Bonus Round 1: Memory

[referees]

Let's start our summer by looking at the past—things that happened in canon, or maybe in an AU, or maybe just as wishful thinking...


This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on June 9 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post! You prompt should consist of one scenario beginning with the phrase "Remember when", along with any ship/ot3/etc. from our list of nominated fandoms.
  • Your prompts can take the form of recalling canon facts/events ("Remember when Nozomi and Eli got parfaits after school?"), non-canon events ("Remember when Megumi and Jin met at the Tadokoro Family Reunion?"), or somewhere in-between ("Remember when Bokuto and Kenma first met?"). Headcanons and AUs are welcome!
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Rei & Nagisa). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Rei/Nagisa). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Post fills by leaving a responding comment to a prompt with your newly-created work.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.



FORMAT
Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:
• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art)
• 14 lines (poetry)
There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:



If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Below that, place applicable major content tags (when applicable; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of the fill in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of your work in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example



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SCORING
These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!



For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)


For fills:


First 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points each

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PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Tadokoro Jin/ & Fukutomi Juichi (yowamushi pedal)

Remember when Fukutomi obtained borrowed organs in order to continue cycling at the highest possible performance, only for his father to choose to stop making the payments on them? Remember how Tadokoro was the repo man sent to reclaim Fukutomi's unpaid organs?

(Yeah, it's a repo: the genetic opera AU. I'm not sorry.)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[magnum_mouth]

BLESS THIS

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[magnum_mouth]

Nagisa & Gou; Free!

Remember when Nagisa came out as bisexual to Gou?

FILL: Team Azumane Asahi/Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi, G

[chromatic_coma]

[no tags apply, 818 words]

Even after three years of managing a boys' high school swim team, it seemed as though Gou's sensitivity to glistening muscles in all of their beautiful, masculine forms was still at its peak. Nagisa had found it funny, the first two years, in how uncomfortable it seemed to make Makoto and Rei. It was still funny when they inherited the club at the start of their third year, when she quite openly checked out all of their new freshmen recruits, calling it an “evaluation.” Then she conspired with Rei to create individualized training and nutritional regimens for each one of them, and the kids were naïve enough to be excited about the prospect of bulking up.

“I'd never date one of our freshmen,” she huffed inelegantly when Nagisa voiced his accusation. “I need someone way more mature than they could ever be.”

She swatted him away when he started cackling at that, bringing up the very decidedly immature Mikoshiba brothers and their continued text messages to her phone.

It wasn't long after that that Nagisa started to tire of Gou's fangirlish praises being sung at every joint practice or swim meet. He didn't want to think too much about his frustration, especially not about the why of it, but at regionals, as Gou went through her usual spiel, Nagisa found his top exploding.

“Alriiiight, Gou-chan, you like muscles a lot, we get it!”

Gou turned to him, assuming the conventional 'I'm a girl and you've just offended me' pose that Nagisa wasn't even phased by anymore, having three older sisters; fists on hips, chest thrust forward, lips puckered into a severe pout.

“There is no possible way you could understand this, Nagisa.” She scoffed. “A man's muscles represent his masculinity, his raw power, his pure virility! An innocent maiden such as myself cannot help but swoon in the presence of such chisled abs!”

Nagisa rolled his eyes and giggled into his hand. “What, and you think an innocent bisexual such as myself is completely immune? But I'm not drooling on everything! Self-control is very important, Gou-chan, you really should work on your--”

“You what?” Gou interrupted suddenly, all pretenses dropped in favor of shock and genuine curiosity. “No, no way, you're lying to me, right? Haha, funny Nagisa?”

Now Nagisa pouted, just as over-the-top as Gou had been, he hoped. “Gou-chan is so cruel, putting me down when I'm baring my deepest, darkest secret to her!”

“Oh my god, you aren't kidding.”

“No,” Nagisa agreed. “And congratulations! I've known since I was eleven but you're the first person I've ever told.”

Gou hesitated, and Nagisa started to feel his stomach tighten as he waited for her response. He was pretty sure she'd take it well; that's why he chose to tell her first, after all, before any of the guys. But she could always surprise him...

“You found out when you were eleven, huh? That's around when you were swimming with my brother and those guys, wasn't it? Was your first crush on one of them?”

“One? Aha... mmm, more like all three! Haru-chan lent me his swimsuit when my sisters switched it with a girl's one, and Rin-chan let me join their relay team, and it's impossible not to have a crush on Mako-chan.”

Gou smiled, and then punched him in the shoulder. “I should have expected that from someone as greedy and selfish as you. But, still, it is pretty cute...”

She trailed off, but then looked at him with a sharp glint in her eye. “Hmmm. So then, the fact that you've been all over Rei for the past two and a half years is...?”

Nagisa clapped his hands over her mouth; Rei was a few yards away, attempting to comfort an anxious first year.

“Don't you dare bring this up with Rei-chan. He's going to freak out no matter what!”

Gou pushed his hand away and shook her head. “I wasn't going to tell him. Obviously you need to be the one to tell him. As soon as possible, before he graduates and moves on to a successful life and you end up... wherever you're going to end up.”

“Hey!”

Gou giggled. “Rei is pretty cute, until he opens his mouth and the anal-retentive comes out. So I guess I'm rooting for you. But so help me God, if you become one of those sappy affectionate couples who are constantly sucking face where I can see you, I'll–”

“Nagisa-kun, Gou-san, they're calling for the 100 meter breaststroke, what are you waiting for?” Rei's voice interrupted them, as he prodded Nagisa to follow their first year breaststroke swimmer down to the poolside. Nagisa turned around to stick his tongue out at Gou, who in turn was shooting him daggers with her eyes.

“Try not to lose too badly, Nagisa!” She cried out in an innocent voice. Nagisa laughed, and vowed to beat his best time.

PROMPT: Team Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya

[kitaiichis]

hasekura heath/kuga kyousuke/yagami tomoe (prince of stride)
mild spoilers for the end of the season?

remember when the third years' friendship never drifted apart and they kept in contact and stayed supportive friends for each other even after tomoe left honan?

Re: PROMPT: Team Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya

[intricacies]

hey

was this

necessary

PROMPT: Team Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi

[bandera]

kanemaru shinji/sawamura eijun, daiya no ace

Remember when Kanemaru realized that Eijun had gone from "Sawamoron" to "Sawamura" to "Wamura" to just "Eijun"?




love my rarepair

Re: PROMPT: Team Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi

[factorielle]

I WAS SO EXCITED TO GO FOR THIS ONE T_T

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Tadokoro Jin/ & Arakita Yasutomo (yowamushi pedal)

Remember when Tadokoro and Arakita were the two most intimidating and ruthless enforcers any mafia family had ever known? (Bonus points for: Kinjou is the head of the family who they've sworn to protect.)

FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, T

[mother_herbivore]

no warnings apply
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(I PROMISE NOT TO DELETE THIS ONE)


(the writing on arakita's wrist says "devour"/"bite to death", or so google translate tells me,)
(also, a good song to go with this)

PROMPT: Team Shimizu Kiyoko/Yachi Hitoka

[jeilovesyou]

Hazuki Nagisa/Tanaka Ryuunosuke (Free! & Haikyuu!!)

Remember when Nagisa insisted that the cute boy from Miyagi would be an AMAZING breast stroke swimmer, swore it wasn't just an excuse to see him in a swimsuit, and insisted on intensive, hands-on lessons?

FILL: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke, T

[kougamira]

Fateful, 1860 words

“We are lost.”

“No we’re not.”

Torono Town...wasn’t that a city in Canada or something?

On the surface, a roadtrip with his sisters was a fantastic idea. A whole two weeks full of sunshine and exploration and adventure! Except now they were hopelessly lost and not even Nagisa’s usual bubbly countenance could see a bright side to this.

“Nee-chan! We should ask for directions!”

“Okay, okay.” His eldest sister slowed the car down to a crawl, driving up beside a shirtless guy on a run. Nagisa took a good look at the stranger’s back; not bad, considering Nagisa spent most of his time with half-naked dudes in a pool.

“Excuse me!” The stranger turned and his sharp features turned from a semi-frown to a full-on grin.

“Hello!”

Hello Mr. Brightside!

“Hi! I’m Nagisa! Hazuki Nagisa!” Immediately his two sisters glanced in his direction; neither had noticed their brother rolling down his window. Nagisa couldn’t help but notice how the stranger’s muscles moved with every twist of his body. Or his beautifully dark skin. Or that handsome smile. Nagisa’s list could go on, but then the stranger would notice how long his gaze lingered.

“Yo!” He jogged over to their stopped car and stopped in front of Nagisa’s window. “Name’s Tanaka Ryuunosuke. How can I help ya?”

“We’re looking for the ryokan here, but we’re lost and we’ve just been driving around for a while. Could you point us in the right direction?”

“The ryokan? I guess it is kinda easy to get lost out here..” Tanaka leaned back, crossing his arms. “But the ryokan’s right down the street from my place. Just take a right up there and then two lefts. You can’t miss it!”

“Really? Geeze, we’ve been going in circles and it was just right there.” Nagisa’s sister sighed, tiredly.

Tanaka chuckled. “Torono’s got all these nooks and crannies, I don’t blame you!” Nagisa and his sisters smiled warmly. “Oh yeah! You should stop by my folks’ restaurant, we got the best food in all of Torono!”

At the mention of delicious food, Nagisa perked up even more. “Nee-chan pleeeease can we go!”

His sister pondered for a second, but the simultaneous stomach groan gave her their answers. “We’re all kinda hungry. Is your place close?”

“Oh yeah! Right beside the ryokan! Best for business!” Tanaka grinned cheekily, holding two thumbs up.

“Would you like a ride home, Tanaka-san?” Nagisa mentally high-fived his sister and thanked her a thousand times for her smart thinking. But Tanaka shook his head in the negative.

“It’s all right! I’m gonna finish my run. ‘Sides, I’m a fast runner.” Tanaka winked at Nagisa and the swimmer swore, if he were a weaker man, he would have fainted right then and there. Nagisa couldn’t even be disappointed that Tanaka wouldn’t hitch a ride with them.

“I guess that’ll give us some time to drop our things off at the ryokan…” And maybe give Nagisa a bit of time to calm down in his excitement. “We’ll see you later then! Thanks, Tanaka-san!”

“See you later, Ryuu-chan!” Nagisa shouted out of the window as they drove away before falling back into his seat, squealing. He was going to imprint the surprised blush plus grin combo Tanaka shot his way in his memory.

-

“Did you see his muscles, nee-chan?! I could grill a steak on those abs!” Nagisa flopped onto the pile of futons on the floor as his sisters dragged in their suitcases.

“I wish you’d help us bring something in, Nagisa.” Nanako muttered. It didn’t matter; Nagisa wasn’t paying attention anyway.

“Lighten up, nee-chan. Nagisa’s in lo~ove!” Nagisa’s other older sister, Natsuko, giggled. “He’s a hottie! Nice choice, Nagisa!”

“What if he isn’t into me?”

“Are you kidding me, Nagisa? Of course he’s into you!” The last of Nagisa’s older sisters, Naomi (younger than Nanako, but older than Natsuko), knelt down and pinched his cheeks. “You’re super cute and didn’t you notice how he was looking at you?”

“No.” Nagisa whispered, leaning in when Naomi leaned in.

“Looked like he was ready to eat. You. Up. Baby brother!”

Nagisa gasped, eyes sparkling. “Really?!” That really got Nagisa’s heart racing.

“We’re all adults here, right? Nee-chan?” Nanako looked up from her cell phone. “Nagisa should try and have a good time here at our last stop?”

Nanako chewed her bottom lip - she was still the eldest sister, but with the way Nagisa was looking at her (all hopeful and shining eyes) coupled with the real-life fact that Nagisa was indeed an adult, she had to be careful.

“Fine,” she sighed, finally. “Just be safe about it.”

Nagisa, Naomi, and Natsuko cheered, all three falling back on the futon pile they hadn’t yet laid out.

“Come on! Let’s go get that man of yours!”

All right. Mission Swim With Ryuu-chan is a go!

-

Ryuu’s family’s restaurant was just across the street from the ryokan. The moment Ryuu saw the Hazuki siblings make their way towards the restaurant, he called out Nagisa’s name and waved them over. He brought them in with a wide grin and sat them at a table to introduce them to his family.

Naomi gently nudged Nagisa’s side with a giggle; the sentiment of meeting Ryuu’s family was not lost on him. Hopefully he made a good impression.

“This here’s my older sister, Saeko!” Ryuu groaned when Saeko lovingly punched his gut. “She’s great! When she’s not hitting me!”

With a yelp Ryuu jumped away from Saeko’s incoming kick. “Don’t listen to my baby brother! He doesn’t have a clue what he’s talkin’ bout!”

All four of the Hazukis laughed at their antics. Saeko was equally as rambunctious and warm as Ryuu was. Their family had owned the restaurant for several generations, though the business was run by just the two siblings now. Saeko took care of the customers and the management side of things. She also had wicked skill when it came to drink mixing. Ryuu, on the other hand, was the surprise genius in the kitchen.

“Here you go! The best of Ryuu’s cooking!” Ryuu and Saeko laid out a bunch of dishes, all of which caused the Hazuki siblings’ eyes to sparkle and stomachs to grumble. “Dig in!”

“Jesus, this is delicious!”

“Thanks!” Ryuu took a seat beside Nagisa, an action not lost on Natsuko. “So what are you guys doing here in Torono of all places?”

Nagisa put down his chopsticks, bowl completely empty. “We’re on a roadtrip! This is our last stop, actually.”

Ryuu’s eyebrows raised. “Torono Town? No offense, but we aren’t exactly Sendai.”

“This is where I met my fiance.” Nanako piped up on the other side, a fond smile on her face. “I consider Torono a fateful place.”

Ryuu sat silent for a while and Nagisa couldn’t tear his gaze away. “Fateful, huh?” With that, Ryuu’s gaze locked onto Nagisa’s. “Yeah...I guess you could say that.”

-

The Hazukis planned to stay in Torono for a little over a week. Nagisa was a fast worker, spending his time at the Tanaka restaurant. He and Ryuu got closer and closer; Nagisa just hoped all his flirting was working.

“Hey, Ryuu?”

“Yeah?”

“Do you do sports or something?” Ryuu was sitting beside Nagisa at his now usual table, finally having a rare moment of free time. “It’s just...you got a great body. Like a real great body. So I was just wondering.”

Ryuu grinned, leaning forward and tapping Nagisa’s nose with a finger. “You checkin’ me out, Nagisa?”

Nagisa blushed, leaning his chin on clenched fists. “And if I am?”

Ryuu rested his weight on his elbows. “I’d say, ‘like what you see?’” Nagisa couldn’t help but giggle, nodding in response. “I played volleyball in high school. How about you?”

“I swim!”

“Like, competitively?”

“Yup! Breaststroke!” Ryuu gave Nagisa an appraising look over. “Y’know what, Ryuu-chan?” Nagisa shuffled a little closer to Ryuu to lean his chin on Ryuu’s shoulder.

“Yeah?” Ryuu turned and Nagisa blushed at their closeness...even though he was the one who instigated it.

“You kinda have a good build for breaststroke.”

“I do, do I?” Nagisa smiled, nodding.

“You should give it a try.”

“I got some bad news for you, Nagisa. I can float probably, but that might be it.”

“I could teach you!” Nagisa looped his arms around Ryuu’s shoulders. Well, as far as he could get around Ryuu’s shoulders. Damn is this man broad.

“I’m gonna take you up on that. The pool’s just down the street and my shift ends in 30 minutes.” Ryuu grinned. “D’you think you’d wanna wait for me?”

“Yay!” And both men grinned.

-

Bless. Thank you god. What did he do in his past life to be blessed by this?

Thirty minutes later found both Ryuu and Nagisa at the indoor swimming pools that were indeed just down the street. Five minutes later, Nagisa was wading in the pool when Ryuu walked out of the change room and Nagisa probably ascended.

Ryuu strutted out in a tight pair of black swim trunks.

“Holy shit.”

“This is all I had. I don’t have anything fancy.”

“Those are great. You’re perfect!” Nagisa squeaked. “Damn.”

Ryuu waggled his eyebrows up and down before he hopped into the pool and fully submerged. When he rose back up, Nagisa didn’t bother to hide how much he was staring at Ryuu’s wet, glistening body.

Thank you god.

“Please teach me your ways, Nagisa-sensei.” Ryuu waded towards him and Nagisa suddenly felt even more jittery.

“Okay, watch me!” Nagisa quickly did one lap of breaststroke and when he swam towards Ryuu, he already had a bit of an idea on how to …’teach’...Ryuu.

“Damn! That was so cool. How do you do that thing?!” Ryuu tried copying Nagisa’s movements, but looked a bit silly.

With two shaky hands, Nagisa reached out and placed one palm on Ryuu’s abdomen and the other on his shoulder. That. Is. Nice. “I’m a bit of a hands-on kind of teacher, Ryuu-chan.”

Nagisa was sure he was incredibly red in the face.

“I don’t mind.” Ryuu whispered, suddenly way closer to Nagisa’s face than earlier. Nagisa trailed one hand along Ryuu’s arm, gulping at the solidness of the other man’s bicep. His breath hitched when Ryuu placed two broad palms on his hips. “I don’t mind at all.”

Nagisa was thankful that the only people at the pool were him and Ryuu. Not even the lifeguard--

“There’s no lifeguard.” Nagisa’s gaze locked onto Ryuu’s lips, which were currently quirked into a smile.

“I know the guy who owns this place..” Ryuu’s voice was very low, but it didn’t matter as Nagisa just leaned in even closer. Ryuu cupped Nagisa’s cheek with one hand, tracing Nagisa’s bottom lip with his thumb. “I hope you don’t mind.”

Nagisa couldn’t wait any longer. “Come here.” He immediately pulled Ryuu down to his lips and shivered at the contact. Ryuu gently maneuvered them to gently press Nagisa against the edge of the pool.

And in between Ryuu’s tongue sliding across his lips and the feel of Ryuu’s palm kneading his ass, Nagisa thought:

Torono Town is a fateful place indeed.

PROMPT: Team Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya

[kitaiichis]

Nanase Haruka/Yamazaki Sousuke (Free!)

remember when haru said "see you later, sousuke" and then they did, in fact, meet up again after that?
i am forever thirsty for post-es content of sousuke, please indulge me

FILL: TEAM Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun, T

[sawakise]

free!es and its characterizations are but a distant past, so i just went with how i remember their personalities to be.

no tags!
1057 words.

“See you later, Sousuke,” Nanase—no, Haruka, Haru, Haruka, Haru—says, staring straight at him as if he could see right through him. It’s a bit nerve-wracking, which is one of the reasons why he’s a bit taken back.

“…Yeah, see you later, Haru,” Sousuke smiles, feeling defeated but not dejected. It’s strange.

As soon as the other male is out of earshot, Sousuke can still make out the slopes of Haru’s shoulders if he squints, Rin slides up to him and nudges him with his elbow.

“What was that all about?” Rin says suggestively with a ridiculous waggle of his eyebrows, nudging Sousuke harder and harder with each waggle. “You two get chummy? Steal his heart when you took that shot for him? What happened?”

Sousuke rolls his eyes hard.

“Nothing like that,” he says as they make their way back to their dorm, “just decided to bury the hatchet. Let the past be the past.”

Rin makes a noise at the back of his throat.

“What,” Sousuke snorts and thinks about the likelihood of him meeting Haru…ka, Haruka, ever again, and realizes swiftly that it’s zero, since he’s going to stay in Tokyo and Haruka and Rin are going to go off and swim professionally with the Olympic team.

“I’ll never see him again.”

--

He sees Haru a week later, at a convenience store down the road.

It starts off fairly straight forward, as all encounters with Haru do: he’s finishing a morning jog, having woken up later than usual, and he’s hungry, so he enters the store, the air conditioning slamming into him and his sweat-covered body, a reminder to wipe his sweat down once he gets back to the dorm and to maybe take a shower, just so he doesn’t get sick. The cashier greets him in her cheerful voice and he gives his own little greeting back. It’s vey serendipitous. Serene. Like the universe aligned perfectly in order for him to arrive here at the convenience store on this very day. Like the world has shifted into pure bliss.

Then Nanase Haruka, in the flesh, steps out from an aisle, rounds the corner, goes into his aisle, the one with the assorted sports drinks lined up in the refrigerators, and looks up straight at him.

Instinctively and like a reflex, Sousuke narrows his eyes.

“What are you doing here, Haru…ka?” He asks, tacking on the ending of the other’s name, familiarity and causality foreign and awkward, like wearing a second set of skin that doesn’t feel quite right.

Haruka doesn’t even bat an eyelash, just keeps staring at him. It’s terribly nerve-wracking. Sousuke shifts his weight from side to side.

“I’m getting food,” is Haruka’s simple, effectual way of replying without saying anything of substance. Because even burying the hatchet won’t prevent him from being an asshole.

“Yes,” Sousuke squints and mentally checks to make sure he didn’t run all the way to Iwatobi, “but why are you here?”

“I’m here to buy food,” Haruka rewords his sentence before and Sousuke looks down. In his hands, Haruka is holding a packet of pre-salted dried mackerels. Sousuke gets the urge to roll his eyes. He caves in pretty quick.

“No,” he says with a bit of a growl, because this is frustrating and he wonders if he’s actually annoyed or if being annoyed at Haruka is a safe default. “Why are you here and not back at Iwatobi?”

Haruka actually looks confused, which doesn’t make sense. If anything, Sousuke is the only one who has the right to be confused.

“Makoto and Rin are sightseeing today. Did they not tell you?”

This annoys Sousuke for two reasons. One, no, Rin did not tell him. Two, what is there to sightsee in Tokyo? Tokyo Tower?

“He was probably going to tell me later,” Sousuke reasons and Haruka nods, as if that makes sense. A silence falls over them and Sousuke shifts so that he can turn and examine the sport drinks, despite knowing what he wanted to buy as soon as he made the decision to enter this convenience store. He thinks he hears the scuffle of shoes against tiles and that’s the end of their conversation, Haruka must have gone to pay up front, and then they’ll be out of each other’s hair and lives long enough for Sousuke to let these bitter and salty feelings gently ebb away.

But no, a quick glance to his right reveals that Haruka is still there, examining the drinks with a blank expression that suggests he has no interest in them at all. Sousuke rolls his eyes and opens the door, carefully minding where Haruka is so he doesn’t straight up smack the other in the nose, and nabs his Pocari Sweat at the bottom.

“Do you need something?” He asks as the door swings shut.

“There’s an aquarium,” Haruka says.

“Yeah, tons,” Sousuke says, narrowing his eyes.

“Are you busy?” Haruka asks haltingly, like he regrets the words as soon as they left his mouth.

“I,” Sousuke begins, because he’s not sure if he’s just projecting his negative thoughts onto Haruka, but he’s also not sure if this is a strange form of pity, because Rin didn’t tell him and so Haruka feels obligated to invite Sousuke along despite both knowing full well that he’s just going to stare at the sea creatures and attempt to enter the water tanks.

But, even so, he doesn’t really have anything to do. And, maybe, this is the first step towards something.

“Let me change into something other than my workout clothes,” he says instead. “You can stop by my dorm later; let me know when—oh, you don’t have my email address.”

Wordlessly, Haruka procures his phone and hands it over, unlocked and already on the New Contact screen. Sousuke doesn’t know whether to be impressed or suspicious. He settles for the former.

“Here, I’ll let you know when I’m done and you can let me know when you get there,” because he doesn’t know how to explain to Rin why Haruka’s just patiently waiting in their dorm for Sousuke to finish changing. Haruka accepts the terms with a nod of his head.

They both go to the cashier to checkout, separately.

“See you later, Sousuke,” Haruka says.

“I’ll message you,” Sousuke promises. They part ways.

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Tadokoro Jin/Kinjou Shingo (yowamushi pedal)

Remember when Tadokoro first got his shield as a knight, and officially swore fealty to his liege lord, Kinjou Shingo?

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Kinjou Shingo/Imaizumi Shunsuke (yowamushi pedal)

Remember when enterprising card counter Kinjou Shingo took Imaizumi under his wing to help him beat the house in a big way? (bonus points for, Teshima is also learning these skills from Kinjou.)

PROMPT: Team Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi

[bandera]

hongou masamune/sawamura eijun/furuya satoru, daiya no ace

remember when masamune and furuya adopted a dog, literally and maybe not so literally?

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[tsunderekita]

Shimizu Kiyoko/Yachi Hitoka (Haikyuu!!)

Remember when timid level 1 white mage Yacchan got captured by level 666 demonness Kiyoko in Final Haikyuu Quest?

FILL: TEAM CHIHAYAFURU, E

[psiten]

Succubus!Kiyoko, Aged-Up Yachi Hitoka, Xenophilia, Oral Sex, Explicit Sexual Content, Penetrative Sex, Light Bondage, Wet Dream, Masturbation, Captivity, Pheromones

5,121 words

As you may have noticed, that E up there is for "Explicit", so have a link to AO3: "I'd Like To Hire You To Do A Job"

PROMPT: TEAM OOKIKU FURIKABUTTE

[uwu_anon]

Miyuki Kazuya & Kawakami Norifumi, daiya no a

content warnings: menstruation, mild blood and gore, trans characters

Remember when someone asked if they could "just hold it" during a game andthe only 2 trans dudes on the team explained the ins and outs and grody details of That Time Of The Month to their woefully ignorant cis male teammates?

blease indulge my shy ass's headcanons briefly

PROMPT: Team Shimizu Kiyoko/Yachi Hitoka

[jeilovesyou]

Hazuki Nagisa/Ryuugazaki Rei/Teshima Junta (Free! & Yowamushi Pedal)

Remember the karaoke date Nagisa dragged his boyfriends to, and the single tear Rei shed when he heard the legendary Teshima Medley?

Re: PROMPT: Team Shimizu Kiyoko/Yachi Hitoka

[hapaxlegomenon]

I want this omg

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Tadokoro Jin/Toudou Jinpachi (yowamushi pedal)

Remember when Toudou first met Tadokoro — broad, loud, FASCINATING and entirely foreign, not to mention human — and couldn't get over how into him she is? Remember when Toudou was some exotic species of alien who'd previously never met a human before in her life?

(I went with hc pronouns but like, refer to Toudou however you prefer, she's an alien. This is just my favorite. Pls bring the xeno.)

PROMPT: Team Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou

[soup]

Kageyama Tobio /& Michimiya Yui (Haikyuu!!)

Remember when Kageyama and Yui got along surprisingly well bonding over volleyball?

(Kageyama's VA's fave hq girl is Yui and I am now too deep into this ship.)

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[bufudyning]

Daishou Suguru/Kuroo Tetsurou, Haikyuu!!

Remember when Kuroo got very intimately acquainted with Daishou's naga anatomy? The results were... eggregious. weren't they.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[tsunderekita]

Harada Masatoshi/Narumiya Mei (Daiya no Ace)

Remember when Mei got so upset that he lost control of his human form and reverted back to a needy white kitten that meowed at everything?

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Kinjou Shingo/Imaizumi Shunsuke (yowamushi pedal)

Remember when Imaizumi was the spoiled heir apparent to a prominent crime family. Remember when Kinjou, as head of a rival faction, formulated a plan to get close to Imaizumi specifically to undermine his father, only for that to... Work out in ways he hadn't entirely accounted for?

PROMPT: Team Furuya Satoru/Sawamura Eijun

[clefairy]

Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun; Daiya no Ace

Remember when he looked into your eyes and said everything was over, before walking away?

vague angst is vague

Re: PROMPT: Team Furuya Satoru/Sawamura Eijun

[lokelion]

How dare. Oh my gosh. > < angst angst so strong yet so nice, looking forward to the fills :>

PROMPT: Team Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou

[soup]

Daishou Suguru/Mika-chan (Haikyuu!!)
[[SPOILER FOR CHAPTER 206]]

Remember when Daishou fulfilled his promise to teach Mika about volleyball?

FILL: TEAM Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kuriicurry]

no major tags

(EYES AT THIS AT 950KM/H) HELLO

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Yuuki Tetsuya/Isashiki Jun/Fujiwara Takako (daiya no ace)

Remember when Tetsu and Jun showed Takako exactly how much they appreciate her?

(Yeah, like. Sexually. That's it that's the prompt I love M/M/F threesomes with a focus on the lady.)

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[tsunderekita]

Ayase Eli/Tojo Nozomi (Love Live!)

(CW: probable character death)

Remember when Nozomi convinced Eli to join her and make a contract with Kyuubey to become magical girls, and how well that worked out?

PROMPT: Team Shimizu Kiyoko/Yachi Hitoka

[jeilovesyou]

Hazuki Nagisa/Tsukishima Kei (Free! & Haikyuu!!)

Remember when they fed each other the strawberry shortcake? Remember what a mess that was?

Re: PROMPT: Team Shimizu Kiyoko/Yachi Hitoka

[horchata]

I don't know how to fill this, but, like, this is an amazing prompt and I hope someone does.

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Miyuki Kazuya/Tanba Kouichirou (daiya no ace)

Remember when Tanba first realized that he likes pitching to Miyuki, and that maybe he doesn't dislike this guy nearly as much as he'd gone and convinced himself?

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA

[catlarks]

Aldini Takumi & Ikumi Mito (shokugeki no soma)

Remember when Takumi and Nikumi formed a support group for people to whom Yukihira Souma refuses to show the respect they deserve? (Optional Bonus: Remember how the primary activity done by their group is to have casual sex where they complain about Souma before, during, and after?)