9
Sep

Revels

by Morokoshi Katsura (唐 桂) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/729.html) Makoyo balances on the edge of the stone wall and lets himself drop, landing noiselessly in the flagstone-paved courtyard below. After a moment he stands up on his two feet and draws his feasting robe over his shoulders. He has carried his sabre with him, and fastens it […]

9
Sep

These Hands

by Shin De (シン・デ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/929.html) Miyagi Kei sat two rows down from the back and three rows across from the windows, a small island of diligent solitude and duty. Hagizawa Ryoji sat in front of him, and the distance between them was bigger and deeper than an arm’s span. In between classes Miyagi would […]

9
Sep

In Other News

by Sorata Pachinko (空太パチンコ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/1246.html) “Listen to this: a man from Hokkaido, married to his wife for twenty-six years, is a severe agoraphobic. It says here that in all those years, he never once left his house in the daytime. Then one day he murders his wife, hides the body and goes out in […]

9
Sep

USER//interface

by Tamari Erin (玉里えりん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/1346.html) Dante’s clothes still smelt like the maintenance tunnels, of oil and must and secrets. At the rate the MRBs cleaned the station, Asiel’s body wouldn’t be discovered for another few months. The scabs around his new port began to itch. Dante dragged a fingernail over them and down the […]

9
Sep

Quickie

by GEIKO (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/1785.html) Friday, 5:45PM On his way home Francis notices a boy standing on the subway platform, a dozen feet away. Slim and tall – nearly as tall as Francis himself – shoulder-length blond hair. If it’s a bleach job it’s a good one; he’s blond in a way that Francis can’t remember […]

9
Sep

Minimum Wage

by Mamih Lapinatapai illustrated by lihsa (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/1989.html) Colin West really, really hates Matthew James Brose. He hates M. J. Brose for making him hate being a lawyer. Hates having to deal with him in his office twice a week and have nothing to show for it. Hates trying to explain simple legal terms to […]

9
Sep

A Learning Experience

by Yasudamura Megumi (安田村惠) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/2176.html) “Ayu!” “I told you not to call me that,” Ayumu grumbled, shoving his slippers in their cubbyhole and stepping into his shoes. As if he didn’t get picked on enough for his looks; Mari had to make him sound even more like a girl. “What do you want, anyway?” […]

9
Sep

As Seen Through The Window

by Hanashi Aino (はなし愛乃) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/2455.html) “Um… you know…” “What?” “This… uh… what we’re doing…” “What about it?” “Are you sure it’s… well… okay? I mean, if we get caught, we’ll probably get in trouble, and-” “Then we’ll just have to be sure not to get caught, won’t we?” “If you say so… ow! That […]

9
Sep

Would You?

by Shinju Yuri (真珠百合) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/2783.html) The RA called Kaoru in Thursday afternoon. “Sakurai,” he said, “There’s a problem.” “Yes?” said Kaoru, trying to remember if he’d been making out with anybody in a visible location. Not that he could think of, anyway. “You know Momoyama?” Kaoru nodded. Momoyama-sempai was in the year above him. […]

9
Sep

Not Quite Four A.M.

by L. E. Piton (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/2936.html) Tommy regularly performs wearing shorter cut-off shorts than Masa thinks should be legal; Masa figures that the only purpose of such articles of clothing is to prove that Tommy may be small in stature (Tommy barely hits five feet), but most of that is leg. Masa gets lost following […]