Fic: The Professor's Wife Chapter Eleven

[foolish_m0rtal]

 

Title: The Professor's Wife
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: The only people that can see Watanuki are people with wishes.
Summary: The students all said that Professor Doumeki had a wife who made him lunches and impeccably pressed his shirts. Watanuki found this hilarious.
Warnings/Spoilers: All spoilers till the end of the manga, obviously. Some dark themes. Written for the wtfholic_fest.

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Comments

[alecto-chan.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to leave a comment and tell you how much I enjoyed the story.

I can't wait to see what other awesome stories come out of the wtfholic_fest. Thank you for putting that together as well!

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

I am SO excited for what comes out of WTF Holic fest! SO excited!

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have an LJ, so I must comment anonymously, but I very much wanted to let you know how wonderfully written this story was. There was some gentle and nearly dreamlike in the tone, and it made me wistfully happy see the characters treated so well (and to get the happy ending the source material denied). I don't comment often, because I feel it must be a little creepy to get anon comments, but I had to tell you how much I enjoyed this. Thank you for writing it!

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if you'll get this comment since it's anonymous, but no, it's not creepy at all! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[illusion-hope.livejournal.com]

Its been a while since I've read anything from xxxHolic... but I adore this. It was a mixture of adorable, gentle and humor that I wished the series would have ended that way. I couldn't help but laugh at Watanuki's reaction when he realized the students could see him -- that's so Watanuki it made me kind of nostalgic. Thank you for writing this! <3 <3

[verito-s.livejournal.com]

I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!

It made me remember my love for xxxHOLiC and how much I miss reading it.
It was perfect! so perfect in so many ways, so marvelous *-*. I feel like crying in the chapters with Yuuko and I'm not even sure why.

Reading this made me incredible happy, and it's so awesome you wrote it in 5 weeks.

[anruiukimi.livejournal.com]

Oh AWWWW. This was a wonderful tale, and I prefer it a lot more than that blasted canon ending. ;) I loves me a happy ending. <3 <3

Thank you!

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

I feel like Clamp screwed everybody over, Watanuki most of all. If you look at all the unfortunate stuff that happens to him in the series (losing memories, body parts, freedom, his friends, NEED I GO ON), I wonder why everyone keeps telling Watanuki he shouldn't take himself for granted and shouldn't sacrifice himself without thinking about his friends. The ending seems totally opposite of that, and the universe just keeps taking from him. That's a very poor bargain.

I just tried to keep all of the bargains in my story fair. Maybe not the most optimal or the happiest, but fair.

[vazavati.livejournal.com]

God, this was great! I couldn't stop reading once I'd started. ♥! Marvelously moving and fun. Thank you so much. This made me feel so much better about the actual manga ending; I'm going to happily substitute this in my headcanon from now on. xD

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

I had another fic I'd been working on where Doumeki grows up and gets married but still maintains his relationship with Watanuki, but then Clamp had to go and make that canon (BLEH) so now I'm so much more inclined to write happy fics for Holic, at least for a while.

[lisa-telramor.livejournal.com]

That was adorable and I read it all even though I should have been writing an essay. You made my day. :)

[ceirwy.livejournal.com]

I read this in one sitting. Had to, because I just couldn't tear myself away. Just the flow of it, and the natural progression of a relationship. It's just perfect.

i love you,

[poutergeist.livejournal.com]

The ending for XXXHolic made me hate the manga and I stopped reading anything that had to do with it. Then I stumble upon this and despite being upset over Holic and not wanting to be reminded of it, I read this. And wow. Hitsuzen. You revived all the love that I had for Holic which I thought was lost forever.
This was truly beautifully written, and it was truly creative and hey, a happy ending ending. Thank you very much. You brought me something back that CLAMP took away. ^^,

[loki-lee.livejournal.com]

It's so cute. It's so long. It's so wonderful. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy and just all round great and it gives me a lovely feeling of completion that, hate to say it but, the manga did not.

So warm and feel good. ~♥

[herm-nefer.livejournal.com]

You did a wonderful job with this and I wanted tothank you for giving one of my favorite couples a nicer ending than their canon. The plot was very well put together and you had me hooked the entire time. I enjoyed your original characters and the flow very much. It's been a very long time since I enjoyed a fic and found myself this captivated and compelled to just keep reading it all in one go

Wonderful work. *clap*

[rethzneworld.livejournal.com]

this is awesome :D I am glad I am stumbled on you fic :)

[kashuneko.livejournal.com]

THIS. Was perfect.

[bundamba.livejournal.com]

This was beautiful, enthralling, so well written and I love it from beginning to end. It's been a long while since I have read a xxxHolic fiction and I am so very glad you broke that chain with this.

[nightingale-r3.livejournal.com]

That was just so wonderful, I can't find the words to say how much I love this story :)

[akalillyn.livejournal.com]

I spent all day reading this yesterday, and I just have to tell you that this is one of the best xxxHolic fics I have ever read. The fandom generally has a lot of oneshots and wips, rarely anything this length and this well written and completed. It was amazing. The flow, the dialogue (which felt so in character, I can't believe how well it worked), the imagery, the tone, GOD, EVERYTHING WAS JUST SO GOOD. The concept was something new and original, and I loved how it could be angsty and fluffy and then there was action, this is just so amazing. I will hug this fic to me forever. Thank you so much for contributing this lovely piece of work and sharing it with us. I can't wait to see what else comes out of the fest!

[lokiloo.livejournal.com]

So, it took me a while to get through this, because my computer is slow, and I've had homework and such and just busy busy busy.

But this is probably one of the single most amazing pieces of fiction I've ever read. It's everything I hoped for and more in the xxxHolic ending. In fact, I'm going to ignore most of xxxHolic in favor of this story.

It's done, over- this is canon now. Thank you so much. <3

[jayveeka.livejournal.com]

This was just beautifully written, and was everything I ever wanted out of Holic and never recieved. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for taking the time to write this. It was absolutely worth blowing off the million things I needed to do today to read.

[hirotanik.livejournal.com]

Read it all in one go. Lovely! The characters are interesting and relevant, the story well-paced, and everything ties up so beautifully. Despite the fairly open ending it feels so complete. Thanks for the great read!

[grimmsical.livejournal.com]

Fumu, Fumu, I think you ruined me for any other xholic fanfic, ever. Well, any after-Yuuko-disappears fanfic. EVER. Unless it's terribly AU. AAH. This is now my head canon.

Everything. is. Perfect.

Everything.

I can't. Can't begin to describe how perfect everything is. How do you do that? I might or might not go back to every single chapter, one day in the future, and squee all over them, but know that I flailed at pretty much every part in every chapter.

I don't care how CLAMP wrote it (I haven't been keeping up and, after this, don't intend to) but this. Just. This.

Watanuki is like Schrodinger's cat.

I'm going to read this last chapter again.

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

Watanuki is like Schrodinger's cat? ^___^ How so?

[grimmsical.livejournal.com]

Because he's both dead and alive simultaneously, but people see him as either alive or dead~ Though luckily he doesn't live in a box.

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's very clever! I hadn't thought of it like that. I just modelled it off what happened to people's memories of Yuuko after she died.

[escuro-sama.livejournal.com]

I think I've found my new headcanon for this series. Thank you so much for writing this. Seriously. It's wonderful. ='>

[nebulia.livejournal.com]

THIS WAS EVERYTHING I WANTED OUT OF THE END OF ROU.

Thank you.

Perfect in every way. Loved it. I have no more words.

[kyoutari.livejournal.com]

This. This is so beautiful. I love you. lol. The last few paragraphs were the most beautiful.

Thank you for writing!

[soonerbee.livejournal.com]

So it's 2 am and I have to be up for class tomorrow, but I read this in one sitting that started something like three and a half hours ago and I regret nothing.

This filled the hole in my heart the ending left me with. You are amazing and thank you so much for this! <3

[animegurl916.livejournal.com]

You have a better ending than CLAMP did!

[pleonasm]

Wow. I just had to sit and spent all day reading this because it wouldn't let me go. The magic was well-thought-out and fascinating, and the plot was completely amazing. It wasn't just a Douwata story, it was really a Watanuki story, filling in the person he could have been and letting him grow and change. And my heart broke so many times, but especially when Yuuko came back and was so enjoyably Yuuko. I'd never thought it made sense for her to do so, but I really like the way that you handled it. And there was love for all the minor characters too -- Kohane's story was great, and Himawari was genuine and sweet, and I loved your OCs and the teeny bit of Haruka in here too.

So basically, I really, really loved this. Thanks for sharing. ♥

wiii

[aneladgam100.livejournal.com]

the best end this serie could ever have, l fall in love with it

[green-is-lovely.livejournal.com]

can i say that this was perhaps one of my favorite holic stories up to date? i love the characterizations- you really brought them to life. the progression of the relationship was really quite lovely. i really enjoyed the plot line as well. the ending chapter was perfect! thank you so much for sharing and can't wait to read more from you!

[utenatai.livejournal.com]

HOly shit that was fantastic.

I lost an entire day to reading this fic, and it was 110% worth it. Thank you.

[whiterabbit1613.livejournal.com]

I. I just. This fic is everything I wanted for the actual ending of xxxHolic and more. This story is beautifully crafted, absolutely charming, fabulously well written... in short, amazing. Plus, you really hit the characterization of Watanuki and Doumeki on the head. Thank you so much for writing this.

[youkohiei-fan.livejournal.com]

Just read all of this today and I loved it. The way you potray this version of the story is perfect and CLAMP should have done it this way.

[sheikah-minuet2.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. It's a beautiful winding relationship and it's a just a joy to read, I feel all warm and happy now.

The plot was just an amazingly exquisite masterpiece of seemingly unconnected things that all come together and create this enjoyable multilayered world. The characterization is amazingly well done. The maturity of our boys that becomes gradually more and more apparent, the progression of their relationship both with each other and with those around them. Grandmother was my favorite OC and she matches very well with Haruka.

The ending was a thing of beauty, I loved the way you worked that out with Yuuko so well(infact I love everything that has to do with the shop really. Most of all it's near sentience) and although I am sad to see them losing their hard won power that little peak of a bigger give and take between them made it worth it. Also I am a huge Mugetsu fan so I was happy to see him even if it was only a little at the end.

So overall a beautiful, fun, heartwarming fic that I really really love and am very glad you wrote. If you have written or will write anything in xxxHolic expect me to comment on it someday.

[tsuristyle.livejournal.com]

Man, screw the original ending-- this is my canon. <3

I love the detail you put into this! All the details of their Japanese lifestyle and surroundings, little things like sneaking royal milk tea into the groceries and smoking cigarettes instead of Yuuko's pipe, all the references to things Watanuki did in the original ending... And I love the characterization especially-- I like how shopkeeper Watanuki has the mysterious all-seeing Yuuko-like side but still keeps his flail-y spaz side, too XD That scene in the eyeglass shop where Watanuki is playing around on the chair felt so natural-- no one's been able to see him for years, and he acts like it.

In short, this is beautiful and perfect and I don't think there's anything more I could possibly want from an xxxHolic fanfic that you haven't already done here *sighs happily* Thank you~<3

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

This is one of the best fanfics I've ever read--certainly the best in Xxxholic.

I'm among those who are taking this as my canon. Yes, Doumeki-sensei has a husband, and the perfect one. They belong together, just like this.

The scene with Watanuki pecking Doumeki on the cheek in the classroom and then realizing every student sees it is *amazing and perfect and hilarious.* And *of course* Doumeki calmly introduces Watanuki as his husband.

No, this is not sweet or cute, but it is so very loving and romantic in a uniquely Doumeki-and-Watanuki way. Thank you.

(did I fangirl too much for you? I hope not)

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

No, this is perfect! Especially since I got my umpteenth 'oh my god how sweet and cute' comment today and drew on some reserves of patience from somewhere. It IS romantic, because I wanted some freaking romance and closure, dammit. I am glad all of these post-godawful-ending fanfics are giving us some of that.

[taugeh-city.livejournal.com]

Hullo.
I just wanted to let you know that I read this entire fic within a single night, and I was genuinely, genuinely engrossed ( which is rare, because I am a really picky reader ). I loved every single bit of it, and I loved how you really, really tied up all the loose ends that CLAMP has cruelly left us with in a way so beautiful it makes me ache that this lovely story isn't canon. I wanted it to be canon, so badly. You are genius. I am sorry I am rather incoherent, but I really liked this! What you did to explain the egg was brilliant. Your Watanuki was a hundred times more likable, and Doumeki's wonderful Doumeki-ness was still here. I think what surprised me the most was how therapeutic reading this was.... I haven;t quite gotten over how badly XXXHolic was ended, and this was just sublime, because I could SEE each scene unfold in canon, and it was so easy and lovely to read. You write so effortlessly- simple, peppered with just enough details ( I love love love your little details, such as Doumeki counting Watanuki's spine :) ).
thank you SO much for writing this. This will be forever a favourite fic of mine. So calming and peaceful to read, with genuine moments of creepiness. Really. This should be canon. It is sin that it is not canon.

[ampersandals.livejournal.com]

I need you to know that I have this fic saved as a document on my phone, and I've been reading it in increments at work. I'm still on chapter 3 at this point, but it's been really fantastic. The little references to characters and events throughout the series made me miss the manga and the fandom so, so much. Plus you have all these mini-episodes scattered throughout the fic and all these moments that make me lose myself in a fit of feelings. I'm not even halfway done and I'm taking my time with it because I don't want it to end, but thank you for writing this.