7 Works by peargelato
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In 1987, Ash faked his death. In 1995, he's forced to come back to life. Because there is another conspiracy brewing, with Eiji at the margins. And when Eiji is in danger, Ash can't stay still.
Post-Garden of Light AU.
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The thing about Eiji is that he’s kind of bossy.
He’s a flurry of color in the morning, gathering errant objects scattered across their living room (“Ash, I told you to just buy a bookshelf.”) cajoling Ash out of bed at ungodly hours and plating a pungent breakfast (“Don’t make faces at the pickled vegetables, they’re good for you!”) insisting on a morning jog that Ash enjoys more than he can admit, laughing and free in the cool ocean air.
Today, Eiji has a different mission. They play-wrestle among piles of Ash’s ungraded papers and textbooks as Buddy snores in the corner.
“Saturdays are for relaxing,” Eiji lectures him, determined and all the more adorable for it. “Take a break. You can always work later.”
“And if I don’t, you’ll just kick my ass, is that it?” Ash teases, and he lets Eiji push him back on the sofa with a breathless laugh.
“I win!” He’s smug, hips slotted over Ash’s, hands spread out on his chest.
“I can live with that,” Ash says. His hands slip over Eiji’s ass, squeezing shamelessly. Color rises to Eiji’s cheeks, and he’s still trying very hard to look stern.
He’s bossy, until he isn’t.
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Ash and Eiji, seven years later.
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It was the stuff of her girlhood dreams conjured into reality. Slender, waspish figures in extravagant gowns, the most beautiful man in Japan at her side. The bruises he’d left on her arms had already begun to fade, and her thoughts were pleasantly blurred by a third glass of wine as cameras flashed around them.
Everything as it should be, everything in its place, until Nana walked through the door.
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Every year, Takumi hosts a lavish winter masquerade. Hachi decides to help and has an unexpected guest.
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He reciprocated Eiji’s touch, pulling him closer by the waist. I won’t hurt you, he vowed, to Eiji, to himself, burying his face in the soft bouquet of black hair. He felt the curve of Eiji’s smile against him, as if he’d read his mind.
”You don’t have to be so gentle,” Eiji breathed into his ear. He was standing on the tip of his toes. “You’re the delicate American, after all. You won’t hurt me.”
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Ash and Eiji spend a quiet night together in New York.
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Mizi dropped to her knees and watched as Sua lifted her skirt, cupped her chin and guided her closer. She understood why humans of the past had knelt at altars so desperately, surrendering to gods who never answered their call.
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Mizi and Sua spend their last night together.
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"You know, Eiji." Ash said, gulping down his tea, "I think your talents are wasted here. You should really be someone's housewife. I bet lots of guys in this building are looking."
Normally, Ash would receive a pillow to the face for that comment. But Eiji had plenty of mileage thanks to the previous night. He smiled angelically, unphased.
"I forgot to mention. I made sure to have my camera out last night." Eiji told him.
Ash groaned. "Eiji. Why."
"I had to record such a special occasion," Eiji said. "We all agreed you won that drinking competition against Max. And that karaoke competition. Your version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is definitely my favorite."
Ash is sure he could die right there. Fuck Dino and fuck Banana Fish, Eiji Okumura is by far the thing most likely to kill him.
"I'll give you five more minutes," Eiji said magnanimously. "Finish your tea."
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Ash and Eiji celebrate Ash’s 19th birthday in the apartment on 59th Street. -
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"You’ll learn to live with it," Blanca said. He didn't tell him he would move on. He understood this particular loss too well to make that claim, but he also knew how grief could fossilize inside of you, sink into your bones until you forgot it was there.
"When's that gonna happen?" Ash's voice was brittle when he finally spoke. "When exactly did you learn to live with it, Blanca?"
He couldn't explain that he'd moved through the world like a ghost, seeing and feeling nothing until he'd met Ash. He didn't want to explain that it was Ash who saved him, when he'd been unable to return the favor in any way that mattered.
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Eiji dies and Blanca watches Ash unravel.