makobdayexchange: (2013)

little mako in awe underwater - fanworks of the week


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
August 3, 2014


Video Games with Marinka – by Skaroy&Huggy (Haru/Makoto/Rin)

blushing makoto being kissed on the cheeks by haru and rin

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Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
– by MG (Makoto/Gou)

Of course, ever collected, Nagisa was first to greet them.

“Gou-chan, you look so cute!” He grabbed her shoulders and turned her to face Makoto. “Mako-chan, what do you think?”

 “I like it,” he replied automatically, without thinking, and catching Rin’s irritated look, immediately blushed. “I mean, you look very cute, Gou.”

Gou looked at her feet, and Makoto swallowed the lump in his throat. When she raised her head to look at him again, he thought he saw a faint trace of disappointment in her eyes. It was soon replaced by a sunny smile.

“I’m glad you like it,” she said softly, and Makoto was suddenly unsure of what to do with his hands. He felt he should say something else, anything else, but Rei called out to her and Rin in greeting and the moment was gone. Gou shot him a smile over her shoulder as she went to help with the towels.  

Nagisa crossed his arms. “I don’t think that’s what Gou-chan wanted you to say,” he observed thoughtfully. Makoto looked at his shorter friend.

“What do you mean? She looks cute!”

“But maybe she doesn’t want to look cute!” Nagisa shot back. “Maybe she was trying to use her sex appeal. You know Gou-chan has lots of it!”

“Don’t I ever,” Makoto muttered to himself.

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makobdayexchange: (2013)

little mako in awe underwater - fanworks of the week


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
January 12, 2014


Amusement Park – by Mari (Makoto/Gou)



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Different but the Same
– by Cyn (Makoto/Rin - His Dark Materials AU)

He'd come back after five years in Australia not sure of what to expect from seeing his old friends. He hadn't been prepared to find himself replaced with an idiot of a fool (with a matching butterfly dæmon). Not even Haruka whom he'd always been able to provoke into competitiveness had seemed to care much. Nagisa was so taken with The Fool that he'd only spared a cursory 'Welcome back, RinRin!' But worst of all, was Makoto—Makoto with his stupid smile and caring air had had the audacity to blast Rin full one with the accursed Smile, Head Tilt of Gentleness combo.

At first, he'd thought that it would be easy enough to assimilate into the group—he had the advantage of knowing them since they were young; unlike The Fool. But nevertheless, five years away was a long time—especially for youths—and in the time he'd been away, different inside jokes had been created and he felt himself left out. He found himself taking the role of the metaphorical third (or in this case, fifth) wheel of the group.

(Their dæmons had changed over the years too, it seemed. Whilst they were at the age (or in Nagisa and The Fool's case, nearing) for their dæmons to have settled—Haru's fittingly a Japanese Crane and Rin himself with a grey fox—Makoto's dæmon was still fluctuating between different forms as though unsure of what animal could do the boy justice).


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