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barbosa2007
Title: Divergence
Fandom: Kagi no Kakatta Heya
Pairing: Kei x Junko
Genre: Romance (?)
Disclaimer: The characters of Kagiheya belong to Kishi Yusuke and Fuji TV, not me.
Synopsis: Kei and Junko, and the way things could have been.
Love does not begin with a thought. Anatomical mismatch prevents intellectual talons from grasping love as surely as it foils a person who tries to eat soup with a fork. To understand love we must start with feelings.
– Thomas Lewis, “A General Theory of Love”
Whenever Kei is with Junko, he feels like he is shaken out of his comfort zone.
Junko is the first person who praises his brilliance in a heartfelt manner, and tries her best to see that he is rewarded for his troubles. She is also the first person who’s ever really taken an interest in him, and not just in what he can do. She drops in weekly to check on him even when there isn’t a case to solve, claiming that he needs a daily dose of human interaction before he turns into a lock-picking machine.
Kei knows that Junko wishes to be his friend, and maybe even something more; but it is a request which he is unable to reciprocate. He responds to her usual visits by sitting with her as she chats about different issues, some interesting, others trivial, but he rarely does anything else. Locks and keys were a familiar presence to him, but Junko was an unpredictable entity. He was content with fiddling with locks, knowing that as he opened one, he could just move on to unlock the next.
So there Kei remained, imprisoned in a world of his own.
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Sometimes Kei wonders what it would be like to see things through Junko’s eyes. During her visits to his office, she would often mention a point of view which he has never considered, or point out something which he failed to observe. Sometimes it was about a facet of human relations, or just a detail about the confectioneries they ate for tea. She would say it in an offhanded manner like it was second nature to her, but occasionally her words would remain in Kei’s mind for days afterwards.
For Kei, love was not about dramatic confessions or physical intimacy, it was about fascination. Junko opened up his mind’s eye to possibilities he didn’t know existed, and suddenly the world beyond his basement is intriguing again.
One day, when Kei suggests to Junko that they go shop together for a new pair of glasses, Junko almost drops her coffee mug in shock. Kei smiles inwardly, knowing that he doesn’t need a new prescription to see that he wants Junko by his side.
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Date: 2012-05-12 08:21 pm (UTC)Kei smiles inwardly, knowing that he doesn’t need a new prescription to see that he wants Junko by his side.
BEST. LINE. EVER.
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Date: 2012-05-12 09:24 pm (UTC)d'awwwww how adorable!
:)
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Date: 2012-05-12 11:26 pm (UTC)bec
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Date: 2012-05-13 02:34 am (UTC)they're just too cute together <3
Love the last paragraph XDD
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Date: 2012-05-13 05:00 am (UTC)good work (^ ^)b
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Date: 2012-05-13 09:09 am (UTC)thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2012-05-13 02:41 pm (UTC)That last line - win. More so because I work at the optometrist so it hits right home, haha. (Let me assist you guys in choosing those new glasses...!) XD
Thank you for sharing this! :")
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Date: 2012-05-13 03:31 pm (UTC)I prefer this kind of romance, it's very nuanced and the characters remain themselves instead of going into a love-induced daze, which is more realistic to me.
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Date: 2012-05-14 02:48 pm (UTC)I am loving these two in the drama. I have to say, the line that stood out to me the most was about Kei being imprisoned. GENIUS. He knows how to unlock anything and everything, but no one's unlocked him.
I hope something happens in the drama, but if it doesn't, I will count on you for fic. *salute*
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Date: 2012-05-14 06:59 pm (UTC)The two snippets were actually written around the line you mentioned, so I'm happy that you picked it up. In both cases, Junko opens the door, but Kei only steps out in the latter.
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Date: 2012-05-15 09:56 am (UTC)Thanks for writing and sharing!
I like how you mangaed to write down Kei´s thoughtsin a way that character would most probably really think. It was authentic and I can see that he could have this thoughts while sitting with Junko.
And I´m realy waiting for them to start a relationship^^^
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Date: 2012-05-17 05:57 am (UTC)they are really cute~ adorable~ fufufufu
you should write more about this two... ^ ^
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Date: 2012-05-17 01:07 pm (UTC)It's just an idea for now...
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Date: 2012-05-17 02:03 pm (UTC)Junko is very relatable to me, while it's interesting to get inside Kei's mind. I haven't written crack before, so I'm not very sure how to make it sound funny. I have a prominent fear of writing unfunny crack.
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Date: 2012-05-18 03:50 pm (UTC)I really like the way you've written Kei.
Thanks for sharing. :D
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Date: 2012-05-23 02:03 pm (UTC)*squees*
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Date: 2012-08-27 04:49 am (UTC)THAT LAST LINE ♥. But we do know that we want to see them shop for his prescription glasses right? /hints for you to write LOL
You are abundant with KagiHeya fics, which means, I'll probably flail for a while (and comment but I hope you won't mind :D)
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