A raindrop for reveetoile!

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Title: Wanting your attention
Pairing(s): Nino/Ohno, Nino/Jun, Jun/Toma, slight Sho/Aiba
Genres: Friendship, fluff, mild angst
Rating: G
Summary: Kazu and Jun were fraternal twins in kindergarten, with Oh-chan and Toma as their classmates. Masaki, a worker in an animal shelter, was their older brother who brought them to school and fetched them as well. Sho-sensei was their ever-dedicated homeroom teacher. With Jun being used to Kazu’s attention, what would happen if Kazu turned his attention to someone else?
Warning(s): none
Author's notes: To reveetoile, I hope you enjoy this fic. I have read some kindergarten Arashi fics, but it’s my first time writing one. It was quite a challenge, but it was really fun! I tried to stick with what you indicated in the sign-up as much as I could. The setting was pre-COVID pandemic. I tried to make the dialogues of the kids simple.

To the mods, thank you for making this exchange possible again this year!

( Wanting your attention )

A raindrop for selvage! (1/3)

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Title: Dance in the Dark
Pairing(s): Matsumoto Jun/Sakurai Sho
Genres: AU - Romance with science fiction and adventure-ish elements
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Museum curator Sakurai Sho is desperate to complete a cherished collection. Matsumoto Jun is new in town and looking for a little excitement. One night they meet at an auction that will change both of their lives in ways they never expected.
Warning(s): NC-17 content involving Sho. Who had to go and announce he got married halfway through me writing this, congratulations! Anyhow, I was stubborn and kept mostly to my original ~sexy outline~ so you’ve been warned LOL! Also includes references to an accident that severely injured a main character in the past and still impacts him in the present.
Author's notes: Hello dearest cutselvage, this story is for you. Your sign-up noted that a Final Fantasy 9 crossover would be extremely welcome. Well, this story includes an auction house of sorts, Zodiac coins, and a lot of references to FF9 characters and locations, but is it a genuine FF9 crossover? Signs point to no.

However, I was heavily inspired by the game’s city of Treno, which lives in a state of perpetual darkness. I thought, “how do I make that work without magic?” and decided that the city where most of this story takes place would be located on the “always dark” side of a tidally-locked planet. Please don’t think too hard about the science here. A planet like this can totally sustain life if you just *believe* it does for the sake of an Arashi AU.

One final note, I absolutely adore Ohno Satoshi with every fiber of my being, and I swear to you that he does appear in this story. He just spends most of it on a ~natsuyasumi~, much like the one he’s enjoying in real life. I hope this will capture enough FF9 spirit to make you smile. I had a wonderful time writing it <3

( Dance in the Dark - Part One )

A raindrop for selvage! (2/3)

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( Dance in the Dark - Part Two )

A raindrop for selvage! (3/3)

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( Dance in the Dark - Part Three )