#shoji-kun

[lykingart]

𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 ‪♡‬

[class1akids]

Another favorite entry to the fanart contest!!

[stainapologists]

Fujika and Shoji come to blows over an ethics debate and Aizawa loses his shit at them worse than he did with Midoriya and Bakugo.

[mazu-art]

Persona 4 Manga or something

[szqnxi]

|| Make...Love?

Shoto Todoroki x reader

Tsuyu hosted a sleep over at her room and all of Class 3-A girls are invited.  Obviously, a sleep over won't be complete without fluffy cushions, games, gossips and a special mention of Yaoyorozu's tea.

You guys have been playing truth or dare for a while, it's just you and Uraraka that hasn't got their turns which makes you uneasy. You honestly don't know what Mina would ask you to do and you've already seen the things the girls did. One thing's for sure, this woman is scary.

"So...... Izuku right?" Mina asked as she turned to Uraraka who's face is now turning bright red.

"I don't like where this is going" Uraraka replied, trying to hide her flushed face in the palm of her hands, which activated her quirk, causing her to float around the room.

Mina giggled a little maniacally at Ochaco's words. In her head, she's thinking of all the things she would have her do, but you know she won't torment the poor girl that much. The pink haired removed "truth" as a choice because according to her, that's no fun at all. The girls agreed, including you, which you kind of regret now.

"So the dare is--" she paused, thinking for a second. "You need to send Midoriya a selfie. You can't tell him it's for a dare tho" this made Uraraka groan as she sat back beside Jirou. 

"Oh! You need to ask his opinion about your new necklace as well" Hagakure added and Yaoyorozu agreed. The girls gave each other a high five while Uraraka let out a defeated sigh.

She opened her front camera and positioned the phone above her head, tugging on the chain slightly. She showed us the picture before sending it to Izuku. The picture was rather suggestive in your opinion; the angle made her necklace pop up, but the top part of her bossom is visible in the background, it didn't help that her face is a little red in the photo as well.  

Uraraka:    *Sent a photo* 

                   Deku-kun, what do you think of new my necklace? 

                                                                   message delivered

 

"Now we wait" Mina cheerfully said and turned to you "You've been awfully quiet y/n" you can't help but to notice that grin plastered on her face and you know damn well she's up to no good.

"Let's get this over with" you told her with a sigh. You just wanted to quickly finish whatever suffering she's going to put you through.

Jirou pulled out her phone, searched for something before handing it to Mina. While they were busy discussing something, you nervously turned to Momo who's currently adjusting the eyeglasses he took from Iida "Can I back out?"  but she just gave you a cheeky smile and a pat on the shoulder. "Goodluck" 

Momo was the first one to be dared; her dare was to walk up to Iida, grab his glasses, wear it in front of him and walk away without saying anything. Tsuyu was dared to sit on Shoji's lap for 20 minutes. Hagakure had to confess on her long time crush, Ojiro, and lastly, Jirou was dared to shower Denki with praises for 10 minutes straight. Mina, on the other hand, was dared to kiss Bakugo on the cheeks, and you can already guess what happened next.                                                         

A phone was shoved into your line of sight. "You need to do this" Mina said while she pointed at the phone with a video playing. You look at her horrified but she just laughed at your face. 

"But with who?" Tsuyu asked.

"Todoroki" Uraraka grinned. 

"Yep. Definitely Todoroki." Jirou crossed her arms and nodded while her eyes are closed. 

You looked at them confused.  Although you do have a  crush on Shoto, you have never told anyone about it nor show even a slight interest at him. You can feel your face heat up at the sudden realization that your friends knows about your little crush on him all along. 

You sighed in defeat and just accepted the dare. What can possibly go wrong, right?

"We'll be watching" Mina winked at you as you guys marched towards the common area where the boys are hanging out. The girls stopped by the stairs, peeking a little. You made your way towards the couch where Kirishima and Shoto are sitting.  

"Yo, y/n" Kiri greeted you and you just replied with a nod.

You sat beside Shoto who was munching on a chocolate chip cookie. He offered you a piece which you happily took and ate beside him. 

"Oh this is good! Who made this?" you asked.

"I made it" Shoto turned to you. "I asked Kirishima and Bakugo to teach me" you nodded and quickly look away. You quietly scanned the whole room; Kiri and Shoto are minding their own business eating the cookies Shoto made, the Baku-squad are playing a video game while Izuku and the others are playing a monopoly game, though Izuku isn't really playing, he's just staring at the screen of his phone, looking very red. 

You can't help but to chuckle to yourself. You quickly glanced towards the girls and Mina mouthed "now". Unbeknownst to you, Kiri was also looking at the girls direction, when your eyes landed on him, he gave you a confused look and you just replied with an apologetic look. His mouth turned into a circle when realization hits him.

'A game huh' he mouthed and you answered with a nod.

"Shoto" you turned to him.

"Yes?" 

"Can we--" here goes nothing "make...love?" You can see Kirishima choke on his cookie in your peripheral vision.

"Make love?" he asked, confused. 

You nodded. You can feel your face heat up. You looked away, not wanting to see the look on Shoto's face, you mentally wished that the couch would swallow you up because of the embarassment you feel.

You don't know what Shoto's response will be, but knowing him, you're sure he'll be nice at least. You mentally braced yourself for a rejection you're about to face. Or so you thought.

"Sure, but do we even have the ingredients for that?" 

"What?" You and Kirishima said in unison. 

Shoto looked at you two, confusion visible on his face. 

"This is the first time I've heard about that dish" he stated. Kirishima snorted and finally let out the laugh he's been holding for so long, while you bit your inner cheek to hold back yours. Shoto on the other hand, ignored the red head and called Bakugo instead.

"Bakugo, can you send me the ingredients for love?" he asked as he pulled out his phone and started searching for the dish called love. 

"What the fuck, Icy-Hot?!" Bakugo yelled, his eyes landed on Shoto, his face looking like he just heard the stupidest thing in the world. This took the attention of your other classmates as well.

His gaze left his phone, he quickly looked at you then at Bakugo "Y/n said they wanted to make lov-" you hurriedly jumped from your seat to cover Shoto's mouth. 

"Ah! Oh my gosh don't mind him! It's a dare!" You half shouted.  Your classmates just laughed at you, you can feel your face heat up due to embarrassment. 

'Screw you Mina' you thought to yourself.

"Didn't know you're freaky like that y/n" Denki teased you. The others gave you a teasing look as well.

"It's a dare!" You shouted in horror. 

"Sure, if you say so" he and the others laughed and get back to playing again. Kirishima, who's laughing with the others, stood up and bid farewell to the both of you. "I'll leave you guys to your own business" he said with a wink. 

You just sighed. You're pretty sure all of your classmates will be teasing you for the next few days. 

"Y/n" Shoto mumbled under your hand. 

You quickly removed your hand from his mouth and apologized. "Sorry" you said awkwardly as you sat back on your spot again.

He just hummed. Silence took over the both of you. You quietly glanced towards the stairs and the girls are nowhere to be seen. They must've gone back to Tsuyu's room. You contemplated whether to go back to her room or not. 

You let your eyes wander and it stopped at his phone, a search tab was open and it was an article about "make love". You turned to face Shoto, you opened your mouth to explain about the dare, but before you can say something, he pulled you by the collar of your shirt and gave you a peck on the lips. 

You stared at him, wide eyed.

"I can't exactly give you what you want right now but I'm pretty sure a kiss will suffice?" he said.

"Wha-" he kissed you again. This time it was longer, until it was interrupted when a throw pillow hit the back of his head. 

"Get a room you fucking dumbasses!!" it was Bakugo. 

Great.

You gave him a middle finger and was about to talk back when Shoto pulled you away from the scene and lead you towards the second floor. 

"Where are we going?" you asked.

"Getting a room" he opened the door to his room and shoved you inside.

"Looks like I'm gonna have to give you what you want after all" he smiled at you and locked the door.

|| Masterlist

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[introspectivememories]

it's always distinguished lesbian momo with disaster gay todoroki. we need to flip the script. disaster lesbian momo with distinguished gay todoroki. tddk are practically living together in shouto's japanese style dorm meanwhile momo flies in every morning, hair a mess, slamming that shoji door open, talkin bout "todoroki-kun! kyouka touched my knee this morning! do you think she likes me????"

[umeumeumee]

𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰

summary: late nights were the most comforting.

warnings: kissing(?)

authors note: Hi!! i’m not sure how long this has been in my drafts…. but definitely for a long time. i’ll be posting some more stuff from my drafts this week to make up for the fact i’m currently super unmotivated!!

it was nights like these that you knew he had difficulty with sleep.

the soft, considerate patter of socked feet against the tatami floor, aimlessly wandering through the butterfly estate. usually, you’d be a rather deep sleeper, but you know that the days prior events were to no doubt owe tanjiro a sleepless night. so, you kept awake, listening for those soft padded footsteps.

you slipped out of bed, quietly and carefully opening and closing the shoji of your room, delicately delivering yourself to the kitchen. you didn’t know where the burgundy haired boys current location inside the estate was, but it was only a matter of time before he showed up.

and, like a moth to a flame, he turned the corner as you were poring the tea. His expression held one of surprise, clearly not expecting to see you awake at this hour. You sent him a kind, tired smile, placing down the tea pot and offering him a freshly filled cup.

with shaky hands he took it, though his face held confusion. “can’t sleep?” you asked softly, holding your cup with both hands as you await his answer.

He nods, and if the eye bags were anything to go by you knew he needed this tea remedy immediately.

“yes,” he replied bashfully, smiling at you. you ignored the lunge in your chest. “you?”

“I suppose you could say that.” you retort, a closed eyed smile left your expression before you could stop it. you couldn’t tell him you were up and waiting for him, could you?

You fixed your posture, taking steps forward and passing the sleepless boy, motioning for him to follow you. He did so, sloppy almost spilling his cup as he trailed after you.

The two of you walked outside, following along the engawa until you had a proper view of the full moon. You sat along the engawa’s edge, patting the empty space beside you. tanjiro sat down beside you. he was close.

You both allowed your legs dangle over the edge, the two of you sipping your own tea in the soft noise of cicada and cricket songs.

you failed to notice the lingering gaze of the kamado boy in your peripheral vision, too pre occupied with your own thoughts of him. Tanjiro was awestruck, to be frank. the way that the moonlight encased your face was nothing less of ethereal, the most beautiful thing he’d ever had the pleasure of seeing.

in honesty, the young boy was ready for sleep. his body ached and his time was well spent during the day, but it wasn’t the nightmares of prior demons that clouded his mind. it wasn’t the dread that ate at him at night, or the fear that itched his bones while he lay down. it was you. his mind was completely, and utterly flooded with thoughts of you. and, he wasn’t sure how to cope.

His racing mind could barley keep up with his heart, rocking his body back and fourth like a shishi-odoshi under heavy water. he couldn’t think. he couldn’t breathe. it was suffocating.

but, now, as he sat beside you under the moonlight, his suffering was all worth it. you were really something, weren’t you?

Tanjiro knew you had no trouble sleeping at night, he’d asked you before how you slept. He knows you get up to make him tea. he knows you care for him. so why does it bother him when you refer to him as kamado-kun? why does it ache him when you introduce him as your friend, why does it burn when you say goodbye or good night?

Now, he was unknowingly, fully staring at you. you felt the intense pressure of his eyes on you, and with a soft expression you turned to face him, though worry was no doubt littered in your irises.

“kamado-kun?” like a deer shoved out of bright light, he snapped back to reality. your eyes traced his face, brows furrowed in concern as you watched him. your gaze made him feel warm.

“a-ah, i’m sorry, y/n-san,” he blurted out, scratching the back of his neck, his eyes bashfully trailing back up to the full moon. you smile, although he couldn’t see.

silence followed after his words, and it was different. something unfamiliar traced the air, something awfully familiar. tanjiro’s heart beat soundly in his chest, and his eyes fluttered shut. from exhaustion or realization he couldn’t tell, but he knew he enjoyed it.

“The moon is beautiful tonight, isn’t it?”

tanjiro’s throat swelled at your words.

He jolted, shooting his eyes open— quickly fixating on your face, only to find your eyes searching his. Tanjiro had heard that phrase before, from reading a few books and even takes of stories, but he didn’t think much of it.

a declaration of love. could it be?

he couldn’t find his voice, helplessly trying to find a response with the lack of his vocal cords in the time he needed them most.

he stared into your eyes like a helpless boy, and you couldn’t help the peachy blush dusting your cheeks.

“yes, it is.” he finally choked out a reply, though his voice came out hoarse and dry, you held your smile.

“the moon is beautiful tonight, isn’t it, tanjiro-kun?” you repeated, this time barley above a whisper. Tanjiro hadn’t realized how close you’d gotten until you were only inches away, but respectful enough to notice.

his mouth was closing and opening over and over again, not being able to find the right thing to say.

“yes.” he whispered, staring helplessly at you. his eyes dipped to your lips, soft and plush as they held a smile.

“tanjiro-kun?” you called in question, soft and quiet as the moonlight lit your face. an angel.

“y… yes?” he didn’t know what else to say— he couldn’t say anything else. he didn’t know how.

“can i kiss you?” your question held a tone he hadn’t heard before. soft and delicate, but laced with something that was different. something he wanted.

he nodded, just barley, cheeks warming as your smile didn’t falter, but grew. and slowly— so slowly— you lent forward.

it was so slow, patronizingly slow. the time it took for you to carefully and delicately place your lips on hush— but when they finally met, it was euphoric.

your lips were so soft, so warm, tanjiro felt like he was melting under the warmth of the sun, even as the moon shone high in the sky. He kissed you back, unsure and shy, be he did the best that he could.

it only lasted a few seconds, but it was like a dream. and the blush on both your cheeks were hidden by the darkness of the moon, and just your facial features were illuminated by the light it generously radiated.

when the soft embrace ended, you felt like the breath you took after reached every corner of your lungs, scratching your fibers in extent to freedom. You could breathe, and you heard tanjiro breathing, too.

slowly, you slid your hand against thengawa and embraced your hand with his, intertwining your fingers. he squeezed your hand, reassuring and shy. You looked at his eyes, and although you couldn’t see much, you knew he was thinking deeply.

but, you didn’t think any words needed to be said. the kiss you shared said more than a thousand words.

and when you both looked back to the moon, hand in hand, you began to think maybe it wouldn’t hurt to say them aloud, too— but, it seems he beat you to it.

“I love you.”

[dharmafox]

(i cant stop yapping about Asakame please help me-)

Do you think every illustration in the Fusuma/Shoji doors decorated in the Ooku means anything to a scene? I saw in the Fire Rat trailer when the woman meeting is held the door was a tiger, it sort of gets me on a "cat-fight" between them. And will the final boss of the trilogy be a snake? Since the first ever teaser for the movie had snakes on them

(trying so hard not to mention when Asa said what kept her emotions on ground was Kame the scene had her place beside the WHOLE panel illustration of the Fox Wedding door and the fact that a foxes wedding is associated with sunshowers)

By all means keep posting about Asakame, I love it!

Given that it's Mononoke, the Symbolism and Metaphor show, I do think every piece of door and wall art has meaning. You can also see that there are tamari balls bouncing around on the wall of Mugitani's room (a tamari ball being the object she threw into the well).

I'm not sure what the meaning of the tiger would be. It looks like it's trying to get in, so maybe it symbolizes the rage of the mononoke trying to break through?

That's a good thought about the snakes... There is a snake youkai called Uwabami that's known for its gluttonous nature. It also once called down a huge rain and flood on a guy who ticked it off, so there are possible connections with the Kun Trigram (connected with the stomach) and with the Karakasa. Another is Yamata no Orochi. I remember someone suggested when we first saw the art that it was reminiscent of the Yamato no Orochi legend.

Snakes are also symbols of life, death, and rebirth, and in Buddhism they're symbols of the poison of hatred or anger. In the first "Bakeneko" arc, there are snakes on the walls behind Lord Sakai and his son, along with a red thread, which is a symbol of fate.

I think part of the Nue looks like a snake as well? It's quite possible that the final mononoke could have a snake form.

The fox wedding thing... Yeah, they may well have been going straight for the lesbians thing there. 😛

A couple other things I noticed about the walls in Karakasa:

The three "eyes" of the mononoke sometimes appear on the images. For example, they're in the eyes of the flamingos on the wall when Awashima cuts Kame's hair. It's notable, I think, that when those "eyes" appear on images and objects, they tend to stay put for a while, whereas when they appear in human eyes, they vanish quickly.

Also, the art is sometimes animated. When Kame is talking about wanting to become a concubine while Mugitani is giving them "the tour," the puppies playing on the wall are blinking.

In these shots where the wall art appears to be alive, I think it's connected to the idea of life existing in objects, like the objects the women threw into the well, which carried parts of themselves.

And of course there are flowers everywhere, with the idea of the women themselves as "flowers" being a big theme in the movie.

Kusu also has a mischievous little kitty and a demon behind him here, so make of that what you will. 😛

That same wall also has a kappa on it right above the cat. The kappa is an aquatic ayakashi, so that's a probable connection to Karakasa's rain/water theme. According to yokai.com, they're also "a kind of water god" in Shinto.

I'm sure there's a ton more that others who have seen the movie more times than I have, who are more observant than I am, and/or who are better versed in Japanese culture than I am have picked up on. But yeah, all that wall art is important for sure. I'd say all the wall art in the series is important as well, but that's a whole other post.

[sorenflyinn]

So what fandoms are you gonna write for? And what are your boundaries when it comes to requests (stuff you won't write (yandere, smut, ect.))?

Just wanted to know before I go ahead and request something

I meant to post my list of characters yesterday but my wifi was shitty (I forgot to turn off my vpn and my phone didn’t like that) but here’s the list! (characters might be added later on)

Marvel

Loki

MHA

Mezo Shoji

Keigo Takami (Hawks)

Tamaki Amajiki

Shoto Todoroki

AOT

Levi Ackermann

JJK

Kento Nanami

Megumi Fushiguro

Toge Inumaki

Suguru Geto

Satoru Gojo

Toji Fushiguro

Kamo Choso

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Kusuo Saiki

Buddy Daddies

Rei Suwa

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

Challe Fen Challe

Kaguya-sama: Love is war

Yu Ishigami

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

Ryūjiro Tsuchigomori

Ouran High School Host Club

Takashi Morinozuka

Sk8 the Infinity

Kaoru Sakurayashiki/Cherry Blossom

Hazbin Hotel

Lucifer

Alastor

Vox

Genshin Impact

Arlecchino

Kinich

Dainsleif

Alhaitham

Wriothesley

Capitano

I ALSO write

Kaveh x Alhaitham

Ningguang x Beidou

literallt any other genshin ship that isnt illegal or just 😦

I have a pretty specific list when it comes to characters (I’m picky).

I’m ok with writing smut, just inexperienced so it might take me a while to write.

Things I won’t write are:

-underage smut

-minor x adult

-student x teacher (college is fine though)

-yandere themes

-noncon

-Valentino smut 😟

-piss/shit kink

-incest/stepcest

Anything not on that list is fine (might be edited later if I realize something that needs to be added)

[nanaosaki3940]

I just watched MHA S7 Ep1 and can't stop thinking about the opening and ending songs. I mean the whole episode was awesome and Shiggy's fight with Star and Stripe was fucking cool, but the visuals in the opening and the ending songs though...

The students are ready to help Deku and take down the villains...

Monoma and Shinso are gonna play a very important role in this final war arc and we all know it...

Hawks fight with AFO and Twice clones are something I'm looking forward to...

Aoyama is in jail after the UA traitor revelation and Hagakure is the one who caught him snitching...

Looking forward to their story and moments...

Shoto's in Kamino ward about to face Touya and Endeavor's also gonna play a big role in the 2nd half of that fight that we all know about...

Adult Touya standing beside a 16-year-old Touya who woke up from a 3-year comatose and found himself in a weird orphanage which was managed by AFO apparently...

I think this season may end with Bakugo's big fight with Shiggy which will lead him to his "death"...

Touya-kun is back, y'all!!! 🥰😘💖

Ah, my heart!!! *ugly sobbing* ��😭😭💔💔💔

There were so many other things in both OP and ED, like Shoto, Bakugo, Deku, Uraraka, Shoji, Toga, Spinner, and Shiggy's kid-versions in the ED... Then different shots of the pro-heroes, other UA students & Star, and her team in the OP... and then Deku swinging through the burning city with his friends which seems like it's that whole portal chaos shit...

Overall, I really liked this episode, and I'm still waiting for the moment when the Todoroki family stuff is gonna get animated like the Shoto vs. Touya fight, and the whole family confronting Touya...

[linkemon]

Troublemaker (Shouji Mezou x Reader)

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[ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ] ᴏꜰ���ᴇɴ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ. ʟᴜᴄᴋɪʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ'ꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɴᴇᴀʀʙʏ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʜᴇʀ…

[Reader] had always loved animals. Despite her lively nature, all the fluffy little balls were drawn to her. It was no different on that fateful rainy day when she was returning from visiting her parents to the Yūei dorm.

May came and Japan was making itself known with the beginning of the rainy season. Musutafu had been suffering from it for a week. The girl had forgotten her umbrella and was certain that her mother would not let her live if she called in the evening. Her sweatshirt had barely dried on the bus before it returned to its previous state as soon as she got off. The humid air made her clothes stick to her body. So she set off quickly, hoping that she would make it back before the sky began to drizzle again. Nothing could be further from the truth. She was forced to wait out the torrents of rain under a tree. So she pulled her hood tighter over her head and impatiently began to kick the gravel with her shoes. Surprisingly, one of the pebbles made a strange squeak. [Reader], certain that she had misheard something, resumed her work. This time the missile had clearly hit something. She looked around carefully and found a cardboard box in the wet undergrowth nearby and a rabbit inside it.

It twitched its nose a few times at the new arrival, then curled up into a ball, clearly frozen and covered itself with long ears. It had lovely [colour] fur but it wasn't covered in mud. She guessed someone must have left it there recently.

The girl looked around for anything that could help find the owner. Then she noticed a wet, sad note that said: "Leaving it in good hands."

There was no doubt about it — bunny was abandoned. She felt sorry.

It had stopped raining. The last rays of the afternoon sun could be seen from behind the clouds.

— Come on, little one — she lifted the animal out of the now-soaked cardboard box and wrapped it in her sweatshirt.

She could feel every gear in her mind working at full speed. Her parents were going to give their overgrown kittens to friends in a week. That meant an animal vacancy she could squeeze bunny into. If only dad hadn't been so angry about her recent exam results...

She knew it would be easier to catch her mother by the sweet eyes of the little furball but without the consent of the other parent she had no chance.

She had a test in [Subject] the day after tomorrow. Her lessons were going well and she was hoping for high scores. She knew that if she managed to get a good score, she could count on keeping her rabbit at home.

This meant she had to keep the animal until then.

She was left with one option: She had to smuggle little one into the dorm.

With that thought in mind and the rabbit under her arm, she headed towards Yūei.

— Shoji-kun, you have to help me!

[Reader] ran into the boy's room, out of breath.

— First of all, you should have knocked. Second, what kind of trouble did you get into this time? — The boy glanced at me suspiciously.

—Why are you emphasizing this time? I don't ask you for help... that often — she added.

It was true that not too long ago they had been studying for exams together, practicing fighting and leaving frogs in Bakugō's room and then she had forced him to do a few more favours but she had figured that if he didn't protest, then he clearly didn't mind being used like that.

— Aizawa-sensei is doing a search of the dorm. It just so happens that your room has already been searched but mine hasn't. I have a rather active rabbit in mine and it would be best if it stayed unnoticed...

— I won't ask where you got it but I take it you want me to keep it with me until the end of inspection? — He gave her a tired look.

— It would be wonderful if you could help me transport it here. — She folded her hands pleadingly.

Mezō sometimes wondered if [Reader] didn't realize he liked her and that was why she took advantage of him at almost every opportunity. There was another theory, one of those he had at night before going to sleep, in which he assumed that she simply wanted to be close to him and was infatuated with him but couldn't show it. But he knew her to be quite direct in everything she did, so he had to remind himself of that sadly every now and then.

— In that case, let's hurry up.

The boy started down the hallway only to be pulled back almost immediately by the girl. She had a lot of strength.

— Wait until he enters the next room because he'll see us and it'll be suspicious.

And so they did.

There was one problem, though. When they entered, [Rabbit's name] refused to let anyone catch him. The furry creature, irritated by the new arrival, scratched them both, knocking over the lowest items in the process. At the last moment, Shōji saved a tall lamp on one leg from breaking.

[Reader] was really starting to worry as she watched the mess grow bigger by the second.

Luckily the boy managed to tame the rabbit, though even with duplicate hands it was difficult to carry out the small problem.

The girl quickly threw all the items into a large box, just to make the battlefield look relatively tidy.

— Let's both go, or he'll start going crazy again. Then I'll come back here.

She peeked out from behind the door.

— Clean.

They weren't even halfway down the corridor when they heard voices:

— You should clean more often.

— I know, I know — Mina assured.

Action had to be taken. Otherwise, Aizawa could see the rabbit at any moment.

[Reader] did the first thing that came to her mind — she covered the pet by kissing Mezō.

She had to admit that she liked him and she could see that he liked her back. It was hard not to figure him out. But she hadn't wanted to make the first move yet. She had decided that he would be worth it if he dared to. But now she had betrayed her ideals in the name of a need.

The boy was glad his face was covered. If it weren't for that, he would definitely blush now, feeling all these emotions at once. The kiss was unexpected but he welcomed it with pleasure. After all, how could he not be happy when it was his dream girl kissing him?

In the background, they could hear Mina's squeal, already done with her inspection. Her feet carried her to the girls' rooms. She probably wanted to tell everyone the news.

[Reader] slowly moved away from the boy. She saw that the homeroom teacher had entered her room. She gently pushed Shōji towards the corridor.

The strangest of all was Aizawa, who after a brief inspection left without a word and headed to the next student. The girl didn't suspect that it would be so easy to trick him but she clearly had some advantage.

She immediately headed back to her friend's room, hoping to get there before her classmates caught up with her. She wasn't sure what she would say to them in a situation like this.

— We did it! — She entered the room unceremoniously, startling the fluffy ball. — But we have to explain the diversion in the corridor — she added more quietly.

Mezō took a deep breath.

— I really wish it could be more than that. You're a wonderful girl and I hope you'll go out on a date with me. — He looked at her with hope in his eyes.

They weren't fancy words but [Reader] appreciated them. He finally managed to work up the courage.

— I didn't do it just because of the rabbit. — She smiled. — I'd love to go out with you.

[Rabbit's name] walked over to her feet, clearly bored with no one chasing him, so she gently lifted it off the ground.

—I’ll text you details tommorow — She kissed him on the cheek.

The teacher of the 1A was sitting in the teachers' room drinking coffee when one of the colleagues sneezed next to him.

— I think I'll go for desensitization. What I wouldn't give to get rid of this...— she muttered. — Damn allergy.

— Fur? — He smiled.

— Yes. How do you know, Aizawa-san? — She glanced suspiciously, pulling out some tissues.

— I had to deal with a rabbit today...

[renm1nt]

Since I love both japanese BLs and jpop I have wonder how many jpop idols/japanese artists have acted i BLs for quite some time now. So here’s a list of jpop idols/japanese artists i j-bl. This list was so hard to make so apologies in advance if I missed anyone.

List of Jpop idols in BLs (updated as of June 2024)

2016- Kasa wo motanai aritachi wa (role: Maruta Keisuke) - Kato Shigeaki (NEWS)

2019 - Shujin-ko (role: Ikeda Yujiro) / 2024 - Love is better the second time around (role: Miyata Akihiro) - Hasegawa Makoto (the rampage from exile tribe)

2019 - His-Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta (role: Igawa Shun) - Kusakawa Naoya (One n’ only)

2020 - Love stage (role: Sena Izumi) - Sugiyama Mahiroi (JUNON SUPERBOY ANOTHERS)

2020 - The corned mouse dream of cheese (role: Otomo Kyoichi) - Okura Tadayoshi (Kanjani8)

2021 - Given (role: Sato Mafuyu) - Sanari (solo)

2021 - Utsukushii kare (role: Kiyoi Sou) - Yagi Yusei (Fantastics from Exile Tribe)

2021 - Utsukushii kare (role: Koyama Kazuki) - Takano Akira (solo/ex-Dream5)

2021 - My love mix-up (role: Ida Kousuke)- Meguro Ren (Snow Man)

2021 - My love mix-up (role: Aoki Sota)- Michieda Shunsuke (Naniwa danshi)

2021 - Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko aka Zettai BL (role: Takimoto) - Kusachi Ryono (ENJIN)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Usui) - Kondo Yohdi (solo)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Ryouta) - Yabe Masaki (DISH//)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Mayama) - Wada Hayate (Da-ICE)

2021 - Zettai BL (role: Toma) - Kobayashi Ryota (ex BOYS AND MEN)

2022 - Mr unlucky has no choice but to kiss (role: Shinomiya Naoya) - Sato Yusuke (lol)

2022 - Old fashion cupcake (role: Nozue) - Takeda Kouhei (ex PureBoys)

2022 - Minato shoji coin laundry (role: Minato Akira) / 2020 - Cherry magic (role: Rokkaku Yuta) - Kusakawa Takuya (Bullet train)

2022 -Amagi-kun and Takara-kun (role: Amagi Taichi) - Oriyama Nao (Shonen Ninja)

2022 - Amagi-kun and Takara-kun (role: Takara Shun)- Sato Arata (IMP.)

2022 - Candy color paradox (role: Onoe Satoshi) - Kimura Keito (Fantastics from Exile Tribe)

2022 - Candy color paradox (role: Kaburagi Motoharu) - Yamamaka Jyutaro (M!lk)

2023 - I cannot reach you (role; Ashiya Kakeru) - Haru Kasiwagi (Bullet train)

2023 - Tokyo in april is…(role: Ishihara Ren) / 2024 - Love is is better the second time around (role: Shiraishi Yuto) - Aloha Takamatsu (Bullet train)

2023 - Tokyo in april is… (role: young Takizawa Kazuma) - Takeno Sena (ICEx)

2023 - My personal weatherman (role: Tanada Yoh) - Atsuki Mashiko (Genic)

2023 - If it’s with you (role: Kaido Amane) - Okara Takato (Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.)

2023 - Takumi-kun series 6: nagai nagai monogatari no hajimari no asa (role: Hayama Takumi) - Morishita Shion (S/TEAM BLOOD)

2023 - One room angel (role: Takashina Takashi/Angel) - Nishimura Takuya (lil Kansai)

2024 - Sahara sensei to Toki-kun (role: Toki Kanade) - Hachimura Rintaro (Watwing)

2024 - I became the main lead of a BL drama (role: Akafuji Yuichiro) - Abe Alan (7ORDER)

2024 - Ossan no pants ga nandatte ii janai ka (role: Igarashi Daichi) - Nakajima Sota (Fantastics from Exile Tribe)

2024 - My strawberry film (role: Ichikawa Ryo) - Fukada Ryusei (Shonen Ninja)

2024 - My strawberry film (role: Toyama Hikaru) - Yabana Rei (7Men Samurai)

Note: Some of the jpop idols/jpop artists are not in BLs (movies/series centred around MxM romance) but are included because the have played gay roles.

[class1akids]

Class A field trip - Shouto edition

Shouto's Class A field trip was an adorable combo of him eating soba everywhere or being cute and oblivious. Here are all his scenes collected in one place:

Day 1:

Shoto and Koda are in Iwate, where Shoto is doing the wanko soba challenge (it's an all you can eat soba tradition).

🍰: You can eat as many bowls as you want

🔥: Shotoooooooooo!!!!

🔺: Todoroki!! Your father wants to eat together with you too!!

🍰: The check please.

Day 2

Origin Trio in Roppongi Hills (Tokyo)

🥦: If I opened a hero agency one day, I wonder if it would be in Roppongi like All Might? What about you, Kacchan?

💥: Whatever. Not decided.

🍰: Are you two starting an agency together?

🥦💥: ?!!!!

Day 3

Mina, Asui, Todoroki and Kouda visiting the Sado island - Rabbit Kannon

👽: Justice!!! So cute!

🍰: Is “justice” cute? Well then. This Kannon is auspicious for the heroes.

🐸"Cute" is also very deep.

Todoroki and Tokoyami at the Kurobe Dam (the biggest dam in Japan)

🐦‍⬛: A Torrent of Power, Liberation from Commandments. Those who were once sealed together, have released their powers. Can you feel it, Todoroki!

🍰: Not especially.

The sweet tooth brigade (Sato, Momo, Ochako, Shoto) trying out Aichi's Ogura toast:

🍬: I've been waiting... This is...

🍑: Yes, it's delicious

🍰: Half-sweet, half-salty...

Day 4

Dekusquad in Awaji island (famous for onions)

🥦: Heroes don't cry, even when cutting an onion…

🥦: 😭😭😭😭 🍵: Sorry! Challenge failed. 🍰: No, even heroes cry when they have to.

(Reference to Shoto's line from Ch137)

Ojirou, Hagakure and Shoto at Adventure World, Wakayama

🐿️: Two-tone and popular character... We have someone like that.

🤲We do, don’t we. Just by being there, he brightens the place…!” 🍰: Huh? There’s somebody like that? 🤲🐿️: “IT’S YOU!!!”

(This panda one led to a ton of Shoto + panda fan art on Twitter)

Day 5:

Shoto is eating Yamaguchi green tea soba served on hot stones (so Ochako and Kirishima reference too)

🍰: Please take your time here. This is from my father. 🦈: awww thanks... 🍵: Todoroki-kun, you should say thank you. 🍰: Thank you very much. 🍵: I meant thank your dad!

Shoto, Tokoyami, Kirishima and Shoji at Shimonada Station, overlooking the Seto Inland Sea at sunset

🍰: What’s this kind of thing? Are we BFFs now? 🦈: That's right, Todoroki! (bashful)

I saw JPN fandom commenting that Shoto uses the outdated and somewhat girly term (ズッ友) zuttomo - loosely translated as eternal friends/ bffs. Kirishima may be being flustered as a reference to the SF where Shoto told him that he's not here to make friends.

Day 6:

Shoto's third soba-slurping is in Okinawa (with Endeavor and Kirishima)

🔥: Shoto, how is the soba here? 🍰: Okinawa soba is delicious. 🔥: RIGHT!? SHOUTOOOOOOO!! (happy) 🍰: Quiet. Let me eat.

🦈: 😲

(Okinawa soba is more like ramen than real soba and the noodles are wheat instead of buckwheat.)

I really enjoyed the scenes they chose for Shouto. Endeavor trying to join the field trip was funny. Shouto just eating soba all over Japan is definitely something I can see happen. And it is nice to see how he's friends with everyone and the whole class kind of adores his airheaded comments, misuse of slang and just blunt cuteness.

10/10 for the promo team.

Links:

My Twitter thread of all the scenes

Full translations

A blog archiving all pictures in HQ

[simpforchuchu]

Hi! I saw that you open request again 🤗 can I request fic about Shoji Sameoka. The reader is Shoji's childhood crush. Then after a few years, they met again but Shoji was shocked because the girl (reader) that she likes is actually a leader of a different delinquent school which is outside the sword area. Thank you 💖

Another me | Shoji Sameoka x GirlLeader!reader

a/n: Hi, it’s been a long time sorry for that. I was really struggling yo write this one. I mean i liked the idea but for days I couldn’t write anything. And it is not very long sorry 🙏🏻 I hope you like it 🌸💕

Sorry for the grammer or spelling mistakes.English is not my main language so...

Thank you and love you 🥰

Warnings: not much, usual hnl warnings

When Shoji entered the big hall at the school as usual, he looked at the duo in surprise when he heard Fujin and Rajin's shouts. His surprise increased when he saw the Ebara students kneeling on the ground.

"Hey! What's happening ?"

He was used to this view because they dealt with a different trouble every day. But he still had no idea what was happening now.

Fujin looked at his friend entering the door and told him to come over. When the young boy walked in front of the students and saw that they had been beaten, he frowned.

"Who the hell did this?"

When they remained silent, Raijin spoke in a mocking tone.

“Be prepared for what you will hear, Same. Because these fools say that a young high school girl beat them.”

When Shoji looked at the boys on the ground in surprise, he saw that they all bowed their heads in shame. Although it surprised him that a single girl beat up several people, anything could happen in this city.

“Tell me exactly where she is.”

“Oi Same! You don't believe that nonsense, do you?

Shoji smiled when Fujin rolled his eyes and spoke.

“I don't think they are lying. But I still wonder what's going on.I will go and check.”

Even though the other two said he didn't need to go for this bullshit, Shoji decided to look for something exciting rather than watch them scold the boys. Maybe he could encounter something he never expected...

***

When he arrived at the location the boys said, Shoji found himself in front of a girls' high school. Although he still found it strange that a really high school girl was beating up his friends, he started to look around.

It wasn't long after school ending time. After walking around the school for a while, he turned his gaze to see two people fighting.

A tall boy and… A tall boy and a young girl were arguing. More precisely, the male was shouting. When the boy tried to hit the young girl, Shoji was about to walk there, but he stopped in surprise when the young girl punched him. He couldn't see the girl's face clearly, her back was turned, but he was sure that she was the girl his friends were talking about.

This time the young girl shouted at the boy in front of her. Before the fight escalated, the young boy took his bag and ran away. Shoji was watching in surprise.

The young girl put her bag on her arm again and looked around. She frowned when she saw the black haired boy watching her. He looked quite familiar.

They both shouted at the same time, pointing at each other with their index fingers.

“Shoji!” “Y/n!”

Shoji looked at the girl coming towards him in surprise. He really didn't expect to see her after so many years.

“Shoji-kun! I had a hard time getting to recognize you. How much you have changed!”

The young boy shook his head silently. Was the person who beat his friends really his childhood crush?

“You're still pretty calm and cool, huh? The only thing that changes should be your appearance.By the way I liked your hair."

Shoji smiled shyly as Y/n smiled, pointing at the young boy's braided hair. Years had passed but she was still quite beautiful. He thought he had forgotten her, but why were his cheeks getting hot?

"Aren't you going to say something?"

When the young girl asked in surprise, Shoji shook his head.

“I wasn't expecting to see you, y/n-chan. You were definitely not the person I particularly expected to see here."

“Huh? What does this mean?”

Shoji scratched the back of his neck with his hand and thought about how he should explain it. When he saw the young girl looking at him with frowned eyebrows, he realized that he owed her an explanation.

He told her that a few students got beaten up today and they said that the one who beat them was a girl from here. He said he didn't believe it, but wasn't surprised after what he had just seen.

Y/n smiled and nodded.

“Did those bastards tell you why I beat them?”

“So it was really you?” The young boy frowned.

Y/n smiled and nodded. She put her hands in her jacket pockets and shrugged.

“Next time I see them harassing the girls at my school, you can be sure that I will bring your school down on you.”

Even though the young girl said it with a smile, Shoji could feel that scary atmosphere. To find out in more detail how the incident actually happened, he asked again and listened to the young girl. He had agreed with her, they deserved the beating they received. But he still couldn't hide his surprise that the young girl was like him.

“So… you are from this high school, right?”

Y/n smiled and nodded.

“I'm not just a student of this place. I am also the leader of this school.”

Shoji's eyes widened as y/n grinned.

“And I knew that when they left, they would bring the leader of the Ebara here.”

HnL taglist : @straysugzhpe @tiddly-winx @ninamarie1994 @thatpoindexterpixy @koala-yuna @star2fishmeg

[queengiuliettafirstlady]

Lovely gifts

Lovely gifts 

Fandom: Ikemen Sengoku

Pairing:  Kennyo x Juliet

Part of : Ikemen Advent hosted by me and @candied-boys

Prompt : December 7 - Wrap & Unwrap 

Tag: Established relationship Platonic Love Romantic Love Fluff

Word Count : 1601

Author’s Note: A visit of an old friend to the temple become a delightful occasion for a surprise all theirs to enjoy in the relaxed atmosphere of the holidays. 😍

Tag list

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@maeko-kun @oda-princess @rkmaru

You can find me on AO3 as QueenJuliet 😊

Thank you for everyone who will like, reblog, or comment please be gentle with me english is not my first language so please do not leave rude comments I apologise for eventual errors I hope you will like it 😊

The winter was a chilling season, she expected it, she knew it and yet nothing could have ever prepared Juliet for how cold the weather would have become after the winter solstice.

In an attempt to warm herself up Juliet rubbed her hands together, tightening her haori around her shoulder, even though nothing could shield her from the frizzy wind grazing her face and messing up her hair, with a heavy sigh she forced herself to walk until she reached a secluded place on the the patio, too lost in thoughts until a voice pulled her out of her reveries.

“Good morning Julie.”

“Ahh.” 

Unable to hide her surprise she jumped on the spot before turning to look at the guest, even though his smooth voice gave his identity away before his looks could.

“I beg your pardon if I scared you.” 

Rebel raven locks scattered by the wind framing a pair of tourmaline eyes much alike her own caught her attention as she tilted her head to a side feigning composure.

“Oh no please don’t worry Kicho.”

“Kennyo didn’t tell you I was coming ?”

“He didn’t tell me, no.”

“I see …” 

The light of anger masked as dissatisfaction didn’t fly unnoticed to her trained eyes warming her heart at his over protectiveness.

“When did you arrive ?”

“Not too long ago, I was wondering where you were when a disciple told me they saw you around the main hall.”

“Oh yes this must have been Ping, he is such a gossiper.”

Juliet shook her head amused at the disciple's antics, all the while she did her best to keep her haori closed as much as she could even though the frizzy wind threatened to make it slip through her fingers.

“You must be freezing in this weather, it’s better if we go somewhere warmer.”

“I agree, lean on me and I will lead you the way.”

As promised she guided him through the halls before sliding a shoji door that opened without issue, a smirk danced on Juiet’s lips at the astounded gaze in Kicho’ eyes as he took in the sight of her place.

The room was fully decorated with finest pieces of art, brocades of various shades of green adorned the tapestry, a pair of soft armchairs were placed around a low table decorated with a golden filigree, a bookcase whose books shone under the light of the chandelier made with heavy crystals pendant swayed quietly in the breeze alike the suncatcher placed next to the entrance, all the while the warm light of the candles reflected on the painted surface of the japanese lanterns standing at each corner of the room all the while next to a window opening on the garden stood a sofa in front of an high table where it was placed a tea set of fine china betraying its westerneer origins from the bold colors of the scenery painted on the candid ceramic.

“Please take a seat”

“Thank you for having me.”

With an elegance she rarely saw in a man he sat on the sofa looking straight at her as she took place in front of him, all the while she did her best to ignore his gaze seeing his tourmaline eyes watching closely her every movement as she brewed the tea.

“Juliet, tell me the truth.”

She tilted her head to a side, confusion flickered in her gaze as she looked at him, reading something merciless in his usually listless tourmaline eyes.

“Was he neglecting you again?”

“What ?”

“Kennyo is still a workaholic ?” 

All the while Kicho talked his handgun slipped from his kimono shining in the dim light of the lantern as he carefully polished the barrel with his cape, a promise and a threat she couldn’t help but feel flattered to see, proof of how much he cared for her in his own peculiar way.

“Oh no, not at all” 

Though flattered she fretted over to add, desiring to quiet his anger and reassure him Kennyo was indeed paying her more than enough attention, as the soreness of her muscle gently reminded her of.

“I am glad to hear that.”

Swiftly he placed the gun back in his pouch all the while wrapping his long fingers around the cup of tea admiring the western style of its embroidery before slowly sipping from it, though the quietness of that moment was interrupted as the door rattled open, placing her teacup on the saucer she ran to throw her arms around the sudden guest.

“Kennyo, welcome back.”

“I didn’t expect you there, the children already returned home ?”

“Yes you see I thought it was going to snow and so I dismissed them early …” 

She looked anxiously up at him, torturing with her fingers the hem of his shawl.

“You did a good job.” 

His words were enough to placate her doubts along the gentle kiss he placed on her forehead making a smile so bright to outshone the sun appear on her rosy lips.

“Please join us. I will pour you a cup of tea. You must be freezing in this weather.”

“Not much, I am used to colder ones.”

“Oh please don’t play though.”

“I am not.”

Only the smack of Juliet's lips on his cheek was enough to cut off Kennyo’s words, making a light blush crept up on his cheek, confusion took over his grey eyes as he met a pair of tourmaline ones gazing at him from above the steaming tea cup.

“I didn’t expect you there.”

“I figured as much, haven’t you received my letter ?”

“Not yet, the correspondence must have been on hold since the snow started.”

“I see … you have nothing to worry about anyway I came to bring you something I thought could have been useful.���

Juliet tilted her head to a side looking at Kennyo, whose eyes mirrored her confusion, at the lack of understanding Kicho sighed heavily, placing a packet on the table  a golden ribbon stood out on the plain paper catching her gaze.

“Open it … or don’t either way it’s yours now do with it as you see fit.”

Chartreuse's eyes sparkling with excitement she took it into her own hands, gently offering it to Kennyo only to smile when he held it for her so she could tug at the ribbon.

“What is this ?”

Kennyo took off a piece of forest green fabric, holding it into his own hands staring at it from each angle all the while Juliet twirled another emerald one around her fingers.

“Europeans found this to be useful when they travel around. I suppose you may call it a cape.”

“A cape …”

“Yes I am sure you are familiar with it, it’s a sort of haori but is generally longer and wider, I made Mai sew it using velvet in this way it would be warmer.”

“I love it.”

Juliet clutched it to her chest before swiftly wrapping it around her shoulder, swirling around herself in the room feigning ignorance at the gaze of the two men, staring at her like she was the sun.

“I am happy to hear that I will extend the compliments to the seamstress.”

Once Kennyo had finished studying it, he finally tried to put it on something she didn't shy away to help him with, a bright smile curled on her lips as she caressed the fabric tracing with her fingers a pawn stamp above his chest.

“Look Kennyo, my golden embroidery matches yours.”

As ever when she smiled Kenny found himself  unable to be upset, particularly about Kicho's sudden arrival.

“It suits you well.”

“Ahhh thank you. I am so happy.”

The openness in which Juliet showed her feelings was something that never stopped surprising Kennyo, at first he thought that to be weird but in the long run he came to see that he always deep down found that part of her extremely endearing.

“We are very grateful for the gifts … may I ask what spired you to give them ?”

“Juliet mentioned how cold the weather was and I thought a fitting gift to give her something warmer than the haori she usually wore, since it would have made her happy if she had not been the only one to receive something, I made Mai sew one for you too.”

“Your thoughtfulness is much appreciated.”

“I am more than pleased that my gifts were of your liking. I would very much stay with you longer but I better go lest the roads to Sakai will become impracticable once more and I would hate to leave Mai alone for so long.”

“Thank you for visiting us Kicho and for the gifts. Please thank Mai in my stead for sewing them.”

“I will.”

Ever the gentleman Kicho greeted her smacking a kiss on each one of her cheeks, smoking as she did the same, only to reciprocate the small hug he pulled him in, reluctantly he broke away bowing to them both before leaving the room, still riding on her enthusiasm she twirled around the room with her cape around her shoulder bringing Kennyo in for an improvised dance, smiling at the sight of their matching green capes flowing around their frames as they waltzed around the room, happiness clear on his features as they settled back on the sofa, his huge frame engulfing her smaller one as he wrapped his arms around her, keeping her close as she blissfully nuzzled in his chest smiling as she looked up at him whose grey eyes crinkled with affection overflowing in his bright, tender smile.

[glatisant-questing]

Heisuke, Sano, and Shinpachi's Stories from the Manyo no Shou Stellaworth Booklet

I have the feeling that Sano's use of the phrase "むさ苦しい" is not a literal remark, but I'm not sure how to translate that sense into English (especially considering Chizuru's response), so I just did a literal translation (in the "my room might be messy" line).

Heisuke's Story

“P-please wait there for just a bit! I’ll clean up the place real quick!”

I stopped Chizuru, who was standing in the hallway, from entering my room before I rushed inside.

(I can’t believe it. I should have cleaned up my room regularly…)

I regretted my everyday habits as I hastily tucked my tabi socks and sword maintenance tools that had been lying around into the corner of my room.

(Not neatly done…but it would take until tomorrow morning for me to do a proper cleaning. This will do for the time being.)

I thought so as I opened the shoji door once again.

“You can come in now, Chizuru. My room’s still a bit messy, but everything happened all of a sudden, so…I hope you don’t mind.”

I said, and invited Chizuru into my room,

Chizuru looked at me nervously.

“…Heisuke-kun, are you sure? It’s totally okay for me to sleep in my own room…”

“No, I can’t let you do that. How can I let you sleep in a room that leaks after all the things that you’ve done for me?”

“But…” 

“So please just wait here while I lay out the futons.”

But Chizuru stepped forward and started laying out the futons by herself.

“H-hey, please let me handle this!”

“It’s okay. It’s me who’s going to trouble you for the night, so please let me do what I can to help.”

She said, and with her usual deftness, she laid out the futons.

Even though the futons are a little apart from each other, seeing them side by side makes me think of something weird.

(What’s on Chizuru’s mind?)

I sneaked a peak at her, but I only caught sight of her glossy black hair and her swan-like neck and quickly looked away.

“Well, then… let’s go to sleep…”

 I tried to phrase it casually because I didn't want her to notice that I cared so much for her, but my tone ended up rising a bit.

 “…Yeah.”

 I thought I saw Chizuru’s cheeks turn slightly red, but maybe it was just my imagination.

 I turned off the light and lay down on the futon in the dark room, but I was wide awake, as if I had already slept for half a day, and I couldn’t fall asleep at all. 

Chizuru was lying on the futon next to me, and before long, I heard her toss and turn.

 (Could it be that she can’t fall asleep either?) 

As I was thinking so––

 “…Thank you for today, Heisuke-kun.” 

I heard her clear voice from the futon next to me, and it made me feel restless. 

“It’s nothing… you don’t have to thank me for anything…”  I said, but the next instant, I secretly regretted that I didn’t say anything more considerate.

But I’m not experienced enough to give a thoughtful reply under circumstances like this. 

(I wonder what Chizuru thinks? Does she feel nervous at all…?) 

As I listened carefully, I heard Chizuru breathing peacefully, and all the tension in my body was gone in an instant.

(She doesn’t even seem to suspect in the slightest that something might happen since I am so nervous…)

I felt that I was wrestling with myself all the while and got a bit frustrated, but…

(…Well, maybe that means she trusts me a lot.) 

I thought so as I turned over lightly to check on the futon next to me. 

I saw Chizuru sleeping with an innocent and baby-like face and I felt an inexplicable sense of relief rising in my heart.

(…I’ll go to sleep, then…)

 I covered myself with the futon again, and fell asleep.

(The end.)

"I never expected things to end up like this. Well, I can’t let her sleep in her room anyway."

I muttered to myself while observing Chizuru, who was standing beside me.

Chizuru was in her nightgown, and her face was all red. She seemed so nervous that she couldn't even blink.

Here's how things ended up like this: Chizuru's room was leaking because of the rain, so it was decided that she should spend the night in some other soldier's room. Souji found it amusing, and he suggested Hijikata's room. Heisuke also volunteered. But in the end, it turned out that she would stay in my room.

"Hey, Chizuru."

When I called out to her, Chizuru looked up at me awkwardly.

"Y-Yes?"

"Don't be so nervous. It's not like I'm going to eat you or anything."

However, I couldn't help but feel guilty at that response.

"I'm sorry. I do understand that. But, um..."

"I know that it's not easy to remain chill under such circumstances. My room might be a bit messy, but it's just for this one night. Please don't feel bothered."

"Messy? It's not that..."

While we were talking, I laid out two futons.

"Is it okay if I turn off the light?"

"Ah... yes, please!"

As I turned off the light, the room plunged into darkness. I closed my eyes, preparing to go to sleep, but...

"Achoo!"

I heard a light sneeze from the adjacent futon.

"Is it too cold? If you're cold, we can switch places."

"No, it's not that. Please don't worry about it."

Chizuru answered, but...

"Nn... achoo!"

I heard another sneeze, and couldn't ignore it any longer. Chizuru's futon was closer to the corridor, and therefore closer to the cold wind that came in from outside the room.

"Alright, let's switch places. Come on, use this futon."

"No, I'm fine...really!"

Chizuru said so. But unfortunately, I'm not the type to back away from my decisions.

"Just come here."

I half-forcefully grabbed Chizuru's wrist to pull her closer, trying to get her to use my futon, but...

"...!"

At that moment, our eyes met.

Her eyes widened in surprise, and she seemed anxious. She was too embarrassed and nervous to speak.

"I'm sorry for being rude. I just couldn't help it because I feel concerned."

"I-It's alright..."

Eventually speaking these words, Chizuru turned bright red and buried herself under the futon.

(...Did I do something wrong?)

I thought to myself, but I didn't feel that I had done anything wrong.

(The expression on Chizuru's face just now... )

Her puppy-like, charming eyes with long eyelashes casting delicate shadows on her cheeks... I couldn't seem to calm down when I thought of them.

(I never thought she could put me in this kind of mood. I always considered her as a child, but it seems that that's not entirely the case.)

I lay down on the futon, thinking that I might not be able to fall asleep tonight after all.

(The end.)

“Shinpachi, don’t you dare do anything weird to Chizuru! If anything bad happens, I won’t let you get away with it!”

“Chizuru, if he does anything to you, just call aloud for help. We’ll be there in a flash.”

Sano and Heisuke babbled whatever was on their mind to Chizuru-chan, who remained stiff and tense.

“I wouldn’t do anything weird to Chizuru-chan, you idiots! Just go back to your rooms, okay?!”

I said that and pushed both of them out of my room. Then I turned back to Chizuru-chan.

"Please forget what those two just said. You are just like my little sister, and I would never do anything weird to you."

"Y-yes, I understand."

Things had come to this for a reason. Chizuru-chan’s room was leaking because of the rain, and she couldn’t sleep there, so it was decided that she should stay in someone else’s room for the night.

As there were several soldiers who volunteered to help, we drew lots by rock-paper-scissors, and it turned out that I was the one to accommodate her for the night.

And then, Sano and Heisuke helped me clean up my messy room. After that, they both left with those ramblings.

“Um…”

“Hm? W-what is it? Chizuru-chan?”

“Can I lay out the futons now?”

“O-oh, sure, go ahead.”

At my answer, she started laying out the futons nimbly.

(Damn it! I should have said, “Let me do it”. She helped me clean up my room too!)

I regretted my words as all the futons were laid out carefully. When I saw the two futons side by side, I couldn't help but think of something that I shouldn't have been thinking.

(What am I even thinking? Calm down, Shinpachi!)

Then I noticed that Chizuru-chan was standing in front of me, looking at me with a puzzled expression.

“…Um, Nagakura-san?”

“Huh? W-what’s up?”

“I’m done laying out the futons…”

“O-oh, right! Then let’s go to sleep!”

I responded, and her shoulders shuddered slightly.

“Ah–no! I don’t mean anything weird by that! Like I said before, you’re…...”

“Y-yes, I know! I’m like your little sister, right?... I know that.”

There seemed to be something strange in her tone.

(With what she just said…she sounded a bit disappointed…or was it just my imagination?)

As I was thinking along these lines...

“…I’m going to sleep now. Would you like to stay up a bit longer, Nagakura-san?”

“N-no! We have to get up early tomorrow, so I’m going to sleep too. Can I turn off the light?”

“Sure, no problem.”

I heard her reply and blew out the light. The room was surrounded by darkness and silence.

I lay down on the futon, but the questions from before kept spinning in my head, and I just couldn't fall asleep.

(I always say that Chizuru-chan is like my little sister, but when I think about it, I don't have any actual sister, and this is the first time I’ve slept with a girl on the futon next to me…)

At that moment, Chizuru-chan turned over on her futon.

“…!”

Even this slight movement was enough to make my heart race.

As I heard the quiet breathing from her futon, I felt relieved and a bit disappointed at the same time.

(But that means she trusts me a lot. In that case, I am responsible for guarding her so as not to go against her trust.)

Listening to her peaceful breathing, I eventually fell asleep.

(The end.)