Title: Going Steady, Part 2
Rating: NC-17 overall
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Kikuchi/Onozuka
Word count: ~7,500
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Unexpected Opportunities, Comeback (Part 1 and Part 2), Forgiveness, Firsts, and First Date (Part 1 and Part 2).
Summary: Onozuka goes home to see his sister.

Author's note: An izakaya is basically a bar that serves food--see the story meta for more details.

Part 1
Follow the link to my journal for Part 2

Title: Going Steady, Part 1
Rating: NC-17 overall
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Kikuchi/Onozuka
Word count: ~6,620
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Unexpected Opportunities, Comeback (Part 1 and Part 2), Forgiveness, Firsts, and First Date (Part 1 and Part 2).
Summary: Onozuka and Kikuchi decide to take their relationship a step further.

ETA 1/21/09: Added the summary to the headings, which I forgot. *headdesk* But by this time, you guys know what to expect from this devious pair, right? ~_^

This fic is turning out a bit longer than planned, so I decided to go ahead and post it as a WIP, but I should have at least one more chapter done by this weekend, and hopefully the whole thing wrapped up within a couple of weeks at most.

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Title: Where the White Lilies Grow (9/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this part: 6,400
Notes: List of all chapters over @ IJ here. This fic is for elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow, Chapter 9/10 )

Title: Bittersweet (2/2)
Universe: Haru wo Daiteita & When a Man Loves a Man.
Characters: Iwaki Masahiko/Iwaki Kyousuke(aka Ozaki Tomoyuki), a bit of Iwaki Kyousuke/Katou
Rating: NC-17. Ooops. They weren't meant to, but they insisted. WTF!
Warnings: Nope.
Word count: 6,000
Notes: Part 1 can be found here. Written for my beloved red_day_dawning. And how frustrating is it to write about three people who are all called Iwaki? Damned annoying, if you ask me. If there are going to be more Masahiko he's going to pull the stick out of his arse and get to know people well enough to call them by their first name. Grrrr! *smacks Harudaki Iwaki around for having the same name as WMLM Iwaki (who will bloody learn to use his real name!)* Also, I have pondered what, exactly, the Iwaki family does for a living. There's a discussion here.
Summary: Iwaki Masahiko's life didn't turn out like he wanted it to. His brother's and Katou Youji's shameless behaviour doesn't make it easier to cope with more than thirty years of repressed... repression. But Masahiko is forced to look at the way he has lived his life until now and on the values he thought he had established so firmly. Serious changes are bound to happen...

( Bittersweet 2/2 )

Title: Realism (Hamlet Done Haru-style)
Rating: PG
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Kikuchi/Onozuka
Characters: Katou, Kikuchi, Onozuka, Yoshizumi, Asano
Word count: ~1,975
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part. Should be obvious, but Hamlet dialogue was written by William Shakespeare, not me. ~_^
Summary: Katou's portrayal of Hamlet is perhaps a little too realistic.

Author's note: I blame this fic all on bronze_ribbons for feeding the plot bunny! ^_^ This was inspired by her drabble More Than Kin and Less Than Kind--I couldn't get the image of Katou and Kikuchi acting in Hamlet together out of my mind, and this is the result. I borrowed the director's name, Ninagawa, from the original drabble.

(Please note--although Kikuchi and Onozuka are a couple in this fic, it is a stand-alone story and not part of my Kikuchi/Onozuka series that begins with Comeback.)

If you're a bit rusty on your Shakespeare, you can find a summary of Hamlet here, and the dialogue for the complete final scene here.

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Title: First Date
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Kikuchi/Onozuka
Word count: ~6,260 for Part 1; ~5,565 for Part 2
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Unexpected Opportunities, Comeback (Part 1 and Part 2), and Firsts
Summary: Onozuka's first date with Kikuchi does not quite go according to plan.

Follow the links to my journal: Part 1, Part 2

Title: Unexpected Opportunities
Rating: R, mainly for language
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Kikuchi/OMC
Word count: ~5,500
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Prequel to: Comeback, Part 1 and Part 2
Summary: While living in America, Kikuchi has to choose between his lover and the chance to make a comeback in Japan. (With apologies to Keanu Reeves--see afterword for details.)

Note: A "salaryman" is a white-collar office worker in Japan.

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Title: Bittersweet (1/2)
Universe: Haru wo Daiteita & When a Man Loves a Man.
Characters: Iwaki Masahiko, Iwaki Kyousuke/Katou
Rating: R, possibly.
Warnings: nah.
Word count: 1,300
Notes: For my beloved red_day_dawning.
About Japanese furniture: kotatsu are low tables with a heater and a heavy quilt under the tabletop. Often used to sleep under when it is very cold. Kakebuton is the top part, the "duvet" part of a futon set.
Summary: Iwaki Masahiko's life didn't turn out like he wanted it to and his brother's and Katou Youji's shameless behaviour doesn't make it easier to cope with more than thirty years of repressed... repression. But Masahiko is forced to look at the way he has lived his life until now and on his values he thought he had established so firmly. Serious changes are bound to happen...

( Bittersweet )

It's slightly early, but here's my Christmas gift to the group--hope you all are enjoying the holidays! ^_^

Title: Kentucky Fried Christmas
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Katou/Iwaki
Word count: ~5,310
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Prompt: Christmas romance
Summary: Iwaki and Katou spend their first Christmas together.

Author's note: The Harudaki timeline seems a little vague, or maybe I just have a hard time keeping track of it, but I'm picturing this as their first Christmas living together as a couple, when Iwaki is still feeling a little uncertain about their relationship.

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Title: Forgiveness
Rating: PG
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Iwaki/Katou
Word count: ~2,080
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Summary: This is a companion piece to Comeback Part 1 and Part 2, which explains how Iwaki came to recommend Kikuchi to the Inside Report director.

Follow the link to my journal: Forgiveness

Title: Firsts
Author: geri_chan 
Rating: R to be on the safe side, but closer to PG-13
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Pairing: Onozuka/Miyasaka (unrequited), Onozuka/Kikuchi
Word count: 1,593 total
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Comeback, Part 1 and Part 2

Summary: A list of Onozuka's first times, inspired by the weekly drabble prompt "Firsts". Unfortunately, I'm incapable of writing 100 words exactly, so I'm tagging this as a fic rather than a drabble, but in honor of the challenge, I wrote this in pseudo-drabble segments ranging from 97 to 320 words each.

Follow the link to my journal: Firsts

Yay, my first Harudaki fic! It focuses on one of my favorite side characters, the gay actor Kikuchi from Book 2.

Title: Comeback (Parts 1 & 2)
Author: geri_chan
Rating: R overall, more for language than anything else
Pairing: Kikuchi/Miyasaka, a bit of Kikuchi/Onozuka
Word count: ~2,100 for Part 1; ~2,960 for Part 2
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.

Summary: Kikuchi attempts to re-start his career after being forced to step down from Katou's movie in Book 2.

A note on Japanese terms: "Geinokai" is the word for the entertainment industry in Japanese. I guess we would say "show business" or "showbiz" in English, but it sounded a little awkward, so I stuck with the Japanese term. Names are given in the Japanese order with the family name first and given name second.

There's a lengthy afterword on my thoughts regarding Asian actors in America, along with a bit of meta on how the story came about. Feel free to skip or discuss, as you like.

Follow the links to my journal: Part 1, Part 2

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (8/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this part: 5,800
Notes: List of all chapters over @ IJ here. This fic is for elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow, Chapter 8/10 )

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (7/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this part: 4,000
Notes: List of all chapters over @ IJ here. This fic is for elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation. Also, if there are errors in this, blame blpaintchart. She betaed it. ;0)
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow, Chapter 7/10 )

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (6/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan(o_O)
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this part: : 5,400
Notes: List of all chapters here. This fic is for elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation. Beta by the lovely red_day_dawning ♥.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow, 6/10 )

This bunny got spawned by the "jealousy" prompt, but it refused to be confined to a drabble. In fact, it pretty much mugged me and held me captive until I finished drafting it...

Title: Because I Love You More Than I Can Say
Author: bronze_ribbons
Words: ~ 2850
Pairings: Iwaki/Katou (Haru wo Daiteita) and Ryo/Dee (FAKE)
Rating: R
Warnings: Light mention of some kinky stuff
Summary: After so many years, things still aren't simple for our guys.
Notes: A sequel to "Fair to See" (second drabble down). The title's from W.H. Auden's "If I Could Tell You" (*nods to her sister modernists in the comm*).

( When he looks at you -- when he thinks no one else is looking -- he looks like a starving man. )

Title: Turbulence
Universe: Haru wo Daiteita
Pairing: Iwaki/Katou
Word count: 3,400
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: D/s, spanking
Notes: Chatting with lore, I threatened promised to write a sequel if she wrote Iwaki/Katou Mile High Club pr0n, so here it is. Link to Lore's burning hot ficlet 20,000 Feet Sneak if you haven't drooled over it yet.
Summary: Iwaki has one or two minor things he wants to discuss with Katou regarding the consummation of relationships on aeroplanes. Unfortunately for Katou, Iwaki has a quite unexpected physical approach to that debate.

( Turbulence )

Title: 20,000 Feet Sneak
Author: lore
Pairing: Katou/Iwaki (Haru wo Daiteita)
Rating: NC17/NWS
Summary: Katou has urges that won't wait to be satisfied.
Disclaimer: Only borrowing them for a while -- I'll clean them up before I put them back.
Highlight for Warnings: *blow job, frotting*
Author Notes: ~740 words. Thanks to real_life_rosy and snapelike for betaing! Any remaining issues are my own. Feedback or comment of any kind are welcome! Written in honour of the second annual Bring Back the Porn Challenge.


( As Katou slipped beneath the soft blankets )


love, lore

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow 5/10
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan(o_O)
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this part: : 2,500
Notes: List of all chapters over @ IJ here. This fic is for elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow, Chapter 5 )

Title: Histories
Author: bronze_ribbons
Words: ~ 1750
Fandoms: Haru wo Daiteita and Harry Potter
Pairings: Dumbledore/Mochimune, with allusions to Filch/Pince, Dumbledore/Lupin, and others
Rating: PG-13? I want to rinse my brain with shochu regardless.
Beta: the super-fast and ever-precise aunty_marion *mwah!*
Notes: Stand-alone ficlet -- NOT a part of the "Encore" universe I seem to building in spite of myself. This isn't really snapelike's fault but I'm blaming her anyway, because it was a conversation related to "Hazard Cast" that spawned this bunny.
( After seeing Katou Youji perform... )

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (4/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan(o_O)
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this chapter: 3,000
Notes: List of all chapters here. For elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow 4/10 )

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (3/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan(o_O)
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this chapter: : 2,700
Notes: List of all chapters here. For elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow 3/10 )

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (2/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan(o_O)
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless Romance. This is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this chapter: : 2,500
Notes: List of all chapters here. For elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow 2/10 )

Title: Where the Wild Lilies Grow (1/10)
Universes: Haru wo Daiteita & Casino Lily
Pairings: Carlo/Magira, Iwaki/Katou, Shouji/Shu Ti Fan(o_O)
Rating, all over: NC-17
Warnings, all over: Explicit sex and violence. Shameless romance - this is not an angst-fest.
Word count, this chapter: : 2,600
Notes: List of all chapters here. For elfflame who wanted me to put Magira in this situation. Thanks to lore for looking this over.
Summary: When Carlo comes home from a business trip only to discover that Magira has left him, he has to change the passive way he usually takes when it comes to defending his relationship with the charming, but spoiled young player. Carlo has once offered to wager his entire fortune in exchange for Magira's company. This time, Carlo has to realise that his life might be at stake as well...

( Where the Wild Lilies Grow 1/10 )

Title: The Sleep of the Cicada
Pairing: Akizuki Keiichirou/Kusaka Touma
Universe: Fuyu no Semi
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: The big canon character death in Fuyu? Purple prose spiced with a bit of pretentiousness?
Word count: 1,500
Notes: Nitta-sensei hints in several (canon) places that Iwaki and Katou are indeed Akizuki and Kusaka reincarnated, hence the way they react when they try to get the roles of those two characters. I've played with the idea, but decided to stay in the Fuyu no Semi universe. This fic is partly inspired by Jonathan Steffen's poem "The Falcon to the Falconer" (1992) which is about love that binds, when one cannot let go for the sake of the beloved. Incidentally, falconry and the falcon were also symbols of the Samurai, and of the Edo period that ended with the Boshin war -- the war which is described in Fuyu no Semi and ends with Akizuki-san's defeat at Hakodate.
Summary: "I believe that such a time will come... A time where we can always be together without fear of being caught... Until that time comes, you and I shall sleep the long sleep of the cicada."

( The Sleep of the Cicada )

Title: A Queer Eyeful
Author: bronze_ribbons
Rating: PG
Pairing: Iwaki/Katou
Summary: The guys discuss a "Peanuts" special.
Words: 250
Note: This is totally lore's fault.

( When Iwaki heard Katou's scream, he instantly rushed to the living room of their hotel suite... )

Title: Suppertime
Author: bronze_ribbons
Prompt: #1, cross-over
Fandoms: Harudaki, Peanuts
Characters: Yoshizumi, Iwaki, Katou, Snoopy
Rating: G
Words: 100
Summary: To each their own...

As the white beagle with black ears strutted, spun, and sashayed around with his supper dish, the three Japanese actors looked on in silence. After he finished his performance with a spectacular somersault off the roof of his doghouse, they politely applauded.

"At last we can pay attention to our meals," Yoshizumi said.

Katou mused, "I've heard that song before. One of my classmates at the Academy performed to it."

Iwaki smiled at Katou. "His energy reminds me of you--"

Yoshizumi dropped his fork with a clatter. "STOP THAT! Can't you wait until I’m done eating to nauseate me?"

Title: As Strong as Life
Fandom: Haru wo Daiteita
Author: bronze_ribbons
Rating: PG
Words: ~ 1000

( cut beyond this point for spoilers )

Title: Kimono I: Purple
Pairing: Yukihito/Sawa-san
Warnings: Cross dressing, mentioned D/s
Word count: 200
Notes: A small series of character studies. Prompts inspired by antique kimono, for some odd reason. Prompt for this one: Purple Irotomesode Circa 1900.

( Kimono I: Purple )


Title: Kimono II: Ode to a Black Haori
Pairing: Iwaki/Katou
Word count: 400
Notes: Prompt for this one: Haori, mid 1970s - lining/painting, detail. A haori is a shorter jacket to wear over kimono to protect them.
Summary: Iwaki-san is dressing for a formal occasion.

( Kimono II: Ode to a Black Haori )


Title: Kimono III: Indigo - Blues for a Forgotten Yukata
Pairing: Miyasaka (OFC implied)
Rating: PG
Word count: 300
Notes: Prompt for this one: indigo-dyed yukata. A yukata is a casual kimono.
Summary: Miyasaka reflects on his wrongdoings for a moment.

( Kimono III: Indigo - Blues for a Forgotten Yukata )