-1Title: Cause and Effect
Author: Kira (The Author That Never Was)
Anime/Manga/etc.: xxxHOLiC
Topic: Actions and reactions.
Rating: G, totally.
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Yuuko (mentioned), Doumeki/Watanuki, if you squint in JUST the right way ;D
Warnings/Spoilers: Shounen-ai...but not really at all.. No spoilers.
Word Count: 234
Summary: Doumeki isn't much of a 'cause' person.
Disclaimer: CLAMP. Not me.
A/N: Eh. Told from Doumeki's perspective. No dialogue. Just…introspective, I guess. I don't know. The idea is totally random D:


Doumeki wasn't much of a 'cause' person. He didn't like to think too much about exactly why the things that happened happened. He preferred to just act, to just save Watanuki if the occasion called for it and leave it at that.

Hide behind all of Yuuko's sly words and knowing smirks.

Yuuko once told him that opposing elements have a way of blending right into each other so that they make a perfect whole. He didn't really understand what she was on about, so he gave it no more thought than that.

Causes are for people who think too much.

Doumeki thought he finally understood when Yuuko finished one particular evening (right after a particularly difficult job) with one of those knowing smirks.

Watanuki is all thought, and Doumeki is all action.

Doumeki didn't like to think too hard on it. He assumed that he would always be there to react, counter Watanuki's brash, stupid, reckless, self-endangering actions. What if he wasn't?

Watanuki would have to be the thought and the action.

Too much cause, not enough effect.

Doumeki didn't like to think too hard on it.

He could--would--always be there to react on actions. To be the effect after the cause. To pick Watanuki back up and listen to the screams, protests about lunch orders, and perhaps…just maybe…a quiet, barely determinable 'thank you'.

After all, what is a cause without an effect?

OWARI