DISCLAIMER: The characters belong to Sai Yukino and Kairi Yura, Kadokawa Shoten, Madhouse Studios, etc., i.e., not me.
I'm just borrowing them for a while to spin a tale.
Submitted to Saiun Challenge's Week 27 Prompt, Rise, 300 words or less, and won joint First Place :)
Perilous Entertainment
By firewolf
November 2008
It was well known that Ran Shuuei delighted in teasing Li Kouyuu just to get an entertaining rise out of him. However, there was one incident which made him actually fear for his life. And it had seemed grossly unfair since he was truly an innocent bystander that time.
It had all started with Seiran confiscating a rather 'interesting' collection of porn. Normally, he wouldn't have bothered with his men's amusements. However, he couldn't ignore this.
Seiran had found Ryuuki with Shuuei then, so the Emperor had the 'pleasure' of perusing with them several pages of graphic sex between his Twin Flowers. The art was beautiful. However, they agreed that further production of similar books needed to be stopped.
Alas, Kouyuu had chosen that very moment to arrive, prompting Ryuuki to quickly and furtively hide the incriminating book in his pile of paperwork. Unfortunately, this was Ryuuki's finished pile of reports that Kouyuu was due to review, and the scholar had immediately grabbed it to do just that.
The men had only a few seconds to exchange horrified looks before Kouyuu noticed their agitation. And after that, none dared to leave for fear of making the situation worse if they left Kouyuu to discover the book on his own.
The brothers would later swear that a virtual thunder cloud appeared over Kouyuu's head when he finally reached the porn. And as much as they liked Shuuei, they quickly abandoned the whimpering man when Kouyuu started to stalk towards him.
Fortunately, Kouyuu had a sense of humour after all and it seemed he'd been quite inspired. Still, Shuuei made sure to visit the artist and strongly 'discourage' further similar publications. He also purchased the man's remaining stock. After all, his exclusive privilege had been terrifyingly achieved, and Shuuei refused to share.
~owari~
Thanks for reading.
Cheers, firewolf
And since my muse was dissatisfied with having this idea done in so few words,
please continue on to the next part for the Author's Extended Edition.