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Rintori Week 2022 - Day 7 - Crossover

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“I swear to God,” Rin grumbles, wiping sand off of his chin with the back of his hand. He drags in a harsh lungful of air, eyes on his and Ai’s opponents. “I remember beach volleyball being a lot less intense.”

Across the net, Shouyou grins, and doesn’t look like he’s even starting to sweat. He looks absolutely unrepentant when he says, “Sorry. Occupational hazard, I guess. Neither Kageyama nor I are really known for being able to just,” he shrugs, “be normal about volleyball.”

“By which you mean you’re crazy competitive, even in the most casual of settings,” Rin throws back, and if it feels a little like pot calling teakettle, well… 

Ai snorts beside him. “Rin-senpai, you’re one to talk.”

Rin’s cheeks burn, but he’ll swear up and down it’s from the high noon sun. “Hush, you.”  

Ai grins up at him, and it’s blinding. 

“I guess we could try,” Tobio says from where he’s just drank half a bottle of water. “Going a little bit easier on you guys.” He looks like it actually pains him, the thought of taking volleyball easy. Going by the look on Shouyou’s face, he has the exact same mindset. It’s honestly as hilarious as it is emboldening.

And he can now understand why these two are the stars of Japan’s national volleyball team.

He rolls his shoulders, then drapes an arm around Ai’s own, tilting his head until it touches the side of Ai’s. “I think we can take you without you needing to go easy on us. Right, Ai?”

Ai nods, as much as he can. “Right.”

Shouyou raises a surprised eyebrow at them. Then, with a quick, yet very loaded look at Tobio, he nods. Tobio does, too. “Alright. You’re on! Get ready to eat some more sand, then.”

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Rintori Week 2022 - Day 2 - First Kiss

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Ai blinks. And blinks again. And… no, no, he's really not dreaming. He's- He’s really-

He inhales, quick and shallow through his nose, and closes his eyes, and-

Rin uses the hand that's gently cradling the back of his head to tilt it to the side, just a bit, just enough for their noses to slide against one another, and for their lips to better slot together. 

Rin-senpai is- He's- Ai thinks, unable to finish either sentence even in his own head, because the kiss, the softness of it, the sudden surprise of it, has him absolutely incoherent. It has to be a dream. 

But it's not.

It's not, because Rin tilts his head again, in the other direction, the fingers of his other hand coming up to caress the underside of his jaw, and deepens the kiss almost lazily.

And yes, yes, it’s real. Ai is sure he could not dream up something quite so good.

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("Was that okay?"

"It was... Yes. It was better than okay, Senpai."

"Good. Good. ...can I-"

"Yes, please!")

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Rintori Week 2022 - Day 6 - Succubo/Incubo Kink

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He pants into Ai’s mouth, satisfaction mixed with deep, aching loss, insatiable (always, always insatiable) hunger, and unbridled anticipation and terror overwhelming him almost as much as the physical pleasure. 

Almost there, he thinks breathless, chasing that high, chasing the relief. Dreading it, too. He squeezes his eyes shut. Bites his lip even as a different voice in his head whisper-hisses, ‘Too bad he probably won’t survive. His energy’s as delicious as his kisses’.

Rin shakes his head, just a bit, where it’s pressed into the crook of Ai’s neck and shoulder. He’ll live, he tells the voice stubbornly. Ai’s stronger than he looks. Always has been. It’s why I-

Ai whimpers into Rin’s ear, nails scrabbling to catch onto Rin’s shoulder blades, and Rin can’t help biting down into the flushed flesh under his lips. 

The reaction is instantaneous, wildfire and electricity spreading between them from the point where they’re connected, and this is it. This is it. This is-

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He blinks, and the world comes back into focus.

And the seething hunger is… both quenched, and yet still very much yawning in the pit of his stomach. Rin frowns in confusion. It's like his body has both gotten what it's needed from the encounter, but has also been drained of life energy at the same time.

He squeezes his eyes shut, and then blinks them open again. And the feeling remains.

And there's something like a confused whine from Ai under him. 

“Ai,” he breathes, leaning back, just enough to hover on his elbow over the younger man. “Ai, are you-?” When he meets Ai's eyes, he looks as confused and as hungry as he, himself, feels. 

Ai nods, meeting his eyes. “I’m-” he starts. Stops to wet his lips and it makes Rin dive back in for a quick kiss. “Rin-senpai, you're… alright?”

An incredulous giggle escapes Rin. “Me? What about you? Are you okay?”

Ai nods, eyes wide. “I'm okay, I just… I was afraid- I hoped you'd- But if you say you're really okay, then-”

And it hits Rin then, the complete ridiculousness of what just happened.

He smiles. “I'm fine,” he promises. Because he is. That's what's most bewildering. He drank from Ai's life force and, apparently, Ai drank from his (if Rin's really right about this, and he probably is), and somehow, even though he's still hungry, it doesn't feel like he might die from it like it did before they started. “I'm great, actually.”

Ai nods, still looking at him like he can't wrap his head around the whole thing, so Rin takes pity on him. He presses another kiss to his lips, then to just under the corner of Ai's right eye on the little beauty mark there. “I guess an incubus and a succubus can feed off each other but can't actually kill each other with sex.”

And Ai blinks at him, breath stuttering in his chest, and Rin knows right then that his hunch has been right. “Rin-senpai, you're-” he asks, and then seems unable to finish the question.

Rin nods anyway, grin sharp and wide.

For a second, they just look at each other in wonder.

And then they both dive in for round two, wilder and more unrestrained now, because thirst like theirs is never truly slaked.

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“If I said I wanted to quit now,” Haru says, looking out at the setting sun, the sea’s gentle push-pull waves warm around his ankles. He breathes in the salty evening air, and feels something both unwind in his chest and crawl uncomfortably up his throat. He turns to Makoto. “That I’m never gonna race again. What would you say?”

Makoto looks at him, the small, content smile on his lips turning slowly into a confused frown. “Haru? What do you mean?”

Haru looks down at his feet, at the way his toes sink in the wet sand. He wonders how long before he sinks fully into it, unable to resurface, unable to breathe, to swim again. "Just something I was…" How does he put it all into words? How does he explain the uncertainties that have slowly begun to creep in and drag him down, inch by inch, heartbeat by heartbeat, every day for the past few months? He shrugs. "I don't know. Nothing. Nevermind."

But who is Makoto if not the person who knows Haru best in the world? "It's not nothing, Haru-chan, not if it has you actually asking." He exhales, looks up at the darkening sky, out at the watery horizon, and then back at Haru, eyes gentle. "If it's something you actually want, Haru, if it's something you've actually thought about properly, and not just a knee-jerk reaction to that last competition… Then…"

Haru thinks he knows what Makoto will say next, but he still wants to hear it, needs it. "Then?"

"It's a decision only you can make. You can quit." And it feels like a blessing, a permission, an option that isn't out of Haru's reach anymore. "But you know, Haru-chan? I think you're not really there yet. I think you still have a few more races left in you."

"You think so, huh?"

Makoto smiles, and it outshines the sun. "Yep. And it’s not just because Haru-chan is too competitive by half, or because you won’t just let Rin win by default.”

“Oi!” …it’s true, though.

Makoto bends over, carefully scoops up a handful of water. When he straightens back up, he takes Haru’s hand with his free one and pours the water into Haru’s open palm. Liquid heat and electricity travels up Haru’s arm and down his spine.  “It’s because no one loves water, or swimming as much as you do.”

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“Are you talking to Haru-chan? Tell him to come visit!”

“Yeah, tell him! We haven’t seen him in forever!”

“Yes, yes, I’ll tell him, now shoo, both of you.” The exasperation in Makoto’s voice is tinged with so much fondness that it’s contagious, even over the phone. Haru can’t help smiling at the Tachibana siblings’ antics. “Honestly, I haven’t had a moment to myself since I got home.”

“Can you blame them? They miss their big brother,” Haruka reasons, hiding his amusement at Makoto’s whining. “They’re not used to you being gone for so long.”

Makoto sighs, and it sounds like such a dramatic thing. “Yes, well. I’m not the only one they miss, apparently, so make sure you do visit when you get back, or neither of us will ever hear the end of it.”

Haru hums an agreement, heart warm. “I will.” They're his family, too, after all.