Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Murasakibara Atsushi Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke Major Tags: None Other Tags: sort of cinderella au Word Count: 422
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The night is still young, but Tatsuya's out of time, sprinting down staircases in glass slippers that are more fragile than his ego.
He's a fool, he thinks. A fool to think he could ever belong here. A fool to forget that the only reason he was allowed here at all was thanks to the deceit of magic. He trips as he runs, stumbling down the last few steps and landing hard on the ground just in front of his coach.
The enchanted coachmen help him up and into the coach so that they can leave, Tatsuya's glamour falling apart as they race away from the castle. He allows himself one last look backwards, where he can see Atsushi standing there at the bottom of the stairs. He gave chase, Tatsuya realises, his heart pounding. He didn't want Tatsuya to leave.
There's a glint of something in Atsushi's hand and Tatsuya realises that he's lost one of his glass slippers. He gingerly takes off the other, wincing as it cracks in his hand, falling to pieces. He doesn't even have this as a memento of the night he shared with Atsushi, their arms around each other, their sense of humour perfectly matched, their mutual attraction hanging in the air. Perhaps the shoe Atsushi has will remain. It doesn't matter, when there's no longer a match to it, anywhere in the world.
By the time he gets home, he wants to smash the glass slipper in his hand until it's nothing more than dust and his hands are bleeding from its sharp edges. He's a fool, forever wanting more than he can have. Atsushi is so far out of his reach that there's no point in even pining for him. Tatsuya had only gone for the experience of attending a party, after all. He was never meant to speak to Atsushi in the first place. He's better off dismissing the entire night as a dream.
Except the next day, he hears that the prince is searching for a mystery guest from last night. It sends a ripple of curiosity through the kingdom; it's unheard of for the prince to care about anything enough to take action like this. It's also unheard of for the prince to be interested in a person enough to have spent the entire night with them as he had last night. The entire kingdom is curious.
Tatsuya looks at the broken slipper he's hidden away in a box, and wonders if it's worth piecing it back together after all.
FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: sort of cinderella au
Word Count: 422
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The night is still young, but Tatsuya's out of time, sprinting down staircases in glass slippers that are more fragile than his ego.
He's a fool, he thinks. A fool to think he could ever belong here. A fool to forget that the only reason he was allowed here at all was thanks to the deceit of magic. He trips as he runs, stumbling down the last few steps and landing hard on the ground just in front of his coach.
The enchanted coachmen help him up and into the coach so that they can leave, Tatsuya's glamour falling apart as they race away from the castle. He allows himself one last look backwards, where he can see Atsushi standing there at the bottom of the stairs. He gave chase, Tatsuya realises, his heart pounding. He didn't want Tatsuya to leave.
There's a glint of something in Atsushi's hand and Tatsuya realises that he's lost one of his glass slippers. He gingerly takes off the other, wincing as it cracks in his hand, falling to pieces. He doesn't even have this as a memento of the night he shared with Atsushi, their arms around each other, their sense of humour perfectly matched, their mutual attraction hanging in the air. Perhaps the shoe Atsushi has will remain. It doesn't matter, when there's no longer a match to it, anywhere in the world.
By the time he gets home, he wants to smash the glass slipper in his hand until it's nothing more than dust and his hands are bleeding from its sharp edges. He's a fool, forever wanting more than he can have. Atsushi is so far out of his reach that there's no point in even pining for him. Tatsuya had only gone for the experience of attending a party, after all. He was never meant to speak to Atsushi in the first place. He's better off dismissing the entire night as a dream.
Except the next day, he hears that the prince is searching for a mystery guest from last night. It sends a ripple of curiosity through the kingdom; it's unheard of for the prince to care about anything enough to take action like this. It's also unheard of for the prince to be interested in a person enough to have spent the entire night with them as he had last night. The entire kingdom is curious.
Tatsuya looks at the broken slipper he's hidden away in a box, and wonders if it's worth piecing it back together after all.