Drabble Prompt: Hands - Bloody Work
Sometimes, when the boy wasn’t looking, Shizu couldn’t help but stare at Hibiki’s hands. They were smaller than his, softer and without callouses from years of holding brushes and pencils and carving tools. However, they were just as dainty.
Piano fingers they called them. Good for playing music.
He absentmindedly wondered what they’d feel like in his own, only half focusing on the drink he was making--a simple coke and rum-- as he thought.
They’d probably be warm. Incredibly warm, just like the personality of the person they belonged to. Gentle, too. Hibiki was in medical school, after all, and doctors and nurses had to be gentle with their patients.
He chuckled at the irony of their situation, prompting a curious look or two from other patrons, Hibiki included.
A boy who wanted to save lives.
A man who wanted to take them.
No wonder their hands were so different.
As he handed off the drink to his customer, he wondered if perhaps one day, he could make it so that they’d both be the same.