This chapter is a lemon, and because lemons are against fanfictiondotnet's TOS, I can't post it here. You can go to my bio for a link, or you can go to naruto 'dot' adultfanfiction 'dot' net 'slash' story 'dot' php 'questionmark' no 'equalssign' 600097862
There has been some concern expressed in reviews and other forms of correspondance that the lemon chapter was going to just be some rote mechanical sex, maybe 'ninjaed up' or something, ignoring all of the complex characterization and motivation that I've established throughout the last two hundred odd thousand words of the fic.
To those people I have to say: I find your lack of faith… disturbing.
I… I have a confession to make, honey. This isn't my first time.
Hahah.
Seriously, folks, show a little trust. Long before any of you ever heard of People Lie, I was known more for my lemons than I was my regular fics. Romantic ones, funny ones, kinky ones, hawt ones, and dark, horrific ones. I learned about what women like and how to describe sex from a woman's point of view by reading my lemons out loud to my wife during extended cuddle-makeout sessions and getting her opinions. I've also had a number of female friends who contributed to my knowledge base.
And horrible, horrible emotional scarring. Some things men are not meant to know.
For this particular chapter, I went for fun, romantic, and loving, with the usual humor and some of the lighter aspects of character development. It's as safe as a lemon is likely to get.
You know I had to keep up the funny, I mean, if I didn't, how would I make it into the various forum 'funny fanfic quotes' lists each update? A quick shoutout to the wonderful readers who let others know when I update. You know who you are, and I know at least a few. 100 point badges to all of you.
That being said, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ IT to continue to read and understand what's going on. You'll miss things, I won't lie, but they're not essential to understanding the plot. I'm not going to 'punish' anyone for not liking lemons. That would be a dick move.
I hope you give it a shot. And review, please, preferably on here rather than AFF, so others can get an idea of the story without just relying on my word for it.
However, People Lie isn't always light and fun. As many comments as I get from people who love the humor and the friendship, there are plenty of comments from people who like the darker, psychological aspects of it best. I haven't forgotten you. The next chapter will also be a lemon, I'll post another notice on here to let you know when it's up, but it'll have a tone and descriptive style of writing a lot closer to the later chapters of Clients Lie. Still some humor moments, but also actually addressing some of the weird sexual connotations both Naruto and Hinata have, as well as an extrapolation on ninja sexuality in general.
The sex will also be considerably more eroticly described.
You know me, and how I like to shift styles every now and then.
The second lemon chapter will be up shortly, it's already mostly done. And then, I promise, we'll go back to our regular, nonlemon, People Lie.
Hope you enjoy!