Drabble Post - Time and Again (AnE)
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kristenskI've been fiddling with this drabble for a while now. I think I finally like it. And, I'm happier with the title now that I've changed it.
Time and Again
Crouched helplessly, uselessly beside Shiemi as she treated their wounded classmates, Rin wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong. He fumbled through her instructions - pass this, hold that - as his mind screamed, “Why, why, why?”
“My, my, my. This is a mess.”
Rin looked up.
That clown had appeared, mincing over the battlefield like he was afraid to dirty his tacky boots.
Confusion swung to rage.
Rin lunged across the distance between them to ball crisp, white fabric in his fist.
“How could you let this happen?” he snarled.
Mephisto regarded him calmly. “Well, you can’t expect me to coddle you forever.”
“Coddle me?” Red flickered in Rin’s eyes.
“Coddle,” said Mephisto. “Do you have any idea how many times I have not let things happen?” Green eyes glinted. “Do you know how many times the Grigori demanded your execution before you found the right words to sway them?”
“What?”
“Or the Impure King.” Mephisto shuddered. “I lived that little escapade more times than I care to think.”
Rin was staring now, anger forgotten as Mephisto flashed a smile of sharp fangs.
“In short, I have already turned back time for you many, many times, Okumura Rin.”
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Author's Note: Now, personally, I very much believe that Rin's accomplishments all happened just as in canon. I definitely wouldn't want to take his moment with the Impure King away. But... plotbunnies. They must be fed.
Time and Again
Crouched helplessly, uselessly beside Shiemi as she treated their wounded classmates, Rin wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong. He fumbled through her instructions - pass this, hold that - as his mind screamed, “Why, why, why?”
“My, my, my. This is a mess.”
Rin looked up.
That clown had appeared, mincing over the battlefield like he was afraid to dirty his tacky boots.
Confusion swung to rage.
Rin lunged across the distance between them to ball crisp, white fabric in his fist.
“How could you let this happen?” he snarled.
Mephisto regarded him calmly. “Well, you can’t expect me to coddle you forever.”
“Coddle me?” Red flickered in Rin’s eyes.
“Coddle,” said Mephisto. “Do you have any idea how many times I have not let things happen?” Green eyes glinted. “Do you know how many times the Grigori demanded your execution before you found the right words to sway them?”
“What?”
“Or the Impure King.” Mephisto shuddered. “I lived that little escapade more times than I care to think.”
Rin was staring now, anger forgotten as Mephisto flashed a smile of sharp fangs.
“In short, I have already turned back time for you many, many times, Okumura Rin.”
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Author's Note: Now, personally, I very much believe that Rin's accomplishments all happened just as in canon. I definitely wouldn't want to take his moment with the Impure King away. But... plotbunnies. They must be fed.
