Absolutely adore this!

absolutely lovely!

Cute!

There does need to be more love for them. Much, much more.

It's just... so perfect and succinct I don't even know what to pull out and comment on. It Is, and It Is Good. On so many levels.

I guess when you're not ripping our hearts out, it's harder to find the lines that make us curl up and die little cathartic deaths.

It's the quiet, simple, everyday, contentment, no-need-to-put-it-into-words-of-romance hope. That's what's best.

-Windswift

…I’m still waiting for pain to attack me from around a corner, wielding heartbreak as its mallet and betrayal as a switchblade.

No…?

All RIGHT. I did not miss anything; this really is as adorable - if, you know, a bit sad - as it seems at first glance. Because Hatori does stay. Yesyesyes.

Ahem. Anyway, I adore the visuals in this - sort of “Out of Gas”-montage-ish in my head; all the little empty spaces that should have things in. Plus, it’s so beautifully rendered as a metaphor for her life - not this huge, Romeo-and-Juliet sucking chest wound of a gap; a normal life except it’s missing a thing [Hatori], and he’s not all that extraordinary either, but he just… fits right. “His own little personal messes.” So lovely. And for some reason, my favorite part is, “The sink holds the dishes for one person’s meal, looking all the more pathetic because there really isn’t an excuse to leave that few dishes undone.”

Except - on the that-being-my-favorite count - for every word to do with Hatori, and the book-end “The single sensible pair of shoes at the bottom of the closet bothers her.” and “…she sees his practical shoes sitting beside her own, and thinks that that looks much better.” I can just SEE that so well, you know, and her kind of smiling and then shutting the closet door.

I'm short for time, so I wasn't planning on reviewing, but this was too good not to! You can never find any good HatorixMayu fics... sheesh... thanks so much for this! It was like the cherry on top of a perfect day! :D

You've brought back my sympathy for her *nods* I always feel sorry for her when I read some bits she is so cool and cares for her friends and students but when it comes to herself she kinda takes a step back unable to just dismiss her care for Hatori.

I like how you describe where she lives with it being so small and yet her living there and placing things she still can't fill it and when he comes with his quiet but strong presence (and habit of dropping things on the floor :P) It finally begins to feel better for her. And she has her own pressures self placed (in some cases) upon her *nods*

Though the 'give me my tears back!' haha I do love these two together you're right they don't get enough attention.