Little by Little

[artemisms]

Title: Little by Little
Fandon: Natsume Yuujinchou
Pairing: (one-sided) Natori x Natsume, Tanuma x Natume
Rating: a very gentle 18+
A/N: The title of this story is from the opening song to the first season, "Issei no Sei."  This story somewhat interprets those lyrics as being spoken by Tanuma to Natsume.
Summary: Natsume visits a hot spring

Comments

[kuro_wolf]

Hey~ I left a review on your ff account!
I missed you~ Take care~

[artemisms]

Oh wow, saw your msg here and on ffnet ... aww I miss you, too! XD uwahh nice IchiIshi avatar xDDD

[kuro_wolf]

Ah ok, but was it Natsume who leaned in to kiss Tanuma or the other way around. And I kinda get the feeling that Ponta and Touko prefers Tanuma anyway, hehehehe.
You know I haven;t written anything in ages. I kinda miss it but I can;t think of anything. I am glad you are still around. :)
And I am extremely happy that I found a kinda soulmate~ cos most of our fav pairings are the same~ <3 <3 <3
And thanks~ Ichi/Ishi are my main pairing at the moment~ Bleach~ Have you read the latest manga chapters???? Renji and Byakuya look sooo hott!!!!

[artemisms]

I saw it as Tanuma kissing Natsume. Tanuma is the sort of guy who is casual and calm about things, and I just saw him as leaning in and calmly giving Natsume a quick, goodnight kiss. I think Natsume's still adapting to the realization that his best friend may in fact now be his boyfriend lol

Well it seems from the anime that Nyanko-sensei definitely prefers Tanuma to Natori; he hates when Natori flirts with Natsume *lol* But the one time Natsume blushed around Tanuma, Nyanko-sensei just smiled ^^

And Touko I think is surprised Natsume has a boyfriend instead of a girlfriend, but she doesn't mind b/c it seems innocent and Tanuma seems like a good boy...

Even though I support IchiRuki, I still love IchiIshi!!!! They are so cute together <3 And yeah I saw the latest manga chapter!!!! <3 <3 <3 FINALLY MY BOYS TOGETHER IN THE SAME PANEL!! hahaha

[twirble]

I felt bad for Natori. Out he is getting breakfast for the person he arranges his entire life around and ....poof.

Great job though, keep it up.

[artemisms]

LOL True, but I suppose seducing high schoolers is always a bit of a wild card move xD

Thanks for reading!

[ragingfirefall]

I hope you don't mind strangers randomly commenting on your journal, because I just came across this fic and had to say how good I found it. It's a really interesting take on how the relationships between these characters could develop. I'm so used to thinking of Natori/Natsume and Tanuma/Natsume as mutually exclusive that I was surprised to see both pairings in the same fic, but I think you've pulled it off really well.

You've got a good grasp of the characters and the different dynamics between them. I found your take on Natori/Natsume especially interesting; I wouldn't have imagined things playing out like that on my own, but you wrote it so convincingly that I now find the scenario believable. Hell, if the manga weren't so strictly non-romantic, I could see it actually happening in canon. Natori obliviously taking advantage, Natsume being inexperienced and ambivalent towards him, Tanuma being there to pick up the pieces as the best-friend-becoming-something-more...to me, it just fits with all we've seen of these three

[artemisms]

Wow, of course I don't mind! That's what comment sections are for! And such a kind review, too *blush*

I have since noticed some errors, though, and hope they didn't interfere with your reading too badly ;_; Touko-san for instance should call Natsume "Takashi-kun" but for some odd reason I had her call him by his last name!! Ah it's things like this that make me so embarrassed LOL

[ragingfirefall]

Haha, don't worry! I don't recall noticing that, so I think I was too caught up in the story to pay attention to errors. (Which is saying something, for me...)