"To get ahead in the world, Kirie would sell his pride without hesitation. Riki would sooner throw himself in the gutter than do the same. That difference amounts to an insurmountable wall," Iason said.



"Ai no Kusabi."

"I so cherish these enlivening moments when you defy me even as a Blondy. When you react to me so humanly. I feel myself tingling right down to the center of my brain. I love how you look at me with such undisguised disdain. It's so endearing I want to rip out your beating heart and press it to my cheek."



"Ai no Kusabi."


(какой Ясон, такая и милота)

"..."Don't you and I have some business to take care of? Namely about Guy?"

Iason played his trump card with a poker face.

At that moment, Riki felt the fire rising in his throat. Shit, he started to say, but swallowed the words before they left his throat.

The options Katze had held to his head like a gun that day morphed and changed into the form that stood in front of him now. That realization was scathing, enough to make his heart seize in his chest.

Riki settled into his stance, braced himself, and clenched his fists. His eyes tilled with bloodlust as he stared back at Iason. But that was all he could do.

"Frightening. You look like you could actually tear my throat out." Iason smiled crookedly. "I believe I actually felt goose bumps."

In stark contrast to the supposed lord of the manor, who bared his emotions and bristled like a porcupine, the uninvited guest remained calm and composed.

"Today makes two weeks. I expected to hear from you already. I apparently miscalculated."...




"..."He's your old pairing partner, isn't he?" The question plucked mercilessly at Riki's taut nerves. Though Iason's voice was warm and inviting, its undertones were hollow and thin. "So what do you think I should do with him?"

"Do with him?" Riki echoed, his voice ragged. He felt Iason's serene gaze wrapping its talons around his heart."




"...If not money, then something else of equal value. Something that Riki could not bear to part with.

"Then I'll take your freedom in exchange."
"



"Ai no Kusabi."

"He knew why Katze had chosen him to be a courier. That was just a subterfuge to lure him in. The real question was why had Katze sold him to Iason?

Riki knew the question probably wasn't worth asking. He couldn't turn back the hands of time. Tearing uselessly at old wounds wouldn't make the past disappear, it would only make fresh blood flow.
"

"Ai no Kusabi."

I find it really amusing and, well... telling, that Guy thinks Kirie and Riki are similar, and Riki thinks so too, but Iason finds the difference between the two staggering. I see things, as Iason does. What similarities the two share are superficial and so inconsequential to the character, that are hardly worth a notice. But their differences shine so bright, they eclipse everything. True love is not blind. On the contrary, it can be supernaturally insightful.

"If you've only got two hands to hold onto the most important things in life, then no matter how much you may loath it, the third one's got to go."

"Ai no Kusabi"

«Я понял, что ты хотел нам сказать, Ясон, — прошептал Рауль своему отражению. — Ты будто дразнил, показывая, как тебе плевать на собственное падение, но это лишь на первый взгляд. На самом деле ты никогда не был настолько примитивным, и на той вечеринке ты продемонстрировал не только особенности кольца Д-типа. Ты показал, насколько больше всех нас познал жизнь. Отношения “хозяин-пэт“ — всё, за что ты мог держаться. Разве безумное укрощение строптивого дикаря не было ширмой для собственных желаний? Кого ты дрессировал на самом деле — его или себя?»

"Бунт"
Eryn from Dreamworld

"— Короче, тоже думал, что это неправильно и гадко, но потом понял, что...

Что люблю тебя слишком сильно. Что плевать хотел на моральную сторону вопроса. Что прошлое не имеет значения. Что любовь не умеет и не хочет судить.

— Понял, что все фигня, — выдаю резюме."

"Кто заплачет по тебе"
Magenta

"... если это дар богов, то Северус собственноручно отверг единственное в его жизни, что стоило усилий, однако, если бы Снейп согласился, он невыносимо жалел бы об этом. Верные решения в его жизни такие же болезненные, как и неверные, и он не видит никаких ориентиров к правильному пути".

"Смотрящий".
RavenKira

Snape's eyes glittered. "That's not cowardice," he said coldly. "Only fools lack fear. Cowards, however, exaggerate their fear to excuse their own weakness."

"Choriyambic progression"