Title: By Any Other Name
Rating: R for sensuality
Genre: Drama/Romance/Yaoi
Pairings: Menoumaru/Suzaku
Word Count: 200
Summary: The world is full of paradoxes. For who would believe that a bird could fall to a moth?
Crimson peonies littered the ground, a blood colored trail leading into his midst.
Preening his hair, like the most majestic of birds, Suzaku heard the footsteps crushing the flowers underfoot.
Like a moth to the flame… He smirked, watching as the man walked the floral path.
Waiting, hidden amongst the flowers he so loved, he caught a glimpse of the pale intruder's face. Handsome, and male, it was Suzaku's lucky night.
Blowing the flower petals across the room, he murmured three words.
"Please, don't resist."
The scent of the flowers was mixed with his poison, weakening even the strongest of men.
A moth to be eaten by a bird, how quaint…
But the amusement wore off when the other man laughed.
"I'm not resisting."
Without a second to react, Suzaku found himself lying on the floor amongst the flowers; the stranger's lips crushing against his in a forceful kiss.
Armor and bracelets clattered to the ground, clothing soon joining it.
"Your name?" Suzaku gasped, his hand reaching up to tangle in the aquamarine tresses.
"Menoumaru. Yours?"
He regarded his position, spread open like the petals of a flower, and decided he was no longer a bird.
"Suzaku- of the Flower."