Karmic Ocean Dried Up by Rana Eros (worksafe)

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Fandom: YAMI NO MATSUEI
Pairing: Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Length: ~1000
Author on LJ: ranalore (Author prefers her insane journal or dreamwidtht
Author Website: Here (currently down)
Why this must be read:

This is a perfect way to end this month of recs. It's quiet, soft, and absolutely lovely. And it presents a happy ending that I can actually believe, which is a challenge anyway and even more difficult in this fandom.

Achingly beautiful and utterly satisfying, this should not be missed.



They crouch at the edge of the pool and watch for a while, until Tsuzuki's stomach growls. Hisoka gives him one of those almost-smiles that are better than other people's grins, and they head back toward their inn for lunch.

It's strange to be able to do this, wander through an entire day without planning. He still half expects Tatsumi to appear and lecture them both on responsibility, though Tatsumi has been gone for fifty years and his replacement is too intimidated by the combined reputations of Tsuzuki Asato and Kurosaki Hisoka to do more than hand them their assignments and then stare in awe until they leave his office. It's the reaction of all the Shinigami they work with these days. Of those who worked for JuOhCho when Hisoka came to them, only Tsuzuki himself is left.

All of the Shinigami come to this place, sooner or later. Sometimes they come in twos or threes, but there is always at least one of every party who does not return.

Karmic Ocean Dried Up

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Did a little Internet Wayback Machine-fu:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080211092328/http://ranalore.slashcity.net/karmic.html