Challenge 019: Reason - Blue Monday
Author:
KyaniteD
Title:
Blue Monday
Prompt:
Reason
Characters:
Sei, Youko
Pairing:
(Sei/Youko)
Word Count:
100
Author's Note:
In my imagination, mondays have always been blue.


"You are leaving?" Sei seemed genuinely surprised. "Is it because of me?"

Youko laughed. It was a bitter laugh. "No, it's because of me. This time,
what I do is best for me." She turned to go, but Sei caught her wrist. Youko
did not dare to look back, afraid that what she might see would change her mind.

"I don't count anymore?"

"No." Youko freed herself with a jerk, and left.

Reason, thinking objectively about what was best for her own future, was the only
reliable foundation for a decision. Reason wasn't fickle, like love, like women, like Sei.


Challenge 019: Reason - White Tuesday
Author:
KyaniteD
Title:
White Tuesday
Prompt:
Reason
Characters:
Sei, Youko
Pairing:
(Sei/Youko)
Word Count:
100
Author's Note:
In my imagination, Tuesdays have always been white.
Companion/Sequel to "Blue Monday", in case you haven't figured out.
Youko felt free. It was lonely - none of her former classmates attended this school - and stressful, but her tight schedule left no time for brooding, and she felt strangely liberated... from her thoughts and worries.

She felt free until about a month into her first term, when a familiar figure was waiting for her, on a Tuesday, at the cafeteria. From that day on, they had lunch together every Tuesday, in silence.

Sei never offered an explanation. And Youko did not ask, afraid of the answer, afraid the reason might not be what she wanted it to be.