gathering each fragment of moonlight
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needle in a haystack, come find me by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
15 Nov 2023
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He hadn't noticed it at first. His brain was whirring wild with everything he had to do next, because this was an emergency - the apothecary just ingested poison, and she smiled at him as bright as the sun, her spirits still high from the whiff of danger that she had probably been waiting for all this time.
Jinshi hears Maomao mutter something under her breath, and now it's all he can think about. Instead of just asking her what exactly she meant by that, he decides he has to think this all out by himself, because it seems to be the right thing to do in this situation...but, what exactly is this situation? He's about to find out.
Spoilers for BG manga ch. 13, GX manga ch. 9, the LN vol.1/WN arc 1 chapter titled "Misunderstanding", which at the time of writing will most probably be tackled in the anime a few episodes from now!
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- Part 1 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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i tie myself to you, who stands still by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
24 Oct 2023
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Gaoshun walks toward Jinshi's forgotten desk to right some precarious stack of papers that he must have thrown a fit against. "You're still going on about that?"
"I gave her mine first. I would have gone anywhere with her. It's all so unfair."
You never told her that.
Maomao - Jinshi's favorite co-conspirator and usually-willing assistant - leaves the Palace, seemingly for good. All that Jinshi can do is to wallow in her wake. Set during LN vol.1: chapter 31 and the epilogue.
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- Part 2 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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so intuitive, everything changes by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
11 Jun 2024
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He sees her walking with her sleeves in front of her, doing her best to keep her face as low as she can, those cool eyes of hers trained on her feet in front of her, taking one careful step at a time. He sees her first before he sees that she's walking behind the Son of Heaven and all his retinue - again, if you put it that way, it really does sound like some unusual kind of treason - and he hopes to all the deities above that nobody has noticed him bowing to His Majesty a beat or two too late.
(The Emperor has noticed, judging by the annoyingly smug grin on his face, but Jinshi wants to pretend he did not see that.)
If the Emperor asks your crush to help him with a puzzle he's spent years trying to figure out, does it mean he approves of her for you? Signs point to "yes", but they'll have to point Jinshi out of here first...
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- Part 3 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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i can only breathe when i'm around you by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
05 Jun 2024
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This was never how Jinshi wanted to let her know who he was.
Barging into some unfamiliar fortress with an army at his heels, his body cloaked in the armor of his birthright that he never, ever wanted to claim. Having to use a name she wouldn't ever dare call him, just so he can take her back.
Jinshi knew at some point that he would do everything for his apothecary, but the situation he's ended up in still surprises him. LN 4/GX manga 18 spoilers.
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- Part 4 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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lonely leaf right next to me by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
25 Oct 2023
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There's an easy familiarity that hangs in the air when they work together, almost daring her to take it apart and determine what it can grow into - what it has bloomed into.
Maomao hopes Master Jinshi never falls in love with her. Because the one who loves always leaves, in the end - she knows this very well.
Contains spoilers for the LN vol.5 epilogue.
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- Part 5 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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no, i don't want nobody else by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
25 Feb 2024
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"I know you know exactly what I mean, when I talk like this. So why do you keep pretending you don't? Do you want to be uninvolved this much?"
And - because he's still paying her that ungodly amount of attention he always reserves just for her - he hears the beginnings of her yes before she put her free hand over her mouth, in the hopes that he didn't notice. But of course he did.
Jinshi knows full well that Maomao has better things to do than listen to him say he loves her. But she can't ask him to be honest with her and not expect to hear any of this coming. (Spoilers for LN 7!)
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- Part 6 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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i'm paper, you're a poem by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
08 Nov 2023
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Some of her more romantic elder sisters, usually Pairin, did tell Maomao that when you meet someone who knows you so well, that's when you've found your soulmate. Your other half. Well, this Young Master Jinshi knows way too much about Maomao, and all that she can think about is that she's found a pain in the ass.
Maomao feels that Jinshi doesn't understand what she means when she says he should use what he can use. Then again, she refuses to just tell him this directly. Spoilers for LN vol. 7, chapter 18.
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- Part 7 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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i could give you my all and it still wouldn't be enough by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu
10 Mar 2024
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Jinshi's still catching his breath. After all, he had been reduced to a puddle of sweat and screams after his apothecary had been done with disinfecting what she has taken to calling his "latest worst decision".
"Regretting it now?" Maomao chides, her steely eyes judging him with every heaving breath he makes.
If Jinshi didn't know any better, he would have thought his favorite apothecary was feeling sorry for him. But Maomao would never pity him like that...right? Spoilers for LN 8 the LN 9 prologue.
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- Part 8 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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linger around you like a scent by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
31 Oct 2023
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Everybody is well aware of what exactly Young Master Jinshi feels for his apothecary. Everybody, that is, except for the young woman herself...but she does.
She wants to strangle her past self for blowing up at him that one time. Why did Maomao angrily say that Jinshi should be honest and say his emotions plainly, if she cannot even look back at the moment without wanting to die? The earnestness in his bright eyes when his honeyed voice undoubtedly said Maomao, I will make you my wife --
Spoilers all the way until the current WN at the Shosetsuka ni Narou website, because I decided to spoil myself as a treat.
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- Part 9 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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i'll stay up a bit longer, just in case by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
07 Jan 2024
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"Is there anything wrong, Maomao?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because you'd never seek me out like this." Jinshi says, pouting - although it pained him to admit it out loud, he was always the one to initiate contact between them.
Jinshi likes to think he's always been the best at knowing when Maomao would rather see him. Little does he know exactly how far off his guesses are.
Spoilers for WN arc 12 which would be...around LN 13, 14?
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- Part 10 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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i'll still go to see you, just in case by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
14 Jan 2024
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"Is there anything wrong, Maomao? Because you'd never seek me out like this." Jinshi pouts as he says this, and something about his words brings Maomao back to what Chue had told her outside.
I think we have to follow your heart on this one.
Maomao would honestly rather die.
When you get somebody used to something, they'll miss it eventually. Maomao has to admit to herself that this is what's happening here, but she doesn't really want to.
Spoilers for WN arc 12 which would be...around LN 13, 14?
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- Part 11 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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push me further, pull me closer, some sort of chemistry by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
15 Sep 2024
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Maomao thinks he's overreacting - of all the things either of them have said and implied over the years, surely this isn't what's worth taking a spit-take over?
"Cough! You! Cough, cough! Don't say it like that!"
Even after all these years, Maomao doesn't know why Jinshi is just too deadset on the idea of making her his wife, not just a mistress. Then again, why can't she just can't go and tell him she doesn't really want him, either?
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- Part 12 of gathering each fragment of moonlight
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dearest, darling, my universe by kamennosugao
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)
29 Jan 2024
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Maomao wants to run. Maomao wants to hide. Imperial Presence, Mandate of Heaven be damned, though it feels like blasphemy to even think it. But - Maomao can't help but look at Jinshi, his confident voice, his balled-up fists - she can no longer find it in herself to run without him, either.
What kinds of decisions are you planning to make for the both of us? Maomao doesn't know who she's asking, but she does know that she wants an answer. Spoilers for the latest WN arc because I can't help myself, apparently.
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- Part 13 of gathering each fragment of moonlight