Procrastination hits me again!

[fickle]

“The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.”

Pick a pairing. Write three drabbles for that pairing, each with a different take on it: love, hate and indifference. In that order, because that’s the order they appear in the quotation. Post them in your journal, and pass this on.

See that meme? I meant to do it for psychoshipping. I really did. Instead, I ended up writing my first ever Dangershipping story/ficlet. Not even a drabble. Two full pages on Microsoft Word. I have no clue how that happened, but I'm blaming it on nekocutecatchan (or in other words, sneakily dedicating it to her) and posting it here.

...I'll take the meme later.

The theme that I had been trying for was love btw, in case anyone is interested in how off-base I managed to get. All critiques will be gladly accepted.



Existence.

A giggle floated lazily into the office, followed moments later by a smirking Yami no Malik and a mocking call of, “Why Se-to, working again? What a shame. I’d almost think you didn’t miss me.” The dark spirit was the only one who drawled Seto’s name in that particular manner, elongating the syllables to make it sound like a snake’s hiss followed by an axe chop.

“You’re not real.” Seto informed Yami no Malik, without looking up from his laptop. A moment later, the screen was pressed down with a deceptive gentleness, the cinnamon-golden fingers of the other boy wrapping over Seto’s slender, paler hands. The same infuriatingly relaxed laughter sounded again as Yami no Malik started to thoughtlessly bend Seto’s fingers backwards, now seated on his lap. “Silly Se-to. That is what you always say.”

“It’s just as true as the first time that I said it.” Seto coldly replied, not wincing at the feeling of his fingers being pushed to the breaking point. He refused to look at the Egyptian, instead staring at the dark wooden door from which his tormentor had entered. For that, he heard a finger snap, the sharp crack sounding even over the other’s laughter. “But Se-to, if I don’t exist, then how did that finger break?”

Changing tactics as that question was unanswerable, Seto instead reasoned flatly, “You are nothing but a part of Malik Ishtar’s mind. You cannot have a body of your own separate from him meaning you cannot be here. Hence, you do not exist.” For an answer, he received a taunting giggle and dark indigo eyes peered up at him teasingly, half-hidden by lowered eyelids. Tanned fingers deftly undoing buttons, Yami no Malik asked casually, “Does that mean I’m not undressing you?”

A silence, and the sound of heavy cloth hitting the ground with a muffled thud, the metal jingle of belts clashing against each other following. Then a stubborn, single-word reply. “Yes.”

“And that you’re not scared?” Fingers ghosting over the expanse of skin revealed, pressing against the hollow of Seto’s throat and feeling his heartbeat quicken in a way that would never be shown in his words. A curt answer, anger barely-repressed, “I don’t fear what doesn’t exist.”

Laughter sounded yet again, the golden false god sliding off the other’s lap to kneel between his legs and smirk up at him. The words that dripped off his teeth were poison-sweet, the quick flash of teeth ghostly white, seeming to almost glisten under the bright light of the office. “If I don’t exist, then obviously you won’t feel it when I do this…” A hand settled on each thigh, the gold of the bracers cold against Seto’s skin, and the psychopath bent his head after flashing the taller boy another eerie smirk.

Once more, silence fell, cold blue eyes staring steadily at the wooden door, lips pressed together in a thin line to stop any sound escaping them. Any sound at all. This wasn’t happening. There was nothing for him to feel. There was no reason for to react, because there was nothing happening for him to react to.

…and the sudden, shocked gasp that left his lips was due to him seeing a scratch on the door. Nothing to do with a clever tongue curling itself in such a manner that it tangled Seto’s very thoughts.

Again, laughter rang through the room, contaminating the very air as Yami no Malik rose to his feet, now looming over the other boy as he licked his lips, pink tongue seeming to taste the air in a snake-like manner. Wild spikes of dark golden hair covered his eyes, only the perfect cruelty of his smile showing as he guided Seto from the chair to lie over the desk instead, brown head bent to stare at the carpet. Passive. Submissive. All those things that Seto wasn’t. Which made sense. This wasn't happening, so this wasn’t Seto. Or so he told himself, with every shudder that ran through his body.

This wasn’t happening, so this wasn’t him.

Afterwards, instead of laughing, Yami no Malik half-purred as he held the other boy close to him, cradling his pretty doll within gold-laden arms. Trailing his fingers languidly over the cooling skin, he licked at the shell of the other’s ear before he spoke, “Se-to, do you still maintain that I don’t exist?”

Voice empty of all emotion, Seto answered mechanically, “You do not exist. Magic does not exist. Fairy-tales do not come true.”

Laughter. Harsh and wild and free from all constraints of sanity. All traces of playfulness disappeared from Yami no Malik’s eyes, the purple of them starting to burn like the ashes of a phoenix pyre as he tightened his grip on Seto, and cooed as a reply, “Fairy-tales don’t come true. But nightmares do.”

A hard kiss pressed upon bruised skin, “Nightmares live.”

A broken finger twisted sadistically, “Nightmares kill.”

A sudden, harsh bite at a soft shoulder, “Nightmares hate.”

A shockingly-soft whisper, cruel in its deception, “Nightmares love.”

A final, low, victorious laugh.“Nightmares exist. And I am your nightmare.”

~Fin~

The theme that I had been trying for was love btw, in case anyone is interested in how off-base I managed to get, and I wrote it over the course of three hours or so, since I kept getting distracting which might account for the different styles used. All critiques will be gladly accepted.

Comments

[xinda.livejournal.com]

wow. I am... wow.... Um... you do realize I don't like this pairing and I enjoyed the fic and enjoyed the imagery in my head? The better thing is usually I replace characters in fics... if I don't like the pairing, I replace things here or there in my head... I didn't even bother. Something about this had it working for me... minus the finger... *cough* I shall never be prepared for such things ^^; But again, I love the last part... I LOVE it.

“Fairy-tales don’t come true. But nightmares do.”

A hard kiss pressed upon bruised skin, “Nightmares live.”

A broken finger twisted sadistically, “Nightmares kill.”

A sudden, harsh bite at a soft shoulder, “Nightmares hate.”

A shockingly-soft whisper, cruel in its deception, “Nightmares love.”

A final, low, victorious laugh.“Nightmares exist. And I am your nightmare.”

Something about the words alone, I'd love to just... have quoted. Seriously. *cough* And, I still love when you write like that - with the actions broken through with words and such.

*loves this* ... *cough* I must not get into the pairing, though, b/c my four charries must stay with each other and no one else... ....

[xinda.livejournal.com]

*cough* and a meme I will not do.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

XD, well, since I haven't even DONE the meme yet, you don't need to either.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

LoL and even when you do do it, I will not ;P

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...why not? You can't read my stuff unless you take the meme as well.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Because... >.> I can't do the meme ^^;

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...why?

[xinda.livejournal.com]

...why?

*blinku* and here I thought it would be obvious... b/c... I can't do a meme that involves writing, I've already proven that ^^;;

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

LOL, can too! You did a lovely job on that ficlet you wrote for me.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

*sulks* Twas alright *must.do.better* :P ^^ *ahem* But yeah... that's my reasoning ;P And if I ever -do- the meme, that would require me sitting there with it on my computer and debating on if anyone will ever see it.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

lol, perfectionist much? And argh, damn you, memes are meant to be passed on. If you never do them, then how will they reproduce?

[xinda.livejournal.com]

LoL more like I know so many that are more talented as well as the fact that it's something I love to do... a lot, so... more reason to want it to be... better ^^;; Yes... well... I can still post the meme itself and get others to do it 9.9

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

You have to do the meme to post it and c'mon, just because someone is better than you at something doesn't make your efforts worse!

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

I doubt the power dynamics of this fic would have let you play replace-the-char anyway. Usually, you can only do that with fics that are PWPs or have OOC chars, so I'll take it as a compliment to my writing skills that you didn't do that. ^_^

Feel free to quote that to anyone you like, but I warn you that they might get a little freaked out. XD And lol to sticking to OTPs! My current OTPS:

Changeshipping (never even though of that before ygo_rpg but now I adore it)
Psychoshipping (just don't let it know about the dangershipping I like on the side)

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Hm. Not sure. I've taken some fics and switched characters... not always easy, but have. So yes, take it as a compliment that I did not do that ^^

LoL! They might freak out? And... that makes me want to do it more ;P j/k.

^^; *cough* Well All I know is that it sucks that my top two fav's include Bakura so either way ~.~; *shrugs* ^^; and if I brought my 3rd, it'd still be involving Bakura -.-;; And I used to call Malik the slut -.- *cough* yes, your dangershipping that I'm sure if you could you'd bring it in x.x

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

lol, okay, I'll be complimented.

Whee, tell me if you do. ^_^ *used to print out stuff and stick it on her walls if she liked it enough*

XDDD, I hate the word 'slut'. What's your third, btw? My third would have to be dangershipping or clashshipping or damageshipping... my first is definitely psychoshipping. I am going to do the meme for that. ^_^

...bring it in where? Bakura would kill me if I broke him and Marik up to let Marik dominate Seto instead.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Good.

LoL Yeah. i just have art,fanart and such on my walls - well, besides the tons of posters and such ^^; When I redo my walls and such, I should take a pic :P

^^; Hate the word slut, hmm? ^^; Oops. Yeah, a friend of mine and I joked about it - not that he really *was* one, just that the way he was often portrayed ^^; My third would probably be tendershipping... though, even fetishshipping is starting up there x.x Clash? Yay for doing the meme for that :P

Umm... Yeah, he would ~.~ Twas what I'm hoping you wouldn't do :P Then again, don't think seto-mun would go for that ^^;

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

I just have the fanart you sent me, a few works of art, some posters and a little bit of poetry. My room back home looked cooler. *pouts*

Clashshipping = Marik x Atem. *shrugs* Don't ask why, most of the time I can't stand it but I like it occasionally. And yay indeed for 3 psychoshipping drabbles to be posted.

XD, I doubt it very much! Though it could always work in an AU RP... gods, now I'm imagining Marik/Seto as the established couple, and Bakura wanting to break them up, but Marik telling Bakura that he wouldn't break anywhere near as prettily as Seto would and Bakura just smirking and saying that he wouldn't be the one getting broken, then kissing Marik before he has the chance to absorb what Bakura said...

Um. No. Bad. NO INSPIRATION FOR FICLETS, DAMN YOU!

[xinda.livejournal.com]

^^ Oooh. *pats* Well your roomates don't deserve to have their room be touched with the coolness that is your room back home... they get the next level down, b/c they're not worthy.

Aoh. Marik... Atem... dang. *cough* ~.~ No comment :P And yay for 3 psychoshipping drabbles ^-^

LOL jeez. Marik/Seto and Bakura ... yeah. If Bakura wanted to be with Marik than yeah, I could see him trying to break them up *clears throat and hisses* :P *blinku* Oi... LMFAO!!! Interesting that... I say things and they inspire ficlets o.o;; *pouts @ ideas in my head that leave many ideas that all end up with broken/lonely/loner forever Baku* x.X

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

lol, and because it would confuse the hell out of them.

XD, I said that I don't like most of the time. I only ever like it because Marik gets to dominate Atem. Which is fun, since I don't like Atem. At all.

Yeah, inpsirations for ficlets just hit me out of things that people say often, because my mind is weird like that... and what broken/lonely Bakura? If he was trying to split them up, he'd damn well succeed! My OTP is psychoshipping after all, not changeshipping.

[xinda.livejournal.com]

Then again... maybe you should... ;P

*nods* Yes... well... yeah. I can see the "positive" thing in that, but... >.> *dangles Bakura in front of Marik* THIS is good *dangles Atem over various torture devices* This? You let someone else take care of.

*nods* Well, yeah. LoL I get hit with inspiration for things, I just... never do them b/c I know I can't portray or... convey... something them as I see them in my mind or think of them or what-have-you... >.< Meh. My imagination is so high that someone mentions a word or phrase and I'll usually either create something from it or associate it with something -.-;; Well... I inspire Yuri fanfiction for Genderbending Yuugioh *nods* at least with one of my friends I do ^^; And yes, broken/lonely Baku - not from your fics *coughwouldhopethatyouwouldsticktopsychoshipping :P * But more like my wonderful way of having Bakura not be a loner only to have it stripped from him to end up a loner again but miserable "you don't know what you've got till it's gone" sort of things *shrugs* and other such thoughts ^^;

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

I'm still debating if your picture of a kneeling Bakura in his underwear is safe to stick up or not. XD

LOL! *dies* Talk about teaching by example! *nods and scribbles down notes*

Meh, yeah, sometimes the stufff that I write comes out wrong or not like I intended it to. Usually I post it anyway, just to remind myself how far I've progressed.

and lol, good for it not coming from my fics! *waves a little 'Psychoshipper for life!' flag* Aw... don't do that to him. Then again, I've done worse to Marik, so who am I to talk? ^^;

[xinda.livejournal.com]

LMFAO!! Yeah, I did that part last minute. "Pants... no... yes... no... yes... Naw..." *doodles and traces over and stares* No!!! It didn't come out right!! *sulks* Ah well.

LoL!! *nods* Yep ^-^ Now, it doesn't mean I have a problem with Atem *cough* Sometimes... *ahem* 9.9

*nods* Yeah. And you can always rewrite it how you want it... if you want. *nods* Yeah... I... am scared to look at the things I used to write ^^'
LOL Naw. Though, mention of dangershipping only increased the thoughts, but didn't inspire them :P ... changeshipping too... I think change... YAY for psychoshipper for life :P *nods* ~.~ Yeah. I keep thinking "Be nice to Bakura! He deserves it! Show through him that things can happen! Write fics about it!" then I turn around, "Nope. I'd like to be nice, but I must be honest... it doesn't happen that way" *clings to Baku* ^^; *pats Marik* Poor misunderstood ... Err... creation.

[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

LOL! How did you mean it to come out? I like the idea and I love the picture, but Bakura does seem rather "well-endowed" for me to stick up for everyone to see. XD

Eh, I rarely rewrite things. Don't have the patience and have FAR too many other plotbunnies in my head to be able to sit down and rewrite things without making them completely different.

LOL! Changeshipping is good. It pairs Malik and Ryuuji up so that neither of them can distract Marik and Bakura from being a happy little psychotic couple. Dangershipping is bad, it makes Marik focus on breaking Seto instead of fucking claiming Bakura. *innocence* Though, damn you, now I want to write that fic with both of them in it.

...and nice things do happen to Bakura. He gets to take Marik's virginity, for a start. At least, in one fic that I'm writing. He also mocks Marik mercilessly for it. ^^;

[xinda.livejournal.com]

*stares* I put pants? O.o *blinks* I just re-read that and... hmm.. I suppose I shoulda wrote "whines" or something instead of "pants" b/c now that I look at that, that looks very wrong x.X

LoL! Just... I donno. Both their upper bodies are alright... not great, but... alright. Then I drew the bottom half of them and they would not cooperate. LMFAO! yes... When I was outlining I did some messups... including width/size of bottom halfs - from legs to how tall they were to... err... *cough* Yes. I think I'll stop there...

*nods* Yeah. LoL I suppose if you did try to rewrite it, you'd probably just end up changing the entire thing...

LoL!! yes, I s'pose keeping Malik & Ryuuji together to keep them from distracting Marik & Baku is a good thing :P LMFAO!!!!! Oh jeez. Instead of claiming Bakura xDD Wow... and *shakes head* tsk tsk. How nice of Marik. Either breaking one or being possessive of the other. Nice ;P Oi! When I woke up I was thinking of something and now I can't remember what it was! It was something similiar to the fics you wrote... in that sort of vibe about Seto... Seto's working at his desk and all he keeps imagining is Marik and Bakura together... and being in denial that (a) he's imagining that to begin with (b) that he even cares. gah. I shoulda wrote it as soon as I got up outtah bed *pouts* Err, and I just wrote something, anywho.

*blinku* Oh? The Virgin!Marik fic?? xDD Whee~ LoL and aww.... mocking him? xDD Why do I see a cute-pouty Marik now? ^^;