Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

A shipping olympics favorite, this round uses quotes of all sorts to fuel your creative endeavors.


This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 21 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - M. Gandhi
  • The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
  • 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., Makoto & Rin). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Makoto/Rin). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• 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) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. 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, as explained in the rules 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 as a new, unchaptered work. 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

Posts not using this format will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, regardless of what they contain. They, like all comments in this community, are subject to the code of conduct.

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

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only.

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Comments

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[elucidatedlucy]

Ishidou Natsuo &/ Sawamura Sanae, Teppuu
no tags

"Remember what we had here when there was something left to save."

- Magpie, The Mountain Goats

PROMPT: TEAM OOKIKU FURIKABUTTE

[uwu_anon]

fukutomi juichi/arakita yasutomo, yowamushi pedal
abuse, violence

"‘Of course I won’t, I love you’,
a lie.
It hits me that we no longer know what it means
when you slap me across the face and instantly,
I tell you I love you. I can’t help it.
I have spent months associating it with this much pain.
My insides are bullet-holed basins where the past goes to die.
I feel death when you stand close.
Stay away from me.
I love you."

Lora Mathis, “We Need a New Word for ‘Love,’ It’s Overused”

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[elucidatedlucy]

Manami Sangaku &/ Teshima Junta, Yowamushi Pedal
no tags

"Sometimes I wonder if you're mythologizing me like I do you."

- The Past Is A Grotesque Animal, Of Montreal

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[elucidatedlucy]

Aoyagi Hajime/Koga Kimitaka/Teshima Junta, Yowamushi Pedal
no tags

She gets hysterical cause they're both so mean
And it's my favorite scene
But the cruelty's so predictable, it makes you sad on the stage
Though our love project has so much potential
But it's like we weren't made for this world
Though I wouldn't really want to meet someone who was

- The Past Is A Grotesque Animal, Of Montreal

Prompt: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

[doxian]

Imaizumi Shunsuke/Teshima Junta (ywpd)

potentially nsfw, human furniture







- The Human Chair, Edogawa Ranpo

Fill: Team Grandstand, M

[yusukesjeans]

nsfw, nudity, non explicit sexual content
Click thumbnail for the full thing.

PROMPT: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI

[dokuhan]

Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun (daiya no a)
tags: angst

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
and by that I mean
you've damaged me in ways
I won't know about for years to come


original tweet here: https://twitter.com/jjjessicuh/status/502547526516768768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[raernix]

Inui Sadaharu/Kaidou Kaoru (Prince of Tennis)

:3 Tags: nsfw up to filler

SPOCK: It has to do with biology.
KIRK: What?
SPOCK: Biology.
KIRK: What kind of biology?
SPOCK: Vulcan biology.
KIRK: You mean the biology of Vulcans?
- Star Trek, Amok Time

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA, T

[blueminuet]

Tags: sexual innuendo, heat/mating cycles, “fuck or die”, potential character death mentioned, arranged marriage, possible infidelity (to an arranged marriage, so like)
Word Count: 1190


Kaidou stared at Inui. He was hunched in the corner of his quarters, his fingers steepled in front of him, as if they were meant to shield him from the rest of the room. But the only one here was Kaidou, who was doing his best to keep a respectful distance. He wanted to move closer, but for now Inui seemed to be acting like a feral animal, one that might lash out at any unexpected move.

Kaidou felt this was a reversal that he wasn’t prepared for.

“Haven’t you ever wondered how Vulcans choose their mates?” Inui asked. A bead of sweat was making its way down Inui’s temple, and Kaidou strained himself to remember if he had ever seen Inui sweat before.

“No,” Kaidou said.

“Really? Most humans seem so preoccupied with the idea,” Inui said, and some bitterness seemed to be seeping any his words. “After all, humans love to note how dispassionate we are. You all seem to find passion a prerequisite for… mating.”

“Usually,” Kaidou agreed, softly.

“Unfortunately, Vulcan biology would agree with you.”

Kaidou swallowed. “So, the reason you've been having these violent outbursts…”

Inui flinched — Kaidou could see that plainly from the clench of his face muscles, even if his eyes were obscured by the visor. “I thought I could control it,” Inui said. “I should…” He was shaking now, so slightly that Kaidou almost didn’t notice it. “I should be able to control it.”

“There’s no shame in getting angry, sir,” Kaidou said.

“How do you deal with it?” Inui asked. When Kaidou only tilted his head in confusion, Inui pressed on. “How do you deal with having these emotions all the time?”

Kaidou frowned. “Most people tell me I deal with it badly.”

Inui laughed, and Kaidou froze in surprise. “I suppose you have a point.”

“So…” Kaidou shifted nervously. “You're saying that you need to…”

“Once every seven years, Vulcans must return to their homeworld to take a mate,” Inui explained.

“Your homeworld,” Kaidou said. “Why? Couldn't you find a… mate… wherever you are?”

“Vulcan marriages are arranged,” Inui said. “It’s the only way we can be sure that our choices are made logically. Otherwise, we would choose our mates in the throes of passion.”

“Seems to work for everyone else,” Kaidou said before he could think better of it. As soon as he realized what he’d said, balked. “I mean… not that the Vulcan way is bad.”

Once again, Inui smiled. “That’s a very human response. And I would be lying if I said I wasn't somewhat fascinated by by the human way of doing things.”

Kaidou paused, considering that. “So… you have a mate waiting for you, back home then.”

Inui nodded. “That's why I need you to convince the captain. I need to go home.”

“We’re in deep space,” Kaidou said. “Even if we diverted now, it could be more than a month.”

Inui clenched his fists. Kaidou braced for an outburst that was kept just barely under wraps. “Unacceptable,” was all Inui said, his voice shaking slightly.

“It’s the truth,” Kaidou said. “Sir, if you aren’t able to go home to your… mate. What happens then?”

Inui scowled. “Kaidou… This matter is not one that any Vulcan can discuss easily, and never with outsiders. I have told you far more than any non-Vulcan should know. Please press no further.”

“Commander!” Kaidou took a step forward before he could think better of it. Inui snarled at him, and he instantly froze. “Commander,” he said again, in a lower, placating tone. “Clearly this… whatever it is… affects you a lot. How long will you go on like this if you can't…”

Inui frowned. “If I can't mate… The chemical imbalance will continue. It could kill me.”

“Commander!”

“Do not concern yourself with it!”

Kaidou stepped away, just slightly, giving Inui some room but refusing to retreat. “So… you have a mate waiting for you?”

“I do.”

Kaidou frowned. “I didn’t know you were married.”

“I’m not.”

Kaidou raised an eyebrow.

“I have not seen my mate since both of us were very young. This will be our first time meeting as adults.”

“What?” Kaidou spat, but tried to keep his voice even. “How do you even know what kind of person they’ve become?”

“I don’t,” Inui said. “But that doesn’t matter. We are a logical match. Our genetic code is very compatible.”

Kaidou hissed under his breath. “Seems a bit backwards to me.”

“It is our custom.”

“If it were me, I’d rather know I was going to like the person, more than their DNA.”

“And that is one of many reasons you’d make a very poor Vulcan, Kaidou.”

Kaidou gave him a look, but Inui turned away.

“You said you found the human way fascinating though,” Kaidou pointed out.

“A fascination, nothing more.”

“Seems like it's a fascination that could save your life.”

Inui’s head snapped up, giving him a stern look. Kaidou stood firm, but even he wasn't exactly sure what he was advocating.

“I’m… I’m just saying, Commander. If… if there’s anyone on the ship that you think… You could trust… It would be easier, wouldn’t it?”

Inui fell silent, looking away. “I couldn’t… I wouldn’t be able to know that it was the right decision.”

“Humans feel like that all the time.”

“Sounds terrifying.”

Kaidou shrugged. “You get used to it.”

“I’d rather not.”

“Commander.” Kaidou stopped as soon as he began, reconsidering what he would say next. “You trusted me to tell me this much. And I’m grateful for that. And I don’t mean to imply that you should… That is to say…”

“You’re right, Kaidou,” Inui said. “I do trust you. Very much.”

“I’m just saying,” Kaidou said. “I would like to help you in… any way you’d let me… sir.”

Inui reached out and Kaidou was almost afraid that this would be another outburst. But instead, his hand gently touched Kaidou’s. Inui fingers slipped around Kaidou’s palm, and pulled at him. Kaidou allowed himself to be handled and rearranged until he was holding his hand up, pressing palm to palm with Inui’s.

Kaidou was shocked. First thing humans learned in interspecies relations was not to touch a Vulcan’s hand if you could help it. It was special to them — intimate. For Inui to initiate it…

“Are you sure that you’ve never wondered how Vulcans mate, Lieutenant?” Inui asked.

Kaidou felt his face heating. “I… Well… Sir…”

Inui smiled. His other hand reached out for Kaidou’s temple, brushing at his hair. “Tell me. Have you ever mind melded with a Vulcan before?”

“No.”

“I’d like to,” Inui said, and Kaidou gaped. “It will help you understand what you’re agreeing to. Words won’t describe it well enough.”

Kaidou nodded, a bit too quickly. “I… Sure…” His heart quickened as he felt Inu’s fingertips slide over his skin, pressing down along precise points.

“Don’t be afraid,” Inui said. “Accounts have said that the few humans to participate in this process found it… enjoyable.”

Kaidou paused to wonder if he meant the mind meld, or… He nodded. “I trust you, sir.”

PROMPT: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI

[dokuhan]

Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun or Takigawa Chris Yuu/Sawamura Eijun (daiya no a)
no tags

"Long ago you might have lit up my heart, but the fire's dead and never ever gonna start."
- Another Day, RENT Original Broadway Cast

PROMPT: Team Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya

[kazuyaloveseijun]

Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya, Daiya no A
no tags

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me

- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[snowysatoru]

no tags, 515 words

The shimmering light of the morning sun makes its way into the small, quiet bedroom, casting its small, yet brightening glow on what was once covered in the embrace of the moonlight.

After rubbing his sleep-covered eyes while moving his hand to press the snooze button on the alarm clock (well, at least for someone who was still more than half asleep), Furuya tried to return to the sleep position he was previously in so that he can fall back into a peaceful slumber. Unfortunately, it was to no avail, as each time he kept moving from one position to another as silently as he could without waking up the person next to him, Furuya just couldn’t find a way to fall asleep in a comfortable manner. Lying on his back seemed like the best option in the current moment, so he decided to do just that, hoping that looking up at the ceiling would be enough to lull him back into a dreamlike state.

Just as Furuya’s eyes become droopy enough so that he could doze off again, he turns to the other side, only to have all of his efforts to be all for naught. The figure that caused every nerve in his body to become fully awake was nothing short of something beautiful.

While the sight of Miyuki sleeping isn’t anything new to him, it’s one that Furuya doesn’t grow tired of, no matter how many times he’s seen it.

How his face looks soft (and almost angelic in a way), a contrast to how it was during their high school career, especially considering Miyuki’s time as team captain, a good number of sleepless nights clearly taking their toll on him. It was a nice change of scenery to see all the result of many sleepless nights absent, as if he was never dealing with all the stress that he dealt with as a high school. His usual sleep mask was also missing, allowing Furuya a full view of his boyfriend’s eyes, despite that they’re closed, but things like his eyelashes being much more prominent.

Furuya wants to touch him as gently as he can without waking Miyuki up, too hesitant to do so, as if he would disappear the second his fingers came into contact with his cheekbones. As if everything around him was nothing more than just a dream. The person next to him gone the instant he wakes up.

Even so, Furuya still reaches his hand out to gingerly caress Miyuki’s cheek, as if his skin was that of a porcelain doll that is very delicate and might break if he isn’t careful.

Seeing Miyuki not move too much, Furuya gathers enough courage to scoot closer to him, seeking comfort in their close proximity. Feeling content with where he is in their bed, Furuya feels he can finally return to a peaceful sleep, a small, but subtle smile printed on his face when he feels Miyuki scoot closer to him.

They sleep in for most of the morning in that position; two bodies finding solace in each other’s arms.

PROMPT: TEAM CHIHAYAFURU

[horchata]

Kageyama &/ Hinata, Haikyuu
no tags

Momokan: Do the same thing I did to you to Mihashi.
Abe: Do... what you just did to me?
Momokan: Yes. You will see many things.

Oofuri, Season 1, episode 2

Fill: Team Furuya Satoru/Sawamura Eijun, G

[limesicle]

no tags



twitter

i thought of this moment of course. Suga probably told him to do it.

Prompt: Team Tachibana Makoto/Yamazaki Sousuke

[miaoujones]

Nanase Haruka/Tachibana Makoto (Free!) OR Matsuoka Rin/Yamazaki Sousuke (Free!) OR Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi (Haikyuu!!)
OR (if you really want to hurt me) Ayase Chihaya/Mashima Taichi (Chihayafuru)

no tags
___

You know I'm not one to break promises,
I don't want to hurt you but I need to breathe.
At the end of it all, you're still my best friend,
But there's something inside that I need to release.
Which way is right, which way is wrong,
How do I say that I need to move on?
You know we're heading separate ways.

And it feels like I am just too close to love you,
There's nothing I can really say.
I can't lie no more, I can't hide no more,
Got to be true to myself.
And it feels like I am just too close to love you,
So I'll be on my way.

-- Alex Clare, "Too Close"

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[snowysatoru]

Furuya Satoru/Sawamura Eijun (daiya no ace)

"You were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue"

- Halsey, Colors

FILL: Team Furuya Satoru/Sawamura Eijun, T

[clefairy]

(T rating for nudity)

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[babster]

Harada Masatoshi/Narumiya Mei, Daiya no Ace

"We're two of a kind: the catcher, the catch!"
'Two of a Kind' from The Wild Party

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[babster]

Aomine & or / Kuroko, KnB

'I was always better with you around,’ she said.
'No,’ he said. 'You are much worse.’
-Kameron Hurley, Infidel

PROMPT: Team Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya

[kazuyaloveseijun]

Miyuki Kazuya/Miyuki Kazuya, Daiya no A
no tags

And then my mirror speaks with irreverence
Like a soldier I can't command
It sees a frightened child in the body of a full-grown man
- My Mirror Speaks, Death Cab for Cutie

PROMPT: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI

[dokuhan]

Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru (haikyuu!!)

"Another time, another place
The words would only rhyme, we'd be in outer space
It'd be another song, we'd sing another way
You wanna prove me wrong? Come back another day
Another day"
- Another Day, RENT Original Broadway Cast

You're welcome.

FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, T

[underscored]

major character death, (or mentions of past death, nobody actually dies in this)
478 words

Kyoto was gilded temples and lost tributes to gods, and the lingering sounds of prayer were so loud that Oikawa feared he would be drowned in it. People in Japan tended to be relatively silent when they spoke their wishes but Oikawa could still hear them—the broken dreams and distant desires, the begging, pleading for lives that were hopeless, hearts that were broken. Oikawa glanced up at the shrine and plugged in his earphones. The music could never be loud enough to drown out the hopelessness, but he could damn well try.

He wasn’t a dream maker or a wish granter. The sick fuck that had blessed him with the ability to hear peoples’ inner desires likely hadn’t thought it through; it had been useful during the War while they’d been hunting the gateway to hell, great for weeding out demons and the Possessed in their midst, but now human noise was just suffocating. Oikawa sighed, practically hauling himself onto the shinkansen train.

He had once loved big cities, loved large crowds, loved losing himself in a sea of people. Then he’d somehow been selected as a vessel for the gods and spent three years of his life trying to adjust to a magical school in a foreign land and picking up on years of English that he’d missed, before being dispatched as a child soldier in a magical war he’d never agreed to be a part of. At least the siren calls and angry ghosts had once been loud enough for him to drown out the sounds of other people, and at least he hadn’t heard anyone’s dying thoughts screech out in his mind. Tobio being possessed and killed had changed this, changed him, changed that all. Every voice had become too pushy, too loud, and now trying to explore Kyoto was a mess.

So much for his solo Asia-wide trip, huh. Oikawa flopped onto a seat next to a power plug, booting up his cell phone and latching onto the train wifi. A barrage of messages flooded in at once, all from the same Chinese number.

[Iwa-chan]: Asskawa? You okay?
[Iwa-chan]: It’s been three days since you answered my calls. I know you said you didn’t want to be disturbed, but you said you’d check in with me and stuff.
[Iwa-chan]: You better not be dead now after all we’ve been through! I can’t believe you’d survive a holy war only to die in a car crash or something—

A smile flickered on Oikawa’s face. “So endearing, Iwa-chan,” he muttered. At least someone was still around for him, and at least someone cared. Sometimes, it seemed like there were prayers for everyone around him except himself. He smiled, typing out a message.

[Me]: awwww you’re SOOOO CUTE! >w< iwa-chan cares!
[Me]: don’t worry, I’m ~fine~

Reading Iwa-chan’s messages meant this was only half a lie.

i'm sorry i ran out of time

PROMPT: Team Miyuki Kazuya/Narumiya Mei

[windflicker]

Miyuki Kazuya/Narumiya Mei; daiya no ace

"We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in sixth grade…The last girl I love will be someone I haven’t even met yet, probably. They all count. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there’s still one more tier to all this; there is always one person who you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it always happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of those lovable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable. You will remember having conversations with this person that never actually happened. You will recall sexual trysts with this person that never technically occurred. This is because the individual who embodies your personal definition of love does not really exist. The person is real, and the feelings are real—but you create the context. And context is everything."

- Chuck Klosterman

PROMPT: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

[underscored]

Kozume Kenma /& Kuroo Tetsurou, Haikyuu!!
lapslock

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

Re: PROMPT: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

[flippinflakes]

Deep

PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

[lemon]

Tanaka Ryuunosuke/Nishinoya Yuu, Haikyuu!!
no tags in mind, but go crazy

You treat me like your boyfriend
And trust me like a...like a very best friend
You kiss me like your boyfriend
You call me up like you would your best friend
You turn me on like you would your boyfriend
But I don't want to be your secret anymore
-Boyfriend, Tegan and Sara

PROMPT: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

[underscored]

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
no tags

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It's always our self we find in the sea.”

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[phantomwised]

Tags: Drowning


(Bokuto fell off a boat and is a shit swimmer, the dumb boy)

PROMPT: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

[underscored]

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
no tags

“and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you”

FILL: Team Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma,T

[nyatsuuuu]

Nudity

PROMPT: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou

[underscored]

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
no tags

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands

Prompt: Team Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma

[nyatsuuuu]

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
no tags


Teen Wolf

Prompt: Team Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma

[nyatsuuuu]

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
no tags



Teen Wolf

FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

[underscored]

no tags, unrequited love
454 words

akaashi’s touches don’t linger and their contact doesn’t last. he pulls his hand away when their fingers brush against each other by mistake, flinches when bokuto gives him a cheerful bump in the morning to say hello. bokuto doesn’t pride himself on being the best people-reader, but he knows that he’s good at picking up the things that others might overlook. now it feels like there’s a thin barrier of cling film pressed between him and akaashi. soft, transparent, and one that only they can see; stretched so thinly that it feels as though the film, like his heartstrings, could snap at any moment.

it hasn’t been the same since the day bokuto said no.

bokuto remembers tugging lightly on akaashi’s shirt that day after practice, hollering at him about a secret he’d been hiding. akaashi had been somewhat quiet, skittish for the last few weeks: but at the same time he’d been more affectionate, more forward, leaned in further when he rested his head in the crook of bokuto’s neck. his teammates had been whispering that akaashi was different now. the aura of someone who was in love, konoha had shrugged, giving bokuto a wink. “why don’t you go and talk to him?”

akaashi brought bokuto to the rooftop like a schoolgirl in a manga, and admitted the truth. akaashi was in love with him.

bokuto had flushed, and sputtered. love? he had asked. because he loves akaashi, has always loved akaashi in a way that nobody else has. he savored their contact, their banter, the way akaashi would bring him tea and energy drinks after practice, and knew akaashi appreciated it when bokuto walked him back from school. if someone were to ask him how he felt about akaashi, the word would have been love—bokuto adored him with his entire heart and soul. but akaashi meant something different.

akaashi wanted the kind you could taste on your lips, not just feel on your skin. he wanted the kind that could make flowers grow in your hearts and veins.

“sorry,” bokuto had said, for he could never love anyone that way.

they’d walked home together that night after practice, side by side instead of one trailing behind the other. on good days, akaashi would fight to keep up with bokuto’s dancing spirit, while he would have to physically drag bokuto home on the bad. it was rare to have them standing parallel to one another, without one of them catching up. that, in the strangest way, would have been kind of nice, if it wasn’t for the silence.

they reached the front of akaashi’s house, and he gave bokuto the saddest smile.

“you make it easy to forget,” he said, turning around and closing the door behind him.

Prompt: Team Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma

[nyatsuuuu]

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
possible character death?

Re: Prompt: Team Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma

[toomo]

.... this will kill me