Title: Monochrome Author: Kazeko
Fandom: Tennis no Oujisama Type: Gen Rating: PG Summary: inui/yanagi.
Disclaimer: Tenipuri series and all related characters/locations/etc. belong to Konami. Notes: About 25 minutes, for the Shades of Grey temps mort challenge.
In a moment, everything can change.
White.
It is the pristine color, the pure one. Clean, like their easy friendship, like their easy victories. There are no questions. It just is, and the feeling will always be pure. Because there is no doubt, nothing to fear so there is no loneliness. Together they will fear nothing and wish for nothing, for the other is everything that the other will ever want.
"Together we will conquer the world!"
Black.
It is the color of one, no longer a duo. It is neither sad nor ugly, it just a void where it used to be light. You wonder if it is your fault, you ask a million questions that he could not answer. You can not forgive. He has done no wrong. Only this feeling persist and you want so badly blame somebody. But you can not. You can only hold on to that broken dream, waiting and pining for the day one become the duo again.
"Ah... let us be partners forever. Together we can conquer the world."
"... I'm sorry!"
Then like the swift wind that passed you as he left, he was gone like he was never there. And you hurt. Hurt.
Grey.
It is the color that is now, the empty victory. I have won but I have not. All I wanted was to play with you, not against you. But because you wish, I would. I chased after you relentlessly and in the end it was always a chase and not a race. It has been lonely, too lonely.
Are you happy now? I know am not. I recreated the past but the past will always remain the past.
"Game set, match! 7 games to 6 games. Winner, Inui."
No longer would that black be, but it would not ever be white again. Shades of grey, we can neither be friends nor enemies.
I only see in shades of grey.