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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY??? NOW YOU HAVE!!!

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Akira Kiyose (UniteUp!)  » July 2

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midnight ghost (UniteUp - Daiki/Akira)

In which Akira short-circuits Daiki's brain for 1.4k words.

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Takao Daiki is beginning to think that his dorm room is haunted.

Granted he’s been pretty sleep-deprived these past two weeks between practice and study sessions, but he’s confident that this one is definitely not just his imagination!

It started a few days after he decided to stay up just a little bit later than usual for the next few weeks as his college workload began to pick up toward the last few months of the semester. He noticed shadows creeping under his door, shuffling noises, and sometimes the sound of heavy breathing. At first, he’d thought that it was just his mind growing tired from the lack of sleep but after he noticed it happening again and again throughout the next two weeks, it became clear to him that it was not just a trick of the light.

He’s never been good at dealing with ghosts, and now there’s one waiting for him outside his door every other night? Yeah, he would like to get nope of there now.

Now, every night, he's become overly wary of his door, worried that the shadows are going to turn into something creeping up his walls and watching him from the corner. Yeah, nope. He never wished he could leave his body and just…go away more than he does right now.

That's why, today, when he spots a few shadows under his door, he prepares himself to fight his way through the spirit before running away as his life depends on it. He isn't about to become its next victim. But, unfortunately for Daiki, what happens next is the sound of a knock on the door that makes him jump off his skin so hard that he manages to bump into his chair and fall to the ground with a loud thump. So much for having good control of his balance like the dancer that he is.

Fortunately, the voice that speaks from behind the door sends all his concerns of a college student-eating ghost flying away like it never existed.

“Daiki-kun, are you okay? I heard a loud noise,”

Oh. It's Akira. Just Akira. Not a ghost. Thank god.

Daiki lets out a relieved sigh and manages to get up and unlock the door, rubbing the part of his forehead that he bumped against the floor. When he opens the door, Akira smiles with a note of relief, although it's quickly replaced with a concerned look over the fresh bruise on Daiki’s temple. 

“It’s not a big deal.” Daiki opens the door wider, inviting the red-haired idol inside his dorm without a word.

Akira frowns, shuffling closer to him. He examines Daiki’s forehead closely until their faces are inches away from one another. Daiki blinks, feeling his breath hitch in his throat. As usual, the close proximity gets Daiki blushing pathetically. He just has to wonder at that point. When will Akira stop having such an effect on him?

The two of them are now halfway through their first year in college, having gotten into the same university by some pure coincidence. Although both of them also live in the campus dorms, they don’t see each other as often as one would think. For one, their majors were completely different and their classes were usually in separate buildings. Not to mention their idol activities. It doesn’t just take a backseat just because their academic workload has increased, both are still extremely passionate about their jobs. Despite all that, campus life has been relatively peaceful save for some rumors here and there, and they do make it work as best as they can.

That being said, it has been a few weeks now since they last saw each other face to face, so maybe it was worth it for Daiki to get this bruise just so he could see Akira.

“Not so close, geez,” Daiki mutters, though he doesn’t actually mind being this close to Akira. “It’s fine, it’ll go away in a few days.”

Akira frowns. “But I see blood.”

“It barely scratched me.”

In the end, it’s not like Daiki is very strong when it comes to Akira, especially when he’s looking at him like that.

That’s how they end up sitting on his dorm room bed, Akira’s hands opening up a piece of band-aid and applying it to the (very tiny) scar on Daiki’s forehead. “Why did you use this one?!”

Akira laughs softly. “Why? It’s cute!”

The band-aid in question that’s now stuck to Daiki’s forehead is one that’s covered in little red hearts. It looks absolutely ridiculous. Well, no point in taking it off at this point, he thinks with a small sigh. At least one of them is happy.

“How’re your studies going?” Akira asks, glancing at the stack of books on Daiki’s desk.

He shrugs. “I was about to finish for the day.”

Oh. There’s now a small mischievous glint in Akira’s eyes, that little rebellious and teasing side of him rearing its head. Though the redhead is mostly bright and cheerful to everyone around him, he has a gremlin-like teasing side that he unleashes on people he considers close. Daiki can’t count how many times Akira has made him turn into a mess through his mischievous streak. 

And he’s about to do it again.

Akira straightens his legs and pats his thighs. “Why not take a little break then?”

“Ha-?!” Daiki almost jumps back in shock. He’d been thinking of what Akira was going to say, but this was something else.

The redhead laughs. “Come on, it’s just you and me here! I want to try it~!”

Daiki’s face is completely red at that point. He’s still looking at Akira as if he’s said some outrageous, out-of-pocket declaration. It’s not that he’s against using Akira’s lap as a pillow (Oh, far from it if he’s being honest), but just the thought of it makes him want to cover his face in absolute embarrassment.

“You, I, you, huh?! No way! I don’t think-”

“Daiki-kun, please?” 

It takes only a few seconds before Daiki wilts under Akira’s request. The redhead’s lips curl into a satisfied smile as Daiki lies down with Akira’s lap under his head. As he looks up, cheeks still very red, all he sees is Akira’s pleased expression and he finds himself feeling just a slightly less bit embarrassed than before. They stay like that for a while, Akira’s hand coming up to gently brush the strands of hair Daiki didn’t manage to brush. His hair has grown slightly longer than it used to be, reaching the base of his neck, and it seems like Akira liked to run his hand through it.

“But really, how’s everything going? Anything eventful happened?”

“Hmm…not really. Though I thought my dorm room was haunted for a second.”

Akira’s hand stops its movement. “Haunted?”

Daiki shifts uncomfortably in his spot from being reminded of his previous dilemma. “Y-yeah. I think it’s just because I’ve been sleeping late, but sometimes I think there’s someone in front of my dorm room at night. Shuffling around, breathing and sighing, that kind of thing.”

“Oh.” Akira leans back slightly, an unreadable expression on his face. “Uhm…Daiki-kun…did this ghost happens to be there last night….?”

“Yeah,” Daiki looks back at Akira who’s avoiding his gaze. “How did you know?”

Suddenly, it’s Akira’s turn to blush heavily, his eyes flicking back at Daiki before looking away almost immediately as if he’s too embarrassed to look at him. It hits him at that very moment. The truth behind his little haunting.

“That was you?!” Daiki slowly sits back and gives Akira a questioning look. “What the hell, Akira?”

“I’m sorry! I didn’t know it would spook you,” Akira gives him an apologetic look, his lips pouting slightly. 

“But what were you doing…?”

“Well you’ve been busy with your studies for the exams so I thought I would invite you to relax in between as like a refresher.” Akira sighs, looking away again with a blush. “I got to your door but didn’t know how to ask…so I just didn’t.”

“You could’ve just knocked….but, well, I am glad that it wasn’t a ghost after all.” Daiki exhales with relief. At least now he’ll sleep better during the night.

“Sorry…I just really missed you this past few weeks so I-” Akira lets out a gasp, cutting off his words immediately as he scrambles to get up from the bed. Embarrassed and incoherent noises leave his lips. It takes a long time for Daiki’s mind to finally process what Akira had just said and when his brain.exe finally starts working again, Akira has run out of the room.

Really. Akira is just too much for his heart sometimes.

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Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

ahh this is such a fun question, thanks so much for the ask! a difficult question as well lol, i am very indecisive so a top 10 anything is... tough

i'll limit myself to animanga only, aaand lump some characters in under the same banner so there's definitely going to be more than 10 here. i'm also prohibiting myself from giving more than one slot to hpmi characters or that would just be the whole list

anyway:

ICHISAMA (package deal, do not separate)

this is probably obvious (or should be obvious) from my pinned but in first place are of course my forever blorbos (and forever otp) ichiro and samatoki of hypnosis mic

it's hard to say what i like about them besides "literally everything" which is kind of funny because for like the first year-ish of me being into hpmi neither of them were my top favorites lol

and now i genuinely have to say i like them both equally, and like them both the most. out of any characters of anything ever. i typed a bunch of paragraphs after this but think i'll actually just stop here because nothing really does justice to how they make me feel (unwell, in a good way)

this post is already getting long so everything else will go under a cut! and besides ichisama in first, none of the other characters will be strictly ranked in order. mostly just listed as i think of them

2. bon my beloved, of showa genroku rakugo shinju

this is my favorite anime of all time, and what i would personally consider the best anime of all time, and bon is perhaps the single most beautiful character with the single most beautiful story i've consumed ever. i never feel any urge to make or consume fanworks of this series because it's just so mind-blowingly perfect and complete to me

i won't spoil too much about the series, but it's a tragedy, and that's something i don't read or watch much of. so it's truly exception for this to be my favorite, but it was just that good

bon is in so many ways a tragic character, and the series allows you to see him through his whole life. he's tragic in such a hauntingly beautiful way, though, and i left the series feeling like he now lives in my bones

this is probably also my favorite ishida akira role ever, which is saying a lot because he's always great. i love the anime because it gives such life to the rakugo performed in the series, and though i'm not an expert on rakugo, i felt like the performances were top-tier. and it always impresses me when voice actors take on roles that require them to perform a whole ass other art form (like rakugo or rap)

3. aomine (knb) AND grimmjow (bleach)

these are the same goddamn man i'm putting them together no one can stop me. they are a) blue b) panther-coded c) very aggro d) very aggro at a ginger mc specifically e) DEPRESSED and f) voiced by suwabe

(though honestly grimmjow's just here because they're too similar to separate, aomine's the real favorite here)

the thing with aomine is basically—

—and that paired with his tough guy/badass/fuckface manner is very appealing to me. i don't think it's even remotely possible for me to be brief in why he's so dear to me, but the short version is he's a deeply traumatized asshole and i'm into that

4. KIYOSE HAIJI RUN WITH THE WIND GUY OF ALL TIME (and various other sports guys who are single mothers)

i may have a lot of guys of all times but haiji is for real. before ichiro he was my favorite character of anything ever for a while, and he is definitely my favorite type of sports guy (so a lot of other sports guys are going to be lumped into this category with him lol)

he has an infectious passion for running and he will infect you. whether you let him or not. it's not negotiable. you will run. no matter what

i think he brings out the best in those around him, sometimes at a detrimental cost to himself. he pushes his team hard but pushes himself even harder. we stan a self-destructive king

and i'm putting natsusa number24 right in this rank with him

because while number24 is objectively Not a good anime, it's easily one of my favorite sports series and i sincerely love natsusa just as much as i love haiji. natsusa is like if someone made haiji but cranked the bitch factor up to one billion, he is the most gaslit gatekeep girlboss guy in all of sports anime and i love him for that

bonus shoutout to iura kei of shakunetsu kabaddi, usui yuuta of days, and sugawara koushi of haikyuu. gotta be my favorite flavor of sports guy

(ok this is not even fully true because i think my days favorite did ultimately end up being mizuki because he's just so fucking stupid BUT usui i still love you.........)

5. kaworu and all his ridiculously many expies (aka the "and then a weird guy appear" category)

basically i'm talking about these fucks

they show up, sometimes not even for very long, and all they do is cause problems (ok victor probably doesn't really belong here but he honestly does fit the mold and i'm too lazy to crop him out from this old graphic i made lol) and love another weird guy so catastrophically that it alters the course of the story

the way kaworu loves shinji the way komaeda loves hinata the way zashunina…… obsesses over shindo. like fine wine to me, chef's kiss. tbh that's why victor fits the mold for me, his and yuuri's love is less the "People Will Die" type of catastrophic but it's still life-changing, life-saving, for them both

ironically even though kaworu is a ryo expy himself i'm not. i'm not that big on ryo, i'll be honest. maybe it's because i wasn't the biggest of netflix devilman in general. i should probably read the manga sometime, might change my mind

6. SOFT BOYS natsume and rei

putting them together in part because lol look at them making the same pose on their anime covers even

these are both (natumse's book of friends and march comes in like a lion) two of my favorite series, and two of my favorite protagonists. they're soft but not weak, hurt but not broken. it just feels comfortable to spend time with them, to follow them even when they're hurting

7. CELTY MY BELOVED, of durarara

honestly celty is just cool as fuck. there are lots and lots of reasons to love her but i get so incoherent about it. it's really strange because i feel like the way narita writes women is not great in many ways, and yet... he always fucking... writes the hottest fucking women goddamn, i can't be mad about that

i always liked shinra too. because of how relatable he was lmao. i would be a weird little man about celty too i'm sorry

8. sir integra fairbrook wingates hellsing, of hellsing

god. yet another. she's just so fucking cool. massively obsessed with her. it's been too long since i've watched hellsing (and durarara for that matter) for me to remember a ton of details but her whole personality is just so appealing to me

you know the way people like fma olivier armstrong. sir integra's my armstrong

9. hei, of darker than black

once again he's just cool as fuck, also i'm chinese and it's rare to see a really good chinese character in anime, much less as a main character. darker than black is an older series at this point, but it remains one of my old favorites. second season was a bit questionable but honestly i didn't hate it. my boy got fuucked uuupppppp (said with delight)

funny story about hei is when i first started watching the show there was this moment where i thought "this is a weird detail to notice but something about his collarbones look really nice to me? they're just two lines but idk they're lovely"

THEN LATER IN THE SERIES on at least two other occasions that i can remember, maybe more, actual characters in canon commented on THIS SPECIFIC THING. HIS COLLARBONES. so what do i like about hei? what does anyone like about hei? apparently it's his collarbones lmao

10. nooooo i'm running out of space now and there are so many more blorbso i would talk about i can't choose who to put here but but but closing my eyes and picking the first name that comes to mind MIKOTO SUOH K PROJECT

part of me thinks i shouldn't actually put him here because he's, like, red samatoki lmao but no he deserves a spot. i think. idk. that's what i'm going with for now but, you know, indecisive

anyway. love a tragic mfer with one dead boyfriend who haunts the narrative and another ex who [redacted idk if anyone is going to be reading this far but just in case no one wants k spoilers i want say anything but you know this show is old as balls by now]

i actually love both of the factions in k (there are more factions later but i'm focusing on red and blue) because they're both families in different ways, and mikoto and munakata both care about their families in different ways (yes i love that bitch munakata too)

and the way they care for their people while failing to fully let their people care for them in return is sooooo delicious as a character trait to me

so that's the end of this enormous post i guess! there are approximately a billion other characters i love that i didn't get to mention but i will do my best to shut up now lmao

thank you again for the ask, very fun exercise to think about!

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The Second Season of the UniteUp! Anime Is Scheduled to Premiere in Japan in January 2025

The second concert for Sony Music’s “next dimensional idol project” UniteUp! announced with a video and a teaser visual that the second UniteUp! television anime season is scheduled to premiere in Japan in January 2025 under the title UniteUp! -Uni:Birth-. The series is described as: “I’m going to be an idol…?” Akira Kiyose is a high school student who loves to sing. His songs were published to a…

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MAJOR UPDATE: changed formatting, added [Read More]. Hopefully it's more readable and consistent, it was starting to bug me.

This post is to keep track of a bunch of different titles and characters in The Facility AU/Multiverse.

Note: Lots of branches cross with each other for obvious reasons--for example most teams have someone from medical on their team.

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Administrator

• Garion Dubois || Rh-00 / Rh-01

Trickery is considered an extension of Garion and has equal clearance

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The Six

• Present

Father[Rage] || Rh-02 Doctor[Pardonner] || Rh-06 Dove[Service] || Rh-07

• Distant

Mother[Paresse] || Rh-03 Weaver[Jealousy] || Rh-04 Eyes[Slow] || Rh-05

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Rh-08

00 - Dubois[Paresse] (Elimination) 01 - Songbird[Fusataro] (Reconnaissance) 02 - Aggrotech[Yuuta] (Containment) 03 - Meraki[Mizho] (Defense) 04 - Claw[Slow] (Interference) 05 - Renji[Gauge] (Infrastructure) 06 - Koi[Kiyose] (Medical) 07 - Bilita[Desir] (Aquisitions)

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Elimination teams

• Bloodline

Dubois Songbird Cross[Milieu] Puck[Akira] Sliver[Vice] Kilter[Service] Panic[Orgullo] Boon[Ultimo]

• Black Mamba

Sake[Kei] Whiskey[Fusataro] Absinthe[Michel] Kori[Regula] Echo[Regula] Monarch[Rage/Pardonner] Zephyr[Hibari] Annihilation[Vice/Rage/Paresse] Anaari[Kia]

• Basilisk

Taipan[Paresse] Raikou[???]

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Reconnaissance Teams

• Scouts

Various disposable Avaro clones sent into timelines for initial information gathering. Most are descended from Enlil.

• Urban Ghost

Songbird Dubois Enlil[Avaro] Click[Vice] Taglamig[Eater] Seraph[Hibari]

• Mothwing

Dryo[Shear] Tsuchi[Jealousy] Redde[Orgullo] Tusker[Gauge] Sage[Sophia] Edaine[Sumako] Hounds(Skips, Syenn, Sybil)

• Red Sun

Trice[Paresse/Ultimo] Jaybird[Avaro/Service] Cassius[Douji Akira] Snow[Douji Mizho/Michel] Capre [Slow/Douji Akitsu] Spirit[Hao] Veil[Boone] Cerulli[Machi]

• DECEASED

Yarrow[Paresse] Ikiri[Kiyose] Phoebe Trinity[Service] Sakura[Makoto] Hakuchō[Service] Osoi[Slow]

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Acquisition Teams

• Silverscale

Kaniki[Milieu] Coyote[Vice] Nettles[Kia] Burnet[Kiyose] Mindoro[Avaro/Eater] Sikkim[Avaro/Regula] Mounts/Companions(Drachen,Piette, Spitz)

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Medical Team(s)

The Doctor oversees all. Hector Anzhuō heads surgery and major operations. Koi oversees the mental wards. Skull [Faust VIII] helps handle minor cases.

All three lead a number of their own teams, yet unnamed.

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Known Records Members

Kyu[Kia] Fugue[Fusataro]

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Interrogators

Torment[Rage/Paresse] - Interrogations Chief Syren[Ultimo] - Second in Command The Rat King[Avaro] - Communication Bile[Sophia] - Medical Lapine[Desir] - General Interrogation

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Known Threats(Active or otherwise)

The World Eater - Deceased, unknown instance. Fucking Broke A Lot Of Shit.

Cosmic King - Vice Gone Wild(tm) Celestial Serpent - Paresse Gone Wild(tm) but got munched Starred Bride - Kia who is So Fucking Loved(tm)

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The Roost

The Chimera's Roost is unaffiliated with The Facility and is a neutral pocket dimension that takes the form of a Night Club. While many different people visit and there are many non-Facility regulars, here is just listed the known staff.

Owners:

Smokes[Service/Paresse] Ray[Sophia/Rage]

Bartenders:

Kvas[Kia] Bambi[Slow/Paresse] Mirror[Jealousy]

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UniteUp! HD Animes #CorporativoArcanos Eps. 1 al 12 + Especial 03

El siguiente contenido a ver no es de nuestra autoría los derechos están reservados al autor de la obra y al estudio de la adaptación Descripción: Akira Kiyose, un estudiante de secundaria al que le encanta cantar, es reclutado por una agencia de talentos llamada sMiLea Production. Akira se entera de que las legendarias idols “Anela”, quienes conmocionaron al mundo con su repentino retiro, están detrás de la agencia desarrollando talento. Junto con Banri Naoe y Chihiro Isuzugawa, también reclutados por la agencia, forman un grupo ídolo mientras persiguen su sueño hacia el súper estrellato junto con otros grupos ídolos “LEGIT” y “JAXX/JAXX”. Episodio 01 Episodio 02 Episodio 03 Especial 01 Especial 02 Episodio 04 Episodio 05 Episodio 06 Episodio 07 Episodio 08 Especial 03 Episodio 09 Episodio 10 Episodio 11 Episodio 12 Catalogo 2023 Series de Anime Esperamos que les guste el contenido recuerda compartir lo y dejar tu DONACION eso nos apoyara Read the full article

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akira appreciation hours!!!!!

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UniteUp!

A história desenrola-se em torno de Akira Kiyose, que canta num site de streaming sob o nome de “KIKUNOYU”. Um dia, a agência de talentos sMiLea Production contrata-o. A sMiLea é uma agência fundada pela lendária dupla de idols aposentados, para treinar novos idols em ascensão. Akira forma então um grupo de idols com Banri Naoe e Chihiro Isuzugawa, que também foram procurados pela agência. O seu novo grupo, Protostar, terá a sua estreia ao lado de outros novos grupos de idols com a sMiLea Production: Legit e Jaxx Jaxx. O post UniteUp! apareceu primeiro em Animes Gratis Br.

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“UniteUp!” The First Promo

The UniteUp! television anime series' official website unveiled the cast members, a key image, and the first promotional video. On January 7 at 11:30 p.m., Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 will broadcast the anime, followed by HTB Hokkaido TV, MBS, Fukuoka Broadcasting, and Me-Tele.

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2020 Olympics Japan Roster

Archery

Kawata Yūki (Hiroshima)

Muto Hiroki (Tokyo)

Furukawa Takaharu (Aomori)

Nakamura Miki (Yokohama)

Azusa Yamauchi (Tokyo)

Hayakawa Ren (Tokyo)

Athletics

Bruno Dede (Matsumoto)

Koike Yūki (Otaru)

Tada Shūhei (Higashiōsaka)

Yamagata Ryōta (Hiroshima)

Abdul Sani-Brown (Sokado)

Iizuka Shōta (Omaezaki)

Yamashita Jun (Tsukuba)

Julian Walsh (Hiroshima)

Bandō Yūta (Sumoto)

Hiroki Matsueda (Tokyo)

Akira Aizawa (Sukagawa)

Tatsuhiko Ito (Hamamatsu)

Ryoma Aoki (Kuki)

Ryūji Miura (Hamada)

Yamaguchi Kōsei (Higashiura)

Izumiya Shunsuke (Kanagawa)

Kanai Taiō (Hakodate)

Takayama Shun'ya (Hiroshima)

Abe Takotoshi (Tokyo)

Kazuki Kurokawa (Shimonoseki)

Hiromu Yamauchi (Aizuwakamatsu)

Kiryū Yoshihide (Hikone)

Rikuya Itō (Funabashi)

Kaito Kawabata (Matsusaka)

Satō Kentarō (Tokorozawa)

Aoto Suzuki (Saitama)

Shogo Nakamura (Yokkaichi)

Ōsako Suguru (Machida)

Yuma Hattori (Tōkamachi)

Ikeda Kōki (Hamamatsu)

Takahashi Eiki (Hanamaki)

Yamanishi Toshikazu (Kyoto)

Hayato Katsuki (Chukushino)

Masatora Kawano (Hyuga)

Satoshi Maruo (Kyoto)

Hashioka Yūki (Saitama)

Shiroyama Shōtarō (Hakodate)

Tsuha Hibiki (Kawagoe)

Takashi Etō (Mie)

Tobe Naoto (Noda)

Ejima Masaki (Kanagawa)

Yamamoto Seito (Okazaki)

Takuto Kominami (Sapporo)

Yu Ishikawa (Isehara)

Ran Urabe (Tokyo)

Tanaka Nozomi (Ono)

Kaede Hagitani (Saku)

Hironaka Ririka (Nagasaki)

Andō Yuka (Toyokawa)

Niiya Hitomi (Sōja)

Aoki Masumi (Okayama)

Kimura Ayako (Hiroshima)

Asuka Terada (Sapporo)

Yuna Yamanaka (Sakai)

Hanae Aoyama (Kobe)

Kodama Mei (Usuka)

Remi Tsuruta (Kagoshima)

Ami Saito (Takahashi)

Ichiyama Mao (Izumi)

Maeda Honami (Osaka)

Suzuki Ayuko (Toyohashi)

Fujii Nanako (Nakagawa)

Okada Kumiko (Ageo)

Kitaguchi Haruka (Asahikawa)

Boxing

Tanaka Ryōmei (Tokyo)

Sewon Okazawa (Tokyo)

Moriwaki Yuito (Tokyo)

Narimatsu Daisuke (Kumamoto)

Namiki Tsukimi (Narita)

Irie Sena (Tokyo)

Canoeing

Haneda Takuya (Toyota)

Adachi Kazuya (Tokyo)

Takanori Tōme (Tokyo)

Hiroki Fujishima (Kamikuishiki)

Yusuke Miyata (Wakayama)

Matsushita Momotarō (Komatsu)

Keiji Mizumoto (Yahaba)

Ayano Sato (Tokyo)

Yazawa Aki (Iida)

Teruko Kiriake (Yame)

Manaka Kubota (Kiyose)

Yuka Ono (Honjō)

Cycling

Arashiro Yukiya (Ishigaki)

Nariyuki Masuda (Sendai)

Nitta Yūdai (Aizuwakamatsu)

Wakimoto Yūta (Fukui)

Hashimoto Eiya (Gifu)

Yamamoto Kōhei (Makubetsu)

Nagasako Yoshitaku (Kasaoka)

Rim Nakamura (Kyoto)

Kaneko Hiromi (Yokkaichi)

Yonamine Eri (Osaka)

Kobayashi Yūka (Tosu)

Kajihara Yūmi (Saitama)

Kisato Nakamura (Chiba)

Miho Imai (Maebashi)

Sae Hatakeyama (Aigle, Switzerland)

Minato Oike (Shimada)

Diving

Terauchi Ken (Takarazuka)

Sakai Shō (Tokyo)

Reo Nishida (Osaka)

Tamai Rikuto (Takarazuka)

Hiroki Ito (Zama)

Murakami Kazuki (Ehime)

Mikami Sayaka (Yonago)

Arai Matsuri (Itami)

Haruka Enomoto (Utsunomiya)

Hazuki Miyamoto (Kōchi)

Itahashi Minami (Takarazuka)

Fencing

Tomohiro Shimamura (Tokyo)

Kaito Streets (Tokyo)

Kento Yoshida (Morioka)

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[sakuranoumi]

Fandom: Ultimo

Characters: Sayama, Akitsu, Kiyose, Ume, Yamato, Rune

Word Count: 1447

Summary One day Yamato no longer called her name, and the next a petal lay in her hand.

The slight pain in her chest started the day Yamato didn't call her name like he always did. He still greeted her with the same polite Sayama-san he always did, but not in his love sick way. Her chest twinged but she pushed it down. She pushed it down with the same indifferent smile she always gave Yamato.

The pain dissipated until after school. Until she saw Rune's impossible bright smile and the soft laugh he gave. Until she saw his hand in Yamato's as they left the classroom together. She cried out at the sharp pain and Akitsu stopped at her desk, shooting Sayama a pitying look.

“They're dating now,” Akitsu stated, softly.

Sayma didn't want pity, least of all from Akitsu. She wasn't like Akitsu. Yamato liked her. Yamato liked her unlike how Rune never liked Akitsu.

“I stubbed my toe,” Sayama lied, standing up from her desk and brushing past Akitsu. Something tickled in her throat but Sayama swallowed it down.

The days passed and her chest continued to feel tight and uncomfortable. Walking pneumonia she told herself. She had been pushing herself too hard. The house was cold and lonely and empty. It was natural. She excused herself from the golf club. She avoided the concerned looks Akira shot her. As if he ever cared about her. He cared about her because of who her dad was. He cared about her as a source of a sponsorship when he turned pro.

“Do you want to hang out after school?” Kiyose asked, as Sayama walked right past club.

“No,” Sayama answered, “Just a little under the weather.”

Kiyose nodded, but Sayama could feel three sets of eyes watching her as she left. She could feel the disbelieving hum that left Ume's lips. She didn't clench her chest. She didn't give anything away. Not even as walked past Yamato and Rune sharing a quick chaste kiss.

This time she couldn't swallow the tickle down. This time it persisted until she got home and closed the door to the mansion. It persisted until she finally coughed.

In her hand lay a single pink petal, and Sayama allowed herself to sink to the floor. Yamato didn't love her anymore. Yamato had loved her, and she had pushed and pushed and pushed and finally he had walked away.

She crushed the petal in her hand as her sobs rang out in the empty house. She was going to die unloved, alone, and miserable.

* * *

Every morning she now woke up to heaving petal after petal into her toilet. They floated daintily on top of the water and Sayama ignored the way that blood seemed to tinge some of the petals. She'd wipe her mouth pulling herself together as the petals would swirl and swirl into oblivion. She was just thankful the worst always seemed to be when she got up. There was no way she was going to let anyone know she had Hanahaki. She would never let them see her weakness. Instead, one day she just wouldn't be there anymore. Maybe they'd mourn her. Maybe they'd celebrate. It didn't matter because she wouldn't be there anymore.

* * *

It was lunch and Sayama couldn't stop the cough that escaped. She couldn't stop they way it seemed to bubble up in her throat as Rune shared his bento with Yamato. She tried to hide the handful of petals that came out but four sets of eyes saw. Only Yamato was oblivious and only Rune seemed to smirk before resuming his activities.

Sayama didn't know what she was going to do with the petals but it didn't matter. Ume grabbed her wrist, Akitsu pulled her fingers back, and Kiyose grabbed a petal to study it.

“How bad?” Akitsu asked, voice soft as the three girls conveniently blocked Sayama and her petals from sight.

“It's not full flowers yet, but it is bad. Pink camellia. Longing,” Kiyose answered.

Sayama glared.

“You know his feelings aren't going to change, right?” Ume asked softly, hesitantly, “You had your chance, but you waited too long hiding your feelings.”

“There's surgery,” Kiyose stated, and still Sayama just glared silently.

“You can't be planning to die for this,” Akitsu raised her voice, drawing the attention of Yamato.

“What's it matter to you,” Sayama hissed, “I'd rather be dead than chasing what I can never have.”

“Sayama-san?” Yamato asked, concerned, yet he didn't move from his spot.

“Walking pneumonia,” Sayama lied, “And Akitsu's being dramatic, but I am going to go to the nurse's office and lie down.”

Sayama got up and walked away. She still heard the way Ume whispered to Kiysoe, “I can't believe she didn't tell Yamato. I thought she'd try to win him back with this.”

They didn't understand her. Sayama knew when she was beaten. Sayama knew she could never beat Rune. The moment Yamato had moved from her to Rune it was over.

* * *

The next morning Sayama coughed up a complete flower. A quick search confirmed it was a pink camellia just like Kiyose had said. How poetic. Sayama had spent all her lives longing for Yamato. Her love had always been unrequited. She was foolish to have not taken advantage of it when she had the chance. She was foolish to always be chasing the Yamato of her past and ignoring the Yamato of her present.

* * *

“He's not going to return your feelings,” Akitsu agreed as she once again tried to reason with Sayama as they walked to school, “but isn't it better to live? Isn't it better to no longer remember the love and jealousy festering in your heart?”

“I was never jealous,” Sayama answered. It wasn't a lie. She wasn't jealous in this life. She had been plenty jealous in her previous life.

Akitsu looked at her incredulously, “You've been jealous of Rune ever since Yamato showed up. You might think you hid it, but it was obvious to everyone.”

Sayama sniffed, “I don't know what you're talking about. And like I said. I'm content with dying. There's nothing left for me in this world anyway.”

Akitsu growled in frustration, throwing her hands up, and Sayama paused.

“If you had it, because of Rune, would you do it?”

“I won't get it. I'm at peace that he's happy with Yamato and that he'd never be happy with me,” Akitsu answered, voice low.

“But if you did?” Sayama insisted.

“I don't know.”

Sayama stared wistfully up at the sky, “I think you'd do the same as me, and I think that's why my decision bothers you so much. I don't need protecting, Akitsu. I'm a bad person. This is my penance. Just... just don't tell Yamato.”

Akitsu snorted, “He'd think he could save you. He'd think he could love both of you.”

“Precisely, and that would be even worse than death or forgetting.”

Akitsu stared at her funny, but she didn't push. She didn't say more. Sayama didn't live in a world where both of them could be happy. Only one of them could ever be happy. Sayama had lost. Just like Gekko lost with her death and faded from the equation so too would Sayama die and fade away as well.

Poetic.

* * *

“Sayama-san!” Yamato called, frantic, as petal after petal poured out onto her desk.

Whole blooms came tumbling out riding the waves of petals. The classroom filled with pink camellia's as blood tinged more and more. This was it. This was the end.

She saw Rune hold him back in the swimming of her vision. She felt Akitsu’s hold her up as the strength left her body.

“There's nothing we can do for her, Yamato,” Rune whispered, and Akitsu hold tightened.

“It's my fault,” Yamato stated, “I can fix this.”

“No,” Sayama coughed weakly, more petals falling from her lips, “Be happy, Yamato. Be happy like I never was.”

“Saya?” Yamato said as realization dawned over him, “But you were happy, we were all happy.”

“I was never happy. I just didn't ever realize it.”

She let out one more coughing fit as more and more fell from her lips. She felt stem and all seem to erupt and push past as her eyes rolled back and she collapsed into Akitsu.

This was it. This was the end of her. Maybe now she'd be able to rest. Maybe now she would be left alone. Maybe now she could finally escape the unhappy weight of who she was.

At least at the end she hadn't been alone. At least at the end they had cared. At least at the end she'd seen Rune shed a tear. Not malice, true sorrow. Maybe Gekko had never been as evil as she thought.