Drabble Notes – Ryo/Seto, a crossover between DM & GX. The early basis of a much larger project that I intend to return to one day. This drabble is based after season one of GX, ignoring season two onwards, but the eventual project will be based after season two of GX, ignoring season three onwards.
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The top student had fallen asleep quite quickly. This surprised Seto because he knew that, being like himself, an intellectual person like Ryo would most likely stay awake until the small hours of the morning pondering over equations or strategies, the thinking patterns of others and of course how to crush his opponents. That had been what the files upon the student had led him to believe.
Then again he should bear in mind just how far he'd pushed Ryo during their training that day. The mental stimulation would have killed most average men but it was necessary. He had to be sure. He had to know…
…And he had forgotten that Ryo was just a teenager. Though he knew that Ryo had wanted him to forget that. Ryo had gone through his life being able to easily convince others that he was more then just a young boy and even Seto had fallen into the trap of thinking this to be true. He cursed himself for not seeing the trick before now. But if Ryo wanted to be treated like an adult Seto would not dishonour him by treating him otherwise. Until the boy had either proven his worth or snapped under the pressure. Either would be interesting to watch…
He ran his hand along Ryo's hair, paying close attention to his face. Even as he slept he looked stressed. His mind was ticking away constantly. Seto found it painful to look at. Because he knew that he probably looked the same way when he slept. Always angry, always vengeful, always thinking. Looking at Ryo was like looking at a mirror. A mirror that showed all the mistakes that Seto had made in his life ready to resurface and be made again.
Seto decided he did not want to look at this mirror anymore. He pushed Ryo's face away from him, so he wouldn't have to look at it for the rest of the night.