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I need a fanfiction like this. Period. .

Chihayafuru fancomic of Shinobu and Arata

Don't know how the original author of Chihayafuru sees this pairing, but eversince the endin' of manga and even before I've got a constant feeling that they could be an endgame, eventhough there were so many fans opposing this fact. I simply had to draw it. My mind is bathing in the sea of ideas for these two. I tried to keep characteristics of both of them like it was shown in the manga and nail their possible reactions how they'd be if the story continued. If there's no suitable fanfic or fancom, it's best to do it yourself.

To explain the possible misunderstandings in the fancom:

Shinobu wants to confess to Arata, but she doesn't know how and when. The night before, she stares at the cards and one of the 100 poets starts talking to her. That poet is Fujiwara no Sanekata. He suggests her that the best way to confess one's feelings is to do it with honesty, using the original way of an individual. There she decides that she will choose a card which best explains and expresses her feelings towards Arata and then she'll give it to him. She chose Fujiwara's poem (poem 51): When I must hide these burning feelings, I feel as though my body is on fire with Ibuki mugwort. 

かくとだに

えやはいぶきの

さしも草

さしも知らじな

燃ゆる思ひを

(i've never learnt kanji so i hope i drew it right in the comic and deeply apologize if not)

There's one more poem that i used and that's Shinoburedo. It's mainly because it's Shinobu's card and secondly because this poem gave me the main idea for the drawing in the first place.

Taira no Kanemori Shinoburedo Iro ni ide ni keri Waga koi wa

Mono ya omou to Hito no tou made

Though I would hide it, In my face it still appears-- My fond, secret love.

And now he questions me: "Is something bothering you?"

忍ぶれど 色に出でにけり わが恋は

物や思ふと 人の問ふまで

As she prepares to give the 51st card to him, she recites herself verses of the Shinoburedo poem (that poem'd definetely calm her down), because she realises that she's starting to blush and that it's not simple to hide her feelings anymore, and that those feelings of hers won't be a secret anymore, At the end the one to finish reciting is not her, but Arata, who brings ancient poetry into reality, giving an opening chance for Shinobu to give him the confession and the answer Arata's expecting.

Sources for this fancom:

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!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!

Suddenly I remembered those two and I had to draw their eyes.

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kawaii

Finished a drawing of some sort of my own fictional characters...let's call them Matthew and Victoria... And they both like playing cards together...