kurofai | so hard (easy) to lie / the sword to my shield

Hiya! Just wanted to share a couple fics.. I've already posted these on Tumblr/FFN/AO3, so I'm sorry for the repetition if you've already seen them!

Title: so hard (easy) to lie
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: T
Word count: 3,303
Spoilers: Just the whole of TRC perhaps
Summary: In a world where marriage is necessary for people with kids, Kurogane and Fai (attempt to) reach an understanding.
Author’s notes: Based off this post by pokethetriforce. Thank you for letting me run with the prompt! Hopefully this isn’t too awful lol.
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“Hyuu, the people of this world really love kids, don’t they?” Fai fell into step next to Sakura, linking his fingers behind his head. “I’ve never seen so many posters of children and families before!”

On the other side of the princess, Syaoran had his head bowed, fully immersed in a thick pamphlet they’d picked up at an information center.

This world, Xingpu, was one of towering glass-and-metal skyscrapers. Although cars flowed along glittering asphalt heated by the high summer sun, there was also a multitude of glinting metallic devices floating in the air between buildings, many of which bore glass lenses that gave Fai the distinct feeling of being watched.

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Title: the sword to my shield
Genre: Drama/Family/Romance?
Rating: T
Word count: ~20k in total
Spoilers: Just the whole of TRC
Summary: In Nagare, where a mystery figure attacks them with jet-black arrows, Fai refuses to pull his weight on their demon-hunting team. [3 parts]
Author’s notes: Featuring lots of family stuff, Fai helping Sakura deal with her period, Mokona unable to store anything, and KuroFai. Does not adhere strictly to canon.
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“Why the hell are you following me?” Kurogane snapped. He hefted his sheathed sword and jerked his head to the side, glowering at the willowy twig of a mage lagging two steps behind.

Fai shrugged, smiled his inane smile, loping easily on the smooth concrete sidewalk. “Why shouldn’t I follow you, Kuro-puu?”

“Because,” he snapped again, “You won’t fight to save your life. And you won’t use your goddamn magic, so I don’t see how you’re doing anything worthwhile by following me.”

In this world so like Outo, they had to work, and pair up in groups of two to earn their keep. Syaoran was Kurogane’s choice partner by default; the boy had taken ill ever since they arrived in Nagare, however, and the princess had stayed behind to care for him. It wasn’t as if he would be much help attempting to fight when he couldn’t even see straight.

Which left the idiot as Kurogane’s last resort.

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