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makobdayexchange
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.
FEATURED THIS WEEK
June 29, 2014
Happy Birthday Makoto Tachibana – by kino_san (Makoto, Haru, Rin, Rei, Nagisa)
[view the full piece here]
Winter Warmth – by Umiyuki (Makoto/Haru)
“It’s really pretty, isn’t it,” he says, pausing a moment to look up at the falling snow.
“Yeah,” says Haru beside him, and Makoto glances over to see Haru watching the snow with a peaceful smile on his face. In spite of the cold weather, Makoto feels a warm sensation spreading through his chest at seeing Haru looking happy. He turns his gaze back to the night sky, and the two of them stand and watch the snow fall for another minute before Haru speaks again. “Makoto?”
“Hmm?” Makoto looks over and sees that Haru’s eyes filled with sincerity, in that way he has that always makes Makoto’s heart skip a beat.
“Thanks,” says Haru. “For inviting me out today, I mean. It was fun.”
The warm feeling in Makoto’s chest spreads to the rest of him, and he can’t keep himself from smiling. It’s still so wonderful to hear Haru expressing his feelings this way; this time last year he’d never have imagined that he’d hear Haru thanking him so openly for a gesture as small as spending a day together. It only goes to show how much he’s grown - how much they’ve both grown, really - since starting the swimming club with Nagisa. This time last year, Makoto might have said something like “You don’t have to thank me,” but he understands better now how much it really matters to them both for Haru to express things aloud, even if Makoto would know them without Haru saying them.
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