the song āa few of your ownā by noah kahan is so bajitora coded to me. specifically, their story from kazutoraās pov. what got me thinking is the second verse and how strongly it feels like how he would feel post bloody halloween where baji survives and they get to heal together
i just feel like these lyrics perfectly highlight kazutoraās fear that baji would wake up one day and resent him for what happened or decide it actually was his fault all along. how he always subconsciously tries to prepare himself for it and for baji to walk out of his life, but baji is always there. when it gets hard and kazutora feels himself start to spiral, the sound of baji outside, revving his motorcycle to get his attention always breaks through the noise and he suddenly feels like he can breathe again.
and i think thatās what i love most about their relationship, how they were practically made to exist for each other. they were meant to be by each others sides for always and no matter what and i think thats beautiful.
i also love how in the first verse noah says:
kazutora went through so much pain and trauma, but despite the way all of it shaped him and the way he looked at himself, baji looked past all of it and saw him as one of his greatest treasures.
takemitchy losing a bet with his mizo mid friends and having to show up to the next toman meeting in a tshirt that says āmaster baiterā on it and they, along with chifuyu (who witnessed the entire situation), have to spend the entire meeting trying to hold it together.
what makes the whole thing even funnier is the fact that mikey is up there trying to talk and be serious and itās obvious heās trying not to lose it every time he looks at takemitchy. even draken thinks itās funny which is a feat in itself and itās not helping that baji keeps snickering and setting everyone else off š
emma sano whoās a hardcore belieber and mikey sano who becomes one by association because all his sister listens to is justinās music. one time heās hanging out with the boys and they have one of shinichiroās radios playing in the background when one less lonely girl comes on. someone makes a joking comment to āturn that shit offā and you can only imagine the gangs surprise when their dear leader starts singing it WORD FOR WORD
emmaās watching from somewhere else around the house proud as hell of what she created
rating how well toman members would hit the dougie:
mikey: 5/10
not terrible, but heās also not really trying. mostly cause he doesnāt really want to dance. probably just went into the dance circle cause he wanted the attention
draken: 8/10
lowkey smooth with it ngl. not putting his all into it cause he doesnāt really care, just wanted to get everyone else to shut up
mitsuya: 7/10
not bad, not bad. heās not really much of a dancer, but heās coordinated enough that he pulled it off. hits a decent quan as well
baji: 8/10
generally a decent dancer, but his dougie is smooth as hell. joined the dance circle to compete with kazutora. can lean and dab like a mf
kazutora: 10/10, ZERO notes
started the dance circle and his dougie smoother than a mf. letting people go after him was lowkey a set up cause he set the bar HIGH. when do it like me by dlow comes on its over for everyone. in my toman idol au heās the main dancer
chifuyu: 9/10
was forced into the dance circle by baji and nobody was expecting him to hit that shit but he did. got a point deduction for getting too cocky and messing up at the end. cranked the fuck outta that soulja boy tho
takemitchy: 3/10
hitting everything but the dougie. cannot dance and was forced into the dance circle for entertainment purposes. three points rewarded for a solid dab
nahoya/souya: 10/10, 8/10
their shit just as smooth as kazutoraās. souyaās a little shy with it but nahoya is cocky as hell on the dance floor. yāall better back tf up when itās time to milly rock
currently thinking about final timeline film director takemitchy and imagining the whole gang huddled around a tv watching him win his first ever oscar š„ŗ
i love umekazu as a character so much bc the concept of stanning a biker gang and fanboying so hard you get a nosebleed is so ššš„ŗš„ŗ like bby drop the stan account i know it goes crazy!!!
and the fact that he stanned so hard he became a member AND works with draken who was vice commander???? insane levels of dedicated fanboyism
hc that that peke j has free reign of the pet shop during the day when itās open and can be found napping in various different spots throughout the store. he has his own little apron with a name tag on it and both kazutora and baji like to joke with customers that heās the manager. so much so that kazutora had jokingly scribbled it below his name on the name tag to mimic chifuyuās manager tag.
thereās also signs throughout the store with pekeās face on them followed by āNOT FOR SALEā in beg red lettering after one too many arguments with customers over wanting to adopt him
hc that in the final timeline bajitrio showed up to the pet shop one morning to find a bunch of cat food tins, toys, and a busted bag of kibble strewn across the floors. assuming theyād been robbed, chifuyu immediately drops everything and runs to check the cameras just to find hours upon hours of footage of an escaped cat having a field day in the empty shop. they find the cat napping in one of the cat beds and after cleaning everything up, spend the next couple of hours replacing the locks on doors of the cat rooms
tokyo revengers characters and what i think theyād smell like :
mikey:
mikey either smells like laundry soap or a sticky toddler. you know, the ones you walk past in a store and they smell like fruit gummies or whatever junk food they were snacking on before they came there? thatās him. lowkey i think he used to be a little stinky but draken shut that shit down ASTRONOMICALLY fast
draken:
draken smells like nice cologne most of the time. sometimes heāll smell like motor oil and a little bit of sweat, but heās typically really good about smelling good. he has a few nice colognes from the girls at the brothel and rotates through them weekly
mitsuya:
mitsuya also smells like cologne or laundry soap. on the chance you catch him right after heās been with his sisters, he might also have that sticky toddler smell but heās also generally good about the way he smells
baji:
baji generally smells like laundry soap and whatever bar soap he uses to wash his body. he also owns a few colognes that his mother gifted him, so heāll occasionally smell like cologne when he remembers he has it and decides to spray it. also, if you can get close enough to his head, his hair smells like coconuts
kazutora:
kazutoraās scent depends on when you catch him. obviously if you catch right after a smoke break, heāll smell like cigarettes. but if not, heāll smell like cologne. i think he tries his best to not absolutely reek and honestly, if you never saw him smoke you might not even know he does it. also he went through an axe phase when he was a teenager and no one lets him live it down
chifuyu:
chifuyu didnāt start wearing cologne until he became friends with baji and smelt it on him at one of their hang outs. up until then, heād only ever smelt colognes that he didnāt particularly care for so he just figured all colognes didnāt really smell great. then he smelt bajiās and realized some of them actually smell really nice so he bought his own bottle and started wearing it religiously. he also smells like hair product if you can get close enough to his head
takemitchy:
laundry soap and bar soap unless itās a special occasion, then heāll spray the cologne hina bought him that he forgets exists most of the time. he went through a stinky phase as a teenager and hina was too nice to tell him, so mizo mid sat him down and told him
souya/nahoya:
so the twins definitely smell really nice. they both definitely wear some sort of cologne, but have different tastes in scent. nahoya likes something more strong while souya prefers a softer scent. you can also get a whiff of curl cream and other hair products if youāre close enough, as well as lotion
so the other day i saw this tiktok of a reddit story about this dude whoās brother kept leaving spoons in the shower and he couldnāt figure out why he was doing it until he caught the kid using a spoon to feed a stray cat some salmon and come to find out the brother would use the salmon on the spoon to lure the stray cats over to him and then he would take them inside and use it to keep them occupied so he could give them a bath.
apparently in his head he thought that if he gave the cats a bath more people would be inclined to take them home and the whole time i was listening to this story i couldnāt help but think about how baji coded the entire situation is šš„ŗ like he would 10000% try to do something like this and get reprimanded by ryoko for bringing the cats inside
summary: just some soft kazutora centric fluff i wrote up for his birthday cause he deserves the best birthday ever :3 includes bajitora!!!
it had been a long yet undoubtedly happy day. kazutora had been showered with love from everyone he held near and dear to his heart, making his special day even more special. he was given thoughtful gifts, warm hugs, and his stomach was filled with all of his favorite foods. his birthday wasnāt always something this special. his parents would often forget, leaving him to scrounge together change from around the house so he could buy himself a candy bar from the vending machine outside the convenience store. he grew to absolutely hate his birthday, and it wasnāt until his 11th birthday that it all would change.
keisuke baji was the first person to ever give kazutora a birthday present. technically, it wasnāt until a few days after his actual birthday that it happened, but the earring dangling from his ear served as a reminder of the best thing that ever couldāve happened to him. it hurt more than he cared to admit, and bajiās handy work was a little off centered, but years later it was still as perfect as the day it happened. meeting baji led him straight into meeting the people that would become his best friends. kazutora would learn what it was like to love and be loved in return. he would learn what it was like to be celebrated by people who cared about you. he would learn what it was like to have people who never forgot your birthday.
the first time kazutora ever had a birthday party, it was at the sanoās residence, which was the place where parties and get togethers were commonly held within their friend group. it had been a complete surprise. baji had picked him up from his house early in the morning and kept him occupied til late afternoon while the rest of the group had set everything up. shinichiro had purchased decorations, cooked his favorite foods, and set up a table that was filled with presents that were all for him. and at the end of it all was kazutoraās very own birthday cake. it was decorated with swirls of icing in bright colors all connected together to make a tiger, along with his name in the very center.
it meant the world to him then and even now that he was grown, it was still the best birthday heād ever had. even now as he and his friends had grown up, the parties never stopped. even as they got older and adult things started to take up more of their time, still took time to celebrate each other. and as new people found their way into the group, their birthdays were promptly added into the rotation.
kazutoraās birthday had fallen during the week, so theyād made plans to celebrate properly on the weekend. baji had planned the entire thing and refused to let him lift even a finger in regards to it. it ended up being an all day event, with baji waking him up at 7 in the morning with a feathered pink birthday tiara that heād promptly rolled his eyes at. theyād spent all morning and most of the afternoon hunting down freebies and trying to win as many prizes as possible at the arcade claw machines. theyād come home with arms full of stuffies and the cookie baji had managed to steal from a random shop that didnāt do freebies.
the rest of the night was spent at the sanoās, naturally, with the rest of their friend group. theyād eaten kazutoraās favorite take out, sipped experimental mixed drinks courtesy of the twins, and huddled around kazutora while he opened all his presents. they were small things, but he loved them nonetheless. now he was back home in his and baji shared little apartment, tired and happy while he laid out on the couch. baji had put on a random movie and excused himself, leaving kazutora to make himself comfortable.
ādo you have room for anymore food?ā kazutora sat up when baji came back into the living room, grinning. he was holding a small cake and two spoons. it was circular, and the icing on it was dyed black and glittery. he crossed his legs, scooting over to make more room for him to sit down. āyou got a cake?ā
āof course i did, i get you a cake every yearā baji said, sitting down next to him. kazutora canāt help but giggle, seeing the top of the cake. it was a picture the two of them had taken when they were younger surrounded by swirls of icing. it was in bajiās old room during one of their sleep overs. they were both pulling silly faces, kazutora with his eyes crossed and baji with his tongue sticking out. he still had his shaved head and bajiās hair was still at the awkward length he had when he started growing it out.
āwhereād you even find that picture? we took it on your old flip phoneā he snorted, reaching for his phone to take a picture. he snapped it and tossed the phone away before taking the cake into his hands.
āmy mom kept everything from all our phones on her computer. i was digging through it for fun last week and found it way back in the photo albumā baji said, pulling a few candles out of his pocket along with a lighter. he poked them into the cake around the picture.
āyouāre not gonna sing to me, are you?ā kazutora said with a teasing grin, yelping when baji pushed at his shoulder. āstop! youāre gonna make me drop the cakeā
āno iām not gonna sing to you. mikey gave you an award worthy performance earlier, that should be enoughā baji rolled his eyes and kazutora giggled. it had become tradition for mikey to be especially loud and off key. ābut you still need to make a wish. just give me one secondā
he stood up and ran down the hallway, returning a few seconds later with the tiara. kazutora rolled his eyes, letting out a huff. āyouāre really gonna make me wear that?ā
baji just grinned, placing it carefully on top of kazutoraās head. āi spent my hard earned money on itā
kazutora just scoffed, shaking his head as baji picked the lighter up off the couch. āim telling chifuyu to give you a pay cutā
he lit the candles and kazutora closed his eyes. truthfully, he already had everything he could wish for. a career, a home, a found family. maybe he could wish for something materialistic this time, or a million dollars to magically appear in his bank account. but then bajiās lips pressed themselves to his cheek and he knew exactly what he wanted. he opened his eye and blew out the candles.
āhappy birthday toraā baji pushed his hair out of his face with a smile and offered him one of the spoons. āwanna eat face first?ā
pov kazutora gets banned from signage making at peke j land bc one of the animals has an accident in one of the play pens and this is the shit he comes up with and tapes to the wall. chifuyu has to take a moment to recollect himself before taking it down and telling him to rewrite it
