Makoto's birthday inspired so much great fanart and fanfic throughout the free!dom, it was hard to keep up with it all! If you missed any of the seriously excellent fanworks created as part of the 2013 Makoto Birthday Exchange, fear not: we'll be highlighting two works every week until each piece of art, comic, and fic has been in the spotlight.
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December 29, 2013
blessings in and of days counting – by Kaoru (Makoto/Haru)
Two days before their third year begins, Makoto asks if he’s free to go out for a couple of hours to see the cherry blossoms, while they’re still in full bloom and before school crunches in on them. Third year means more than necessary hard work, less than liked free time, and there’s no way they’re letting this sort of opportunity slip by their fingers.
“Haru, the weather finally let up! Please tell me you’re free this afternoon.”
“I am, but—”
“Great! I’ll be over in about ten minutes. Don’t stay in the bathtub too long again, we have to save the best seat! I’ll tell Nagisa to call Rei for us.”
And like that, Makoto hangs up; not giving him another chance to change his answer. What is this, a double date?
The first thing you say is the most honest thing, Haruka remembers Makoto telling him in passing—not directly for him—but he’s pretty sure it’s still meant to imply something about him anyway; Makoto has that way of saying things.
[read the full piece here]
Feels Like Home – by Risotto (Makoto/Rin)
“Makoto,” Rin begins warily, because he’s not sure where he is and uncertainty makes him paranoid. His eyes are covered and he’s being led up a flight of creaky steps in a stairwell so narrow, their elbows are bumping into the walls. “I know I mentioned to you once or twice about wanting to use blindfolds, but I don’t think it was in this sort of context.”
His tone is suggestive and he can hear the heat rushing up to his boyfriend’s face. “Rin.”
They make it to the top of the flight when Makoto squeezes his elbow just so and tells him, “Watch your step.”
“Very funny,” Rin snorts. They make it without any trips, walk a few meters, and then there’s the drone of a door opening before a cool and empty draft hits them.
“Okay, take it off,” Makoto says then immediately regrets it when Rin’s sharp teeth are bared in a wide grin. “The blindfold, Rin. The blindfold.”
Rin’s subsequent snickering dies in an instant once the offending cloth is lifted from over his eyes. They’re standing in the middle of an unfurnished apartment. Coincidentally, it’s one of the ugliest places Rin has ever seen.
“So?” Makoto moves beyond the genkan to stand in the middle of it with his arms held out, and with his broad shoulders and long limbs, the apartment manages to somehow look even smaller. “What do you think?”
“What the hell is this?” Rin, meanwhile, is looking at the unfamiliar space like he’s unsure if he should make his escape by leaping out of the nearest window or bolting down the stairs.
“It’s our new place!”
[read the full piece here]
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