#sidefic

[theheroofheroes]

The Hero of Spirits

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28421196/chapters/69644112

[alescheionned]

To always hold you near

The studio is quiet save except for the a creaky pipe or two. It's early in the morning a little while before everyone would come in to start the day. Bendy, Boris, and Alice are still fast asleep the only one awake is Yugi.

Yugi is usually a early riser as he heads to bed before the others. Heis sitting at the desk in his room the one he shares with Bendy. Yugi never worries about making too much noise Bendy is a heavy sleeper. He hums a bit before he rights it down working on a song awaits makes him happy. He can't wait to show Uncle Sammy maybe they could play it together!

So engrossed in his work Yugi does not notice the door open. Yugi suddenly feels a pair of hands cover his eyes.

"Guess who?" Yugi knows that voice anywhere as a big smile breaks out across his face.

"Big sis Susie!" He happily exclaims.

Susie laughs at his excitement as she removes her hands. Yugi turns around to give her a big hug that Susie happily receives. Susie notices the paper behind Yugi she grabs it as they break the hug. Susie glances over it seeing it not just being Yugis usual work of just notes but there are lyrics with it.

"This looks nice little one."She says with a smile

Yugi jumps a little as he didn't even notice her grab it off the desk. Yugi blushes in embarrassment.

"It's not that great it's not even finished yet!"He says all a fluster

"Nonsese it's lovely I'm sure Sammy would love to play this with you."

Susie sets the paper back on the desk and grabs the bag by her side. She looks over at Bendy some how he is still asleep.

"How about we wake up sleepy head over there?"

"Ok." Yugi gets up from his chair and heads to the side of Bendys bed a mishevious look

"Bendy were all out of bacon soup!" He yells

Bendy jumps out of bed as Yugi and Susie bust out in laughter Susie is the first one to stop laughing.

"I have a surprise for the both of you." She says they both look at her in excitment.

Susie reaches into her bag and pulls out two nicely wrapped gifts. She gives one to Bendy the other to Yugi. Bendy rips open the paper with vigor while Yugi is much more controlled as he carefully peels back the wrapping.

They both gasp at what their gifts are. In Yugi's grasp is Bendy plush but it's different he has seen the others laying around but they were nothing like this one. This one has gloves and has pure white for the face and lacks the mistich he always sees. Bendy pulls out a plush of someone very unexpected it's a plush of non other than Yugi! Susie must have made them.

"Do you guys like them?"

"WE LOVE THEM!"

They hug her tightly.

[kangofu-cb]

Death is Calling

A (slightly late) contribution for 1x2 day inspired by this post.

This is an East of Eden sidestory/prequel, featuring Duo and Heero.

Many thanks to @remsyk-blog for the quick beta read!

No real warnings, except you know some vaguely referenced death but I mean that’s in the title.

No cut because I’m on mobile Added a cut now that my computer is working

Also now on AO3 here

Duo sighed in annoyance as he dropped the body.

This was supposed to be Quatre’s problem.

Vampires.

They’d long-ago agreed that the blonde would deal with his own kind, especially because Quatre had a bit of a vengeful streak, and after all he’d gone through with the Noble Houses, he was usually more than happy to put the fear of Shinigami into any new troublemakers.

Or kill them, if necessary.

Sadly, this time it had been necessary.

Unfortunately, Quatre was away on other business, business Duo had sent him on specifically, and the vampire problem had, of course, cropped up in his absence.

And speaking of annoyances…

There, at the edges of his awareness, was the same human Duo had begun noticing the last several times he’d had to venture out to take care of a problem. Not just vampires either, other members of the supernatural community who hadn’t the sense to behave themselves in the God of Death’s backyard.

Intriguing.

He wiped the silver blade off on the dead vampire’s coat, his body already disintegrating - helpful, that - and tucked it away in his arm sheath, as he carefully did not acknowledge the newcomer. Let his magic reach out, instead, to investigate.

And got an unexpected response.

The man was surprisingly delicious - and clearly something more than human.

Duo grinned.

“Something I can help you with?” He called, over his shoulder, letting his magic do half the work, coaxing the other man out of the shadows - though he did love shadows - and into the moonlight filtering through the trees.

Turning, Duo tried to look inviting, or as inviting as one could look, hidden in the shadows and standing over a corpse. Though truthfully, Duo did make standing over corpses look good.

The other man - human, or something else, Duo wondered - took another step, in spite of himself, and the light fell on his face. Startlingly blue eyes and chiseled features, skin washed grey in the moonlight. His tongue darted out to lick his lips as he glanced between Duo and the dead man at his feet.

“What are you?” The other man called, his voice sounding strangled.

In fear, perhaps.

Even at this distance Duo could feel his heartbeat thrumming, the thread of life in his veins.

He shifted.

Perhaps not fear, though, and Duo wondered.

“Death,” he answered, finally, pitching his voice low, made the word feel seductive. “What are you?” The magic wrapped itself around the man staring at him across the dead and dying grass, through the brisk wind as fall settled around them. Cajoling him to answer, pressing him for the truth. Autumn, the season of Duo’s birth. His favorite time of year. When he was at his most powerful.

“Heero Yuy,” the other man answered, and sounded surprised at his own response.

Duo’s grin sharpened. “Heero Yuy.” He rolled the syllables around in his mouth, let himself feel them. Heard him - Heero - gasp slightly. “An interesting name. But it doesn’t answer my question. What, not who.”

“I don’t know.” And Duo tasted the truth of the words.

How fascinating. It had been a long time since Duo encountered a puzzle.

Duo beckoned, and Heero trailed closer to him, several more feet, before he seemed to catch himself and stopped, halfway across the clearing.

Very interesting indeed.

“Come closer,” Duo offered, “and I’ll tell you what you are.”

The other man shook his head, staying where he was.

But he didn’t retreat either.

Duo levered himself off of the tree and moved, faster, probably than the human could follow, to stand next to the man, hovering just a bit taller, and reached out, almost touching him.

Up close his features were even more striking, and Duo wondered where he was from.

“May I?” He asked, fingers hovering over Heero’s cheek.

He nodded jerkily.

Not fear, no, Duo didn’t think.

Death called to the man, and he wondered…

Duo didn’t touch him with his hand, though that’s what he’d implied. No, he reached out further with his magic, exploring and prodding, and found something completely unexpected.

He grinned.

“Heero Yuy,” Duo said again, and the other man took an involuntary step forward. “Death calls to you.” Another jerky nod and harsh swallow.

“Necromancer.”

There was a moment of incredible stillness as Duo said the word, named it and gave it power.

What a delightful addition to his retinue, if he could convince the man - the necromancer - to join him. And he could, he was sure. Heero was half-enthralled already, drawn to the core of Duo’s power, to the absoluteness of death, the darkness of eternity.

And such power, hidden there, in the depths, buried.

It would be more than worth the effort.

And Quatre would be disgustingly jealous that Duo had found him first.

[meanoldauthor]

The child squinted up at her, wearing a shirt and hat too big for him. “My daddy says he killed mootints, when he was inna ‘narmy.”

“Oh.”

“You ever killed anyone?”

“I, uh.” The other two were pointing around the town, deep in conversation. “Well, I …I did. I was in an army too.”

He tilted his head to squint with the other eye. “Not my daddy’s ‘narmy. They were mutie-killers.”

“That’s nice.” She made a feeble shooing motion. “Now, uh, run along…”

“He kept the finger-bones off one’f ‘em.”

“Thea?”

“How big’re your finger-bones?”

“Thea?”

This is the general tenor of my post-on-Halloween fic: the true terror of talking to strangers

Especially children.

Scary.

[chibiwrite]

Are you going to include nesting in APA? because thinking about Yuuri being cutely wrapped in a burrito blanket is a cute image in my head and I just want to think about that poor boy being happy :" )

Oh, not at the moment. But I plan on making a side-fic or maybe add it in as an epilogue, showcasing Victor and Yuuri’s life after the entire drama that is APA. 😄 It truly is an adorable image.