It was this request that finally got me to read Oniisama E and... garsh, the fashion was SOOOOOOOOOO stylish. (I guess I'm really into the 70s fashion?) In general, the art was gorgeous too! I love the floaty, artsy, almost scrambled effect Year 24 manga have. (I say that as someone who had only read Moto Hagio's The Heart of Thomas, but I'm confident my statement isn't too wrong.)
Anyway, when I was drawing this, I HADN'T read Oniisama E yet, so I drew it with Juriori (Utena) in mind. I think Rei is okay, but Nanako might be a liiiittle OOC.
An AU where Nanako doesn't attend Seiran during high school and the future diverges in some other way. Mariko is caught up in Kaoru and Rei is caught up in Mariko.
A/N: Commed by my friend Fig!!!!
This is an AU without Nanako as Nanako's central role in the story would make this sort of development in the canon difficult to happen. This is not due to any dislike of Nanako or her role in the story.
CW: Implied references to eating disorders, depression. Explicit references to overdosing and explicit depictions of therapy.