Indiscriminate Happenings
Fandom: xxxHoLiC
Characters/Pairing: Doumeki/Watanuki
Prompt:8:5- Disappointed
Rating: T
Chapter Genre: Romance/Fluff
Summary: Having the only thing you can offer the one you love thrown back in your face is, in fact, more painful than disappointment.
I
Ever since he was younger and under the tutelage of his grandfather he hated having people being disappointed with him or the quality of his work. So, he would strive to be the best as he could be, pushing himself to his personal boundaries and no further, regardless of the escalating standards his teachers would set for him. With that mentality having been set up at such a young age and maintain scrupulously throughout his youth, the sudden dismissal and blatant ignorance of his skills when they were at their best use was irking to him. To have cultivated something so important and helpful to someone he cared about and then have that thrown back in your face was one of the least pleasant experiences he had been through.
It was worse than the disappointment.
Annoyance and silent hurt festered, knowing he shouldn't take it so hard but unable to help himself. Watching the boy throw himself in harms way again and again without a backward glance or regret, allowing himself to be hurt by others and deliberately going out of his own way to avoid his protection, was difficult. It became doubly so after a confrontation that ended with Watanuki shaking and next to tears, hiding his face as he finally admitted he didn't want anyone to be hurt for him. Then and there Doumeki decided he would grab hold of his precious person and never let him go.
The slap he received from the flustered Watanuki for stealing a kiss to seal the promise was, in Doumeki's humble opinion, worth every bit of pain.
II
As was the vivid blush on Watanuki's cheeks afterwards~! :D