[suju] fic: little spaces (in which to breathe) (henry/zhou mi friendship)

[after_reason]

title: little spaces (in which to breathe)
written: 140410
summary: the moments before a breaking point. henry/zhoumi friendship. wc: 2288.
warnings: vague angst, biased viewpoints, non-chronological, overly specific references. 
notes: this was started a few days after the shanghai ss2, and is based off the fancams, reports and pics from that event

Comments

[naturedichotomy]

really well-written.
it seems so true-to-life, with Henry & Zhou Mi's secret language, the way they handle situations, and how much they rely on each other ♥
I love this so much!

[ununoriginal]

thanks! i'm glad u think so - ironically henry was the last character i ever tot i'd write about when i 1st got into suju fandom, but his post on baidu really got to me.

i think in this respect, he and zhoumi share a connection tat no one else can understand, cuz they are the only 2 experiencing this situation. it's good tat at least they have each other for support.

thanks for ur lovely comment :)

[thundersquall]

Oh my god, that was like... AMAZING. Just utterly amazing, by the end of it I was like tearing up because ksdfhgkjdsg you conveyed everything SO WELL, their hurt and fear and just all the emotion there, yeah. Henry and Mi ;__________;

I really liked that you started out with the past and slowly unravelled into the present, instead of plunging straight into it; it gives us a really nice insight to the HenMi friendship, and of course Heechul with Mi and Henry. It's so sweet, the friendships they have, and so stunningly realistic, with the language lessons and Mi being Henry's sentient Chinese dictionary ROFL. This was just an absolutely lovely piece of writing. ♥

Shanghai SuShow was just... a disgrace through and through. I'm glad HenMi got so much more support after, in KL and Manila. They work so hard and deserve a lot more love than they get. D:

[ununoriginal]

fadsfkja;jn u dunno how happy u made me with ur awesome comment! &hearts thanks! i'm so glad it spoke to u :)

it really sucks to not be appreciated when one has put in so much work, and even worse when u get blamed for things tat aren't within ur control - it's unfair tat henmi had to suffer the brunt of the hangeng fans' irrationality.

it felt fantastic to have been able to cheer them on in person when they were in kl - it was such an amazing experience, i jus wish i have another opportunity to see them live again ^^

[thundersquall]

SCREAMS WERE YOU IN KL TOO? So was I! It made me so delighted to see the love HenMi got. Tbh, I was lucky, I went for both the Hong Kong and KL SuShows and in both HenMi got loads of love. I was gearing up to kick the shit out of any Only13s, but there were none in those shows I was in, or at least if there were, they were drowned out by the support.

It seems like most fans who are anti-HenMi aren't Only13 anymore, they're more like... OnlyGeng? Whatever it is, it's completely and utterly ridiculous. HenMi work so hard and put in so much and they are just as much a part of SuJu as any other member. It's so unfair to them, like you said. D:

[ununoriginal]

ooh, r u malaysian too? lolz, i srsly screamed the place down when henry and esp zhoumi appeared. THERE WAS NOT ENUFF MIMI. i got so overexcited when they did the walk-around, cuz he was SO CLOSE, and so good-looking. it was wonderful to see them laughing and happy. god, i wish zhoumi had a solo in kl as well!

yeah, i was quite out to bash only13's as well, but the ppl around me all seemed quite nice. i did hear of a fan who decided not to attend the kl show cuz geng wasn't coming, which to tat i say, her loss :p

[ky_rin]

ugh my heart, woman, my heart!

*clings to you for dear life*

my favourite image was the one about tiles not having enough breathing space and one day --

love how you left that unfinished. ♥

[ununoriginal]

*clings back* oh u so noe how to make me happy, darling &hearts

this was one of those stories where i knew how it was going to start and end XD

the thing about the tiles actually happened to me, like last month, and i so knew it was going into one of my fics lolz. my life is fiction tat way :p

[stripysockz]

That was such an unbelievably beautiful piece of writing! The emotion throughout was incredible, I loved the way you built up the angst gradually - it made it really powerful without seeming overdramatic.

The friendship between them was so realistic, too, and I loved your characterisation of Heechul! The fact that it was more for Zhou Mi than for himself when Henry spoke up really struck a chord, their whole relationship was just so sweet and perfect.

Just amazing <<<3

[ununoriginal]

thanks so much for the wonderful comment, i'm glad u liked it ^_^

watching the fancams for the shanghai show was such a heartwrenching experience, i really felt for the 2 of them. heechul and siwon were awesome in the way they rooted for henmi and stood by them all the way thru &hearts

[popscape]

This is gorgeous, I loved it; your characterisation, the build up to Henry's message, their interactions - spot on, and amazing. I really love the tone of this, and the thought that Henry's message was largely for Zhou Mi's sake.

[ununoriginal]

thanks very much for ur lovely comment, and i'm glad u tot i represented their characters realistically - sometimes one loses objectivity when one likes something too much :p

i think it's good tat henry spoke up - it seemed to have actually brought both zhoumi and henry to the forefront. they definitely deserve more love and appreciation and crap and less of that crap they had to take in shanghai.