Headcanon ficathon!

[reikah]

Well, it's been a while since the Olympics, so I thought I'd throw this here as a fun community event (don't worry, this isn't the summer challenge/contest, I'm still ironing that out).

Welcome to the Kurofai headcanon meme!

What is a headcanon? A headcanon, for those of you not familiar with the terminology, is "An idea, belief, or aspect of a story that is not mentioned in the media itself, but is accepted by either the reader themselves or the fandom in general. If it is confirmed by the author of the story, it becomes canon." (Thanks, urban dictionary!) Examples might include 'Fai has terrible metabolism, his feet get very cold' or 'one of Mokona's 108 techniques is Vibrate Mode' or anything else you feel is true but never confirmed in the text. Not all headcanons are worksafe.

How it works:

You leave a comment with one of your Kurofai headcanons. You can do so signed into a dreamwidth account or anonymously, for those of you without dreamwidth accounts/with embarrassing headcanons.

Someone else will write a short story based around your headcanon, and post it as a reply to you.

In short, it works a lot like clampkink - but for headcanons rather than kinks!

Anonymous commenting is enabled, but you do not need to post headcanons/stories anonymously if you don't want to. I'm also going to go ahead and label this post NOT WORKSAFE preemptively, so please be careful browsing where your computer access is monitored! Stories can be as long and short as you like, and as SFW/NSFW as you feel like, or, if you prefer, you can fill with fanart instead - both are excellent. For our rules on threesomes or moresomes, check the comm rules in our profiles.

That's all the nitty-gritty out of the way - now let's go ahead and share some headcanons!

Filled Headcanons
Fai's hands hurt after the tower - filled by cloverfield
Holitsuba!Fai gives Kurogane finger puppets to help him teach sex ed - filled by Anon
Fai always could use chopsticks - he just pretended not to as part of his harmless idiot act - filled by eijentu
Fai doesn't like to sleep alone - filled by Anon
Tomoyo hand-stitched Fai's furisode herself - filled by ereshkigali
Fai is disappointed to be alive after Outo - filled by farenmaddox
Kurogane is an absolute SAP - filled by zelinxia
When Fai began to suspect what was going on with Ashura, he evacuated the survivors of Ceres to another world, which the travelers then encounter during their journey - filled by Anon
Kurogane forced Fai to feed the first time in Infinity - filled by farenmaddox
Kuro-sama likes being tied up - filled by cloverfield
Yama & Outo - Kurogane realises he's fallen for Fai - filled by rinoa11
Kurogane had a crush on an older ninja who acted like Fai, who died - filled by zelinxia
Kurogane is really bad in bed the first time - filled by tsubasafan
BB!Fai remained friends with the little freckled girl from Ceres - being filled by farenmaddox
Kurogane expresses his love in subtle ways ("the moon is beautiful tonight," touching just the edge of Fay's sleeve, etc) - filled by zelinxia
Post-series, Fai needs to hear Kurogane's heartbeat to reassure himself his happiness isn't a dream - filled by uakari
Fai - real Fai, the one that died - was the older twin - filled by anon
Fai - real Fai, the one that died - was the older twin - filled by farenmaddox
Fai feels guilt over Kurogane's scars, and Kurogane thinks he needs to keep them hidden from Fai - filled by ereshkigali
Kurogane and Fai get married/bonded before the xxxHolic epilogue - filled by caffeine_buzz
Fai starred in a porn film during the group's travels & had fun - filled by misskirichan
Kuro-papa survived minus an arm and has been roaming dimensions looking for his son - filled by anon
Holitsuba - Yuuko & Fay have had sex before - filled by misskirichan
Holitsuba!Kurogane, Fai, and Yuui are all in a mutually satisfying relationship - filled by misskirichan
Holitsuba!Kurogane is the first person who hasn't been jealous of Fai and Yuui's closeness - filled by kittenkin
Kurogane prefers it when Fai tops - filled by xwittychickx
Fai feels guilt over Kurogane's scars, and Kurogane thinks he needs to keep them hidden from Fai - filled by sotongsotong
Kurogane is an absolute SAP - filled by anon
BB!Fai remained friends with the little freckled girl from Ceres - filled by anon
Kurogane forced Fai to feed the first time in Infinity - filled by sotongsotong

Unfilled Headcanons
Kurogane's father trained him the way Kurogane trained Syaoran.
Kurogane had a case of performance anxiety before he and Fai had sex the first time.
Kurogane is a virgin. Fay is not.
Kurogane takes particular notice of how Fai smells. Fai changes soap and Kurogane has to work up the courage to ask him to change it back.
Fai starts to experience some of Sakura's memories after C!Syaoran stores her feathers in his eye.
Fai and Yuui were born on a national holiday; this is considered an ill omen for Valeria
Kurogane accidentally kills his father during the fall of Suwa
Kurogane & Fai resettle Suwa post-series, and Kurogane grows his hair out like his father
Kurogane has a well-worn notebook filled with terrible poetry. Fai enjoys flipping through the pages and trying to guess which world each was written in.
Holitsuba - Kurogane and Fai keep tracking of whose on top with different coloured condoms. Fai steals Kurogane's in order to top more.
Fai slept around in Ceres (with men and women), but Kurogane is his first steady significant other.
Holitsuba!Kurogane hums to himself when he's in a good mood.
Fai is a creature composed out of magic, rather than human.
Kurogane's conscience sounds A LOT like Tomoyo.
Kurogane was devastated by Fai's 'good morning, Kurogane'.
Post-Clow arc: When Sakura and Syaoran went into the tube o'doom, they left their bodies as empty shells on the floor. Touya found them, and moved them into a long-term care wing at a hospital; waiting for their souls to come home again.
Fai is musically gifted, and every song he plays represents a specific memory/event from his life. Kurogane comes to realize this without Fai knowing it.
Kurogane is the worst boyfriend ever.
The other dimensional versions of Chi, Hideki and the twins live happily.
Fai was a virgin until he met Kurogane because Ashura-ou had some non-fatherly feelings towards him and though he couldn't openly have Fai he could stop others from even thinking of approaching Fai, and none dared to oppose the king.
Fai is uncomfortable with the Japanese way of bathing where everyone just strips naked and soak together.
Fai knew that he would live much longer than Kurogane and while traveling with Tsubasa!Shaoran has been trying to find a way for Kurogane and him to share the same lifespan.
Kurogane is loud in bed.
Kurogane and Fai shared a tent in Yama; Fai felt dirty after being assaulted by soldiers and begged Kurogane to clean him. They had sex regularly after that.

Comments

[sotongsotong]

I hope this is coherent enough for the concept to fall through, but too much Marianna Paige does wonders to a befuddled brain. I pray it makes sense somehow, so here, a second fill:




The human skin is a lovely, frustratingly delicate thing.

Its colour and texture are determined by genetics, health, weather, and circumstance. However, it is possibly at its frightening best when it gradually turns into every person’s epithelial diary as injuries come and go because every single blemish, bruise or scar becomes chartered history.

With that in mind, you could probably write a book about the numerous scars (some clean and straight, others cruelly jagged) that linger upon Kurogane’s skin.

Especially when you so happen to be the cause of their majority.

( he bears the imprints of your story’s pages )


*

One night, you begin counting every single mark on the man’s body.


( title: How to List Your Past from Your Lover’s Structure )


There are approximately thirty-three healed contusion marks across his back --

( Chapter 121: When Your Right Eye Was Eaten by ‘Syaoran’ )

-- twenty cutting scars on each of his wrists --

( Chapter 137: When You Fed on Kurogane’s Blood )

-- one long, jagged, and ropey scar along the side of his torso --

( Chapter 163: When You Fought against His Majesty )

-- and a mass of hardened connective tissue around the socket of one arm.

( Chapter 166: When You Made Celes Crumble )


“ What the hell are you doing staring at me like that, idiot? It’s been barely 5 minutes, don’t you dare tell me you want to go for another round already. “

Your eyes lid, and a tiny, tiny quirk graces one corner of your lips as you lean over to land a peck on his cheek.

“ I’m sorry, Kuro-sama. “

( you really, really am )


*

It is on a whim that you ask Mokona if she knew how to make scars fully fade away.

“ Mokona isn’t too sure about that, Fai, but I heard that if they hurt, kissing them makes the pain go away! Maybe not entirely, but still! “

Well.

You have got to smile at that. At the very least, following her suggestion will lead to some interesting results.


*

“ Awww ~ Kuro-rin’s blushing! His cheeks are like ripe tomatoes ~ “

“ SHUT. UP. AND QUIT SNOGGING MY WRIST, DAMN IT! “

“ …And here I thought you were actually enjoying it. Have some consideration for my efforts, Kuro-tan! “

“ HOW ABOUT HAVING SOME GODDAMNED CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLIC DECENCY, YOU IDIOT! WE’RE AT THE GROCERY STORE! “

( but you still don’t know how to make things right )


*

In the following world, a device unexpectedly catches your attention; it is rectangular in shape and has a flat surface that you can draw all sorts of things on as long as you used the correct pencils for it. What enchants you the most about it, however, is the way your doodles are erased.

All you need to do is twist a knob, and a mechanism within the device will enable a wiper to move along the surface, clearing whatever you had sketched before on it.

The child who showed you how to use it called it an ‘ Etch - it ‘ board.

You decide to buy one, and bring it with you when the group moves on.


*

Mokona and Syaoran are delighted by your new purchase, constantly fiddling with it whenever there is time to catch a breather.

Your grumpy puppy is an entirely different story. He merely lifts an eyebrow when you make him try it out.

“ Spoilsport “, you say to him.

He stares at you for a moment before curling a fist, and bops you gently on the head with it.

“ Perhaps. “

( why did he look at you with such pained eyes? )


*

You find yourself playing with the ‘ Etch - it ‘ board more often.

( an enthusiasm you cannot seem to explain )

But something gnaws at the back of your conscience: Kurogane recently has taken a rather vehement liking towards long-sleeved garments, wearing them almost every day, and, even, to bed.

It makes you wonder of its origin.

( a change of habits you don’t understand )


*

The answer, perhaps, is crystal clear, but it is just that your eyes shy away from it.

( don’t we all have undisclosed desires? )


*

You have a new little secret.

Whenever it is late at night, and you think that the ninja has long drifted off into fitful sleep, you pull out your ‘ Etch - it ‘ board from under your pillow or blanket, very carefully peel back the long sleeves or the back of the shirt he wears, and place the board right above his scars.

And then, you twist the knob.

Many, many times.

( back and forth the wiper goes, clearing all your sins )

You do know that deep down, it is not changing anything at all. The scars remain where they are when daylight comes and you have to go.

( and maybe he knows, but he’s just pretending for you )

( for now )


*

One day, you’ll make it up to him.

You’ll kiss him feather-soft, and place his palm upon your chest, and you’ll say “ I know, I’m sorry, I’m not the only broken thing here, and I need you, I need your love, so will you please forgive me? “

( can you feel every apology within each thud? )

Though, most likely, he will just call you an “ idiot “ again.

( hopefully he’ll say it with a smile )

[sotongsotong]

forgot to add that this was set in post-series *brick'd* brain not working properly atm gomen, gomen.

[renlylittlerose]

My, this was so sad and beautiful too. The idea with the Etch-it (I had no idea it was called that way in English, I don't even know how they call it in my own language o.o) was super original, and I loved how you wrote this! The ending especially "hopefully he'll say it with a smile" just left me all waaaa ;A;. So pretty *o*

I went to a toy store for references! 8DDD

[sotongsotong]

D'awwww thank you! :) I vaguely remembered it being called an 'Etch-It' board but because I'm such an ass on getting facts right, I made myself stop by a 'Toys R Us' outlet in my country JUST TO GET THE NAME CHECKED. (eAe) *kicks self*

[zelinxia]

Kurogane's an idiot too, in a way. They BOTH are and need to talk about it soon and smile and make up for it with kisses and cuddles and tossing away the Etch-it Sketch toy. ;_____;

That was a lovely, original way for Fai to fiddle around, wanting to, wishing to remove the scars. Oh Fai. ;____;

[sotongsotong]

Conclusion: Kurogane and Fai really are just idiots in love...sometimes? ;w;

Thank you! >///< I wasn't quite sure how well it'd fit in the story but I guess it was okay.