divinehq

[coladaminx]

WE ARE NOT DOING THIS TAKE IT AWAY! ಥ_ಥ 

[siflshonen]

Do you read sports manga I try to read blue lock and it so corny lol I couldn’t take the dialogues seriously at all but I have this love and hate with the genre but the longer they run the worse it gets like kuroko became super saiyan basketball player and it worse when they introduced foreign players it cause my eyes start twitching cause I know I’m going to be annoyed not because there boring but the stereotypes

Anon, as a matter of fact I generally don’t like (or at least don’t seek out) sports anime, but I have some exceptions - though if you ask me many of them don’t fit the English-speaker understanding of what “sports” anime means. Anyway, these are the ones I will stand by:

Yuri on Ice

Megalo Box (this one gets a little tired and cheesy in its drama over time but it keeps the sensibility of a classic underdog sports film. Makes sense, since it’s a spiritual remake of Ashita no Joe)

March Comes in Like a Lion/Sangetsu no Lion (one of my favorites, honestly)

Sk8 the Infinity (not my most favoritest or anything, but I did enjoy it and absolutely love Adam’s over-the-top-about-everything energy.)

If one is going to do a wild and wacky sports anime, it’s best they own it from the get-go, I think, rather than fall over itself to incorporate more and more without a clear direction. But then again, that’s my opinion of most shonen, so…

[tommybaholland]

Hello! I just wanted to say I really love your Sk8 headcanons and fics (I always get excited when the Sk8 x reader tag updates with your work ^o^) Could I possibly request headcanons of the Sk8 boys first kiss with their S/O like who initiates the kiss, how long they've been dating, where it happens etc. Its my first time sending a request, I've been wanting to for a while now. I hope you have a nice day or night when you read this and stay safe ^o^

sk8 boys + their first kiss with their s/o

wow, thank you so much! it’s an honor that you’ve chosen me to write your first request. i had a lot of fun writing this one and hope you all enjoy it<33

reki

you probably wouldn’t kiss for a long time due to your own internal conflicts about each others’ feelings

he’s mostly stressing if he’s doing everything right with you or not

after your third date, which just so happened to be when he took you to S, now sitting on top of a ramp at the skatepark, he decides to just suddenly kiss you

when he pulls away to see the shocked look on your face, he immediately regrets it but little does he know…

“so is S always that crazy and high stakes?” you asked.

he chuckled. “actually, i felt like tonight was pretty tame,” he replied as he hopped up onto the ramp before holding out his hand to help you up. 

“really? well, i can see why people are into it.” you say as you settle down next to him on the edge of the ramp.

he nods, looking over to you. “did you have fun tonight?” 

you look back at him. “yeah! i had a good time, thanks for taking me.” 

it was quiet for a moment and you turned back to look up at the clear sky. “the sky looks so pretty tonight.”

he only continued to look at you, his brain on autopilot. “yeah, it does.” 

he moved closer to you before getting your attention once more. 

“hey,” he said in a soft voice. you turned to look at him only to find him leaning in, his eyes closing. the kiss was gentle but long, his hand coming up to caress your cheek as he continued to press his lips to yours. 

he pulls away after what feels like an eternity to see an unreadable expression on your face. 

“um, i’m sorry. i, i don’t know why i did that,” he explains. “but i really, really like you and would like to spend more time with you.”

he felt like the more he said, the worse he made  the situation. “b-but i mean, if you don’t want to, that’s okay, especially after i just did THAT, you know?”

he wasn’t making sense, making you shake your head. 

“whoa, whoa, reki. what are you talking about?” you asked incredulously. “i liked kissing you.”

“you did?” he validates.

“mm-hmm,” you nod in confirmation. “yes. and for the record, i also want to spend more time with you, you spaz.” 

“hey! i am not a spaz,” he defends. “okay, maybe a little. but that would mean the world to me.”

“i’m glad,” you reply. “but maybe just warn me next time you want to kiss me.”

he nods with a nervous chuckle. “i can do that. may i kiss you again right now...maybe?”

you nod, leaning in first this time. you reach for his hand as your lips meet in the middle again. this one was more passionate than the last, sealing your affections for one another.

langa

you would probably be the one to initiate a kiss with him only because he’s dense about how these things go

he most likely wouldn’t realize that you’ve been going on dates and just thought that you were ‘hanging out more’ but it’s not like he minded it

it was your third or fourth ‘hang out’ and you were walking back to your house after eating a whole bunch at that cheap restaurant that you both just can’t get enough of

you decided to test the waters by holding his hand on the way home to which he did not let go and when you finally had reached your destination…

you held his hand as you walked through the neighborhood, the only light provided by the street lamps and the moon. you could tell that he was getting sleepy after having eaten so much. you really didn’t know where he put it all. soon you arrived outside your house and you continued to hold his hand as you turned to face him. 

“well, here we are,” you remarked. “thanks for dinner tonight. i am so full.”

“yeah, me too,” he grins. “we could go again tomorrow.”

“i’d like that but that’s a little too much to eat out for me. maybe we could go to the beach or something?” you offer. 

“that would be nice. i love the beach,” he replies.

you giggle softly. “i know you do. well, i’ll talk to you soon,” you say as you move closer to him.

“‘kay,” he responds. 

“goodnight,” you say softly before pressing a quick kiss to his lips. his eyes widen as he realizes the sudden warmth on his mouth that leaves just as quickly. 

“did you...just kiss me?” he asks. 

“um, yeah,” you reply coyly, feeling your face grow warm. “i’m, i’m sorry. it was too sudden and i know you’re tired.”

he grabs your hand to keep you from turning away to leave. 

“do you think...we could do it again?” he asks. 

“you want to?”

“mm-hmm,” he nods. 

“okay,” you confirm softly before leaning in with him to connect your lips once again. it was a little longer than the last but nothing too much. a soft smack was heard once you separated, leaving him grinning with half-lidded eyes. 

“i liked that,” he commented. 

“you did? me too,” you agreed. 

“we should definitely do that again tomorrow,” he offers. 

you laugh lightly. “yeah. i think we can make that happen.”

joe

he seems like he’d be the type of guy to kiss on the first date but regardless, you’ve been flirting here and there for a while and mans just can’t wait

it’s likely that you’ve kissed once before in the past but hid your true feelings about it

but this time would be for real and a little more personal by cooking your favorite meal at his restaurant

it happened sooner than he would have liked, planning to try to get you to stay over with him after but couldn’t find a reason to complain about anything that transpired between you…

“okay, bon appetit!” he announces as he places your dish in front of you.  

“wow, kojo,” you reacted, looking up from the extravagant meal. “did you really make this?”

“are you really going to keep calling me that?” he says, answering your question with a question. 

“oh, don’t worry, i have plenty of other names for you where that came from,” you throw back as you place you napkin in your lap and begin to eat. 

“are any of them ‘super handsome best chef and skater in the world?’ he asks playfully. 

“if that translates to ‘obnoxious, stupid tan and muscular with one brain cell’ then yes.” 

“ouch,” he reacts, feigning dramatics as he places a hand over his chest. “well, i just wanted to say that you look absolutely beautiful tonight.”

“thanks, i have a date after this,” you joke. 

he smiles. “very funny. but i have to admit that i was happy to hear that you finally broke up with that other jerk.”

“were you?”

he nods in confirmation. “i’ve been looking forward to it for a while now. it’s just been so long since we’ve...hung out.”

it was your turn to make a confession. “i was actually surprised when you asked me out.”

“were you?” he asks, mimicking your words from earlier. “why is that?”

“i don’t know. i just thought that maybe you weren’t interested in doing anything like that with me,” you admitted. 

“why would you think that? i’ve always liked you,” he confesses. 

you look at him incredulously. “shut up.”

“what?”

“you are such a smooth talker.”

he chuckles. “maybe so, but it’s the truth.”

you let him talk for a few minutes while you enjoy your food. 

“and so i told them, ‘why would you not put garlic in the pasta?’ you know? it’s, like, a staple spice-- oh, hang out. you’ve got something…”

he leans over to wipe some stray sauce off of your cheek and catches your eyes. you gaze at each other for a few moments, the tension pulling you in towards each other until your lips meet in a passionate kiss. it builds up and becomes heated pretty quickly, seemingly that both of you have been waiting for this for a long time. 

at some point, you find the strength to pull away from him, giggling as he immediately pulls you back in for a few more quick kisses. 

“wow, you were, uh, you were pretty eager, huh?” you remark. 

“what, me? what about you? you were all over me,” he retorts with a smirk. 

“whatever.”

“well, i really enjoyed it,” he admits, placing his hand over yours on the table. 

“yeah?” you smile. 

he nods, returning the smile. “and it would make me really happy to do it again with you, permanently.”

“are you sure you can handle that?” you verify, somewhat shocked at his commitment.

“no, but i’m a fast learner,” he replies. 

“sounds good to me.”

you lean in for one more kiss, gentle and quick. 

“also, you’ve still had sauce on your face this whole time--”

“kojiro!”

he laughs. “i’m so sorry. here, come here.”

he wipes the sauce off with the cloth napkin, actually removing it this time. “you still look beautiful, you know.”

“oh, save it. you probably planned that whole thing.” 

“nope, that was just all luck, baby. if you didn’t know, i’m a pretty lucky guy.” 

if there was one thing he knew he could do right, it’s make your face get warm and flustered. 

cherry

being the sophisticated gentleman that he prides himself to be, he waits exactly 3-5 dates until presenting the idea of moving physical intimacy forward with a kiss

he’d probably take you to some exclusive cultural event like an art show or some sort of exhibition and he would pay for everything, of course

the first few dates of somewhat of a test for him, not only to see if you’re interested in him but also to see if you would be a good fit for him as far too many have seemed to take advantage of him or some would get jealous of Carla, stuff like that

you know it’s coming because he’s been more affectionate with you by holding your hand, placing an arm around you, just subtle little touches so it’s no surprise when he asks…

“may i have the honor of kissing you, my dear?”

you had wined and dined all night at an exclusive restaurant that also held dinner shows where he has been nothing less than the perfect company. he pays for everything and declines whenever you offer to help yet he never expects anything from you. no other guy that you had dated could beat him. 

he was a true romantic. 

“yes, please.”

he gives you a small smile before leaning in, one hand caressing the side of your face as his lips met yours, placing a few small kisses on them. 

once he pulled away, you had a confession to make. 

“this doesn’t feel real.”

“what ever are you talking about, darling?”

“it’s not a bad thing but i must admit that i never thought i’d be here and get to see all this and eat this kind of food less alone meeting you,” you explained. 

he allows a small chuckle to escape past his lips. “i’d have to say i feel the same about you. and that is why you deserve nothing but the best, my love.” 

you felt like crying. no matter how many times you were told to believe it, it all still felt so surreal. fortunately, you were lucky enough that it wasn’t. 

“thank you, my little sakura.”

“you could stop using that nickname,” he remarked. 

“c’mon. you know you like it,” you replied as you nudged him playfully. 

“whatever you say, you little weirdo.”

“what happened to ‘you deserve nothing but the best?’

“i’m about to redact that statement,” he replies, half-joking. “but seriously, no need to thank me. it’s all my pleasure.” 

all he needed was your love and he felt like he was set for life. 

tadashi

you had kissed secretly at one time and it was hard to tell who initiated it due to the thick tension between you

afterward, it only made it worse between the two of you to try to ignore it despite his loyalty to his work life

he considered that you might destroy him but it might disturb him more to not have you in his arms and his lips on yours again

he asks if you can meet in private again and once you try to go in for the kiss, he stops you…

“listen,” he says, holding you back by your upper arms. “i don’t think i can do this.”

you shake your head. “wh-what do you mean, tadashi? do you not...want me?”

“please, let me explain,” he replies. “what’s happened between us….was a mistake and i am fully to blame for it. i don’t know what came over me and i apologize for putting you in any sort of unwanted situation.”

this was not sounding good to you as you hung your head in shame. 

“however,” he continues, “even though it was a mistake, i cannot get you or that moment out of my mind.”

you lifted your head up to look at him, seeing a small grin on his face. 

“you’re the only one that i want. i don’t want to hide what we have and make you feel like i’m ashamed of it. so if you’re willing, i’d like to see you regularly and openly.”

it was a strange way of putting that he wanted to be in an exclusive relationship with you but that was just tadashi for you. 

“yes,” you nodded, smiling. “i’d like that.”

“great,” he replied. “i know a wonderful place where we can go and have some late night tea and desserts and get to know each other better after i’m done with mr. ainosuke for the night. that is, if you’d like.”

“that sounds perfect.”

“i’ll pick you up,” he confirms. “and until then,” 

he leans in to give you a chaste kiss on the cheek before fully letting you go. he walks to the door of the tiny office turning back and giving you one last grin. 

“i can’t wait.”

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last and first thing

kyan reki x f! reader

fandom: sk8 the infinity

content: fluffy reki things, maybe one suggestive notion (??) but don’t worry lol it’s nothing rlly

type of work: one shot // unedited

word count: 2591 

synopsis: you wake up in the middle of the night only to find your boyfriend gone from your side. already knowing where he was and what he was doing, you get up fully intending to drag him back to bed

a/n: this is for my friend; she hasn't been having the best time lately so i wanted to write some fluffy reki stuff for her. she doesn’t have tumblr but when i show this to you, i hope you’ll like it <33 // also inspired by this prompt from this prompt generator “person a waking up in the middle of the night to find person b still working. person a has to drag person b back to bed”

"reki?"

you slowly sit up on bed fully awakening from your slumber. you rub your eyes tiredly trying to make sense of your surroundings.

you look beside you and as you thought, your boyfriend was gone. he had invited you over for a sleepover to relax and spend some time together, but due to pure exhaustion from school and other personal reasons you conked out right in the middle of a movie leaning against reki. 

half asleep, you had turned over in your sleep and gently held out your arm to the spot where reki was.

or rather where he had been.

you (now more awake) scrunched your eyebrows together trying to find the body of boy you had fallen asleep against. unable to find him, you, despite the screaming protests of your body, get up to go find him.

luckily for you, you know just where to find him.

reki sat in his workshop working on another board project when he was interrupted by a set of arms wrapping around his middle and a head buried into his right shoulder.

“(y/n)?”

“come back to bed reki” you mumble sleepily.

reki smiles softly and sets down the tool in his head in favor of moving his right arm around your chin with his hand finding its place on the back of your head soothingly stroking it.

you sigh in content and snuggle further into the redhead’s shoulder throughly enjoying the attention you’re given and time you’re spending with your boyfriend; even if it was nearly two in the morning.

unbeknownst to you, reki’s soft smile has been replaced by a dopey grin along with slightly flushed cheeks to match. he kisses your left temple before using his right hand to push your head closer to his so he can lean it against yours.

you softly giggle at the notions and move your head to peck his nose. he smiles sweetly at you before just gazing into your (e/c) orbs. the fond, loving look in his eyes was enough to make you melt and feel weak in the knees.

a blush made its way onto your cheeks and you averted your eyes from his amber ones, “what do you think you’re looking at huh?”

he only smiled cheekily at you using his left hand to poke your cheek, “only looking at you, pretty girl”

“shut it”

he huffs at your retort jokingly before kissing your temple again. 

“why are you awake (y/n),” he asks gently, “you should be in bed”

you only raise an eyebrow at him, “and so should you”

reki only opened his mouth and was probably about to explain the logistics and plans of his newest project but was cut off when you started to move out of his grip. he looked at you curiously as you removed your arms from his center and his arm away from your neck.

he turned around to face you and a furious blush immediately erupts on his face as you sat down on his lap with your legs dangling on the left side of his legs. the heat overtaking his face only got worse as you cupped his faced with yours. but even as embarrassed as he was, his hands immediately found place on your waist.

“(y-y/n)? h-hey what’s u-up? what are you—OW!”

like how reki does to you and langa (and miya as well) you pinched his cheeks as hard you could and stretched them; all while having a blank look on your face. his hands moved from your waist to your wrists trying to get you to stop, but to no avail.

you continued your assault on his cheeks and only stopped when he started to pout at you.

damn his puppy dog eyes.

he pouted at you while massaging his cheeks, “what was that for?”

“that’s for leaving me for your workshop” you huffed.

he blinked before a loud laugh escaped his lips. he grinned and his arms snake around your waist to pull you closer to him.

with an amused and smug grin on his lips he raised an eyebrow on you, “jealous much?”

you pout and he lets out another carefree laugh as you try to escape his hold.

“no of course not!” you exclaim struggling to wiggle out of the redhead’s grasp, “i just wanna go back to bed!”

somehow in the small chaos, reki was able to adjust your positions so that you were now straddling and facing him. he puts your arms around his neck and pushes his forehead against yours; his actions making you flush slightly.

“i’m sorry, no need to be jealous pretty girl,” he whispers softly, “staying up in the workshop pales in comparison with being with you”

your (e/c) eyes stare deep into his amber ones as you lightly tug the hair on the back of his scalp, twirling the hair around your fingers. 

“but why’d you leave?” you question with wide eyes, “or rather, why didn’t you let me stay up with you? i would’ve done so if you asked! you’d be able to be more awake to finish up your project if you had someone to talk to”

reki internally squealed at how cute you looked. you would’ve probably disagreed with him though; what’s so attractive about droopy eyes, messed up hair, and a tired voice? well, reki calls you pretty girl for a reason; he always thinks you look good (and he’s not saying that because

“yeah well, that’s exactly why i didn’t tell you!” he scolded lightly. his tone suddenly switched to a softer more concerned one. “i’ve noticed that you’ve been kinda stressed with school lately, and knowing you, you’ve probably been staying up late doing work or who knows what else. i don’t you to get sick from staying up to study and stuff”

your gaze falls downwards, an embarrassed blush on your cheeks as you mutter, “it’s not that different from staying up in your workshop”

reki only sighs softly muttering what sounds like something along the lines of “what am i gonna do with you”. he pulls his forehead away from yours and brushes your bangs away to give your forehead a kiss. he then cups your cheeks and once again the look in his eyes is enough to make you melt in his hold. but luckily you’re able to internally pull yourself together remembering your self given mission. 

“come back to bed reki”

“what about i just carry you back to bed what do they call it? princess style? or is it bridal style? are they the same or are they different?” reki mindlessly wonders.

but suddenly his cheeks flare red again as he processed what he just said. he removes his hands from your cheeks in attempt to hide his face and make frantic hand gestures.

“n-not that i’m saying y-you’re incapable to walk back yourself!” he stutters, “o-or that you’re my bride! hahah... N-NOT THAT I DON’T WANT YOU TO BE MY BRIDE ! I DON’T WANT ANYONE ELSE I PROMISE—”

reki continues to ramble on and on and the color of his cheeks only gets darker and darker every second. his little spiral leaves a very amused expression on your face. to break him out of said spiral, you wait until his arms and hands were out of the way and you quickly hold his wrists and peck him on the lips instantly shutting him up. somehow. the color of his face only gets darker.

you only smile cheekily at him brushing stray hairs out of his face.

“can we go back to bed now reki?”

once again, his arms are hooked around your waist and leans forward to peck your forehead again.

looking into your eyes, he whispers in a low voice, “what’s it with you trying to get me in bed huh?”

now it seemed to be your turn to have your face darken into a deep blush. he snickers at the speed your face had reddened forgetting that a few minutes ago, he was no better.

even though you knew reki was messing with you with what he was implying, you curled a lock of your hair around your fingers playing with it, and almost sheepishly you look at him saying, “is it so wrong to want you to be the last thing i see before i sleep and the first thing i see when i wake up?”

reki is stunned speechless and he can feel his face begin to heat up again. 

like how reki was earlier, still red faced and a little embarrassed, you began babbling endlessly.

“i just wanna spend time with you y’know? i mean it probably doesn’t mean much considering we’re sleeping, but still! i guess i mean i wanna just be close with you then; it’s better than sleeping on my own, and ohgod this is embarrassing—”

the more you talked, reki’s now present grin only grew and grew, even when you began to scold him a little bit.

“don’t think you’re going off scot free from letting me fall asleep on you only to leave! and why are you lecturing me on sleep when you’re not that better!” you ranted, “i expect a date and some cuddles for compensation, got that pretty boy?”

your sheepish look from earlier was gone and in place was a grin that was as big as reki’s and a look full of mischief and mirth. reki laughs and flushes darker at the nickname. he moves to cup your cheeks and brushes over them with his thumb. 

still having the biggest grin on his face, he squeezes your cheeks making you squeal. he suddenly stops and engulfs into a warm hug, his chin on your shoulder as he squeezes you tightly.

“you’re the bestest girl you know that right (y/n)?” he says softly. 

you hum in response and he feels you reciprocate his hug by snaking your arms back around his neck and letting your chin sit on his right shoulder. although reki seemed composed on the outside, he’s practically squealing on the inside as he feels you just melt and relax in his arms. right after you’ve done so, reki adjusts the position the two of you are in to make it more comfortable for you just in case you happen to pass out.

he pulls away from you a little bit so that he’s sitting properly again and adjusts his hold on you so that you aren’t sliding off his lap. to put it simply, you’re clinging onto him like a koala; legs wrapped around his waist, arms around his neck, and your head on his shoulder.

‘cute,’ reki can’t help but think, but his thoughts are interrupted as you began to talk. your voice was just above a whisper when you spoke—probably due to exhaustion (that he can’t but feel a little guilty for)—but he was still able to make out what you had to say.

“are you going to come back to bed now?”

he kisses the nape of your neck and he can feel you smile on his shoulder.

“whatever you wish (y/n)” he promises, “but let’s just stay like this for a little bit yeah?”

he hears you hum in agreement, and to that he gently rubs your back in a soothing motion. he knew you well enough to know that in a few moments, you’d be out like a light. the fact that it was past two am would probably help too.

as he heard your breathing fall into a steady rhythm, his expression softens (like the gif above) and he kisses the top of your head. 

he looks down at your now sleeping form and he’s well aware of the fond, gentle, (and dopey as he’s told by langa and miya) look on his face. it’s simple times like these where reki can truly take in your beauty and appreciate you. he couldn’t be more grateful for your presence and support in his life; you getting out of bed at an ungodly time of night to get him to sleep being a prime example of your kindness and care.

he’ll admit that there are times where he feels like he neglects you in favor of spending his time to do his skate things; whether it be working his shifts at dope sketch, doing a project for a board, practicing at the skate park with langa (and miya occasionally), or just being at S. you’ve assured him time and time again that yes he’s spending enough time with you and that’s he’s managing his time well and or you’ll playfully scold him saying something like, “reki what are you talking about, 85% of the time, i’m with you at all of those events.” that may be true, but he’s still worried y’know?

so every chance he gets, he does what he can to show you that he cherishes you and thankful for everything you’ve done and are doing whether it be with a bouquet of flowers or squeezing your hand and saying “i love you”; there’s no boundary he won’t cross to make sure you feel loved and appreciated. and besides, reki can’t get enough of the cute blush that creeps onto your pretty face and the shy look that comes out shortly after.

after reflecting on stuff for a little bit he glances at the clock and decides that it’s about time to get back inside. carefully lifting you up so you won’t wake up (again), he stands from his chair, turns off the lights, and quietly locks up the door to his at home workshop.

just as quietly, he gets inside the house careful not to wake his mom or sisters, and makes it to his room successfully without making any ruckus in doing so. he gently lays you on the bed and crawls in with you shortly after. right before he turns off the lights, he stares at your sleeping face and pecks you softly on the lips.

a fond smile creeps up on his face as he whispers his goodnights.

“good night princess, i love you”

he turns over to turn off the lamp at his bedside, throws the blanket over the two of you, and takes you into his arms with your face in his chest.

slowly, his breathing matches yours into a steady rhythm and he vaguely registers as he falls into a dreamless sleep.

omake !!

reki stirs from his sleep as sunlight peaks through the blinds shining onto his face. he moves slightly only to find that he can’t move much more.

he looks down to see your face buried into his chest, one hand gripping onto the front of his hoodie and the other thrown across him. it registers in his mind that your legs are tangled together and that one arm is underneath his head like a pillow while the other is wrapped around your waist.

once his brain is caught back up to speed, he smiles at the sight in front of him and pecks the top of your head.

suddenly something you had said something hours ago popped into his head.

“is it so wrong to want you to be the last thing i see before i sleep and the first thing i see when i wake up?”

he blinks before beginning to chuckle, stroking your (h/c) locks through his fingers.

‘yeah,’ reki thinks to himself, a fond smile present on his features, ‘i could get used to this’

i hope you guys enjoyed this and as always, reblogs and shares are appreciated! i hope you all stay safe! and just in case nobody told you they loved you today, i love you! you are enough! <3

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[retrogradedreaming]

UHHHH maybe,, you could write a little thing for reki making the sk8 fam tea? and kaoru thinking hes gonna have to pretend he likes it but then "oh wait reki can actually make tea what-"

just bc this has been living in my head for awhile sdkljfs

(capt-snoozles)

It turns out I am completely incapable of writing ANYTHING short, so have a full one shot type thing, I guess. I hope it's okay that I kinda borrowed headcanons from you and @that-was-anticlimactic for Reki with TS at a couple of small moments in the fic?

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It used to be Kaoru alone who visited Kojiro’s restaurant when it was closed on Mondays. But since the start of winter break, Sia la Luce had become much livelier now that Reki, Langa, and Miya weren’t in school all day, and Shadow came when his days off lined up right. If Kaoru were being honest, it took some time to get used to the space no longer being only his and Kojiro’s, but he’d grown to like how their group came together like this.

The afternoons were the quietest part of these days. Kojiro took these opportunities to try out new recipes on them, leaving everyone contentedly full and pleasantly sleepy. Today, Langa had actually fallen asleep in the booth, and Reki sat beside Kaoru at the counter, playing with a tiny skateboard and making soft sounds like a small motor. Shadow and Miya sat at a table across the room, arguing over whether clown or cat makeup looked cooler while Kojiro finished cleaning. Kaoru let himself sink into the lull, Reki’s noises and that of the skateboard wheels on the counter an almost comforting presence beside him. And yet, one thing was missing, keeping him from truly relaxing.

“Seems like a good afternoon for tea,” Kojiro said, as if reading his mind as he appeared out of the kitchen, wiping his hands on a towel. “You want me to make some?”

“Absolutely not,” Kaoru scoffed. “People who microwave their tea should be arrested.”

“There’s no way you can tell the difference,” Kojiro said, defensive. “Hot water is hot water.”

“Only an uncultured pig would believe that,” Kaoru snapped. He was about to stand, to tell Kojiro he’d make the tea himself like he always inevitably had to, when Reki all but leaped from his seat, skateboard abandoned for the moment.

“I’ll make it!” he offered, and the way his face lit up meant that Kaoru took too long to say not to bother. By the time he’d found his words, Reki had already bounded around the counter and into the kitchen, and Kojiro didn’t even try to stop him. Before Kaoru could tell Kojiro to stop him, Reki called out to Kojiro, asking about the industrial stove, and soon, Kojiro was not only allowing Reki to make the tea, but encouraging him.

Kaoru supposed this was a step up from Kojiro’s microwave technique, but if Kaoru were likely to trust anyone other than himself to make a decent cup of tea, it wouldn’t be Reki. The idea that he’d wanted his tea made well and was unlikely to receive it as such set him on edge. As he listened to the water boil and the conversation continued around him, he found himself wrapping a strand of his hair around his finger and tugging, letting it go, and repeating the process until his scalp hurt. He didn’t even notice that Langa had woken up until he appeared beside Kaoru and spoke.

“What’s Reki doing?” he asked.

“Making tea,” Kaoru said, doing his best not to appear so anxious about something so small.

Langa peered over the edge of the counter to where Kojiro and Reki were talking in the kitchen, and then turned back to Kaoru. “I like how he makes it. I never liked it before I met him.”

Kaoru hummed a halfhearted response. He doubted that Langa’s standards were very high, given that he’d grown up in Canada. He’d likely had tea often enough, given that his mother was Japanese, but Kaoru knew from experience that plenty of people even here in Okinawa had no idea how to brew a proper cup. It was about timing, knowing how hot to make the water, how long to steep the leaves, and so many people rushed the process—or worse, forgot about it and steeped too long—that Kaoru preferred to make his own.

He couldn’t help but envision Reki handing him a bitter cup, or one that tasted like little more than hot leaf juice. He grimaced at the idea of having to drink it and pretend he liked it, suffering all the while. He would have to wait until he was home later to make something better for himself.

He was still trying to think of a polite way to decline the tea he’d obviously wanted when Reki came out bearing a tray of steaming cups and began making the rounds through the restaurant. Reki handed the first one to Langa, who accepted it, smiling softly up at Reki. Langa sipped the tea immediately, only to flinch and draw it away after the first sip.

Not promising, Kaoru thought. If he’d boiled the water, it was ruined, even if it was something as simple as green tea. And yet, Langa only took another sip while Reki looked on approvingly.

“It’s good,” Langa finally proclaimed, and Reki glowed as if he’d received praise from the emperor himself. Reki moved on, handing Kaoru his cup.

“Thank you,” Kaoru said, accepting it with both hands. Fortunately, Reki moved on to Shadow and Miya without waiting for Kaoru to try it, which meant that he didn’t know Kaoru only held onto it without making a move to taste it. If nothing else, he could enjoy the warmth that crawled from his fingertips all the way to his elbows.

Neither Miya nor Shadow hesitated in drinking theirs, though Kaoru couldn’t imagine they cared much how it tasted, as long as it was hot. And yet, as he watched, the two of them looked just as pleased as Langa when they tried it.

“Oh wow, the slime makes good tea,” Miya pronounced, hugging the cup close to him like a space heater.

“Damn, this is pretty good,” Shadow said, drinking deeply and draining half the cup. “How’d you even learn to make it like this?”

Reki shrugged, taking up his own cup, the last on the tray. He set the tray down on the counter and took the empty seat beside Langa. “I dunno, I guess I just picked it up over the years. It’s kinda like making skateboards, y’know? You have to figure out how all the parts fit together, and if you do it wrong, the tea doesn’t taste right.”

Kaoru looked up at him from the murky depths of his tea, brows raised. When it came to making tea, the analogy was rather profound, and Kaoru couldn’t argue it. Reki was right—tea was about the sum of its parts, the pieces fitting together perfectly. And as with building skateboards, the person making it had to know exactly how to combine each piece to create the whole.

“That doesn’t make any sense, but whatever,” Shadow said, taking another sip. “All I care about is that it doesn’t suck.”

“How come you’ve never made us tea before?” Miya asked, eyes trained on the Switch he’d pulled from his pocket now that he’d abandoned his conversation with Shadow.

“I don’t really have the patience for it,” Reki said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. “It’s kinda like, if I don’t wanna put in the time to do it right, why bother?”

While everyone was wrapped up in conversation, Kaoru finally chanced a discreet sip. If it was as bad as he’d expected, he could school his expression appropriately while they were all distracted. Perhaps he could even get away without having to lie about how good it was. And yet, when the tea touched his tongue, he paused.

It wasn’t too hot.

It wasn’t too weak or too strong.

It wasn’t too bitter and the leaves didn’t taste as though they’d been burnt.

It was, as far as Kaoru was concerned, some of the best tea he’d had outside his own home. For a moment, he couldn’t find the words to say so. He sipped it again, just to make sure he hadn’t deluded himself based on everyone else’s praise. Sure enough, it was almost more delicious the second time.

“You surprised?” Kojiro murmured at his ear, his own cup dangling from his fingertips. Kaoru jumped, nearly spilling his tea. When he turned to face him, Kojiro’s lips quirked in a smug grin, and he raised one brow meaningfully. Kaoru shot him a hard glower in return, a silent command to keep his mouth shut before Kaoru turned back to Reki.

“It’s delicious,” Kaoru said, and it wasn’t forced in the least. “I’m impressed.”

Reki, who had already immersed himself in talking to Langa, gaped at Kaoru, one of his hoodie strings falling from between his teeth. Then, he flashed a wide grin. “Glad you like it!”

“Have you ever practiced tea ceremony?” Kaoru asked, reluctantly setting his tea down on the counter.

“Nah, my parents let me try it once when I was younger, but I kept messing up the steps,” Reki said. “It’s not really fun when people get mad at you for doing it wrong.”

“I studied it for some time,” Kaoru said, remembering how the order felt comforting, how the amount of concentration it required gave his anxious mind something to focus on, how the simple yet refined aesthetic felt like clearing his head. In recent years, he didn’t have time for it with his calligraphy business, but a part of him missed it. “It’s quite a bit different from drinking tea like this, but if you wanted to, perhaps we could do a...modified version of it. Something less formal with everyone here.”

Reki’s eyes brightened, and he looked to Langa, who only seemed to share his enthusiasm. “It sounds fun, yeah! A lot better than getting yelled at by a bunch of old people because ‘tradition.’”

“I’d say so,” Kaoru said, and they devolved into talking about their favorite teas and the best ways to brew them. Kaoru couldn’t remember the last time he’d talked to someone who actually understood that tea was an art even more than it was a drink. But Reki did, and when the rest of the group finally left, leaving Kaoru and Kojiro alone in the restaurant to clean up, Kojiro nudged him with an elbow.

“You didn’t think Reki could make tea like that, did you?” he said, the words teasing but too close to Kaoru’s own thoughts for comfort.

“Shut up or I’ll leave you here to wash dishes alone,” Kaoru quipped, even as he accepted the next cup to dry. “I will admit, I was pleasantly surprised.”

“I knew you would be,” Kojiro said as he dried his hands and stretched.

“Anything is better than microwaved tea,” Kaoru said. And although it was true, he couldn’t help but look forward to the next Monday, and the last before the kids started school again.

[lemons3ason]

SK8 THE INFINITY (Late Valentines Special Headcannon

(A/n: I HAVE BECOME A SLUT FOR THIS SERIES SK8 THE INFINITY GIVES ME SO MUCH LIFE EVEN THOUGH ITS STILL SO NEW! DIDNT HAVE TIME YESTERDAY SO HERES THE LATE VALENTINES SPECIAL WITH THE MAINS FROM SK8 THE INFINITY)

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Langa Hasegawa

-Sweet clueless child is a complete idiot when it comes to love and to make it worse you’re dense to his advances.

-Met you at school with Reki and would try to be as close to you as possible, letting you borrow his board so he could enjoy your smile as you skated.

-Due to personal reasons you were extremely touch starved and Langa was more then willing to hug you all day long but he’d find himself staring at your lips in want.

-Once Valentines came around he felt like finally confessing to you despite the holiday being a total cliche.

-Decided to make you chocolates, unfortunately he kept burning the batches so he had to ask his mom for help which resulted in her finding out about you.

-Wrote a message on the chocolates himself despite his terrible penmanship and hoped you would appreciate it and accept him.

-Almost forgets the chocolates the next day since he overslept and was late for school, wishes you a good morning over texts and asks you to meet him at the front gates to talk to you.

-Was bombarded by fan girls at school that wanted to give him gifts and found himself bumping into someone, just so happened to be you, but he realizes that he knocked something out of your hands and it got crushed under another girls foot.

-For the first time ever he actually saw your face pale and tears prick the corner of your (e/c) hues, he growled under his breathe shouting at everyone to leave as he wrapped his arms around you.

-You didn’t hug him back, you just silently cried somehow not making a sound and he sighed seeing you upset.

-“I’m sorry they crushed your gift, were you giving it to someone?”, he tried to hide the jealousy in his voice as he wiped away your tears.

-You nodded your head before explaining that they were meant for him. He blushed of course but a goofy grin plastered itself on his face as he cupped your cheeks and slammed a kiss against your sweet warm lips.

-He pulled away leaving you a stuttering mess as he presented you his little pink gift box. You took it and opened it giggling at what he had wrote, “We’re already friends Langa.”, you giggled showing him his incorrect kanji.

-“N-no I-I meant boyfriend, can I be your boyfriend pretty please?”, he begged as if he still had no chance with you.

-You giggled and smiled again before cupping his cheeks and returning his sweet kiss from before. Successful Valentines Confession.

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Reki Kyan

-Y’all already been dating but this was your first Valentines together so he wanted to make it special.

-“Gotta head to work bye Reki.”, you hummed kissing his lips sweetly before you skated away on your board.

-He smiled watching you disappear into the sunset but once you were out of sight he bolted the rest of the way home.

-He’s not your ordinary guy and he loves skateboarding so he wanted to protray his feelings for skateboarding and you into his next project.

-Stayed up day and night in order to finish it and rushed to your house Valentines morning to spend the day with you before he presented your gift to you.

-Treated you to your favorite ice cream shop and a shopping spree at the plush store where you excitedly bought all the cute anime and animal plushes you had been dying for.

-You presented his gift to him around noon by taking him to a very special skateboard shop that your dad owned, he got first dibs at all the latest equipment and parts he needed for future projects and you couldn’t help smiling as he gasped at your father for letting him keep everything he had picked out and wanted.

-Your dad dropped you both off at Reki’s house in a pick up truck since Reki and gotten so much and helped unload it while you went in to greet his mother and sisters.

-He ran to his garage to get your gift but started getting nervous thinking that you wouldn’t like it.

-“S-she’ll like it I know she will. (Y/n)’s always spoiling me so this will pay her back for being so wonderful to me.”, he thought hugging the board tight to his chest as he ran back in to see you.

-“H-hey (Y/n), can you come here for a sec?”

-He could hear you running towards him and smiled nervously as he hid the board behind his back.

-Has you close your eyes and places the board deck side down in your arms so you can see the custom design he made for you on the back.

-You absolutely screech in joy seeing the new board in your arms, you couldn’t believe it was actually yours. Reki has to grab you by the cheeks hold you in place and tell you it was yours like five times just for you to believe him.

-You can’t help but throw yourself against him to hug him and kiss his pudgy face all over while chanting ‘I love you’ over and over again.

-He’s so happy you like your new board, he’s so overwhelmed by your affection but he absolutely adores you and kisses you one more time before dragging you off to his room for a movie and cuddles.

-A dorky sweetheart you can’t tell me otherwise.

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Miya Chinen

-YOU ARE VIDEO GAME BUDDIES!

-Met during an online gaming tournament, you actually beat him, you became rivals for each other.

-When you both met in real life he absolutely adored you, sweet, kind, outgoing, and obviously taller than him, he couldn’t help the blush that rose to his face upon meeting you.

-You two were a match made in heaven but he couldn’t bring himself to confess to you no matter how hard he tried and then he found out you had a crush on a boy from your school.

-Helps you shop for the perfect gift for your crush despite it breaking his heart and finds himself still buying you something in hopes of confessing to you first.

-Has a little Bunny plush holding a single sunflower in its arms in his room since he couldn’t bring himself to confess to you the day of Valentines.

-Doesn’t hear from you about your confession until the day after when your both playing online against each other.

-“Come on (Y/n), you could’ve easily deflected that! Don’t become a slime on me now player two.”, Miya yells into his mic regretting it immediately when he hears you sigh.

-“Sorry Miya I’m just not feeling it tonight, I’m gonna go to bed see ya later.”

-Your sad he can tell instantly from the sound of your voice, calls you on the phone to demand an explanation on why your sad and you burst into tears on the other side.

-“S-sorry...hkk...i-it’s just that I let myself get played. I got heartbroken yesterday by the guy I liked and I realized that I’m pretty much a weirdo that no one wants to be with. He laughed at me and tossed my gift out the third story window of the school and walked away with a prettier girl in his arms.”

-You don’t hear anything from Miya and sigh hearing the call end unbeknownst to you Miya was skating his way to your house as fast as he could to comfort you, his Valentines gift in his arms.

-You jump when you hearing tapping on your window and watch as Miya sneaks in with a little rabbit in his arms.

-“Then be my weirdo! Stay by my side and we can be weirdos together, you don’t need that slime ball when I wanna be the grand knight that protects my princess!”, Miya screamed extending the gift to you in hopes that you would accept his feelings.

-He feels the rabbit leave his hands and opens his eyes to see you smiling through your tears, he kinda panics and wipes away your tears with his sleeves and just holds you.

-He presses his for head against yours and sighs, “You don’t have to answer right now it’s just that...I-I umm...I want to be the Link to your Zelda i-if you know what I mean.”

-You giggle and hug him thanking him for his kind words and softly whisper, “I love you, Miya, and thank you.”, into his ear making him smile against your shoulder.

-Sweet baby boy!

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Kaoru Sakurashiki

-This dipshit works Valentine’s Day and forgets about it due to all the orders for custom calligraphy messages for couples.

-Annoyed by all the sappy messages and honestly putting half his effort in any of them.

-Forgets he has an interview that day until he hears a knock at his office door and you nervously enter.

-His heart races seeing you for the first time, you look so adorable in your business casual outfit, and your nervous smile has him falling over himself.

-“H-hello my name is (L/n) (F/n), I-it’s a pleasure to meet you Mr. Sakurashiki.”

-“She’s beautiful like a cherry blossom.”, he thought to himself.

-Overall the interview goes great, you’re just a year younger then him looking for a new job to pay for your new home.

-Loves you a lot and asks you to start immediately as his new secretary, you accept and start getting right to work. Eventually he notices you running around in your socks since your feet were hurting from the heels.

-Treats you to dinner once the shop is closed to welcome you to the team and falls in love with you more as you talk more about yourself.

-You are playful but still you have a calm and collected mind something he admires greatly.

-Waits till next Valentines to properly confess to you since he found it extremely hard to put his feelings into words.

-You surprisingly accept and he treats you to a rooftop diner where you both share a sweet dance under the moonlight.

-Dubs you his Blossom and spoils you with sweet gestures and shy kisses until he’s confident enough to kiss you properly.

-Laughs when he finds out you are jealous of Carla (his skateboard), you fume and decide to race him at S which shocks him because he didn’t know you could even skate.

-Absolutely loses it seeing you in your S wardrobe, a rather revealing kunoichi styled outfit that showed all the right parts leaving him wanting more.

-“Well Cherry Blossom let’s see what you can do.”, you smirked behind your fox mask.

-You end up slaughtering him in the race just from pure skill alone, Karla couldn’t keep up with your calculations and you won by a landslide.

-Gets jealous of the fan boys that suddenly accumulate over you once the race is finish, takes off both of your masks so he can kiss you silly.

“I won jealous cherry.”

“Shut up and kiss me little blossom.”

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Kojiro Nanjo

-This large himbo had a whole plan to make you extremely jealous by flirting with other women until you were furious with him before surprising you with a special hotel room that he rented out for just the two of you for Valentines.

-Unfortunately he was unaware of some bullying and self esteem issues you were having because of work so you patience with him dried out fast.

-“Huh baby cakes what’s the mat-“

-“If they’re so pretty why don’t you just stay with them instead of someone useless and ugly like me!”

-Regrets everything he said as soon as he sees you running away in tears, ditches the fans immediately and skates off to find you but you’re already long gone.

-Calls Cherry who has you weeping in his arms and groans as his old friend starts scolding him for being a ‘Heartless Dumbass Gorilla’.

-Hugs you as soon as he sees you practically tackling you and Cherry in the process and begs for your forgiveness.

-You pout and refuse to forgive him which in turn makes him sigh, he scoops you up in his arms and tosses you over his shoulder to carry you away despite your protest and skates off to the hotel.

-“I swear I didn’t mean to hurt you, I wanted to make you jealous and then spoil you rotten. This wasn’t how I wanted today but if you’ll let me I’d still like to spoil you and make it up to you.”, Joe admits in a soft voice.

-You agree hesitantly and he puts you down, cups your face, and presses a tender kiss against your plump lips. Smiles against your lips when he feels your cheeks heat up.

-Takes you to the hotel, chuckles at your shocked expression to the huge lavish room and invites you for champagne in the jacuzzi.

-Leans you against his chest and wraps an arm around your waist, whispers sweet compliments and praises into your ear until a goofy smile is plastered over your face.

-Smothers you in kisses and cuddles even if you playfully try to escape his strong arms.

-Watches sappy movies with you and holds you tightly until your glowing with joy. Kisses you good night as he snuggles his head into your adorable chest and happily nods off to sleep as you play with his curly green hair.

“Happy Valentine’s Day love, I’m sorry and thank you for today beautiful.”, Joe hums kissing your cleavage sweetly.

“I’m sorry I ruined your surprise, thank you handsome.”

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Hiromi Higa

-Meets you the 13th when you come in to buy flowers, there’s such a sad aura about you that he can’t help but gift you a fresh pink rose that brings a sweet smile to your face.

-Instantly falls for you as you ask for an arrangement to take to a funeral of a dear friend.

-Makes you a beautiful arrangement himself and let’s you take it free of charge despite your argument to pay.

-“Just try to be happy for me and that’s enough, you look beautiful when you smile.”, he simply says making a blush roll across your face.

-As nightfall hits the city he dawns his Shadow look for S and starts heading over but he stops after hearing a scream and finds you being attacked by a small group of idiots.

-Instantly picks a fight with them in order to defend you and wins just from knocking one out with a single punch and scaring the others away with a glare.

-Sees you trembling on the floor with a hand covering your left arm and sighs seeing the blood, you had been slashed by one of their blades so he carefully wraps it with an extra cloth that he had and picks you up carrying you to the train station.

-“Stay safe little flower, I won’t always be able to save you.”, he grins at you making you blush for some strange reason.

-“T-thank you for saving me.”

-He smiles at you and leans forward leaving a purple lipstick mark on your cheek as he disappears from sight.

-He skates his best that night at S while thinking of you.

-You appear again in the flower shop the next day, a bandage wrapped around your arm and a shy smile on your face as you walk up to him.

-He’s surprised to see you again so soon and prays that you didn’t recognize him from last night.

-You smile and press a kiss to his cheek, leaving a red stain on his cheek that has his face flaming up in embarrassment.

-You hand him back his cloth and a note and rush out of the store while shouting, “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

“H-huh well seems she did notice m-ehh... i-is this her phone number?”

[teeth-and-tea]

ANIME & MANGA I HAVE BINGED IN THE LAST MONTH: May 2021

I've Been Hunting Slimes for the Past 300 Years and Now Ive Maxed Out My Level: incredibly long name aside, cute af slice of life that suffers Same Face Syndrome. I'm still happy to watch it because of how feel good and fluffy it is though, Im probably gonna forget about it in two or three years tho. 8/10.

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: I found out this was a webcomic first and suddenly all the HORNINESS made so much more sense. A Femdom, Degradation, Humiliation, Dacryphilia Bullies to Lovers story disguised as a high school rom-com which, I'm not going to lie, misses SKEEVY CITY by mere inches on a regular basis. However, I'm a Dom/Switch and this entire relationship sets off my dom brain center like New York City just shy of midnight. So if you're into that sort of scene, this anime is for you. If not, it's still fascinating but you're probably gonna be a little put off by how mean the Girl!Bully is to the guy MC. Unless you find out something about yourself, in which case, congrats! Stay safe, sane, consensual, and learn about the traffic light system on top of safe words, I promise you'll have a better life in general after that. Still Ongoing, currently 10/10.

Fruits Basket: IM GONNA CRY I LOVE THIS ANIME SO MUCH???? The original anime came out when I was in... I think middle school and my parents were really strict on what I watched so I never got to experience the first wave and I never bothered to watch the show ever after I moved out of the house years later. However, now that I'm much older I honestly can say this is one of my favorite anime to date, and all the characters are charming, lovable, with their own problems that I can connect to or sympathize with, and I love the MC which is always a treat tbh. Except Akito. Akito can suck a sandpaper dick. I'm only on S2 tho so no spoilers! Anime 11/10.

Monster Girl Doctor: went in thinking it was gonna be a monster girl who's a doctor with a homoerotic assistant (her name is SAPPHY okay sue me for thinking it) and ended up watching the entire dubbed harem series. Honestly, I've seen worse and this one has consistent follow-through on interesting characters and backstory enough for me to shove aside the blatant under-monstrousness of the female monsters and the harem-ness of everything else. Dubbing is honestly really good, which is a treat, and the monster designs are not the worst and the MC is tolerable. Honestly, I don't mind having watched it! The mix of cgi and the traditional animation together work pretty strangely though, and it often doesn't flow super well. 7.5/10

So I'm a Spider, So What: Dubbed version which honestly isn't that bad. Took me a bit to get into it, but after realizing that it's got a mismatched timeline a la The Witcher, it made so much more sense. Heavily done in cgi, and you can definitely tell between the 2D and 3D animations, but not the worst in the world. I went in not expecting much but it ended up being an Issekai I can stand and even enjoy. On god has a decent story... with the spider. I'd be a liar if I didnt say I skipped some of the human parts just to get back to the best part of the show. 8/10.

Somali and the Forest Spirit: I'm so fucking nostalgic for this thing it makes me want to go and hug my dad. About a human girl under threat of being eaten with a monster-dominated world. Very obvious "humans fear what they don't understand" message but instead of the humans learning tolerance it's what happens when they get annihilated first so like, kudos for the mangaka for having the guts to do that. I cried like a baby regularly. It's really good, I watched the dub and ID WATCH IT AGAIN!!! 9/10.

To Your Eternity: Oh my god. O h my g o d. Fell in love on the first episode, ngl. About if an immortal being learned how to be a person from scratch. I love it. HOWEVER. Keep a box of tissues on you at all times because you're gonna need them. I'm only on EP7 because that's all that's out right now but just know. I love it. Not for everyone but certainly for my "what do we define as human and the human condition" ass. 12/10.

Those Snow White Notes: A sports anime without any sports. About shamisen playing which is cool because I never realized how cool this instrument was??? Its neat af. OP1&2 are by Burnout Syndrom so know theyre fire. Gonna be real, its pretty alright, but not extraordinary. You can tell they were using the characters as archetypes rather than actually characters which kinda kills a lot of the emotional value you could've had, but I'm still gonna watch it. It doesn't make me cringe as hard as other sports anime tho so I consider it toptier in that regards but if you're a big sports anime fan you might be bummed out by it. Every single musical performance is INCREDIBLE tho. A solid 8/10.

Toilet Bound Hanako-kun: THE ART OMFG IT'S SO GORGEOUS. Listen, if you took coptic markers and gave them an animation budget with some manga panel direction thrown in there, that's this anime. It's beautiful. Gorgeous. I'm in love with the aesthetic every second. Story? Really good. Characters? I love the MC and his evil little twin brother asshat. Demons? Not super imaginative but I'm carrying on happy as can be anyways. Dubbing? A bit shaky at times but I found the voices charming if a little off for some of them. I'm already waiting for the second season with popcorn at the ready. 10/10.

Prison School: I watched this directly after Hanako-kun and it was like I got slapped in the face by sweaty unwashed titties and some fedora wearing schmuck's piss kink. No character is likable or redeemable. I finished it, but at what cost? 2/10 and only because a character shit his pants and I laughed.

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle: watched this right after Prison School and it was NECESSARY tbh. Its so CUTE and honestly, im not even kidding you, the fucking funniest anime I've seen in months. I watched the dub and the VAs are having the time of their lives working on this anime not just giving it their all but literally just going ham. Its great. If I read this im sure id be bored outta my mind but the VAs giving it a joyous performance make it an insta fave for me tbh. 9/10.

Sk8 the Infinity: i watched the dub with my bro and I can confirm that its a spectacular show because we both loved it and we have vastly different tastes. Incredibly SUSPENSFUL AND STRESSFUL for an anime about skateboarding but we finished it in a single sitting tbh. The last episode is not dubbed for some reason but we still loved it. Like if Free! was less obnoxious but the only fan-service here is Joe ♡ a beefcake who owns my lesbian heart. I think there's exactly one named female character tho and I legit couldn't tell you what it was if there was a gun to my head. So, over all, 9.5/10.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: I'm going to be entirely honest, I went in thinking it was going to be a boring isekai of no value. I was right about the Isekai part. It was honestly pretty interesting and focused on nation building like you're playing civilization rather than the usual "Get Stronger" narrative or "Get Some Pussy" narrative most isekais take which is delightfully refreshing. Granted there are flavors of that in this which means it doesn't alienate the big isekai watchers out there, but it's not the whole dish and it doesn't make me want to cringe the same way others do. You've got a slime MC just vibing and building a nation of monsters nbd. Does lose points for making the female monsters more humanoid than their male counterparts but makes them back by only doing perfunctory fan-service and nothing that makes me want to cry... except the butt sumo episode but in fairness it was all a terrible dream. Literally, the MC refuses to dream anymore after that. solid animation, decent voice acting, decent story, made me realize how HUGE this is in the Light Novel community???? There's like 18 fucking novels and that's WILD. 8.5/10.

MANGA:

Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono: a one shot special by the mangaka of The Promised Neverland! Honestly a really delicate touch of both super creepy and really touching, and I'm not gonna lie I'm bummed that this isn't a bigger project but the single chapter makes it a good taste for their style. I've been wondering if I wanna read/watch The Promised Neverland and now I think I will. 10/10

Deranged Detective Ron Kamonohashi: from the mangaka of Hitman Reborn comes this Sherlock and Watson derivative! Not even 20 chapters out yet with a sort of spotty schedule, I honestly love it even thought it's exactly as you expect. HOWEVER. Kamonohashi the "Sherlock" character uses mental pressure to kill all confirmed murderers and it's up to Toto the "Watson" character to save all those people before Kamonohashi kills them! It's just recently introduced a "Moriarty" family of crime lords (not a big spoiler don't worry it was obvious) so the tension surrounding Ron's past is amping up rn. Personally, I think the art is GORGEOUS, the characters engaging, and the story quick enough to keep my interest. Most mysteries are solved within a chapter or two so you're not stuck 20 chapters into one locked room mystery which is just peachy tbh. RN, 10/10. If this gets an anime, I anticipate a legion of fangirls who ship the two main characters along with their many friends. I've been alive too long to believe otherwise.

Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro: Yeah I read the manga after I watched the show. A slower build than the anime, but it works for the format, if theyd done the same with the show then I don't think it wouldve done as well. Honestly? Cuter tbh but just as horny. You dont start really LEARNING about your character until like, chap 65 tho and no real "drama" happens until like 75. A good chunk of the chapters are like 8pgs so its a breeze to get through. I love these slow burn idiots of the century. 9.5/10 because you can DEFINITELY tell the mangaka does hentai too.

Yugen's All-Ghouls Homeroom: one-shot by the mangaka for Food Wars, it's no wonder there's this constant perviness from the MC, a guy who can see and exorcise spirits. Takes place at an all girl's finishing school with KICK ASS monsters tbh, kinda bummed its not longer. The MC? Blatant monsterfucker who is also a CONFRIMED monsterfucker???? Idk i vibe with that single emotion. Everything else is hit or miss. 7/10 for monsters and cool concept, lost points for the MC very pointedly being okay with admitting he'd wait for the teenagers to be adults tho. Creepy af. Could live without that.

Hell's Paradise: I finished the entire 127chps in 3 days and I was really enthusiastic about it 90% of the time thinking about how deep it was and then I actually thought about it and I ended up being very neutral about the whole thing tbh. The art is fantastic tho, but DEFINITELY deserving of the M rating. Tits. Tits everywhere. But not tits to be ecchi over, no, monster hermit tits on beautiful women-ish figures. Now generally I give that a pass but a huge theme in the story is that men and women are "no better than one or the other" but like, lady tits are what you see 99% of the time. Men tits are few and far between. I call bullshit on most of the "deep" themes is what I'm saying, so it's like the mangaka was trying for those deep thoughts but missed the margin a little too far for my preference. That being said, the MC is a married man who loves his wife which automatically makes him my favorite character so like... idk so many good things, so many misses, but overall really spectacular themes and imagery. Unique but classic all at once. It's getting an anime and I have NO IDEA how much censorship they're gonna be doing but they're going to be doing SO MUCH. Oh yeah, and one guy is a plant/human hybrid who fucks a 1000 year old plant-hermit which makes him a canon monster fucker. And one canon non-binary character who I, a nonbinary, actually like. So like... gosh I've got mixed feelings. 8.5/10.

Choujin X: From Sui Ishida, mangaka to the mega hit Tokyo Ghoul comes this brand new manga!... Of one chapter, lol. Not really binge-y because it's just the one chapter out right now but I'm already keeping my eye on it. The grasp on anatomy in the art is PHENOMENAL and you can see Ishida flexing his art skill which is great. Can't give a true rating but I'm giving it a tentative 9/10 because I'm excited to see more.

Shag&Scoob: technically not a manga, its an ongoing webcomic I binged an subscribed to in one day and I just think it deserves more attention. Starts off funny with "what if Scooby Doo had a gun" and has been led to "what if all cartoons are aliens that survive and receive their powers by the humans that love them in an epic war with Martians." On god, its good. I finished the current series in a couple hours so it's a breezy read, highly recommend it. 9/10.

To Your Eternity: Yeah I watched the anime and then finished all current 143 chapters in like 3 days. GOD IM WEAK. I don't buy physical manga unless I know I want to remember the story forever and I'm already budgeting for the current books out. Yeah, this is a good series. That being said, definitely not for the faint of heart or those who suffer under common triggers like suicide, molestation, death, etc. It's all framed as bad and necessary to the story don't get me wrong, but it's there and has lasting affects on the characters. Incredible story telling by the creator of A Silent Voice. Keep tissues nearby at all times. 12/10.

[ssamie]

six. she likes someone else, idiot.

oikawa tooru x fem langa!reader

(hq x sk8 the infinity)

warnings: spelling mistakes, swearing, 2k+ words, u have langa’s blue hair sorry 

gen masterlist.            “snow” masterlist.

"as promised, here we are" oikawa greeted her as she opened the door to reveal him and iwaizumi. "good morning " she greeted them with a bubbly smile "hey" iwaizumi nodded at her. 

"oh, you're not skating today, y/n-chan?" oikawa hummed "well, i don't want to accidentally leave you behind again" she said as she closed the door behind her. oikawa sweat dropped and nodded along "how thoughtful" he chuckled 

"here's your coffee, oikawa-san" she had a determined look on her face as she hands him the beverage in a disposable cup

"oh... yes.. my coffee" oikawa deeply inhaled a breath of air and took it from her. "thank you, y/n-chan. i didnt think you were serious about it, though" oikawa laughed as he took a sip of the coffee 

"oh, well i thought you'd be bummed if i forgot a promise" she said 

as soon as she looked away, oikawa gagged and shuddered, making iwaizumi sweat drop and look at him in concern. "dude what the hell?" iwaizumi deadpanned 

as y/n looked back at them, oikawa's dread filled expression quickly changed into one of delight as he happily chugged down the drink 

"haha, i was just amazed at this coffee!" oikawa exclaimed with a grin "and y/n-chan made it so its extra special!" 

"oh, that's great!" y/n cheered as oikawa gave her a thumbs up paired with a wink "im glad you like it" 

"yup! looking forward to the next one tomorrow" oikawa chuckled 

iwaizumi watched the whole thing go down with a look of bewilderment. he was just about done with these two and their shenanigans. "dude.." iwaizumi muttered as he watched oikawa gulp the whole thing down "why're you doing this.."

oikawa turned to him with a grin and clocked his head to the side "what do you mean, iwa-chan?" he asked "i told you, y/n-chan made it so its extra special!" oikawa said with a laugh as he threw the cup away at a random trash can

iwaizumi's eyes widened as he watched his friend jog over to the girl and happily start up a conversation 

"jesus christ.." iwaizumi sighed "i don't know if him being like this is a good thing or not.." 

now, its no secret that y/n was attractive. her features were head turning. and her eyes alone could bring a grown man to their knees. she was quite captivating, to say the least. 

so it shouldn't come as a surprise if boys and girls start flocking around her for the same purpose. 

to have her as their girlfriend. what else? 

"hey, hasegawa-chan" a boy greeted her as she exited the classroom. "oh. hello.." she replied with a hint of confusion 

"are you free today? if you want, i would love to treat you to some snacks after school" the boy said with a nervous chuckle. "oh, thank you but.. i have club duties after school." she said "maybe some other time" 

she then walked away from the boy, absolutely clueless to the fact the she was just asked out on a date. 

from inside the room, oikawa watched the whole thing go down with a look of distaste. "hey, hey, iwa-chan!" he slapped iwaizumi's arm. "that boy just flirted with y/n-chan, look!" 

iwaizumi spared him a glance before looking back down at his comic. "i know, shittykawa." he sighed "its no big deal anyways. she declined, didn't she?" he said 

"it doesn't matter! people are trying to steal her before i could even exit the friend zone!" oikawa exclaimed "actually, im not sure if im even in the friend zone yet!" he pulled at his hair in distress 

"i told her we'd be best friends in the future but that means we're not right now, right?!" 

"you're thinking too much, shittykawa" iwaizumi sighed as he pushed him off his desk, since he was hitting his head repeatedly against the wood 

"im gonna follow her and shoo the boys away" oikawa perked up with a determined look on his face. "dont do that" iwaizumi grunted in annoyance. "and you look stupid. your forehead has a red spot now, dumbass" 

"actually, what if i ask her out before they do?" oikawa hummed thoughtfully to himself. 

"you did that already. didn't she say she has the 'boyfriend spot' reserved for someone?" iwaizumi raised a brow 

"whatever im gonna follow her" oikawa waved him off. "dont do that-- and he's gone." iwaizumi merely sighed as he watched oikawa rush out of the door 

"now.. who is that ugly guy?" oikawa muttered to himself as he watched a boy flusteredly hand y/n a letter 

"h-hasegawa-san..this is for you!" the boy exclaimed as he handed her the letter without making any eye contact. "oh.. its a letter" she muttered as she went to open it 

"no! uh- read it later when you're alone.." the boy stammered out "it's a bit embarrassing for me" he said. "oh, okay then" y/n simply nodded and put it in her pocket. "goodbye" she said as she walked away 

"right! bye, hasegawa-san!" the boy nervously waved 

oikawa sweat dropped as the boy looked at her with a lovesick grin even though she just straight up ignored him and walked off. well it's not like he has room to say anything. he's the exact same, if not, maybe even worse. 

"tch. hey" oikawa called out to the boy. 

"me..?" the boy muttered in confusion as he pointed to himself. "yeah you" oikawa raised a brow as he judgingly looked him up and down "why'd you give y/n-chan a letter?" he scowled 

"oh well i -" before the boy could finish oikawa laughed at him in a mocking way. "yeah yeah, save your voice. it's not like i'll listen to you anyways" he said with his usual charismatic smile 

"but don't do that again, okay~" oikawa cooed "y/n-chan doesn't need a boy toy like you! but maybe try with another girl!" he suggested 

he patted the boy's shoulder and waved him goodbye "good luck~" he cooed. the boy watched oikawa walk off with a look of dread and confusion. "what the hell, man?" the boy muttered 

"now, where is she-- another one?!" oikawa groaned to himself as he watched y/n receive another gift 

except this time, it was a from a girl in the first year who was shakingly handing her a bento with a cutesy note "hasegawa-senpai..! um- this is for you" the girl said as she shyly presented her the neatly wrapped lunch box 

"i made it myself, i hope you like it!" she said with a bow before hastily running off with an alarmingly red face. "..?" y/n cocked her head to the side as she waved the girl goodbye "thank you..?" she muttered 

she opened the bento slightly and gasped in awe at the food 

"no! don't be swayed by the food, y/n-chan!" oikawa silently screamed to himself "its a trick!" 

y/n then closed it and continued to walk away.

"yes! she wasn't swayed by the food. that was close" oikawa let out a sigh if relief as he placed his hand over his pounding chest. "maybe i should cook her food from now on" he muttered as he took a mental note for future use. 

"now--" before he could move another inch, he was suddenly crowded by girls that came out of nowhere. literally. 

"oikawa-senpai!" "oikawa-senpai, we made you a bento!" "oikawa-san i made you cookies, see?" "oikawa-san let's hang out!" 

"ah, hey there girls~" he cooed at them. as much as he wanted to leave them, he couldn't just ignore his fan girls. as annoying as they were, they were still his supporters after all. 

"oikawa-san, are you practicing later? can we watch?" "we'll bring you snacks during practice!" "i'll cheer for you, oikawa-senpai!" 

it had been roughly five minutes since the girls arrived. and it had also been five minutes since he's lost sight of y/n. oikawa was starting to get antsy. his sole purpose was to shoo her admirers away and yet he was being bombarded by his own. 

suddenly, the blue hue which he seemed to grow so fond of caught his eye. he turned to look at her, walking so casually while she frowns down at a piece of paper in her hands 

"y/n! -" sadly his voice was drowned out by the shouts and squeals of the girls, although the noise still got her attention 

y/n looked up to see the brunette waving at her with a girl latched onto his other arm. and being the clueless one that she is, she simply waved back with a smile before walking away 

"that might be the girl he liked.." she muttered with a hum. "he mentioned it at the park that night.." 

"ack! she wasn't jealous at all!" oikawa spluttered with a gasp 

"oikawa-san what are you talking about?" "do you like someone?" "what?! oikawa-senpai, you like someone?!" 

oikawa waved them off and hastily ran after the blue haired girl. "y/n-chan!" oikawa exclaimed as he slammed their classroom door open 

y/n, along with the rest of the class looked over to him in confusion. ".. yes?" y/n replied "ah sorry" he sent the class a peace sign before rushing over to her side 

"i was gonna ask --did  anything interesting happen just now?" he mused with a huff "did ya maybe get something from someone..?" 

oikawa, bless his heart, was trying to be as discreet as he possibly could. though it's not like he has to try since she was probably as dumb as a rock when it comes to shit like this. 

"oh.. i got a letter and a gift" she said as she shuffled through her bag for the said things 

oikawa dramatically cried in his mind as he looked away from her. "she has no shame! so she really doesn't care about my feelings!" he muttered to himself in distress 

"its this." she said 

oikawa reluctantly faced her with a furrowed brows and quivering lips, ready to throw the love letter and bento away. that is, until he actually saw what the 'letter' and 'gift' was. 

"uh what is this?" oikawa sweat dropped as he pointed to the pair of school shoes and a note from the dean. 

y/n sulked as she reluctantly started removing her converse. "i got in trouble today" she said "apparently, im not allowed to wear these" she said as she stuffed her shoes in her bag and slipped the school shoes on 

"well yeah, everyone knows that" iwaizumi sweat dropped. "then how am i gonna skate?" she faced them with exaggeratedly teary eyes as she uncomfortably moved her feet about 

"guess you're gonna have to make do with that" iwaizumi comforted her 

"is that all you got?" oikawa asked again 

"oh. i actually got a love letter and a bento. but that's about it" she casually replied 

oikawa gave her a painfilled smile and a thumbs up. "ah. i see." he grimly replied. "well.. aren't ya gonna give them a response?" oikawa asked followed by a strained laugh 

"i can't.." she mumbled with slight embarrassment 

"why not?" iwaizumi asked 

"i can't read it.." she admitted, her face gradually getting hotter and hotter from shame 

"what?" 

"i can't read it!" she covered her face with her hands "japanese is still hard for me! i can only understand certain parts!" 

"and i also ate the bento because i was tempted!" she confessed 

oikawa and iwaizumi sweat dropped and nodded along. "i see.." oikawa laughed 

"well it's no problem" he said. "you can choose not to respond. you're not really obligated to, anyways." 

"really? that's great!" she perked up. "i didn't know what to do anyway" she chuckled "i could only understand parts of the letter cus i wrote it for reki!" she said 

"im glad im not stuck in that pinch anymore.." she sighed in relief "im not used to people liking me.." 

iwaizumi watched as oikawa's face visibly fell at the mention of the redhead's name. his already pained smile quickly turned into a frown. 

"y/n-chan! can you come here for a sec?" one student called for her "oh sure." y/n replied before quickly making her way to them 

oikawa pouted and trudged over to his seat, plopping himself down on the chair and resting his head on the desk with a huff 

"so, what'll you do now?" iwaizumi asked as he glanced at his friend "dunno" oikawa replied 

"hey iwa-chan. am i ugly?" he asked. "i was gonna say yes but that'll be too mean at the moment. so no, shittykawa. you're not." iwaizumi replied with a sigh as he put his comic away 

"is that reki guy hotter than me?" he asked again. "i dunno, dude" iwaizumi shrugged "i mean, probably." 

"do ya think i have a chance? i mean, i always get with girls so easily!" oikawa huffed. iwaizumi rolled his eyes and hit him on the head with his fist. "wanna know why you don't got a chance, shittykawa?" he said 

"ouch -- yeah sure, enlighten me, iwa-chan" oikawa replied with a wince 

"its cus she likes someone else, idiot." 

oikawa rolled his eyes and rested his chin on his hand, watching y/n converse with another student from across the room 

"just how amazing is this reki guy anyway?" 

"I HAVE 40, 000 YEN AND A SKATEBOARD!" reki exclaimed as he slammed the money and the board down before cherry "IS THIS ENOUGH TO VISIT Y/N, CHERRY?!" he asked with an excited smile 

"for a plane ticket!" reki replied "do ya think if i sell this skateboard i'd get at least a thousand yen?" he asked 

cherry sweat dropped and pushed the things away. "what is this for?" he asked with furrowed brows 

cherry watched the boy fuss with a smile of amusement, chuckling lightly to himself as reki starts listing down the jobs he's done for the money. "a plane ticket costs roughly 15 thousand to 30 thousand yen. with your budget now, you won't be able to afford a trip back home" cherry explained 

"whaaa?" reki groaned out "then i have to work more? but thats so boring! i haven't skated in forever for this!" he whined 

cherry patted his back as the redhead sulked. "don't worry, we'll be going with you anyways" he said "you can borrow money from the gorilla" cherry suggested with a smile 

"why not from you?" reki raised a brow. "because i don't want to." cherry replied 

reki sweat dropped but nodded anyways. he gathered the money and the skateboard before running on his way over to joe's restaurant. 

"JOE HELP!!" reki exclaimed as he slammed the restaurant doors open. "yo, what the hell?!" joe yelled back as he watched reki rush over to him and cling on his arm with a cutesy pout 

"hey hey, joe~" reki cooed "can i borrow money from you? i can right? right? great!" he exclaimed "i'll need 20 000 yen atleast!" reki said with a grin as he held his hands out expectantly 

joe spluttered as he stared down at the redhead. "hey, who said i'll give you money?" he scowled 

"cherry did!" reki exclaimed 

"kaoru.." joe muttered through gritted teeth. "that damn brat." he sighed. "whatever. i'll give ya money." he said. "it's to see y/n right? we've been planning on visiting soon anyway" 

"really?! great! can i have it now-" reki was cut off by joe's laughter. "no, no" joe cooed

"you're gonna have to work for it" he smirked as he pulled out an apron and a menu and shoved it into the redhead's arms. reki's expression morphed into one of dread as he held the apron against his body ".. am i supposed to be a waiter?" he groaned out 

"you're a smart one, aren't ya?" joe said in a teasing tone 

"but why do i have to work?" reki whined. "oh, cmon! it's for y/n, don't ya care about her?" joe taunted him 

reki sent him a glare and reluctantly put the apron on. "for y/n.. sure" he muttered with a blush of embarrassment as joe started ruffling his hair like a child

"hey, joe.." reki trailed off "if i have to work.. the shouldn't he be working too?!" he shrieked out as he pointed to miya who was quietly sitting by a booth. "hah?!" miya exclaimed "i actually have money, unlike you, you slime!" he yelled 

"how?! you're thirteen!" reki shrieked out 

"and you're seventeen but poor! shut up and take my order, slime!" miya hissed back at him 

"i hate you!" reki hissed back "im not letting you near y/n after this, just so you know" he said. miya simply rolled his eyes and huffed. "shut up, slime. i want a drink." he said 

"you shut up" reki muttered back in annoyance, but quickly wrote the order down anyways 

"haha, keep this up and you'll see y/n in no time!" joe cheered as he patted reki's back. "why can't you just give me money, dude?" reki groaned 

joe laughed and sent him a cheeky wink "gotta milk the opportunity, you know?" he mused 

"so you're just using me!!" 

ppl r asking for them to see y/n skate,, dw that's coming soon haha,, and reki and the others are also appearing soon :) 

"exactly!" 

sorry for the spelling / grammar mistakes if there are any :<

[radiodread]

Rant post for the last episode of SK8, spoilers galore.

i really don’t know what I was expecting with someone like Hiroko “No Homo” Utsumi spearheading this project. Ever since 2013, every project she has had a hand in, we’ve had to endure endless queerbaiting. It’s not just her, but all of the projects she’s had a hand in since then have had the same themes, most notably Free! which was the most disastrous, longest lasting queerbait/tease/mockery(?) I ever experienced. I don’t know why I thought things would’ve improved in nine years, but here’s the thing.

Nothing has changed.

I felt cautiously hopeful after Langa had the conversation with his mum re: being honest about his feelings and her outright asking him if he likes this person. It’s not a biased translation, what she says in the original Japanese means the exact same thing as you think it does. So, I was thinking “hey, maybe things have changed since 2013, maybe they’ll be more realistic and properly portray non-straight relationships the same way they do straight ones. No, they didn’t. It was very much like in Free!, except way worse since there was a confession from Langa that, yes, he likes likes (好き) this person. They even went through the trouble of shattering the expectations that it’d automatically be a she, no, that’s not the type of person Langa likes. It’s not a her.

And then, as I had feared, it was as if that bit of the story was wrapped up with so much left of it that really had to be addressed, but wasn’t. That’s called bad writing and story-telling, and also leading your audience to believe something is going to happen that won’t. Like clickbaiting. Oh, wait- there’s a term for that. Queerbaiting, that’s right. Yeah, that’s what this was. Not only the relationship between Reki and Langa, but between Kaoru and Koujirou, and also (regrettably, as much as I don’t want to mention them) Tadashi and Ainosuke. All of these relationships left as far too ambiguous “sorta homo but actually not homo”.

So many things were left ambiguous, so many sentence were left unfinished, because they didn’t dare take the extra step outside of heteronormativity to make something progressive, something fitting to the year we’re living in. The story wanted to go in a direction that the writers didn’t want it to go, and thus, it ended up a train-wreck at the end. Not the entire series, mind, just the final execution of what was built up so well. Only to fall flat on its ass.

The signs were all there right up in our faces: bright, neon signs. And then someone pulled the plug on them, leaving things in the dark. This last episode ruined most everything that was built up over the last 11 episodes, and the fact that it only took one episode probably shouldn’t be all that surprising - again - given who was spearheading the SK8 The Infinity project.

Shame, because the series had a lot of potential. But maybe it would’ve fared better in the hands of people like those behind the Given anime/film, the Umibe no Étranger or Doukyuusei’s film adaptations. Where homosexuality isn’t treated as a thing to attract an audience with only to pull the rug out from their feet.

[imaginedeux]

Snow Fall

A/N: Alright so, Hi. I know it’s been a long ass time since i’ve done anything to this blog and I apologize, but I've just finished my second to last semester of University, and all my time has been going to my studies. But anyways, I was inspired to write this because, it snowed in my hometown a couple of weeks ago, and it hasn't snowed here in over 10 years. And idk i just wanted to write something with snow in it.

“Ni!” You, yelled seeing her best friend walk down the flight of stairs to the first floor of the airport! “It’s so nice to see you, it’s been so long.” You gushed taking him in for a hug.

“Its nice to see you too, Petal.” Niall smiled lifting you up, and spinning the two of you around. “Almost didn't make it, they wanted to delay the flight because there was ice on the run way. I thought it didn't get cold here.”

“It doesn't but a weird cold front is coming through today, but it’ll be gone in a couple of days. Now come on, my mom and dad are waiting for us at the restaurant, and my mom has to go into work in a couple of hours.” You explained grabbing one of Niall’s bags, before you dragged him to your car.

You, and Niall have known each other since before Niall was in One Direction, when you accidentally met on Bebo, you kept in touch as Niall’s fame rose, and you continued with your schooling. You, were only ever able to attend one One Direction concert, and it was the first time that the two of you met face to face. As cliche as it sounds, it was love at first sight for you, but you knew you didn't want to sacrifice the friendship the two of you had gained over the past couple of years and has kept those feelings to yourself. The two of you continued to keep in touch as One Direction started their hiatus, and you started on your second half of University, Niall started to visit you in your home town soon after the hiatus started. Your parents instantly took him in, they had met over face time a couple of times, and they trusted the pop star. It had been a while since he was able to visit because of the release of Flicker, and because of tour, but since the last concert was a couple of days ago, Niall had a couple of weeks of break, before he would go home to visit his family for the holidays.

“It was so nice to see you Niall, I’ll probably see you all in the morning.” Your, said bringing Niall in for a hug before she headed off to work.

“Nice to see you too, if you get too bored call (Y/N), so we can go and visit you like last time.” Niall joked as she shook her head.

“Now that we’re done with lunch, what do you plan on doing?” Your dad asked  tightening the scarf around his mouth, it had dropped a couple of degrees since they all got to the restaurant and it was starting to hail a little bit.

“I actually have my last final at 4:30, so I’m going to have to go to school to study for my final a little while more. So I don't know if you want to stay at home and chill, or come to school with me.”

“I’ll go to school with you, it’ll be fun to actually be at an American College.” Niall gushed in his best American accent, the biggest smile on his face. You shook your head, and bid your dad a bye and headed to school.

"Thats why Pop Art created a huge movement in the U.S., and started a new value system when it came to the creation of art.” You explained coming through the front door, take out hot in your hands, and Niall hot on your heels. “Dad, i’m home and with food!”

“I was about to order some food, but it looks like you read my mind. How was the drive, has the rain and ice been getting worse?” Your dad asked coming out of his room.

“It’s started to get lighter since we left the restaurant, lets hope it’ll stop by the time mom comes home. Now come on, lets eat before the food gets cold.” You said happily, taking off the tinfoil from some of the food containers. The meal was enjoyed because of how much Niall and your father talked, you looked between the two, with a smile on your face. Your dad never got this close to any of your ex-boyfriends, but Niall wasn't your boyfriend. You shook that thought out of your head seeing both Niall and you dad finish with their meal. “Hey, why don't y’all pick a movie to watch? While I clean up.”

“I’m actually heading to bed, I’ve got a doctor’s appointment early tomorrow. So goodnight, i’ll see y’all in the morning.” Your dad said giving you a hug as Niall gathered the empty take away boxes. “Make sure you use protection.” He laughed letting you go.

“Goodnight dad!” You groaned as he waved the two of you off, before going into his room. “Hey, I said I was going to clean. You’ve been through a lot today, I’ll meet you in the living room.”

“It’s no problem, besides, it still feels like I haven't talked to you today.” Niall said looking at you grabbing a couple more of the boxes. You smiled at him before you grabbed the last couple of boxes.

“Niall! Niall! Wake up!” You yelled trying to wake up your best friend from his deep slumber. “Niall please!” You pleaded one more time before you turned on the light to the guest room, where he was sleeping.

“What is it Petal?” Niall moaned, cracking open one eye to find that his best friend had left the room.

“It’s snowing! It’s fucking snowing!” You yelled pocking your head into the door way. “My mom just came from work and she woke me up to tell me it’s snowing!”

“Is it really now?” He asked sitting up from the bed, before he grabbed his phone from the night stand. “It’s almost midnight, did your mum work late again?”

“No, she was giving a friend a ride home, but thats not the point. Put on some warm clothes, and I’ll meet you outside!” You said excitedly trying to put on your Sk8-Hi Vans . Niall couldn't help but laugh at the sight of his best friend, you were wearing two sweaters, a beanie, some leggings with fleece on the inside, and two pairs of fluffy socks. Niall took his time getting ready, since he had just come in from London, so he was prepared for cold weather, and because snow wasn't a foreign concept to him.

“Oh, geez, its really chucking it down isn't it?” Niall asked opening the front door to your house, to find a good inch or two of snow covering the ground and the palm trees that your parents had in the front yard.

“Yeah, it was just ice earlier, but now it’s finally snow.” Your mom commented taking a sip of her coffee, clearly trying to defrost from the cold. “We haven't gotten snow since Christmas Eve 2003, so something like this is rare for us.” She explained looking back at her husband who was drinking his own coffee.

“Niall come on!” You yelled grabbing chunks of snow off your car trying to make a small snowman.

“Alright, alright.” He laughed walking over to you. “Geeze I haven't seen you this excited since your first One Direction concert.”

“I’ve never see it snow like this. Niall, this doesn't happen here!” You yelled into the night, the snow fall dancing around you. “Its absolutely beautiful.”

“Yeah it is, here’s some gloves. Put them on before you get frost bite or something.” Niall chuckled putting them on your cold hands. “You got lucky that I brought some extra, at least I know what to get your for Christmas now.”

“This is the first time that it’s snowed here in over 10 years, you don't need to buy me gloves Ni.” You smiled looking down at the warm gloves in your hands. “Now come on, help me build a snowman!”

“Alright, alright.” Niall laughed, while he wasn't the biggest fan of the cold, and much less the snow, he saw why you were enjoying it so much. The rosiness in your cheeks and on your nose made Niall smile, and cause his own cheeks to turn red. Seeing you this happy made butterflies erupt in his stomach, he’d seen you at your best, and your worst, this was on another level of best, and made him start to think. Would the butterflies still be there, if someone else was making you smile like this? No, he knew he wanted to be the one to make you smile from ear to ear. “What the hell?” Niall yelled feeling a snowball hit him in the side of the head, taking him out of his day dream.

“I’ve been calling you for a while now Ni, gotta pay attention!” You laughed, a mischievous smile on your face, and another snowball ready to throw in your hand.

“You better watch yourself there Petal, I have more experience in snow than you do.” Niall laughed, quickly making a snowball before throwing it at you. Missing, you quickly threw the snowball in hand and hid behind your car, grabbing more snow as you went.

“Snowball fight!” You screamed, not even throwing snowballs anymore, any amount of snow you got in your hands was enough for you. It didn't take long for you to realize that Niall was no longer in your front yard, you looked for his footprints but they had already been buried under another blanket of snow. “Niall?” You called looking for him.

“Got yah!” Niall yelled from behind you, before lifting you over his shoulder.

“Ni! Let me down!”

“Oh, you want to get down do you? Alright.” Niall laughed before he put you on the cold ground.

“Niall! Its cold!” You yelled laughing looking up at Niall who was standing over you. Your heart skipped a beat at the sight, the snow flakes in his hair twinkled like stars in the night sky. Smoke filled the air as he continued to laugh, his cheeks and nose turning a scarlet color because of the frost falling onto his cheeks.

“What you looking at there (Y/N)?” Niall asked helping you up from the ground. “Did you hit your head? I didn't mean to!”

“No, no no. I’m fine. Just trying to get over the fact that you tossed me onto the cold hard ground.” You said grabbing his hand, helping yourself up.

“Oh, trouble!” Niall sang holding onto you, making sure you didn't slip.

“Only you would make a Taylor Swift reference.” You laughed pushing him, not realizing he was putting all his weight on a slab of ice.

“Oh, shi-” Niall started before he fell back onto the snow covered ground, taking you with him. It took a minute until the two of you laughed at each other. 

“Oh and you have the advantage over me, but you were the one to fall over a little ice.” You laughed at Niall who was covering his face with his hands, laughing like a mad man.

“You're the one who pushed me Petal!” Niall said leaning on his elbows, not realizing you were still in the same place, now a couple of inches away from each other. Blushing, you leaned away, not wanting to do something that you would regret. What happened next caught you off guard. 

Niall leaned up, closing the gap between the two of you, kissing you gently. It took a couple of seconds before Niall leaned away, his face scarlet.

“I’m sorry! I’ve been wanting to do that in a long time, but I wasn't sure you wanted it too. I’m so so-” Niall started, before you leaned back down kissing him before he could say anything else.

“Who said that I didn't want to kiss you back there Ni?” You smiled looking down at your best friend, your cheeks scarlet at both of your confessions. “I’ve liked you for so long, its become second nature to love you now.”

“Same here Petal.” Niall grinned before he sat up, you still in his lap. “So would you like to be my girlfriend?” You nodded at his question, gaining another kiss from Niall. “Good, cause I told mum that I was bringing my girlfriend over for Christmas.”

“Wait, you were taking me to Ireland for Christmas...”

“I was going to ask you tomorrow after we went to go eat, but the snow fall helped me gain some courage.” Niall confessed, stroking your hot cheek. You shook your head before you wrapped your arms around Niall’s neck, bringing him in for another kiss.