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Hopefully this'll help make up for the angst I posted for Halloween. :)


Title: Getting Caught
Series: Stumbling Stupidly Through Love [part 3 of 10]
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance, Humour
Rating: PG-15
Pairing: Renji/Ichigo (reversible, as always)
Spoilers: minor for SS arc
Word Count: 1400
Summary: Renji and Ichigo get caught as they stumble stupidly through love.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: Crossposted eventually to ren_x_ichi, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi. Please ask if you want to share it. :)

Dedication: To all fellow Renji/Ichigo fangirls/guys out there. We know it’s impossible, we know it’s silly, and we know it’s damned hot!

A/N: What is it about shoving these two into closets that appeals to me so much? Granted, this one is a lot roomier than the last, and the situation is entirely different, but still. This one was fun. Sekra, you’ve been waiting for this one for a long time, I hope it’s as inspiring as we both want it to be. *g*

Thanks as always to moshesque for the excellent beta-fu. :)

( Read 'Getting Caught' )
 

HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY, STARK! ♥


Title: Pep Talk
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Drama, pre-slash if you squint
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Shuuhei & Renji
Spoilers: SS arc
Word Count: 663
Summary: Shuuhei hasn’t stopped being Renji’s senpai just because they’ve left the Academy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is only for stark_black, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to shuuren, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi.

Dedication: For Stark on her birthday, because she deserves a pick-me-up. :)

A/N: It’s no secret that I adore Renji. I also quite like Shuuhei, and I enjoy using him as a side character in my fic. For some reason, though, I never quite got into the ShuuRen pairing, and that hole in my shipping tree makes absolutely no sense! Stark’s recent birthday gave me a reason to think about it more closely, and try and get into it. Gosh, I think it might’ve worked. ^_^ (Sorry for the lateness, eep!)

Also, there’s a serious lack of Shuuhei in official art. What’s up with that?!

Thanks moshesque for the beta and assurance that this could be read shippy or non. :)

( Read 'Pep Talk' )

Hope you're having a great day. :)

Title: Heavier than a Mountain
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance, Angst
Rating: PG-15
Pairing: Renji/Ichigo
Spoilers: up to and including HM arc
Word Count: 1591
Summary: Death is lighter than a feather, while duty is heavier than a mountain.

A/N: This is my contribution to the Halloween 'Come As You’re Not' event. The idea was intriguing, but I was intimidated at the thought of doing something so different. conjure_lass was considering it, too, and so we challenged each other to write against our happy ending natures. We promised to write each other gratuitously happy and fluffy OTP fic to console ourselves and make it all better. We wibbled and we wept but in the end, we both succeeded. :)

I wasn’t sure I was going to make it when I agreed to it. But one night I couldn’t sleep, my brain kept spinning this story out, and so I crawled out of bed somewhere around 3am, wrote like a fiend until 5:30am, then sent the whole mess off to moshesque for beta with only a single quick editing pass. After making the edits the next day, I put the fic away for three full weeks, and didn’t look at it again until just this week.

Thanks for the encouragement and the beta, Moshy. I really don’t think I would have the guts to post this if you and Sekra hadn’t insisted it was worthy. Look at me, doing all these weird and uncharacteristic things. It’s good, really good, but I feel the need to dive back into my comfort zone. ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: Crossposted eventually to ren_x_ichi, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi. Please ask if you want to share it. :)

Dedication: For all the folks over at the ‘Come As You’re Not’ event, for giving me a reason to write this.

( Read 'Heavier than a Mountain' )
 

Title: False Alarm
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance, Humour, WAFF
Rating: PG
Pairing: Ichigo/Urahara
Spoilers: SS arc
Word Count: 1198
Summary: Ichigo can't get a minute's peace with Urahara around.

A/N: Oh my goodness, I did it! conjure_lass and I challenged each other to write against our happy ending natures for the Halloween “Come As You’re Not” event. We promised to write each other gratuitously happy and fluffy OTP fic to console ourselves and make it all better. We wibbled and we wept but in the end, we both succeeded (will be posting mine tomorrow!). So, this is Cherry’s reward.

Mosh was tremendously helpful, offering suggestions to help me punch up the humour, and keeping me motivated by snickering her head off at all the right places while she was reading it. ^_^ I’d be utterly lost without her assistance and support.

Darn you, Cherry! I still don’t ship it, but while writing this I could suddenly see how hot it could be. :P

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for conjure_lass, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to ura_ichi, kurosaki_clinic, asterisk_plus, and bleach_yaoi.

Dedication: For Cherry, because she totally earned it. :)

( Read 'False Alarm' )
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IRONDOG! ♥

Title: Matching the Missing Pieces
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance, PWPish with a nod toward some background plot
Pairing: Ichigo/Shirosaki (would I give you anything else?)
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: for SS arc
Word count: 2556
Summary: When you take what you want, sometimes you get what you need.

A/N: Writing this pairing was a fun challenge. I can’t quite shake the feeling that IchiHichi is really an elaborate form of masturbation, which adds a certain extra hotness to the whole thing. ;) I’m glad I had a reason to try this, because I’m happy with how this turned out and I doubt I would’ve tackled it on my own. Thanks for the motivation. :)

Thanks as always to moshesque for the lightning-fast beta and not yelling at me when I wibbled overmuch (and accidentally cut off the beta attribution, aljgnubwu!).

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for 2metaldog, so no. :) Crossposted to ourshakinthrone, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi.

Dedication: For IronDog on her birthday, because she’s a wonderfully corrupting influence. *grin* (sorry it's so late!)

( Read 'Matching the Missing Pieces' )
 

Title: Spread Your Wings
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Drama, Character study
Rating: R (mature themes & violence)
Characters: Ulquiorra-centric
Pairings: none
Spoilers: Spoilers for events up to and including manga chapter 318.
Word Count: 6887
Summary: An exploration of Ulquiorra’s origins and how he got to where he is right now.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for Looky, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to kurosaki_clinic, arrancar_fans, and ulquiorra_fc.

Dedication: This is for r0ck3tsci3ntist, in exchange for this breathtaking piece of artwork.

A/N: Normally I’m a pretty punctual person. Sometimes, though, the great timesuck known as RL takes over and blocks me from spending quality time with my muse. This fic is part of an exchange I did with r0ck3tsci3ntist in the spring. *headdesk* I commmissioned her to do a Byakuya/Ulquiorra piece based on the fic I’d written for xshelaghx’s birthday, and in exchange I agreed to write an atmospheric Ulquiorra piece.

To make a long story short, it took me a lot longer than I expected, but it’s finally done now. I hope you all enjoy following along on Ulquiorra’s journey.

I owe piles and piles of thank yous to xshelaghx and moshesque, without whom this would still be a point-form outline. You guys kept me on the right path and delivered the necessary boots to the butt and ego boosts to keep me from flailing uselessly instead of writing.

( Read 'Spread Your Wings' ) 

*SQUEE*

Fanservice! :D :D :D

Discuss! :)

( Spoiler-filled thoughts on the movie )
 

It's out, yay! :D  Get your sub from Dattebayo.
(I checked, it's the real deal this time. No girls and no cups!)

Guess I know what I'm doing today. ^_^

No spoilers in the comments, please. I'll post a discussion thread after I've watched if anyone wants to chat about it.
 

Title: Making Out
Series: Stumbling Stupidly Through Love [part 2 of 10]
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance, PWPish
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Renji/Ichigo (reversible, as always)
Spoilers: minor for SS arc
Word Count: 1871
Summary: Renji and Ichigo continue to stumble stupidly through love, including their first makeout session.

A/N: I would write this a bit differently if I were doing it today, but I’m leaving this installment as it was originally written, only polished up a bit obviously. I itch to tweak, but I’d rather leave this as is to preserve the intent and feel, and worry about trying new things in the parts I’ll write in the future.

Much love and appreciation to moshesque, for the beta and for kicking my butt to post these. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: Crossposted eventually to ren_x_ichi, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi. Please ask if you want to share it. :)

Dedication: For me, because I wanted to. And as always, to all fellow Renji/Ichigo fangirls/guys out there. We know it’s impossible, we know it’s silly, and we know it’s damned hot!

( Read 'Making Out' )