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Day 1/April 4th: Melody/Tears/Red
Day 2/April 5th: Pets/Regret/Blue
Day 3/April 6th: Pulse/Destiny/Silver
Day 4/April 7th: Skating/Thousand Year Blood War/Black
Day 5/April 8th: Marriage/Hollow/Green
Day 6/April 9th: Home/Missing/Lavender
Day 7/April 10th: AU Day!/White
Banner art is by Sophisticated_MrDuck on AO3
Here’s my fic for day 4 of @hitsukarinweek! Also on AO3.
Toshiro glared up from his position on the floor, frowning at how Karin was laughing her head off. He looked away with a huff and slowly got himself off the ground, wobbling as he got back onto two feet. A moment of near falling over again just made Karin laugh harder, doubling over.
“It would serve you right to fall over too.”
It made Karin laugh even harder, sure enough resulting in her losing balance as well, slipping backwards and falling on her butt like Toshiro had done a minute ago. It hadn't sobered her up like he had hoped, Karin instead letting herself go completely, lying flat on the sun-warmed pavement while still giggling away.
Toshiro watched her for a moment before raising an eyebrow. “You done yet?”
She was still laughing. “Can't fu-fucking breathe, oh my god.”
He glared at her again. “Good.”
That set her off yet again, and she vaguely kicked a leg out at him in retribution. This time Toshiro said nothing as Karin eventually settled down, sitting up a little out of breath, hand across her stomach. “I just can't believe you're so bad at this! You were showing off when we went ice skating but the second I get you in roller skates instead you immediately end up on your ass!” She giggled again.
“They're different!”
“Not that different!”
“Different enough for there to be an adjustment!”
Karin rolled her eyes at him. “Alright alright fine,” she held her hand out, “help me up.”
Toshiro pointedly looked away from her. “As if.”
She threw him an exaggerated pout, arm still outstretched. “Oh come on, don't be a baby about it.”
He didn't move, simply watching her. “I managed to get up on my own, surely the resident roller skating expert can too.”
Karin tsked as she positioned herself to get up. “Such a child.”
Toshiro frowned at her, tone incredulous. “I'm the child? You're the one who lost it at someone falling over.”
“Not someone, you. That's specifically very funny.”
Toshiro huffed but didn't say anything. Karin made a show of getting up from the ground smoothly with a cheeky grin on her face, much to Toshiro's annoyance. She leant backwards to brush away the gravel that had embedded into her legs, only to slip then, the wheels on her skates automatically moving out from under her. Karin grimaced as she braced herself to fall again, only to feel herself getting pulled flush against Toshiro instead by an arm wrapped tightly around the small of her back. They wobbled together as her skates knocked into his, but Toshiro managed to stabilise them both.
“How did you get so balanced all of a sudden?”
Toshiro shrugged. “Seem to be fine standing still, moving is when it all goes wrong.”
Karin let out a little breathless laugh. “Well at least you've got step one down, you're very...sturdy.”
He nodded. “You good?”
Karin nodded back quickly. “Mhm! Just took me by surprise is all. I'll just,” she placed her hands on his arms to keep herself steady as she carefully pulled away, blushing a little as Toshiro didn't let go of her, just moving to keep a hand on her hip instead. She flushed further as he spotted her expression, Toshiro blushing back as he realised how they ended up. He took his hand off her hip but kept it hovering closely just in case.
He had a knowing look in his eye. “You're sure?”
Karin tried to calm her face down as much as she could, slapping his hand away from her. “Fine. Why wouldn't I be?”
He had a hint of a smile as he watched her face carefully. “You tell me.”
She stared at him for a moment, cheeks still tinged pink, before she looked away with a half giggle. “Uh, rolling skating! That's what we were doing. Let's see if you can get you to move without falling over!”
“Alright.”
Toshiro didn't move, the two of them still only half a foot away from each other, waiting for Karin to go first. She didn't move either though, eyes still locked on his.
“Oh good! You two didn't go far, Karin can you help me with dinner? Turns out we don't have eggs so I'm doing curry now but it's a lot of prep and I'm already running late.”
Karin had damn near fallen over yet again at the sudden sound of her sister's voice. Toshiro had quickly steadied her, holding her up by the arms instead this time. It took her a second to pull her gaze from him, looking over to where Yuzu's head was peeping out of the front door. “Of course, yeah, yeah I'll be there in a sec.”
Yuzu beamed back at her. “Thank you!” She quickly went back into the house, closing the door in behind her but leaving it open for them.
Karin turned back to Toshiro. “You joining us for dinner?”
His head went to the open front door then back to her. “Sure, um, if you'll have me?”
She nodded. “Yeah, if you help out too obviously.”
He smiled at her. “Obviously. Just don't give me any fancy new human cooking technology is all.”
Karin laughed. “How do you feel about a vegetable peeler?”
“I can manage a peeler.”
“Cool.” She went a little pink again. “We'll roller skate another time.”
Still standing close together, Toshiro caught the blush immediately. “Roller skate. Sure, yeah.”
Karin nodded. “Mhm, roller skate. I mean how are you gonna survive without knowing how to roller skate?”
Toshiro was blushing harder than she was at this point, but he played along regardless. “Naturally. It's a miracle I've made it this far really.”
Karin couldn't help grinning at him. “Exactly.”
He cocked an eyebrow up, teasing. “And who better to learn from than the self-proclaimed expert?”
Karin immediately deflated. “Ugh, shut up. You know I'm not an expert, we'll um, we'll figure it out together.”
A gentle smile took over his face. “Sounds good.”
“So anyway! Cooking?”
Toshiro gestured for Karin to make her way into the house first. “Cooking.”
Day 5 @hitsukarinweek
Marriage/Hollow/Green
After their meeting they went back home, with gifts from their beloved ones.
First day it’s Toshiro’s scarf for Karin.
