This is a two-parted fic. The first part is Ritsuka, the second part is Soubi. This is a fic that was previously a part of a colection of one-shot request fics called A Series of Fluffy Fics, which at this point is more or less on Haitus until either it gets renewed interest or I get motivation to do the 3 undone requests. This has been posted seperatley because it's one of my personal favorites and I feel it wasn't getting the attention it deserved when it was one chapter of several and categorized in the anime cross over section--a virtual abyss of impossible-to-find-what-you-want-itude. So please! oggle! enjoy! review!

Pairing: Ritsuka/Soubi (I love this pairing!!!)

Anime: Loveless

Requested by: Half Human Homunculi

Words: Porcelain/ painted

Disclaimer: I own nothing but this particular ordering of words in an amusing fashion. Characters and personalities belong not to me.

Painted Porcelain:

Your skin is as white as porcelain, and if I don't touch your face, run my fingers through your bleach blond hair, I could mistake you for a larger-than-life porcelain doll with a painted-on face. And believe me—you are larger than life. I just don't know what to think around you! You're demanding, but at the same time you will never tell me to do anything. You want me to give you orders, but you rarely follow through. I don't know what to think, and your painted-on porcelain face has yet to betray your thoughts to me.

Your face is like painted porcelain; so easily broken. I want to protect you from the danger you are in, but simultaneously I want nothing more than to break the mask that has been blinding you to everything, to warn—if not save—you from the truth of your current situation. You are so clean and pure; the paint that gives color to your face and eyes is applied so meticulously it's impossible for me to find a flaw in it, other than how very fragile it is. I can't break it, but if the mask doesn't break, you will.

A/N: They are drabbles. Wonderfully 100-word goodness. Did you like em?