Yeah, yeah, it took me almost two years to update. My apologies.

Formerly titled "Because Love". I changed it because I've always hated it.

Previous entries here.

Title: A Welcome Arrow
Rating: R
Summary: Doumeki plans a date; Watanuki experiences a few new things.
Disclaimer: Belongs to CLAMP, blah blah blah.
The Song: You're All I Have, Snow Patrol The Music Video, for your listening pleasure
Thank You: baka_taru and sentimentale for their near-constant harassment.
Please Note: This series stops being parallel to cannon around American volume 10. I have not read beyond American volume 13, so please, no spoilers in the comments.

( A Welcome Arrow )

Writing a love scene while at work is an awkward experience. Considering I find it hard to write anywhere other than home or in the Burger King's lobby when it's closed, I am proud for managing it.

*guilty face*

So a few messages have inspired to me actually post, because if there's one person wondering where the hell I've been, there's probably more.

In any case, pretty much all of my writing is on hiatus at the moment, since I've gotten a new job (which is awesome) that pays less than my old job (that part isn't as awesome) so I've been working an average of fifty hours a week between the two of them to continue making ends meet, not the mention I have a commute to the new job. Tack on social obligations, sleeping, eating, and other life functions, and I've had zero time for the internet. I should be doing other stuff even now. Anyone who raises kids, holds down a job, keeps a relationship afloat, and still has time to contribute to their fandoms deserves respect. Same goes from anyone in school!

I haven't been neglecting to comment on your stories because I hate you or anything; the internet has just fallen to the bottom of my priority pile. Hopefully in a few months I'll be able to quit my old job and free up some time, especially since I'm seriously considering going back to school... Okay, you are not here to listen to my blather on about real life, you want fiction, and I have none to offer. I am sorry.

Been planning on posting these for a while, but totally forgot about them. Hope you enjoy!

( Without A Noise, Without My Pride: A Doumeki x Watanuki FST )

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( Scarred Heart in Hand: A Kurogane x Fai FST )

...Annnnd suddenly I find myself bereft of a good fiction read. Have plenty of non-fiction since I'm currently reading three of them, but I always need fiction. So, flist, any suggestions? :D I'm always up for fantasy, light-hearted, sub-texty romance, and beautifully crafted worlds.

I think I've fallen off the manga bandwagon for the moment, although webcomics have become a new addiction. Specifically Questionable Content. Now I want my best friend to open up a coffee shop called Coffee of Doom someday so I can have a bookstore called Book of Horrors right next to it. With a door in between so you can wander back and forth.

( RL-ish, so under cut )

Just saw one of the cut-scenes from Crisis Core on my brother's PSP, and god, it's gorgeous. And now I kinda wanna play it. >_< WILL NOT GIVE IN. That's a lot of money for a game that's more likely to create more plotholes than resolve them. Plus, GACKT/GENESIS. I won't be able to stop giggling at how ridiculous that is. BUT THE CG IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S SEPHIROTH BEING almost HUMAN. AND NINE-YEAR-OLD YUFFIE. Maybe I'll just borrow it when he's done. Yes, that will work. But oh, how the canon hurts. I don't think it can take anymore.

Ten hour shift + wandering around the block several times at eleven p.m. trying to figure out where my husband parked my car = cranky, cranky, cranky. Now that I have consumed an entire box of macaroni and cheese, it is time for bed.

EDIT: All my friends save one are enjoying the local con, and spamming me with pictures of cosplayers and fanart and themselves having immense amounts of fun. But I'm getting a bunch of random stuff (they won't tell me what they bought) and three DoumekixWatanuki doushinji out of it. And some random vendor called me a crazy yaoi fangirl over my friend's phone while she was trying to figure out which doushinji to buy me. One of which has been scanned, and two I've never seen before, so... But I'm grateful to have such awesome, crazy, and wonderful friends, yes.

This song makes me want to play Final Fantasy VI. I know that re-releasing the Final Fantasy games is just a way for Squeenix to make money off something they've already done (a million times over) but god I wish they'd remake this for the DS like they've done for III and IV. I loved the SNES games, they're so iconic of my childhood that I don't care how shitty the gameplay is, or how lame the plot is from an adult perspective, or how cheesy the dialogue, I would play them over and over again just for the nostalgic rush. Sometimes I think the characters are so much better than anything after that - before they realized how many people would buy the games just because it's Final Fantasy.

*wanders off to see if she can find the PSone release on eBay*

ALSO: I really need to stop shopping online. Amazon has Final Fantasy Anthology, but if I spend 5 more dollars I get free shipping, so might as well get The Dark Tower Concordance, too, and oh look, Looking For Group has new merchandise! *headdesk* My almost-paid-off credit card does not thank me for this.

For the record, I am participating in the content strike, and I hope everyone can curb the LJ addiction for one day to do the same! (Seriously, guys, it's high time we did something.)