Title: Overwhelmed: Chapter 6: New Experience
Author:
starzkiRating: MA
Genre: Romance
Word Count: 1248
Summary: Kaname and Sousuke finally have all the time they need to come together and explore their feelings for one another. Spoilers for the series. Post Always Stand by Me, Part 2. Chapter 6: New Experience: Sousuke and Kaname are finally ready. And alone in her apartment. (AKA: The chapter in which
starzki finally earns her MA rating.)
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ff.net NOTES:
Okay. I think I've teased my readers long enough. This is the chapter where my favorite teenagers start getting busy.
This is also the chapter I start flirting with crossing ff.net's TOS agreement. Although I think I managed to keep it from being very explicit and too, well, dirty. So I do think that I'm on the safe side of the line. For this chapter, anyway. Next chapter, on the other hand... Well, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I liked having this chapter from Sousuke's perspective (as I'm going to like the next chapter with Kaname's perspective). Giving someone pleasure for the first time is kind of an awesome experience that a lot of writers miss because of the focus on the character receiving the pleasure. While that's totally cool (and awesome, and wonderful, etc.), too, I wanted to explore what Sousuke might be thinking and feeling in these moments. I imagine it's actually something like, "ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod," but I think I might have gotten pretty close with what I wrote.
The only actual trouble I had with this chapter was naming the thing. I want each chapter to be the overarching feeling that character is overwhelmed with and there just isn't a good word for what Sousuke might be feeling. I tried things like "Inexperience," "Novelty," "Bewilderment," and others, but none of them were right. I wanted to try to capture that feeling of flying by the seat of your pants into a wonderful new experience, but I failed. So I just called this chapter "New Experience" because that kind of is what Sousuke is overwhelmed with. So. There.
Yep. Pretty happy with it.
scribefigaro liked it too. Bonus! And now to prepare for the next chapter where it will be Kaname's turn! Woot!