Ship: kuramochi youichi/miyuki kazuya Fandom: daiya no ace Major Tags: mentions of death/dying Other Tags: harry potter au Word Count: 555
i know nothing about fe, but my mind went "harry potter" when i saw this prompt, so... it's inspired by deathly hallows. jazz hands
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kuramochi reaches out a hand, grips miyuki's wrist tightly.
"what do you think you're doing?" he hisses, when miyuki doesn't even look fazed by his intervention. instead, he looks dead set on what he plans to do--what he thinks he has to do alone--and doesn't seem like he'll give in. if he's afraid... well, miyuki doesn't show it. but youichi knows better.
"what do you think?" he finally asks kuramochi, hand limp in kuramochi's, wand gripped tightly in his other hand. "it's time i--"
kuramochi knows what miyuki's going to say before he says it, cuts it off with a firm, "no."
miyuki looks at him, and he can see that miyuki doesn't want to go, but thinks he has to. thinks he has to confront what's outside hogwarts and waiting for him if he wants to end this war. if he wants to save all these people.
"you heard the ultimatum. i go or everyone--"
"people are dying anyway," kuramochi insists, pulls miyuki closer to him, grips his shoulders tightly like he wants to make him see. why can't he make him see?
"because of me."
"no. because of them." he gestures at the doors, at where there are people waiting out there to kill miyuki the first chance they've got. "do you think it'll be over if you sacrifice yourself? do you think that's going to end this? it'll just give them the chance to overrun everyone! that's what they want. to get rid of you when you're the only one who can stop them."
miyuki groans, presses a hand against his forehead, looks away from kuramochi.
(he remembers. remembers a few months ago while they'd been running, together, looking for the only way they knew to even the playing field, to end this. they'd spent many nights concealing themselves, not knowing if they'd get caught or killed, face way to many close calls with the things they did do.
miyuki pressed his face against his knees, then, mumbled to kuramochi what he thought but never told anyone else. "i'm no hero." i can't be what they all want me to be.
kuramochi hadn't said anything, put wrapped an arm around miyuki's shoulders, the touch telling him more than words could. you don't have to be one alone. let me help you. let me--)
"if you do anything, it's not going to be alone."
miyuki looks up at him, eyes panicked. "you're the reason i have to do it alone! youichi--"
("you don't have to protect me," he'd told miyuki months ago.)
he'd meant it. he wants to look out for miyuki as much as miyuki's been doing for him. he doesn't want miyuki to sacrifice himself under the pretenses that it will keep kuramochi safe.
("it's hard not to," miyuki told him later. "you're all i've...")
"if you want to go, fine. but it won't be alone." he takes miyuki's hand, squeezes it. "we'll figure something out. together, kazuya."
he knows miyuki's scared. hell, kuramochi is too. has been for months. but he's not about to stand by and lose miyuki when he could stand by his side and fight with him, help him instead.
he's not going to take no for an answer. not when he could lose miyuki for good if he does. they'll figure something out. they always do.
FILL: TEAM KURAMOCHI YOUICHI/MIYUKI KAZUYA, T
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: mentions of death/dying
Other Tags: harry potter au
Word Count: 555
i know nothing about fe, but my mind went "harry potter" when i saw this prompt, so... it's inspired by deathly hallows. jazz hands
***
kuramochi reaches out a hand, grips miyuki's wrist tightly.
"what do you think you're doing?" he hisses, when miyuki doesn't even look fazed by his intervention. instead, he looks dead set on what he plans to do--what he thinks he has to do alone--and doesn't seem like he'll give in. if he's afraid... well, miyuki doesn't show it. but youichi knows better.
"what do you think?" he finally asks kuramochi, hand limp in kuramochi's, wand gripped tightly in his other hand. "it's time i--"
kuramochi knows what miyuki's going to say before he says it, cuts it off with a firm, "no."
miyuki looks at him, and he can see that miyuki doesn't want to go, but thinks he has to. thinks he has to confront what's outside hogwarts and waiting for him if he wants to end this war. if he wants to save all these people.
"you heard the ultimatum. i go or everyone--"
"people are dying anyway," kuramochi insists, pulls miyuki closer to him, grips his shoulders tightly like he wants to make him see. why can't he make him see?
"because of me."
"no. because of them." he gestures at the doors, at where there are people waiting out there to kill miyuki the first chance they've got. "do you think it'll be over if you sacrifice yourself? do you think that's going to end this? it'll just give them the chance to overrun everyone! that's what they want. to get rid of you when you're the only one who can stop them."
miyuki groans, presses a hand against his forehead, looks away from kuramochi.
(he remembers. remembers a few months ago while they'd been running, together, looking for the only way they knew to even the playing field, to end this. they'd spent many nights concealing themselves, not knowing if they'd get caught or killed, face way to many close calls with the things they did do.
miyuki pressed his face against his knees, then, mumbled to kuramochi what he thought but never told anyone else. "i'm no hero." i can't be what they all want me to be.
kuramochi hadn't said anything, put wrapped an arm around miyuki's shoulders, the touch telling him more than words could. you don't have to be one alone. let me help you. let me--)
"if you do anything, it's not going to be alone."
miyuki looks up at him, eyes panicked. "you're the reason i have to do it alone! youichi--"
("you don't have to protect me," he'd told miyuki months ago.)
he'd meant it. he wants to look out for miyuki as much as miyuki's been doing for him. he doesn't want miyuki to sacrifice himself under the pretenses that it will keep kuramochi safe.
("it's hard not to," miyuki told him later. "you're all i've...")
"if you want to go, fine. but it won't be alone." he takes miyuki's hand, squeezes it. "we'll figure something out. together, kazuya."
he knows miyuki's scared. hell, kuramochi is too. has been for months. but he's not about to stand by and lose miyuki when he could stand by his side and fight with him, help him instead.
he's not going to take no for an answer. not when he could lose miyuki for good if he does. they'll figure something out. they always do.