#does this count as suegiku

[jounosparticles]

Jouno's Birthday - Suegiku

Jouno was enjoying a day off when his work partner pays him an unexpected visit

Genre: Fluff Word Count: 1665

Today was Jouno’s day off from working. He had many long shifts recently, and was finally rewarded a well-deserved break for everything he’s done. Today also happened to be Jouno’s birthday, so he planned to take the day to enjoy himself. Getting a day to sleep in, do whatever he wishes, and get a break from dealing with his coworkers was all the man could ask for. 

Jouno started his day off by making himself a green tea, and sat outside on his porch. It was surprisingly quiet outside, not many people nearby. Jouno checked his phone, and listened to a happy birthday voicemail from Tachihara and Teruko; he must have had his phone silenced when they initially called. Jouno wasn’t the type to celebrate birthdays, too many smells and sounds makes the overall celebration rather overwhelming. He was glad to not need to deal with any of that this year.

As evening falls, Jouno changes into his pajamas, and figures he would just order dinner instead of making anything. As he went to pick up his phone, there was a knock at his door. Perplexed, Jouno shouts towards the door, “who is it?”

“It’s me,” the voice said. Jouno stopped in his tracks. “Can I come in?”

“Fine. Just a moment.” Jouno replies, with a slight tinge of annoyance. The white haired man quickly walks back into his room. Mumbling to himself, “why is Tetchou here? The one day I think I can get away from him for a bit and he shows up at my door?” Still, he gets changed into nicer clothes, and approaches the door. Even though he won’t express it, Jouno cares a lot about Tetchou’s perception of him, which is the main reason he quickly attempted to make himself more presentable for the unexpected guest. 

“What do you want?” The white haired man asks, as he moves to let Tetchou inside.

“Just came to wish you a happy birthday. I made you a small cake.” The brunette walks in and immediately makes his way to the kitchen, grabbing a knife and piercing it into the cake. It was definitely small, enough for two people; Jouno couldn’t help but appreciate the gesture. He was definitely annoyed to see Tetchou of all people, but at least he wasn’t being particularly annoying. Jouno sits down at his kitchen table, grabbing the fork and plate his partner just set down. Something smells slightly off, but Jouno chooses to ignore the sense. He takes a bite.

“Tetchou. What exactly did you make this cake with?” The brunette looks at his partner, fighting back a smile.

“Oh, I was out of tupperware so I put my salt and sugar in a bin together. They look similar enough to be interchangeable.” 

Jouno spits out the food he was eating, and lets out a loud sigh. “How is someone so dumb capable of being one of the Hunting Dogs? Obviously salt and sugar are going to taste different! You’re such a dumbass.” He scowls at the man sitting across from him. Tetchou lets out a small laugh; typically, he’s a very composed man, however, he feels safe enough to let his guard down and have a little fun when only Jouno is around.

“Why are you laughing at your own stupidity? Don’t tell me you did this on purpose just to piss me off.” Tetchou doesn’t say anything back, he’s just smiling as he waits for the man across from him to talk again. 

“You did, didn’t you?! You’re such a bastard, Tetchou. Now I have to call for food.”

“Don’t worry about it. I already ordered a pizza for you before I arrived, it’ll be here soon. I just wanted to see your angry face for a second.” Tetchou throws out the extremely salty cake he had brought, and he tells Jouno to go rest until the pizza arrives. The white haired man does as he is asked, although reluctantly. Shortly after, the pizza arrives, and Tetchou goes to sit beside his work partner. To Jouno’s surprise, the pizza wasn’t covered in questionable ingredients.

 The two eat quietly for a moment, before Tetchou decides to break the silence. “Have you enjoyed your day off? You’ve been working a lot lately.” The brunette cares a lot about the wellbeing of his coworker, and was genuinely happy to see him take a day off. Jouno works himself to the limit often, and pretty much never misses a day. Admittedly, Tetchou found it strange to not see Jouno at the base, which is why he chose to pay him a visit.

“My day was going well until you showed up. Did you miss me or something? You know, I’m there every other day.” Tetchou smirks at the snarky comments, knowing Jouno isn’t actually mad. His partner has never been warm with people, but he has gotten used to reading his partner’s true emotions despite whatever he claims.

“Just figured you wouldn’t want to be completely alone today.”

“Sure, but why would I hang out with you? Of all people.” 

“Do you have anyone else?” Jouno replies with a sigh. The two spend so much time working to the point where outside social interaction has become a rarity. That’s just part of the job, not much can be done about it. Although Jouno would never admit it, the company of the person he sees most often is comforting.  

The two finish their pizza, and Tetchou begins to clean his and Jouno’s plate. Reluctantly, Jouno thanks him for everything, and follows up with a question: “Why are you being so nice to me today? You never come over, let alone buy me dinner.” Jouno was genuinely confused by this, the two saw each other so often at work that they rarely met up outside of it. 

“What’s wrong with me wanting to wish my friend a happy birthday? You have got to start letting people do nice things for you. I am having a good time with you tonight.” The white haired man was surprised by Tetchou’s words. Hearing his coworker call him a friend made him smile a bit, although not enough for anyone else to notice. 

“Well, thank you. I’ll accept it as an apology for how you scarred me with the cake.” Jouno slaps his partner in the shoulder, making him spill a little of the water he was cleaning the dishes with. Jouno goes to grab a towel to clean the mess.

The brunette stops him from cleaning. “I’ll get it, just go get into some comfy clothes and relax.” 

“You know, I am fully capable of cleaning. I don’t need you to take care of everything.”

“Just go, it’s fine.”

 Jouno sighs and heads to his room. He throws on some pajamas and goes back to sit on his couch. Something about being dressed informally makes him feel slightly vulnerable. Regardless, he sits patiently and waits as Tetchou finishes tidying and approaches him again.

“Just how long are you staying? You must really miss me when I’m not around.” Jouno listens as Tetchou’s heart beats a little faster. He doesn’t mention it, but it feels a bit strange.

“I guess I do.” The white haired man was taken aback by his partner’s honesty. He didn’t know how to respond. “I can leave if you’d really like.”

Jouno lets out an exasperated sigh, “it’s fine.” He was having a hard time coming up with a remark after what he heard. For once, he didn’t feel like snapping at his partner and was just enjoying the company. He encourages Tetchou to come sit beside him. 

Tetchou yawns and stretches a bit. His partner faces him, “long day?”

“Yeah. Lots of paperwork and negotiations. Work has been really tiring lately, I’ve barely slept all week.” 

“You’re telling me.” The two exchange a sigh, and ramble on about their cases to each other. Hours pass as they continue to talk, not even realizing how late it has become. As Tetchou checks the time, he abruptly stops their conversation. 

“It’s getting pretty late, and I still have to drive home. I’ll have to leave soon since we have a meeting in the morning.” Jouno is a little disappointed by the sudden change of topics. He was enjoying listening to Tetchou talk more casually, putting his guard down and just having a fun night. He could tell his partner felt the same way. 

“Why don’t you stay here overnight? You can have the couch.” Jouno was surprised by his own question. He just wanted the night to last forever.

“Are you sure?” 

“Yeah. I have some comfier clothes you can change into, come with me.” Jouno leads Tetchou to his bedroom, and points out the drawer to his pajamas. “Wear whatever you’d like.” 

After getting changed, the two sit on Jouno’s bed and continue talking. Laughing about their old cases, arguing over the abominations Tetchou calls his lunches, and discussing future plans for the Hunting Dogs. After a while, Tetchou lets out another yawn.

“You can sleep if you’d like, Tetchou.” 

“I will soon. But, there’s something I want to do first.”

“What is it?” Jouno immediately notices the brunette's heart begins to race, and listens as his breathing becomes a bit shallow. “Is everything alright?”

Without speaking, Tetchou looks at Jouno for a second. He then brushes the side of his partner’s face, and quickly leans in to kiss him. After a second, he pulls away to see Jouno’s face, which was nearly as red as the tips of his hair. Jouno doesn’t say anything, he’s completely surprised by what just happened. He wears a confused, yet flustered look on his face.

“I’m sorry, was that too much?” Tetchou’s words carry a heavy sound of worry and embarrassment. Before he realizes, Jouno grabs him back and brings him back into a soft kiss. Pulling away, The white haired man smiles at his partner.

 “This was all I could have asked for.”

[just-a-dinosaur-i-guess]

22, 3, 15, 7?

22. that is so blissfully self-indulgent have part of my incredibly hc'd kajiikida (sorta) fic.

Kunikida took his hand gently, mouth opening then closing, the beats of silence continuing for a moment, counted by their heartbeats. “I just think,” He bit his lip for a half-second, then continued, “If I had sent that text, if you’d moved in, then maybe I could have helped. And you wouldn’t have had to be alone, and you wouldn’t have..” Silence, again. It felt like years passed by, gone like leaves down a river. Regrets, what-ifs, words thought but never spoken. So many whipped up in Kunikida’s mind that he wondered if they’d blow him away too, if he’d be like another casualty in an explosion. As if Kajii would ever click the button on him. Kajii’s other hand set itself on top of Kunikida’s, and he gently moved his first, intertwining their fingers.

3. that encompasses my style

hmmm.. this one i'm not sure, i don't know if i can really pin my style down. but here! from my odango 5+1 fic

Bar Lupin had always been a safe place; a miniature eden for the three of them, where the only snakes were themselves. They slunk to it most nights after their respective duties, the darkness of their occupations melding into their shadows as they took to this temporary light where even if the crimson was illuminated, it was on all of their hands. It was a time for them to forget their woes and drink the night away.

15. from an old piece that i like

from my suegiku fic!

Even stranger, he likes this. It feels like an impossibly special moment, one that he wonders in the back of his mind if he deserves. He wonders if he deserves Tetchou, the strange samurai who’s never done him wrong even knowing exactly what kind of scum he is. He wonders if he deserves to be on the Hunting Dog team, serving the people and the pursuit of justice.  It feels good to help people, Jouno’s learned. The sound of a “thank you”, of a panicked person’s heartbeat slowing as they realize they’re okay. It makes him feel more prideful than completing any of the missions back in the previous organization ever did. But even so, that does not make him belong. It does not qualify him, it does not excuse what he’s done, it does not redeem him. He’s nothing more than a well-trained mutt saved from being put down by forcing him to use his teeth on those who he’d once had found kinship with. 

7. that i nursed in a daydream before finally writing

this is. so many of my fics but hmm..

burn the skies especially i think. ive shared this before iirc but i do really love this bit

“Boss,” Hirotsu says softly, because he feels like any louder and they’ll scatter, “Where did you find them?” It’s a bold move to question a man like him, but Hirotsu cannot help the curiosity that slips out, especially when he missed the opportunity to ask nine years ago. Mori just gives him a smile, and changes the topic, “Hirotsu, I’d like you to train them. Not merely to use daggers, but sharpen their fangs too. Teach them how their claws work, teach them how flesh will part for them, teach them how blood splatters.” “You want me to teach them to bite?” “To maim.” 

[zukkaoru]

HII buncha tropes for you!!

- accidental baby/child acquisition

- does swordfighting count? i think thats a trope. swordfighting <3

- timeloops

- coffee shop au

- only one bed

accidental baby acquisition: probably not very likely to write this... it would have to be a very specific ship bc most of my ships i don't think should ever be parents, or they would never want to be parents. i could do it with zukka. i could do it with satosugu. actually.. world's best dads au IS basically this trope so. in that case, definitely more likely but only in that specific scenario sfdgfhgjhk but with most other ships if i were to write it, it would have to be temporary accidental baby acquisition

swordfighting: as much as i love a good swordfight, i am. so bad at writing them. i'm bad at writing fight scenes in general tbh fdgfhgjhk technically i did write ones between maki & itadori and maki & megumi in my nbmk royalty au but it was pretty short and vague on the details.. ships that would work good for this i think would be zukka (ofc), suegiku (ofc), and royalty au itafushi.. which is probably who i would be most likely to write for. i wanna write another fic for that au so bad

time loops: i'm hesitant to write a time loop bc i feel like it would get too repetitive.. i do love time loops but i've actually never read a time loop fic sfdgfhgk if i did write one i think it would be fun to stick dazai in a time loop. just to watch him suffer <3

coffee shop au: i don't actually think i've ever written one of these, but i do think it would be fun!! i came up with an idea for a tsumikirara one awhile ago and also i have a tachigin one swirling around in my mind lowkey.. omg also i started writing a satosugu one last year but it's only got like. one scene so far sfdgfhjh

only one bed answered here

[flaresanimedump]

I got a STEM degree so you get graphs: part 2

I'm probably going to keep doing these. Maybe I'll do AO3 next. Pixiv is vastly more fun, however.

I got data on all the BSD ships I cared to dig up tags for on Pixiv and then put them on a graph:

Click for readable text.

Surprising no one, Soukoku blows literally every other ship in the series away. Soukoku is the 12 or 13th most popular ship on pixiv, so I kept it on this graph to appease the uncountable skk fans. Yes it's popular!! Wildly so!!

Here are the ships with more than 1000 works on Pixiv (without skk so we can see them - sorry skk lovers, it's no fun comparing 1-10 story buildings next to a skyscraper.)

Dazai may not be the main character of the series but he's certainly the main character of the fandom. Dazai is in a whopping 71% of all ship works counted in this data set, which honestly is about what I expected.

While some may be surprised by FukuRan's position, my previous analysis covered how it's the top ship for both characters in Japanese fandom.

Surprising frontrunners are AtsuKyoka and DaRan. DaRan has 450 works on AO3, which is respectable but not a particularly large number. People are generally a little surprised to hear someone ships it in the west - not quite so much in the east, it seems.

AtsuKyoka is a het ship and het ships generally don't do well in fandoms more inclined to ship m/m pairings (refer to skk). More on this later.

It's also funny how unpopular some ships are. SueGiku has been manga-locked until recently, and their big moment hasn't been animated yet, so I suspect the numbers for that ship will be vastly different by this time next year. GenFuku may experience the same phenomena if their backstory chapters are animated.

I had the impression that Guild ships were more popular, and they are in the west. According to the shipping wiki RanPoe is the fifth most popular BSD ship on AO3 - yet it's stalled at 12th here and struggling to keep up with other Ranpo ships. Though if we look at Guild ship trends RanPoe's place is pretty good...

and then I came to the realization that all the guild members are in fact American *shudders*. That's what's keeping their numbers down, generally ships with foreigners are less popular in Japan. This likely explains why none of the top ships contain Fyodor despite him having existed within range of Dazai since 2018.

Very interesting here (to me anyway) is the relative popularity of het ships in the fandom - they're not taking a lot of blue ribbons home, but in a show about "authors as pretty young men" they're doing well for themselves.

*While tanizakicest scores above AtsuLucy, it's difficult to tell if the ship tag is explicitly meant to be shipping, thus they were left off this graph.

Writer's Bias, I'd say this has a lot to do with how much more interesting the female characters in BSD are than in say, a highschool-based shounen. Yosano gets into a very bloody fistfight with a man in season 1 and wins. That does not happen in My Hero Academia - but I digress. AtsuKyou is adorable, HawMitch has vibes like a rival ship, they're very colorful.

f/f ship numbers were too sad to plot :(

[vypridae]

i call doing this next

Last Song: mary on a cross... by ghost... oops the sgk obsession is back

Currently Reading: uhhh does rereading my bsd chatfic count (I Do Not Read) jk manga better count because im reading bsd and black butler as they come out

Current Fic: going with writing for this, i am writing a suegiku sickfic because there are like two like im writing it rn i have it OPEN on my SCHOOL LAPTOP

Currently Watching: bsd as it comes out, black butler just because i'm okay about it (lie)

Next on My Watchlist: uh. bsd again? black butler again? if im feeling generous ill watch something someone requested me but you never know

Current Obsession: bsd and black butler- im sensing a theme

tagging :: @thedevilsinsect and anyone else

Thank you @kiaraalazulu for the tag!!!

Last song: Staring at the sun by Madds Buckley

Currently reading: The nine eyes of Lucien and ive also slowly been making my way through trigun maximum!!

Current fic: I also have far too many fics open right now but I'm currently rereading whimsy and dearth, a really fun malevolent long fic

Currently watching: Not really watching anything, unless you count rewatching a lot of rachel maksy videos

Next on my watchlist: I'm thinking of rewatching Hannibal at some point

Current obsession: Definitely still Trigun, but I've also been getting back into malevolent :))

I don't have 9 people to tag but ill tag @skylarstarlight @niruin-galyn @totallyawesome123 @steampunkhell (no pressure of course!)

[lucknights]

hands you jouno nd tecchou