[NIF Fic Rec] Wind and Rain | Завтра ветер переменится

If you like canon-divergent Mei Changsu/Xiao Jinghuan, check out the Wind and Rain series. I just read both parts that are currently available, and oh boy, am I ever enjoying it.

Summary from part 2 describes it well so far:

In a moment of enlightenment, before rushing into organizing an uprising, Prince Yu came to Mei Changsu with the plea to save him from himself. And he was given what he asked for. And after this event, things went a little differently. Or not a little.

This series is a translation of a novel-length fic in Russian; the translation is by Moon_Lovers_Lover, and the original is by Eswet; you can read the Russian version on Ao3 here or on Ficbook here. It's in 14 parts, and only the first two parts are translated at this time. But even though the English translation is a wip, the first two parts are very enjoyable.

Bless Russian fandom for taking an interest in this rarepair. I'm so glad that somebody is translating this work. :') Like, this one is not my favourite pairing in NiF, but it's one that I find very interesting, and people so rarely explore it...! So to know that there's a 82k (!!) fic out there about it, and that somebody is actively working on putting into a language that I can read... aahh, it makes me so happy.

Misc ☆☆☆

Things from this weekend:

+ Slapped down a whole bunch of words on my FTH fic, and completed the draft! Both charity fics are now in the typing stage. I'm really pleased and excited about this!

+ Also slapped down some words on an old prologue-era SSSS fic that I've had sitting around for ages. It's nowhere close to being done, but it was nice to make some progress. It's shaping up to be plotty! :D I expect I'll be working on it more in the upcoming months, because I have so much editing work to do - I like to have a writing project that I can work on by hand, so I can give my eyes a rest from screens.

+ I did a whole bucket of chores - managed to complete all of the ones on my to-do list, in fact! Including the ones that I really, really did not want to do! I feel very productive. :D

+ Unfortunately, I got roped into dog-sitting, which means I was woken up by yapping at 5AM. On a Sunday. Fun. :T Buuut that led to the chores getting done, due to the logic of "If I'm upright, I might as well do laundry" so... not so bad, I guess?

+ I was going to clean out my car, but didn't get around to it. BUT on the upside, I did find everything that I need in order to get that done, so I'll be able to tackle that soon. Maybe some time this week....

+ It's been a very peaceful, quiet, and relaxing weekend. I'm happy. :) I hope you all had some good days too.