Bonus Round 5: Clue

[referees]

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

Sometimes, all you need are a few little details to imagine something bigger. This round is inspired by a classic board game with a cast of colorful characters, but for SASO your only limits on "who", "where", and "with what" are what you can imagine (and the SASO fandom list, of course)!

This round closes on 5 August @ 7PM EDT. (Countdown Timer.)

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

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with the format of a Clue mystery - "[character] in the [location] with [item]", along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: Sawamura Daichi in the teachers' lounge with the Hello Kitty! lunchbox
  • The person in your prompt MAY be a member of your ship, but is not REQUIRED to be part of your ship. They must still be a named character from a SASO-nominated fandom.
  • Your place must be a physical location, not a state of being or a state of being. However, this location is not required to be real, nor must it be from the same setting as the characters.
  • The "item" used must be a physical object that the character can hold or manipulate.
  • Unlike the board game, your prompt is NOT required to imply murder. The scenario implied can be anything at all! (As always, please tag properly!)
  • 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 Clue-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> [Character] in the [location] with the [item].	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

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.

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Comments

PROMPT: Team Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov

[moetushie]

Ship: Seung-gil Lee/JJ Leroy
Fandom: Yuri!!! On Ice
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Seung-gil in the woods with a hundred drums of black market maple syrup.

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Natsuo Ishido &/ (Kei Ninomiya OR Sanae Sawamura OR Haruka Kirido)
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: Post-Apocalypsis
Other Tags: None
Prompt:
[Natsuo] in the [post-apocalypsis] with the [piece of clothing that she recognizes as Kei’s/Sanae’s/Kiri’s].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Natsuo Ishido &/ Kei Ninomiya
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Mythology-inspired prompt!
Prompt:
[Kei] in the [maze] with the [golden thread].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Kirido Haruka &/ Manami Hiki
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: Age gap tag if you go with the "/" option
Other Tags: Sphinx!Manami
Prompt:
[Haruka] in the [rocky passage] with the [ball of yarn someone sold her bcs “it’ll distract the sphinx”].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Sawamura Sanae /> Ishido Natsuo ( + Ganeko Mai if you want)
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Emetophobia, Hanahaki decease
Prompt:
[Sanae] in the [bathroom] with the [burned petals falling from her lips].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Ishido Natsuo & Mai Ganeko
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Valentines-inspired prompt, these 2 girls can’t make chocolate i just know it.
Prompt:
[Natsuo] in the [store] with the [last box of chocolate in her grasp, way out of Mai’s reach].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Sanae Sawamura &/ Mai Ganeko
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: do u ever see a doll that just,
Prompt:
[Sanae] in the [store] with the [bear with B i g eyebrows that just reminds her so much of…].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Mai Ganeko & Kei Ninomiya (+ Sanae & Natsuo sparring in the bg)
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: gfs talk
Prompt:
[Mai] in the [bleachers] with [Sanae’s bag, and Kei holding onto Natsuo’s right besides her].

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA

[besania]

Ship: Kirido Haruka & Sanae Sawamura ( + & Natsuo Ishido)
Fandom: Teppu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Something something they hunting Natsuo who is not human
Prompt:
[Haruka] in the [forest] with the [trail of feathers leading her to… who’s that?].

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[lordonisyr]

Ship: Makishima Yuusuke &/ Midousuji Akira
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Makishima and Midousuji in a funky second-hand store with an ugly purple sweater that would look good (?) on either of them.

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Lev/Yaku or Lev/Kenma or Lev/Kuroo
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: sexual content (as per the Loveless universe about losing your ears after sex)
Other Tags: possible angst, Lev's awakening

Prompt:
Lev in the training camp dorms with the fake ears.

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, M

[fickle]

Ship: Lev/Kenma, NPC/Lev (past)
Fandom: Haikyuu!
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 1008 words

Okay, so, this is really dark. Warnings for implied underage, implied rape, self-blame, internalized shame, way too much emphasis on virginity and, yeah, angst. Thank you a LOT for prompting this and I’m sorry if this isn’t actually to your tastes!

***

The real irony of it is that their team is Nekoma. Every other school, athletes are popular and can date anyone they want. The Nekoma athletic teams, however, all try to keep their ears at least until they graduate. They’re too distinctive, too perfect, to lose.

Sure, fake cat ears are an option - headbands, clips, there’s a whole industry devoted to them - but nobody would do that in Nekoma! Having your ears still is a badge of pride, proof of how committed you are to your sport and your school.

Lev’s ears are a perfect match to his hair, pale silvery white fur and pink skin on the insides. They don’t twitch much, unlike Kenma’s ears which flick back and forth whenever he’s playing his games, but Lev’s almost always in motion so nobody ever notices it. He keeps his tail wrapped around his waist, under his school uniform.

It’s a little odd but he claims that his Russian heritage makes him more modest about showing off his tail so nobody ever makes a fuss about it. They wouldn’t want to be culturally insensitive, after all, especially when Lev’s trying to fit in. Likewise, when Lev always waits until everyone’s done to shower, Nekoma doesn’t make a big deal out of it. Everyone knows foreigners try to wear towels at hot springs. This must be the Western modesty Lev was instilled with.

It’s not until the training camp that the truth comes out.

*

Lev wakes up and Kenma’s staring down at him. His peculiar golden eyes are narrowed, his expression as intent as if he’s on the last level of one of those handheld games he likes so much.

“What?” Lev asks rudely, voice still thick with sleep.

“Your ears are stitched to your head,” Kenma says calmly, crouching over Lev in a way that suddenly feels far too threatening. “Why?”

Lev scrambles back, shoulderblades hitting the wall; he slept at the edge of the cuddle pile on purpose, wanting to make sure nobody pulled his tail accidentally. He’s breathing too quickly now, he knows, shrunken small and helpless despite being twice Kenma’s size.

When he speaks, his voice comes out in a near-whisper, “Are you going to tell?”

Kenma blinks, then tilts his head to a side and contemplates Lev in a very feline manner.

“No,” he says finally. “Having your ears stitched on must have hurt. If you’re that desperate to keep it a secret, I won’t tell anyone.”

“...Thank you,” Lev says and stares down at the floor, waiting for the questions to come. If he wants Kenma to keep his secrets, he owes Kenma the truth.

“Are those your real - your original ears?” Kenma asks, reaching out to pet them. Lev feels nothing; when people pet them, he purrs and mimics the pleased reactions everyone else has, but it’s no different from petting a jacket really.

“No,” Lev says quietly. “He took them.”

“Who?” Kenma asks the obvious question and bile rises in Lev’s throat, strangling hands closing around his neck. The world’s too small again; he jerks away from Kenma’s touch, forces himself to breathe deeply.

Squares, the therapist said. Draw squares in your mind. Breathe in for one line, hold, breathe out, hold.

“The man who --” Lev’s words cut off and he thinks of everything his father said when Lev came home without ears. It was a torrent of furious Russian, threats thick and guttural, and Lev had curled himself into a corner and cried until his mother swore that he wasn’t in trouble. She tried to hold him, to reassure him, but every time her arms closed around him, the world clawed at him until he couldn’t breathe.

He’s shaking, he realizes dimly. He’s shaking and Kenma’s reaching out to comfort him and if Kenma touches him again, he’s going to scream and everyone will come and they’ll ask what happened and -- and --

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to,” he hears Kenma saying and Kenma’s actually drawing back, putting space between the two of them.

Breathing’s easier but Lev still feels like he’s going to be sick.

“I don’t want to,” he says, curling his hands into fists. They’re so big now, so strong, and he hates that he couldn’t have had this growth spurt when he was younger.

It wouldn’t have mattered. A three year gap wasn’t much in the grand scale of things but it was enough to make any real fight impossible.

“Then don’t,” Kenma says with a shrug. He takes out a game and starts fiddling with it.

Lev takes another breath. Without Kenma watching him, he’s free to bring his hands up over his face. His thumbs probe at his eyes - no, no tears, good.

“Thank you.” His voice is muffled by his hands but Kenma’s reply is clear.

“Nothing to thank me for,” Kenma says and the sound of the game’s beeps and music fills the now-empty gym they slept in.

When Lev’s calm, he takes his hands away and asks, “Where’s everyone else?”

“Morning practice. You slept through breakfast. I’m supposed to wake you and drag you to the court.” Kenma flicks a look at him, unreadable as always. “I can tell them you aren’t well.”

“No.” Lev gains a little strength from saying that so repeats it again. “No, I want to practice. I want to win.”

Playing volleyball makes him hyper-aware of his body obeying his commands. His muscles, his reflexes, his strength. He’s not that good at volleyball yet but it doesn’t.

What matter is that when he plays, it reaffirms his control over his body.

(He only started playing volleyball after he lost his ears and tail. He doesn’t have to remember how much easier it was to balance when he still had them.)

“Okay,” Kenma says and stands up. He extends a hand to help Lev up; after a second, Lev takes it.

His hand is cool and clammy with nervous sweat but Kenma doesn’t complain.

Prompt: Team Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov

[moetushie]

Ship: Aomine/Kagami or Aomine/Kuroko/Kagami
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: Sexual content
Other Tags: and by falsies i do mean fake boobs not fake lashes tho u could put in both if u want

Prompt:
Aomine in Kagami's bedroom with a pair of falsies.

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, M

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Aomine/Kagami
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 428

***

http://saso-afterhours.dreamwidth.org/74887.html

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Bokuto/Kuroo/Akaashi/Tsukishima or any combination of those four.
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: dangerous christmas tree decorations, he's stuck in them, don't electricute Bo please

Prompt:
Bokuto in the living room with the tangled string of Christmas lights.

PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[wino]

Ship: aomine/kagami
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

aomine on the streetcourt with the sneaker kagami left behind.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Aomine Daiki/Kagami Taiga
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 464

***

Kagami is the furthest thing from smooth that Aomine wants to be offended by it. He is offended, on some level, considering that he's standing there on an empty basketball court, after Kagami kissed him, freaked out, and then ran for it, apparently in so much of a hurry to get away that he didn't even stop to pick up the shoe that fell off in his hurry.

Aomine bends to pick it up and for a wild moment, considers just keeping it. Technically, it's his shoe anyway. It's part of the pair that Momoi made him give up. That would be weird though, and probably even weirder now that they've kissed. He should do something, probably; chase Kagami down and return his shoe, or return his kiss, or maybe even do both.

Instead, he's just standing there, his mind still trying to wrap itself around the fact that Kagami's kissed him in the first place. They were playing a one on one, as usual. There was nothing out of ordinary about this game, nothing to even signal that maybe Kagami would try to kiss him at the end of it. But here they are, and Aomine is still stuck standing there in the basketball court with his indecision.

"Fuck," he mutters to himself, and sprints after Kagami.

They've been playing together for long enough that Aomine is pretty sure that he understands the way Kagami thinks. If he can predict Kagami's moves when they're in the middle of a game, then surely it won't be that difficult to figure out where to find him. He stops at the corner of the street, looking around. He knows there's a Maji Burger just another street down, but Kagami's still missing his shoe. He'd probably be too mortified to walk in there with just one shoe, to hide from Aomine until the coast was clear. He'd probably go right home instead, and Aomine doesn't have to think twice before he's heading there, running through the streets, past pedestrians walking too slowly for his liking, until he's standing at Kagami's door, hunched over and panting, still holding onto Kagami's shoe.

He knocks loudly and waits. He'd hold his breath, if he didn't need it so badly. Ideally, he'd be better than a sweaty, panting mess on Kagami's doorstep but, well. Kagami's the one who ran in the first place. He's just going to have to deal.

Kagami finally opens the door, just a crack so he can peer through, and then opening it further. "Uh. Hey."

Aomine sighs heavily, walking into Kagami's apartment and dropping the shoe by the door. "You're a real asshole, you know."

With that, he pulls Kagami close and kisses him back.

This time, neither of them run. It's an improvement.

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Yuri & Yuuri/Victor, Yuri &/ Yuuri, Yuri &/ Yuuri &/ Phichit, or Yuri &/ Phichit
Fandom: Yuri on Ice
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: selfie kings of disney, these mouse ears exist and I bought them today

Prompt:
Yuri in the Disney with the pink leopard print Mickey ears headband.

Re: PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[marks]

awesome fashion!!!

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[whimse]

Ship: Chinatsu Hiyama/Akira Koumoto
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: rgu isn't an object or a place but that won't stop me from trying

Prompt:
Chinatsu in the ballroom at the end of the world with the dress of living flowers.

PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[wino]

Ship: iwaizumi/oikawa
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

iwaizumi at the dining table with the cheap cereal box prize rings.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 418

***

"Iwa-chan," Oikawa says, picking up a cereal box off the shelf. "Let's get this brand. It says on the box that you get a prize inside."

"Are you twenty four, or just four?" Iwaizumi replies, laughing as he shoves at Oikawa's shoulder. He adds the box to the shopping cart all the same. "That's your one impulse buy for this shopping trip."

"That doesn't count, we actually need cereal," Oikawa protests. "An impulse buy should be something like… like… look at this star-shaped baking pan!"

"You don't bake," Iwaizumi replies, as he keeps pushing the trolley forward. "Cereal with way too much sugar, and a prize. That's your impulse buy."

Oikawa complains all the way home, and refuses point blank to eat the cereal at all, for the way it's betrayed him. Iwaizumi leaves him to his theatrics, taking two bowls out the next morning to pour cereal for them both, knowing that Oikawa's going to eat it anyway.

As he's pouring into Oikawa's bowl, a red, plastic ring falls out of the box. It has a diamond on top, made of clear plastic, and it looks somewhat adjustable. For children. He picks it up with a quiet laugh, taking a better look at it. That's how Oikawa finds him, standing over two bowls of cereal with a ring held between his index and thumb.

"This is your cereal prize," Iwaizumi tells him, holding the ring up.

"I can't believe Iwa-chan is proposing to me," Oikawa says immediately. He holds his hand out. "Only if it fits."

"Please," Iwaizumi snorts, dropping the ring onto the dining table and reaching out, taking Oikawa's hand into his own and pulling on it. "When I propose, it's going to be a lot better than a plastic ring over two bowls of cereal."

"True, there isn't even any milk on the cereal. Or coffee on the table," Oikawa shakes his head, mock solemn, before he turns to Iwaizumi and, in a much softer voice, says, "You said when."

"Well." Iwaizumi feels himself blushing to the very roots of his hair. "It's going to happen, isn't it? I feel like that's just a given fact. We're going to end up—"

"Married," Oikawa says, and smiles so wide that Iwaizumi can't help but do the same. "We'll finally get to do the old married couple thing. Just like what everyone always joked about."

"Yeah," Iwaizumi agrees, and it's ridiculous, just how excited he is to get there. "We will."

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Inui/Kaidoh or Inui/Fuji or Inui/Renji or Inui/Tezuka
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: Alice in Wonderland, potential juice side effects

Prompt:
Inui in the club room with the bottle labeled "Drink Me."

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/SUGIMOTO TERUFUMI, G

[lysithea]

Ship: inui sadaharu/fuji shuusuke
Fandom: prince of tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: brief mentions of crossdressing
Word Count: 437 words

i guess that this doesn't exactly take place in the club room but here's *strums guitar* fuji in wonderland

***

"Probability that our guest will arrive here late: 97%"

Fuji smooths down his skirt and sits down cross legged at the end of the table. "It appears that I've beat the odds then, hm?"

The man at the opposite end of the table pushes his glasses up and adjusts the overlarge hat on his head. "It's too be expected more than one would expect, with how... unconventional most of our guests are."

Fuji surveys the wide array of teas and pastries on the table. "If I'm not wrong in assuming, are you not supposed to have a companion?"

The man nods. "He's... out, to put it simply." Fuji nods in return.

"It would be impolite of me to serve myself, would it not?" The man stands up, fingers caressing porcelain before his fingers curl around the handle of a particularly squat teapot.

"Probability that this tea is the one here most to your tastes: 31%"

Fuji raises an eyebrow, his smile never leaving his face. "Those are rather low odds."

The man bows his head. "Having just met you, my data is insufficient as to ascertain your tastes. This just so happens to be one of my most popular... concoctions." He pours the piping hot tea into a cup, steam rising and curling off of it. The surface of the liquid has a rainbow sheen almost reminiscent of mother-of-pearl.

Fuji peers closer at the teacup as the man takes a small bottle out of his pocket and unstoppers it: "DRINK ME," it's labeled.

"My special juice gives tea an extra kick that some find particularly... effective."

Most people would ask what he means by that. Fuji simply looks up at the man and smiles again with closed lips, the edges of his eyes crinkling. He adjusts his white apron. "I look forward to sampling it, then."

The man grins ominously and pours the clear liquid into the teacup. The tea immediately transforms from pearly white to midnight black. The tea leaves still floating around turn a forbidding shade of red. Fuji appraises the cup before daintily picking it up and bringing it up to his lips.

It's hot. Not just in terms of temperature. It feels like a fire has alighted in his mouth, flames dancing across his tongue. He swallows, feeling the heat racing down his throat before settling deep within his stomach, warming him violently from the inside. He blinks a couple stray, involuntary tears from his eyes before downing the rest of the teacup in one gulp.

"Thank you for the drink, Mr... ?"

"Inui," he responds. "But most people simply call me the Hatter."

PROMPT: Team Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi

[kythen]

Ship: Nishinoya Yuu/Azumane Asahi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major tags: None
Other tags: None

Prompt:
Asahi in front of Nishinoya's apartment with Nishinoya's arrest warrant.

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Takao Kazunari
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: are these kurofes and replace references...maybe

Prompt:

Midorima in the fortune-telling tent with a 7 feet tall stuffed giraffe.

PROMPT: Team Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi

[kythen]

Ship: Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major tags: None
Other tags: domestic au

Prompt:
Daichi in the front hallway with a tie he doesn't know how to tie.

PROMPT: Team Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi

[kythen]

Ship: Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major tags: None
Other tags: it is strongly implied that a cat is involved

Prompt:
Kuroo in the bushes with cat food.

FILL: TEAM BOKUTO KOUTAROU/KUROO TETSUROU, G

[ryekamasaki]

Ship: Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 622

This was such a cute prompt, I hope this fill lives up to it!

***

Daichi realizes that sometimes his boyfriend can be weird. After all the time they’ve been together, it’s a given that they’ve learned things about each other that could best be described as quirks. Kuroo has said how odd he finds it that Daichi can cook things he doesn’t like better than anyone else Kuroo knows, and yet he doesn’t eat any of them, can’t tell whether they’re actually good or not. For his part, Daichi finds that Kuroo has a bunch of little habits that are far too catlike to be completely normal, like his aversion to getting wet and his tendency to nap in sunbeams.

This, though, is just a little past odd. Daichi leans over the windowsill, looking down into the bushes that line the front of their house. There’s a small space between the bushes and the wall, and in that space Kuroo is crouched, his lanky body twisted in a way that looks vaguely uncomfortable, knees almost touching the dirt. Kuroo’s stationed himself here at various times over the last day or two that Daichi’s noticed. He has a couple of tiny leaves in his hair, and Daichi resists the urge to brush his fingers through to knock them loose, at least until he figures out what’s going on.

“What-”

“Shh.” Kuroo shushes him with a tiny hiss and an aborted flap of one hand.

Daichi frowns, leans his face closer to the sill, and lowers his voice to a whisper. “What’re you doing?”

Kuroo just shakes his head and raises a finger to his lips, and then very slowly pushes the little dish of cat food an inch or so further in front of himself. Daichi spares a minute to think about that, because as far as he knows, there’s no reason for them to own any cat food, seeing as how they don’t have a cat. There’s a rustle, and then the tiniest kitten Daichi has ever seen in his life creeps cautiously into view to poke its little face into the dish. They both watch it eat a little, getting the food all over its face, and then there’s another rustle and another kitten, this one just slightly smaller, crawls over to join the first.

At this angle, Daichi can just see Kuroo’s face and he looks over to see the fond, sunshine bright grin that he loves so much. Kuroo reaches out slowly, and though the second kitten looks up at him a little fearfully, it lets him run one finger down its tiny body. The first kitten finishes eating and lifts one paw towards Kuroo’s hand, and he flips it over so the kitten can crawl into his palm and curl up. The other one follows, until Kuroo has his hands cupped together, full of dirty, sleepy kitten.

Daichi knows before Kuroo even meets his eyes what’s going to happen. Kuro looks up at him, amazed and happy and so excited, and Daichi can’t do anything except smile and shake his head fondly. “I guess we’ve got some new family members, then?”

He’s sure, by the look on Kuroo’s face, that if he hadn’t had a handful of kitten Kuroo would be wrapped around him already. As it is, he stands up so fast that Daichi would be concerned about him pulling something, if he weren’t distracted by a tiny mewl and a little paw reaching out to attach itself to Daichi’s shirt. Kuroo’s voice is teasing and amused. “It looks like she agrees.”

The kitten yawns and uses its claws to pull itself out of Kuroo’s hand and against Daichi’s chest, where he cups it carefully as it goes back to sleep. Kuroo laughs, low and happy, and Daichi grins in return.

PROMPT: Team Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi

[kythen]

Ship: Tajima Yuuichirou/Hanai Azusa
Fandom: Ookiku Furikabutte
Major tags: None
Other tags: sports injuries

Prompt:
Hanai in the clubroom with sports tape.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Hanai Azusa/Tajima Yuuichirou
Fandom: Ookiku Furikabutte
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: sports injuries
Word Count: 473

***

"Hey," Hanai says, his voice as gentle as his hands as he touches Tajima's arm. "It's okay."

Tajima doesn't reply, looking down at his feet. Hanai sighs quietly and shifts closer, picking up his roll of sports tape.

"We'll just tape this up and see how you go. Coach Momo will have anti-inflammatories if you need them. Do you want me to ask now, or do you want to wait and see how you go?"

Tajima presses his lips together into a thin line. "Does she have to know? Do we have to tell anyone else?"

"Yuu," Hanai says, frowning at him. "You know we can't. The team needs to know. How do you think you'd feel if one of the guys kept it secret that they were injured?"

Tajima sighs loudly. "Damn it, why do you have to make sense?"

"I want you to be as safe as you can be while you're recovering. I'm saying that as your captain, but as your boyfriend too."

Tajima smiles, leaning in to rest his head against Hanai's shoulder. "I know."

"So let me tape your shoulder for you. Do you need my help to take your shirt off?"

Tajima grins. "Are you asking as my captain, or as my boyfriend?"

"Y-Yuu," Hanai stammers, feeling his face growing warm.

Laughing at him, Tajima lifts one side of his shirt up. "Can you help me with the other side? My shoulder hurts if I lift it at that angle."

"Of course," Hanai replies, taking Tajima's shirt off for him. It feels strange, doing this in the clubroom, and he's pretty sure that Tajima feels it too, from the way he's cheeks are dusted with pink.

He cuts the tape into strips, putting them along Tajima's shoulder, then cuts a broader strip for across. Tajima's skin is as warm to the touch as ever, and Hanai reminds himself to pay attention to the task at hand.

"Done," Hanai says, once he's satisfied with his handiwork. He leans back, taking another look at it, and nods. "I'll tell Coach Momo. Don't push yourself, okay? You don't need to. Just focus on getting better. That's all anyone on the team expects from you. You're always supporting us. Let us support you too."

Tajima smiles. "You know, there's a really good reason that you've been the captain for the past three years."

If Hanai's face was pink before it must be bright red now. He laughs with embarrassment, but that only makes Tajima even more delighted, pulling him into a kiss.

Hanai hums against Tajima's lips, smiling as they pull apart. "Do you want me to help you put your shirt back on?"

"Only because I have to," Tajima replies with an exaggerated pout.

With a quiet snort, Hanai kisses him again for good measure. "Come on. Let's go."

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Mayuzumi Chihiro/Akashi Seijuurou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: the cat did it

Prompt:

Mayuzumi in his room with a broken Kaguya-tan figurine on the floor.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Akashi Seijuurou/Mayuzumi Chihiro
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 430

***

Akashi would like it to be stated for the record: he is not a jealous person. He doesn't get jealous of people, or things, or anything like that. He's far too secure for any of that. He's the type of person who inspires loyalty; he isn't going to question that, and he certainly isn't going to insult himself by worrying whether the people he cares about truly love him.

It's not that he hates Kaguya-tan. It's not even that he slightly dislikes her. The whole thing is just a matter of preference and he likes Ringo-tan better. That's all there is to it, and if Mayuzumi has a preference for Kaguya-tan, then, well, Akashi will just agree to disagree. He won't hold any animosity to a fictional character for being Mayuzumi's favourite, out of this particular series. He won't resent the fact that Mayuzumi refuses to go out for weeks just so that he can save up to buy a Kaguya-tan figure.

So when the cat knocks the figure off the desk, Akashi is—

Well. He isn't exactly upset about it. Maybe he sneaks some treats to the cat. Just to appease her and to help her get over the fright of the loud crashing noise the figure made when it fell.

Mayuzumi, on the other hand, is furious.

"We're putting the cat up for adoption," he decides.

"We're not doing that," Akashi replies.

"She broke my figure," Mayuzumi says, waving the pieces in the air to emphasise his point. He narrows his eyes. "Did you put her up to this?"

"You're asking me if I encouraged our cat to knock your figure over," Akashi clarifies.

"That's exactly what I'm asking you," Mayuzumi replies. "I know you don't like Kaguya-tan. I know you hate the figure."

"I don't hate it. She makes you happy."

"Exactly." Mayuzumi points at him. "You're jealous, aren't you?"

"Of Kaguya-tan?" Akashi folds his arms across his chest. "Why would I be? Should I be, Chihiro?"

Mayuzumi looks away with an annoyed huff. "No. But I'm just saying—"

"I shouldn't have to worry that you like a fictional character more than you like me," Akashi continues.

Mayuzumi makes a face at Akashi. "Why would you even think that?"

"I'm your favourite," Akashi adds.

"Are we even having the same conversation right now?" Mayuzumi asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course," Akashi replies, pulling his phone out. "I'll work on disciplining the cat. And I'll buy you a replacement for the figure she broke."

"You don't have to—"

"I will," Akashi tells him. "Because you're my favourite, too."

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[whimse]

Ship: Shizuku Hanaoka &/ Kiyoharu Hyoudou OR Shizuku Hanaoka &/ Tatara Fujita
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: (unhappy?) future AU

Prompt:
Shizuku in the Moscow airport with the one-way ticket to Tokyo.