A fanfiction based on: Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san)
The sequel to Cherry Blossom Palette, Naoto Hachioji and his friends enjoy a summer of fun, friendship, and love.
Cover Image by Joaquinthatboi
ED: I just turned 27 this last week! July 26. I can whine about still being single and being pestered for it by my family, but I'm doing okay.
None of my other siblings are structural engineers, about to begin a MS in civil, last time I checked, so I've got that going for me.
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This is the 89th chapter of my story!
Number 90 is coming up next week!
I always post first on Archive of Our Own, because PS and I find it's the best format to reread and check for mistakes before uploading new chapters to other places.
I'm writing these words as of Sunday night on July 30.
I was going to release this one tomorrow, but now I won't be tempted to whine about how sh*tty Nanashi's new chapter is, if tomorrow even IS Nagatoro Monday.
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THIS chapter gets another warning, as Naoto's "likes" are again discussed in detail. He gets stuck in his own mind again, but it's not as bad as the dreams he'd had.
He won't be falling asleep and dreaming in the store or anything, I promise.
Naoto still needs a little fleshing out in some places before we really dive into the second part of the story.
He has to work through some things, and the reader will be right alongside him for it.
It's a very personal thing to Naoto's character, and it's something that needs covering.
Please try to be patient. I know it's uncomfortable for some readers, but it's NEVER the focus of the story, and my story will NEVER be smut for the sake of smut.
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I sometimes think I should just let my editor name ALL the chapters. His are always better than mine, and I ask him to name half of them anyway.
I couldn't think of anything better than "Sakura's Invitation" for Chapter 20, so PS gave me a "real" title and an "alternate" one, which I think is always funny when he does.
