The Ninomiya Exchange

It's been a hectic Nino season for me, but thanks to all your love and support, we've made it through another wonderful year of Nino Exchange!

Before I start naming the names you're all curious about, I need to give my usual shout-outs:

- Thanks to shardaunei for helping me with betaing even though she wasn't able to participate in the exchange this year! You are a winner.

- lover_youshould continues to be the champion face of my heart for taking on a pinch hit and knocking it out of the park.

- And of course, each and every one of you readers and writers and lurkers, for giving me a reason to do this every year. This exchange would literally be nothing without you!

Yes, I know; I need to get to the fun stuff:

( Dum-dum-dum... )

Thank you again for everything. As always, I'm around for whatever you need from me, even beyond Nino season. I'll be waiting for your messages at the usual places with 'bated breath.

Until next year. :3.

For: cutselvage
From: ltgmars

Title: Rain Dance
Pairing/Focus: Matsumiya; background Yasu/Ohkura, Sho/Keiko
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None.
Summary: Nino's asked by a mysterious man to search for a person who may or may not exist. He ends up finding a lot of things he never knew he was looking for.
Notes: This story borrows from Chinese mythology, Murakami Haruki, and everyone's love for Arashi and Kanjani8 interacting. cutselvage, you asked for something magical and this vaguely delivers, so I hope you enjoy it! ♥ Thanks to my beta for being a champion. Boo on me for being so awful with deadlines.

( Rain Dance )

For: lysanderpuck
From: alphie_damiek

Title: A Page from the Garden of Earthly Delights
Pairing/Focus: Nino/everyone, side Aiba/Sho, Jun/Sho, Aiba/Ohno, basically everyone/everyone
Rating: NC-17 for language and sexual situations
Warnings: Polyamory, rimming, dirty talk, biting, spanking
Summary: Nino, Aiba, and Jun spend their nights going from club to club, finding people as free as they are, no strings attached.
Notes: For the wonderful lysanderpuck! I used your prompt “Aiba/Nino/Jun as club kids”, and hopefully this fic is as wild and inhibited as you wanted the boys to be. Thanks to my wonderful beta for keeping me on task throughout the process. Please note: although this is set in a rave/club setting, there will be no drug use in this fic, just cigarettes and booze.

( A Page from the Garden of Earthly Delights )

For: alternatejess
From: gomushroom

Title: Practice (Technicality) on Your Heart
Pairing/Focus: Nino/Jun
Rating: PG-13
Warning: None
Summary: Nino co-stars with Matsumoto in an Ohno-Sensei art house film production.
Notes: Dear, alternatejess, You really got me at your “Nino as an (struggling) real actor who stars in indie/arthouse films which no one understands” prompt. I originally wanted to write one kiss scene, but then it exploded into this wordy story. I hope you'll enjoy this! ;) And thank you Miss M and the awesome nino_mod for all the cheers and support ♥!

( Practice (Technicality) on Your Heart (1/2) )

Part 2

For: murrponchan
From: clipsie

Title: Raise the flag
Pairing/Focus: Nino/Aiba/Jun Friendship, a side of Sakamoto/Joshima because I needed a set-up and they worked the best. It makes sense in context.
Rating: PG for language, I suppose!
Warnings: There is swearing. That’s about the worst of it. The rest is just ridiculous shenanigans.
Summary: There is a new Captain on the ship, and Nino has had about enough. It doesn’t help that he lent the Captain his copy of “The Princess Bride”.
Notes: I actually managed slice of life pirate fic. I don’t know how that even happened. Like, I really hope this fic is entertaining for you. I enjoyed writing it, despite the fact I never write anything this simple. I hope you don’t mind the inclusion of Sakamoto/Joshima, since they worked best for the scenario, and I may have a thing for them, so personal push. I have no idea if you have seen The Princess Bride (if not, I totally recommend it). Your pirate prompt reminded me of it, and I may have watched it too many times in my life. I’d imagine that people would get to these shenanigans on a pirate ship if they had done the same, though. To end the rambly, rambly notes, I want to thank the mod for being so patient with me, since I am a useless human and can’t do anything on time these days, since suddenly I have a life (this is new and unusual), and I’d like to thank my beta. I love you.

( Raise the flag )

For: satsumatsu
From: alternatejess

Title: count for me.
Pairing/Focus: Ninomiya Kazunari/Matsumoto Jun
Rating: PG
Warnings: Timelines, what timelines? Plot, what plot?
Summary: Fate is what we have, what it may or may not be.
Notes: To my idea bouncer and eternal encourager, thank you. To the lifesaver who gave me this idea, thank you. Lastly to my beta, thanks for looking through it! For satsumatsu, I’ve always been a fan of your fics, so here’s a modest little something from me which I hope you will like. :)

( He never did once forget. )

For: kanu_x
From: sky_fish7

Title: Love Potion
Pairing/Focus: Sakumiya, Aimiya
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: AU, Fantasy, Romance, Humor
Summary: Nino is upset that his best friend Sho left the country to study overseas to improve his magic skills for a whole year and didn't stay in contact during that time. Then, his friend Aiba comes up with some stupid experiments and when all three of them get involved, chaos is perfect.
Notes: kanu_x, I have no idea if I was able to provide something that you will like but I did my best to pick several points that you wished for and this is the result. It was something new for me AU-wise and I really hope that you like it. First I wanted to try something more dark but in the end it turned out mor humorous I guess. Nevertheless, have fun and thanks for the challenge! ♥

( Love Potion (1/2) )

Part 2

For: augustfai
From: astrangerenters

Part 6

( My Heart was Swimming in Words Gathered by the Wind (7/8) )

Part 8

For: augustfai
From: astrangerenters

Part 4

( My Heart was Swimming in Words Gathered by the Wind (5/8) )

Part 6

For: augustfai
From: astrangerenters

Part 2

( My Heart was Swimming in Words Gathered by the Wind (3/8) )

Part 4