PoT: Translated: Washed Dry

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Washed Dry

Fuji decides to try his hand against Echizen. It provokes a lot of thought. Drama and Romance, I-3

Shuusuke felt a touch of excitement flicker along his nerves as they moved out into the open, feet scuffing up tiny puffs of dust to mark where they set themselves. Echizen was good. Not good enough to make Shuusuke lose, but perhaps...

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[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

*squeaks* *squeaks some more*

I don't know what I like most -- the brilliant-sharp edges of the fight, or the friendship between Tezuka and Fuji, or the tenderness between Tezuka and Ayame, or the beautiful tragedy of Yumiko and Fuji...

*settles for loving it all and squeaking some more*

[branchandroot]

*hearts* This one was hard to get started on, but once I was it just rolled. Now, if the omake-bunny about Sumire calling Echizen in order to generate some proximity between him and the girls would just hold still... *snickers*

Wash and Dry

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

I'll echo Em, and raise her two buckets of warm, gooey, goo.
[grins] and the title of this bit... ^_____^ Did so enjoy it all.

Re: Wash and Dry

[branchandroot]

*grins* Thank you! It isn't often Fuji gives me stories from his pov, especially such sweet ones, so this was a lovely change, for me.

Re: Wash and Dry

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

Fuji will always be my first love of tenipuri; he never ceases to amaze me. I'm very glad he was agreable enough to share with you for this story line. I know we've mentioned how much more we're enjoying these scenes with sharp pointy objects... I'm actually a bit surprised someone with artistic skills hasn't attempted to draw these yet.

This was a sweet bit. It sometimes scared me how easy it was to picture the boys in traditional marriages. Tezuka always seemed like the one who would be the happiest. I don't know why, but I'm glad it found its way into this story line. And in true Japanese fashion: the man makes the money and the woman controls it and the house! It does prove a problem for Yumiko and Syusuke, though. Is she the daughter than of a courtesean, that she doesn't know who her father is? Although inheritance is passed from mother to daughter, parentage was still improtant for political ties. But it makes me question--is Fuji's choice not to become an officer because of his lack of desire to, or because it would still prevet him from having what he wants?

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[branchandroot]

Yumiko is the daughter of a courtesan; her father is Fuji's father, though none of them are, as yet, aware of this. *wry* I suppose you could say she's of the samurai class, by blood, but she's far from proper spouse material. *thoughtful* Fuji doesn't have the motivation to be an officer. He'd do it to get enough money/position to buy out Yumiko's contract, but he doesn't want it for its own sake. *grins* Yet.

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[fromastudio]

....just to say that I posted that review before seeing this comment, and aha! *grin* I didn't think you'd leave out that potential complication so easily.

[fromastudio]

I've delayed on commenting on this for a while, partly because of my reactions to the piece. I had a hard time with the relationships, partly because I have this sense of the canon relationships superimposing over my reading. But the Fuji/Yumiko really works for me, despite that reading.

And I love Tezuka being understated and wise. "Even someone who finds his way doesn't always go down it." ♥

[branchandroot]

*smiles* We've progressed so far in canon, I had to go back and reread the early stuff to remember where Fuji started out. He's really made an impressive amount of progress.

Poor Tezuka. *pets him* He's so conscientious about his players soliders, and at this point Fuji is still fighting him pretty hard on that score.