Title: Lines That Connect Us (A Drabble Series)
One of twenty
Author: Tsutsuji
For Drabble123 on LiveJournal. Claim: Yuuri/Conrad/Yozak. Table: Angst.
Fandom: Kyo Kara Maou!
Pairing/characters: Yuuri/Conrad/Yozak (as triangle and threesome)
Rating: generally "Teen," but individual segments may vary
Genre/Rating/Warnings: yaoi, romance, angst, may contain m/m sexual content
Disclaimer: Characters and settings are the property of Tomo Takabayashi and associates, not mine. Nobody pays me to write this stuff.
Wordcount: Exactly 200 words each (according to Open Office)
Reviews, comments, & feedback are all much loved.
Prompt #13, scar.
Conrad falls asleep first this time, innocent victim of his lovers' conspiracy to drive every last ounce of tension out of his body. Even so, he ends up putting Yuuri between himself and Yozak, as if to protect him even in his sleep.
Yuuri knows Conrad's body well by now, so he uses the opportunity to explore Yozak's in detail for the first time. His touch discovers scars, less obvious but no less deep than Conrad's. Yozak seems amused at first, indulging Yuuri's naive curiosity, but as he tells the story behind each mark, memories darken the brilliant blue of his eyes.
Casually listing injuries he carried home from one particular battle, Yozak stops when he sees Yuuri's eyes grow wide, sees curiosity replaced by horror and an odd sense of guilt.
"How did you even survive?" Yuuri wonders. He traces a raised, jagged line on Yozak's thigh with reverent fingertip.
Yozak shivers, more from memory than sensation. His gaze shifts to brown hair falling over closed eyes, the small white line on Conrad's brow.
It wasn't a question, only awe that prompted Yuuri's words, but Yozak has an answer.
"Had to," he says. "I had someone else to save."