FANDOM: Yami no Matsuei
RATING: NC-17
WARNINGS: Mild bondage, kink (if you count shadows as such)
PAIRINGS: Tatsumi/Watari
SUMMARY: Written for the Yaoi Challenge 2004 on LJ: “Your Prompt: Second Thoughts. A character tries to convince his lover … that what they are doing is worth it, that their relationship is worth the trouble or risk. How he does the convincing is up to you. … *g*"
Special thanks to Lynn Dyre and MC Threewalls for the fabulous beta (at such short notice). Any remaining faults are mine.
A/N: Don’t forget to protect yourself and your partner during sex. Condoms are your friends: better be safe than sorry.
I’ve decided to use nicknames in this story. I’ve heard that the use of first names is less common in Japan, even among couples, and a Japanese friend of mine also uses an abbreviated version of her family name as her nickname.
However, Lynn and MC pointed out that “Tats” a) doesn’t sound right, and b) the syllable breakdown in Japanese would be “Ta-tsu-mi”, so “Tatsu” would be a more logical choice of nickname. Since I don’t like “Tatsu”, I decided to go with “Seii” instead.
I kept “Tari” as Watari’s nickname, because a) I like it and b) Tatsumi is generally quite formal, so a nickname based on his lover’s last name might be more his style.
