BEHOLD MY NEW, AWESOME LAYOUT MADE BY tilderific!!!

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UWAAAAAAAAAAH. EXAMS ARE STARTING TOMORROWWWWWWWWWWWW.
GJKIGHIOSDHNCFOIGASUFVB!!! TOMORROW I'M STARTING WITH STATE EXAMS! WHEN DID I GET SO OLD, EXACTLY???!!! DDD:
HIKA IS FULL OF ENERGY AND IMPATIENT AAANDDD. IT'S SO STRANGE, THINKING THAT I'M GOING TO BE TOGETHER WITH MY WHOLE CLASS AGAIN TO TAKE TESTS ONCE AGAIN. UHHH. MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BEING STRANGE, BBBBUUUT. I DO REALLY SEE EXAMS AS NOTHING MORE THAN A FORMALITY AND SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M ALREADY FINISHED WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND AND AND, YOU KNOWWW, I FEEL JUST LIKE TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE REUNIONS AFTER TEN-OR-SO-YEARS AFTER GRADUATION AND UUUHMMM. IT'S SO STRANGE! AHAHAH.
OH GOD. THEY'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT EXAMS ON THE NEWWWSSS. THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND I KNOW TOMORROW, WHILE I'LL BE CURSING THE IDIOT WHO CAME UP WITH THE ABSOLUTELY UNINSPIRING PROMPTS&CO.(BECAUSE, IT HAPPENS, LIKE, ALWAYS), MY PARENTS (AND POSSIBLY MY BROTHER TOO) WILL BE AT HOME, WATCHING THE NEWS THAT WILL BE ALL ABOUT THE EXAMS AND WHICH PROMPTS WERE GIVEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE, YES, THEY'RE THE SAME FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY--!!

( And just because I like doing SMART things instead of writing my essay which, yes, is for the oral test which is also the LAST test we'll be taking, but that I'm still supposed to turn in TOMORROW already, you get something nice hidden behind this cut! )

NOW I SHALL GO.









...AND SKETCH FANARTS YOU PROBABLY WON'T EVEN EVER SEE!!!

So~ After going to bed and sleeping for barely an hour, mother-dearest came to wake me up, but~ the thought of going to school bothered me so much that I just decided to stay home. Just like yesterday. And before I start searching for something readable, I've decided to post a new meme + my much awaited (really?) opinions on the latest TRC chapters~

( Anime&Manga meme ahead~~ )

( Finally, it's TRC!ranting time~ )

Yay. It's very late (really??) and I should go to bed, but I've decided I must post and so here I am. Furthermore, the nailpolish I put on is still quite fresh and I don't want to ruin my hard work by going to bed~
However~ *clears throat*
During the past week, I've been thinking a lot about many things (which, of course, are all pretty trivial, but, hey, what did you expect from me??), and I've thus come up with the following list(s).

( Fear not, for the content behind this cut is completely angst!free~ )

Now I'm going to bed since it's 4:00 am, and although school finishes around eleven, I've still got to get up early... *sweatdrop* Can't wait for this torture to finish once and for all. =o=;

IT'S LATE AND I'M TIRED AND I SWEAR I JUST WANTED SOMETHING NICE TO PRINT AND READ IN BED, BUT F-LIST OFFERED NO S/S GOODNESS TONIGHT, SO HIKA DECIDED IT WAS TIME SHE ACTUALLY READ SOME NICE FAKIRXMYTHO FIC, AND VENTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE PRINCESS TUTU FANDOM. AND IT WAS SO SCARY. CUZ EVERYBODY DOWN THERE LOVES FAKIRXAHIRU. AND THE ONLY YAOI COMM CONCERNING PRINCESS TUTU HAS GOT, LIKE, TWO ENTRIES, AND IT DIED MONTHS AGO ALREADY AND. AND. AND.

*HYPERVENTILATES*

AJIDSHOFEIOHFALK. WHAT'S UP WITH YOU PEOPLE?? YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT LIGHT AND L HAVING HOT, PASSIONATE SEX JUST BECAUSE THEY SPENT SOME TIME CHAINED TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING SUSPICIOUSLY SLASHY ABOUT THESE TWO???!! *POINTS AT FRESHLY-MADE ICON*

NOW I'M STALKING OFF TO BED, WHERE I SHALL RETREAT AND PLOT AGAINST FAKIRXAHIRU SHIPPERS AND MAKE THE WORLD RIGHT AGAIN ANGST IN PEACE.

I'm supposed to go to the hairdresser in... I really don't know, but my mother is already shouting it's late. *sweatdrop* And, my classmates sort of managed to convince me to leave with them for the school trip in Madrid. I didn't want to go, because it was pretty expensive, and I'd rather go and travel to London/Finland this summer, than spend my parents' money to visit a city I don't like at all. But it seems I'm getting everything for free and, well, at least I'm glad to spend some time simply having fun~
Anyhow, Hika is quite happy today~! In fact, she just got her TB clear file <333 And yesterday the package from CdJapan arrived too <333 *dances*
So, since I was on a high from all this joy, I decided I just had to take pictures, and then I realized, camerawhoring didn't sound too bad at the moment. XD

( BEWARE, THIS IS GOING TO BLIND YOU! )

So, okay, maybe, this was only to be expected.

Who is your inner CLAMP character? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Seishirou You are like Seishirou Sakurazuka from Tokyo Babylon and X. Um... that's scary. People who do not know you very well may very well think that you are a kind and gentle soul - someone who loves animals and cares about the environment. But really, you probably couldn't care less. Your true nature is that you are a bit obsessive and antisocial. And maybe a bit of a stalker. And all of this would be a bad thing... if you weren't so damn cool. Seishirou 83% Fai 79% Kurogane 67% Kamui 58% Yuuko 54% Kero-chan 46% Chii 46% Hokuto 42% Watanuki 42% Miyuki-chan 29% Sakura 21%

BUT. When I got this, I thought "Hey, things are just getting ridiculous now".

Which X/1999 death are you? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Seishirou's Death You scored Seishirou's Death! Your death is one of the most tragic out there. You are an assassin who has a long standing "rivalry" and complicated past with Subaru. You end up trying to kill him (again) but he accidentally stabs you through the chest you and in your last breath, you tell him that you have always loved him. Seishirou's Death 80% Kotori's Death 60% Kakyo's death 50% Karen's Death 50% Fuuma's Death 40% Sorata's Death 30% Yuuto's Death 20% Satsuki's Death 20%

...is it just because I love sweets and I don't wish to live for anyone else than myself, I wonder? Oh well. After all, it's not like dying at thirty-something is what worries me-- I only hope it won't be as painful and messy as Seishirou's death... *runs off to kill her brain with Princess Tutu uber-girly anime*

Okay~ so, tomorrow I'm going back to school after a two days vacation for Carnival~~ Gah, I was scared every time I had to go out, because the streets were full of stupid children (and boys too, uh) throwing rotten eggs at anyone passing by~~ Heh. I guess you could call it a typical Italian tradition? *laughs* Not really. I'm not even sure it happens outside Naples. Up until now, they've never got me~!! Stupid brats! *stucks out tongue* But~ today, a friend and I willingly let ourselves be covered in confetti, 'cause the children throwing them were so, so cute and sweet~
Also, I'm waiting for a beautiful Tokyo Babylon folder to arrive~ I've wanted it for, like, months, and a few weeks ago I finally found it at a low price on eBay~ I've also bought two SeishirouxSubaru doujins and an Elricest one by Idea (!!!); that's actually the first time I purchase doujinshi-- usually, I just download them, but I loved these so much... and now that I have a credit card I can buy them!!! *cackles* Pity is, that credit cards are not magical, and it's still my money that decreases with each item I purchase~ *miserable sigh* Last but not least, I did some shopping over at CdJapan too~ I got myself Juka's two latest releases and Kaya's Hyakki Yagyou and I've already preordered Cross Gate <333 I love Juka and Kaya so~ much~ *dreamy sigh* I wish Juka wouldn't stop singing, but I can understand his reasons~ Maybe, I'll send him something. Maybe.

I've spent these days of freedom reading/writing/drawing. It's amazing how much time I spend sketching since December-- I haven't been drawing at all (save for rare exceptions) in years. However, today I finally drew the final version of a one page comic I had sketched several weeks ago on my note-book; I started inking it too~ I'm also almost done with the fanmix!art I promised daydreamer64 <333 I only wish I had more time for these things... I've got so many plot bunnies eating my brain too!! *cries*
However, dear readers, today I bring you FANFICTION. Expect more ranting about Juka/cosplay/fanart tomorrow.

( FORGET ME NOT [4/5] )

I truly wanted to write more TB!fluff/sillyness, and more Seishirou too, but... it seems I've failed miserably. *shrugs* I feel so sleepy~~ 'Night~

I actually finished the fic below three days ago, but never got the chance to post it *sweatdrop*. Well, blame it on my precious little brother.
Kind yoru_yume asked for SeixSub and 'precious things' and this weirdness came out. The prompt was unexpectedly inspiring, and I had to refrain myself from writing more. At first, I was planning on a very short piece, made up of three drabbles, each one set in a peculiar moment of Seishirou and Subaru's history, respectively: a normal, cheerful day during the year of the Bet (the one-shot you'll find under the cut is actually the result of too much time spent on thinking over this) / Seishirou as he beats up Subaru reveals the terms of the Bet / Rainbow Bridge (because, it seems, I can never leave this one aside). I might or might not write some companion pieces to this, using the other two settings I intended to use in the beginning-- just let me know your opinion, if you ever decide to read - that is.
I must admit I'm not really sure about this fic myself-- bringing up only Subaru's naïvete makes me feel bad, as if I writing him OOC, because I'm very well aware that - as much frail as he may be - he still possesses a quiet, hidden kind of strength. Just think of when Subaru met that girl who was bullied by her classmates in TB.
Ah~ people who firmly believe in their own ideas, unconsciously keeping themselves pure and untainted from the outside world... I wonder: does someone like that still exist? If I met them, I'd surely fall in love. *laughs* Hika likes them young and innocent is a perv really fond of good people <333 But they're so~~ rare.
Anyhow, here we go with the fic~

Fandom: Tokyo Babylon
Title: "Precious Things"
Author: sute_hikahika
Pairing: SeshirouxSubaru
Prompt: Precious things
Rating: PG...? I have no idea: Seishirou is a warning himself...
Disclaimer: Charas are property of Clamp, while the song Precious Things belongs to Tori Amos u.ù;
Summary: As they watch the sunset, Seishirou and Subaru discuss the importance of beauty and what does really matter in their lives.
Notes: Written for yoru_yume, who kindly helped my find some scans <333

( Beauty is a mere issue of liking something or not. And in a world as twisted and filled with useless things as the one we live in, it’s good to have something like that, )

Speaking of something else.
I'm sorry, but I hate graphic yaoi (het just freaks me out as it is, graphic or not)-- no really; it's not that I'm against sex scenes-- I've read some manga/doujin or read fanfics with explicit content which was actually beautiful, and only add more to the story itself. Some artists are indeed capable of catching the emotions beyond the physical act, thus making a wonderful and touching job; but when everything becomes just a blatant excuse for porn... Boy, I don't really get it. For example, last night I finished watching Winter Cicada-- the idea was original and I'm a sucker for historycal novels/movies/anything, but I believe the mood was often - and abruptly - broken by the main characters having sex. I couldn't really see that as a natural consequence of the story development-- not with their mouths sucking on each other's lips like vacuums and things like that. My god. I believe those scenes could have been so moving, if well done... *sighs* I don't know. Is it just me, or does anyone else think the same way I do?

However, work is waiting for me *dies* and I must hurry. I leave you with a Wonderful Preview Of My Fanworks And Artistical Skills.

( It's so beautiful it will actually burn your eyes!!! )

( HIKA'S BEING EMO!! )

...but on the brighter side, spending a whole day locked up in my room gave me the chance to come up with more ideas for yummy porn TB & X fanarts <333
Aaand~ I've completed the TB fanart I was working on too <3 Still no inking though (and to think I love inking T__T/); and whether or not I get it done for tomorrow, I'm still going to post the pencil sketches I did~
Maybe.

Ladies and gentlemen this is Hikasama speaking~ We are proudly presenting you her New and Functioning Computer <333 YAY.
Yesterday dad came home from work and went straight to the living room where that very cpu which went BOOM the other day was resting; he took it and went out again. He came back in less than a couple hours with my sweet darling in his arms <333 Oh~ I love it so, so much <3 I can open the 'start' menù without having to wait for it to appear <333 It's a Win XP too, but who cares? Now I don't have to worry for my data getting lost at any moment, nor for the softwares being too heavy and and and... everything is quicker <3 Now I just need to download iTunes and eMule and a couple of other things, and then my life will be perfect~ and next to the new cpu, the best thing is the infrared mouse <333

I'll soon make myself a new id for lj and~ goodness, I need a new layout. Something with Subaru. And Seishirou. And maybe Kamui too. But I couldn't find any living lj comm which accepts requests *sighs* Someone help meee~~~ *echoing shout*

Yesteday I drew my first X fanart. It's a group pic of Fuuma, Kamui and Kotori. I hate Kotori, but I liked the idea of drawing the three of them together. And my Kamui is a woman and Kotori looks like Sara Mudou and FUUMA LOOKS LIKE A GIRL. I already added the details and all, but I didn't ink it. I think I'll do the inking on some higher-quality paper. I've also started another fanart~ this one is 'bout Hokuto, Subaru and Seishirou during the TB days *weeps* I want it to be similar to the other: I'll stick with similar poses and, probably, outfits too <3
I've also got in mind at least other two sets of correlated pics but - as always - whenever I'm getting creative and ispired, I'm torn between drawing and writing. And I end up doing neither.

I wrote some more of Nisemono~ my, my. I don't think I've ever written anything like that. It seems it's all about touching, feelings, sensations and such. But I don't really think there'll be a lemon *sweatdrop* I haven't written one in years, since a dear friend of mine practically forced me to write her a RiffxCain lemon as a present for St. Valentine's day.

Ah, I'm hungry, too, now. And I don't want to think about school and going back there. And I purchased Petshop of Horrors a couple days ago <333 T___T And I'm trying hard to convince myself I don't need to buy the two X artbooks. Or the Medabot videogame for GBA I saw at Block Busters'-- it costs just ten euros but I must buy nothing else than manga - which is necessary - because I need to save if I want to make a decent Subaru outfit, and I have to work a whole hour to earn ten, miserable euros T____T

I totally hate my mother's laughter. It makes my ears BLEED.

Hika's too lazy... too lazy... too~ lazy~~! I still have to finish that chapter I was writing before I left for London and I also have to write for the 30_nights community. I wanted to renew my LJ profile (a nicer ID is indeed in the making) and create a character on an online rpg which is based on Saint Seiya... I have all of these things to do and still I let today pass by doing what? Nothing! I re-read Loveless for the umpteenth time and made a couple icons (ack, I have to make more of them too =___=;;;) and a partially finished ID for my profile *cries*
...Well, considering it's almost midnight and thus it's still early = I can work till dawn and have less things to do tomorrow~! *sudden burst of energy* ...Or maybe not, because I've sleeping, like, three-four (five when particularly lucky) hours a night since a week before the trip, and even though I'm completely awake and all, my body is starting to pay the consequences of my carelessness - that could be why, a few minutes ago, I felt this sudden urge to go eat this hu~ge peppermint lollipop *licks the swirly thing* it's really - uh - pepperminty. Yeah. But it's so big I guess I'm going to fall asleep with it sticking to my face. And to my keyboard as well. Or it could be my pillow, if I'm lucky enough to make it to my bed before the worst happens.
Anyhow, speaking of fanfics~ I'm pretty sure dear, old Seimei has having a good time by torturing me. When I first watched the anime and read the manga, I hated him, even though I knew nothing about his character aside from the fact that he was Ritsuka's elder brother and his idol. Then, the more I could learn about his twisted mind, the more I came to like him. I mean: 'dead' and all, he's still influencing both Ritsuka and Soubi's lives at such a deep level O__O; Those three are my favourite characters, by the way~ and I got some ideas to write about them which are here, in my mind, but they are still too confused and unrefined. The details aren't enough. But Seimei - as I was saying before - is practically haunting me, ordering to write down, write down, write down... Actually, the main plot was originally intended for a FMA fanfic, but I still don't know if I'll write it in two variations - one with the FMA characters and one with the cast from Loveless or just the latter.
By the way, here's a random rant about Loveless - beware of spoilers for volumes 1-7 ^^;;

( Beloved and other pretty things~ )

Now Hika's going to sleep *yawns* 'cause all this writing made her very, very tired. And I'm thirsty too~ *collapses on the keyboard*

I actually got this after a random search with Yahoo ^^;; Credits to... er... whoever made it in the first place...? *scratches head*


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