Apple of Your Eye
Summary: Adam has his eyes on a different Eve.
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It wasn’t particularly bizarre, at face value.
The first rose that Reki had received was thorny; it sat innocently amongst the rest of Oka’s fake plants that he tucked into the hanging flower planters for “good hospitality”. Reki thought it was unnecessary (their dope front door and display window more than made up for any hospitality a skater could wish for) but Oka was insistent. So, Reki was more than a little curious when the planters actually caught his eye for once one Tuesday afternoon.
He snatched it a little too eagerly, and, long story short—Reki’s thereon mystery fan never left him another thorny rose, taking care to de-thorn it for weeks to come.
That was, until yesterday.
Langa cried out a couple feet away, and Reki heaved another sigh.
“I told you, you’re lifting off too late!” Reki said. Langa rubbed his elbow wincingly—did he hit his funny bone? Oh, Reki felt that. “You need to maximize that momentum, not minimize it.”
“This ground is actively working against me,” Langa grumbled, returning to full stand, “so that’s kind of hard to do.”
“Is it?”
Langa glowered at him, and Reki chuckled.
“Kidding, kidding.” Reki waved an apologetic hand. “Obviously, the first time’s scary for everyone. But, if you’re serious about skateboarding, you just gotta learn to suck it up. You know?” He grinned. “It’s way more fun like that anyway.”
Langa’s eyes got that weird look in them again—something equally soft as it was sharp. “Yeah,” he said, a little dazed.
“Yeah, ‘yeah’!” Reki beamed. “Now show me how it’s done!”
Langa nodded in that quietly determined way of his and Reki left him to it as his own mind wandered again.
He’d looked it up after getting home last night—what a blue rose symbolized compared to a red one. But unlike the sweet and simple answer of red’s “passion”, blue was… harder to pinpoint. Some results said mystery or unrequited love, while others, fascination and even true love.
But that couldn’t be it, Reki snorted.
He was surprised this person kept up for this long anyway. It had been, what, two, three months since Reki started keeping a vase in his workshop? Dedication like that, it had to be someone from S that was interested in him. He didn’t think a regular person would find anything in him to be “fascinated” with.
“Ah, Reki!”
Reki jerked at the abrupt call, nearly falling off his perch on the half-pipe ledge.
Langa was beaming from behind the makeshift water bottle barrier. “I did it! I got over the bottles!”
“Y-Yeah!” Reki said, finally noticing the barrier was in one, uniform line. “You sure did! That was awesome!”
Langa didn’t take the praise like Reki expected. Instead, he frowned, deadpanning, “You didn’t see it, did you?”
“What? No, I—”
“You’ve got that look on your face again,” Langa interrupted him. “The one you make when you’re drawing.”
Despite the words, he didn’t sound the least bit upset.
Not for the first time, Reki wondered what planet this guy was from.
(No one was actually this chill about being totally ignored during their moment of triumph!)
“Okay, you caught me,” Reki sighed. “I was totally distracted. Sorry.” He smiled, then. “But I still think it was awesome! I don’t need to see it to know that.”
In the afternoon sun, Langa’s faint blush was downright precious. Reki stifled a giggle.
“If you must know, however,” he continued, sliding down the slope to stand on equal ground with Langa, “I was thinking we should get you some protection gloves.”
“Huh? Why?” Langa tilted his head.
“Well, because you work a lot with your hands, right?” Reki wiggled his fingers emphatically. “Those are like, the one exception you gotta make for not needing protective gear. Especially when you get to the crazier moves that need your hands to guide them!”
“Right,” Langa said. “But you don’t wear any either.”
“Pshhhh, that’s ‘cause I’m practically a pro! And I still wear them for S, you know.”
Langa dubiously eyed the Band-Aids littering Reki’s hand, mostly his fingers. “Uh-huh.”
Those cuts weren’t from skating, actually—but Reki hesitated to tell Langa that. Not even Oka knew about Reki’s mystery person (the benefits of having a manager that always came in late), and after unintentionally keeping it that way for about a month, Reki was loath to change that. Even with Langa.
It felt… nice. Knowing someone out there appreciated him this way. He’d like to savor that feeling for as long as he could.
Even if it did sting him twice now in a row in both shades of blue and red.
Reki scoffed. “Hey! Which one of us has been skating for longer, huh?” He crossed his arms. “I think I know what sort of advice I’m giving and taking here.”
“If you say so,” Langa said.
His expression was passive, but Reki recognized that humor in his eyes.
“I do,” Reki huffed.
“Mhmm.”
“Hey.”
Langa was definitely snorting when he passed Reki to try the bottles again, concern seemingly addressed. Reki let him go with only an eye-roll for that.
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for the meme rb: predator/prey
okay so I have some OC ships that take this Very Literally lol but in terms of fandom... AdaReki is the first that comes to mind because I'll never be able to un-associate ADAM with Howl lmao but other prime candidates are SoraYuya, some flavours of ZenosWol (depends on the wol), kuroibu, 69/yuuma (and to some degree astral/yuuma), and I feel like I'm forgetting someone but my brain is dead rn.
And then you have Atsuro/Kaido which is a rare and unusual version where the pred is the sub
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WIP Tag Game
RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.
tagged by: @crimsonrainseekingflower
I have far too many to list them all so here's the more defined ones
adareki post-adam/mob
baby mbj
BakingAU Ranwan
beach peishui
big brother binghe
mocumplane comm
deaged lqr
emperor xue zhengyong's harem
fem vamp beefleaf
fuck or die liushen
mhx/mr gbwb
memory loss ranwan
preg cumplane
mermay qiurong
modernAU xue zhengyong/rong jiu
moshang dragon
song lan somno-noncons roomie xy
statue fucker hua cheng
svsss cyoa horror au
txj/rj reincarnation brothel au
zzl/mf - fwb gone bad
Help I accidentally knocked up the protag's right hand man
post-canon trans!eddie
jiang xi/chu wanning
tlj/lqj acquire two babies
beyond evil radio horror
nieyao grief
shaving peishui
i tag: @tehri, @brawlites, @jaggededges123 (only if you want)
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Adam surprising Reki for his brithday, realizing how much he loves to hear that laugh, realizing how amazing it feels to spend time with the people you love
And at the party he just watches Reki have fun with everyone, maybe gets a little jealous that he didn’t have that at his age. Reki finds him sulking in a corner or smoking outside and they talk. Adam opens up about it, in very few words “I didn’t get such tomfoolery”
Reki asks him if he’d like to, “There’s always next year” he says. Maybe his initial plans for Adam’s birthday were a “fancy and mature”evening, a restaurant he can’t pronounce the name of, high chandeliers with classical music playing in the background (and maybe more afterwards 👀). But after he listens to him, he decides he’s gonna get the group to organize Adam the same silly feel-good party he got, complete with party hats and cake with too much whipped cream
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Adam's Smile
You saw them together. They didn't know you were there. Neither of them heard the wheels of your skateboard or the sound of your foot steps until abruptly you stopped. You stopped. Because you just couldn't believe your eyes.
He was laughing his slow secret chuckle that you thought was just for you. He's laughing with Adam and looking at him with his sparkling eyes that you thought were also just for you. You watch as Adam slowly wraps a lock of his hair around one long digit and kisses it. You expect him to react strongly, to break whatever spell they fell in. Whatever hell you've been thrust into.
He doesn't.
He doesn't react strongly or turn shy like he usually does. No, he accepts Adam's touch casually. Like it's an everyday occurrence. Like he has grown to expect it. When did this happen, you wonder. Was it when you watched both of them jump in tandem like a dance only they knew. You had been impressed when you saw Adam spinning him as he laughed and then like Adam couldn't help himself, you watched as Adam broke into happy unrestrained laughter as well. And that made you partake in their infectious joy and laughed. They both turn and look at you, for a moment you doubt yourself but then they join you in laughter. Free unrestrained laughter.
You never felt more foolish. Here you thought all of you were getting closer, together. Happier. But no it was just both of them leaving you behind. And so you watch in frozen horror as he tips his face back and smiles. A smile you have never seen. You feel when your heart stops because he has a smile just for Adam. Adam has a special smile. How didn't you notice?
You need to stop this. Whatever this is. It can't go on any longer. You won't let it. You take in a deep breath because this is you about to shatter whatever tentative relationship is forming. You refuse to let Adam come between you two a second time. You won't let him.
"REKI!"
And your heart comes alive because you watch as Reki turns and he smiles. He smiles his Langa smile. The smile that lights him up from the inside. And it's just for you. You watch as Reki jogs over to hug you like he always does and you know that it's not too late. You haven't lost Reki, not yet. Not ever. And you'll do anything to make sure it's you by his side as you both skate towards infinity.
As you hold Reki I'm your arms, you lift your face and you smile at Adam. You make sure you stare into his eyes as you smile just like Adam did after hurting Reki. It's cruel and empty rage just waiting to be unleashed. You make sure Adam understands that you're completely capable of doing whatever needs to be done to keep Reki by your side. It's a promise, one you intend to keep. It's a smile just for Adam.
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