*is finally home alone, so settles down on the couch for a good cry because I’ve had a bad day and my depression is getting to me*
*starts to feel tingling on my arms and snaps at the gestahlt in the room, since unfortunately my mother sleeps in here on a bed that I had to set up for her when she got it*
Me: oh fuck off!! I know it’s you with the tingly thing!
*tingly thing stops*
Me:.....holy shit, it actually stops when I tell it to now-
ahh~ that makes me so happy to hear! i had a lot of fun imagining this one. ❤
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mahwaha replied to your post “[free! fic] safe”
Oh gosh, this has such a sweet atmosphere. The ending is like pulling a favorite blanket over my shoulders. I love the twist with Makoto and the quiet, careful atmosphere in the wording throughout the whole fic!
that’s such a great turn of phrase for the ending, very much what sousuke is feeling himself. i’m super happy that came through. ❤
originally everything was going to take place in the first country, but then somehow the idea of sousuke and makoto meeting in a café years later popped into my head. and as i looked at makoto looking at sousuke there, i realized what had been happening all along...
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thank you so much, both of you, for reading and commenting! i’m ridiculously happy you enjoyed it. :D
For gestahlt who requested them! Please enjoy. =))
1. Angst
The bouquet of roses are a bit much, Kisumi can admit that much, but he figures if he’s going to confess, he might as well go all the way. It’s got to be perfect.
He rounds the corner to the stairs that lead up to the Tachibana residence. If he remembers correctly, the house is just to the right after the first landing.
He’s barely started when soft murmurs from above stop him. Standing there by the toori at the apex is Makoto. With Haru.
And barely an inch of space between them.
Kisumi never gets higher than the second step before he turns and leaves, the bouquet crushed within his hands.
2. AU
Style Five is making an appearance on the same variety program as Kisumi and a couple other idols. And lucky him, he gets to sit next to Makoto—tall and impossibly cute sleepy-eyed Makoto—on the discussion and Q&A panels.
The question, what is your ideal type of woman? falls onto Makoto and he fidgets uncomfortably in spite of his frozen smile and adorable stammering. It’s part of his character and the girls in the audience fall for it, giggling when he fumbles his answer.
Kisumi then decides it’s as good a time as any to crank up the fanservice and casually perches his chin on Makoto’s shoulder, batting his eyelashes up at him. “You mean I’m not your type?”
Makoto blushes and tries to hide behind his hands. The rest of the panel erupts into scandalized laughter. The girls scream.
And Kisumi falls deeper in love.
3. Crack
“Good morning, class! I’m Shigino Kisumi, your substitute teacher for th—ohh! Makoto! Hey, Makoto!”
4. Crossover
The studio, to put it mildly, is huge. It takes Makoto nearly an hour to find the right dressing room, having found it only because a PA was kind enough to acknowledge his existence amid the throng of models and designers and staff hard at work at putting together a fashion show.
Kisumi finds him at the doorway to the dressing area and drags him in, much to Makoto’s immediate surprise. His once-curly hair is flat-ironed and his eyes are smoky and rimmed with dark makeup. Yet, somehow, he’s still every bit bright and bubbly and Kisumi.
“I’m so glad you could make it, Makoto! C’mere, I want you to meet my friend!”
Kisumi’s friend is seated at a mirror, casually perusing through a tabloid as two stylists work on his canary-yellow hair. He looks up at their approach and his long and thick lashes fan out wide along with his smile. “Oh, this must be the famous Tachibanacchi!”
5. First Time
They’ve done this before, though things were different then. For starters, Kisumi hadn’t been the one with his legs spread and his knees drawn up; nor was he a ball of nerves gone haywire as he waited, and breathed and waited...
6. Fluff
The walk home from the beach is pleasant and quiet, the perfect ending to a day spent swimming and laughing and enjoying the warmth of the sun and each other’s company. Makoto’s on the right, Kisumi’s on the left, and little Hayato is between them both, holding their hands.
7. Humor
It’s still dark out when he’s roused from sleep. Their son’s wail reaches them from the next room over without need for the state-of-the-art baby monitor Rin bought them.
Kisumi nudges his husband, who makes a drawn-out noise of displeasure.
“He's your son too, you go rock him,” Makoto mutters, turning over.
8. Hurt/Comfort
Kisumi doesn’t say anything when Makoto randomly shows up at the Shigino family doorstep, his eyes bloodshot and wet, voice haggard and cracked; he doesn’t ask why he’s not out enjoying the Bon festival with the rest of his team.
He just widens the door and lets him inside.
9. Smut
Somehow, in the haze of his pleasure and exertion, Kisumi thinks it can’t be comfortable like this for Makoto. The other boy is half propped-up against the wall and practically upside down with his knees touching his shoulders, rocking from the relentless pressure of Kisumi’s thrusts.
A sweet, ragged moan escapes him, and all of a sudden, all Kisumi can think of is how thankful he is that Makoto is so flexible.
10. UST
“I’m so sorry,” Makoto sputters for what Kisumi thinks is the millionth time. “I really didn’t know you were there! I thought Sousuke was!”
“It’s okay,” Kisumi murmurs with a sigh, wringing out his soaked sweater. “Shoulda known he’d use me as a shield. He can be sneaky like that some—eh?”
Their eyes meet then, and he realizes how close Makoto is to him, and how wonderful the proximity is. It helps him realize other things about Makoto, like how his lips are moist despite his heavy breaths and just how his long his eyes linger on the drenched areas of Kisumi’s shirt.
Makoto blinks and sputters again, gathering up his water gun. “S-Sorry! I, um, I should go...!”
“Wait, Makoto, where—”
But by then, Makoto’s gone, off to who knows where on the Samezuka campus.
As I said before, I will post about my favourite authors and why I love them during September. It will be done in no particular order, It's just me revisiting my Ao3 history and writing about what I have read. If this inspires you and want to collaborate, the tags are #authorsmonth and #lovefics.
Please remember to read pairings and warnings in all individual fics!
I haven't read as much Free fics as I have Snk, but one of the funniest fics I've read was “This gentle heart will mess you up” by Ad_astra in Ao3 (gestahlt in tumblr)
Her funny fics are supper funny, the dialogues are on point and the characterization is amazing!! I love banter and sass and her fics truly deliver that, they are incredibly satisfying! the smut is so good and I haven't read her angst (since angst is not my cup of tea) but I am sure it is deliciously painful. And now that I have discovered her again I will be reading more of her from now on