Title: Twisted Wonderland Series 06-10
Author: Shadow Arashi
Fandom: Pandora Hearts
Pairing: Vincent x Break
Rating: from PG-13 to NC-17
Warning: Romance, boy love, twisted love-hate relationship between Vincent and Break. Written based on the 50scenes challenge.
Disclaimer: Pandora Hearts and its characters belong to Jun Mochizuki. I own nothing and am doing this for entertainment only and don't make any profit of it.
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06 – Glory
"So tell me, what was it like?"
"What?"
"Living as a knight. What was it like?"
Break put down the book he was reading and glanced at the blond sprawled onto the couch next to him. Vincent merely smiled up at him expectantly.
"Why are you asking?" The pale haired man finally said lightly.
His tone sounded as amused as ever but there was no denying the subtle warning behind the sweet words. Vincent gave a little shrug, absentmindedly playing with a torn doll.
"Is it that surprising that I would wish to learn more about my lover?" He answered pleasantly.
Break shook his head before giving a little laugh.
"Your curiosity is never innocent, Vincent. What do you really have in mind I wonder?"
The blond smirked, wordlessly acknowledging and conceding the victory of their small verbal fight to Break.
"I was just wondering what kind of life being a knight entitled, especially during yourtime. I guess I was merely... curious as to what drove you to choose such a life." Vincent turned around on the couch so that he was now on his hands and knees, his lips nearly brushing Break's as he leaned in closer. "So tell me my dear Hatter, was it for the fame... or something else?"
The albino remained silent for a few moments, his book forgotten across his lap.
"It doesn't matter anymore now. But I can tell you that; it wasn't for the glory." He finally said, his voice flat.
When Vincent blinked at him in confusion Break merely gave him a smirk, his visible eye glowing eerily.
"There is nothing glorious about killing. Maybe you ought to remember that."
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07 – Bitter
Of all the candies in the world, black licorice was the last one Vincent would have expected to be Break's favorite. It just didn't fit the usual tastes of the mischievous albino, who seemed to prefer cakes and sweet candies of the lollipop variety more often than not.
But maybe it wasn't so surprising in the end, Vincent reflected as he watched his lover nibbling on a black string of the bitter confection, a faraway look on his face and probably thinking about the past once again.
But that was perfectly fine with him. Bitterness suited the Hatter much better in his opinion anyway.
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08 – Smiles
Liam stared at the strange scene before him, eyes wide and confused.
Break was smiling, though it wasn't exactly what was causing Liam such agitation but rather the reasonfor that smile.
The pale man wore many faces and Liam had come to see a lot of Xerxes' smiles over the years. There were the smug ones, the satisfied ones, the fake ones and the mischievous ones that spoke of doom of course, but also the small, bitter ones that only graced Break's lips when he thought no one was looking.
So Liam was pretty sure he was familiar with the many smiles of the Mad Hatter by now. And this one was definitely new. The fact that Vincent Nightray was the apparent cause of this smile only made it all the more bizarre.
To his credit, it was only when he noticed that the young noble was smiling back in a non psychotic way that Liam went spluttering and flailing in the background like a cat drenched in cold water.
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09 – Her
Vincent didn't hate Sharon Rainsworth. He truly didn't care about her enough to give a damn one way or another. To him she was just this annoying little girl that the Hatter served with blind devotion, the ever faithful servant never far away from his Lady.
But there were moments when Vincent truly feel he could hate her.
It was on the days where Break would suddenly disappear weeks at a time, only to come back coughing blood and too tired to play. It was every times Break backed out from one of their games to tend to Her, leaving him alone.
She was Break's everything, and Vincent never did learn how to share his toys.
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10 – Morals
The silver haired man played a good game and, to his credits, he did know how to manipulate the people around him rather beautifully. Unfortunately for him, Vincent was even better.
It was plain to see, for one who cared enough to look that is, that the man's weakness was his sense of morality. For all his plotting and the blood on his hands, Break truly was a good person at heart. Not even his descent into the Abyss seemed to have affected that part of him, and in a way Vincent could say that he was almost jealous.
Which was why he would delight in destroying the rest of the Hatter's morals until there was nothing left, except broken pieces for him to put back together, until Vincent's doll was all that remained.