[Ficlet] Unwanted Desires

[tj_dragonblade]

Started as a drabble; but again 100 words proved insufficient. That's happening more and more often, lately...do I take it as a sign of muses returning to duty? I can hope.

Title: Unwanted Desires
Rated: PG-13
Pairing: Gyokumen/Hwan
Notes: Shoujo-ai, yo. And yes, that is indeed a first. (rubs at back of head, befuddled) I'm a bit clueless as to where this came from, really; I can only assume that stress on TJ exerts all manner of bizarre influences on the muses.

"Gyokumen-sama. You summoned me?"

"Yes, yes; but not for anything so routine as a status report." Gyokumen waved dismissively at Professor Hwan's clipboard. A dangerous smile slowly curved her lips, and she beckoned to the human. "Come closer, won't you?"

Somewhat uneasy, Hwan moved nearer to the throne as instructed, halting directly before it.

"Now." Gyokumen uncrossed her long legs and rose languidly, looming over her subordinate in a subtle invasion of personal space. "Nii tells me...all sorts of interesting things about you, Hwan," she murmured. "Is it true that you're jealous of his place in my bed?"

"I--of all the--that *parasite*--!" the human sputtered, a hot blush racing up her cheeks. It wasn't true. It wasn't.

It *wasn't*; and the rapid beating of her heart now was due only to embarrassment, and that instinctive fear that Gyokumen-sama seemed to incite in everyone around her. Nothing else.

The Youkai woman laughed, a musical cascade of cold crystalline notes that raised the hair on the back of Hwan's neck. "My dear, all you had to do was *ask*," she drawled, claw-nailed fingertips splaying beneath the doctor's chin to lift it. "I'm *always* interested in new...toys...for the bedroom..." Her smirk was terribly unsettling, and Hwan's stomach dropped as those red, red lips parted, descended, lingered wetly over her own in an intimate kiss more chilling than heated.

"I'll expect you tonight," the self-appointed Empress whispered, the words licking into Hwan's mouth. She released the human with a soft caress of claws, then turned and glided off, entitled smirk still in place.

And Hwan shivered, realizing that any choice in the matter had just been taken out of her hands. The smell of Gyokumen's perfume clung to her, cloying; the taste of Gyokumen's lipstick was heavy on her tongue. Foreboding curled thickly in her stomach; and she fought down the urge to retch, wondering why the denials she rehearsed so often in her mind had not seen fit to present themselves at the opportune moment.
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Written: 02/18/05

Comments

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

TJ? have you been reading my mind? *laughs and claps* A bit darker than what i had planned otherwise for a certain leg of that epic fic in the works. But nicely done nonetheless!

*pelts back into MS Word to finish that damned Nii drabble(and possible fic)*

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

...To my knowledge, no; mind reading is not among my talents. However, I will admit that this idea started brewing somehow or other while I was reading session 13 of the RP last night. (smiles sheepishly)

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

Parallel thoughts then. Though with my plan, Hwan is a bit more...willing. *evil grin*

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

I don't know how well it came across; but I in my mind she's...ehh...conflicted? Willing, but doesn't want to be willing, that sort of thing...feh. Really, I'm just experimenting on a whim with chars that I haven't really used before.

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

I still like it. Consider the experiment successful.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

What's truly effed up, though, is that this was fighting with a Gojyo-POV piece of relatively similar length all day. This one got finished. That one didn't. But jumping back and forth between them got very very...weird. O_o To say the least.

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the fun of multiple couples duking it out for supremacy in your head, with us stuck in the middle watching the festivities. XD

I'm not sure whether to be amused or terrified. Considering the loudmouths and sneaky buggers i have residing in my own. *glares at the peanut gallery*

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

It is not Christmas anymore!

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

So? *grins* that icon is pervy enough for year long use. :P

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

Amen.

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

It's very hot (fans self)... Besides, the hintage is obvious in Gensomaden Vol. 6 (laughs even harder) and the animate series itself, which really makes no difference. You got inspired thorugh session thirteen from the roleplay? Damn I must have been a brat with those responses.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

Damn I must have been a brat with those responses.

Ahh, yes; but then again, aren't you always? ^^

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

No... I am slightly out of whack.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

^_^ Heeee. Depending on the whims of the always-fickle muses...meh. More could occur. These two in particular have a natural sort of...vibe, I guess, for it. I mean, Hwan's reaction every time Nii pokes at her about Gyokumen seems rather indicative of a certain truth to his nettling that she'd rather not admit to or even contemplate too hard. ^_^

I'm so glad it pleases you, though. It was kind of...refreshing, really, to play with something so different from the usual.

[entitys.livejournal.com]

ken: (blinks) there are girls in Saiyuki?
e: yes, there are girls.
ken: (shakes head) no, you must have misheard me. there are GIRLS in SAIYUKI?
e: (sighs) yes. and they're rather hot. and with how Sis is writing them, rather hot together too.
ken: (shudders) oh gods i'm gonna be sick. Nii, comfort me.
Nii: (hands over Bunny)
e: (mutters under breath) damn gynophobe... ignore him, Sis. i enjoyed it. and that Hwan chic has been in some serious denial for a long time now.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

(lmao)

Yes, Kenen, there are girls in Saiyuki. Not very many; and not very grippingly-characterized, either, in my personal opinion. ^_^ Still, when they choose the speak, the muses choose to listen and what can I do but go with the flow?

And E - glad you liked it at least a little. And Hwan is so far in denial that we may as well crown her Cleopatra and be done with it. ^_^ I think that's why Nii finds it so amusing to pick on her about it...