mysid

Yes, I am still sick and still housebound. (I can walk in an almost straight line, but I'm still too dizzy to drive a car. There is an upside to being stuck in the house--and for the most part stuck in bed--I've been spending a lot of time on-line guilt free.

While I was trolling ff.net for any hidden treasure, I discovered a FAKE fanfic that's actually very, very good. (Remember FAKE? Anyone? Dead sexy black-haired cop pursuing and eventually winning his shy brown-haired partner--Sirius and Remus in manga disguise! That's them in the little icon. Say, "Hi," boys. Oh--sorry--they're too busy.)

Anyway--A New Day by brit_columbia is a multi-chapter fanfic set just after the end of the manga series. It's Dee and Ryo coming to terms with their new relationship, Ryo coming to terms with finally admitting he is gay, both of them (and others) dealing with homophobia, and an actual case they need to solve/prove. (Not like the psuedo-detective work they often did between snogs in the manga.)

The story's not finished yet, but the author is adding new chapters steadily and seems to have a strong grasp of exactly where the story is going, so no fear of being left hanging. So, if you read FAKE, go read A New Day.

Thanks to kindhearted jadis31 loaning me her copies of FAKE volumes 2-7, I have now read the entire series. (vixenette also offered. Many thanks to both of you!)

( Mixed reviews )

I am no longer singing Because the Night around the house. I knew I had to stop when I heard my four-year-old son sing, "Because the night belongs to lovers..."