Courting a Songstress

by merendina

In which we learn that love and desire are two very different things, and in which a vassal woos his lady. / Zhang Liao/Diao Chan drabble series as requested by Jianus. :D

1. What I've Tasted of Desire

Liao/Chan for Jianus, on a darker note than most. XP Standard disclaimers apply.

Courting a Songstress
1: What I've Tasted of Desire

Which one of them will you go to tonight?

It doesn't look like I'm watching, I know. But I am. I blame you. You always seem to tug on my attention no matter how far away you are, and I give it to you in full.

Which one of them will you go to tonight?

I hunt for a sign in the most obscure of places. When the music moves to your dance, and not the other way around, does it point you to either one? Is there a note in your song that this one recognizes is only for him?

Which one of them will you go to tonight?

Perhaps it does not matter. Whichever one it is, the story never changes. He will take you behind gossamer curtains with halfhearted sweet nothings that drift away come the dawn. And you will carefully, smilingly lie through painted lips that none in the world are more loved, more blessed than you.

But love and desire are two different things. Two very different things.