Stormy Exchange

Title: Tremor on the Heaven Sun
Pairing(s): Sakurai Sho/Matsumoto Jun
Genres: Alternate Universe, Modern Fantasy
Rating: NC-17/E
Summary: After his ascension, Sakurai Sho’s first task as the newly appointed marriage deity is to hunt for the one who is destroying his image.
Warning(s): Implied/referenced character death (they die in order to ascend), minor injuries, implied internalized homophobia, coercion of minor characters (OCs), temporary amnesia, the word count (100k)
Author's notes: For pompomshoes. I may have gone a bit overboard with your deity prompt; still hoping you’ll like it and it’ll all make sense. This is partly inspired by a popular danmei which I still haven’t finished reading so I had to take liberties. Most of the stuff is lifted from Shinto practices and the Kojiki, though there’s no need to know them to understand what’s going on. Thanks to R who listened to me rant about the plot, to F for the beta, and to the mods for the patience.

( Tremor on the Heaven Sun - Part I: Plain of High Heaven )

Title: I vow my love to you for a hundred years
Pairing(s): Sho/Jun, Sho/Nino, Sho/Ohno
Genres: Vampires, reincarnation, friends with benefits, misunderstandings.
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The idea of getting involved with a vampire makes Sakurai Sho's skin crawl, despite having been one himself for three hundred years. He's only ever loved human men, in particular two members of the now-extinct Ohmiya family. One day, he meets a newborn vampire that looks and smells like a walking pile of garbage, and for some reason, Sho just can't leave him alone. Lord Masaki, ruler of Sunrise Land, hopes this newborn will be a positive influence to make Sho stop chasing humans. Sho, however, may need another few centuries to make up his mind, especially when both of his past lovers are reborn and come back into his life.
Warning(s): Characters die several times, but they get reborn.
Author's notes: Bon-san, I had this idea and ran with it. Now I’m crossing my fingers and hoping you’ll enjoy reading the result as much as I enjoyed the process. The initial setting is inspired on medieval Japan… and it advances from there. The three pairings mentioned make appearances during the story, albeit at different points. The genre is misunderstandings, so you may guess which pairing stays together by the end of it? Anyway, have fun!


( I vow my love to you for a hundred years - Part One )

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 )

Title: One Fast Move or I'm Gone
Pairing(s): Matsumoto Jun/Ninomiya Kazunari
Genres: AU, Slice of Life
Rating: NC-17
Summary: When Jun accepted a new role with company-provided accommodation, he didn't realise it would come with an annoying flatmate.
Warning(s): None
Author's notes: None

( One Fast Move or I'm Gone )