#until spring

I'm not abandoning my fics! This last year was super busy and I had a few personal tragedies to work through. You can't get rid of me that easily.

Happy 1 Year, Until Spring!!! 🎉🎊

Last year today on January 10th, the first chapter of 'Until Spring' made by @felicity-the-cat was created!!

I remember I was scrolling through Tumblr late at night, then all of the sudden I stumbled across this story, I was bored and didn't want to sleep, so I opened up AO3 and began reading the story, and oh boy did it pull my heart-strings in ways I didn't think were possible.

There was tears mostly, especially when the last chapter was posted and I read through it, a fantastic and heartfelt ending I say!

Not only did I enjoy reading all of the chapters in one night, but I also made new friends because of that story! I remember I was invited to one of Felicity's servers, then soon I was also invited to another server of hers, in which I made some amazing and wonderful friends! Not to get sentimental, but they made me happy everyday since 2020, without them I don't know what I would've turned out.

This story was a good turn-around in my life, as I wasn't on the best of minds at that time, I'm so glad that I met these amazing friends, I even started to write a little on AO3!!

here you are, @konatadmc-new!  thanks so much for the prompt!  hope you enjoy this small hurt/comfort piece (bc ngl it was difficult to keep this one within 300 words lol).  (from this 300-word challenge)

Until Spring

Never was fond of December, Yu Narukami thought, as he gripped the front of his coat with a freezing fist.  It was buttoned all the way but that didn’t seem to be doing him a lick of good in this weather.  The city’s winters were certainly less brutal.  Even with his scarf, his spine shivered with another gust of wind as he neared the end of the Inaba Municipal Hospital block.  

The sun had long ago set now that the days ended early, and the recent fog plaguing the town seemed intent on holding captive any form of light in order to keep its mercy from reaching the life below it.  It made the bite of winter feel worse.  Everything.  It made everything feel worse.

He rounded the corner and nearly bowled Yosuke over, both of them leaping away with surprised yelps muffled by the icy air rushing into their lungs.  

Yosuke’s eyes were wide and his shoulders were piled with snow.

Yu let him buy them both Aiya’s and remained politely silent when he noticed how small of a portion Yosuke had ordered for himself.  He made up for it by sneaking some of his into Yosuke’s bowl when he wasn’t looking.  Yosuke was too busy talking to notice, of course; he always was.  The only light beneath the fog.  

When Yosuke stood, Yu surprised even himself by reaching out to grab his jacket cufflink, a request for Yosuke to stay already out of his mouth.

His eyes remained trained on the place his bowl used to be before Yosuke picked it up. He refused to observe Yosuke’s blush . . . or acknowledge his own.  “I can’t sleep without you here.”  

The empty plastic containers Yosuke held shifted in his grip.  

I’m using this as a dump post for my recent prompt challenge.  Thanks to everyone who volunteered one!  Each prompt was 300 words exactly and I ended up being able to turn them around fairly quickly.  I had lots of fun with them!