Title: Royal Flush

Summary: Hundred word drabbles featuring Thrill Pair, Royal Pair, Sweet Pair, ToFu, and Smiling Pair. Written for the Royal Flush OTP challenge.

Rating: K

Warnings: Shounen-ai.

Notes: Written for the Royal Flush OTP challenge over on POT stands for Pointless but Original Talking! All pairings were given, all prompt words were not. They were merely the words that sparked the fics. All drabbles are real - that is, exactly a hundred words in length. There may or may not be a round three, and if there is it won't be up until much later.


Round Two: Diamonds

Ace of Diamonds:Thrill:Average

Echizen Ryoma was used to looking up. He was, after all, the shortest regular on the team.

But that didn't mean he liked it.

No, one of the things he hated most about being the only freshman regular was having to constantly strain his neck so that he could look at the others. He knew that it was common courtesy to look someone in the eyes when having a conversation, but honestly, why did they all have to be so tall?

Perhaps, he mused, that was the reason he liked Fuji Syusuke so much. They were both below average height.

King of Diamonds:Royal:Esteem

Frustrated, Atobe Keigo threw down his pen. It bounced a few times, before hitting Echizen Ryoma in the head, who looked up from his book and sighed.

"What're you working on this time, Kei?" Atobe shot him a glare, but responded.

"A speech for history."

"What exactly is wrong with it?" This time, Atobe slammed his fist on the desk.

"Absolutely everything!" he exclaimed. Then, softer, "Just like all of the other speeches I've ever written."

Ryoma gave a rare smile and pecked his boyfriend on the cheek. Only he knew how little self-esteem the great Atobe Keigo really had.

Queen of Diamonds:Sweet:Idea

Akutagawa Jiroh was lazing under a tree during break when his phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Ji! I just had the best idea," came the voice of his boyfriend, Marui Bunta.

"Which is…?"

"We should make a movie!"

Jiroh blinked. "What?"

"Well we were talking about books being made in to movies during literature today, and it got me thinking," he said and shrugged, forgetting that the other boy couldn't see him. "I thought it was a good idea."

"We'll see, Bunta, we'll see," he said, before the Rikkai player hung up.

Jiroh grinned. His boyfriend always had the strangest ideas.

Jack of Diamonds:ToFu:Modest

Fuji Syusuke had never been one to flaunt. Yes, he used his triple counters during matches. And yes, even he had to admit, they were impressive. But he very rarely used them as a way to convey that he was a better person than someone.

Atobe Keigo, on the other hand, had always been flamboyant. Born, raised, and currently living the lifestyle of royalty, he had always been allowed to. After all, he didn't just think he was better than other people; he knew he was better.

One was modest and one was not, and that was why they clicked.

Ten of Diamonds:Smiling:Youth

Two college students walked through the park, hand in hand. It had gotten to the point where they didn't worry about what people thought; they had been dating since middle school, after all.

They took this path often, always managing to see something different. Today they passed a park full of grade school children playing tag; up ahead, they could hear a pair of siblings bickering about directions.

On a bench behind them, a middle school boy and girl sat, staring shyly at each other and tentatively holding hands.

Fuji Syusuke and Yukimura Seiichi smiled. They still remembered their youth.


Ending Note: There you go, round two. Round three, if it's every posted, will be clubs. Anyway, please review! In fact, if you do, include a prompt word! They feed my soul! (Both the prompt words and the reviews.) And if you like Royal... a fic may be coming sometime soon. Also, for those of you who are STILL waiting on Shut Down Day... soon, I swear. (Because yesterday was Shut Down Day 08).