PoT: Mirror Writing: Clove Apple

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Clove Apple

The aftermath of Fuji's encounter with Mizuki, and explanations for Tachibana. Drama With Romance, I-4

Kippei smiled down at him when Shuusuke raised his head to give him an inquiring look. "All the people you're most drawn to are ones you can't control."

Comments

[mica-chan.livejournal.com]

Am I allowed to say 'in this fic' that I love Mizuki? ^_^ Because I really do.
I was a little worried after I read the previous one, specially because I hadn't any idea how Tachibana would deal with the thing, but...I like it as you did. Of course I think Fuji deserved some pain because what he did to Tachibana was...geeez..But I can accept your way of see things too.
I liked the idea of Mizuki 'winning' against Fuji. Not because I dislike Fuji, but because I think the tensai has to see that he's not the almighty guy, and Mizuki can be really dangerous if he is really into it.

I noticed I'm reviewing all the fics in one post, but...I had printed all of them (with Fuji, Tachibana, Mizuki and Yuuta) so just now I could write to you.
I'm loving all the Mirror Writing...since Atobe/Tezuka until now. You are doing a great job...I'm just a little worried now about when this Mizuki/Fuji thing will end, because...if Yuuta will be with Mizuki...well...something will have to be done to settle things between them. A whole life fighting is not exactly a sane and good thing to see.

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

Now I understand the post from the other day.

Fuji's gonna *maim* him, or something, isn't he?

God knows I would.

[lurves on Tachibana for a bit, only in a purely platonic and non-infringing on the Fuji territory way]

[love]

Mmm. *falls a little bit in love with Tachibana Kippei*

[lyntek.livejournal.com]

Tachibana~! (hearts your Tachibana to death) XD Thanks for sharing!

[naanima.livejournal.com]

Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods! LOVE YOU!!

*giggles madly*

Tachibana is wonderful, gorgeous, and the BEST! I love how you dealt with his reaction. Because he understands Fuji, the anger is not present, concern is so much more important. Fuji is human, but ohhhh the turning of cogs and wheels in his mind at present would frighten anyone.

Mizuki is gonna get it. The gall, oh the gall.

What I find fascinating is that while Mizuki is all about riling and winning against Fuji, he's also at the same time soothing over certain issues. Not without ulterior motives of course, but the little insufferable snake does seem to have diffused a truly damaging situation.

*claps*

I can't WAIT for the next part.

[soloproject.livejournal.com]

*walks up to Mizuki*

*baps him*

*walks to Fuji*

*baps him*

*walks to Tachibana*

*hugs him gently*

and as an afterthought, pets Yuuta.

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

Pictures Akira, Shinji, and Ann cornering Mizuki... and T-baby walking in through a sudden gape. "Listen kid. Don't antagonize my boyfriend, got it? Especially not about his brother, cause he's a real bitch to deal with afterwards, and while Syusuke might give a flying fig tree about what Yuuta wants, I don't, and I'd be quite okay with pounding the living shit out of you. Got it? Good."

{chortling} that's not to mention what *Ann* would do.... {howling now}

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

*melts* Hmmmmmmmmm. I think I forgot to say earlier how much I adore your Tachibana. *draws hearts*

Sorry, too incoherent for more. *tries to wipe silly grin off face but fails*

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

god. damn. that's bloody all I have to say about that. oh hell yeah. *big shiny sparkles*

You... aack. I've said it all already. I worship you. I adore the way you write him. them. and. Such bloody fucking awesome cool shit!

(apologies for swearing, i do that when I get excited and reallyreallyreally love something... ^^;;; The average number of swear words per sentence goes up dramatically. heh.)

[solaas.livejournal.com]

General comment on the Mizuki-Fuji-Yuuta-Tachibana arcs here:

I love and worship you for what you've done with Mizuki. He really caught my interest when he first showed up in the anime, as a genuinely evil snake who was scary. Part of it was his ability to manipulate and his intelligence, and part of it was his voice (I'm deeply caught in the Saiyuki fandom, and Mizuki of PoT shares VA with Cho Hakkai, who is rather a lot like Fuji Syuuske. Or what Syuuske might become. >_>;;;), which was in Steely Evil Godmode. -And then they shafted him completely, turning him into a parody of an Unbergay Queen, for comic relief only. ;_;

But you, you have vindicated him in all sorts of wonderful ways! Thank you! :D The interaction with him and Yuuta, how Mizuki was carefully scouting and preparing his ground, how Yuuta caught on to it and dealt quite reasonably with the whole thing (not to mention the tantalising little glimpses you show of Yuuta's fundamental Fujiness), and and... Yes! The mindfuck encounter between Mizuki and Syuuske was very well executed; it's good you're not afraid to show the darkness in the elder Fuji brother.

Fuji and Tachibana are really, really good together. There just isn't enough Tachibana/Fudomine stories out there, so this one was extremely welcome. :) The way Kippei decides that Fuji needs a friend he won't have to compete with, and that this friend will be Kippei, is lovely. That he gets Tezuka to sign an agreement to this, as it were, even better. I see Kippei as one of three people grounded enough to be able to give Fuji some peace. (The other two being Kawamura and Ooishi.) I really enjoyed reading their story. :)

One quibble: It's really unfair of you to dangle teeny-weeny little flashes of Ann at us and not give her her own bit of screen time. She's a great character, and her potential as wielder of the Clue-by-four +5 of DOOM, matchmaker, gripemistress and instigator of mayhem is uncharted. ;D . o O ( With Kirihara and Kamio as captaions of their respective teams, I see potential for fun, though. Especially if Momoshiro captains Seigaku. ) *innocent* What? Hm? No attempted plotbunnying going on here, nope. Move along, citizen. The Computer is your friend.

...oh, heck. I'm adding general comments on the TezAto stuff too. They're good together; or rather, you make them good together. Atobe is such a cat! Eiji might be the one going nya-nya, but he's just a kitten compared to Atobe, the fully unleashed creature of luxury and World Domination. It's good Tezuka seems to have the necessary calmness to be a good cat-keeper. ^^ And the way Atobe deals with Fuji is just great! Pays off to be a champion annoyer, doesn't it? *grin* I almost, almost feel sorry for Tezuka who has to wrangle all these contrary people in his life, but really, he isn't that much better himself. Obsessive, stubborn, insular and overachievery to the bone. What's not to love? ^_^

[audient.livejournal.com]

This is so, very late, but I think I'm a Fuji/Tachibana convert. Only for your arc :') That was very well-written. I love Fuji, I love Kippei, I love the dynamics -- I never thought I'd enjoy a fic that involves Mizuki, but hay. You converted me. Amazing job. Thanks for sharing :3