This is the sequel to "The Way of the Apartment Manager," which can be found in clean draft here on ff.net, or in rough draft with comments here on my livejournal. It also has fanart, which can be found here.
I'm not wild about the Sasuke-POV scene -- I don't like the pacing of the first part -- but there was no real way to break it up with dialogue. If anyone can think of a way to improve it, I'm all ears! *grin* Anyway, I'm posting this without waiting a day or two to get some perspective on the final two scenes, so I'm sure there are kludgy bits. Please tell me where they are so I can fix them!
Also, I finally managed to introduce Amane Eiji, the fourth POV character. I hope you like him, or, if not, I hope you can at least understand where he's coming from.
( The Guardian in Spite of Herself, chapter 4 )
Iruka was supposed to appear in a final scene, but I had to move that for length and pacing reasons. I swear I will get him into this story somehow!
I'm not wild about the Sasuke-POV scene -- I don't like the pacing of the first part -- but there was no real way to break it up with dialogue. If anyone can think of a way to improve it, I'm all ears! *grin* Anyway, I'm posting this without waiting a day or two to get some perspective on the final two scenes, so I'm sure there are kludgy bits. Please tell me where they are so I can fix them!
Also, I finally managed to introduce Amane Eiji, the fourth POV character. I hope you like him, or, if not, I hope you can at least understand where he's coming from.
( The Guardian in Spite of Herself, chapter 4 )
Iruka was supposed to appear in a final scene, but I had to move that for length and pacing reasons. I swear I will get him into this story somehow!