sportsanime | Bonus Round 1: Memory

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.

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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

Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

400 words (prose)
400px by 400px (art)
14 lines (poetry)

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

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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tags: none i don't think
word count: 595

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Shinobu breathes. It's difficult to play karuta when her senses are overwhelmed with everything that is Chihaya, but she's a serious player, a serious girl even. Her focus isn't ever too far from her.

inhale

Chihaya wears this perfume that smells like strawberries. it's not though, strawberries, that is.

‘It's supposed to be roses, Shinobu-chan!'

Chihaya smells like strawberries to her even when the perfume that smells like roses is neglected that day.

exhale

It's a miserably warm June day and Shinobu's apartment is hardly a few degrees cooler than outside; the windows are pulled wide open, the curtains swaying feebly with a weak breeze. It drifts loftily throughout the living room and catches Chihaya's bangs. The strands that aren't sticking to her flutter above her forehead. A thin layer of sweat rests below her hairline.

Shinobu licks her lips and waits.

Just because she said, "In a moment I will come,"

Excitement sits just underneath shinobu's skin, fizzing like soda pop. Chihaya concentrates harder, her eyes sparkling bright, like gold and red fireworks on a crowded festival night.

inhale. shinobu's hands are heavy against the woven mat, the reeds leaving indents in her palms.

I've awaited her E'en until the moon of dawn
In the long month, hath appeared.

It's frightening how over the years Chihaya has perfected her swipe - her speed is rivaled only by Shinobu herself. Arata is fast, but there is more to his technique than being swift. She's watched Arata lose a card here and there to a style Chihaya can hardly explain.

Shinobu might have lost the card had it been on Chihaya's side.

♦

Chihaya is running, bounding forward, wooden sandals clapping at the ground. She's in a bright pink yukata. Gold flowers splash across her chest and shoulder, the tips of the petals soaked in purple. A gift from Oe, to be certain. Someone painted her lips red - they stand out in stark contrast to the pale of her skin. Loose curls are piled on top of her head, shiny and soft and held in place by a simple ornament. Someone went to a lot of effort and it paid off - Shinobu isn't sure she's ever seen anyone, anything, so beautiful.

'Shinobu-chan, Shinobu!'

Her voice is so, so loud. It carries with a force over the heads of at least a dozen people, some shaking their head at Chihaya's childish behavior. Shinobu smiles, something rare and small, tentatively raises a hand above her head, quietly waves until Chihaya is almost in front of her, beaming like a lighthouse. The smile sent back her way is enough to knock Shinobu off her feet, flat on her bottom, shaking a few poems loose while it's at it.

'Shinobu-chan,' she breathes, chest heaving and eyes lit. 'I'm so glad you came.'

There's an itch just below Shinobu's skin, something hot, something irritating and impossible to scratch. It's in her chest, spreads to her lungs and makes her head feel light, as if she's lacking for air.
Chihaya is so excited to see Shinobu she can't stand still; she's wringing her yukata, wringing her hands, and soon she's gonna try and pull her down.

Can't let someone's hard work go to waste.

'Chihaya.' it's hardly above a whisper - they are surrounded by people and games and food stands but Chihaya hears her, stops her fussing and stills. Her pause gives Shinobu enough courage to grab her hand, to pull on it tightly as she takes in the festival around her.

'Can you catch me some goldfish?'

Chihaya caught her 12 goldfish.

Edited 2016-05-27 06:54 (UTC)

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

BOY WAS I SURPRISED TO SEE ONE OF MY PROMPTS FILLED AND THAT IT WAS CHIHAYA AND SHINOBU??? BRB DYING

but REALLY i am dying THIS IS THE CONTENT I'M HERE FOR bgfhjfkdjh I love your "voice" for Shinobu it's so perfect for her I'm in love

'Shinobu-chan,' she breathes, chest heaving and eyes lit. 'I'm so glad you came.'

There's an itch just below Shinobu's skin, something hot, something irritating and impossible to scratch. It's in her chest, spreads to her lungs and makes her head feel light, as if she's lacking for air.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! aka I love this bit A LOT

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

This is beautiful! I love the interspersed italics with the poetry and the dialogue, and the summery feel that just seeps through everything :)

Bonus Round 1: Memory

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/SAWAMURA EIJUN, G

Re: FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/SAWAMURA EIJUN, G

Re: FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/SAWAMURA EIJUN, G