We Gamble To Be Born Again [Prince of Tennis: Yukimura, Yanagi, Sanada]

[imaginedyou]

I stole a prompt from the drabble_rikkai lyrics prompt table!

we gamble to be born again. yukimura, yanagi, sanada. 234 words. set in hospital, yukimura procures dice!

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Yukimura pulls out a couple of dice from beneath his pillow. They have skulls in place of dots, and where the six should be the one side is completely blank. Sanada peers curiously over the top of the book he is pretending to read, but does not comment.

Yanagi leans forward a little, subconsciously, where he sits on the edge of the hospital bed.

"How old were we when we first learnt about probability?" Yukimura asks.

"A lot younger than we are now," Sanada replies, confirming that he is really not reading; he cannot listen and read, both at once.

His tone is dismissive as always, but Yukimura has that smile on his face that says he only hears words where Sanada is concerned.

"What are the odds I'll roll a double blank?" he asks, and though he does not direct his question to Yanagi, the reply will still come from his direction.

"Somewhere in the region of three percent I believe," he says.

"I've been offered worse," Yukimura shrugs. There is no reply for that except silence.

"If I roll double blank, then tomorrow I'll get up and play a match against one of you," Yukimura says.

Yanagi looks across his shoulder to Sanada, who is already looking back at him. Yanagi can't help but squeeze his fingers tighter around Yukimura's ankle, where his hand has been the entire time, going unnoticed.

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Comments

[vacivity.livejournal.com]

Watch him roll a double blank :( :( :(

[fsop.livejournal.com]

Are we placing bets on whether he'll collapse when he tries to get up?!

*beez evil*

[vacivity.livejournal.com]

We should! ;) Evil is fun!

[fsop.livejournal.com]

I'll just tell him it was all your idea :D

[vacivity.livejournal.com]

Of course, blame it on poor little me! Yukimura can't be that scary!

...

Okay so he is. Shut up. :p

[fsop.livejournal.com]

WHAT? *haloshine*

I like scary ;)

[vacivity.livejournal.com]

Don't give me that :p :p

Scary is fun! Just like evil! ;)

[thelittleone]

Evil person! XD I actually want to write something to him drawing just that.

[shoeythoughts.livejournal.com]

... I thought this was going to be one of the 'fun drabbles' when I read the first paragraph, but then I reached this:

"I've been offered worse," Yukimura shrugs. There is no reply for that except silence.

"If I roll double blank, then tomorrow I'll get up and play a match against one of you," Yukimura says.


;___; It hurts.

Yanagi can't help but squeeze his fingers tighter around Yukimura's ankle, where his hand has been the entire time, going unnoticed.

DDDDDDDD:

[fsop.livejournal.com]

I know; I am evil :x

It's so easy to break pretty boys!

[epigrammist.livejournal.com]

Uwaaah! Yukimuraaaaa! ;____;



(Um. I'm usually more coherent. But...your fic has reduced me to a teary, wibbling mass of goo. ♥)

[fsop.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! I don't think about the fact that people might, you know, turn into wibbling masses of goo :(

(But I'm hoping that you enjoyed it nonetheless!)

[epigrammist.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely enjoyed this. :) My Rikkai muse is beyond happy because of this fic, in fact. ♥

[fsop.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm glad for that much then, at least!

[blufox-o7.livejournal.com]

...

Gawd. It's lovely.

[fsop.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[garowyn.livejournal.com]

Great work.

[fsop.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[black-arbitrary.livejournal.com]

*heart cracks*

While I enjoy reading Yuki-in-the-hospital fics, a part of me is totally scared of reading them for odd reason. I don't enjoy seeing him weak like that.

But this is pretty, and it breaks my heart against a bowl and scrambles the contents.

[fsop.livejournal.com]

Oh I know, but I think it's also a fascinating part of it; to see someone you know is that strong faced with something that can't be defeated by willpower alone! (But we all live happily ever after and he'll be fine :) )

Thank you for the lovely comment :*