[fic] Warmth (Akira/Shuuji)
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Title: Warmth
Fandom: Nobuta wo Produce
Pairing: Akira/Shuuji
Rating: PG
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corimari has been having an awful, awful day and said she wanted fluffy Nobuta, so I did my best to provide. Do not blame me if you choose to read and then spontaneously develop cavities, because this is pure sugary fluff. (I'm looking at you, feather_down. And yes, I know I owe you Nobuta fic, too. XD) ANYWAY. Cori liked it and that's good enough for me. :DThings had started to go badly nearly the moment Shuuji got to work. One of the new girls had filled out an order form wrong and instead of five crates of coffee for the break room they’d received five crates of candy canes, of all things – which wasn’t his reponsibility since he worked in sales, but it had been “But you’re so responsible, Kiritani-san” and “We’ll get in trouble, Kiritani-san” and “Please, Kiritani-san?” until in the end of course he’d been the one to hurry and straighten things out before the boss showed up. It was a good thing, too, because Chief Moriguchi arrived in a foul mood and proceeded to take it out on everyone within range. Shuuji pretended to be glued to his computer screen, but that didn’t keep him from getting called over and chewed out for ten solid minutes on the flaws of his last transaction, even thought the client had bought almost a million yen worth of equipment and said what a pleasure Shuuji was to work with.
He stayed late to finish some overdue paperwork, and when he finally left it was pouring rain and he realized he’d fogotten his umbrella. He pulled his jacket over his head and made a dash for the nearest subway entrance, but even so he was drenched within seconds. The train car was packed and he was pressed in on all sides; someone’s wet umbrella pressed against his leg, the dampness seeping through his trousers and forming droplets that rolled down his leg. He was almost grateful to get off and go back out in the rain, if only to escape the pervasive smell of damp wool, until he stepped out of the station and right into an ankle-deep puddle that soaked right through his brand new leather shoes to bare skin.
By the time Shuuji got home, he was cold, wet, tired, hungry, and to top it all off, he could feel a headache coming on. All in all, he wasn’t exactly in the mood to open the door and hear Akira singing along (or trying to) to some American Christmas song at the top of his lungs.
“La la la la la WHIIIITE CHRISTMAS... la la la la la la laaaaa...”
Shuuji set his briefcase down with a deep sigh and trudged into the kitchen. “Could you turn that down a little?” he asked plaintively.
“Shuuji!” Akira said gleefully. “Welcome back!” He was wearing a bright red and green apron and holding a wooden spoon; Shuuji decided not to ask about the pot bubbling on the stove.
“I’m home,” Shuuji said belatedly. “Shit,” he added, when he realized he was dripping all over the floor.
Akira looked at him closely. “Shuuji, you’re all wet!” he said, and burst into high-pitched laughter. Shuuji just rolled his eyes and said, “I’m going to go change.”
When he re-emerged, wearing clean, dry clothes and rubbing a towel over his hair, the CD player was off and Akira was in the living room, curled up on the couch and cradling a giant mug of something thick and chocolatey-looking to his chest.
“What’s that?” Shuuji asked suspiciously, draping the towel over the back of a chair
Akira beamed. “Hot chocolate! I made it myself! Try it,” he said, holding the mug out toward Shuuji.
Warily, Shuuji sat down and accepted the mug and took a tentative sip. He recoiled. “How can you drink that?” he demanded. “It’s sweeter than real chocolate!”
“But it tastes like winter,” Akira said seriously, then started laughing again. Shuuji put the mug down and thought that the last thing he needed was more sugar.
Lightning-fast, Akira stopped laughing and instead eyed Shuuji with a thoughtful expression that Shuuji knew all too well by now. “What?” he asked with a sense of foreboding.
“I wonder,” Akira said, leaning in until he was peering at Shuuji from all of two inches away.
Shuuji’s breath caught. “Wonder what?” he managed.
“Which tastes better,” Akira said, and leaned in just a little further until he was kissing Shuuji.
Akira’s lips were soft and warm and Shuuji let his eyes fall shut contentedly. He slid a hand up to press against the back of Akira’s neck; Akira smiled against Shuuji’s mouth and gently nudged Shuuji’s lips apart, thumb smoothing across the skin of Shuuji’s collarbone above the neckline of Shuuji’s shirt.
The hot chocolate tasted a lot better in Akira’s mouth, Shuuji thought hazily. Akira seemed to be intent on determining exactly how Shuuji tasted, as he carefully licked at the inside of Shuuji’s mouth, making thoughtful little noises that Shuuji, god help him, actually thought sounded hot. Akira was pressing him against the back of the couch now and his hand skimmed up the back of Akira’s neck to slide through Akira’s hair, tugging him closer.
Just when Shuuji was starting to wonder if the couch would hold up to anything more strenuous, Akira broke away to press his nose against Shuuji’s neck. “Shuuji,” he heard Akira hum happily, “Shuuji, Shuuji, Shuuji.”
Shuuji couldn’t repress a little laugh, stroking his fingers through Akira’s hair. They sat like that for several minutes, Akira leaning on Shuuji’s shoulder and Shuuji resting his cheek against the top of Akira’s head. Shuuji breathed deeply and told himself he wasn’t inhaling the scent of Akira’s shampoo.
Eventually, Akira stirred, sitting up and crossing his legs so that he faced Shuuji. “Feel better?” he asked.
“Huh? Oh, uh, yeah, I guess,” Shuuji muttered, feeling his cheeks flush. He didn’t think it had been that obvious.
This, of course, made Akira laugh again. “Shuuji’s embarrassed!” he caroled, as Shuuji scowled and said “You’re really loud, you know that?”
“But that’s okay, because I like you anyway,” Akira continued as if he hadn’t heard him, and darted in to press another kiss squarely against Shuuji’s lips.
Before Shuuji could respond (thankfully, since he had no idea what to say), Akira straightened suddenly. “Hey, look!” he exclaimed, pointing past Shuuji’s head toward the window.
“Hm?” Shuuji twisted around.
Outside, the rain had turned to snow.
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Date: 2006-12-10 06:59 am (UTC)GLEE GLEE GLEE
I love you so much you are the best ever~~~!!
GLEE GLEE GLEE
THIS IS SO WONDERFUL
*goes to pick out favorite bits*
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2006-12-10 07:12 am (UTC)“Shuuji!” Akira said gleefully. “Welcome back!”
I know there's not much IN that line, but Akira being gleeful and just happily welcoming Shuuji home just makes me warm and fuzzy inside, it's so, so perfect.
Akira beamed. “Hot chocolate! I made it myself! Try it,” he said, holding the mug out toward Shuuji.
This is what I love about Akira; he's so happy and pleased with thinking he's done something neat, but he IMMEDIATELY wants to share it with Shuuji. EEEEEE FLUFFY SPARKLY HEARTS ♥ ♥
He slid a hand up to press against the back of Akira’s neck; Akira smiled against Shuuji’s mouth and gently nudged Shuuji’s lips apart, thumb smoothing across the skin of Shuuji’s collarbone above the neckline of Shuuji’s shirt.
Nggggggh. This is so WONDERFULLY HOT BUT ALSO SWEET BEYOND BELIEF AT THE SAME TIME. HOW DID YOU DO THAT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS IN THE MOOD FOR. I LOVE YOU IN WAYS I CANT COMPREHEND OR EXPRESS. *CLINGS*
Akira broke away to press his nose against Shuuji’s neck. “Shuuji,” he heard Akira hum happily, “Shuuji, Shuuji, Shuuji.”
Shuuji couldn’t repress a little laugh, stroking his fingers through Akira’s hair. They sat like that for several minutes, Akira leaning on Shuuji’s shoulder and Shuuji resting his cheek against the top of Akira’s head. Shuuji breathed deeply and told himself he wasn’t inhaling the scent of Akira’s shampoo.
Aaaaiiieeeeee WOOBIE LOVE PLEASE WRITE MORE OF THEM LIKE THIS, IT IS SO PERFECT.
I just. I just love this so much it hurts me. Akira is wonderfully spazzy and dorky and cute and totally in love with Shuuji who's adorably grumpy and blushy because he doesn't know how to express how much HE cares about Akira, and yet, in the end, they still manage to get each other. ALL NOBUTA FIC SHOULD BE LIKE THIS. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, GAH. ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2006-12-10 07:08 am (UTC)SO SWEET AND LIGHT AND WONDERFUL!
♥
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Date: 2006-12-10 07:41 am (UTC)*loves*
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Date: 2006-12-10 08:33 am (UTC)*needs to rewatch NwP XD*
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Date: 2006-12-10 11:23 pm (UTC)And thanks. ^_^
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Date: 2006-12-10 10:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-10 11:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-12-10 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-10 11:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-10 12:43 pm (UTC)Hope you don't mind that I friended you ^^
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Date: 2006-12-10 11:46 pm (UTC)YAY NEW FRIENDS! :DDD
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Date: 2006-12-10 04:05 pm (UTC)I mean.
Wow. Dies.
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Date: 2006-12-10 11:48 pm (UTC)Yup, this is about as fluffy as it gets. Oh boy.
(And "thank youuuu" if that was killed in a good way, or "I hope your dental bills won't be too expensive" if that was killed in a too much sugar way. XD)
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Date: 2006-12-10 05:47 pm (UTC)And I do envy them for the snow... I still wait for the first of this season and it is almost mid-December...*sighs*
Shuji and Akira are really sweet in this and I can feel with Shuji for having so damn stressful days ^^
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Date: 2006-12-10 11:50 pm (UTC)Thank youuuu! Good luck with the rest of your papers and exams and college applications, if you still have some left. :D
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Date: 2006-12-10 06:39 pm (UTC)This was so cute and reminds me of Akira getting curry pan from Santa :DDD
♥ ~ !
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Date: 2006-12-10 11:51 pm (UTC)Thank you! :D
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Date: 2006-12-10 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-10 11:53 pm (UTC)And out of curiosity, what does the text on your icon mean? I can tell it's Italian but that's it.
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Date: 2006-12-11 12:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-11 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-11 12:40 am (UTC)thanks for writing this :0! akira/shuji is amazing and people should write it more. adding this to memories \:D/!
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Date: 2006-12-11 12:54 am (UTC)And can I take a moment to say your icon killed me. XD
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Date: 2006-12-11 01:10 am (UTC)AWWWW OMG THAT IS SO PERFECTLY AKIRA AND I WANT TO DIE IN THE FLUFFINESS. I mean that last line would have normally been so corny that I'd roll my eyes but I just went all O_O for like five minutes and then only realized comment buttons existed and adkljg;lsgjlsdjgslg please write more stuff like this please please please. D:
You are woooonderful.
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Date: 2006-12-11 01:15 am (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm happy to hear you liked. ♥
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Date: 2006-12-11 01:51 am (UTC)oh Akira, please make feel better, too. *g*
This was sooooo cute and sflsljdhasjs just ♥♥♥♥. \:D/
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Date: 2006-12-11 02:01 am (UTC)ME TOO. Where can I sign up? XD
Thank youuuuuuu! I am glad you liked it! ♥
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Date: 2006-12-11 02:55 am (UTC)Thanks for writing this. makes me wanna watch NwP again.
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Date: 2006-12-11 06:06 am (UTC)And the hot chocolate?
*melts into happy goo*
♥
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Date: 2006-12-11 07:08 am (UTC)Thank youuu for saying those nice things! I appreciate it. ♥
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Date: 2006-12-11 06:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-12-12 09:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-11 01:13 pm (UTC)but the thing I like most about this story is the feeling that there's a lot more going on than is on the page (or screen, I guess ^-^). There are such strong, concrete references to the world outside the Shuuji&Akira scene, like S's job, the strong description of how it feels to travel home in the rain. it might be a short scene, but I came away with a good feel for their whole life together.
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Date: 2006-12-12 09:26 am (UTC)...ahem. Anyway. I'm especially happy to hear about Akira, since I was not at all sure about his characterization. He's just tough to pin down. And I'm happy to hear about the last line - I was secretly fond of it. ^_^
There are nebulous details floating around in my head about their life around this time period - I hope someday they'll crystallize into a longer story, but not quite yet. In the meantime, they bleed through into this little snippet. *g*
Thanks again - I really appreciate it. :D
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Date: 2006-12-11 08:05 pm (UTC)heheheh . . .
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Date: 2006-12-12 09:29 am (UTC)When you get online nowadays, are you ever on your own computer stealing wireless? If you are, I can email you .wps files of this and TAY*J (and anything else I think is good, like the Pin fic I just read that was just a;jskl;gjl).
and your CDs are sitting on my counter waiting to be sent. I am a bad, bad person.
Miss you! ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2006-12-12 04:41 am (UTC)for your porn-- actually, I lieit's a good thing I don't because GODOT WOULD BE FASTER-- SO ANYWAY, I'll just say it again! ILU MER. ♥ ♥ ♥ This was heart-stoppingly cute and I was a puddle of wolf goo at the end of it, guh. Akira with his dork and English-singing and "it tastes like winter" (sdlijdfklfj AKIRAAA) and his happy little hums! And *Shuuji*!Akira’s lips were soft and warm and Shuuji let his eyes fall shut contentedly. He slid a hand up to press against the back of Akira’s neck; Akira smiled against Shuuji’s mouth and gently nudged Shuuji’s lips apart, thumb smoothing across the skin of Shuuji’s collarbone above the neckline of Shuuji’s shirt.
That is so adorable yet sweetly hot. They can't have hot couch-breaking sex *all* the time, right? There needs to be little moments like this, where they can just comfort each other after a bad day and be dorks together.
This, of course, made Akira laugh again. “Shuuji’s embarrassed!” he caroled, as Shuuji scowled and said “You’re really loud, you know that?”
That is so, so perfect for Shuuji and Akira, I could see it happening in canon.
The makeout session included.plz write more? :D
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Date: 2006-12-12 09:43 am (UTC)ILU BACK A LOT. ♥ ♥ ♥ You give the best comments! And it is so nice to hear what you liked and what felt in character and eeeee yay. ♥ again. THANK YOU.
plz write more? :D
Only if u r&r - oh wait. Right. XD
Someday I will write a longer Nobuta fic that takes place around this general time period, post-whatever-it-is-they-do-after-high-school. I kind of think they might have gone to the same college and shared an apartment (since Japanese schools generally don't have much in the way of dorms), and then just stayed roommated after they graduated for convenience and then gotten together, but maybe that happened earlier, or maybe Akira went off to see the world instead of university... yeah, I don't even have a concrete idea of what happens. *g*
Thanks for heeding my not-so-subtle cry for a comment. XD HAVE SOME MORE HEARTS: ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2006-12-14 09:02 am (UTC)Aww! That was so cute and sweet and lovely, it's beautiful. Akira especially was so in character. I can almost see this happening. XD Fluffy and adorable. ♥
Would you mind if I added this journal? Your writing is excellent.
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Date: 2006-12-14 09:25 am (UTC)Thanks again for the kind words. :D
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Date: 2006-12-23 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-12-28 01:16 am (UTC)IT'S SO CUTE! ♥_♥
i think you got the characterization PERFECTLY. like, SQUARE-ON. akira is just perfectly annoying and cute. ^^
it was seriously cute, loved the last line. ♥
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Date: 2006-12-28 01:31 am (UTC)