Bonus Round 3: FSTs

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

Profess your love for your favorite ships with the power of song! In this round, we ask you to create fan soundtracks and use them as inspiration for new fanwork.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.

RULES

• Submit prompts in the form of a short playlist (1-6 songs) and a ship from any of our nominated fandoms. Submit only the track listing and a link to where they can be listened to; the idea is for others to interpret what you present. You may also link to lyrics if you would like.
• Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Lilia & Sara). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Lilia/Sara). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
• Create content based on the playlists of others! Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• Fills may be in any form you choose (except for another FST of course) as long as they are inspired by/fit the mood of the soundtrack they are filling for.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
• Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.

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. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong> <a href="">song title here</a>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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.

If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.

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 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point 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 (see the line of links below this post).

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Comments

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/anyone
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Re:Climb - ShinganCrimsonZ

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Murasakibara Atsushi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: band au, don't look at me, don't even breathe in my direction
Word Count: 625

***

Atsushi doesn't even mean to talk about it. He hates talking to people about what happened, he hates thinking about it, but it's late and it's warm by Tatsuya's side, even as the rest of him is cold as they sit on the rooftop of Tatsuya's apartment block. They haven't been drinking, so Atsushi can't even blame it on that. He just sits there, face tilted up to the stars as he talks about being in TEIKO, about everything that happened, everything that he'd done wrong.

"It's my fault, isn't it," he sighs up to the sky, and it's not a question because he found the answer a long time ago. "I started it."

He doesn't know if it's such a bad thing, now that they're all split up and doing their own things. Aomine is a solo artist now, and Atsushi supposes that he should be surprised that the rest of them have found other bands to fit into, but he can't really talk, himself.

"I think you did what you needed to, at the time," Tatsuya replies. "When I was writing music with Taiga…"

Lifting his hand, Atsushi strokes it down Tatsuya's back, comforting and proprietary all at once. He doesn't like hearing about Kagami Taiga, as much as he knows Tatsuya needs to talk about it, the way that he thought he never needed to talk about TEIKO.

"We just do what we have to do," Tatsuya tells him, and leans into Atsushi's side. "As long as you grow from it, I think you're okay."

Atsushi doesn't feel like he has, but he carries Tatsuya back down to his apartment as the night gets late, tucking them both into the double bed, sharing his space in a way that he never thought he would want to.

He feels Tatsuya slip out of bed just as he's falling asleep, but he's too tired to say anything, unsure if it's real or just a dream anyway.

He wakes up to an empty bed and he frowns, sitting up and pushing his hair back out of his face as he looks around. Tatsuya's apartment is familiar enough now that he knows the shape of it, the sound of it, and he walks into Tatsuya's study to find him wrapped up in a blanket at his computer, a large mug of coffee sitting in easy reach.

"You didn't sleep," Atsushi murmurs, and hopes that Tatsuya won't bring up their conversation, even though he knows better.

"I wanted to write," Tatsuya replies, turning his chair around and smiling tiredly up at Atsushi. "Will you listen to this?"

He already has the demo loaded onto his phone, and he holds it out, purple earphones wrapped around it. Atsushi puts them in, sitting on the stool by Tatsuya's desk.

In the recording, Tatsuya's voice is scratchy with exhaustion. Atsushi wonders what time Tatsuya sang this, and wishes that he wasn't such a heavy sleeper that he missed it entirely. His voice is beautiful, as it always is, but that's not the focus here. It's his lyrics, and it doesn't even take one line for Atsushi to realise that the song's about him.

Atsushi bows his head, blinking furiously as he tries not to let the emotion in Tatsuya's voice get to him. Tatsuya sings about being proud of him, of their souls being connected, and Atsushi squeezes his eyes shut, pressing the heels of his hands against them.

"Oh, Atsushi," Tatsuya sighs, but his hand on Atsushi's shoulder only makes things worse. Tatsuya makes a soothing noise. "Atsushi, I—"

"I know," Atsushi interrupts, pulling him into a tight hug. He hides his face against Tatsuya's hair. "Stupid Muro-chin, I know. You don't have to say it. Me too."

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kagami Taiga &/ Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Different Seas (Self Cover) - Circus-P

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Kagami Taiga
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Angst
Word Count: 421

***

Tatsuya feels like he's living in a never ending cycle of watching as Taiga leaves him behind.

It was bad enough the first time, back in Los Angeles when Taiga left with an apology, with their competition still hanging in the air waiting to be resolved. Even now, with years behind them, with their rings still hanging around their necks and their relationship in one piece, Tatsuya can't help but feel the bitterness sinking into his bones all over again, thinking about how Taiga is the one who always leaves, like he's leaving Tatsuya to chase behind him, even though they both know that he's going somewhere Tatsuya can't reach, no matter how hard he tries.

(The worst is when Taiga doesn't believe it at all; when he believes in Tatsuya instead, like he can solve all of Tatsuya's problems if he just pours enough love into the situation. Tatsuya hates it and even more than that, he hates the fact that he wishes he could believe it too.)

In the end, it all boils down to this: Alex has an opportunity for Taiga in the States, and so Taiga goes. It's not an opportunity for just anyone, and it's definitely not one for Tatsuya. He knows that Taiga will chase his basketball dreams as hard as he has to. Between basketball and Tatsuya, it's always been an understood fact that Tatsuya was never Taiga's favourite. He was never Alex's favourite either but he doesn't think he can fault either of them, when he isn't even his own favourite. He's too good at being second best to be anything better, and he's accepted that now, has taken it on as part of who he is.

He'll live with it.

"Taiga," Tatsuya greets, the first time he calls. "I didn't expect to hear from you so soon. I thought you'd be busy."

Taiga laughs, as if that's an unreasonable thought. As if Tatsuya is actually important enough to warrant a phone call on Taiga's first day back in the States. "I wanted to talk to you. How are you?"

Tatsuya gazes out the window and lets his poker face slip into place, even if Taiga can't see it. He doesn't tell the truth, that he's been burning with jealousy from the first moment he heard that Taiga was going, that he's been burning with longing, wishing that they could be in the same place for just a little longer this time.

He exhales quietly and instead, he says, "Fine. How are you?"

PROMPT: TEAM Aoyagi Hajime/Koga Kimitaka/Teshima Junta

[griefbell]

Ship: Arakita Yasutomo/Kuroda Yukinari
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Animal Characteristics, another kuroda ship hot off the presses

Prompt:
Beast Dance - Kurage-P ft. Otomachi Una

PROMPT: team akaashi keiji/bokuto koutarou

[earlgrey_milktea]

Ship: sawamura daichi/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: nostalgia mix

Prompt:
1. kids - onerepublic
2. somewhere in neverland - all time low
3. kimi to boku no banka - sakai yuu | lyrics

PROMPT: Team Daisuga

[pugglemuggle]

Ship: Rin/Haru or Makoto/Haru or Rei/Nagisa or Nitori/Rin
Fandom: Free!
Major Tags: Death, mentions of rape, Sexual content
Other Tags: In "Gay Pirates", the lyrics reference gang rape. The song also involves death. In the fan-animation to "You are a Pirate!" there are also implications of sexual content. But otherwise..... PIRATES!!

Prompt:

Gay Pirates - Cosmo Jarvis
You Are a Pirate! - LazyTown
He's a Pirate - Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack)

FILL: TEAM OTABEK ALTIN/YURI PLISETSKY, T

[beltenebra]

Ship: Rei/Nagisa, mentions of Rin/Haru
Fandom: Free!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: drinking and being drunk, being hungover, pirates!!, carousing, gambling
Word Count: 519

I am such a sucker for pirates and Rei's life being hard. I hope you enjoy!!

***

Rei never meant for this to happen. He was perfectly happy with his normal life in his modest harbor city and his job as a clerk in one of the nicer finance houses. He was young but well-respected and he fully expected to continue as he had started - climb the promotional ladder, become a pillar of the community, and possibly settle down with a nice, normal family (though this part was a little more hazy than everything else).

His ten year growth plan did not involved attending a party at a slightly less reputable tavern, meeting some less than savory people, getting roped into a drinking contest and passing out. It Certainly didn’t include waking up after noon the next day sun pounding down on him, feeling like death warmed over on the deck of a fricking boat!

Rei gaped at the vast amounts of water surrounding him and the total lack of land anywhere in sight. This had to be that ridiculous blonde’s fault. ‘Nagisa’ his brain supplied him with, bringing a host of disturbing flashes of memories along with the name. There was drinking. He didn’t really lose his pants in a card game did he? He was usually so good at cards. And then there was more drinking. And singing. Ugh, he probably had hauled himself up on the bar to belt out a few shanties. He had always been musically inclined.

In every one of the hazy memories there was a beautiful blonde man smiling like the sun and egging him on. He was petite, he remembered. Rei had been so sure he could drink him under the table. There had been so many drinks though. Rei had never so many - the table had looked like it was sprouting empty glasses like mushrooms. And after that there had been kissing.

He felt his cheeks flame. It was a lot of kissing. He may have also demanded to see Nagisa’s boat. He vaguely remembered telling Nagisa ‘he’d walk his gangplank’. Oh god.

And now he was on a boat. Nagisa had insisted it was a ‘merchant sailor’ but Rei was pretty sure that was code for a pirate ship. The rest of them were probably here too - the calm, confident captain with the sea green eyes, the snarling red-haired first mate, and the cook who never shut up about mackerel. He remembered them kissing a lot too. About halfway through the evening the cook had mercifully spared everyone from their bickering by dragging the other man off into a dark corner.

“Good morning, Rei,” Nagisa caroled at him, disgustingly bright and cheerful given the amount of rum last night had entailed. “Welcome to the Rock Kite and your new life!” The sea breeze blew honeyed hair into his bright eyes, the sun sparkled on the waves, and Nagisa’s smile was more lovely than he remembered. Despite everything, Rei felt a small trill of adventure.

Rei had a life plan and it had been a good one but, he supposed, plans were sometimes made to be broken.

PROMPT: TEAM EYESHIELD 21

[rosebrook]

Ship: Yukihira Soma/ Tadokoro Megumi
Fandom: Food Wars
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Megumi deserves the world

Prompt:
1. Crush- Mandy Moore
2. Things I'll Never Say- Avril Lavigne
3. All About Your Heart- Mindy Gledhill

FILL: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara, G

[luckycricket33]

Ship: Yukihira Soma/ Tadokoro Megumi
Fandom: food wars, shokugeki no soma
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: is this what they call... fluff
Word Count: None

link to tumblr
i drew them on a! date? does he think it's a date? do i count it if he doesn't realize that's what we're doing

***

PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[justlikeswitchblades]

Ship: Aomine Daiki/Himuro Tatsuya or Kagami Taiga/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: swearing

Prompt:
try'n hold me back - rob bailey & the hustle standard
beast (southpaw remix) - rob bailey & the hustle standard ft. busta rhymes, KXNG crooked & tech n9ne
what i live for (hs remix) - rob bailey & the hustle standard

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Aomine Daiki/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 513

***

"Again," Himuro pants, and it's the tenth time he's lost in a one-on-one to Aomine, but he doesn't care. He's going to try again and he's going to find what he's lacking, in gap between his skill and Aomine's.

This isn't about winning any more, but about learning, about growing, and that's a new lesson to both of them, taught to them by Kagami whether intentionally or not. Himuro is tired of resigning himself to things he doesn't want. He's tired of accepting that he's never going to get any better. He doesn't care if he isn't destined for the same kind of greatness that Kagami might be; he knows what he wants, he knows he wants to be up there with the best, and so he's going to claim all of that for himself.

It starts here, standing in a street ball court with Aomine, dripping with sweat and panting as they face each other once again. Aomine doesn't deny him the opportunity to try; Himuro can't explain why he wants to do this with Aomine, over Kagami, but it works for them both. They're well matched for each other in a strange way, as a player who never won enough, and a player who won too much. They understand each other by meeting in the middle, and that's something Himuro doesn't think he could have done, just a few months ago.

"You're gonna exhaust yourself," Aomine says, when he wins the next one-on-one too, before Himuro can even open his mouth to ask for another try. "You're gonna exhaust both of us, and we're not going to get anywhere like that."

"A break then," Himuro says, and now that he's stopped, he can finally feel his legs shaking from the effort of keeping him upright.

"Let's call it for today," Aomine says, noticing the same thing. He grabs Himuro by the arm, leading him over to the side of the court. Himuro fights against his grip, trying to pull away. Aomine might be stronger, but that's never stopped Himuro from winning fights before. Aomine forestalls that too, slamming Himuro up against the fence of the court, making it rattle.

"You're so damn hungry for victory," Aomine mutters, his fingers digging into Himuro's arms. "It's like you've never won a single thing in your life, when we both know that's not true."

"Of course I know what victory feels like," Himuro replies. "Why do you think I want it again so badly?"

Aomine snorts, leaning in and kissing Himuro instead of replying. Himuro's fingers go into Aomine's hair as he kisses back, and neither of them have their breath back just yet, panting into each other's mouths in between kisses, still covered with sweat. Himuro loses himself to Aomine's kisses anyway, pulling him closer, until he decides that this isn't the right place for it.

"Come on," Himuro mutters. "Let's go."

Aomine's grin says that this was his plan all along, but the dark, eager look in those blue eyes is so promising that Himuro doesn't really mind.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[gionkenji]

Ship: Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru OR Oikawa Tooru/Ushijima Wakatoshi OR Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio OR Kuroo Tetsurou/Yaku Morisuke OR Hinata Shouyou/Ushijima Wakatoshi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: mentions of abuse (bullying/harassment, emotional abuse, verbal abuse), mention of urine
Other Tags: slight angst, mention of mental health issues, mention of war,

Prompt:
What If - Meg&Dia (lyrics)

FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

Ship: Hinata/Ushijima
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 459 words

No warnings, just Hinata being a little petty/obsessive. Thanks so much for the chance to write my dark horse pair!


***

The Olympic medal looks oversized in his hand when he thrusts it triumphantly into the air. On the podium itself, wide smile spread from cheek to cheek, Hinata jumps into the air. The sun glints off the medal and the Olympic torch is positioned just right that its flames look like a continuation of Hinata’s hair.

The picture makes the cover of Newsweek with the headline: THE TINY GIANT OF JAPAN.

Everyone who knows or knew Hinata buys a copy; Hinata’s Facebook feed is flooded with photos of the cover next to photos of Hinata and them,

The only person who doesn’t do that is Ushijima. Hinata wonders if he’s even seen the interview.

*

R: “As the whole world knows, you’re only 166 cm. That’s very short for a volleyball player! What inspired you to get into volleyball?”

SH: “When I was a kid, I saw a volleyball match on TV when I was passing by. There was this kid, a teenager, jumping. He wasn’t much taller than me but when he jumped, it looked like he was flying. I thought if he could do it, maybe I could learn too!”

R: “And that led you to the Olympics?”

SH: “Not on its own. I met a lot of people along the way who encouraged and discouraged me. My setter, Kageyama-kun, he believed in me and I believed in him. We make a good team because we’ve been together since high school. And Oikawa-kun, he’s also very good. He was one of the first people to pay us the respect of taking us seriously as opponents. And Bokuto-kun too!”

R: “So who was it that discouraged you?”

SH: “Ah, well.” he laughs nervously. “A lot of people teased me for being short. But the worst was this one guy, Ushijima Wakatoshi. He was the ace of his school, Shirtoriwaza, and he acted like we didn’t have a chance against him. Said we were concrete and stuff. I got so mad, I jumped right up and stole a ball from him at his own school.”

R: “You stole a ball?!”

SH: “No, no, not really stole. I jumped higher than him and hit it. I didn’t take it home or anything!”

R: “Ah. It must’ve surprised him to see you in the Olympics!”

SH: “...No, I don’t think so.”

R: “No?”

SH: “I wrote to him when I made it onto the Olympics team.”

R: “What- why?!”

SH: “Well, he just made me so angry back then! I still get angry thinking about it. I wanted him to know that I’d succeeded!”

R: “...Did he ever reply?”

SH: “Yes. He sent me a good luck card.”

*

Maybe, Hinata thinks, he’ll hand-deliver a copy of the magazine to Ushijima.

PROMPT: TEAM HIKARU NO GO

[princesssid]

Ship: Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: autoplay youtube links

Prompt:

honey - the hush sound
i'm impressed - they might be giants

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Liu Wei/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: potential angst

Prompt:
shanghai 1943 - jay chou (translation in video)
天涯過客 passer-by - jay chou (translation)

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[psiten]

Ship: Viktor Nikiforov/Katsuki Yuuri
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice
Major Tags: Murder/death reference. Sex.
Other Tags: Gambling.

Prompt:
(Featuring songs used by routines for several skaters whose careers were influential to the design of Yuri!!! on Ice)

1. Poker Face - Lady Gaga (skated by Johnny Weir)
2. Sex Bomb - Tom Jones (skated by Evgeni Plushenko)
3. Hello, I Love You (Won't You Tell Me Your Name) - The Doors (skated by Hanyu Yuzuru)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[beltenebra]

Looooooove this prompt!!

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: sexual content
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Burn Me Down - YusukeKira feat. GUMI

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, M

[kiyala]

Ship: Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: Sexual Content
Other Tags: future fic
Word Count: 534

***

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PROMPT: TEAM THE PRINCE OF TENNIS

[fickle]

Ship: Oikiawa & Seijob, Nishinoya & Karasuno, Kuroko & GoM, Akashi & GoM, Ryoma & Seigaku, Kirihara & Rikkidai, Midousuji/Manami, Onoda/Manami, Midousuji/Onoda, Tomeo &/ Reiji
Fandom: Haikyuu, Kuroko no Basuke, Price of Tennis, Yowapeda, Prince of Stride
Major Tags: Death
Other Tags: break my fucking heart, please
Prompt:

If I Die Young - Kate Perry
if I die young/bury me in satin/lay me down on a bed of roses/sink m in the river at dawn/send me away with the words of a love song

FILL: Team Kirishima Natsuya/Yamazaki Sousuke, G

[clearlykero]

Ship: Kuroko & GoM (could be Akashi/Kuroko and Aomine/Kise but it's not explicit)
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: Character death
Other Tags: none
Word Count: 789



***



There are the parents, sombre and tight-lipped; there is a little cousin who keeps asking for Tecchan because she doesn’t understand; to Aomine's left is Momoi with wet eyes and a handkerchief balled up in her fist. Near the immediate family stands Akashi in deep velvety black, his face expressionless but his knuckles white. There are people Aomine recognises from high school peppered throughout the crowd, people Kuroko would probably greet with a smile but whom Aomine can't even put a school to. None of them really matter when in the very front of the room is Kuroko.

It's not even a nice room. Kuroko's family isn't well-off, and they're too proud for charity, even at a time like this. The chairs are plastic and the air smells like very strong bathroom detergent, strong enough to cover other unpleasant odours and take Aomine's mind off the oily residue in the air that probably belonged to other people. There are a lot of flowers, too, enough that Murasakibara keeps going out for breathers despite Midorima's thousand-yard-stare. Aomine can't blame him. It probably hasn't sunk in yet. It hasn't sunk in for him, either.

The photograph Kuroko's family chose to frame is not a very recent one– Kuroko still has the shorter hair from university before he grew it out again. He’s looking slightly away from the camera with a quiet smile on his face, and Aomine can see the happiness in the tilt of Kuroko's eyebrows and the spark of his eyes. It’s a good choice, better than the studio photos he usually expects at these things. But then it’s probably Akashi who chose it. Akashi, who hasn’t shed a single tear since the news came, who’s been pale and drawn and efficient all through the past few days. He’ll probably collapse soon, and Aomine is wretchedly glad that he doesn’t have to be the one to pull Akashi back together.

When the monk signals the guests to come forward with their offerings and prayers, Aomine hangs back. He’s not Buddhist or even religious, and he’s pretty sure Kuroko wasn’t either. He watches the people go up and whisper their piece; Kuroko’s unimates, his coworkers from the kindergarten, the Miracles, Seirin. Everyone but him.

Aomine slips out while Kagami is bowing stiffly before the altar, the monk’s sutra humming accusingly in his ears.

Kuroko wouldn't have wanted this, he thinks, with no basis at all other than his own instincts and years of being Kuroko's best friend. He's almost certain that everyone who actually knew Kuroko would agree with him, anyway.

"Rude as always, Aominecchi."

Of course, right on cue.

"Yeah, says the asshole who followed me out here." Aomine turns to see Kise, a wry tilt to his mouth, back against a pillar like it was made to for him. Kise has been strangely dry-eyed throughout this whole interminable affair, and Aomine feels oddly like he's talking to a different person.

"It's a lot," Kise says, pushing off the pillar and coming to lean on the railing next to Aomine. "In there. I don't want to hear Akashicchi say stuff."

Aomine gets it. Akashi hides it well, but inside he's roiling with fury and nowhere to let it out, because it's no one's fault. An unusually severe storm, a freak gust of wind, a falling roof tile and a child in the way. There was even a bit in the paper about how sad it was and how unfortunate an accident. Kuroko wouldn't have said anything like that.

Heavy smoke pours out the chimneys from the building next door, the wind carrying it over to where they stand. Kuroko's family will go there next, and Aomine won't be welcome, or any of the rest of them. It's weird how these things go-- weird how the lines of blood are clear and he understands and still it aches, deep in Aomine's chest, like it has since he heard and only gets worse. He takes a breath, and another, and keeps going because nothing is filling his lungs enough and it's so hard to get some fucking oxygen, here--

"It's okay," Kise says, touching his arm. Aomine shakes him off, still trying to breathe, and he can't until Kise catches him by the collar and pulls him down, face in the crook of Kise's neck.

"It's okay," Kise says again, but his voice is trembling this time and somehow that makes Aomine steady on his feet.

"He had," a pause, Kise's whole body shuddering, "he had a good time."

"Could have done with a little more of it," Aomine mumbles, and they laugh through the saltwater on their faces, laugh even though it feels like nothing will ever be funny again.

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[marks]

Ship: Niou Masaharu &/ Fuji Shuusuke
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: Sexual Content, Mentions of Domestic Abuse, Cannibalism, Homophobia, and Bestiality in the song, but NOT looking for those in the fill
Other Tags: yes i'm slim shady i'm the real slim shady all you other slim shadys are just imitating so won't the real slim shady please stand up?

Prompt:
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady

Re: PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[fickle]

Your warnings make me realize I never listened to the lyrics despite how often it was on radio...

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Midousuji Akira/Onoda Sakamichi or Midousuji Akira/Imaizumi Shunsuke (fuck it, midousuji/anyone)
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: death, blood, gore, rapidly flashing images
Other Tags: t i m e l o o p s

Prompt:
Outer Science - Jin feat. IA

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[gionkenji]

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YES

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/anyone
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Last of Me - Circus-P feat. Megurine Luka

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Kagami Taiga
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Angst
Word Count: 410

***

It's his favourite bad habit, picking at things until they fall apart, but Tatsuya has always been about the metaphorical, picking at dreams until they're nothing, at goals until they're no longer within his reach, at relationships until they're replaced with cold silence and empty hearts.

He tries with Taiga. He tries so many times, and it's exhausting that he can't just do what he wants, he can't just walk away from the ruins because Taiga will piece them back together, almost faster than Tatsuya can destroy them, but that's always been Taiga. Stronger. Faster. More determined to do what he wants to do. It's exhausting, but that's not enough to have Tatsuya giving in because that would be too simple. In the almost twenty years of his life, Tatsuya has never once chosen the option that would have been more simple. It's simply not in his nature.

So he ruins it all, and pulls away from Taiga, and gives up on the fact that what they have can go anywhere good, that it can go anywhere at all, but Taiga refuses to give up on him, the way that Tatsuya has given up on himself. He's there, firm and loving and overwhelming, and everything in Tatsuya's mind is screaming that he can't have this, he's not allowed to have this, and he needs to get away before he's punished for wanting things like this. Taiga is too good for him, too kind, too caring, too talented for Tatsuya to be able to hold onto him and it'll be easier like this, to leave before Taiga finds something better, something more interesting, and leaves first.

"Stop it," Taiga says, his voice pained as he covers Tatsuya's hand with his on another quiet night, closed around the door handle and ready to run. Taiga's grip tightens, and it almost feels like he could crush Tatsuya's fingers under his own. "Stop this, Tatsuya."

With a deep, shuddering breath, Tatsuya squeezes his eyes shut. He leans into Taiga's touch, face pressed against his shoulder, and feels himself shake with frustration directed at himself, directed at both of them, and lets Taiga hold him even tighter.

"I'm here," Taiga murmurs. "I'm always going to be here. Stop worrying about that sort of thing, okay? I love you."

Taiga loosens his grip on Tatsuya's hand, but doesn't step away just yet.

Tatsuya lets go. He still wishes that Taiga would do the same.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[psiten]

Ship: Viktor Nikiforov/Katsuki Yuuri
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice
Major Tags: Implied sexual activity.
Other Tags: Getting my tennis in your figure skating. Suwabe Junichi voices both Atobe Keigo (tennis) and Viktor Nikiforov. All of these are Atobe image songs. I tried to pick videos with comprehendable translations, but I can't vouch for their 100% accuracy.

Prompt:

1. Cross With You
2. Hakobune (Ark)
3. E Kimochi*

* - This is a pun. The English letter "E" is pronounced such that this title means "Feels Good". The song also references "Getting to A" or "Getting to B", etc... ABC in Japanese culture are similar to "Getting to first base" or "Getting to second base" in America. It's a "stages of approaching sex" thing.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[winterstuck]

holy shit i did not know that was what that song was about my mind is kind of blown rn

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: im sorry

Prompt:
Eine Kleine - Yonezu Kenshi [lyrics]

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[sotongsotong]

FUCKKKKKK I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE KENSHI MENTIONED IN SASO BUT THIS IS SO GOOD.....EINE KLEINE HURTS SO GOOOD......

PROMPT: Team Prince Of Tennis

[blueminuet]

Ship: Kikumaru Eiji/Oishi Shuuichiro/Inui Sadaharu
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: Sexual Content
Other Tags: Alcohol and drinking, inside jokes

Prompt:

Closer - Chainsmokers
Closer (R3hab Remix)
Closer (T-Mass Remix)
Closer (Justin Caruso Remix)
Closer (Jordan Maron Remix)
Side to Side X Closer Mashup

FILL: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara, G

[luckycricket33]

Ship: IFTGPF Kikumaru Eiji/Oishi Shuuichiro/Inui Sadaharu
Fandom: Prince of Tennis, tenipuri, PoT, tennis no oujisama
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: grownup oishi's better undercut and shoulder tattoo, IFTGPF, more like ISWTGPF this is an innocent cuddle pile
Word Count: None

i had to make good on this

***

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[geniuskaktus]

Ship: Tezuka Kunimitsu/Sanada Genichirou
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
淋しい熱帯魚 (Lonely Tropical Fish) --Wink
淋しい熱帯魚 (Lonely Tropical Fish)--Sanada&Tezuka Version
Eng Translation

FILL: Team Imaizumi Shunsuke/Kinjou Shingo, T

[yrindor]

Ship: Sanada Genichirou/Tezuka Kunimitsu
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: angst, injuries, pining
Word Count: 508

***

Tezuka and Sanada pass one another wordlessly the first time they meet after Nationals. There's too much to say, and at the same time nothing to say at all. They meet at the pool of all places. Tezuka's shoulder is still recovering, and the water supports him. He needs to regain his strength, and his physical therapist encouraged him to take advantage of the water whenever he was able. He's determined not to let his injury stop him, despite the way it aches constantly now, and the way it gives out alarmingly when he tries to lift anything heavier than a notebook.

He knows that Sanada is there for a similar reason, though Sanada's injury is far more recent. Sanada may have won their match in Nationals, but it came at a heavy cost. Perhaps not so heavy as Tezuka's, but even now, several weeks later, his legs haven't fully recovered.

They don't say anything when they pass one another in the pool. They keep to their own spaces, each working slowly as they try to regain the strength they've lost to their respective injuries. There's too much hanging in the air between them, but neither of them have ever been good with words.

The water is cold, but Tezuka's skin feels like it's burning as he watches Sanada. Maybe it's anger, frustration at himself for his own weakness, or maybe it's something else. He doesn't want to think about what that something else could be.

He knows Sanada already has his sights set on someone else. It's impossible to miss the way Rikkai's vice-captain looks at Yukimura, or the hours he spent at the hospital when Yukimura was ill. Tezuka considers himself lucky that he received so much as a text message from Sanada when his missed the Kantou Tournament finals.

Sanada slowly picks up his pace as stiff muscles loosen up, and half an hour later, he's swimming smoothly, any sign of his injuries smoothed away by the water. Tezuka is still moving stiffly, the water not enough to work out the ache in his shoulder and the way it catches when he tries to move it too far. Even in the water, there's no hiding his weaknesses and his flaws.

Tezuka keeps watching Sanada, keeps not thinking too hard about the emotions swirling under his skin. Sanada looks over at him more than once, and he knows his staring is obvious. He still can't find the words though. What is there to say, and what purpose would it serve?

It's not until Sanada pulls himself up out of the pool that Tezuka finally finds the words he wants to say. He swims in Sanada's direction, but he's too late. By the time he's close enough to be heard, Sanada is long gone, vanished through the door back inside to the showers.

It's an apt summary for their relationship, Tezuka thinks bitterly. Sanada has always been a man of ideals, and no matter how hard Tezuka has tried, he's never been able to reach them.

PROMPT: Team Daisuga

[pugglemuggle]

Ship: JJ/Isabella (or JJ/Otabek!) (....or both....🙏)
Fandom: Yuri on Ice
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: .....annoyingly canadian songs... like, i know someone else did a canadian song list prompt already but i just,,,, i had to make another one i couldn't resist i'm sorry (also have more arrogant worms yesss)

the first song might imply a genderswap/cisswap if you choose jj/otabek, but you can also just as easily ignore the pronouns/gendered words if you want

Prompt:
My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada - John Tartaglia
Proud To Be Canadian - The Arrogant Worms
Canadian, Please - gunnarolla & Julia Bentley

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[geniuskaktus]

Ship: Kageyama Tobio/Hinata Shouyou
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Fly --Hilary Duff
Fly --Avril Lavigne
Fly High --Toshihiko Matsunaga (Prince of Tennis 5th Opening) Translation

Re: Prompt: Team Grandstand

[marks]

ha!

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM - Aqours [lyrics]

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: cardfight vanguard lore AU; aqua force Kasamatsu, bermuda triangle Kise
Word Count: 436

***

"Marine General, Kasamatsu!" Ryouta greets happily, lounging on one of the rocks by the shore.

Yukio releases the kelpie he's ridden to the surface and sighs softly. "Miracle Voice, Kise. Good to see you again."

Ryouta wrinkles his nose and laughs. "You're being too formal. It's weird."

"You're the one who started it, calling me by my full title," Yukio replies. He pulls himself up onto the rock, sitting beside Ryouta. "I'm just responding the same way."

"Yukio," Ryouta says, his tone musical over just the three syllables. He flicks his tail in the water, splashing Yukio. It would probably bother Yukio more if he were from any other clan, but that's probably on purpose too, like most things Ryouta does. "It's been too long since we've been able to spend time with each other. I missed you."

"I missed you too," Yukio murmurs, and he strokes his fingers through Ryouta's hair. "I've been busy with work, I'm sorry."

"Keeping our oceans safe, and all," Ryouta nods, leaning into Yukio's touch. "Are you putting this down as a meeting as well? Trading intelligence with the other clans in Megallanica?"

Yukio snorts quietly. "I did that once. Back when I didn't know any better. I don't have to tell you how to protect your own clan."

"We're good at looking out for ourselves, in our own way," Ryouta smiles. "We've sent enough battle sirens to join your army for you to know that."

"I'd love to fight with you in battle," Yukio murmurs, and just the thought of Ryouta at full power, ready to face their enemies, sends a shiver down his spine.

"We don't like battle the way that you do, Marine General," Ryouta teases. "But I like it when you come to visit and play your guitar for me, so maybe I can understand, even if that's just for fun and a battle with both our forces combined would be… the complete opposite."

"The pirates don't pose enough of a threat to warrant something that big, anyway," Yukio mutters, shaking his head.

"Shadow Paladin?" Ryouta asks. "I know they like to test the other clans, sometimes."

"Still not worth something so large scale," Yukio replies. "You can rest easy, Ryouta. Just focus on enjoying your music, for now."

"I always do," Ryouta smiles, lifting himself up to sit, so he can wrap his arm around Yukio's shoulders. "But you didn't come here to talk about hypothetical battles, or singing, did you?"

"No," Yukio admits, leaning in for a kiss and feeling the warmth of the sun against Ryouta's lips. "I just came here for you."

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Imayoshi Shouichi/Hanamiya Makoto
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: violence
Other Tags: msi is a warning in and of itself, did u know If (2008) is just one big hanamiya fanmix

Prompt:
Lights Out - Mindless Self Indulgence
What Do They Know? - Mindless Self Indulgence
Pay For It - Mindless Self Indulgence

FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, M

[fickle]

Ship: Imayoshi/Hanamiya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 543 words

So much violence. Sexualized violence, sexual content, Imayoshi and Hanamiya being fucked up and delicious and THEM. Set during Imayoshi’s second year/Hanamiya’s first year of high school.

***

They’re fighting for position under the basket, jostling each other. There’s a sudden snap of a gleam in Hanamiya’s eyes, a brightness akin to a knife being unsheathed, and Imayoshi knows what will happen even before he hears the crack.

Sakurai hits the floor hard, cradling his arm against his chest. He’s pale with pain, teeth sinking into his lower lip to keep himself silent, and Imayoshi’s glare at Hanamiya is an accusation. Hanamiya smiles back; if they weren’t on court, Hanamiya would be blowing kisses, Imayoshi knows, and Imayoshi’s temper flares.

Oh, he knows Hanamiya inside and out, knows the rotten core of the other boy’s heart, but he’d never thought Hanamiya would be stupid enough to play those tricks on Imayoshi’s team.

A lesson needs to be learnt here and like a good senpai, Imayoshi will make sure he is the one to teach it to Hanamiya.

*

“Ah--” Hanamiya pants, a wide smile stretching from ear to ear. It looks like he could open his mouth and devour the world, so Imayoshi punches him right in the mouth. He skins his knuckles against Hanamiya’s teeth, leaves blood smudged over Hanamiya’s lips, and Hanamiya smiles at him still.

Hanamiya’s tongue darts out, swipes over his own teeth, pressing to check if they’re loose.

“Didn’t knock any out, Imayoshi,” he croons, fond as a lover. “Want to try again?”

Imayoshi can feel his own lips peeling back from his teeth, the cold anger having thawed and transmuted into something far more insidious.

The next punch lands on Hanamiya’s cheek. It’s a good, hard blow; it vibrates up Imayoshi’s arm all the way to his shoulder and Imayoshi has to resist the temptation to shake his fist out to get the sting out of his knuckles.

Hanamiya moans and arches under Imayoshi, hands clawing at Imayoshi’s thighs.

“Again,” he begs-commands, eyes as dark and toxic as withering moss. “Come on, senpai, you can hit harder than that.”

He drops his voice a little, makes it rough and hungry, “I’m not one of your little Touou teammates. You don’t have to play nice with me.”

So Imayoshi doesn’t.

*

Afterwards, he admires the beauty that is Hanamiya destroyed. His long legs are littered with bite marks and bruises, purple-blue all the way down to his ankles where Imayoshi wrenched them apart and forced them behind Hanamiya’s neck even as the muscles threatened to tear. He’s bruised everywhere, from neck to wrists, from cheek to hip, discolored and smeared with streaks of white and red.

And he’s still smiling, still smugly sated.

He hasn’t learnt his lesson but Imayoshi knew he never would. Boys like Hanamiya don’t learn anything except how to grow more evil.

(And that, too, Imayoshi has taught him.)

He almost wishes he smoked. To put out a cigarette on Hanamiya right now, press it into his chest and drop it on him like he’s trash, would be supremely satisfying.

Instead, he kicks Hanamiya lightly in the crotch, making his whole body jerk.

“Get yourself cleaned up before the janitors come,” he says and turns to leave.

As he walks away, he hears Hanamiya shout, “Thank you for the meal, senpai!”

The sound of his footsteps don’t quite cover up Hanamiya’s laughter.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Mayuzumi Chihiro/Akashi Seijuurou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: electronigoth hell, this is the most on brand prompt i will ever post

Prompt:
Pale - The Birthday Massacre
Video Kid - The Birthday Massacre
Red Stars - The Birthday Massacre

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Mayuzumi/Akashi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 411

***

They are hurtling toward the Winter Cup, and Mayuzumi almost believes. He almost believes that this is going somewhere, that they are going somewhere beyond the winter, as foolish as it is. And he’d started out the season as just another face, a nobody; at this point he’s got no face at all, less than nobody, and he’s somebody all the same. The light shines so bright his pale skin, pale hair, blend into the shine of the wax on the court, and he can be everywhere and nowhere at once, even with his limited skills. He almost believes and wants to believe in that paradoxical glory, the glory that comes from the shadows, being dragged somehow into the light.

After all, if Akashi’s as good as he says he is, then why can’t he do that, too? The challenge lies unspoken between them on the bed, too small to be a third participant but making its presence known all the same, the opposite of Mayuzumi. It makes him smile, humorless, and kiss Akashi again (not as if he’s trying to kiss himself real; he’s read enough light novels to know that shit never works the way you want it to, protagonist or no). It won’t benefit him to leave Mayuzumi in shadow except perhaps in terms of spite toward whatever thing Akashi looks toward in the past, some tainted glory that Mayuzumi really doesn’t care about except when Akashi cares about it more than about him. Which is maybe always, but Mayuzumi can't resist the value of a good illusion.

So he doesn’t let go of Akashi, short nails digging into Akashi's skin, flesh pressing flesh and meeting the resistance of those goddamn muscles, not so outlandishly visible but packed on him all the time, the reason he can jump what looks like two meters in the air and dunk on all of them, the reason he always walks as if he’s consciously carrying the weight of himself. Mayuzumi’s greedy, but at least he doesn’t pretend not to be.

He can tell Akashi’s mask is slipping, caked with sweat from behind. But there’s probably another mask beneath it, maybe colored a different way, easier for people to believe it’s the real Akashi (if there is such a thing). But hiding is addicting; Mayuzumi knows that all too well, and even Akashi’s not brave enough to rip off such a comfortably commanding mask and show the reality of his skin underneath.