#Koichiro Iketani

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Rewatching Initial D first stage for the 5th time this year

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look at my racing team bro

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If you have time could you do headcanons for what it’s like to sleep together with the racers? Like who hogs the blanket, talks in his sleep, cuddles the whole night, etc?

• All Initial D Male and Female Characters • Word Count: 3,039. • Synopsis: In which you learn the ups and down of sleeping with street racers. • Note: Thank you Anon, I loved this one! Never thought about what it'd be like in detail to sleep with these guys, hehe!

Keisuke: A blanket AND bed hogger. Since he’s used to sleeping in the middle of his old twin sized bed, he’d have the die-hard habit. I see sleeping with him going several different ways depending on who is in bed first, and if you go together.

You go to bed first. Since he’s a night owl with racing he doesn’t normally get to bed until the twilight hours. So, if he comes home to you already asleep, he’ll weasel himself into bed quietly and even readjust the blankets for you so your covered comfortably and they aren’t all crinkled up. He’d snuggle up into you, spooning you at first since you’re already nice and warm. He falls asleep quicker that way, and this is where the “fun” begins. At least an hour into him falling asleep, he’ll start rolling around and adjusting positions, so you can bet his legs get tangled in the blankets and take it all with him. Your sleeping self most likely won’t notice until you get woken up from being cold or feeling him practically wrestle around in his sleep and accidently kick you in the leg.

He goes to bed first. In the rare chance he’s in bed and asleep before you, he’s already got the blankets scrunched up and he’s in the middle of the bed. I see him laying on his back, his arms are spread out and one of them curls back in so his head is leaning against his hand, kind of like a flexing pose (like that meme of the guy who’s sleeping like a medieval portrait of a damsel in distress). His legs are spread and one is bent at the knee, blanket wrapped around them as well. I imagine him as a heavy sleeper, and since he goes to bed so late from racing, he just taps out from exhaustion the second his head hits the pillow. Thus, you could practically wrestle the blankets from him to readjust it how it should be and he won’t even budge. He’ll mumble something at most or sigh and that’s about it. By the time you get into bed you’d either try to push him to his side, or just curl up into him like he does to you since that spot and him are already warm.

You both go to bed together. He loves to cuddle somehow. Whether its spooning you, or having you lay your head on his chest, or lay entirely on top of him for a bit, he’s happy. I see him wanting you to lay completely on top of him if he had a stressful night of racing, and your weight would imitate a weighted blanket to him so it’d help calm and relax him. I don’t see this as a comfortable falling asleep position on your part, so when you feel ready to tap out, you’d just slide off him and either cuddle into his side or have your own space. Hopefully you fall asleep before him otherwise you’ll be up for a while fighting for your blanket rights.

Ryosuke: Actually stays on his side, god bless. Doesn’t move a lot when asleep, but he’ll roll over, adjust his arms and legs a bit while awake trying to find that comfortable spot and position that just taps him out. Is quiet as well, no snoring or talking. He’ll occasionally sigh deeply, but it isn’t normally loud enough to wake you. Enjoys light cuddling with you on his side, head on his chest, as he gently rubs his hand up and down your back or side. I see two ways of sleeping with him.

His bad habit of overworking and overthinking keeps him up at night, making it take forever for him to fall asleep. If you both go to bed together, you’ll most likely fall asleep before he does, but I also see him as a sigher when he can’t fall asleep. It’s frustrating when your mind won’t shut off when it’s time to sleep. If he starts the sighing while you’re still awake, it’ll probably take you a while to tap out as well now. You could try asking him what’s on his mind, but be ready for an infodump. Hopefully, getting that off his chest and even talking it out will help him figure out his solutions that he can be satisfied with until tomorrow and he falls asleep fine after. Another snippet is if you do fall asleep even before or during his sighing, he’ll decide to just observe your sleeping form if there’s enough light in the room to make out your features. It helps distract him from his thoughts when he’s focused on you. If he can’t see you, he’ll brush his fingers along your neck, arms, waist, and hips, mentally mapping your form with his eyes closed until he falls asleep that way.

Like Keisuke, he’ll probably fall asleep quickly after a late night out on the mountains. If he does this, he’ll at least pull you to him so you’re spooned before he taps out. Likes to have your head in line with his chest, even if your back is to him. Has to have that space to breathe in the cold A/C air, or just have his nose be unobstructed by something that cuts of the airflow if that makes sense.

Takumi: Stomach sleeper hands down. The episode where his dad wakes him up, and he’s on stomach only reinforces that idea and he sleeps like that a lot. He won’t snore unless his neck is craned in a weird way that obstructs his airflow; breathes through his nose too. Since he’s on his stomach a lot, he doesn’t move around much except for a big of leg adjusting and maybe his arms a tad, so I can’t imagine he’s a blanket hogger or tangler. Will fall asleep hella quick if he lays his head on your chest or stomach, an arm wrapped around you and his hand splayed across your back. If his hand makes your back uncomfy, he’ll hold your waist, occasionally giving it little comforting squeezes. He probably had a stuffed animal as a kid and would squeeze it periodically to help him fall asleep, so the habit continued on with you. If you rub his head, shoulders or back with him on you like this, he’s out in record time. Gives pleased hums and little sighs, definitely falls asleep with a little smile on his face. Adorable baby boy.

Takeshi: Back sleeper. I envision him having a sore back after work so it helps him get rid of the pain when his back is straight and flat against the bed. He might sleep on his side occasionally if he’s got no pain, but he’ll probably wake up with a wee bit of soreness cause his spine was curved or he ended up moving to a weird side position for too long. Is also quiet for the most part, but will snore if his neck is craned weird like Takumi. I feel like he’d also twitch in his sleep when dreaming. Like his dreams would be hella vivid, his emotions feel real too so he starts physically moving a bit, most likely just his fingers or little nose twitches, furrowed brows etc. On rare occasion will he mumble or talk, again probably from a dream. A huge cuddler as well. He’s also your personal heater. Doesn’t hog the blankets at all because he’s so warm, but still needs a cover of some kind to be comfortable enough to sleep in. Prefers to have you curled up on his side, head on his arm or chest since he’s a back sleeper. If he ends up on his side, he’ll spoon you as well and nuzzle his nose into your neck, possibly even hang his leg over yours, or vice versa. Doesn’t normally have trouble falling asleep, even after a stressful race. He probably clocks out when he gets home and just wants to forget about it so he doesn’t tend to overthink things or have a hyper brain at night.

Shingo: Sleeps in pretty much any position, doesn’t care. As long as whatever he’s sleeping on is comfortable, he’s good. He’s definitely slept in the EG before so if he can sleep in that, practically anywhere is good for him. Since he’s pretty skinny, I imagine he’s kinda flexible and nimble enough to sleep in weird positions and it doesn’t really affect him when he wakes up. Like if he’s on his side, he’d probably have his hips leaning forward or something with his legs more in front of him so he’s twisted at the waist/hips but won’t wake up with any soreness or pain. In terms of cuddling, he’s more of a switch. Likes to have you on him, on his side, spooned, whatever, but also likes laying on your chest/stomach, or being spooned in a way where he’s on his back, and you’re latched onto his side like a leech, legs wrapped around his hips/legs and arms hugging his chest with your head on his bicep or in the crook of his neck. The only noise he really makes is, instead of sighing like normal, he’ll kind of hum instead? Such as if he sighs out, it’ll come out as a low, “mmmm” like a quiet microwave lmao. With his voice being naturally nasally, he doesn’t make those nose whistle sounds in his sleep unless he’s sick. He’ll do the same if he makes a big adjustment, such as rolling over to his other side, or from his back to his stomach, vice versa. Sometimes hogs the blankets if he moves into a weird position. Will sometimes sleep in an L shape with his legs straight out in front of him so if he does that facing away from you, the blankets are his unless he moves smoothly enough that they don’t move.

Itsuki: Is as loud in his sleep as he is when awake. Good luck, besties. Definitely a mouth breather and snores. It gets worse cause his mouth will dry out quicker so when his tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth its like a fuckin megaphone was put in front of him. Complains about being too cold or too hot, so it could be 50/50 for the blanket war. Will cuddle if given the chance but has a vice grip, so again, good luck getting out of that.

Iketani: Is usually pretty warm, so he’s only half covered by blankets; doesn’t hog them much either. His snoring is on and off. Breathes through his nose, mouth closed, but still snores anyway. Only stops when he moves positions and typically is quiet when on his back. Likes to cuddle when awake but he’ll eventually turn away from you after he’s asleep. If he wakes up in the middle of the night and realizes you’re not there, he’ll pat around till he finds you and goes back to cuddling before sleeping again.

Kenji: Is concerningly quiet and still. Once he gets comfy, he’s in that position for nearly the whole night. His breathing gets really shallow and slow once asleep so it sometimes spooks you and you have check if he’s even alive. Since he breathes every few seconds with a pause in between each exhale, you have to check his pulse or listen for his heartbeat. Likes to cuddle on you most. The usual head on your chest, shoulder, or stomach is his go-to. Like Iketani, once asleep he tends to separate from you and then doesn’t move after that. Not a blanket hog, but he probably takes up bed space and weasels a bit into your side.

Kenta: Not a huge sleep or bedtime cuddler. Prefers to do that during the day. He’s also a back and stomach sleeper. Only time he goes onto his side is to flip over. If you want cuddles at night, you’ll have to do it after he’s asleep and weasel yourself under his arm if he’s on his back. A bit of a sigher, but doesn’t snore. Since his voice is nasally like Shingo, he’s probably got a stuffed nose most of the time, so when he sleeps his breathing makes those little whistling sounds through his nose.

Kyoichi: Also concerningly quiet. Doesn’t make noise unless he’s sick, feel like he’d snore when sick as well. Definitely see him as a back sleeper and a personal furnace. Doesn’t consider himself a cuddler, but after being with you for so long, it’s become a sleeping ritual to have you pressed against his side/chest in order to even fall asleep. Like Kenji, if you get concerned about his status of life, you can either check his pulse, heartbeat, or simply put a hand on his chest since he does take in full breaths, it’s easy to feel, he’s just quiet about it. Is a heavy ass sleeper too. Once he taps out, nothing is waking his ass up except his internal alarm clock for when morning comes. Occasionally moves around too, but you don’t normally have to fight for the blankets, thank God.

Rin: Snores lightly, but rhythmically. It’s the same sound, length, and volume, so it turns into background noise for you quite easily after being with him for a while. Loves spooning you and with you facing him so you can kinda hug him back, or at least nuzzle your arms in between both your chests and feel your forehead against him. Actually, has to wrestle the blankets from you since he runs cold. When you get nuzzled up to be spooned, you form fit the blanket around you and the blanket acts as a barrier between your body and his even though your pressed against each other.

Go: Snores like his brother, but its erratically. The sound and volume aren’t the issue, the inconsistency of his snores is unsatisfying and annoying when you can’t get the pattern to fall asleep to. As always, he likes boobs, so he’s gonna use yours as pillows. If you don’t move away once asleep, he’ll stay in that position the whole night. He’s a normal temperature so blanket wars aren’t an issue with him. Mumbles in his sleep quite a lot actually, and you can even have a conversation with him, but his mumbles are damn near incoherent so you just have to make up a conversation with him, ask questions, make jokes, spill the tea, and he’ll respond in some way. It’s pretty funny even if you don’t know what he’s saying.

Wataru: Oddly possessive in his sleep. Cuddles the whole night, will not let you go. Needs to have some kind of point of contact with you even if its just a knee on your leg, hand on your arm, or something simple. Prefers having more of you on him, though. Like Shingo, he’s mostly quietly but he hums in place of his sighs. With his voice being deeper than Shin’s, it somehow sounds more lulling if you’re still awake, like that deep hum that just makes you feel safe, comfortable, and even though he’s always pressed up on you, reassured that your man’s always there. Because there’s that reassurance and his possessive sleep nature, I feel like he’s a light sleeper. The kind of light sleeper that’s usually tired all the time, but it’s his normal and if he hears a noise that’s not usually in the room or house, something that isn’t background noise, he’ll wake up and just lay there listening for anything for a few minutes before falling back asleep if he deems there’s no threat.

Nobuhiko: As sweet as he is, I somehow see him as not a cuddler at all. Like he needs his space in order to fall asleep and does so facing away from you. Most likely a habit of falling asleep on a specific side and if you’re on the side of the bed that has him facing away from you, that’s just how its gonna be. He kinda hogs the blankets, but he also wakes up a few times a night for some reason and when he does wake up, he’ll readjust them over the bed and you before tapping back out. I see him as being a quiet guy too, so it’s easy to stay asleep with him.

Mako: Full on cuddler, but poor girl never got the chance to cuddle with anyone until she dates you. Due to the lack of physical affection, she’s a leech. Will stay cuddled up with you the whole night and is a quiet sleeper. She’ll occasionally let out light sighs, but they’re so quiet and cute it can’t possibly bother anyone. Blanket wars hardly exist since she’s stuck on you the whole time and if she does move, she just glides under the covers so they stay in place.

Sayuki: Needs to spread out, starfish style. Kinda sporadic when it comes to sleeping, she’s everchanging. Can fall asleep anyplace, anywhere like Shin as long as she has room to spread out. Will throw her leg over your or even weasel it under if its in her way lol. Same with her arms, she’s probably clocked you in the head a few times if she rolls over or goes to move it and it just kinda flings over. Moves a lot in her sleep so good luck getting those blankets back. Probably has dreams where she’s navigating Usui for Mako and ends up talking about the pass in her sleep about whatever Dream Mako has to avoid, how tight a corner to take, etc.

Kyoko: Also a huge cuddler. She probably mumbles mechanic stuff in her sleep, seeing as that’s her job. If you ask her about it the next morning, she’ll most likely remember her dreams, but be discombobulated about if it was real or not and what day it took place. But she could tell you fairly well what she was talking about, fixing, etc. Doesn’t move much unless she’s having a racing dream, her hand probably twitches when she’s dreaming of shifting gears.

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Some of my favourite parts in Initial D stage 1:

- Takumi vs. Nakazato race when Itsuki thought that he has to apologise for accepting the challenge for Takumi, but Takumi arrives on the last minute and almost drives over Itsuki because he's in the middle of the road having a breakdown

- Takumi racing in Itsuki's Levin because the guys made fun of it

- Shingo crying over his crashed Civic and Iketani and Kenji looking after him and giving him a ride to the hospital although he was an asshole towards them before

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Kenji shakes his head and holds out another pair of gloves. "You need to stop forgetting these."

"I didn't forget them." Iketani takes the gloves, pulling them on over his aching fingers. Even the thin layer of fabric helps combat some of the chill in the air. Kenji gives him a pointed look and Iketani shoves the knotted lights at his chest. "Here, untangle these."

Kenji grabs them, piling them in his arms to stop them from spilling all over the ground. He gives Iketani a grin. "I just got here and you're already putting me to work."

"I gave you the easy job." Iketani nudges the boxes out of his way with his foot and frees the ladder from its place against the wall.

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hello @eggtoastt!! I really hope you like your secret Santa gift! You said you liked keitaku and itsuki and Iketani shenanigans so I tried to incorporate both! Merry Christmas and I hope you enjoy! Also there’s a bit of cussing lol

The setup!

“I hate summers…” Itsuki sighs as he stands with his friends at the gas station. “Please I do anything to work here again. This is nothing compared to moving all those damn boxes all day,” Takumi says as he hears Itsuki groan for the 10th time today.  The boys just stand there, waiting for the inevitable work to come. A few cars came through, until one car everyone recognized pulled in. Keisuke steps out of his RX-7 and makes his way over to the guys. “High octane,” he says casually. It wouldn’t catch the eye of anyone else, but Itsuki notices how Takumi starts to stand a little straighter, and he can’t ignore the small hint of pink creeping up on the tofu driver’s face too. Keisuke pulls out a cigarette and makes his way to Takumi. “You try my bro’s technique yet?” Keisuke asks Takumi. Takumi shakes his head, “I was gonna try it after my delivery tonight, but maybe I’ll do it when the sun goes down.” Keisuke throws his cigarette away and heads back towards his car, “well I think Akagi would be a great place to try it out too, if you’re interested.” Takumi just shrugs, and Itsuki doesn’t let the small smirk Takumi grows get away from him. “I’ll think about it,” Takumi says. Keisuke just waves him off and leaves out the gas station. Takumi stretches and heads to his car, “I think it’s time for me to leave, I can’t take this heat anymore. Good luck guys.” “Wait Takumi!” But he doesn’t hear him and drives off in his 86. Itsuki just stands there, dumbfounded. “What’s with that stupid look on your face?” Iketani asks giving Itsuki the same weird look. Itsuki quickly looks to Iketani, aggressively grabbing his shoulder, and shaking him like he’s a tryna wake him up. “IKETANI!! TAKUMI…KEISUKE…A THING!! WE NEED TO MAKE THEM A THING!!” Iketani looks at Itsuki like he just spoke a foreign language. “What?” He asks. “Did you see the way those two looked at each other?? There is no way there is not some romantic tension going on between the two! I’ve never seen Takumi show so much emotion before!” “Takumi was showing emotion?” “Yes you moron it was as clear as day!” Iketani hits Itsuki’s head lol. “Theres no way that’s true, Takumi likes girls!” Itsuki shrugs. “I don’t know, he could be bisexual.” “Bi what?” “Oh sorry I forgot boomers don’t know what that is.” Iketani hits him again. “What’s got you playing match maker all of a sudden? How do you even know Takumi is bisexual or whatever?” Itsuki glares at Iketani. “Uhhh have you seen the guy? And besides, he looks at Keisuke like he used to look Natsuki, but like more. And with Takumi off the market, then I’m more likely to get a girlfriend!” Iketani rolls his eyes, “But I mean… he’s still my friend and I wanna be there for him yknow? I’m sure it’s hard for people to come around to that kinda stuff if you get what I mean.” Iketani places a hand on Itsuki’s shoulder. “Yeah I get it man. So what’s the plan.” The grinch’s smile spreads across Itsuki’s face. “Ok here’s the deal…”

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Takumi stands in front of a ramen restaurant playing on his phone, waiting for everyone to arrive. “Where’s everyone else?” Takumi’s head bolts up to see Project D’s uphill racer looking at him. “Wha- wait they invited…” Takumi gets a ding from his phone to see that both Itsuki and Iketani sent messages saying they weren’t able to make it, that something came up. “Those assh-“ “what? Didn’t wanna see me or something?” Takumi rolls his eyes. “You know that’s not true, just didn’t know they could contact you. Now come on I’m starving.” What neither boy noticed was Iketani and Itsuki dressed up like secret agents, walking towards the restaurant. “Remember the plan Iketani?” “Kinda.” “What do ya mean kinda? I went over it at least 10 times!” “Shut up Itsuki or they’re gonna hear you!”

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Takumi and Keisuke sit in a booth while Iketani and Itsuki sit in a table a ways a way.  “Operation rotary is a go!” Itsuki whisper yells. Itsuki calls the waitress to the side and tells her to place a thing of blueberry mochi on the table for Takumi and Keisuke. Confused, the waitress does what she’s told and leaves the two some mochi. Takumi and Keisuke look at the small food and then at each other. “Did you order this?” Takumi shakes his head. “Why would I? You don’t like blueberry.” “But you do,” Keisuke replies. Takumi takes a mochi balls and eats one. “You’re right, so why would I waste it?” Keisuke just smirks then realizes the small paper on the mochi tray. Follow your hearts desires. “What the hell is this cringey shit?” Keisuke flings the paper behind him and continues to talk with Takumi. “Damn it!” Itsuki says. “He barely even looked at it!” Iketani rolled his eyes. “I wouldn’t either with all the sappy shit you wrote! Just wait until they leave, I’ll show you how to make people fall in loooooooveee..!” “Why would I trust you? You can’t even get a girlfriend.” “Neither can you dickhead!”

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Keisuke and Takumi walk out of the restaurant (of course Iketani and Itsuki followed). “It’s just the two of us, wanna do something else?” “Yeah, I actually wanna try that technique Ryosuke taught me on Akagi.” Keisuke and Takumi walk to where their cars were parked, in front of a flower shop. As Keisuke opens the 86’s door for Takumi the elderly woman who runs the car shop hands Keisuke a small bouquet. “I was told to give these to you! I was also told that they’re from someone who really loves you.” Keisuke graciously takes the flowers as the old lady walks away.  Keisuke’s eyebrow raises as he looks at Takumi. “You get me these?” Takumi once again shakes his head, “nope. Those things look cheap as hell. And besides I know roses are your favorite.” This makes Keisuke chuckle. “Yeah you’re right. Anyway I’ll see you in aka-“ a loud thud of a trash can makes Keisuke and Takumi’s head turn. The boys see a startled Itsuki and a mopping Iketani. “T-they called my flowers cheap…” Iketani cries. Keisuke’s face cringes while Takumi’s face turn a bright red. “What the- what the hell are you both doing here?! You both said that something came up!” Itsuki and Iketani just awkwardly smile, until Itsuki points at Iketani, “it was his idea!””you damn liar! You’re the one that said Takumi was bisexual!” Itsuki quickly covers Iketani’s mouth and looks at a distraught. “Takumi…” Itsuki begins, “Takumi I thought you were… I’m sorry I didn’t mean to upset-“ “How did you know?” Takumi’s eyes pierced Itsuki, making Itsuki’s heart sink. “When Kei- I mean when someone came to the gas station, you just looked so happy. Hell, you looked happier than when you were with Natsuki!” He awkwardly giggles. Takumi visibly looks nervous, his hand fidget each other. Keisuke looks concerned and starts to rub his back. “An-and you don’t…” he takes a breath, “care? It doesn’t bug you that I’m…?” Now Itsuki looks confused. “Pfft, you think I care about all that stuff? You’re still the same Takumi I met in middle school! Why does it matter who you like?” Takumi looks down and wipes his face. “G-good! I’m glad.” Takumi looks to Keisuke. “Is it ok if-“ “Go for it.” Takumi smiles as his words leave his mouth. “I guess it’s ok to tell you now then. Me and Keisuke are dating.” Itsuki’s eyes grew so wide, you would’ve thought he was a bug from afar. He grabs Takumi by the collar and starts shaking him back and forth. “WHADDYA MEAN YOU TWO ARE DATING??? I DONT CARE IF YOU WERE SCARED YOU SHOULDA TOLD ME! WHY DO YOU THINK ME AND IKETANI ARE HERE DOING ALL THIS CRAP??” Now Keisuke chimes in. “Wait, you were the ones doing all that lame crap?” Itsuki and Iketani hunch over at the insult. “Yeah…” they say in unison. Takumi can’t hide the big smile that has grown on his face. “Thanks guys… I’m really grateful that this doesn’t bug you both.” Iketani places a hand on Takumi’s shoulder, “please Takumi, this is nothing compared to your previous lack of car knowledge.” Both of them chuckle. “Let’s go Iketani!” Itsuki says, “let them finish their date!” They all wave to each other before they went their separate ways. “I’m glad that went well for you,” Keisuke says to Takumi. “Yeah, me too. I don’t know what I would’ve done if I lost Itsuki.” Keisuke links his pinky with Takumi’s, a small blush creeping across the blonde’s face. “Well I guess we don’t have to worry about that now huh?” Takumi grins. “Nope, guess we don’t.”

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“I expect my 200 yen in a crisp envelope please and thank you Iketani.”

“Shut it jackass!”

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this is the stupidest idea I've ever come up with

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Just putting these here

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