First published fic in 5 years, woohoo! (Though not the first I’ve written in that time, lol.) Some notes:
1) As a way of de-stressing in lockdown, I rewatched NatsuYuu and caught up on the manga. It rekindled my love for the series and for a certain grumpy cat-wolf demon... so, after 7 years, I’m back with stuff for this fandom! :D I’ve had an iteration of this fic in mind for almost a decade, so I’m really glad I was able to get it out.
2) There's this beast of a fic I'm working on that has an average of 15k per chapter xD While that’s actually on brand for me, I did want to give the other extreme a go, so I challenged myself to write traditional (strictly 100-word) drabbles. Given my tendency to word-vomit, I thought I'd struggle more with this format, but it was actually a lot of fun!
3) The whole thing is written, so we’re going with daily updates until all 100 chapters are up.
4) I’m using the manga’s timeline rather than the anime’s. Drabbles related to specific canon events have the corresponding chapter & episode number in the notes section. There are no big spoilers, it’s just that some ficlets might not make much sense without context. You can pretty much skip anything, especially in the first half; the story focuses on gradual character/relationship/emotional growth rather than following an overarching plot.
5) This is not a romance fic – but it is a love story. The feelings (eventually) grow quite intense, and honestly, it's up to interpretation. While considered gen, I think shippers would likely find this emotionally fulfilling, too, hence the secondary relationship tag.
6) I’m sorry for the lack of Nishimura, Kitamoto and Sasada. I didn’t mean to downplay their connection to Natsume, but sensei doesn’t really interact with them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
7) Enjoy!
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ETA (06/04/2020): Now available in Russian, courtesy of Banpresto_fan! You can read it here.
