Accidental Kiss (242 words)
Author: Charlotte Raine
A/N: I'm filling in for
Shuu, who has an unavoidable commitment today.
I got a message at 11
last night, and within ten minutes he has me
returning to the fandom
after a three-year absence. --; Hehe, hope
you like the drabble.
Disclaimer: The group doesn't own any of the characters.
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Through the frosted
glass door, he thought he could see the ghost of
Ryou's arm braced
against the shower wall, his head turned up against
the water. He wondered
how the hot water coursed down the contours of
his face, how rivulets
flowed into the fine, pale hair and rinsed away
the suds. He wondered
whether Ryou's eyes were closed, whether water
rained down on their
delicate lids, and whether his mouth was open and
water trickled down to
fall from a full lower lip. The water stopped,
and Bakura imagined his
light's skin would be flushed from the heat,
and steam would rise
from it in feathery wisps.
When the door slid
aside and Ryou stepped out, Bakura ceased
remembering himself. He
forgot to be unseen and silent, and even to
don a stoic mask.
Instead, he simply followed Ryou's graceful arm as
it reached out for a
folded towel, and the droplets down his skin onto
the cool, steam-covered
tile. The ancient spirit felt his breath
driven from his lungs,
and Ryou spun around at the sound.
Ryou felt the floor slip out from beneath him.
Bakura saw a twinge of
fear in those wide eyes; and just once he
wanted to make it
disappear. He wanted, stopped thinking, and leapt.
To his astonishment,
Ryou felt not a harsh collision with the tiles
but steady arms softly
bringing him down to the floor, and even softer
lips easing over his.