December 2012
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DAY 30 | FUTURE
“They looked happy, didn’t they?”
“Mn.”
These train rides are never pleasant. The red tint to each car and the swirling patterns on the floor are full of reminders of their past lives, past mistakes. It wouldn’t be such a surprise to see a red-eyed girl in a penguin hat pop up around the corner.
“I wonder what they’ll name...
November 2012
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DAY 29 | SIMPLE
In the upstairs bedroom of their new home, there’s a keepsake box (or three) that Shouma likes to hide in the back of the closet.
As he gets older—though only on the inside—he finds that he harbors a deeper appreciation for the simple things in life, as well as the simple things done for him. Inside each box lies a bevy of material memories that he’s...
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DAY 28 | PROMISE
Can fate be changed?
Until recently, the Takakura brothers weren’t so sure. They’d spent the majority of their lives under the impression that they would never amount to anything, subject to whatever their cursed destiny had in store for them.
But now that their lives—their sister’s, too—have taken such a dramatic turn, there’s no telling what...
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DAY 27 | LETTERS
A Series of Letters From The Takakuras
One
Penguins shuffle amongst aisles and aisles of books that stretch as far as the eye can see. They’re hard at work, while Shouma is not, tapping pen to paper as his brow furrows at the blank page. There’s something that he needs to jot down, but he can’t remember what…
Ultimately, it ends up not so much being a...
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DAY 26 | DIAMOND
“What about this one?”
“Blech! Shouko-chan wouldn’t be caught dead in that!”
“Haa, you think so—?”
“I know so! Which is more than I can say for you, Kanba-kun…”
Adrift in the uncharted territory of a high-class department store, Kanba scratches his head in confusion. Maybe she’s right; he doesn’t know...
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DAY 25 | WINTER
His phone is ringing.
Kanba doesn’t need to think twice about who’s on the other end: this particular time of day is always set aside for Shouma, who likes to check in with him every two or three days when he isn’t otherwise occupied in the library annex. It’s a poor substitute for real contact, but it beats typing messages into their cell phones that...
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DAY 24 | OUTSIDE
“Hey, wanna eat outside?”
”???”
Shouma doesn’t appear to have understood the question; he looks at Kanba, the store clerk he’s been chatting with, and back again.
“Outside…?”
“Why not? It’s a nice day, the sun is shining…”
That does sound nice, Shouma admits to himself. Being given an extra hour most...
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DAY 23 | THOUSAND
I. The first 1,000 seconds
Kanba is distracted; not by their menial discussion over tea, but by trying to figure out what it was that happened to them the night before, how they ended up tangled together like long-lost lovers, and why he’s having such difficulty in finding the answer.
They aren’t legal adults, and it wouldn’t be Shouma’s style to accept...
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DAY 22 | MAD
“Shouko?”
“…”
“Shouko—”
He has to fight the urge to call her Shouko-chan, like when they were younger—chances are that it’d hurt more than help.
Kanba sighs into his pillow, at a loss for what to do.
“You’re still mad, aren’t you?” he asks.
Given that Shouko won’t roll over to him in their...
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DAY 21 | SUNSET
Someone is watching the Takakura house. They’ve staked out the area for the better half of an hour, not daring to move a muscle as they lie in wait. In particular, their eyes are trained on the front door, dying to know if there’s anybody coming in or out. Thus far there’s no trace of a single soul, but that could change in a heartbeat.
Five minutes turn to ten,...
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DAY 20 | TREMBLE
This isn’t how it usually works.
By now, Shouma’s learned to anticipate coming home to some sort of reception after spending far too long up in the annex. On many occasions he’s greeted by a gaggle of cheerful penguins who weren’t already slaving away with him. On others, it’s just Kanba, happy to hand the boy a bottled drink, a fresh change of...
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DAY 19 | TRANSFORMATION
Kanba has changed.
It’s a transformation so subtle that Shouma almost didn’t notice—he’s slow to pick up on these things when it counts.
He doesn’t know when exactly it started. Long nights weren’t anything new for Kanba, so Shouma never thought to question him when he returned home later and later. The excuses were always the same: a...
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DAY 18 | SUMMER
Summer vacation is almost over.
Kanba always hates this part, but the sentiment is doubled now that he’s thinking of all the memories he’ll have to leave behind here on the beach.
A lot has happened over the last ten days or so, more than he’d ever imagined. Part of him still feels slightly suspicious of everything that’s taken place, pinching himself at...
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DAY 17 | LOOK
There’s a lot of things that can be said with a single look.
Shouma used to always be aware of the way Kanba’s eyes followed their sister Himari; from an early age he noticed how full of fascination they were for her, shimmering with interest and something else that neither of them were old enough to define.
It didn’t really bother him, not in the beginning....
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DAY 16 | THANKS
“—you forgot your lunch.”
”???”
Who calls at this time of day to blurt out things like that?
“This morning. You ran out before I could give it to you…”
The nerve! She has half a mind to—
“Who…is this…?”
—give the stranger on the other end of the line the benefit of the...
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DAY 15 | ORDER
Taking things by force isn’t really suited for Shouma. It never has been, never will be. He’s okay with not being the one in control, letting someone else take the reigns, lead the way so that he won’t have to.
He’s okay with it, though as he grows older, Shouma thinks that he can see at least a little of the appeal in imposing some order. Not that he extends...
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DAY 14 | WIND
“Himari’s looking a lot better, isn’t she?”
“Yeah, I guess that doctor knows what he’s doing after all.”
“I wonder if she’ll be released soon…”
“Ah, we should do something when she is. Like a party.”
“I don’t know…”
“C’mon, it’ll be fun. We can invite...
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DAY 13 | DENIAL
Shouma won’t say he’s in love because he’s still not sure what that fully means.
He loves his family without question, regardless of the curse he inherited from his parents. Knowing what he does now, he might love them a little less, but the feeling remains, though he tries to avoid dwelling on it if he can. It’s bittersweet, something that he can barely...
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DAY 12 | KNOWLEDGE
The Takakura brothers aren’t known for being star students.
At best they’re…proficient, with Shouma picking up the slack more often than not, since Kanba seems to have so many other things on his mind.
It makes sense, given his unusually long nights that Shouma’s stopped bothering to question (if something were wrong, he’d have spoken up by now,...
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DAY 11 | PREPARED
Kanba’s not ready for this.
He thought he was—he’s read a dozen novels, watched twice as many movies and more television shows than he can count trying to figure this out.
He’s not a very romantic person. He wants to be, but that’s a difficult thing to do when he feels so self-conscious the minute he opens his mouth. Thus far, Shouko’s never...
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DAY 10 | SILVER
Sometimes, when Shouma thinks he has nothing better to do in his library annex, he likes to look away from his work and divert his attention to the ring on his left hand.
It wasn’t all that long ago when it’d been bestowed to him, but it still feels like a lifetime since that blissful evening. They’ve had yet to find a matching silver band for Kanba, who’s...
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DAY 09 | MOVE
They’ve done this so many times that Shouma can’t even begin to keep count. Fast, slow, indoors, outdoors, in a myriad of positions he’d never have imagined himself in.
What perplexes him is how much care Kanba’s putting into it now. Neither of them have really spoken a word from the minute the front door was opened, using their bodies to make up for what they...
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DAY 08 | COMPANION
There’s something about Yamashita Yosuke that Kanba’s never really liked. It isn’t for a lack of trying on his end—having anyone befriend a member of the Takakura family is a rare thing indeed, and if it’s someone who can keep Shouma company in the absence of him or Himari, then so much the better.
That reason alone should have been enough to...
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DAY 07 | FORMAL
Actually paying to attend a concert is decidedly less fun than it is to sneak into one, in Kanba’s humble opinion. The company isn’t helping matters much, feeling unbearably self-conscious when he has to be seated in between two of the most important figures in his life.
Or maybe it’s the bow tie cinching his neck. Tuned into fashion though he is, this is way too...
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DAY 06 | FLAME
“Shit—ow—”
“Did you find them?”
“Does it sound like I found them…?! Hold on—”
Shouma sighs in frustration, holding on to his bundle of penguins a little tighter in the dark. He supposes he can forgive Kanba for sounding slightly cross when he’s the one who’s sent him stumbling through their house for a box of...
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DAY 05 | HAZE
Shouma’s spent the last several days being bedridden. Life passes for him in a nauseating blur, barely able to eat or drink, let alone move around on his own. He isn’t even sure if this is his futon he’s laying in or not—the ceiling is hazy and not altogether familiar, and could just as easily be someplace different as it is the same one he’s spent the...
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DAY 04 | SNOWFLAKE
“Kan-chan, Shouko-nee, you’re lagging behind…!”
Kanba doesn’t want to think of it as “lagging” so much as he’s letting Himari run ahead to take in all the sights and sounds of the holiday season. If it means he gets to hang back with Shouko, hold her hand a little tighter and grin at her bashful expression, well, that’s even...
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DAY 03 | RESTLESS
Sharing a bed with Kanba hasn’t always been easy.
At first, Shouma wasn’t so opposed to the idea. It’s nothing that they hadn’t already done as children, and it wasn’t as though they had a lot of other options at their disposal; with no second futon anymore, where else are they supposed to sleep? Himari’s favorite chair is no place for that,...
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DAY 02 | ACCUSATION
“Do you love her?”
Kanba hears the question, but he’s pretending that he doesn’t, feigning interest in the cup of coffee he holds in his hands. If he looks up, he’ll be staring into the face of his sister’s self-proclaimed best friend, and he knows he isn’t going to like what he finds.
He’s expected to have this conversation for...
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DAY 01 | BEGINNING
A week has passed since the Takakura brothers spent a rainy evening in each other’s arms on the living room floor. Kanba thinks that he wants to make another move, and Shouma thinks that he might want him to, but neither of them can rustle up the courage to say so.
They haven’t spoken of it—the fading bruises at the base of Shouma’s throat, suspicious...
October 2012
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OH NO
kanshous:
In Hot Blooded, Shouma Takakura and Kanba Takakura cross paths in one steamy encounter after another. But as they become closer, Shouma discovers that Kanba has a horrifying secret—he’s a vampire doomed to a bloodthirsty immortality!
With danger haunting their every kiss, Shouma falls for this creature of the night… while Kanba dreads revealing one final secret that could doom their...
September 2012
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Shobro was walkin2 skewl wit her kanbro n they...
she sed “baka-kun will u luv me 4ever”
he said “IIE..”“
shobro creyed N ran across da rode b4 da green man came on the sine.
kanbro was cryin and went to pic up her body. she was ded.
he whispered 2 her corpse “I ment 2 say I will love u FIVE-ever……” (dat mean he luv her moar dan 4evr…..)
REGLAOGB IF U CREY ALWAZ..XXX
