[fic] The First Page

[rose_fortress]

Title: The First Page
Characters/Pairings: Japan/Greece with side America/England, initial one-sided Japan/America, and France/Spain if you interpret it that way.
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: PG-13 for some suggestive descriptions.
Summary: Kiku's routine third-wheel role to Alfred and Arthur during a visit to a bar takes an unexpected turn when he

Comments

[shibbyone]

Excuse me, I have to go scrape the puddle of goo from the floor where I melted, be right back ♥

[rose_fortress]

I take it you liked the fic, then? :D

[shibbyone]

Yeeeeeep :D Loved it, it was gorgeous :D

[rosetteroulette]

...And you continue to be the best Greece/Japan writer I know. *U*

This was so sweet. I liked the inclusion of Kiku having an unrequited crush on Alfred, made it a little more heartbreaking. (Even if I do like Alfred/Arthur.)

And the idea of Greece picking him out of all the other patrons at the bar was very heartwarming. And, and, this is one of the reasons why I like the pairing so much. ♥

I'm blathering now, and I apologize. Um, I really loved this fic. Yeah. XD

[rose_fortress]

*blushes* I wouldn't say that as I've read my fair share of wonderful Greece/Japan fics from other authors, but I truly appreciate the sentiment.

I've always thought that if Japan had a love before Greece, it would have been America, and I do love America+Japan bromance even though I can't bring myself to break up Greece/Japan and America/England to pair them up romantically.

♥ ♥ ♥

Don't apologize! I love long comments and, well, any kind of comments at all on my fics. XD

[charlzway]

Oh I was waiting for this to be up xD

As mentioned before, this was really sweet, and I love the flow of the fic, how the conversation between Heracles and Kiku builds gradually, but still remains slow and easy, contrasting nicely with how noisy everyone else was in the bar. And the cameos from the other too-far-drunk nations are just hilarious xD

[rose_fortress]

I'm so obvious, aren't I? XD

Thank you for commenting on this fic again! The slow, sweet build-up was what I wanted to capture the most because I didn't want it to be just a "Kiku met Heracles' eyes across the room and he instantly fell head-over-heels in love" scenario.

[charlzway]

I think somehow both of us are pretty transparent in our writing styles - you being beautifully detailed and eloquent and I being... well, I dunno. I leave a lot to the readers' imagination? lol.

:'3

[lolopotsession]

Oh god, I'm sorry if I sound outright selfish but... Damn, I wanted more of that... o_o

And I agree, you're the best Greece/Japan writer I know. I really like your ideas, and I'm really happy someone's writing about my favorite character. Anyway, keep it up :D

[rose_fortress]

I'm not sure what you meant by "more of that"; did you mean that you wanted the fic to be longer? This is already the longest fic I've written (I stick to just oneshots because I suck at WIPs) and I don't really do sequels.

In any case, thanks for the comment! Although these aren't fully my ideas; I've written almost all of my fics for the Hetalia kink meme because the prompts people post on there are often better than any ideas I could come up with. I'm not sure if your favorite character is Greece or Japan, but the latter certainly is my favorite and I love writing about him, especially since he doesn't get much general love.

I'll do my best. :)

[lolopotsession]

Err, yeah that was what I meant :3
Also, my favorite character is Japan as well and... yes, it's unfortunate he doesn't get that much love. But at least you do a good job in giving him that. :)

[rose_fortress]

Oh, okay. I wish I could write longer fics, but my writing style seems to work the best for oneshots. Maybe someday that'll change.

Thanks! :)

[cattiechaos]

You really have quite a unique and captivating style. o 3o It's so puzzling to me that this fiction doesn't actually have any dialogue, and yet it involves a conversation. I haven't seen this technique before, and it works surprisingly well for Japan, who is a man of so few words that I find it nearly impossible to write him well...At any rate, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, as it was free from the usual nuances of over-complication or too much detail; it really was quite good :D Thank you for writing.

[rose_fortress]

Thank you so much for commenting!

I wasn't really sure how the no-dialogue thing would go over because it was something new, but I like trying out new stylistic devices every now and then in my writing and thought that it fit the mood I wanted to establish in this fic.

One of my main writing problems is rambling too much or overdetailing things, so I'm really glad to hear that I kept most of that out of this fic.

Thank you once again for reviewing! :)