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Bonus Round 4: Quotes

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

An oldie but a goodie—in this round, we draw inspiration from famous words said by other people.

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

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: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -Friedrich Nietzsche
- The quote can come from almost anything—famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, etc.— but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). 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.
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>	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.

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SCORING

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Ship: Mai Ganeko &/ Sanae Sawamura OR Sanae Sawamura /& Kirido Haruka (LISTEN this is a good rare/crack ship--)
Fandom: Teppuu!!
Major Tags: None? It kind of gives off a post-apocalyptic feel to me but that might just be me
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
“I can wander outside my own body

to see who razed the city. What outline stayed.

If there are bones. Buildings. Gas cans

half full of escape. An oracle

banished from the temple with no god

or knife or speech has no weapon

but herself."

Emily O’Neill, “XVI.” (from Stag)

Edited 2017-07-15 09:31 (UTC)

Ship: Sanae Sawamura & Natsuo Ishido OR maybe Koga Kimitaka &/ Kinjou Shingo? (+ Teshima Junta and/or Aoyagi Hajime)
Fandom: Teppuu!! , Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: whispers alternatively a light that goes off when a good thing ends regardless of wether you see that person again or not

Prompt: "I hope that in the future they invent a small golden light that follows you everywhere and when something is about to end, it shines brightly so you know it’s about to end.
And if you’re never going to see someone again, it’ll shine brightly and both of you can be polite and say, “It was nice to have you in my life while I did, good luck with everything that happens after now.” — Iain Thomas, “The Light That Shines When Things End”

Edited 2017-07-15 09:32 (UTC)

Ship: Natsuo Ishido &/ Kei Ninomiya OR Natsuo Ishido &/ Kirido Haruka (listen, why not,)
Fandom: Teppuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
“The only thing I remember from my
childhood is when you are scared make
yourself tall. I’m the tallest girl alive. I’m
the tallest knife. No throat can hold me.“ — Dalton Day, from the title poem of To Breathe I’m Too Thin

Edited 2017-07-15 09:32 (UTC)

Ship: himuro tatsuya/nijimura shuuzou OR himuro tatsuya/kise ryouta
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: implied death??
Other Tags: implied drowning, genderswap not necessary, implied mind control typical of sirens

Prompt:
"this must be how it feels to fall victim to a siren, drawn to something of beauty, despite your fears.
[...]
i was about to be completely pulled in. at that moment, i felt like becoming her victim wouldn't be that bad."

— oumae kumiko, hibike! euphonium

Ship: kominato ryousuke/kuramochi youichi OR akashi seijuurou/kuroko tetsuya
Fandom: daiya no ace, kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: mentions of violence, anime spoilers
Other Tags: i love this anime

Prompt:
"will you stay with me?"
"yeah."
"you won't abandon me?"
"if i do, you can kill me."
"i actually would kill you."
"knowing you, i don't doubt that for a moment. i'm prepared for that. this is a confession of love, after all."

— oumae kumiko & kousaka reina, hibike! euphonium

Ship: Kageyama Tobia/Sugawara Koushi OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! or KNB
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: im sorry im so slow TT

Prompt:

"Tender is the night
Lying by your side
Tender is the touch
Of someone that you love too much
Tender is the day
The demons go away
Lord I need to find
Someone who can heal my mind"

-Tender by Blur

Ship: Tsukishima Kei/Yamaguchi Tadashi OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! or KnB
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:

"Please keep your distance from me I know its hard to believe
I never wanted to be your only love."

Only Love by Anthony Green

Ship: Sawamura Daichi/Tanaka Ryuunosuke OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! or KnB
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:

"So lay me down, for a while.
Join my body with my mind."

Place Your Hands by Reef

Ship: Akashi Seijuurou/Midorima Shintarou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 449

***

Shintarou's love burns soft and slow, like the fireplace that burned in the room where they first met. They were younger then, happier, too naive to know what to expect of the world.

Their first meeting should have been, by all means, be an entirely unremarkable occasion. Shintarou remembers it perfectly; a fancy party held at the Akashi estate, both of them wearing children's sized suits that Shintarou hadn't yet learned to feel comfortable in. He remembers his mother leading him into the large house with his hand in hers, and the way she let go once she was distracted enough, speaking with her surgeon colleagues. She never had to worry much about Shintarou breaking the rules that have been set out for him; not now, and not then either.

He remembers wandering the halls until he found Seijuurou, in a room at the end of one of the corridors, seriously practicing his violin instead of mingling with the guests. Shintarou didn't know it was love that he felt then, but he knows it now; that rush of warmth and admiration, like there's nowhere else in the world he would rather be than here, wherever here might be. He felt it all the way through middle school, whether they were on the basketball court or in class. He feels it now, whenever Seijuurou has a break between school terms and comes to Tokyo to visit, even if just for the weekend.

"You look well, Shintarou," Seijuurou greets him at the station, a small bag of belongings with him and a smile on his face.

"So do you." Shintarou doesn't even know how to express the fact that he's relieved to see Seijuurou with matching red eyes once again. He takes Seijuurou's bag with one hand, even though it can't be that difficult for him to carry on his own. "I saw a car waiting for you by the street. Will your father mind my company?"

"Not at all," Seijuurou smiles, and Shintarou feels that rush of warmth all over again, from head to toe. "Please join me. I always enjoy your company."

The car that Seijuurou has waiting to pick him up is spacious enough that there's no reason for them to be pressed up against each other, but that doesn't stop Seijuurou from doing what he wants. He keeps Shintarou by his side, a hand casually resting on his arm to keep him from moving further away, as they catch up on each other's lives.

It's pleasant, Shintarou thinks to himself, enjoying the warm weight of Seijuurou's hand on him. Something that he could get used to. It's something that he wants to get used to.

Ship: Kageyama Tobio/Hinata Shouyou or ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Domestic violence (possible implication)
Other Tags: None

Prompt:

"My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar
And I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you're trying to forget"

We Are Young by Fun.

Ship: Sugawara Koushi/Tanaka Ryuunosuke OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: licking fingers i guess if ure not into that,

Prompt:

"The minute that my left hand meets your waist
And then I watch your face
Put my finger on your tongue
'Cause you love to taste, yeah"

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood

Ship: Hinata Shouyou/Nishinoya Yuu OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR KnB
Major Tags: Drugs
Other Tags: Medical stuff, ADHD

Prompt:

"Treatment of ADHD often needs to be continued into adolescence, and may need to be continued into adulthood. Drug treatment of ADHD should be part of a comprehensive treatment program."

-BNF pg. 270

Ship: Kindaichi Yuutarou/&Kageyama Tobio OR Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR KnB
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: More FE stuff

Prompt:

"I mean that strength isn't always enough to protect us. Yes, it helps force a foe to submit. But strength can also blind one to others' feelings. That is exactly how I once lost a good friend."

-Ephraim, maxed out on Fire Emblem: Heroes

Ship: Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma OR ImaHana
Fandom: Shokugeki no Souma OR KnB
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: I love my bride cordelia

Prompt:

"Shall we walk onto the battlefield, arm-in-arm? Maybe we do make a good couple..."

-Bride Cordelia, maxed out on Fire Emblem: Heroes

Ship: Tsukishima Kei/Tanaka Ryuunosuke OR Sawamura Daichi/Tanaka Ryuunosuke OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR KnB
Major Tags: Manga Spoilers
Other Tags: None

Prompt:

"He really exudes the air of the kinda guy who'd never bow down to anyone..."

-Suga talking about Tanaka in Chapter 262

Ship: Sawamura Daichi/&Nishinoya Yuu/&Azumane Asahi/&Sugawara Koushi OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR KnB
Major Tags: Eating
Other Tags: Poop talk

Prompt:

"Big Eaters Championship!!
1st Place - Kamasaki Yasushi (Datekou)
2nd Place - Sawamura Daichi (Karasuno)
3rd Place - Nishinoya Yuu (Karasuno)
Noya: I do my business after every meal. Be it the hardness or the shape… (Cut off)
Tsukishima: Ah! A-Ahem!"

Haikyuu Volume 25 Extras translation

Ship: Ukai Keishin/&Takeda Ittetsu OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR KnB
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Smoking, nicotine dependence

Prompt:

"Smoking cessation interventions are cost-effective way of reducing ill-health and prolonging life. Smokers should be advised to stop and offered help with follow-up when appropriate. If possible, smokers should have access to smoking cessation services for behavioural support."

-Nicotine Dependence, BNF 70 p. 426

Ship: Yamamoto Taketora/Kozume Kenma
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 470

I hope you like this!

***

His only class of the day over, Kenma wanders slowly across campus to find his favorite shaded spot, a bench surrounded by a patch of flowers and tall trees. He would call it a study spot, but the only books he’s ever read here have been manga and game guides, so he doesn’t think it really counts. He has homework, of course, but he ignores it in favor of a new game on his phone, figuring that he won’t have enough time to get anything done by the time he has to leave anyway.

After a while a voice pulls him out of his concentration. “Hello! I've come to serenade you. I can't play guitar. I can't play this, either, but I thought it'd be less obvious.”

Kenma looks away from his phone, picking at a scab on his knuckle absently as he sees Yamamoto a few feet away with what looks like a guitar, though it’s much smaller than what he’s used to. He stops picking and tucks his hair behind his ear instead, sighing. “What is that?”

Yamamoto runs his fingers against the strings and Kenma wrinkles his nose at the terrible noise it makes. He certainly can’t play whatever it is, barely even enough to fake it, and Kenma wishes he’d attempted this after being able to make it sound nice. Luckily this part of the campus is out of the way, and therefore usually, including at the moment, empty. Which means at the very least no one else is subjected to it. Yamamoto grins. “It’s a ukulele.”

“Why are you trying to serenade me?” He squints to try and see Yamamoto clearly in the brightness of the afternoon sun. “And can you stop?”

The faux pout that settles on Yamamoto’s face is almost enough for Kenma to reconsider. Then the ukulele jangles again, and he decides that it’s very much worth it for the sound to stop. The pout morphs into an amused grin at the face Kenma can feel himself make. “I thought it would be different. Unexpected.”

Kenma pushes up off the bench and carefully avoids the tiny instrument as he stretches up to press a kiss to Yamamoto’s cheek. “Why’re you trying to impress me when you already have me, Taketora?”

“Uh.” Yamamoto just barely stutters an answer, too busy blushing instead, and Kenma hides a tiny smile behind the curtain of his hair as he slides his hand into Yamamoto’s free one.

“Come on. You said you’d buy me lunch, remember?”

“Yes. Yes, I do.”

Kenma hums quietly as they walk. “Maybe after you actually learn how, you can play for me.”

And he doesn’t have to look to know that Yamamoto is grinning, can hear it in his voice. “You got it, babe. I love you.”

“I love you too, dork.”

Ship: Yukihira Souma/&Sadatsuka Nao/&Rindou Kobayashi OR ImaHana
Fandom: Shokugeki no Souma OR KnB
Major Tags: Eating
Other Tags: Eating bugs and stuff

Prompt:

"The Three-Party Bizarre Foods Conference of Darkness"

-Yukihira Souma, Shokugeki no Souma pg. 220

omg adhd headcanons make me so weepy ;v;

Ship: Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 444

***

Tooru dreams about it sometimes; the solid feeling of the court beneath his feet, his jersey sitting comfortably on his body, the flashes of photographers around the edges of the court, ready to capture every brilliant moment of the game ahead of him. He dreams of being surrounded by his team, each and every single one of them wildly talented in the way that he's spent his whole life wanting to be, working hard to make up for what he's lacking in himself.

Except it's a dream that he wakes from, and he knows it. No matter how detailed a dream it might be, no matter how hard he dreams, that still doesn't make it into a reality and it's a bitter truth that he's still trying to accept. It's not his reality, as much as he's always wanted it to be. It's the future he might have always wanted to live in, but that's never quite good enough. That still doesn't make it his and he blinks awake to that fact as he watches Tobio step onto the court where he always thought that he would be, the red and black jersey of the National Men's Volleyball Team sitting on him as comfortably as Tooru always felt it would be on him, instead.

(He remembers Tobio standing there awkwardly when he first came home with the jersey, not quite wanting to apologise but still feeling guilty about holding Tooru's dream in his hands, not willing to hand it over to him, but not knowing what to do all the same.

"Don't look at me like that, Tobio," Tooru had muttered around a laugh that still sounded a little too bitter to his own ears. "I'm not going to break, you know. I'm not going to give up, either."

"Good," Tobio almost sounded relieved to hear it. "I'm not going to let you have my spot next time, either.")

Tooru didn't tell him the truth of the matter then, and he hasn't bothered since; Tobio's reality is so far out of Tooru's reach that he can spend a lifetime trying, and he still won't get there. He doesn't think that it's something that he'll ever truly be able to achieve, but he doesn't think it's something he can give up on either. Just his luck, to be in love with a dream and in love with the person it belongs to, so that he can feel himself burn up as he's caught between them both.

He catches Tobio's eyes, nodding to him just once. It's enough for Tobio to understand; he's standing where Tooru wants to be. He'd better prove that he's worth it.

Ship: Kageyama Tobio/&Kindaichi Yutarou/&Kunimi Akira OR Tsukasa Eishi&/Kuga Terunori OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR Shokugeki no Souma OR KnB
Major Tags: Manga Spoilers
Other Tags: None

Prompt:

"You know full well that you don't give a damn about anyone but yourself, so save your breath!"

-Kuga-Senpai, Shokugeki no Souma chapter 219

Ship: Nanase Haruka/Yamazaki Sousuke
Fandom: Free
Major tags: suicidal ideation (briefly)
Other tags: drowning, angst, falling in love
Word Count: 2704

Honestly, I don't know what happened. On AO3 here

***
Haruka Nanase never thought he’d see the day where his lungs filled with water as the ocean waves he’d always loved pulled him under. But here he is. His lungs scream for oxygen, because no matter how much he loves water, he still needs air to breath. The sky is dark above, and the winds have stirred the ocean waves to heights he hasn’t seen in years. Against the waves of the oceans, he is nothing. Against its powerful currents and white-capped peaks, he is only human. Haru closes his eyes. As he has lived with water, so he will die. It’s poetic. It feels like the perfect way to complete his life.

He wakes in the hospital, with it’s shining fluorescent lights and the nurses and doctors fussing over him. His friends are gathered at the foot of his bed. They stay just long enough to make sure he’s okay, before they leave to let him rest. Haru slips into a dreamless sleep the moment the door closes.

When he wakes, there’s another person in the room and a nurse checking over his vitals. Sousuke sits in the corner, fingers steepled and head lowered. Haru feels a pang of guilt. In the water, he hadn’t regretted anything. The water was around him, pulling him under, and the only thing he could think of was this is how it’s supposed to go. His fingers pull at the hospital sheets. In some ways, he knows he’s lucky to be alive, but the horrible scratchiness in his throat and the pain in his lungs makes him almost wish he wasn’t.

When the nurse leaves, Sousuke raises his head. Haru can see that his eyes are bloodshot, and that in itself is unusual. After their last year of high school, he and Sousuke have become closer, not friends–not exactly–but no longer at odds. Sousuke blinks and looks away.

“Rin told me,” he offers as an explanation.

Haru inclines his head in acknowledgement. His throat feels too raw to speak, so he doesn’t. Sousuke, however, feels the need to.

“We were worried about you. Swimming alone in the ocean is not a good idea. Even for you.” He shakes his head. “If you’re stressed or want space or time to think, there have to be other ways. The ocean is dangerous.”

Haru coughs, trying to clear some of the pain away from his vocal tract. “I know,” he manages. “But even though it’s dangerous–even though it’s left me–” he gestures to himself. “Like this, I could never hate it. Water doesn’t judge you, it lets you in and surrounds you without question or motive. This isn’t the ocean’s fault.”
“You’re an idiot, Nanase.”

They fall into silence, and at some point, Haru falls back to sleep.

When he’s discharged from the hospital, Sousuke is there, along with Makoto and Rin, and Rei and Nagisa.They make sure he gets home safely, and tells him that under no circumstances is he allowed to go swimming by himself. Ever. Haru sighs and closes the door behind them. He knows they mean well, but it still feels restrictive.

The next day he goes down to the shore. He keeps his promise to his friends and doesn’t swim, but he stands barefoot in the sand. He walks until the surf covers his feet. The cool water is calming, even if he can’t dive into it. Haru kneels down, dipping his fingers into the water.

“Haru!”

He straightens up, seawater dripping from the tips of his fingers.

“Sousuke,” he answers. “Don’t worry, I’m not swimming.”
“I can’t believe you’re already back here,” Sousuke says, and there’s a hint of exasperation in his voice.
“I told you, I can’t hate the ocean.”

Sousuke leaves him ankle-deep in the water, and Haru stares after him for a minute. Something in their interactions seems to have changed, but it’s impossible to pin down the change. It’s not a bad change, not necessarily. It just feels like the current of their relationship, or lack thereof, is taking them in a new direction. Haru turns back to the ocean. It’s vastness makes him feel insignificant, and somehow in that insignificance, he finds peace.

The next time he runs into Sousuke, he’s just walking down the street on his way back from the grocery store, two plastic bags hanging from his left arm. Haru fully intends to just pass him by after a brief acknowledgement and maybe a “hello,” but Sousuke stops him.

“How are you?”

Haru lets out a small sigh. It’s been more than a week since he was released from the hospital. His voice is still a little sore, and he sometimes feels lightheaded, but that’s really it.

“Fine,” he answers.
“I’m staying in Iwatobi,” Sousuke announces, and Haru almost recoils from the sudden topic change.

He recovers after a moment. Why is Sousuke telling him this? He lets the confusion be evident on his face, and even Sousuke picks up on it.

“I know you’re still trying to figure out what to do next. I’m just–” he pauses. “So you know. Not everyone is leaving.”

Haru could point out that since Nagisa and Rei are still in school, they are also not leaving. He doesn’t. Unsure of how to respond, he gives Sousuke a simple word of appreciation and makes his way back to his house.

As Rin and Makoto leave, one for Australia and the other for Tokyo to go to university, Haru realizes he is thankful that someone his age is staying. Sousuke works as a clerk in the grocery store his parents own, and while it’s not glamorous, it’s something. Haru flounders without any particular direction to try.

Maybe it’s convenience, or maybe it’s something else, but Haru finds himself in Sousuke’s company more often than not. Living alone with Makoto no longer a flight of steps away is lonelier than he thought it would be, so Haru is silently appreciative when Sousuke complains about eating instant noodles every day, and gives Haru an excuse to offer to cook for him. It leads to Sousuke sitting in his house the next day, looking out-of-place as he glances around. Haru laughs at his awkwardness, and Sousuke scowls back.

After a couple of these nights, when Sousuke comes over for dinner, Haru realizes how easy it is. He’s never been one for too much social interaction, and it seems that Sousuke isn’t either. They sit in silence, but it’s of a different brand than the silent tension he usually feels. Sousuke starts showing up for things other than dinner, too. He brings ingredients and things for cooking some of the time, but then he shows up with couple of DVDs. Haru doesn’t question it as they settle in front of the TV. Sousuke becomes a frequent presence in his life, and Haru isn’t quite sure how he got to be there.

The first time Haru feels a pain in his chest, Sousuke is there, too. Haru involuntarily puts his hand to his chest, a small frown on his face, and Sousuke doesn’t miss it. According to Rin, Sousuke is unobservant, but Haru thinks differently. He finds teal eyes on him time and time again.

“Haru?”
“I’m fine.”

Sousuke looks unconvinced. “If it hurts, you should get it looked at. It’s not good to let these things go.”

Haru opens his mouth to brush him off, but he sees Sousuke’s hand go to his shoulder, so he stops himself. Maybe Sousuke is right, anyway. He nearly drowned, and his life has hardly changed. He thought it was good luck that there were no lasting effects, but maybe he was wrong. He bites his lip.

“I’ll get it checked.”

He forgets about it for the next week. But the next time he clutches his hand to his chest, Sousuke prods him to go to the doctor again. The spasm of annoyance passes quickly. Sousuke is only worried, and really, Haru should be, too. He makes his way to the hospital the next day, hating the harshness of the atmosphere. The walls almost feel like they’re shutting him in. The doctor he sees is kind enough, and she orders a number of tests to be done on him.

Haru spends the next hour with electrodes stuck to his skin and watching the medical staff hustle around him. He’s sent home feeling somehow stripped bare and uncomfortable. The doctor says she’ll call him with the results, and to not do anything strenuous. He arrives at his front step at the same time as Sousuke.

“You look ruffled,” he comments.

Haru shrugs. “Doctor.” It’s all he gives as an explanation, and Sousuke doesn’t ask.

That night they watch a movie again. This time it’s some romantic comedy that they find on Netflix. He doesn’t notice as it happens, but, by the end of the movie, he’s pressed against Sousuke’s side. As the credits roll, he finds that he doesn’t want to move away from the warmth next to him. Sousuke shifts to power off the TV, but then shifts back. They sit in the near darkness for a moment, before Haru breaks the silence.

“What are we doing?” He doesn’t mean it in a harsh way, and his voice is soft. It still rasps slightly when he speaks.
“Who knows?”

They lapse into silence. Haru lets his head drop onto Sousuke’s shoulder. As they sit on the living room floor, he feels oddly intimate with Sousuke, like they’re the only two people in the world.

“It’s getting late,” Sousuke says, and Haru can hear a reluctance in his voice.
“You don’t have to leave.”

Sousuke shifts to sit straight up, forcing Haru to lift his head. “Then?” Sousuke asks.
“Then?” Haru repeats. “I don’t know, stay.”

He finds a futon for Sousuke in one of the closets. Out of some sense of solidarity, sleeps on another futon next to him instead of in his own bed. In the morning, he wakes with his face inches from Sousuke’s. He shifts away slowly, trying not to wake the other. In the past few weeks, so much has changed between them, and Haru hasn’t stopped to put a name to his feelings, but he doesn’t need to. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that he has a crush.

Haru slips out of the room. In the kitchen, he makes breakfast for two instead of one. By the time he’s finished, Sousuke is leaning against the doorframe. There’s a small smile on his lips, and there’s a warmth about it that goes straight to Haru’s chest. He wordlessly hands Sousuke one plate and goes to sit at the dining table after untying the apron and hanging it in its place. As he eats breakfast, he feels the weight of Sousuke’s stare more than usual.

“What?”

Sousuke shakes his head. “I’m not sure. It’s too early. It’s probably stupid.”

Haru rolls his eyes. “If I got annoyed by the stupid things you say, you would have gotten kicked out long ago.”

“Thanks.”

He takes a bite of egg before he continues. “I like spending time with you. It’s…comfortable.”

Haru pauses, he can feel a blush heating up his face. “It’s nice having you around.”

The moment is interrupted by the ringing of Haru’s phone. He excuses himself quickly and goes to pick it up, knowing it’s probably the doctor. She tells him he has an arrhythmia. It’s not necessarily serious, but it is a complication of his near death experience. She prescribes him a medication to take to keep it from getting dangerous, and tells him they’ll need to follow up in six months. He acknowledges everything she says glumly. It makes sense that there are lasting effects, but he’s still anxious about it.

When he returns to the table, Sousuke gives him a sympathetic look. He probably overheard Haru’s half of the conversation and can guess from the expression on his face.

“It’s nothing,” Haru says quickly.
“Don’t give me that.” Sousuke’s eyes flicker in annoyance.

Haru considers telling him it’s none of his business, but there’s not a good reason to keep this from Sousuke. So, he explains what the doctor told him.

“It’s not that serious,” Haru finishes.
“Haru, you almost died, and now–now you’re stuck with this.” There’s a vindictive edge to his voice that Haru can’t comprehend. “You never told me why you were swimming that day.”

Haru balks at this. He’d been overwhelmed by the stress of deciding what to do with his life after graduation, and had gone without thinking. He’d gone without thinking about he would get back, and that scares him. He hadn’t been thinking about coming back, almost like he thought he would be able to rest under the ocean’s waves. He doesn’t tell Sousuke this. Not now, not yet.

“I wasn’t thinking,” Haru mutters.
“No shit.”

Sousuke leaves fifteen minutes later in the same clothes he came in. He has work to go to, but something in the air between them feels cold. He almost thinks Sousuke won’t come that evening, but he does. He comes bearing a box from a bakery he knows only because Nagisa goes there too often. Sousuke explains that it is actually from Nagisa and leaves it on the kitchen counter. Haru places stew on the table a little while later.

“I almost feel guilty,” Sousuke says. Haru raises his eyebrow. “I feel bad that you’re always cooking for me.”
“You’d be eating instant noodles otherwise. I can’t let you do that.”
“I am capable of cooking.”
“Uh-huh.” Haru sounds unconvinced. “And, as I said, I don’t mind cooking for you. It’s something I like doing anyways.”
“That almost sounds like a marriage proposal,” Sousuke mutters.

Haru’s eyes widen, caught off guard. He’s not sure exactly what he and Sousuke are anymore, but this is something different. Haru has never thought about getting married, not really. He’s hardly paid attention to crushes or anything like that, but he has one now. Sousuke looks down, embarrassed.

“Sorry, that was stupid.”

Haru lets out a small laugh. They’re not even dating, but if he thinks about it, he doesn’t mind these days with Sousuke in his life. It’s more than that, though. Somehow, with his other friends busy in other places, Sousuke has become a fixture in his life, and Haru can’t imagine what it would be like if Sousuke were to leave.

Sousuke doesn’t stay the night again. He leaves with a “take care of yourself” and a glance over his shoulder. Haru rests a hand on his chest as he watches the figure retreating. He’s got it bad, and he’s not really sure what to do. It seems like Sousuke likes him, too, but Haru and his zero experience are unsure. When he asks Makoto, he’s told to talk about it with Sousuke. It seems simple, and it is, in concept, at least. But Haru has no idea how to go about talking to Sousuke about it or whether he even should. Their relationship built in sharing meals and watching movies together is enough. Haru isn’t sure if he wants to risk it.

He’s saved from this dilemma. Sousuke asks to meet him somewhere other than his house. That’s how he ends up sitting on a bench facing the beach next to Sousuke. Haru is apprehensive about this meeting, because Sousuke seemed anxious before. There’s silence for a couple of minutes before Sousuke takes a deep breath and takes Haru’s attention.

“I love you.”

Haru stares at him, feeling his heartbeat rush and a sense of excitement fill his body. It’s not like this was entirely unexpected, but nothing could have prepared him for how it feels. Sousuke’s eyes are bright with an earnest sort of intensity.

“Haru?”

And he realizes he hasn’t responded yet, and he really should His throat feels constricted as he returns Sousuke’s gaze.

“I do, too,” he mumbles.

The next thing he knows, is that there are two arms wrapped around him. Haru usually finds close contact uncomfortable, but this, this feels right.

“You are my ocean,” Sousuke confesses. “Even if you leave me gasping for air, I’ll always love you.”

Ship: Kuroo Tetsurou/&Sawamura Daichi OR ImaHana
Fandom: Haikyuu!! OR KnB
Major Tags: Manga Spoilers
Other Tags: None

Prompt:

"Smiles both faded the moment they turned their backs to each other. They were each reminded of just how difficult of a feat it is, 'to survive through day 2'."

-Narration, Haikyuu Chapter 246

Ship: Natsuo Ishido & Sanae Sawamura OR Teshima Junta & Koga Kimitaka
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
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Other Tags: None

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