#au where kojiro and kaoru work for ainosuke

[ao3feed-matchablossom]

'S' Stage

by R1_JW_lover In a dystopian future where aliens had colonised Earth and enslaved humanity, turning them into entertaining ‘pets’, a singing competition has taken the alien world by storm. ‘S’ Stage is a yearly reality audition program for human idol singers, and its upcoming 8th season is planned to be just as exciting. Contestants, both newcomers and veterans, must sing to fight for their survival, or the loser will face termination on the spot. OR SK8 the Infinity - Alien Stage AU Words: 2548, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Categories: M/M, Gen Characters: Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa, Higa Hiromi | Shadow, Oka Shokichi, Chinen Miya, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Kikuchi Tadashi, Kamata Kiriko Relationships: Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki, Higa Hiromi | Shadow/Oka Shokichi, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Alternate Universe - Idols, Alternate Universe - Singers, Alternate Universe - Alien Stage, Worldbuilding, Singing, Song Lyrics, Friendship/Love, Rivalry, Romance, Flashbacks, Tragedy, Heavy Angst, Fluff, Pain, Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt No Comfort, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood, POV Multiple, POV Alternating, Not Beta Read, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Minor Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Past Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam source https://archiveofourown.org/works/57113608

[ao3feed-renga]

Sk8: Unsolved

Sk8: Unsolved

by LucidCyklamen

An alternate universe where Reki doesn't drag Langa into skating, but ghost hunting. 'S' isn't a skating race, but a goofy Saturday nightly ghoul lovers meetup (isn't any less crazy). Pretty much a buzzfeed supernatural AU that came forth from me watching the ghoul boys as comfort while also being hooked on skate fics. Enjoy!

*Warnings*: Scattered mentions of Langa's dad here and there, will be added chapter warnings when they happen. Hurt/comfort comes up later, I haven't written that yet. Only fluff for our bois now! Also, if you're uncomfy with ghost stuff, idk what ur doing here but this may not be for you!

Words: 5721, Chapters: 6/?, Language: English

Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa, Kyan Reki's Family, Hasegawa Langa's Family, Chinen Miya, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Higa Hiromi | Shadow, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam

Relationships: Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa & Kyan Reki, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom

Additional Tags: Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural, Buzzfeed Unsolved References, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, The Ghoul Boys (Buzzfeed Unsolved), Sharing a Bed, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn, Ghosts, My First Work in This Fandom, How Do I Tag, Past Character Death, Daddy Issues, Spirits, I Will Go Down With This Ship, Cute Kyan Reki, Bisexual Kyan Reki, Gay Hasegawa Langa, Everyone Is Gay, Gay Panic, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, To Be Edited, Ghost Hunters, Alternate Universe - Ghost Hunters, Strangers to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Alternate Universe - No S Races (SK8 the Infinity), I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping

From https://ift.tt/C6xrFKZ https://archiveofourown.org/works/46323235

[yeti-the-infinity]

r o l e s w a p

what if kaoru and kojiro worked for ainosuke?

“God, but that meeting could have been an email.” 

“Cherry, darling… we called for that meeting. I wanted to cut early and hit that spa the chairman was raving over, and you insisted we need more feedback before we unveil your newest technological marvel to the masses…” ��I imagined they would have more valuable input, but I was obviously grossly overestimating your colleagues… I booked the spa for tomorrow, but only if you ace the announcement interview. Think of it as motivation.” “They all adored your proposal. As the face of your brand, I’ll make the journalist adore it as well. Anyway, I thought you worked for me, darling. If I say spa, you say…”

“What time and what temperature?”

“I say if I never took that spot as your personal assistant after high school, you would still be campaigning for promotion with the diet club instead of heading a very successful technology start up. And I seem to remember you promoting me to partner.” 

“Silent partner, of course.”

“Eyes on the road, Kojiro.” 

“On paper you and I are still personal assistants. We couldn’t let people know the great Ainosuke Shindo had help getting where he is, could we?” “See, Kojiro knows his place.” “Kojiro just likes being shirtless and fawned over, and spas are opportune. You enable him.”

“Guilty. But, c’mon, Kaur, there would be plenty of fawning to go around.” 

“I do rather enjoy fawning over my darling flushed Cherry Blossom all hot and bothered.”

“Oh? Is that the motivation you’re looking for? You’re just going to have to impress me, then. I don’t know if you’re up for the challenge.”

“Give it up, Kaoru. Doesn’t matter how many times you ask. There’s no way Adam’s cutting S to practice his presentation a hundred more times than he already has. He’s got it down. You’re just being an anxious little nag.” 

“And how would you know, you great disruptive oaf? Was he practicing to you over his gnocchi di tartufo last night?” 

“Do not answer that.”

“Yeah, obviously.” “You... practiced without me?”

“I think you make him nervous.”

“I find that impossible to believe.”

“If you heard, if you saw half—” 

“I pay you to drive me, Jo, sweetheart, not psychoanalyze me.” “Consider it a perk. Complimentary. Like, I dunno, garlic bread.”

“Don’t garlic bread me, then.” 

“You love my garlic bread.”

“Right now I’d love to shove it in your mouth but that would make it rather difficult for you to keep driving.”

“I could make you a bowl of plain rice for dinner every night this week. I could do that. I could make that happen.” 

“Don’t be obscene, Kojiro.” 

“Fine, alright. If you’ve been practicing as much as Kojiro suggests, I suppose spending the entire night at S will be no worse for your performance tomorrow than the night before we gave our first successful one…”

“Are you referring to the night we rented that love hotel and made sweet love to you on the water bed, or the night we skateboarded intoxicated through an abandoned mine shaft for the first time and made sweet love against the wall of the… what was it, Kojiro?”

“Wasn’t really focused on the where, bella.” 

“I bet we could find it again if we looked closely. Probably still scratches in the walls.”

“Not any more.”

“You remember, sweet Cherry Blossom?”  

“Vividly. You built your fucking stage overtop it, sweet Ainosuke.” 

“Mm. You do remember.” 

“Fucking hell. Didn’t realize Adam was so sentimental.”  

“Just drive, Kojiro.”

“Back to our place, or on to S?”

“Depends. You brought the costumes, didn’t you, Blossom, love?” 

“If you screw up this presentation, I will literally never forgive you.” 

“I need to relax before the presentation.”

“Need to stroke your ego, you mean.”

“If you want to.” 

 “Anyway, yes, as a matter of fact, I did.” “Yes, you want to? What, right now? Kaoru, how scandalous.” “Yes, he brought the costumes, Adam. Cool it. You don’t want a distracted driver on your hands.”

“You brought the costumes?” 

“Of course I brought the costumes.” 

“Ru can’t resist showing off any more than you can.” 

“He can’t resist me, you mean—But, I thought you’d take a little more convincing, what with our presentation… Don’t roll your eyes.”

“You’re going to nail the presentation.” 

“Not the only thing I’m going to nail.”

“Presentation, first.” 

“Of course, Kaoru. After S.” 

“Of course.” 

“God, when we’re parked I’m going to do bad things to both of you.”

“You’re going to have to catch us first.” 

“If you can with all that delicious muscle weighing you down.”

“Watch me. I always do.” 

[fandoms-galore-yall]

MatchaBlossom as Gods AU Fic

This is a short fic inspired by (& with permission from ^.^)  @shaky-mayhemm ‘s beautiful art piece - Sk8 the Infinity MatchaBlossom God AU (← click here to see it - it’s amazing!) 

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Kaoru had always known, once he had discarded the two of them, that things would end with him and Kojiro against Ainosuke. Even when they were children, just beginning to learn their places in the world, they had made an... odd trio, to say the least.  

Kojiro, the God of Earth, Kaoru, the God of Life, and Ainosuke, the God of Destruction. 

No one had been surprised when, as just babes, Kojiro and Kaoru had latched onto one another, forming an unbreakable friendship. 

No one however, had expected for them to welcome Ainosuke into their friendship as well, especially not while they were still in their formative years, as they were still learning to curb their godly instincts… not that Ainosuke ever really did learn how to. 

Kojiro called it a mistake. Kauro wasn’t sure what to call it himself. 

He only knew that his petty nature made it so he refused to let what Ainosuke had done to him and Kojiro go and that his loneliness made him want to forgive Ainosuke and welcome him home, if only he would change his ways.

That of course, would not happen, Kauro knew that. He did. 

Ainosuke would probably laugh if he ever learned what he was doing to Kaoru. Tearing him apart from the inside out. Not that Kaoru would ever let him know that, but still, life must go on... Kaoru, of all beings, would know.

___

Every year there was a major festival held in the honor of the Gods. During said festival, humans would present themselves in hopes of being chosen to be one of the God’s disciples. They would spend a year in service to them and receive one wish at the end - or for the lucky few, get to stay in their chosen God’s service and remain in the Heavens. 

Kojiro always chose beautiful women and men that he would flirt with but never touch while they were in his service. He also never kept any longer than a year. 

Kaoru on the other hand rarely chose any one, instead leaving most of his protection and service to Carla, a being he had brought to life out of the wind. 

While he would never admit to it, he had created her due to Kojiro’s many absences as the God would often leave the Heavens to learn how to cook new foods under human masters of the craft. 

Kaoru would always be his first stop every time he returned home, becoming his taste taster of whatever he had just learned to make and while he loved Kojiro’s cooking, the taste of his creations never fully alleviated the sting of being alone while he was away. 

Ainosuke, on the other hand, would take disciples and he would break them. Only one of them had survived past a year and had chosen to stay with him, a man named Tadashi.

Tadashi may have chosen to stay with Ainosuke, but Ainosuke had still broken the man. Kaoru could feel it when he looked at the man, who still breathed, but  was no longer full of life. 

Seeing it… distressed him. 

Which is why he was on the way to visit Kojiro. 

Cara had overheard and informed him of Ainosuke’s next choice in disciple. 

A young boy named Miya who would be turning thirteen right before the festival began, the minimum age required to offer oneself as a disciple. 

Kauro refused to allow Ainosuke to break a child.

Kaoru threw open Kojiro’s door without knocking.

“Hey!” 

“We have a problem.”

___

The day of the festival came quickly, too quickly as far as Kaoru was concerned. 

He was dressed up in finery that had been gifted to him by humans who worshiped him, other Gods, and of course a special piece provided to him by Kojiro, that he wore every festival day. 

He, with Carla by his side, traveled to the large podium where he and the other Gods would stay during the beginning of the festival, as humans sang praises and provided gifts to the Gods. 

He felt Kojiro’s presence before he saw him. 

Carla stepped back, not currently needed as Kojiro approached.  

Kojiro leaned over the balcony. 

The other God began to observe the crowd of humans below. Some were trying to impress the Gods in rather… interesting ways. 

“Humans used to be a lot smarter. Now, they’re all dumb. What happened?” 

Kaoru turned slightly so Kojiro couldn’t see his lips twitch as he answered, “Well, I can say assuredly that their intelligence level went down significantly when they began worshiping the God of Earth more.” 

Kojiro hummed in agreement, “Yea…” Then what Kaoru had said caught up with him, “Hey!” 

Kaoru snickered and Kojiro hip-bumped him, laughing as the God of Life almost fell from the force of it, turning to face him fully for the first time  that night. 

“You…  look…” 

“Save it.” Kaoru tried to cut him off but Kojiro instead slipped behind him, wrapped his arms around his waist and whispered in his ear. “As I was saying, you look absolutely stunning tonight.”  

Kaoru scoffed as Kojiro took his hand and brought it to his lips. 

“And I see you’re wearing the ring I got you.” He said as he dipped to also kiss the ring on Kaoru’s hand. As if Kaoru hadn’t worn it every year since Kojiro had given it to him. 

Kaoru yanked his hand away. “We don’t have time for your nonsense”, He hissed.

Kojiro smiled, understanding of Kaoru’s anxiety. 

“It’ll be fine, we have a plan, we’ll protect the kid, I promise.”

“You can’t promise me that. Ainosuke is clever and cruel and he doesn’t like not getting his way.” 

“Kaoru, no one stands a chance when we work together. Trust me, trust the plan, we will succeed.”

Kaoru sighed and leaned into Kojiro’s embrace. 

“I hope you’re right.” 

Kojiro squeezed him tighter and with convection said, “I know I am.”

And, at least for that moment, Kaoru believed him.

(I have more in my head so I’ll probably add to it later - I hope you enjoyed!)

Here’s pt 2!

[solaris-winery]

Matchablossom King-Concubine au, where Kaoru is aware that his advisors are 'old smelly farts' that are stuck in their ways who's mind is so narrow they won't see the faults of their strategies if it hit them like a brick to the face but he can't just sack them with the war approaching. But he still needs advisors, and a fresher better perspective since clearly this isn't working.

He seeks retired General Kojiro and goes, "You, you be my concubine." Kojiro is, understandably, all like ???? But then Kaoru is like "Don't worry all you have to do is prance around shirtless and then just join me in meetings to point out the faults in my advisors' strategies and give me something concrete to actually work with."

So that happens. Thing is, Kojiro can't refuse the king, but in this case he wouldn't anyways because this is clever and the king is interesting... plus he subscribes to "free them tiddies" agenda, so who is he to say no when the chance presents itself?

The advisors are obviously mad, and get increasingly frustrated the more their ideas get shot down.

"Your majesty, perhaps your boy-toy should sit this one out?"

Kaoru says something about insolence weaved inside pretty words that drip honeyed threats and the advisor snaps his jaws shut.

This only lasts up until Kaoru finds and hires Adam, then he sacks all of them. Ainosuke's more than enough.

This does not relieve Kojiro of palace life, as by that point romance has (matcha)blossomed (I'm sorry, I'll see myself out in a minute), but he does get promoted to husband.

[sleepingcrisis]

Dry AU

CW: drought/dehydration and smoking

*****

🌸•❄•🌺•🦊

"Cherry? You good?"

It is late at night when Shokichi stretched out next to the older boy — or maybe young man — known as Cherry. Cherry who took them in and gave them some water despite his own chapped lips and dried skin. He had pink hair that went down to his lower back, but he kept it tied up. He had piercings along his ears and one in his lip from the before times.

"Peachy," Cherry grumbled and looked up into the sky.

Their camp is a van that ran on gas they had siphoned from vehicles since the pumps didn't work anymore. It allowed their two youngest members, Reki and Langa — each nine years old, to sleep with the seats folded down in the back as Cherry and Shokichi sat in the front.

"I know you are never going to be 'good' but you have been in a shit mood lately. Care to share?" Shokichi asked as he used the handle to roll down the window so he could pull out a smoke and soon handed one off to Cherry.

"Not really," Cherry said although when Shokichi withheld the lighter he glared at the other before snatching it away and lighting his cigarette. He took a drag and rolled down his window, "I had friends before this mess and I'm worried about them. I miss them."

"Well we can find them, if they are anything like you then they are probably alive," Shokichi mentioned.

"Probably," Cherry agreed, "You got anyone you want to find while we are on the 'let's be hopeful' train?"

Shokichi scoffed and used his thumb to flick the ashes off the cigarettes, "There was a boy—"

"There always is one."

"Shut it! We were in the same class. He is a lot like you actually so you would probably hate him."

"Good point."

"But I liked him. I think it would just be nice to see a familiar face though," Shokichi whispered and leaned against the edge of the window as Cherry started the van.

"Are we leaving?" A small voice comes from the back of the van.

"Just doing a little driving before daybreak so we aren't sitting in a hot van, is that okay Reki?" Cherry hummed in an overly friendly tone that he had started using for the boys.

"Mhm," a small hum before they both seemed to settle.

🍵•👻

Kojiro let out an agrivated sigh as the boy continued to follow him. Not really a boy, more like a young man given how he looked like he had been in highschool before this.

"Can you stop following me?" He called. This is what he got for giving hand-me-outs. Now the orange haired male, with a newly emptied bottle, followed Kojiro around like a lost puppy. He hoped Kaoru and Adam were fairing better then he was.

"But I don’t know what to do!" He called.

"Of course you don't, but that isn't my problem!"

"Please! Let me come with you!"

Kojiro sighed softly and stopped walking before turning to look at him, "do you have any clue where I'm going?"

"No, but I don't have anywhere to go anyway," he replied with a shrug, seemingly unaware of how pathetic that sounded. "Where are you going?"

"I'm looking for my friends," He stated simply even if he knew that sounded equally pathetic. He wondered if they would have left Okinawa without him. It felt like it would be impossible to find them, but Kojiro knew nothing about Adam and he hadn't been able to find Kaoru... so he just had to hope that they were also looking for him.

"Finding your friends means more people that need water though," the orange haired male mentioned.

"So take a hike and then we will have one less mouth. Ungrateful carrot topped brat," Kojiro hissed before realizing how frustrated he was getting. He took a deep breath and exhaled, "What is your name kid?"

"Hiromi. Higa Hiromi," he piped up and hurried to walk beside Kojiro.

"Nanjo Kojiro. If you are sticking with me then you are listening to me. Got it?" Kojiro gave him a stern look.

"Got it!" Hiromi replied happily.

🌹•🐍

The sun was just rising when Tadashi woke up. He felt gross but at least he was getting used to that. The car had long sense ran out of gas so they were traveling on foot now. He went through their supplies as he did every morning and pulled out a map so he could decide where they should go for today. Usually they didn't make it as far as he would like, but he honestly had no clue where they were going so it didn't really matter. He hadn't thought far enough ahead to what they would do once places were cleared out of water, he could only hope that the world got a grip on the situation by then.

"Tadashi?"

He looked over to see Ainosuke crack his eyes open. They had camped out on a porch after having looted a house, they had founded bags of ice that had long sense melted so it wasn't a complete waste of time.

"Yes, Ainosuke?"

"We are getting too far away from everything. We still need to find Kaoru and Kojiro."

"I know sir, but we don't have the resources to sustain everyone yet so it wouldn't do us any good to find them. We would just be fighting," Tadashi tried to explain.

Of course Ainosuke won't have it, "Tadashi! We need to find them. Please. I need to know they are okay. If I know them then I know they are still alive."

"Of course sir," Tadashi said and began to rethink their route for the day so they could at least try and find Ainosuke’s friends.

"It is the end of the world and you still call me sir, you really are a loyal dog," a small laugh is pulled from his lips.

"Would you like me to call you something else?" Tadashi asked.

"Just Ainosuke is okay."

Tadashi nodded and opened his mouth to speak but then he heard Ainosuke snoring once more. They had a few hours before they had to leave and honestly sleeping through the hotter parts of the day might be a smart move.

[snowflake-of-destruction]

love matcha blossom + assassin au

I’m sorry it took me so long. I saw this message, went to answer something on discord, got caught up in a few conversations, and then came back to tumblr with empty head and no notification to remind me.

  Okay, so though I’ve never seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith, we all know the basic concept of the married assassins who don’t know each other are “in the business” and who are then assigned to kill each other, right?

So that’s matchablossom

Kaoru is an expert marksman, all about the clean shot, the perfect shot, built from carefully calculating all factors. Not just the obvious like distance, angle, and wind where applicable, but assigning numerical values to things like his mental and emotional state and his feelings about the mark. You are supposed to be removed from everything going on in your outside life when on a job, and a mark is just supposed to be a name on an assignment briefing, but it’s naive to ever think you’ll fully succeed at either 100% of the time.

Kojiro is all about charming his target, identifying what a person wants or needs in the first moments of knowing them and adapting, assuming a new identity that makes him into that missing piece. He gets close and then he strikes, and his hits are always set up to look like an accident

Kaoru’s cover job could be the same as canon, calligrapher with regular out of town events, some real and some not. Kojiro needs excuses to go away a lot, so we either keep the skateboarding for him, but make it more of a competitive sports gig than a hobby (at least in what he says) or we give him a “sick out of town relative” he has to visit regularly.

Kaoru and Kojiro met while both were in Paris for a job that went sideways, causing them to need to lay low for awhile. You know the story. Whirlwind romance and quick marriage. 

Where does Ainosuke come in? He’s Kaoru’s partner/co-worker. He meets the clients, and actually arranges the contracts and assembles dossiers for Kaoru. He’s also the “eyes and ears” when Kaoru needs them, and acts as back-up when that’s needed. He and Kaoru have worked together for years. They’ve been together since before Kaoru met Kojiro. Both will disagree, not just with each other, but with themselves, changing the narrative whenever and however it suits them whether they were ever romantically involved or if they joked around a bit but just made/make a good (work) team. The truth lies somewhere in between. Being an assassin is a high stress job, you have to relieve tension somehow, and, if you have a partner, you have to (literally) trust them with your life.

Even though Ainosuke would deny the relationship much of the time, he was and continues to be heartbroken and betrayed at Kaoru coming back from a trip married.

But what about Lovematcha? Well, much like Mr. and Mrs. Smith (I did watch it, and memories are starting to trickle back), Kojiro and Kaoru are stuck in a rut in their daily, civilian lives and starting to fall out of love a bit (they think) and in swoops Ainosuke, magnetic and charming even when playing the role of average citizen. Tempting Kojiro into an affair is combination revenge for Kaoru taking up with Kojiro in the first place and sizing up what Kaoru left him for. At first at least. Really, Ainosuke should be more professional than to fall for any sort of mark.

So, we get the plot where Kaoru and Kojiro run into each other on a job, botch it, and then are sent after each other with bonus Ainosuke not knowing who to root for and sometimes helping, sometimes sabotaging Kaoru since he can 

Matchablossom call a ceasefire/reconcile and go on the run, and Ainosuke is pulled to “front lines” and sent after them both. 

It’s just a job, sweethearts….except it isn’t and we get a lovematchablossom ending somehow 

Give me 2 or more characters + an au and I’ll give some headcanons/plot or maybe write a small extract 

[onemoresomething]

FFWF: so... about Precious truths in wartime... can we have some spoilers? whatever you want to tell us 👀👀

So, unless you’re new (welcome) you probably know that @snowflake-of-destruction and I are collaborating on a matchablossom fic called Precious Truths in Wartime.

It’s a ‘bodyguard’ AU, and the plot is basically: something something Kojiro in college, something something Kaoru works for a personal security agency run by the Shindos, something something Kojiro’s life is threatened—and you can probably put 2 and 2 together and work out the rest (it’s actually a lot more detailed than that, but I don’t want to give you too many spoilers).

But—here’s a little snippet of chapter two for you, seeing as you asked so nicely 💕

It was a few days after his sixteenth birthday that he met Ainosuke, after a particularly gruelling fight where he’d taken down three opposing gang members by himself, all three at least five years older than him. The boy—or man, he supposed, he looked at least two or three years older than Kaoru—approached him, while he was still breathless and bleeding, leaning against a pillar under the bridge where the fight had taken place.

“You have impeccable technique,” the boy-man with the royal blue hair had said as he approached, not seeming at all intimidated by the fact that Kaoru could probably kill him in a matter of seconds.

“What’s it to you?” a young Koaru replied, hunched over and clutching at a bruised rib, his crooked pink bangs hanging over his face. The blue-haired boy-man in the white suit seemed suspicious, but not threatening, and even if he posed a real threat, Kaoru wasn’t sure he was ready to take on another assault tonight.

The boy-man chuckled, but didn’t come any closer, clearly sensing Kaoru’s apprehension. “Please, relax Kaoru,” he said, and the shock of hearing this stranger use his given name made him stand upright, and he winced at the pain that shot through his ribs as a result. “I’m just here to talk, and to offer you a job.”

[fantastic-rambles]

Fandom: Sk8 the Infinity

Characters: Shindo Ainosuke (Adam), Sakurayashiki Kaoru (Cherry Blossom), Nanjo Kojiro (Joe), Kikuchi Tadashi (Snake), Hasegawa Langa (Snow), Hasegawa Nanako (mentioned)

Warnings: Yakuza/Mafia/Gang, Mild Language

Word Count: 1.5k

Summary: Yakuza AU. When Langa is tricked by Nanjo into running up a huge bill at a club, Boss Shindo steps in to deal with it. Which means competing with Boss Sakurayashiki in a poker game. [NOTE: All characters are aged up by ~5 years. Mostly so Langa can drink and gamble. xD] [Part 1 mostly focuses on Adam and Joe. Part 2 (to come later, maybe on Day 8?) will mostly focus on Adam and Cherry.] [S Founder Trio Festival | Day 2: Gang]

When Ainosuke's phone vibrated, he glanced at the screen and the unregistered number before leaning back in his chair and picking up the call.

"Hey. How have you been?" he asked, his voice gentle. But an unfamiliar cackle emitted from the speaker, and he pulled the phone away from his ear, double-checking the number on the screen.

"Who is this? How did you get this phone? Ainosuke demanded after he replaced it to his ear. Of course, it was possible that there was a simple explanation for all of this: perhaps the phone had been dropped, and a Good Samaritan was calling a number in the contacts to try to return it. But in his line of business, it was always better to be safe than sorry.

"Yo, Shindo-san! We've got something here that we think is yours, so maybe you'd like to come pick it up? Here, gimme a sec. Can you see us?"

Ainosuke froze as he recognized the voice. With his heart sinking, he lowered his phone again, staring at the video being displayed on the screen.

A large, buff man in a white suit was sitting on a couch, his arm extending out of frame showing that he was the one taking the video. But his other arm was draped around a younger man in casual clothing. His companion didn't seem to be hurt or in any particular distress, but Ainosuke's hand clenched into a fist as he recognized him.

"So, yeah, see this kid?" Nanjo continued, unnecessarily dragging the phone closer to frame the other man better. "He ran up a pretty big bill and then tried to run off without paying. 400,000 yen! So of course we had to stop him, and he mentioned that he knew you, so I figured, well, maybe you could help him out?"

"Langa. Are you alright?" Ainosuke ignored Nanjo's blathering, his eyes fixed on Langa's through the screen.

"Huh? Yeah. Sorry about this, Ai," Langa replied, as unaffected as always. "I'm not sure what happened, though."

"Hey, did you hear me?" Nanjo interrupted, turning the screen away from Langa to focus on himself. "Who's going to take responsibility for this, Shindo-san? We run a business here, you know. If it was just a couple thousand yen, we could swallow the cost, but it's 400,000! 400,000!"

"I heard you the first time," Ainosuke snapped, irritated. He pulled his cigarette case from the pocket of his jacket, extracting one of the thin sticks and lighting up. The first lungful of smoke helped to settle the worst of his anger before he turned his attention back to the screen, scowling.

"And what I heard is that you trapped a katagi1 with bottakuri2, you swindler. How is one person going to run up a tab that high unless you're playing dirty tricks?"

But Nanjo just scoffed. "Don't try to take the moral high ground here, Shindo. You do the same thing in your shops. Besides, how can he be katagi if he's involved with you? So are you going to do anything about this, or are we gonna get the money out of this brat, one way or another?"

"You know I'm coming. Where the fuck are you?"

"I'm heading over to the main office now, with the kid. See you there!" Nanjo winked, and then the call cut off. With a snarl, Ainosuke slammed his fist down on his table next to the phone, but the heavy wood barely moved.

With sharp, jerky movements, Ainosuke replaced his phone in his pocket and straightened his tie before leaving the office, barely glancing at Tadashi as he bowed to the boss.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Forget about that," Ainosuke snapped. "I need a ride to the Sakurayashiki main office."

Crisply, he began walking down the hallway as his wakagashira3 fell in step beside him. There was a faint trace of concern on Tadashi's usually expressionless face as he asked, "Should I call up some of our men?"

"No. It's not a raid. Just picking up something that belongs to me," Ainosuke replied with a scowl. Tadashi nodded, calling ahead to have a car prepared, though he slid into the driver's seat himself once they'd stepped out onto the street. As the city passed by outside his window, Ainosuke glared at it without seeing it, his mind working through what must have happened.

A girl--or a man, he supposed--grabbing Langa and dragging him into a club. Perhaps they'd even been told to keep an eye out for the young man with the pale blue hair, just to put Ainosuke in this situation. Keeping him there as they drank around him and tried to ply him with drinks--though Langa seemed sober enough on the call--and then presenting him with an exorbitant bill when he tried to leave.

It was a common enough scam, certainly, but Nanjo was wrong: Ainosuke didn't tolerate it in his clubs. At least, not anymore. The yakuza's power was waning, and as tourism increased, the police were beginning to crack down on that sort of behavior so that the area wouldn't gain a bad reputation. And it probably wouldn't be long until Sakurayashiki followed suit: his rival took a highly analytical and practical approach to business. He'd soon realize that dealing with the police wasn't worth the extra money the trick occasionally brought in when some of his clubs started getting investigated for extortion.

"We're here."

Ainosuke looked up as Tadashi slid smoothly into a space by the curb, waiting for the other man to open the door for him before he stepped out, straightening his suit jacket. Sighing, he looked up at the nondescript office building before walking inside with Tadashi on his heels.

At this hour, it seemed like most of the members were gone, which was fortunate. He didn't have to deal with all the macho posturing that typically came with stepping into someone else's territory, even though he'd been issued an invitation. Even so, his anger simmered silently below the surface as they stepped into the sleek, mirrored elevators and pressed the button for the top floor.

And then his shoes were clicking against the immaculately polished floor as he strode down the hallway, pushing open a pair of chrome and glass doors. His eyes flicked around the room quickly, taking in the pink-haired man sitting behind a fancy, futuristic-looking desk, his green-haired goon standing just behind him, and Langa, sitting on a couch against the wall.

"Alright, I'm here to settle that damn bill," he snapped at Nanjo as he raised his arm outward and slightly to the side. At the unspoken invitation, Langa slid off the couch to stand next to him, allowing Ainosuke to drape an arm over his shoulders possessively.

"About that." Sakurayashiki was frowning slightly, and Ainosuke turned his gaze toward the other boss.

"Nanjo was wrong to do what he did, but it still stands that the costs for the drinks were incurred. I don't want any bad blood between us, so I'd like to at least offer you a chance to cancel this debt."

Ainosuke's eyes narrowed, but he nodded his head slightly. "Go on."

"You see, there's a small poker tournament in Macau next week. It's nothing serious, just a social gathering for my group. The buy-in is just 1000 HKD, or about 14,000 yen. Whichever of us gets knocked out first will shoulder the bill, sound fair?"

Ainosuke considered it for half a second. "No. I'm not going to play with your family. Here's my offer. We go to Macau and agree on a table when we get there. We'll settle it honestly, or Langa can just go to the police to report Nanjo's business."

Sakurayashiki sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Alright, I got it. Next Saturday, then? Call me when you get there."

Ainosuke nodded, then turned on his heel to leave, steering Langa out with him as Tadashi followed them silently.

"Sorry, Ai," Langa apologized again once the transparent doors had closed behind them, but Ainosuke shook his head.

"It isn't your fault. I didn't think they'd use you to try to get to me. You don't feel weird or anything, right?"

"I'm fine."

"That's good. I'll see you home anyways. Your mother must be worried."

Although he tried to present a calm facade so as not to worry Langa, inside, Ainosuke was furious. He'd intentionally decided not to marry Nanako to try to protect her and her son from this side of his life, and yet, Nanjo had so easily stepped over the line between the legal and illegal. Of course, they'd all been aware of the risks of the relationship, but he didn't tell them anything about his work when he visited them so that they would hopefully be left alone. And this was so incredibly petty: it wasn't like there was a territorial dispute or the need to compensate for a killing where a hostage might be useful. No, just to harass him, they'd involved someone innocent.

"Ai?"

He realized that his arm around Langa's shoulders was holding the boy too tightly, and he forced himself to relax as they walked out of the building and to the car.

"So, are you interested in seeing Macau?" he asked as he held the door open for the boy to get in.

1katagi: non-yakuza 2bottakuri: bait-and-switch 3wakagashira: first lieutenant

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: SK8 the Infinity (Anime) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom Characters: Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Hasegawa Oliver, Hasegawa Nanako, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Red String of Fate, Fluff and Angst, Mutual Pining, Episode 10 spoilers, Wishing Adam a very JAIL Summary:

Reki had cried when he turned 13 and saw his string for the first time. It was red, indicating a romantic soulmate, but it was long. It didn’t lead to any of the cute girls or guys in school— It didn’t even lead into the heart of Okinawa at all. Instead, it led him to one of the piers, then farther out across the ocean. So Reki had cried. He was just some nobody kid. How would he ever get to meet his soulmate all the way out there?

  Langa had woken up the day of his thirteenth birthday confused by the red string on his finger. Only he could seem to see it as it trailed down the stairs and out his front door. It never tugged on him and seemed to lengthen as needed to adapt to where he needed to go.

  Soulmate Red String of Fate AU where meeting your soulmate doesn't always mean a happy ever after. That's something Langa and Reki have to work for.

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you gave me a reason

by thishasbeencary

Kaoru is young on a family vacation when a boy with a tail and green hair piques his interest in the ocean. Of course, no one believes his fantastical stories about mermaids, so he sets out to prove it another way. However, Kaoru's studies in marine biology lead him to another boy, and getting tangled up with Ainosuke causes more trouble than it may initially seem... Is it worth it, if it brings him back to Kojiro?

[OR: MatchaBlossom mermaid AU where Kojiro is a mermaid, Kaoru meets him when he's a baby, and adventures in science and art lead to a near-death experience, and then, of course, love. And all the arguing that's needed along the way.]

Words: 2924, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English

Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Hasegawa Langa, Kyan Reki

Relationships: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom & Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe & Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Hasegawa Langa & Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Merpeople, Merpeople, Childhood Friends, Friends to Enemies, Friends to Lovers, (Those are two different relationships lol), Mermaid Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Scientist Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Painter Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Canon-Typical Violence

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48190318

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the lines we cross (the lies we tell)

by CupofKojiro_AfterDark (CupOfKojiro) Schemes, broken trust, and new facades: little is as it seems in the lives of high school students Kaoru, Adam, and Kojiro as they navigate a world where their every move is tracked. But that's just par for the course in the information age, isn't it. Gossip Girl AU, DK trio and some age inaccuracy to include Langa and Reki as younger students. Mind the tags. Words: 1681, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M, M/M Characters: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Kikuchi Tadashi, Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa, Chinen Miya Relationships: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki, Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam Additional Tags: Mind the Tags, DK matchablossom, Alternate Universe - High School, Inspired by Gossip Girl, Inaccuracy with age aka Langa and Reki are in hs at the same time as dk trio, Attempted Sexual Assault, Age Difference, Transgender Kojiro, Homophobia, Transphobia, not that this needs saying but trans author writing trans character, dub-con, tags at beginning of each chapter and to be added as I go, backstabbing lying cheating all the basics, if you've seen Gossip Girl you know the drill, xoxo source https://archiveofourown.org/works/57847438

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the lines we cross (the lies we tell)

by CupofKojiro_AfterDark (CupOfKojiro) Schemes, broken trust, and new facades: little is as it seems in the lives of high school students Kaoru, Adam, and Kojiro as they navigate a world where their every move is tracked. But that's just par for the course in the information age, isn't it. Gossip Girl AU, DK trio and some age inaccuracy to include Langa and Reki as younger students. Mind the tags. Words: 1681, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M, M/M Characters: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Kikuchi Tadashi, Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa, Chinen Miya Relationships: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki, Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam Additional Tags: Mind the Tags, DK matchablossom, Alternate Universe - High School, Inspired by Gossip Girl, Inaccuracy with age aka Langa and Reki are in hs at the same time as dk trio, Attempted Sexual Assault, Age Difference, Transgender Kojiro, Homophobia, Transphobia, not that this needs saying but trans author writing trans character, dub-con, tags at beginning of each chapter and to be added as I go, backstabbing lying cheating all the basics, if you've seen Gossip Girl you know the drill, xoxo source https://archiveofourown.org/works/57847438

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Sk8: Unsolved

by LucidCyklamen

An alternate universe where Reki doesn't drag Langa into skating, but ghost hunting. 'S' isn't a skating race, but a goofy Saturday nightly ghoul lovers meetup (isn't any less crazy). Pretty much a buzzfeed supernatural AU that came forth from me watching the ghoul boys as comfort while also being hooked on skate fics. Enjoy!

*Warnings*: Scattered mentions of Langa's dad here and there, will be added chapter warnings when they happen. Hurt/comfort comes up later, I haven't written that yet. Only fluff for our bois now! Also, if you're uncomfy with ghost stuff, idk what ur doing here but this may not be for you!

Words: 5721, Chapters: 6/?, Language: English

Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa, Kyan Reki's Family, Hasegawa Langa's Family, Chinen Miya, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Higa Hiromi | Shadow, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam

Relationships: Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki, Hasegawa Langa & Kyan Reki, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom

Additional Tags: Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural, Buzzfeed Unsolved References, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, The Ghoul Boys (Buzzfeed Unsolved), Sharing a Bed, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn, Ghosts, My First Work in This Fandom, How Do I Tag, Past Character Death, Daddy Issues, Spirits, I Will Go Down With This Ship, Cute Kyan Reki, Bisexual Kyan Reki, Gay Hasegawa Langa, Everyone Is Gay, Gay Panic, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, To Be Edited, Ghost Hunters, Alternate Universe - Ghost Hunters, Strangers to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Alternate Universe - No S Races (SK8 the Infinity), I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/46323235

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That One Time My "Fiance" Got Cucked By A Bull

by FriendlessAnimeLover

A smile curved his lips, and his eyes dropped to between the beast’s legs, where he could see the outline of the beast’s cock. Boldly he leaned forwards, and pressed his hand against it, marveling at the sheer size of it.

“W-what are you doing?” the beast squeaked, though he made no move to get away.

Kaoru gave him an arch stare. “Well, I think, that if we want to bust out of here, it’d be best to do that once I’ve got that heat inside of you fucked out.”

The beast cocked his head. “Heat?”

“Rut, whatever. You’re horny. It’s understandable, you’re half-beast, and it’s springtime. You want to breed.”

The beast’s eyes had stared to glaze over as his pupils dilated.

“Just be gentle,” Kaoru crooned. “I’m sure by now you know how to treat a virgin.”

Or

The fic where Kaoru is unwillingly betrothed to Shindo Ainosuke and is sent to kill a beast to win the prince's hand, but soon figures out there's a much more fun way of killling two birds with one stone...

Words: 4612, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe

Relationships: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom

Additional Tags: Greek Mythology AU, Mentions of Shindo Royal Family, Swordsman Kaoru, Minotaur Kojiro, Kojiro is just horny (pun intended), Explicit Sexual Content, light dom/sub themes, Subtop Kojiro, Crybaby Kojiro, Fluff, Humor, Eloping, Not beta'd we die like Ainosuke's chance at getting Kaoru in his bed

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/46226056

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When will my life begin

by Lislucitor

They walk hand in hand for like 20 minutes, and Kaoru can’t shut up about how much he loves the Nanjos. Kojiro doesn’t say a word, but he finally stopped crying. Once they arrive at the restaurant, they’re welcomed by a strange but familiar lady. Kojiro runs to hug her and hide his crying face. "There you are, dear! You shouldn’t wander around alone when you don’t know your way here." The nice lady suggests petting his head. "You must be his mom. I found him crying on the street," Kaoru says with a polite smile on his face. "I WAS NOT CRYING! WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN? Kojiro turns to yell at him. "I’M NOT MEAN! YOU ARE A CRYING BABY!" "YOU CAN GO NOW." "YOU’RE WELCOME! AGAIN!" Seriously, what is his problem "Come on now, what is all this yelling in my restaurant?" Kaoru hears nonna Nanjo approaching.

~ I don't know how to summarize this story. Kaoru will be forced into a marriage and will try to leave after a few years of misery. This chapter is just a peek into the past to elaborate where they'll be headed.

Words: 2165, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: SK8 the Infinity (Anime)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Nanjo Kojiro | Joe's Family

Relationships: Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam

Additional Tags: omegaverse AU, Minor Nanjo Kojiro | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Soft Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Alpha Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Protective Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/43996308