#kikiyuki

[nokaru]

AnS Rare Pair Scramble @ans-arcade

KikiYuki ︱Understanding

the way i need ans yuri needs to be studied

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[redmemoirs]

finally witnessed this scene animated

[k-itsmaywriting]

like having the world (everyday I dive with you) - Kikiyuki

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Words: 649 Tags: College/University AU, Established Relationship, Sneaking Out Summary: Shirayuki brings a girl home, and for the first time in her life, has the urge to be Bad. Title from Dive with you by Seori ft Eaj

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This buzz in Shirayuki’s fingers is a new sensation.

The scene itself is one Shirayuki is all-too familiar with - the white streetlight stark against the tree in her yard in the night, and the muffled sound of the TV and of Oma and Opa’s voices float from the living room window downstairs.

But tonight, this time, she ventures to a new frontier, as she steadies her feet on the slanted surface of the roof outside her bedroom.

Once she shifts her weight to her knees, she slowly turns and reaches her hands back inside her windows. Where she wraps her hands around slender wrists and, with a smile widening across her face despite the sweat on her brow, she pulls.

Sheer white curtains part like waves as Kiki emerges from behind them. The light from Shirayuki’s room glows a soft halo around the crown of her head as if she’s an angel gracing the earth with her descent.

But the smirk on her face is everything but.

She ducks her head as she steps her shoe over the window sill with ease. But she doesn’t pull away from Shirayuki, her wrists still firm in her grasp, as she swings her other leg over. And her other foot–

Her foot knocks a ceramic pot right off the ledge.

Shirayuki gasps. Heart in her throat, she lunges forward.

The pot lands snug in the palm of her hand, its touch much cooler against her skin compared to the hot panic in Shirayuki’s chest.

Above her, Kiki holds her breath. She watches Shirayuki slowly set the pot back into place, and then lets out a bashful laugh. “Sorry.” 

Shirayuki shakes her head with a hum as Kiki steps onto the roof and pats her shorts flat. “So much for sneaking out if that broke, huh?” says Kiki.

Her gaze adverts to her feet. “I could’ve knocked it from the inside. That’s entirely possible.”

Taking her hand in hers, she leads Kiki across the roof and towards the backyard, where the stepladder leads them down to the ground. They then crouch-run past the living room windows, the crunching grass beneath their shoes turning to solid bitumen road as she fishes her truck keys from the pocket of her shorts.

On her count, they bolt past the front wall of the house. And Shirayuki does her best not to giggle when she turns the key in the door, lighting them up orange, and climbs inside the driver’s seat.

Kiki steps up into the passenger seat next to her. She pulls the door shut behind her, and it’s only swung halfway closed before she reaches for Shirayuki, hand in her hair as she pulls her into a kiss.

Shirayuki meeps, her hand shooting out to steady herself against the headrest. Heat flushes across her cheeks and down her neck as she screws her eyes closed, melting into the hum of Kiki’s mouth on hers.

She pulls away, then, to settle back in her seat. But her eyes are still on her as she says, “You know, I never took you for the sneaky type.”

A nervous laugh tumbles from Shirayuki’s chest. She looks towards the wheel and turns the key in the ignition. The car rumbles alive beneath her, comfortable. “It’s…not really sneaking if you let them know you’re going out beforehand,” she blurts.

Kiki raises a brow. “…Out the window?”

Shirayuki swallows, mouth dry. She remembers how Oma’s eyes went skyward when she told her and Opa about her master plan to leave a secret way. And how Opa had simply sighed and said, just make sure the ladder is steady, okay? “Um, yeah.”

She tells her the story as they begin to drive through her childhood streets. And when it makes Kiki laugh like that, light like the silver of moonlight against the road, she can’t even be embarrassed about it anymore.

[obiyuki-beebs]

Behind the Curtain: Ch 9

Thick steam clung to the mirrors, condensing into rivulets that spun in patterns down the glass. Snow, glimmering in the light of the waxing moon, sat packed tight around the crevices of the window outside to keep the northern winds at bay.

Shirayuki waved a hand through humid air, hoping the clouds of steam might help cover the flush making its way from forehead to collarbone. Waiting in the bath, gaze fixed on her with soft design, was Kiki.

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

the rent is too damn high (kikiyuki, 1/?)

Invest in real estate, Father had said. Get a trust fund Milennial or two to sign a lease and grow your wealth for you, he'd said.

In which Kiki winds up investing in something far more baffling - and valuable - than a building.

Read on Ao3 here

[ammerynth]

not pictured: the boys all shocked bc there’s no way kiki would ever let any of them carry her

[aeroplaneblues]

y’all fighting over which MAN should be with shirayuki when kiki is RIGHT THERE. fools. cowards.

[bubblesthemonsterartist]

for the rare pair series have you ever talked about shirayuki x kiki? shirayuki has a crush on her but how would they get toghetter?

OH NONNY. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE. ANYONE. TO ASK ME THIS QUESTION. I was beyond surprised when no one requested this pairing when I started doing meta for rare pairs last summer, BUT THAT’S OKAY because last year I didn’t have HALF of the beautiful canon content I have to work with now.

LET’S DO THIS

I mean, first off, to say that Shirayuki has a crush on Kiki is the biggest

understatement

of the

century.

But I think it’s also fair to propose that the feelings are mutual. I mean, Kiki expressions of affection are very…. muted due to a lot of bullshit surrounding her upbringing. Like Zen, she can’t rely on people being sincere with her and has even less opportunity to experiment with people being decent as she is a woman as well as the sole heir to her family’s name. 

However, when Kiki does let someone in, her expressions of love might not be as showy as Shirayuki’s, but they ARE very much there. I mean,

This is as close as we get to a confession of feeling affection towards anyone in early canon. Kiki is just as torn up as everyone else about Shirayuki leaving, maybe even moreso. And, up until this most recent arc (post Mitsuhide rejection), she has been so removed from her own emotions that she has no idea how to help others with theirs. 

Like in this scene, Kiki clearly goes out of her comfort zone to help, but doesn’t have the tools to actually be of assistance. So instead of being selfish by thinking that she can handle it when she cannot, she ends up outsourcing this conversation to the person she thinks can do this best: Zen. (Mitsuhide was her first thought, though. That poor man is everybody’s teddy bear XD) 

And then, the very next morning, we get this gorgeous scene where Kiki takes initiative to overcome her own personal difficulty with affection because she wants to make sure that Shirayuki feels loved as she leaves for Lyrias.

In later reunions, too, you see this slow warming, like an newly born baby fawn tripping all over itself to learn how to walk. But instead of awkward, you get super hot moments like this

and THIS:

(I see you over there, Kiki. Wanting to play with Shirayuki’s HAIR. I know what your game is about :3 )

And let’s not forget that a certain SOMEONE was recently caught watching Shirayuki sleep!

IT IS CANON

The only real difference between Shirayuki’s exuberant crush and Kiki’s quieter one is that Kiki was born and bred to exude grace and we are almost viewing her through the unattainable perfection goggles Shirayuki is constantly wearing.

Now I know what you may be thinking. KIKI IS ENGAGED, RIGHT? SHE’S GONNA HAVE TO GET MARRIED.

Well, hold on a second.

Yes, Kiki is currently engaged to Hisame, but I’d say she has something up her sleeve. Something that she is going to be able to use to prevent herself from having to get married at all. And there are a handful of things that make me think this.

1) She left without telling Shirayuki of her engagement. 

2) She has gotten a lot more emotive since Mitsuhide rejected her, especially when she’s around Shirayuki. So much so that Shirayuki has commented on it. And part of me thinks the reason for that is she is feeling strangely free. If someone had asked her at the beginning of this story that she would be cool with Mitsuhide’s rejection, Kiki probably wouldn’t have believed them. But here’s the thing: Kiki experienced that horrible freedom of going for what she wanted, and having it blow up in her face (I mean, did you really have to explain things to her TWICE, Mitsuhide???)

She failed. And she knows now that after a lifetime of being told that she has to be perfect, it wasn’t the end of the world to be rejected. The sun still rose, her father still loves her, everyone is still her friend, and the world continued to move on as if nothing happened. 

And maybe, just maybe, Kiki can now acknowledge that Mitsuhide may have been what she desired once, but… not anymore. (Also, please note that she said she left one earring at home because she wanted to feel a connection, but in front of Shirayuki she said maybe she didn’t need to wear one anymore)

And 3) This scene. These are legit some of the most beautiful Kiki panels in existence so let’s just appreciate them in silence for a moment:

I said when it came out, and I’ll say it now: Kiki came to a decision in that scene. Her best laid plan went awry, but she was incredibly okay about it. Maybe a little shook that things weren’t going the way she wanted them to, but it ultimately came off as more of an inconvenience than anything else (and maybe, just maybe, Kiki knows she went for him because she knew Mitsuhide was one of those rare men in her world who would not try to force her to be something that she is not. Not to say that she doesn’t love him, but she confused a deep sense of familial love with someone she was not related to and equate that to romantic love).

WITH ALL THAT SAID, here’s the headcanon you actually requested, nonny:

Kikiyuki is endgame. But not in the way that you would expect.

Rather that Kiki pulling a dramatic move like riding up on a white horse and whisking Shirayuki away in front of Zen and Obi’s slack jawed faces, she goes for the long game. Because this isn’t a decision one makes on their own. Shirayuki has to choose, too. 

And in this story, Shirayuki chooses Science.

She becomes well known. She makes a name for herself. She travels and teaches and is called upon for her knowledge until she reaches the point that no one even thinks about how she was once a poor refugee running from one prince only to be courted by another.

Meanwhile, Hisame succumbs to his injuries after a tragic “”accident””, leaving Kiki free to turn away suitors in her mourning. Claiming grief, she rejects every single last one of them until both the King and her father are so frustrated with her that they accept her proposal that she adopt a distant cousin as an heir, leaving her to rule Seiran as Viscountess upon her father’s retirement/death. 

The day will come, of course, that she must return North to Seiran to learn her position and rule those lands. The lands that Shirayuki must travel through as the King’s diplomat and the Prince’s closest confidant. 

And this is where their romance begins. 

In a world of men and men’s laws, Kiki and Shirayuki each manage to carve out a space for themselves, until the stars align and fate intercedes and they stand before each other once more.

And when they do, they smile, they laugh, and they remember how Kiki said that the day would come that Shirayuki would look upon her not as her friend or as Zen’s aide, but as a completely different thing all together. 

And then Shirayuki will take the hand of her dear and terrified friend who has been nothing but an aching and fond memory for far too long and say: You’re still that beautiful girl in uniform that I couldn’t take my eyes off of all those years ago.

And Kiki, poor Kiki who has had so few chances to show someone her heart since she set on this path, lifts the hand wrapped in hers and kisses it and wonders why it took them so very long to get to this place.

And they move forward, courting each other in that gentle way that they wanted to when they were younger but still too shy or too conflicted and unable to recognize or even act on what they were feeling. 

Until, one night, Kiki, dizzy with all the time that they lost and so desperate to fill the longing chasm left void for years lets loose the words of regret in one long rush of air until Shirayuki gathers her up, kissing her so sweetly, and whispers that time wasn’t wasted at all. Not a single second. A garden needs the right conditions to grow. The right light and the right weather. And here and now, after tilling the soil and planting the seeds and patiently - so very patiently - waiting for their chance, the opportunity has arisen that will allow their love to grow.

And it does. 

And it thrives.

But of course it does.

It was fate that brought them together, after all.

Rare Pair Masterpost

[thelionshoarde-art]

for @septhi - shirayuki and kiki flirting at a ball :D :D :D

[nokaru]

zenyuki yuri beam

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[redmemoirs]

another for the shirayuki blushing at kiki compilation

[k-itsmaywriting]

In My Feelings (Modern Shirakiki AU)

I need more exercise! Shirayuki tells her roommate, Kihal, that this is the reason why she walks six minutes to the bigger train station instead of two to the one before it. Even though it’s about one minute away by the actual train.

Sounds fake, but okay, Kihal says back, spreading raspberry jam over her 12am toast. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Embarrassingly enough, it actually does.

First off, going to bed thinking about how she’s going to have a nice morning walk to get Obi’s coffee from the station is nice. He always greets her with a bright smile, and sometimes a pun that makes her giggle to herself throughout the whole day.

But what is also weirdly nice when she goes to bed are…the butterflies she feels fluttering in her stomach when she thinks about her. It makes her feel like a happy, blushy schoolgirl thinking about walking that extra mile to the bigger train station to see her blonde ponytail cascading over one shoulder, over her fitted blazer taut against the backs of her shoulders—

And just like that, she goes out like a light.

She makes it to the train station at ten to seven, exactly as planned.

Obi’s coffee shop is squeezed between the station’s newsagency and a ramen bar by the escalators down to the subway platform, tiny but cosy with hanging lightbulbs and tall chairs and tables along the walls. It’s popular later in the morning with students, so Shirayuki considers herself lucky she can hang there when it’s quiet.

As she crosses the station towards it, she catches Obi saunter across his little kitchen with a takeaway cup and sing, “Kiki~ Do you love me~? Are you riding~? Say you’ll never ever leave from—”

As though on cue, Kiki steps towards the counter with a beautiful eye roll and a groan. “Okay, Obi, thank you for that.”

“And I need ya. And I’m down for you always—” Obi’s eye suddenly flickers to Shirayuki. “Oh! Miss Shirayuki, good morning! The usual?”

By the time she reaches the counter, Kiki is already sitting back down behind her. Shirayuki’s smile matches Obi’s, “Yes, please.”

“One chai latte comin’ right up! Why don’t you go sit down? Kiki’s been waiting for you all morning.”

“Obi,” Kiki grits, but as Shirayuki sits in the chair across her, like usual, she rushes to swing an arm over the back of her chair. “Morning, Shirayuki.” She takes a sip of her coffee.

Shirayuki feels like she will never comprehend how Kiki is so effortlessly cool. “Good morning,” she says, hoping Kiki won’t notice the blush dusting her cheeks. “How was your weekend?”

Deep indigo flickers to green. Kiki sets her cup down, straightening her arm to fiddle with the lid as she leans further back into her chair. “Um, good. Just stayed home and I…” she coughs, “baked a cake. With the recipe you told me about.”

Shirayuki gasps and claps her palms together. “Really?! Did you like it? They come out super fluffy, right?”

“It wobbled like jelly when I poked it.”

Kiki chuckles and Shirayuki feels her heart leap. Because she laughs into her knuckles and turns her head away shyly like she doesn’t know how pretty and soft it is or how it makes Shirayuki feel. Short golden hair falling in front of her cheek – Shirayuki just notices she cut it short since last Friday. And it’s just brilliant, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique—

“Miss Shirayuki, I know you’re convinced you’re watching an actual angel descend from the heavens, but your chai is gonna get cold and you’re both about to miss your trains!”

And she falls back down to the earth.

She whips her head towards Obi. Her reusable cup is wrapped in his hand and planted on the counter as he raises both eyebrows at her. “Right!” She straightens. “Train! Work! Adult stuff, gotta go!” She stumbles off the high chair and smacks her arm against wood as she takes her cup. “Thanks, Obi!”

As she turns to leave the café, she takes Kiki’s hand instinctively and pulls her along. “Let’s go, I don’t want to make you miss your train.”

Kiki suddenly blurts, “Shirayuki, wait.”

She turns around and looks up at Kiki. They stand just outside the café, staring at each other, until Kiki’s eyes suddenly fall to their joined hands.

“Obi was just messing with you. We still have two minutes,” she says.

Shirayuki is still staring at their hands. “Oh…” She suddenly pulls hers away, and Kiki lets go.

“Yeah,” Kiki smiles, a little nervous. How strange of her. “Idiot, right?”

An awkward laugh falls from Shirayuki’s chest. “Totally!” That was totally what she was thinking about.

“So, Shirayuki, are you…” Kiki shoves a hand into one of her blazer pockets as Shirayuki looks up at her again. She takes a deep breath, and she swears Kiki’s ears are burning. “Do you want to get brunch on Saturday with me?”

A beaming smile widens across Shirayuki’s face. “Sure!”

It’s like birds are singing when they exchange phone numbers. Like the sun shines brighter than ever through the old, greying windows of the station when they say bye to each other for the day.

And as Kiki leaves to catch her train, Shirayuki catches Obi mouthing fucking finally before high-fiving himself.

Her smile doesn’t fall even a little on her way to work, or as she feels like she’s skipping up the hospital’s front stairs and through the automatic entrance doors.

But then they close behind her, and suddenly…

“Wait,” she mutters. “Did she even mean on a date?”

They go out for brunch three times in a month and Shirayuki still doesn’t know. Nothing has happened, but they’re still going every week. It’s killing her.

The sun has already dipped below the horizon when she leaves the hospital, a trail of purple skies and silver stars painting the sky in its wake. Heart a little heavier than usual, she stuffs her hands into her coat pockets and squeezes her shoulders closer to her neck.

She wonders why she’s thinking about it again all of a sudden. Maybe it’s because she’s tired. Maybe it’s because she’s tired and it’s only Wednesday. Ugh. Maybe that’s it. And it’s why her mind is wandering to more little sad things she doesn’t want to really think about, like how she forgot about a banana she packed and now her bag smells. Or how Kiki might not see their Saturday brunches the same way Shirayuki wants to see them. Or how it’s only Wednesday. Or how Shirayuki doesn’t even know if Kiki likes girls. Does Kiki even know that Shirayuki likes her?!

“Uuuuggghhhh!” Shirayuki presses her hands into her hair and tousles it harshly. She has to clear it all up somehow, needs to get herself out of the dark. Even if it means rejection. Besides, they can still be friends!

“Shirayuki?”

She spins around, fingers still tangled in her hair and…just there she is. “K-Kiki!”

As though she doesn’t see how Shirayuki looks like she’s having a mini crisis, she smiles at her. “Fancy seeing you here.”

Shirayuki flats her hair under her hands. “Are you off work?”

Kiki nods. “I was actually thinking of going for some dinner at…uh…” She swivels her head around for a moment, until she looks at Shirayuki again, eyes just as gentle and kind. “That Tanbarunian restaurant over there. Would you like to join me, Shirayuki?”

Her nose flares as Shirayuki thins her lips. It’s now or never. “Kiki…can I be candid with you?” she asks.

For an instant, something flashes through Kiki’s eyes. Confusion? Fear? The answer is uncertain, but Kiki reaches across her chest and holds her arm. “Of…of course. What is it?”

“I…” She leans forward, something suddenly stopping her, leaving her mouth gaped open dumbly. “Kiki, you’re really nice, and I love hanging out with you and seeing you every day…”

She watches Kiki’s eyes fall. She almost looks scared and Shirayuki kicks herself. Out with it! She needs to get out with it!

“I really, really like you and I wish our Saturday brunches were just…” She gulps. “Dates!”

Kiki looks at her again, wide-eyed this time and oh god, Shirayuki’s face is on fire. Who knew autumn evenings were this hot? She certainly didn’t.

“I want to go on dates with you,” she clarifies. “Because I like you.”

Kiki’s mouth falls open. “You…you mean…?”

Shirayuki’s heart pounds in her ears. “I mean, if you don’t want to that’s fine! It’s okay! Please don’t feel bad just because…”

“N-no, I mean…” Kiki inhales. “You mean we weren’t…dating already?”

Shirayuki swears her face just got slapped. Because…how? They never held hands, they never kissed. It doesn’t make sense! “You thought…we were…?”

Pink streaks across Kiki’s cheekbones. She holds her fist to her mouth and coughs, “Yes. And I thought you were the one that didn’t want it that way, so I wasn’t sure what to do…”

“Oh my god.” Shirayuki puts her face in her hands. “Kiki, I’m so sorry, I don’t know how I didn’t know and I…”

Kiki’s laugh rings prettily in the air as soft hands grasp Shirayuki’s and pull them away from her face. And she’s so close now, the early moonlight gentle against her hair, her skin and her lips tinted pink.

Before she even realises it, Shirayuki whispers, “And I’ve been really, really wanting to kiss you.”

Kiki gently cups Shirayuki’s cheeks in both of their hands. Her gaze upon her is intense, but full of love and adoration that awakens within her, before she closes them and the distance between their lips.

The days of tension seep out of Shirayuki’s muscles and she lets herself sink in Kiki’s kiss. It’s soft like clouds, gentle. Her skin pricks with warmth as she holds onto Kiki’s fingers, even though she wants to float with her forever.

Kiki pulls back first and Shirayuki finds herself chasing. But when she opens her eyes, Kiki brushes a strand of fiery hair from her face and tilts her head. “Dinner?”

“Yes, dinner.” She takes one of Kiki’s hands and turns towards the Tanbarunian restaurant across the street, Kiki laughing to herself as she’s pulled along.

[sabishi-tomo]

She was a sight to behold, indeed. I love Kiki's outfit at the Seiran festival so much 😍.

She's Sapphic, your honour 🌈

[hanasaku-shijin]

im so conflicted whenever shirayuki and kiki touch/hug cuz i shIP THAT GAY SHT but i know in my heart of hearts zenyuki is always gonna be my life forever and ever

[onedivinemisfit]

Unpopular ans opinion coming through:

Kikiyuki < Yuzuyuki

Thank you for your time!

[thelionshoarde]

wip meme

The Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Pick out the title that most intrigues you, or interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!! 

@owlsshadows and @superhappybubbleslove both tagged me, the devils eta: also i cheated and didn’t use the files in my docs because honestly i have too many for each of these i’d be here all week

ANS - heading for a small disaster (obiyuki) | the lyrias center (obiyuki) | magic!western au (obiyuki) | anything but fair (kikiyuki) | > ????: Click the fic. (zenyuki, obizen, obiyuki) | untitled mitsuzen (+ minor mitsusame) | to howl and to hold (obiyuki) | unicorns au (obi & shirayuki) | hogwarts au (obizenyuki) | harry potter au (obiyuki)

VLD - take a trip to your dark side (shance) | out past the wreckage (shance) | without the means to run (shance) | four letters, starts with L (kolivance) | vampir au (kolivance) | just words (shance) | we’re just scrambling (sheith, shance - cheating fic) | coming back down (shance) | i’ve got a feeling (that you’re feeling it) (shance abo)

KHR - lonely when you leave (2759) | but i just want you (2780, 8059, hint of 27all) | i’ve got no language left to say it (1827) | put aside the head and the heart (1827) | how the other half live (2759) | give me something (to believe in) (1827) | untitled abo (2780) | underneath the smoke (2759)

tagging @countlessuntruths @onoheiwa @coinin @belovedsheith @mystic-majestic @puppetmaster55 @svendidntdieforthis if you guys feel like joining in lol