Day -3: Chain of drabbles meme!

[troisroyaumes]

(This post was originally supposed to go up several days ago, but due to fail on my part, it is going up now instead, even though it really hasn't been a day since the last countdown post.)

How it works

This meme is loosely based off the premise behind chain_of_fics. Person A writes a fic. Person B then writes a new fic where the first line is the last line of Person A's fic. And so the chain continues...

To make it easy, if you want to write the next fic in the chain, please reply to the fic before, claiming the line. Claims happen on a first-come, first-serve basis. You then have two hours to post the next fic in the chain. Please post the next fic as a reply to this post rather than as a reply to the previous fic, to keep the comment threads navigable.

If you haven't posted it by the end of two hours, you forfeit your claim, and the next person to claim the line will continue the chain.

Comments

coffeeshop!AU

[troisroyaumes]

"A cup of coffee costs 1000 yen?!"

Touya jerked and nearly spilled the hot water that he was carefully directing over the freshly ground beans in the Chemex filter. Gritting his teeth, he finished pouring (exactly 75 milliliters of the purest mineral water, enough for one perfect serving) and set down the kettle. Only then did he turn to glare at the customer.

"And it's just drip coffee too, nothing fancy like those lattes at Starbucks. Hey, maybe I should open a coffeeshop. I bet I'd make tons of money--"

Touya gritted his teeth. He picked up a pot that had just finished brewing, poured its contents into a delicate porcelain cup, and carried it over to the table where the loud customer was sitting, slouched back in his chair.

"Perhaps you should try the coffee before you pass judgment on how much it's worth," he said and set the cup down.

The boy flushed and straightened in his chair. Meeting Touya's eyes, he picked up the cup and took a sip. His mouth fell open. He stared at the coffee then back up at Touya in astonishment.

Touya marched back behind the counter, smiling to himself at the silence behind him.

Re: coffeeshop!AU

[mmmdraco]

I guess I'll take the next one?

Re: coffeeshop!AU

[troisroyaumes]

It's all yours!

Touya Luvs Murasakizui (?)

[mmmdraco]

Touya marched back behind the counter, smiling to himself at the silence behind him.

If felt good to close up shop, as it were, at Murasakizui and to let Ichikawa leave early to get ready for a date. He hadn't had to do much beyond pushing in chairs, straightening goke, and tallying the money in the register. It was simple, but there was an excitement to it just because he had chosen such a different path for his own life. This place was as much about go as the Ki-in was, but it was like comparing Shuusaku's fuseki to the modern standard. For what he intended to do with his go, places like this were outdated. That didn't mean they weren't fun to play with sometimes.

His father had been behind the creation of this salon, and Touya has spent more moments here than he could fathom. There was an easy comfort to the atmosphere; a pervasive calm that centered him when his playing needed stabilization.

The silence was almost overwhelming now, though. For as much as a go salon was supposed to be a haven of the quiet contemplation required for a good game, this one had grown lively in recent years. Touya smiled and locked the register, making a mental note to set his alarm in order to arrive before Ichikawa the next morning. The extra sleep might have been nice, but he didn't mind.