Title: 30 Kisses – Amber x Hei

Author: Omnicat v''v

Fandom: Darker Than Black

Pairing: Amber x Hei

Summary: Just how well do the worlds of humans and Contractors mix? Where do the borders between them lie, and how do you cross them? 30 drabbles, ficlets and one-shots, centered around the theme ‘kiss’ and featuring the Amber x Hei pairing.

Rating: Misc. (Will be stated seperately for each theme.)

Genre: Romance, Misc.

Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: Darker Than Black episode 1 till 26.

Blanket Disclaimer: I don’t own them and don’t make any profit off of them. Just borrowing. (But I’d keep them if I could. C: )

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Title: Wĕn wŏ ba

Theme: list Bèta, # 19 – A Definite “Perhaps”

Rating: K (unless you speak Chinese, in which case it’s K+)

Warnings: Shameless abuse (and probably misuse) of Chinese travelling guides and dictionaries.

Author’s Note: Translations are at the bottom. Enjoy.

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Wĕn wŏ ba

She knew it was no use, but sneaking up on Hei was so much fun. He was currently the only one in this jungle who would play along just for the sake of pretence.

A pair of hands came down hard on Hei’s left shoulder.

“Boo.” Amber whispered in his ear.

“Fright.” he said, and turned his head to look at her. “Hello to you too.”

“Watching the stars again?”

Hei was leaning back against a crate, with his legs sprawled out towards the camp’s small ‘bonfire’. Strictly speaking, the crate was not big enough to accommodate for two, but Amber slidled up to Hei’s side anyway, pretending not to notice.

He didn’t complain.

“Pai and Havoc are out tonight.” he murmured instead.

Unless her senses were playing tricks on her (which wouldn’t have surprised her, in all honesty), Amber thought she heard him sigh - almost inperceptibly - and felt him sag against her - just barely.

Amber wondered whether this was the part where she should feel guilty for enjoying how warm and firm he was against her side.

“Can you tell which stars are theirs?”

“Yes.”

“Just like that?”

“Yes.”

“Do you know mine too?”

His arm went up.

Amber rested her head on his shoulder, to copy his line of vision. Mostly.

“Hm.” She tilted her head even further, until she could look at his face. “Nĭde yănjing zhēn mírén.”

The look on Hei’s face made her smile.

“What?”

“Nĭde yănjing zhēn mírén.” she repeated, slowly and clearly. “In your mother tongue, that means ‘You have such pretty eyes.’.”

Hei raised an eyebrow. “Your pronunciation is atrocious.”

“Okay, I’ll try something else. Nĭ yuànyì péiwo shuì yīwăn ma?”

A wrinkle appeared between his eyebrows as he thought. Her pronunciation must be worse than she’d thought, because Amber was sure she had gotten the words right.

“‘Will you stay with me tonight?’” His head dropped back against the crate and his eyes trailed off towards the zenith. “Nĭ yuànyì péiwo shuì yīwăn ma...” he murmured, his voice as distant as his gaze.

Hey, come back. I don’t know how to follow that trail, Hei.

“That’s what I said.” She poked him in the ribs, startling him. “If you have nothing else to do tonight than watch the stars, I might as well keep you company. Wŏ xiăng gēn nĭ shàngchuáng.”

Still blinking in surprise, Hei allowed her to cup his cheek and stroke his jaw with her thumb.

“How did you learn such horrible Chinese?” he asked distractedly.

“A box full of Learn-It-Yourself language tapes. These are the first five minutes of the Social Relations cassette.”

Good thing I’m the only one crazy enough to do this to you, she thought, smiling impishly and shifting until she sat facing him.

She leaned forward, her gaze flickering between his eyes and his lips. “Wŏ ài nĭ, Hei.”

“Are you sure you don’t know more than five minutes of Chinese?”

“Are you sure you want to know?”

For a long moment, they only stared at each other. Even this close up, Amber could not read his expression. But even though she couldn’t put a finger on it, eventually something in his gaze seemed to change, like a switch being flipped.

“Wĕn wŏ ba.” she whispered.

He did.

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Additional Notes

“Nĭde yănjing zhēn mírén.” – ‘You have such pretty eyes.’ in (Mandarin) Chinese.

“Nĭ yuànyì péiwo shuì yīwăn ma?” – ‘Will you stay with me tonight?’ in (Mandarin) Chinese.

“Wŏ xiăng gēn nĭ shàngchuáng.” – ‘I want to sleep with you.’ in (Mandarin) Chinese.

“Wŏ ài nĭ.” – ‘I love you.’ in (Mandarin) Chinese.

“Wĕn wŏ ba.” – ‘Kiss me.’ in (Mandarin) Chinese.