RainofColours
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Gold on gold on gold – a promise; a spectre, of a lustre of possibilities once squandered.
Seto did not expect the promise of said gold when he was put on forced vacation in a beach somewhere far from home.
(Or how the first meeting of Seto and Katsuya was precipitated by the latter's gold.)
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Seto knows what he has with Katsuya is a quiet kind of love, built upon small actions and passing moments. So, each morning he wakes, converging the essence of self in the stillness of the hour, and asks: what is it that he, Kaiba Seto, considers as his centre?
An introspection-driven relationship study of Seto and Katsuya.
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it was a day like any other by RainofColours
Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)
24 Jan 2025
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A cup of coffee, a white shirt, a barista, and a disgruntled CEO crossed paths, literally.
And how that confluence of chance precipitated a day unlike any other.
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It was a miracle that their relationship built upon the unstable foundations of over a decade had survived as long as it had.
When a winter's night instigated their hierarchy of collapse, Katsuya and Seto finally had the distance to reflect on the parallax of their incongruence. Pulled in opposition by the gravity of their individual circumstances, descending under the forces of corporate and street gangs alike, kept afloat by the memories of what they thought they were and could have been.
Until they fall into convergence again, this time in the reality of who they actually are.
(Further content warnings in the notes of individual chapters!)
(Hiatus as yours truly is recovering from really bad work burnout)
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What's the price of a compliment? Katsuya thinks Seto needs to modulate his ludicrous expectations, while Seto thinks Katsuya doesn't quite understand what the word "standards" mean.
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These are non-connected Kaijou pieces where Katsuya and Seto are aged-up, more hurt than comfort, and loosely tied to parallel modern!AUs where they are normal(ish) men because I'm forever soft for that.
Enjoy!
(Individual fics cross-posted to my tumblr: rainofcolours)
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1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.(I may have cheated, and continued for a sentence or two more even after the song had finished. And eh, read the lyrics/watched the MV for some of these before starting the song since it’s been a while. And wrote everything in short form without a care for grammar before rewriting it in full sentences after the track has ended. Oops. How else would I get everything to sound even remotely decent, or complete? /gets shot/ Beyond these, no other edits were made though!)
Feedback: Always welcomed! (Although please go easier than usual on these because they were all written within the span of the song +1-2 minutes! Or rather, at least the gist of whatever you see is. /gets shot again)
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An exploration of potential Jounouchi Katsuya's and Seto Kaiba's futures in the series, mostly of their missed opportunities and the harshness of reality.
The works are not in chronological order, nor are they of a cohesive whole. Some may be place them together, others may not, and while contradictory, they are meant to illustrate the diverging paths of life, most of which do not align with their youthful expectations.
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It has been almost a year to the day since Kaiba Seto last saw his lover Jounouchi Katsuya. At the realization that Jou may be gone for good, Kaiba sets off on a cruise vacation to begin the healing process.
Bookmarked by dancingunderdarkstars (RainofColours)
03 Nov 2013
Bookmarker's Notes
What I love about this piece is not that it has incredible writing, or because it boasts an exquisite plot. What captivated me was the maturity in which it handled the theme, especially - don't hit me - in a fanfiction. The impression I got when reading the piece was that of careful (meticulous might be pushing it, just a bit) planning supported by sufficient (as with before; in-depth might be pushing it, just a bit) research. The protagonist's emotional journey depicted lightly mirrors my own (fortunately, that was a product of something significantly less devastating, but still painful enough in relative), and the actions and conversations were sufficiently believable despite occasional slips-ups. The overall plot is rather predictable mostly, yet not enough to dull the interest of the reader. Although I do have a bit of a nit to pick with the healing process in terms of credibility, I will leave it at that because while unlikely, it can, and has happened before.
If what I have mentioned above has done little in coaxing you from either ambivalence or just plain steadfast disbelief, take comfort in that you should stumble upon several nice mentions, and thus rewarded with a slight increase in knowledge of a certain place once you have completed the fic. Nothing overly elaborate, neither are they in casually fleeting and disjointed mentions, but just enough of a suggestion for you to paint a ghost of a backdrop in your mind, and perhaps if you begin to enjoy it, create a rather lovely atmosphere as well.
Perhaps I'm a tad biased because this particular piece is centered around a pairing I still love with a near maniacal fervor after all these years; perhaps I'm just actively yearning for something that does some form of justice to a couple that possesses such potential, if only under the skillful pen of an author who can tame their fiery personalities; perhaps I'm growing old and lonely, gradually reduced to silently longing for something of a fantasy relationship; perhaps it is just because I'm feeling particularly vulnerable and susceptible today. Whatever the reason is, I don't really know, but at the same time, it doesn't matter. Because what I take away from the fic is not an elaborately spun embroidery of wistful longing and daydreams pertaining to the story/characters, but an unwilling introspective journey of my own, in which I've learnt, or relearnt some aspects of myself for better or worse. And that is what makes the words of another linger amidst a whirlwind of my own.