#the nagirin future that is.

[princesandromeda]

Easter Eggs pt. 1 — Latte Hearts

So @moeblobmegane and I agreed that we need less drama in our lives, and for old time’s sake decided to do another fic exchange! Easter-themed! first prompt was “they pretend to date to get discounts at couple’s cafés”, and while it’s not a fic precisely about that, they do pretend to date to get some sort of discount. *shrug* It’s already May 3rd here so imma post this. This was very self-indulgent, not to be taken seriously, and written while I was doing homework. I also haven’t written nagirin in months so I’m very rusty.

anyway, enjoy!

“Say, Rin-chan,” Nagisa asked, stopping in front of a shop—a latte art café. “Your birthday’s tomorrow, right?” Rin saw a small smirk appear on his friend’s face; he was planning something, and unless he ran for it, he was going to get roped in… whether he liked it or not.

“Yeah…” Nagisa’s smirk just widened, and before he could ask what now, Nagisa grabbed his wrist and dragged him inside the coffee shop. Once inside, he dragged them to a table and made him sit.

“Play along, will ya Rin-chan? I know you’ll like this.” He winked and waved one of the waiters over. Yep, he was planning something.

“Welcome, we hope you enjoy your stay.” He handed them a couple of menus, bowed, and grabbed a notepad and pen from a pocket in his uniform. “Do you see anything you would like to order?”

Nagisa instantly perked up from behind the menu. “Actually…” he sighed, and pouted, “Y’see, Rinrin here… his birthday is tomorrow, and it would also be our one-year anniversary!” Rin resisted the urge to gape. He had a hunch about where this was going. “I know the couples package isn’t available until Valentine’s, but Rin-chan is studying in Australia and he has to go back tomorrow, and I was hoping to give him a treat before he has to go back.” He sighed again, put his menu down, and placed his head in his hands for good measure.

The waiter bit his lip, looked around a little and leaned in to Nagisa, a complicit expression in his face. Nagisa did the same. “Tell you what, my boyfriend works in the kitchen and was the one who proposed the Valentine’s package. I’ll talk to him and convince him to make you one. But please, enjoy your day and cherish each other very much!” Once he said that, he scribbled the order and walked over to another table, a nonchalant expression on his face.

Once he was out of earshot, Rin gave Nagisa an annoyed look. “Why did you tell him all that?” If he was completely honest, he loved fake-dating… in movies. It was always interesting seeing the characters grow closer as the plot advanced… not that he’d tell anyone that. And the point was that this wasn’t a movie, and as much of a romantic as he was, fake-dating with Nagisa just to get a Valentine’s Special while it wasn’t in season yet was just… a little too out there.

Nagisa shrugged and pretended to keep looking at the menu, never mind that he had already ordered. “I don’t know what you mean, it’s not like it wasn’t true.” And okay, yeah, there was that, but…

“Except for the part that we’re dating,” he deadpanned, and pretend-hurt was written all over Nagisa’s face in an instant.

“Whatever do you mean, Rin-chan? Is this your completely un-romantic (and thus, un-Rin-chan) way of breaking up with me?” He didn’t really look at him through the whole ordeal, instead was still looking at the menu (probably thinking of which sweets to hoard the table with, the little shit), and muttering things under his breath. “And anyway, I thought I had made it pretty clear last year, what with me dragging you all over the place to spend time. Don’t couples go to the theater and then dinner as a date?”

Rin sighed again, wondering why he always got into embarrassing (and increasingly impossible) situations every single time he went out with Nagisa. Non-romantically, that is. “Yes, but usually they state that it’s a date. And they usually say they’re a couple.”

“But we have been dating on facebook for over a year!” Nagisa unlocked his phone as quick as he could under Rin’s confused look. He showed him the memory, “look, it says: in a relationship with Matsuoka Rin-chan!” Rin read the screen and then proceeded to massage his temples.

“I don’t have an account. That’s just one Sousuke made once to mess up with me,” he explained, causing Nagisa to gasp before thinking it over.

“That would explain the lack of inspirational quotes on your profile… or why you didn’t answer my DM’s…” he pocketed the phone back and grinned once the waiter arrived with their order—two chocolate shortcakes with strawberries on top (if the ads were to be believed, cream filling instead of jam), and a joint chocolate shake. One of those that had a ridiculously cheesy heart-shaped straws and heart designs on the cup. He cooed a the desserts and immediately started digging on his shortcake. “Anyway,” he said after he was done moaning over the deliciousness of chocolate pastries and Valentine’s specials. “I think you should totally get an account. I know you love letters, since you’re Rinrin and all (and trust me I love them too), but I think that instant messaging is also cool! And it is always a hassle to print pictures in case I want to send some to you.” He grabbed his phone again and started browsing through the menu, then showed a picture of… was that Rei and Gou discussing… the water temperature? “You see, I reaaaaaally like this one, but texting pictures is really expensive, so you should accept my invite links to instant messaging groups.” He pouted and looked over at the chocolate shake. “Oh, look Rinrin! They totally guessed that my favorite animal is a penguin!” He made motions for Rin to look over, and really, Rin was trying to, but this was one hard-to-follow conversation.

“Well, yeah, this is Iwatobi. I guess they’d like to keep it themed,” he shrugged and grabbed a fork, mentally counting to ten. They had already eaten. Dessert was really not necessary. But they were already there, and Nagisa looked so happy as he kept on eating his shortcake, so with Mikhail’s dramatic sobs and weird slangs in mind, he told himself he could always do extra laps in the morning so as not to lose too much muscle.

It tasted… surprisingly good. The chocolate was definitely there, but it was more powered on the cocoa and not so much on the sugar. And the strawberries were fresh, so a little tangy. Still, with the shake that Nagisa was most surely going to pour down his throat, he decided not to eat too much in a forkful. Instead he watching his friend eat, while absent-mindedly stabbing his shortcake.

“We just went to a buffet,” something he still regrets as Nagisa strong-armed him into an eating contest, “how can you stomach all that?” His own stomach still hurt from how much they had eaten, and he had been really close to calling Sousuke for help. The cake-stabbing became a tiny bit more pronounced with his next question, “without getting fat?”

Nagisa just giggled into the chocolate shake. “I thought you already knew the answer to that, Rinrin.” Rin frowned and reluctantly nibbled a little on the chocolate on his fork, trying (for his sake really) to keep going.

“Knew that you were secretly a black hole masquerading as my friend? Probably,” he conceded as Nagisa blinked a couple of times, taken aback.

“No…” then he pouted. “And what a mean thing to say! I am your friend. More than that, actually,” he wiggled his eyebrows and pulled Rin’s shortcake to his side of the table (because of fucking course he had already finished his), digging in with gusto. “And I meant the talk about me being a growing boy.” He tried to look indignant, which in turn made Rin finally chuckle.

“You’re not ‘a growing boy’,” he replied, grabbing a napkin and cleaning the smudge of chocolate Nagisa managed to get from eating while talking. And too quick, for that matter.

“Of course I am a growing boy! How dare Rinrin think otherwise!” He drank the rest of the chocolate shake, puffing his chest as he did so. “I am a growing boy who happens to be your friend, which makes me your growing boyfriend.” He stated, looking proud of himself for some reason.

Rin covered his snort with a cough, not that it looked very convincing. “That was terrible,” but Nagisa didn’t look too beat down.

“But it made you laugh.” And then he pushed a fork full of chocolate shortcake into Rin’s mouth just as he was going to defend himself.

Some things never change, Rin thought fondly instead of berating Nagisa for that.

“Let’s hurry, Rin-chan! I’ve always wanted to go to the karaoke with friends, and if we hurry up, we might get a good booth!”

Rin groaned, letting himself be dragged anyways. “Why are you so excited about karaoke today? We could go tomorrow.”

“But tomorrow Miyako-san’s gonna hoard you all for herself! And Gou-chan too! And don’t think Haru-chan, Mako-chan, Rei-chan and the rest will fall behind! And the firsties want to meet you!” He pouted while waiting for the crossing light to turn green. “This are the last precious hours of alone time I will get with Rin-chan,” he mourned, rubbing his head against Rin’s arm.

“I didn’t know you were on first name basis with my mom.” He pointed out.

Nagisa shrugged. “Yes, well, the first letters I wrote to you had to arrive somewhere,” he said, as if Rin was being silly, “and after the third one they had to redirect to Australia, Miyako-san started inviting me over to eat her delicious food and talk about you.”

Rin rolled his eyes. “Of course she’d do that.” He could easily picture it, his mom and Nagisa bonding over him. Actually he didn’t want to picture it. He was now pretty sure some blackmail had come out of it.

“And we’re here!” Nagisa said, cutting Rin from his musings. Nagisa kept dragging him until they were in a booth, already paid for an hour and on their ways to choosing a song. “Ooh! I’ve heard this one! Aqua gate is about a guy who makes his dream come true. Romantic in true Rinrin style.” He picked it and handed the mic over to Rin, who had little say in the song choice as the music was already playing. Indeed the song was very catchy, and maybe, perhaps, there was a little chance that the lyrics were a little… well, Rin. He wasn’t about to admit he had liked singing it, but Nagisa’s knowing smile (and the click of his phone camera) told him it wasn’t necessary.

A little flustered he walked over and looked at the songs. One title immediately clicked as he looked over at Nagisa. “If I had to sing what you chose, then I call dibs on what you sing.” Nagisa giggled, sitting next to him to look at the options.

“Sounds fair,” he conceded, waiting to hear Rin’s choice. He grabbed the mic, and stood up. “Ready whenever you are,” he winked and prepared himself as Rin clicked on Sunny Soda Breeze. With a title like that, who wouldn’t think of Nagisa’s bubbly personality?

He didn’t notice, but he was staring at Nagisa while he sang. A fond smile on his face. He might complain at being dragged everywhere, but… he also did enjoy days like these. University life was everything he ever dreamed of, but also incredibly busy, and while he enjoyed swimming very much (thrived for it, really), days where he could just relax and have a good laugh were few and far between. Even more so with the Olympics around the corner. And so he watched as Nagisa thanked the sunny shiny soda breeze for good times like these.

At the end he was flustered, and very excited when he said: “Sing a duet with me, Rinrin!” He didn’t even roll his eyes as he accepted.

“Sure, you have one in mind?” Nagisa instantly pointed one in the catalog, and Rin frowned. “But it says here it was meant for five people.”

Nagisa giggled and grabbed another mic for Rin. “We can always make it a duet if we try hard enough!” Rin accepted the mic and got to his feet. “One of the idols in the video dresses up as an astronaut and I really loved it! And there is also this really cute cop who looks exactly like Rinrin!”

“Hey! What does that mean?!” But he didn’t get an answer as Future Fish started.

“Ah, it’s always so pretty seeing the city in pink. The only other time it looks like this is on ohanami, and I don’t really wanna wait too long into the year.” Rin nodded absent-mindedly, for once walking and not running, a feat in and of itself when out with Nagisa. So probably those extra laps in the morning wouldn’t even be necessary, after all.

“I guess. Though I really miss being home here for ohanami. We don’t have stuff like that in Australia.” He mused, to Nagisa’s shock.

“Such a sad thing…” but he perked up instantly. “Then I shall bring Rinrin a pool full of cherry blossoms! Maybe this year he will be able to swim in one like he always wanted, does it rain a lot on April in Australia?” After all, they wouldn’t want a repeat of last time they tried it. Though Rin’s face when he saw it had been worth it. Sort of. He wanted to see how it would look when he actually swam in his dream.

“Don’t be silly, they’d wither before they’d get in the plane.” He grabbed Nagisa’s head in a noogie, “but I appreciate the gesture.” Nagisa smiled, and then got out of Rin’s noogie to point out at an arcade.

“Look! It’s The Arcade!” And there went Rin’s last quiet minutes. “We should totally get Mizushimashima-kun a companion.” He mentioned, making a beeline for the crane.

“You still keep that?” He was… oddly touched.

“Of course I keep him! Rinrin gave it to me, after all!” He adjusted his position on the crane, looking absurdly serious. “Well, aren’t you helping me get him a friend?”

Rin sighed, and stepped behind him. He pretend-cracked his knuckles and grinned. “You’re on.”

They were on the train. Nagisa was already asleep and drooling in his seat. He heard a ring and grabbed Nagisa’s phone, the message notification blaring.

[Nanako-nee: You coming home?]

He debated on whether waking up Nagisa, but his little attempts proved to be useless and just hoped he wasn’t going to get killed for this.

[Uh, hi, I’m Rin. Nagisa fell asleep. I hope there is no problem if he stays at my house.]

His mom wouldn’t mind, as Gou often had friends come for sleepovers. Though he should probably still message her in advance.

[Nanako-nee: Take care of him, won’t you? He talks about you a lot.]

[nikotinasss]

better late than never

[squirrelmort]

WIP Meme

Tagged by @choking-on-roses to share a little bit about my current works-in-progress

A couple of these are multichapter fics that have parts up, so I’ll put in a link

rintori week 2017: yes this ended like two or three weeks ago but I’m still working on it. I got about halfway through the next part before a bout of depression hit and I couldn’t write anymore, even though I know exactly what’s gonna happen. I’m finally get over it but instead I’m just too busy. There’s not much to say about the story. It’s teenage boys being uncommunicative idiots and awkward boners... But I’m actually really excited about this story.

ReiEzio: In the Free! universe in the future. They’re in college. Ezio (asscreed) is a foreign student who ends up in the dorm room next to Rei and Nagisa. Ezio and Nagisa become friends right away but it takes Rei a while to warm up to him. And Rin is dating Nagisa (but still training in Australia). I’ve only written a little bit but I have major feelings about this.

NagiRin: originally this was intended as sort of a prequel to my Rei/Ezio fic but lbr the only thing they have in common is that NagiRin is in it. Also the idea is based on the ending of season 1 and I don’t know how to make Eternal Summer fit, so I might just ignore it. But it’ll also probably be really short so fuck it. Who needs canon? I do what I want. But I have a couple pages hand-written.

RinReiGisa host au: yup this shit it still going. I have the next couple chapters planned. Or they might get combined but I have at least one more chapter planned.

Nagisa piercing: He decides to pierce his ears now that he’s out of high school and doesn’t need to worry about uniform rules. 

And now for some that aren’t Free!. Crazy, right?

AC college au: because I’m that cliche. Yeah, this is probably never getting published, or even finished but I’ve written two half-scenes. In random notebooks so I don’t know where I’ll find them. Main pairing is Leo/Ezio, side of AltMal.

Ouran: Tamaki and Kyoya dated years ago. Now Haruhi and Tamaki are married. But Haruhi is suffering from Tamaki overload. This sound kinda dramatic but it’s actually fluffy comedy shit.

YoI victuri Victor-centric: Victor is going back to Russia soon, and he’s sad because he doesn’t want to leave Japan and Yuuri because this is the happiest he’s ever been. So he deals with depression the only way he knows how--by being super flirty and smiley. 

Oh, shit, I forgot I still have stuff for my renaissance au. I have plans for reigisa in that. And I have some Nitori-centered ideas for my abstergo au. Dammit why can I not finish anything? 

ok who of my followers write and have not been tagged? because I don’t know who to tag. I know @xyliandra has already been tagged but I want a notification what her to tag me so I can be sure to see her answers (peer pressure!)

[princesandromeda]

A little bit more SouGou screentime is all I ever wanted from DTF.

[princesandromeda]

i uh literally shouted and started crying the moment Asahi’s sister left Takushi with AsaKisu. i suddenly felt blessed bc I had talked about it to Yacchan and it was just so wonderful I couldn’t believe it

i also cried when Natsuya and Nao reunited.

“Sorry for making you wait.” “Nah, I just got here. That’s what you’re supposed to say, right?” yeah, when you’re on a date.

i also cried a lot when Nagisa asked if they were going to Tokyo to cheer Haru and then immediately asked if Rin was going to be there. thanks for letting us know canonically that nagirin is still alive. (though I would also love it if we have canon scenes of nagirin sending letters or even texting. yes i’m still a little bitter)

I LOVED HOW MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT HARU HAD

i also loved Ryuuji? his deal is a nice deal.

MAKOTO SAYING STUFF LIKE THAT WITH THAT FACE WAS SCARY BUT ALSO COMICAL

my sister and I thought he was going to say he really liked soba, or if he could have one chip but nope, he just says “you can’t eat or drink around the pool” with such a straight face and a smile it’s pretty scary

Asahi still has the book Rei recommended to him i feel so Blessed. my crack ships are still sailing csm

i was glad there wasn’t an overly dramatic scene between Asahi and Ikuya, i would have gone wild if Ikuya did anything else than an emo monologue

i loved the pun they made with “seven seconds for nanase”

Nagisa was right and Haru is a prince in all the ways that matter

i can’t wait for next chapter! i really want to see Haru swimming the other styles

[princesandromeda]

I just had a weird idea for a nagirin plot and I so wanna write it

[princesandromeda]

4. Touch

30 day nagirin challenge

Nagisa was known for being a very touchy-feely person, so it wasn’t all that surprising to see him hanging from one of his friend’s arms. Nor to see him hugging them.

What was surprising, however, was to see him leaning on Rin’s shoulder at night, when everyone had already gone back to their houses and they were the only ones at the bay.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It seemed so clichéd, to ask something like that at a moment like that. The only thing the scenary was missing was some fireworks. Rin chuckled.

“You already know I wanna go pro at swimming.” It was quite a weird question in any situation. But he’d answer it if Nagisa really had doubts about it. “Though I remember thinking as a kid that cops looked cool.” He shrugged and continued looking at the few stars visible, wishing that Iwatobi had more stars to shine. “What about you?”

Nagisa sighed. “I’m still trying to decide. I don’t know if I want to become an astronaut, or maybe an explorer, or an artist, or a penguin caretaker…”

Rin reached out to ruffle his hair, and he didn’t ignore the fluttery feeling in his abdomen, or the pleasant warmth in all his body. “You still have a year to decide that, and if you still don’t know, you can come to Australia with me.” He knew that whatever Nagisa chose, he’d quickly become one of those twinkling stars above them.

[princesandromeda]

8. magic

30 day nagirin challenge 2018 version

I want to comment that I took Camille from Shadowhunter because I didn’t have a proper vampire villain, and I didn’t want to convert any Free! character into one for personal reasons (I was thinking on Hiyori but then again I felt bad). I also feel necessary to say that I’m using some concepts about wizards from Harry Potter (and all and any future references to nmyoji will be from Tokyo Babylon) but hear me out i swEAR that will be a relevant part of the plot later. ‘k? Thanks!

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At the ending of their impromptu meeting, it had been decided that Rei would contact some rogue vampires that might know about a subjugate, while Nagisa was to accompany Rin to some other place.

Rin had been told it was some sort of clan, that while it was more of an American take, he couldn’t really find some other way to describe it. He had wanted to ask questions about what happened when a vampire wasn’t part of one of those “clans”. Say, what happened to Nagisa.

“I’m just too powerful for them, Rinrin,” the vampire had answered with a wink, that wasn’t as reassuring as Rin had hoped it would be.

So here they were, standing in front of a luxurious, yet not noticeable building.

Rin could tell that it wasn’t noticeable, there was some magic in it that would drive the people not welcome in it away, like a repellent of sorts. Did they get a foreign vampire to do these kind of spells? This was most definitely something an onmyoji would not try (something tugged at the back of his mind). (Another part of his mind whispered that at least something that was familiar was an advantage in foreign territory.)

“Well then,” Nagisa sighed, once he had decided this was it, “shall we enter?” And it was almost like he was pleading not to. Rin didn’t have to wonder too much to arrive to a reason why Nagisa had run away from this place.

Nagisa knocked on the front door, and another blond answered it. Rin saw whatever color Nagisa might have had on his face vanish.

The person on the door seemed not to notice, for he just smiled brightly upon seeing Nagisa and hugged him. “Nagisa-senpai!” he exclaimed, ignoring how stiff the vampire was. “I’m so happy to see you here! Did you come to visit?”

After Nagisa was, once again, unresponsive, the guy seemed to finally notice him. And at the way his pupil grew big, Rin felt adrenaline run cold through his back. Intellectually, he knew this person was more dangerous than he appeared, but what made his body react too? Could it be that vampire really possessed some sort of mind-related powers?

“Oh,” the guy answered quickly, his eyes darkened and his voice dragging. “Very well, follow me, Nagisa-senpai and… you.” He broke his hug with the older vampire and led them through the entrance. Rin was immediately taken in with how luxurious the genkan looked.

“That was Hayafune Romio-chan,” came Nagisa’s hollow voice, a couple of seconds later. Rin blinked a couple of times in confusion, and belatedly realized that the place was not only charmed against unwelcome guests, but also to allure preys. He could feel some of his magic depleting, and with no little amount of alarm did he think one of the charms fed on it, “one of the humans I used to care for.”

And yet, somehow, Nagisa’s voice seemed to anchor him, keep him present, could it be that he, too—

Clarity flooded his senses like a barricade, colors more vivid and sounds louder; he could also feel a warm pressure against his right hand. He stared at it, then at Nagisa who was sporting a subdued smile, and continued to follow Romio.

They arrived at something like a study, a couple more people already, all surrounding a beautiful woman. She was writing something, a couple of giggles escaping her lips, a radiance to her ways that would make you think she was writing a billet-doux. Romio was quick to kneel at her side, happy to bask in her, and her eyes lit up upon seeing her visitors. Rin felt some of his control slipping,  hazy feeling taking over.

“Ah, Nagisa-chan, dear, come over.”

Rin held onto Nagisa’s hand for dear life.

[princesandromeda]

30 day nagirin challenge

I’m joining yacchan in this because I also think nagirin won’t get that many scenes together. Don’t let the trailer fool you.

First

Lessons

Imitation

Touch

Loyalty

Fear

Letters

Family

Games

Outsider POV

Alternate Universe- Canon Divergence

Astronaut Nagisa / Cop Rin AU

Soulmates AU

Merman AU

University AU

Coffee Shop AU

Supernatural Beings AU

Superpower AU

Harry Potter AU

Fairytale AU

Flowershop/Tattoo AU

Royalty AU

Other Sports AU

Youtubers AU

Heist AU

Magical Realism AU

Pacific Rim AU

Scifi AU

Celebrity AU

Future AU