Little by Little

[artemisms]

Title: Little by Little
Fandon: Natsume Yuujinchou
Pairing: (one-sided) Natori x Natsume, Tanuma x Natume
Rating: a very gentle 18+
A/N: The title of this story is from the opening song to the first season, "Issei no Sei."  This story somewhat interprets those lyrics as being spoken by Tanuma to Natsume.
Summary: Natsume visits a hot spring

Comments

[ragingfirefall]

I hope you don't mind strangers randomly commenting on your journal, because I just came across this fic and had to say how good I found it. It's a really interesting take on how the relationships between these characters could develop. I'm so used to thinking of Natori/Natsume and Tanuma/Natsume as mutually exclusive that I was surprised to see both pairings in the same fic, but I think you've pulled it off really well.

You've got a good grasp of the characters and the different dynamics between them. I found your take on Natori/Natsume especially interesting; I wouldn't have imagined things playing out like that on my own, but you wrote it so convincingly that I now find the scenario believable. Hell, if the manga weren't so strictly non-romantic, I could see it actually happening in canon. Natori obliviously taking advantage, Natsume being inexperienced and ambivalent towards him, Tanuma being there to pick up the pieces as the best-friend-becoming-something-more...to me, it just fits with all we've seen of these three.

So thanks for writing this. I'd love to see what else you come up with for this series, so I hope you're inspired to write more Natsume fic in future. :)

[artemisms]

Wow, of course I don't mind! That's what comment sections are for! And such a kind review, too *blush*

I have since noticed some errors, though, and hope they didn't interfere with your reading too badly ;_; Touko-san for instance should call Natsume "Takashi-kun" but for some odd reason I had her call him by his last name!! Ah it's things like this that make me so embarrassed LOL

[ragingfirefall]

Haha, don't worry! I don't recall noticing that, so I think I was too caught up in the story to pay attention to errors. (Which is saying something, for me...)