http://disdexdisaster.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] disdexdisaster.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] tampered2006-08-28 02:47 pm

Log; Ongoing

When; Before the snowstorm hits
Rating; PG for now
Characters; Ritsu ([livejournal.com profile] disdexdisaster) & Draco ([livejournal.com profile] regal_reptile)
Summary; Draco sets out to rescue a... ahem, damsel in distress. :D;; And gets a faceful of snow. Mmmhm. ♥
Log;

He was curled up on the stoop beneath an old, boarded-up door, shivering and half-soaked in his thin kimono as he tried his best not to attract the attention of the passersby in the square--already a lost cause, considering the extremes his screaming apologies had reached just moments ago. One or two people still gave him dirty looks... No doubt they'd heard him blocks away, and Ritsu could only whimper out an incoherent apology that turned their glares derisive. He hunched over further and tried not to show his face or look at anyone--his now very tangled hair helped with that.

He tried not to hope that... that the kind youth who'd promised to help him would arrive sooner; after all, the boy had no obligation whatsoever. He didn't even know his name... Ritsu bit his knuckles and railed at his own inability to keep up any form of normal or decent conversation; he knew, he knew apologizing all the time wasn't the way, but he couldn't seem to stop himself. It just slipped out on its own and then all his composure would come tumbling down like a house of cards.

[identity profile] regal-reptile.livejournal.com 2006-08-30 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Well. It wasn't any fun to fight with someone who wasn't even trying to fight back. Draco Malfoy was one who thrived on contest, and Ritsu Sohma was anything if not unconfruntational.

"Stop apologising," he said brisquely, entering the well-light cube and waiting for Ritsu to follow him in before pressing a randomly numbered button. The floors weren't even numbered in order. "And didn't I introduce myself? Draco Malfoy, at your service, Miss Sohma."

He was obliged to turn towards his companion for the introduction and his trademark smirk slid over his lips, but then dropped into a frown when he acknowleged how unhappy Ritsu looked. Sure, no one was happy to arrive in the city, especially during a snow storm, but if he kept looking like that he would be eaten up.