The Ninomiya Exchange

I was looking at the reveals post from last year in which I bored you all with my woes about how hard a season it was, and today-me just was like "oh self, little did you realize". But, well, what started last year ended this year, so if nothing else, I won't have the same worries next year. XD.

Anyway, I feel like I'm constantly thanking you and apologizing to you for being awesome despite my being the worst, but here we are again: Thank you, and I'm sorry. Y'all are great, from the writers to the readers to the general cheerleaders, and I hope you had a good time despite everything.

Of course, the usual thank yous go out to my beta crew, and especially to our pinch hitters during what was a rough year for everyone: lover_youshould (perpetual pinch hitting star of NinoEx), and airairo and calerine (who both came to the rescue despite being very busy and not even signing up for the exchange this year). How's a mod supposed to face humanity when she's got friends like these!

Anyway, I know what you're all here for.

( Reveals~ )

In addition, this year was our first year on the nicer, friendlier DW (with full mirrors on LJ). How did you like it? Should we stay here, go back to LJ, move to AO3, something else entirely? With the Rapidly Changing Internet comes many, many growing pains, but I want to keep this community as accessible as possible. Any thoughts on this front would be greatly appreciated! :3.

That's all, folks. Until next year!

For: phrenk
From: :3.

Title: Lotus
Pairing: Nino/Jun, Aiba/Kanjiya Shihori, Sho, Ohno, and Yoshitaka Yuriko
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Summary: Nino lives above Aiba and Kanjiya’s Lapin. Yuriko frequents it for Aiba’s cocktails; Sho for Kanjiya’s cheesecake, and; Jun for Nino.
Notes: Dear phrenk, I hope you enjoy this! ;) I ended up writing you Nino’s birthday fic in a literal sense, filled with silliness, domesticity, and some manga and food trivia. This also features a fusion of Aiba’s Bartender and other j-drama universes as background. To dear mod, thank you thank you thank you!

( Lotus )

For: an_jung
From: :3.

Title: Protecting You, Not Me
Pairing/Focus: Nino/Ohno
Rating: PG
Warnings: Slight angst
Summary: Nino was Ohno’s personal servant. Nino was assigned to keep guard over Ohno as Ohno would be the next shogun. However, both of them fell in love with each other in the wrong place, time, and situation.
Notes: Dear an-jung I really hope you enjoy this fic. I got worried with the shogunate terms, and I tried my best not to mess up with the plot as it is set in the shogunate era.
Thank you so much for senpai, S-sensei, also to my babies for the countless support and help.
Special thanks to the wonderful mod-san for the patience. And to the so much helpful beta-reader! <3 You’re the best girl ever.

( Protecting You, Not Me )

For: littlealex
From: :3.

Title: in the heights.
Pairing/Focus: Nino-center
Rating: G
Warnings: None apply, unless you have a fear of heights?
Summary: Privacy and solitude is important to preserve. Unless something catches your interest (or barges their way into your life?).
Notes: Alex, I hope you enjoy this. J and E are life savers as usual, and as always, many thanks to NinoMod and their generous, understanding nature. <3

( in the heights. )

For: clipsie
From: :3.

Title: Double Edged
Pairing/Focus: Nino & Aiba, Nino & Miyake Ken, Nino & Okada Junichi, and more~
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Summary: Knives go missing from several museums in the Tokyo area. The thieves are still at large and the police don’t have any solid leads. But Nino and Aiba see much more than they’re supposed to.
Notes: For clipsie <3 I really hope you’ll like this! You’d said that you preferred not to have pairings this time around so everything listed is gen friendships and maybe some other nonsense. Your request said you liked mystery so I ended up taking that and going with it~ I had a lot of fun writing this so I hope you’ll have fun reading it as well! Thank you to B and thank you to the mod for always making sure we have a healthy dose of Nino every June!

( Double Edged )

For: murrponchan
From: :3.

Title: My Android Soulmate
Pairing/Focus: Sakumiya
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: A week after moving into a new apartment, Jun buys Sho an intelligent AI robot to help him around the house. What Sho did not expect was just how much this new robot could ever mean to him.
Notes: Dear murrponchan, I must say that your prompt of having an Android!Nino truly spurred me off for this particular work. What I did not expect was how long it could span (10 CHAPS + 1 PROLOGUE + 1 EPILOGUE lol) , nor how long I would take to complete it. XD But doing something new like this ( I have never written about AIs or androids, just so you know) seemed like a great challenge, and after finishing the entire series, I'm glad I did it. I hope you (and every other reader out there) will enjoy this. (:

( My Android Soulmate )

For: nino1711azuki
From: :3.

Title: Switch On!
Pairing/Focus: Ohmiya (kinda.. you’ll see), Sakumoto, a bit of Juntoshi (a tiny tiny bit), and of course Aimiya bff-ery
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary: After coming back from filming in Kyoto, Aiba Masaki handed out the souvenirs he got from an obscure temple. The next day, he noticed something strange between MatsuJun and Nino, but he couldn’t pinpoint it… until later that day when he eavesdropped on them.
Notes: nino1711azuki I had sooooo much fun writing for you, you have no idea. =D And I hope that you like the story. Your fantasy prompt that involves with Aiba’s doing intrigued me. Sorry if it isn’t what you had in mind, but I tried to make it as funny as I could.

( Switch On! )

For: silver_crystall
From: :3.

Title: Possibly Maybe
Pairing/Focus: NinoAi, Sakumiya
Rating: PG13
Warning: Nothing
Summary: It is supposed to be just one fake date to remind Aiba that Nino is not to be taken for granted. Unfortunately, Sho is just too good at what he is supposedly pretending.

Notes: Dear silver_crystall. As soon as I read your assignment, this idea came to me right away. That’s the first – LoL. I have so much fun developing this story. Still, it seems romantic comedy is not my strong point 😝 I have tried my best though. I hope this is not too angsty and there are enough sweet (and cheesy) moments in this fic to your liking. Thank you for the opportunity to write something like this. ❤ Also, I would like to thank our awesomely wonderful mod for being incredibly patient with me. You are truly an angel! Thank you!

( Possibly Maybe )

For: pierrot
From: :3.

Part 1

( Celebrity Crush (2/2) )

For: silverdoll14
From: :3.

Part 1

( Bloodline (2/2) )