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  1. Public Bookmark 26

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    Disappointing Performance by ETHER Activewear's Karahura Kakeru

    ETHER's Prodigious Star, Already Burning Out?

    Comody Iida Races Ahead in New Year Ekiden Qualifier, ETHER Activewear Struggles to Meet Projections

    Kurahara Kakeru's career takes an inexplicable nose dive, risking his sponsorship and place on his company team.

    An unprecedented PR stunt gives Kakeru the chance to reclaim himself and his running career. The objective? Make it to the Olympics and break from the mould of the marathon tradition. Instead, Kakeru is tasked with popularizing the 10km event and become the face for upcoming activewear brand ETHER in the process.

    An exploration into recovery, love, loss, injury, disability, and overall questioning what it means to be an athlete. More specifically, what exists for athletes when there is no overcoming to be had? What is the double-meaning of athletic performance? And eventually, how can embracing brokenness set us free?

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    19 Oct 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 59

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    From the moment the Emperor rests his eyes on the innkeeper's young son, Yuuri's fate is sealed. To escape what awaits him once His Imperial Majesty tires of his face, praying to the powers he knows not, Yuuri makes a deal he will come to regret. It will take him a century to do so, and then three more to realize that in the end he made the right choice – one that allowed him to find the man who meets him where he is, and who loves him in spite of the curse laid upon him.

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    11 Jun 2023

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    As usual, when he lets Haiji have his way, the reward is swift to follow. Haiji lets out a soft exhale, like he was holding his breath, and presses closer to trail his lips against Kakeru's jaw, his cheek. Kakeru reflexively reaches out for him, arms slipping around Haiji to hold him, nervousness falling away.

    "I want to be in charge of… of making you feel… good," he mumbles, a little lost already in the oncoming sensation of Haiji warm against him, kissing him, wanting him back.

    Haiji's lips are soft on his, but they make him shake like a leaf in the wind. "Take whatever you want," Haiji tells him. "I'll give it to you."

    --

    Simply put, Haiji is stunning, and Kakeru wants to take every opportunity to learn him. Even (especially) if it means leaving Haiji feeling a little overwhelmed.

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    04 Jul 2022

  4. Public Bookmark 38

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    Kakeru gets an ear piecing.
    Also known as: The three times Haiji didn’t seem to notice Kakeru’s new earring and the one time he definitely did.

    When the twins announce that they’ve planned a special three-day-two-night reunion getaway over the weekend for the original Kansei Ten just before graduation, Kakeru is hit with something that feels like a mix of nervous butterflies in his stomach and the overwhelming urge to throw up. [...] Kakeru had decided that when it came to standing out to the single and available, Yuki was the prime person to seek advice from on the matter. He didn’t mention Haiji, just that he was thinking of changing up his look.

    For Day 3: Styling (Jewellery)

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    01 Jul 2022

  5. Public Bookmark 40

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    "Guys, I think we messed up," Joji says. "I swear we double and triple checked, but there's not enough futons for everyone. I think we forgot about Haiji coming with us when we were counting...."
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    Hana's hand tightens almost painfully on Haiji's shoulder, and judging by his wince, on Kakeru’s shoulder as well. But Haiji knows that Hana is kind. Hana wouldn't throw Haiji under the bus.

    "Why don't you two share?" Hana is evil. Hana threw him under the bus, got into the driver's seat, and is now doing sick figure eights over his prone corpse. Her evil little eyes gleam with self satisfaction.

    "What a good idea!" he says, instead of challenging Hana to a duel on the spot like he wants to. He’d probably lose anyway.

    In Kakeru's fourth year of university, Haiji joins the Kansei University Track Club during their summer training camp. He's determined to relax and Be Normal around Kakeru, but forces outside his control are making this very, very difficult for him.

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    21 Jun 2022

  6. Public Bookmark 17

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    For the first time in days, Kakeru’s mind went quiet as he stared at the bread that had once changed his life. It didn’t last long. 'If I pick this up now,' he slowly thought to himself, 'will you be there waiting for me?' His hands were shaking. 'Is it too early?' He curled them into fists, glaring mulishly at the bread. 'Will I be too late?' He didn’t know. He didn’t know a lot of things. Ever since he woke up on the plane to Tokyo, he’d been spiraling a little. A lot.

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    13 Jun 2022

  7. Public Bookmark 31

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    “You’re the answer,” Kakeru blurts out and he wants to take the words and shove them back down his throat. He wants Haiji to force them back into his mouth with his own mouth.

    Haiji joins Kakeru in his mission to clean up the cabin at Lake Shirakaba before the next summer training camp. While they spend time alone in the cabin, feelings are realized and dreams take form.

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    09 Jun 2022

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    That was the other thing: when Keiji had said he wanted to make his way home, Bokuto had agreed—as if it didn’t matter where they went. He hadn’t said "we should look for a community" or "there’s probably nothing there anymore".

    He’d just asked which way.

    ((the bokuaka zombie au literally no one asked for))

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    03 Nov 2021

  9. Public Bookmark 64

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    The Katsuki family throughout the years, and how one Russian skater changed everything.

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    22 Oct 2021

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    Tobio braced himself and stood, gathering Hinata’s warm body close. Hinata’s weight settled against him, strengthening the impression he always had at these times: that he was collecting a part of himself, severed by some weird circumstance. In these moments he couldn’t help feeling that Hinata belonged to him, and as long as he didn’t talk about the impression out loud it harmed no one. As it was Hinata mumbled a little, curling into him the way he’d anticipated.

    Without a word he carried Hinata to Hinata’s cluttered bedroom and laid him in bed, wrestling blankets out from under him to cover him with. Hinata woke, then, a little, but only to blink at him sleepily and mumble something that sounded like thanks. He turned away, and Tobio returned to his own bedroom, turning off all the lights on the way. That restlessness from earlier threatened to rise up and strangle him.

    Living with Hinata was nice—but only most of the time. Only when he didn’t feel like this.

    - - -

    (Kageyama and Hinata navigate living together at university while not dating. It's hard—the not-dating part, that is.)

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    21 Oct 2021

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    AU with aged-up characters, aged-down characters, family, friends, lovers, and general life situations.

    Basically what started as a desire for Akaashi to figure skate, stemmed off into an entire world where you'll find Hockey Players, Figure Skaters, Teachers, Lawyers, and more, working and trying to make their lives work with the chances they're given.

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    19 Oct 2021

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    18 Oct 2021

  13. Public Bookmark 82

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    Akaashi's self worth issues come up against the full force enthusiasm of Bokuto's fondness for Fukurodani's more guarded setter.
    What better way to deal with his problems than a three step plan to avoid him?
    Not that he imagined Bokuto would have ever made it an easy task for him.

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    24 Apr 2019

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    "I'm too gay for this shit," he mumbled into his cereal, glaring at the picture on his phone.

    "Thought you were bi, dude." Konoha said from across the room, having heard him somehow.

    "It's an umbrella term, you jerk," he said, louder this time. "How could you do this to me? Why would you make me room with someone who's so clearly out of my league?"

    "One," Konoha lifted a finger lazily in the air, scrolling through something on his own phone where he was sprawled on the couch, "I didn't force you to say yes. Two, I didn't know you were going to immediately get the hots for Akaashi. Three, don't talk about my friend like that. No one's out of your league."

    Bokuto was torn between embarrassment at Konoha's usage of the term 'hots' and happiness at the small compliment.

    (written for @llichtl on tumblr for the hq!valentines exchange 2018)

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    21 Apr 2019

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    “...Okay...I thought that...you’d be some sort of psychopath, and the system is actually some crazy cult and I’d get kidnapped and be forced into some blood ritual with you,” Victor admits.

    There's a moment's pause before Yuuri speaks. “Would we get married to Satan afterwards?” he asks with a bat of his eyelashes.

    “We’d probably get married to Satan, yes."

    --

    wherein everything happens for a reason

    translated into Japanese

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    22 Mar 2019

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    16 Oct 2018

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    "I want to go back to Japan. Find out where Akira is now. I want to live there."

    Ryou makes a decision in childhood that changes everything.

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    04 Feb 2018

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    Gray walls, orange overalls, and razor blades in his mashed potatoes. That's Tooru's life now. And the man sleeping on the bed across the room trusts him enough to turn his back on him. Tooru wants to be a man deserving of that trust, he really does.

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    Chapters:
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    Comments:
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    26 Nov 2017

  19. Public Bookmark 88

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    "Hey Rin-chan," says Nagisa so offhandedly he's practically dropping it onto the floor, "what's it like sleeping with a guy, anyway?"

    Rin doesn't choke on his smoothie because this isn't a fucking anime, and he's not a tool. He swallows his most recent gulp calmly, and carefully sets his cup onto the table.

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    25 Nov 2017

  20. Public Bookmark 95

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    Bokuto gets green-apple candy shampoo for his birthday. Akaashi loses his goddamn mind.

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    24 Sep 2017

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