DISCLAIMER:
The characters belong to Sai Yukino and Kairi Yura, Kadokawa Shoten,
Madhouse Studios, etc., i.e., not me.
I'm just borrowing them for a
while to spin a tale.
Submitted to
Saiun
Challenge's Week 27 Prompt, Rise, 300 words or less, and won joint
First
Place :)
Perilous
Entertainment
By firewolf
November 2008
@>;-'-
It was well known that Ran
Shuuei delighted in teasing Li Kouyuu just to get an entertaining rise
out of him. However, there was one incident which made him actually
fear for his life. And it had seemed grossly unfair since he was truly
an innocent bystander that time.
It had all started with Seiran confiscating a rather 'interesting'
collection of porn. Normally, he wouldn't have bothered with his men's
amusements. However, he couldn’t ignore this.
Seiran had found Ryuuki with Shuuei then, so the Emperor had the
'pleasure' of perusing with them several pages of graphic sex between
his Twin Flowers. The art was beautiful. However, they agreed that
further production of similar books needed to be stopped.
Alas, Kouyuu had chosen that very moment to arrive, prompting Ryuuki to
quickly and furtively hide the incriminating book in his pile of
paperwork. Unfortunately, this was Ryuuki's finished pile of reports
that Kouyuu was due to review, and the scholar had immediately grabbed
it to do just that.
The men had only a few seconds to exchange horrified looks before
Kouyuu noticed their agitation. And after that, none dared to leave for
fear of making the situation worse if they left Kouyuu to discover the
book on his own.
The brothers would later swear that a virtual thunder cloud appeared
over Kouyuu’s head when he finally reached the porn. And as much as
they liked Shuuei, they quickly abandoned the whimpering man when
Kouyuu started to stalk towards him.
Fortunately, Kouyuu had a sense of humour after all and it seemed he’d
been quite inspired. Still, Shuuei made sure to visit the artist and
strongly 'discourage' further similar publications. He also purchased
the man’s remaining stock. After all, his exclusive privilege had been
terrifyingly achieved, and Shuuei refused to share.
~owari~