. No, I have that game burned into my mind; I couldn't forget it, even if I had wanted to. I even remember what we were wearing that day…
I had on the grey uniform from my elementary school, and Shindou was in jeans and a banana yellow pullover with a '5' on the front, over a red shirt.
But that's beside the point.
When I heard him enter the salon & ask to play me, I admit that I was intrigued. I hadn't played anyone my own age before, and I was excited. It didn't matter to me if he was good enough – the idea of playing another child was enough for me.
It was innocent enough at first, and I thought that my assumptions were correct, when I watched him put the first stone down … like a beginner. I remember feeling a twinge of disappointment.
And then he laid down Shuusaku's Kosumi. It caught me off guard a little, since I hadn't expected it. And it had snowballed from there.
I had lost the game, and it had turned my blood to ice water when Ichikawa-san had said that it was his first time ever playing someone else.
I replayed that game over and over for a week after it happened. At the time, I'd never been so mortified in Go. I hadn't ever underestimated someone so badly in my life, and I had paid for it dearly.
When I met Shindou again, it was raining. I'd overheard a regular customer and Ichikawa-san talking about him at the front desk, mentioning some commotion he'd caused at the Kiin Children's Go Tournament that day.
I bolted out of the salon and headed for the subway at a dead sprint. Catching up to him, we had a fight about his lack of seriousness for Go. I was livid at his attitude, and I just snapped & dragged him back across town to the salon.
That was my second mistake.
I didn't underestimate him this time. I waited for that Kosumi that I knew he would play, and when he did, I fully bared my fangs, but I was unprepared for his mercilessness.
Two utter defeats at his hands, and the seeds were sown.
I was obsessed with Shindou Hikaru.
Notes:
Shuusaku's Kosumi – It's a typical response to a keima attack, but it's not terribly popular these days. (Since I don't really play Go myself, and if you really want to understand, I suggest you refer to the first few episodes of the anime or manga to explain this.;;)
Kiin – The Japanese Igo Center
I re-uploaded this chapter, because I hadn't realized that I misspelled Ichikawa's name (as Ishikawa, oops!) All fixed now, though, and I'll be more careful for such typos in the future