Yes, I'm still alive.....just been busy!

I the little free time I had, though, I managed to find what I now consider the best piece of RenjiByakuya fanfiction I've ever read (so far). I honestly don't even remember how I found it, it was a week or so ago, but I've read it twice since. The fic in question is called "A Cure for Loneliness" by

day_eight. It can be found here, on Beautiful Devotion, a Byaren community. So far, "A Cure for Loneliness" is four chapters long, with the first chapter split into two parts. I don't want to give away too much of the plotline (Yes! It is yaoi AND it has a plot!), but I will make a point of saying that it is Byakuya-uke and -aptly- labeled NC-17. Also applaudable is the characterization; no weepy-uke Byakuya here! Although the main characters are Renji and Byakuya, many other characters appear throughout the fic as well, and as far as I could tell were in-character, too. The grammar and style is wonderful and the lemon scenes are steamy yet tasteful. 

I'll also mention that there is no bondage, something I've noticed a lot of lately in byaren or renbya, in this fic. If bondage happens to be your thing though, I would highly recommend checking out any of the works by lcpdragonslayer who is also a member of Beautiful Devotion and has teamed up with day_eight on occasion.

 

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By sheer chance alone (and maybe a sudden hunger of the yaoi kind) I stumbled upon what I consider now to be the best NaruSasu fanfiction ever written. I am talking about, if you haven't already read it, "Sound of Dreams" by zrina. (I would make this a link to her LJ page, but I'm computer retarded and the LJ User button is being an ass. *again*) So, if you haven't read it, I strongly encourage you to do so!