What he missed (when he could admit it) was Masahiro's trust, and fearless eyes following him with adoration.ĭuring the following years, when the others still turned their faces away and didn't quite meet his eyes, he'd still had those memories at least. He hadn't missed all of it, certainly, like Masahiro's crying or grabbing fingers, and he hadn't missed how the infant would announce he was done sleeping by drumming his fists on the nearest part of Guren that he could reach - an arm, a leg, his stomach, and even his forehead, on one memorable occasion. (He tried complaining to Seimei and only got laughed at: "It's good that you two have bonded so well, Guren! Don't frown so much, you'll scare Masahiro with that face.")īut eventually had come the day when Seimei had sealed Masahiro's abilities - for his own good, certainly, but it had been strange, watching Masahiro grow older and forget, sleeping comfortably on his own like he'd never once kicked his legs and cried for someone's hand to hold.
The second time they'd slept together came after that, with Masahiro clinging with determination to the black ridges of his collar and Guren dozing more than anything else, keeping an ear open in case the boy started to fuss again.Īfterwards it was easier: Masahiro was a good kid, and could easily entertain himself with whatever small friends he found in the garden - though he'd also been at an age where half of what he discovered went into his mouth, and there were occasionally times where Guren thought that it would be easier to fight off an army's worth of youkai rather than deal with a fussy two-year-old. He'd stayed still as possible to keep from disturbing the child until his mother came for him, and Masahiro had woken when moved and begun to fuss, reaching back out and struggling until Tsuyuki, apologetic, had given him back. The first time Guren slept with Masahiro had been more an accident than anything else: he'd been dozing under a tree, his back to the trunk, and woken some hours later with a tiny infant curled determinedly in his lap and Kouchin laughing at him. D: (I, I suspect I may have failed with this, but - after a week of rewriting and hacking AFTER finishing, I. all I'm saying is, you guys were this close to having me pretentiously quote poetry for everything. Takes place after The Adaption of Fear, and. Shounen Onmyouji - Guren/Masahiro(/Akiko) - not worksafe
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