For the ask meme! Tanabata 👀
It's an Eyeshield 21 story, written in French!
Main couple: Hiruma/Mamori
Setting: 10 years after their graduation from high school
Why the title: Tanabata, also known as the "star festival", takes place on the 7th day of the 7th month of the year, when, according to a Chinese legend, the two stars Altair and Vega, which are usually separated from each other by the Milky Way, are able to meet.
=> in this story, Hiruma and Mamori have been separated by events (aka Hiruma leaving without a word and giving 0 way of contacting him after university), she has lived her life and found a companion and is rather unsure about her current relationship.
After 7 years separated, Hirumaa comes back to Tokyo, and Mamori meets him again while he is in the middle of a police investigation (he is a detective in this fic), because it involved the school that she teaches in.
Excerpt, translated from French:
When they arrived, the familiar storefront and the pastries behind the windows made them smile heartily. They went inside and sat down at a table a little way back that gave them a clear view of the street and of the people coming and going.
6.50 pm. Kurita's stomach rumbled in anticipation, and they ordered while waiting for their friend.
6.55 pm. The waiter, his long black hair tied back in a bun, graciously returned to their table, a black coffee and cappuccino on one tray and a Black Forest cake on the other.
7 pm. The café’s tables were all full; try as he might, Musashi couldn't see anyone who remotely resembled their friend, who had always made a point of being punctual. The waiter continued his incessant rounds, his long, nimble fingers grasping, almost unnoticed, the empty cups, plates and glasses that came his way and carrying them back to the kitchen.
7:05 pm. Kurita began to worry, whispering that something must have happened to Hiruma for him to be unable to make it. Musashi tried to reassure him, telling him that he was only five minutes late, but his thoughts revolved around the same idea; Hiruma was never late, unless there was a major problem. The waiter's slightly shrill voice called for orders for table five. Musahi raised his head in the man’s direction without entirely realising, observing him from behind and considering the thin, muscular body hiding under his shirt.
7.10pm. Kurita had finished his cappuccino, expressing his joy at finding it as sweet as he liked, pointing to the sugar cubes he hadn't even needed to touch. Musashi smiled, then froze.
“Wait, what do you mean? They'd already measured it out with all the sugar you usually use?”
Kurita nodded, then frowned. “Oh. You're right, it's strange... I've always needed to use sugar - does anyone in the café know me?”
Musashi sighed, bringing a finger to his chin in reflection. “Could it be...? Kurita, call the waiter, will you?”
His friend complied, and the waiter signaled his arrival in a moment, taking one order and bringing another before joining them.
“How may I help you?” he asked in a soft voice that seemed to surround them with a comfortable cloud.
“Yes,” replied Musashi with a slight smile. “We need a coffee - black, very strong, no sugar. Our... captain should arrive as soon as you bring it to us.”
This time, the polite smile transformed, revealing a row of sharp teeth, and the waiter's emerald eyes found a flame he had kept to himself.
“Many thanks from your captain,” he replied in a piercing voice that stabbed them with familiarity, before heading back to the kitchens.
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Illustrations celebrating Eyeshield 21 21st anniversary/the release of the BRAINxBRAVE oneshot (part 1 / part 2 / part 3 / part 4 / part 5).
Artists from left to right, top to bottom:
Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
Akutami Gege (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
Tite Kubo (Bleach)
Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia)
Boichi (Dr. STONE)
Osamu Akimoto (Kochikame)
Takehiko Inoue (SLAM DUNK)
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*Relationships: Kongo Unsui/Hiruma Youichi/Anezaki Mamori *Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Bisexual Awakenings, Emotional Repression, Polyamory, Canon-Typical Quarterback (And Manager) Mindgames, Dysfunctional Family, College is for figuring out you're not straight OR emotionally okay: the fic, …..Unsui deserves to date two people Agon struck out with simultaneously: the fic, It's not exactly hurt/comfort but, Hurt/Validation, isn't a tag
Summary:
“Visiting your parents?” says Mrs Yamamoto. “Such a good son! My youngest could stand to learn a thing or two!”
“And I’m sure your grades are perfect, of course,” says Mrs Inoue, and reaches up to pat Unsui's cheek like he’s still eleven, beaming. “As expected, with parents like yours, going to such a good school, you boys turned out just wonderfully.”
*Full list at link
(Occasional reminder that there's a shonen sports manga going on in the background of all my queer college drama lol )
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