UPDATES:

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4/6/2021:

I expect to finish posting Next of Kin over the next few months. After that, I've got my first ever MadaSaku in the works!

12/13/2021:

FANART for Next of Kin is posted below (real links on my AO3 profile)!!! I'm SCREAMING

8/14/2021:

It's done! The first chapter of Next of Kin is up! I'll be posting weekly until all chapters are up, probably every Monday afternoon/evening (PST). I've never had such a hard time hitting the "post" button in my life, this fic is such a long time coming and means so much to me. ;_;

Yes, I still want to finish SBS someday. It's one of those stories that I came up with before my writing ability could catch up. But it's next in my queue. I promise not to update a single chapter until it's *done, because I've left a cliffhanger I deserve to die for and I never want to do that to you again.

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about me:

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Obligatory warning: Old fics are old. I recommend the newer stuff, of course, but even so I never plan to take anything down. I know that pain myself as a reader, so everything stays up until ffnet crumbles into digital dust. Archive while you can. All fics cross-posted to AO3 for easy downloading.

I adore feedback and read every review carefully (multiple times, always) even if I don't respond. If you're not a long-review-writer, I still love you. Just having the numbers to show people are reading is something I find very valuable, so by all means please leave as long or short a review as you like. And you followers and favoriters? Are awesome. Thank you all.

Constructive criticism is totally welcome as long as you want to help me improve and are coming from a place of kindness and sensitivity. Please leave the rants about ships or good/bad taste at the door. I will take your feedback seriously as long as you make a basic attempt to judge the fic by its own merits. I am a human who has spent thousands of hours of my limited free time trying to make up stories for your amusement and my own, so please keep that in mind.

Also feel free to message me about virtually anything! I've made so many wonderful friends through PMs and am always looking for new ones.

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find me on:

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AO3: rabid_behemoth (where the uncensored version of Contagious lives)

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upcoming/ongoing fics:

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Next of Kin: After witnessing a murder, college student Sakura uncovers connections to a crime family—and their disgraced eldest son—that have shaped her entire life. Held hostage by killers armed with warm smiles, can Sakura survive a Mafia war triggered by a failed arranged marriage without losing herself? [ItaSaku, updated Mondays, based on Missed Connection]

Liminality: Currently being continued from its oneshot. Pregnancy fix-it fic. Akatsuki hostage fic. A whole-ass mess. [ItaSaku] [60k of 200k words finished]

Performance: Sakura thinks little of Kakashi's reputation as a pervert, until she loses a bet and realizes he's a pervert. Trapped at a ski resort with Kakashi while on a mission, Sakura gradually finds herself opening to kinky ideas...and closing to her troubled engagement to Sasuke. A story about BDSM, discovering oneself, and navigating boundaries. [KakaSakuSasu, polyamory, ace-spectrum!Sasuke]

The Blind Pig and the Bootlegger: Set in the American south 20 years prior to federal Prohibition. Sakura is miserable in her failed marriage and blames it all on her husband's deviant friends. When she stumbles across a Konohan gang of bootleggers in action and becomes wrapped up in their questionable lifestyle, she begins to suspect that socially progressive, teetotaling Ino might not be as proper a lady as she seems...[AU InoSaku because this ship deserves a proper longfic.] [Still trapped in development hell]

Spaces Between Stars: My attempt to make both ItaSaku AND KakaSaku (my two OTPs) fanon in a single fic. Results in a strange use of AU. Be wary of fourth wall leakage. It will be a long one indeed. [currently 60k of 250k words finished. not dead.]

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discontinued/shelved fics:

The Lemonade Stand: Gimmicky idea! Totally lost interest, do not plan to return. Will leave it up, and maybe post the Itachi/Konan I have partially written.

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translations (omg?!):

Next of Kin: Trans. into Russian by chhhpolino (AO3), found here: https(colon)(slash)(slash)ficbook(dot)net(slash)readfic(slash)11239957

Red Touch: Trans. into Russian by holyharlequin (notnobody), found here: https(colon)(slash)(slash)ficbook(dot)net(slash)readfic(slash)5601154

Oral Fixation: Trans. into Spanish by Andreina G., found here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9004968/1/Fijaci-Oral

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fanart (omGGGG??!):

Tweedledumb!Shisui by Key for Next of Kin:

https(colon)(slash)(slash)keythe1st(dot)tumblr(dot)com(slash)post(slash)668573642527047681(slash)shisui-as-tweedledum-as-envisioned-by-ino-and

Shisui Playing Fortnite by Tsume Inuzuka for Next of Kin:

https(colon)(slash)(slash)tsume-inuzuka(dot)tumblr(dot)com(slash)post(slash)669878650094632960(slash)based-on-a-thought-i-had-while-reading-next-of-kin