JE Fanfic: The Taguchi Method of Falling in Love

[rheasilvia]

Disclaimer: This is pure fiction.
Pairing: Taguchi Junnosuke / Nishikido Ryo
Rating: G (all audiences)
Word count: Slightly over 5,000 words; written for the fanfic-a-thon at iridetaguchi.
Note: The Taguchi methods are statistical test methods used to analyze and optimize the quality of products, processes and systems. However, this story is not about them.

Betaed by solo____ and k_julia, who helped very much. Thank you again! You are dedicated enablers.


Junno falls in love the way other people catch the flu.


Feedback of all types - positive and negative - is much appreciated.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/solo____/]

FIRST!!!

I had to.

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

A car shrimp icon!! Cool. :-))

And also, indeed, you are the first. *g*

[triela-gg.livejournal.com]

This was sooo cute. I don't know why, but I have no other words for it. Oh, yeah, maybe one more: Awesome <3

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

"Cute" and "awesome" are very nice words to hear in this context! :-)

It's my first posted JE fanfic, and I'm still a little nervous about it all - so I'm really happy to hear you enjoyed the story.

Thank you for commenting!

[firehead41.livejournal.com]

That was really, really interesting and fun to read. It was so Junno-like, and I luved it! =D

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed the story - and especially that it was both fun to read and Junno-like. :-)It's my first time writing Junno's POV, and it's great to hear that this version of him rang true to you!

[happy-gogogo.livejournal.com]

AWWWW Junno! *hugs* I thought it was very interesting look at love using both his POV and the songs.

Great job!

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-) It's great to hear that you enjoyed the story, and particularly that you liked Junno's views on falling in love and romance and all that. *g*

Using song titles was part of the iridetaguchi fanfic challenge I originally wrote this for. I'm very glad that what I did with the idea worked for you!

AWWWW Junno! *hugs*

He needs more love!!

Also, I love your icon. :-)

[girlearthless.livejournal.com]

I...need a Junno/Ryo icon now.

I really loved reading this! It was so Junno, and I could see those jumbled and bungling thought processes playing out in his mind, if that makes sense.

This was really sweet and funny and awkward, like him, I suppose.

♥ ♥ ♥!

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

I...need a Junno/Ryo icon now.

Oooh, that's a wonderful compliment! Thank you very much - it's really great the story could convince you of the pairing's charm. :-) I honestly think they'd do well together, even though the combination may not be the first to spring to mind...

(And I still need a Junno/Ryo icon too... I should definitely get on that, one of these days. *g*)

It's also great that Junno's voice rang so true to you. One of the most important things to me was to make the story authentically Junno, so I'm really happy that worked for you. :-)

sweet and funny and awkward, like him

Yes, he is all that, isn't he! :-)

Thank you for your feedback!

[kriszeth.livejournal.com]

this was so amazing and cute and junno and ryo and asjhdnasjkdaslk i really really liked it!

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! :-) I'm really glad you enjoyed the story - and the pairing. They are amazing and cute together! *g*

Thanks for letting me know you liked it! :-)

[neonism.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

Its like we can see right into Junno's mind and understand everything he's thinking.

I think, reading this fic, that I may have just fallen in love with Junno ♥

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm very glad you like the story - and especially that this Junno works so well for you. It was one of the most important things for me to get him right.

I think, reading this fic, that I may have just fallen in love with Junno

That's a really wonderful compliment, and also great to hear because, well - everyone should fall in love with Junno! :-)) (Not sure how Ryo would feel about that, of course, but... hey. *g*)

Thank you for your lovely feedback!

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

*flails* This was amazing ♥

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad you like the story! :-) Thank you!

[rekkoi.livejournal.com]

Sylvia, these were really good. This is the first time I've read Ryo/Junno. It's a nice pairing.

"Taguchi. Junno – Junnosuke-kun. Would. So there's this, uhm. Movie. That. If. Maybe."

And Ryo swings around and strides away quickly and purposefully, leaving Junno to stare after him in confusion.

Two hours later Ryo sends him a text message reading "If you want flowers, go out with me."
Haha, that's how I imagine they would be together. Great writing!!! :D

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you like it! :-)

It is a nice pairing, isn't it! :-) They *work* - it's not the first pairing that comes to mind, but once it's occured to you, it grabs you... at least, that's how it worked for me. *g*

that's how I imagine they would be together

Awkward and earnest and oh, boys! :-)

Thank you very much for your lovely feedback! I'm really happy that you enjoyed the story! :-)

[myjulien.livejournal.com]

How awesome. :)))

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

:-))) Thank you - I'm very glad you like it!

[queen-id.livejournal.com]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you~!
This was cute and funny and slightly painful (with the crush on his Math teacher and the club girl). Loves it muchly.
It's always nice when someone writes a Junno that has a bit more depth than a constanty-grinning-bad-pun-expeller. It was also cool that the whole thing was covered (is covered the right word?) in his sort of "personality". Ahaha. And Ryo was a nice touch too (the asking to the movies scene was priceless).

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

You're very very welcome - thank *you* for your lovely feedback!!

I'm really happy you liked the story so much - and that it managed to be both cute and funny and painful, which is just what I was hoping for. :-)

Junno is definitely far more than a a constantly-grinning-bad-pun-expeller (and I like the way you phrased that - makes this one-dimensional version of him sound like a PEZ dispenser *g*).

Ryo was a nice touch too (the asking to the movies scene was priceless)

Heh. Ryo shouldn't be throwing stones about how other people fall in love, really. :-)

Thank you for commenting!

[kittiec.livejournal.com]

I loved this! I'm so happy whenever someone posts a Taguchi fic, and this one was just so wonderful and perfect and SQUEE!!!!

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! :-) I'm very glad you liked the story so much - thank you for letting me know!

I'm always hoping for more Junno stories myself - there just aren't enough of them!

[fr-gal.livejournal.com]

ah, I like this so much. It's so cute, and there's not enough fics about introspective Junno.

I really like the part when he wonders why he never falls in love with KA-TUN.

And Ryo at the end was much love. Way to awkwardly cute for words.

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

You have a Junno/Ryo icon!!! Yes! So much love. :-)))

It's great to hear that you enjoyed the story so much!

Ryo at the end was much love

He probably shouldn't have been so critical of Junno's way of falling in love, before - I'm guessing he'll never hear the end of this. ;-) I'm sure there are many bad puns to be made on the subject...

Thank you for your lovely feedback!

[akillarian.livejournal.com]

I totally understand how Junno feels. I fall for people so easily too. It just happens without a reason, regardless of a particular person's looks. It happens. It's stingling, sweating, nervous then it starts to fade away over the years.

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

It takes years to fade away? Poor you...

I'm very glad you liked the story, and that you find Junno's way of falling in love so authentic! :-)

[epicwaters.livejournal.com]

hahahha, Taguchi got him with the wasabi peas XDD

I never would have imagined this pair, I'm glad you did it for me lol This was so cute! Thank you for sharing :)

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

The wasabi peas were Ryo's downfall. *g*

The pairing may not be the first to spring to mind, but I do think they work very well together. I'm very glad it worked for you, too, at least in this story! *g*

Thank you for commenting and letting me know you liked the story! :-)

[gothicauthor.livejournal.com]

THIS IS SO CUTE. T.T THIS IS SERIOUSLY THE CUTEST JUNNO FIC I THINK I'VE EVER READ LKANSLKNHLKANLKNH DYING.

PLEASE PIMP THIS EVERYWHERE, OKAY. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

GA

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay!! I'm really happy you like the story so much!! *squishes*

Thank you so much for letting me know you enjoyed it! :-)

[mikomi-tears.livejournal.com]

Wow! Yay! So, cute and one of my absolute favorite pairings. <3
Thank you!! <333

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

one of my absolute favorite pairings

Oooh, another Junno/Ryo fan! And a Junno/Ryo Ganbatte icon!! Yay!! :-)) They are wonderful together, aren't they?

I'm very glad you enjoyed the story - thank you for letting me know!

[1lastdream.livejournal.com]

The pairing is a welcome surprise to me. Junno is so very cute and really Taguchi Junnosuke, which doesn't happen often enough in KAT-TUN related fics. Ryo is so awkward.<3


Please write more Junno. :)

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

It's not the first pairing that comes to mind, but I really do think they fit amazingly well! They're very different in some ways, surprisingly similar in others... it works. :-) For me, at least!

I'm very glad that in this story, the pairing worked for you, too. And that you thought this Junno was really Junno-like! That was one of the most important things I wanted to get right, so it's great to hear that it worked so well for you. :-)

Please write more Junno.

I definitely will. *g* Thank you for encouraging me! :-)

[plumeria-alba.livejournal.com]

It goes on smoothly and nicely ^___^

Love it!! Thnks for writing this

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really glad you enjoyed the story.

Thnks for writing this

You're very welcome - thank *you* for letting me know you like it! :-)

[tomemiprozac.livejournal.com]

this is too cute for words. the fandom needs more junno centric fics. junno x ryo! homg the CUTE.

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

junno x ryo! homg the CUTE.

Yay! Junno and Ryo make a great couple, imo - I'm very glad they worked for you in this story.

the fandom needs more junno centric fics

It absolutely does. I don't know why stories about Junno are so rare... but then I admit that I'm biased. *g*

It's great to hear you enjoyed the story so much. Thank you for letting me know! :-)

[gagulan.livejournal.com]

I cant open it~ T___T
I want to read it~
WHy cant i open it?!

[http://users.livejournal.com/solo____/]

Try copying and pasting this into your browser:
http://www.strangeplaces.net/sylvia/TaguchiMethod.html

[emungere.livejournal.com]

Awww! That was completely adorable, and I really liked it. :) Despite having forgotten which one Ryo is since your sparkly picspam, oops. My memory, it is short. *goes back to look at pretty boys some more*

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

*g* I think it's very very cool that you liked the story despite being unfamiliar with the sparkly boys - and not knowing which one Ryo is! :-)

(Ryo's the one the Juniors call "poison tongue"... he can be very verbally aggressive and has reportedly made more than one other sparkly dancing boy cry. He started a one-sided feud with Ueda in Ueda's fairy-seeing phase because he was pissed off at Ueda's pretentious ways - not because of anything poor Ueda had actually done to him. But then, half of the aggressiveness seems to be shyness and defensiveness, and Ryo can also be horribly sweet, and he frequently half dies of embarrassment. I think he'd be a very good match for Junno... they are very different in some ways, similar in others, and would be good for each other. And now I must really shut up about this. *g)

goes back to look at pretty boys some more

Yay for the pretty sparkly boys! :-) They are very addictive.

Thank you for your lovely feedback! :-)

[jtriskell.livejournal.com]

this was really sweet, enjoyed it a lot :)

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Yay! :-) I'm very glad you enjoyed the story - thank you for letting me know!

[(Anonymous)]

This was the best thing I've read in AGES - got me all sappy and chippy and fluffy and now my room is filled with cute, pink birdies flying around and flapping their wings and...oh God, you are brilliant! I've never been much of a Junno-person, but this experience might lead me to a totally new direction.

Did I mention that you're awsum? Like, totally? Love, love, love.

-T

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

LOL - I hope that a room filled with birdies flapping their wings is a good thing! :-)

I've never been much of a Junno-person, but this experience might lead me to a totally new direction.

Seriously? Wow, that’s an amazing compliment – thank you so much! *blush* And it makes me very happy to think that I might be encouraging you give Junno a second glance.

It’s probably not much of a secret at this point that I find him very worthy of a lot of glances. ;-) Junno puts forward a “one-dimensional joker” façade much of the time, but in truth, he is so much more interesting than that. The fact that he bothers to hide at all is enough to suggest… well, a lot of things to me. *g* But I won’t spam you with this any further - I’m just glad the Junno in my story worked so well for you!

Thank you very much for your lovely feedback. :-) It’s wonderful to hear that you enjoyed the story so much!

[ky-rin.livejournal.com]

Brilliant.

Love the pacing, your voice in the story, the way it is heartbreaky, very gorgeous.

Especially the use of KAT-TUN songs as the mini-titles. I like the idea very much.

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :-) It's great to hear that you enjoyed the story, and Junno’s voice in it – getting him to be authentically *Junno* was one of the things most important to me when writing this, and it makes me very glad to hear it worked so well for you. Also, yay! The pacing worked, too! And the heartbreak came through as well! :-)))

Using KAT-TUN songs as themes was part of the iridetaguchi fanfic challenge that I originally wrote the story for. I can’t take the credit there, but I'm still very glad that you liked what I did with the idea!

Thank you for your lovely feedback! :-)