And last but not the least, Jun. You handled Jun with such deft, gentle hands, and it's the fic version of Jun that I adore the most: you capture his prickliness but most of all his kindness. The way you wrote his struggles about the whole ordeal, his internal battle--they all felt true to him. Also of course I can't do away without mentioning that IT'S JUST SO GREAT THAT HE'S THIS HOT BAKER DUDE WITH A TINY APRONED WAIST BEING ALL BAKING ADONIS AND SHIT.
WHICH LEADS ME TO SHO BEING FED (OR FEEDING HIMSELF) COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CAKE. Yes, you did warn for that, and I kind of laughed reading your warning and got all excited because that definitely has to be a hallmark of a great story yeah? And no, you did not disappoint. Omg Sho was such an adorable glutton in this fic, I kind of just deflated with the cuteness of it all, of him being all sort of insecure after eating that much and being surrounded by Mr. Trim Caretaker and Mr. Evil But Still Probably Works Out Baker but still goes out and indulges anyway because CAKE because goddamn it cream and because ugh attractive person baking it but also just because CAKE. SHO, I FEEL YOU.
AND THE SAKUMOTO. Oh gosh. The attraction was instant, but I love how the build-up was slow and the tension (our favorite Sakumoto tension) was perfectly played. They were in a precarious situation, and it couldn't happen just like that. But most of all, I love the small moments. Sho stunned into silence, wrestling with his attraction, the moment Jun speaks and is just basically his earnest self. Jun, fighting everything just to not find Sho in his cable-knit sweater (OMG ANON DID YOU RESEARCH ON MY KINKS LOL JUST KIDDING BUT OMG THAT WAS A SPOT-ON DETAIL I DIED A LITTLE) and tousled hair, their negotiations electrified by their attraction to each other, THAT moment in the room, that charged first kiss that they just fell into, so naturally, how they had to wait, had to heal in their own ways, had to rebuild. I just loved that they were inevitable, that to each other, they made sense, and that they came together in the end. JUST. MY HEART. You know it.
It wasn't a completely happy ending, and I like that you went for that. My heart broke so much, after that whole buttery scent wafting in the air, everyone ready to meet here again, only to have her pass away. But it wasn't all for nothing. It's how life happens, and I'm just glad that no matter how dreadful some of the circumstances were, it still enabled all of them to meet. That house in Tateyama will always be special. Anon, I just wanted you to know that the one snippet that really crushed my heart was Jun crumbling, losing it upon seeing the photo of Sho overlooking Michiko fondly. Ouch. But a beautiful ouch.
The entirety of this was just so amazingly sincere and well-wrought and I can't thank you enough for writing it, anon. I'm a very, very happy recipient, and I'm sure that everyone who read it is also appreciative of your work! THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. :')
Thank you for these incredible comments, it makes the effort all worthwhiiiiiiile. And thank you for being a person who is on board for a story based on a book about some old American lady and on board for a story where Sho probably does not get the best checkups at the dentist with all the sweets he consumes etc etc!
There was no way in hell I could pull off the 'Jun wasn't originally in Arashi' or whatever prompt, that's beyond my capabilities so I just tried to smush a bunch of your other requests together and this was the result! And then I had to go with the "well why not tell the story from BOTH of their perspectives" plan (mostly to humanize Jun more) and I doubled my word count and cried inside realizing what I had done to myself LMAO
I really enjoyed your 'Korean drama' comment, if only because the K-drama would totally focus on the cray cray family and people like Jun and Sho would just be very distant side characters or worse, nothing but collateral damage. This was the more interesting story to tell, to develop a family around Michiko. I did have a family tree when I started just to know wtf was going on but I was happy when Jun and Sho finally met so things could at last get MOVING.
Sho was super cute in this, wasn't he? I know you like clothes and things (I sound so ignorant typing that LMAO) so why not put him in a cable-knit sweater. And the Sakumoto was a little different from my usual - a little sweeter, probably because I don't slice of life them all that much, do I? Hmm! But oh man, that was such a fun, silly first kiss set-up to write. I hadn't even figured out when it was going to happen until I started writing that scene. I was all excited because I knew it was coming (because I'm a weirdo and get excited as I write??????)
You should have seen the (shitty) outline I had for this story too because there were things written like: "OMG SHE WRITES A LETTER FOR SHO OMG SHO-CHAN OH NOOOOOOOOO" and "Jun Sho cake" and "Nino lawyer" which got crossed out and replaced with "Shige lawyer! Nino money!!" LMAO
So happy to write for you happy holidays ILU!!! <3
WHICH LEADS ME TO SHO BEING FED (OR FEEDING HIMSELF) COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CAKE. Yes, you did warn for that, and I kind of laughed reading your warning and got all excited because that definitely has to be a hallmark of a great story yeah? And no, you did not disappoint. Omg Sho was such an adorable glutton in this fic, I kind of just deflated with the cuteness of it all, of him being all sort of insecure after eating that much and being surrounded by Mr. Trim Caretaker and Mr. Evil But Still Probably Works Out Baker but still goes out and indulges anyway because CAKE because goddamn it cream and because ugh attractive person baking it but also just because CAKE. SHO, I FEEL YOU.
AND THE SAKUMOTO. Oh gosh. The attraction was instant, but I love how the build-up was slow and the tension (our favorite Sakumoto tension) was perfectly played. They were in a precarious situation, and it couldn't happen just like that. But most of all, I love the small moments. Sho stunned into silence, wrestling with his attraction, the moment Jun speaks and is just basically his earnest self. Jun, fighting everything just to not find Sho in his cable-knit sweater (OMG ANON DID YOU RESEARCH ON MY KINKS LOL JUST KIDDING BUT OMG THAT WAS A SPOT-ON DETAIL I DIED A LITTLE) and tousled hair, their negotiations electrified by their attraction to each other, THAT moment in the room, that charged first kiss that they just fell into, so naturally, how they had to wait, had to heal in their own ways, had to rebuild. I just loved that they were inevitable, that to each other, they made sense, and that they came together in the end. JUST. MY HEART. You know it.
It wasn't a completely happy ending, and I like that you went for that. My heart broke so much, after that whole buttery scent wafting in the air, everyone ready to meet here again, only to have her pass away. But it wasn't all for nothing. It's how life happens, and I'm just glad that no matter how dreadful some of the circumstances were, it still enabled all of them to meet. That house in Tateyama will always be special. Anon, I just wanted you to know that the one snippet that really crushed my heart was Jun crumbling, losing it upon seeing the photo of Sho overlooking Michiko fondly. Ouch. But a beautiful ouch.
The entirety of this was just so amazingly sincere and well-wrought and I can't thank you enough for writing it, anon. I'm a very, very happy recipient, and I'm sure that everyone who read it is also appreciative of your work! THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. :')
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LOL IT WAS ME BAHAHAHA
Thank you for these incredible comments, it makes the effort all worthwhiiiiiiile. And thank you for being a person who is on board for a story based on a book about some old American lady and on board for a story where Sho probably does not get the best checkups at the dentist with all the sweets he consumes etc etc!
There was no way in hell I could pull off the 'Jun wasn't originally in Arashi' or whatever prompt, that's beyond my capabilities so I just tried to smush a bunch of your other requests together and this was the result! And then I had to go with the "well why not tell the story from BOTH of their perspectives" plan (mostly to humanize Jun more) and I doubled my word count and cried inside realizing what I had done to myself LMAO
I really enjoyed your 'Korean drama' comment, if only because the K-drama would totally focus on the cray cray family and people like Jun and Sho would just be very distant side characters or worse, nothing but collateral damage. This was the more interesting story to tell, to develop a family around Michiko. I did have a family tree when I started just to know wtf was going on but I was happy when Jun and Sho finally met so things could at last get MOVING.
Sho was super cute in this, wasn't he? I know you like clothes and things (I sound so ignorant typing that LMAO) so why not put him in a cable-knit sweater. And the Sakumoto was a little different from my usual - a little sweeter, probably because I don't slice of life them all that much, do I? Hmm! But oh man, that was such a fun, silly first kiss set-up to write. I hadn't even figured out when it was going to happen until I started writing that scene. I was all excited because I knew it was coming (because I'm a weirdo and get excited as I write??????)
You should have seen the (shitty) outline I had for this story too because there were things written like: "OMG SHE WRITES A LETTER FOR SHO OMG SHO-CHAN OH NOOOOOOOOO" and "Jun Sho cake" and "Nino lawyer" which got crossed out and replaced with "Shige lawyer! Nino money!!" LMAO
So happy to write for you happy holidays ILU!!! <3
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