#slight kunigiri

[myreygn]

All's well that ends well

summary: Bachira is on a pranking rampage and Chigiri is collateral damage. That wouldn't be such a big deal if the day couldn't have gotten any worse already, but luckily Kunigami is there to get everything back on track.

an: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO @giggly-squiggily AGAIN HERE IS YOUR BELATED BIRTHDAY GIFT! i'm hitting myself hard for not getting this out sooner but it's here now and i hope you like it! stay wonderful and next year i'll try the whole being on time things again <3

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Practice was going great. At least Kunigami kept telling himself that over and over again, although believing it got harder with every missed pass, every flunked goal shot and every frustrated groan behind his back. They were all kinda off today and if it had just been that, he wouldn’t have minded as much. Of course having a bad day was annoying, especially when it seemed to be contagious to everyone else as well, but bad days were normal and they could easily be fixed by a hot shower and a good night’s sleep.

However, it wasn’t just a bad day. In fact, Bachira was having a great day. Apparently their dribbler had had a clown for breakfast and it showed; so far he had swapped Igarashi’s clothes with Iemon’s, put toothpaste under the door knob for Naruhaya to grab into, changed Gagamaru’s alarm to a death metal version of Baby Shark, and tied Raichi’s shoelaces together, twice. He was on a roll and while everyone was certainly on their toes, Bachira had yet to go on their very last nerve. Emphasis on yet.

A startled yelp caught his attention and Kunigami didn’t even bother watching as the ball flew past the goal, turning around instead. Chigiri held a bottle in his hand, the front of his shirt and his chin drenched in water. Looking a little closer, Kunigami saw that the lid had been unscrewed. Their resident team princess was apparently the newest victim of Bachira’s prank spree and he was not having it. Oh yeah, practice was going amazing.

“What the hell, Bachira!”

“Sorry, sorry! I thought this was Isagi’s!” In Bachira’s defense, he did seem shocked. Kunigami didn’t doubt for a second that he was telling the truth; Chigiri’s day had started off badly enough with his hair do loosening every ten minutes and after he had literally tripped over his own feet during warm up, face planting into the field at full speed, the team had unanimously decided to just leave him alone for the time being. And Bachira would never purposefully make a bad day worse, they all knew that. Unfortunately, Chigiri seemed to have forgotten about that in his annoyance.

“Amazing, thanks, that’ll definitely dry my clothes.”

“I know it won’t, I just-”

“You just wanted to test my patience, I get it! Because my day went so great up until now!”

“Chichi, I didn’t mean to-”

“Yeah well, you did! And don’t call me that!” The redhead’s glare made Kunigami go weak in the knees and it wasn’t even directed at him. “If you stopped playing these stupid pranks, shit like this wouldn’t happen! You’re not funny, just cut the crap already!”

“Woah, hey!” Isagi took a step forward as if to shield Bachira. “Chigiri-”, but Chigiri had already grabbed his things and stormed off.

The silence in the hall dragged on for an uncomfortable five seconds before Gagamaru softly cleared his throat. “Let’s call it a day. Bachira, do you, uh…”

“It’s fine.” It wasn’t, but the dribbler turned away before any of them could comment on his quivering lip. “Sorry, I’ll just… I think I’m gonna lie down for a bit. Sorry, really.”

With that he was out the door and the rest of the team exchanged glances, then Isagi nodded slightly and quickly got up to go after Bachira. Iemon jumped upright as well, shooing his teammates away. “Alright, go and hit the showers, you reek!” The boys gathered their things and upon one last exchange of glances, Kunigami slipped out of the room to go and look for Chigiri.

—

He found the princess in the recording room, sitting in the corner that was the farthest away from the door, curled up with his head buried in his arms and just seeming overall miserable. On second glance, Kunigami noticed his shoulders shaking ever so slightly and he even caught a sniffle. Alright, approach with caution.

“Hey.” He quietly closed the door after himself, making the screens’ bluish shine the only source of light in the room, and carefully stepped closer. “Is this seat taken?”

Nothing, not even a huff of reluctant amusement and Kunigami felt himself deflate a little. Dumb jokes like this usually made Chigiri downright cackle, he had to be really upset if he wasn’t even gonna acknowledge it. Still, he also showed no signs of wanting to be left alone, so Kunigami sat down next to him, not touching him yet. “So… that was not excellent.”

No answer. The hero frantically tried to think of something to say that would get through to his friend when he caught a slight movement out of the corner of his eye. It was hard to make out in the dim light, but… “Are you in pain?”

A shivery breath was the only response he got, but he wasn’t just gonna drop this. Kunigami sat up straighter and put his hand on Chigiri’s which had tightened its grip on his bad knee. “Hey, Chigiri, look at me. If you’re in pain, you need to tell me.”

The most anxiety-inducing three seconds of his life later, the smaller boy finally lifted his head and relaxed his hand a little. “I’m not hurt.” Despite the tear stains on his face, Kunigami felt like a weight was lifted off his shoulders. Then Chigiri looked down again. “I was just scared I would be.”

Kunigami felt his heart clench a little at the quietness of his voice, but at least he was talking to him now. “What do you mean?”

“I was scared it’d start to hurt after I fell.” The redhead wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and Kunigami couldn’t help but feel a little good at Chigiri letting his guard down around him like that. “My knee is fine, I just… the entire time I kept thinking ‘What if it isn’t?’ and I got really anxious and I guess I kinda…”

Chigiri let the sentence trail off to silence and Kunigami nodded slightly. “You were tense and the thing with the water bottle was just the last drop.” That got him a quiet huff - still well below the average reaction, but he wasn’t gonna complain. A win was a win, however small. Next step. “That wasn’t okay, you realize that, right? I mean, I get it, but Bachira didn’t target you on purpose. And I think what you said really took a toll on him.”

Chigiri’s expression morphed into some kind of mortified guilt and Kunigami quickly put an arm around him, pulling him a little closer in the process. God, he was tense. “Isagi went after him, don’t worry. You obviously feel awful about this, I didn’t mean to make it worse, sorry. Just go apologize, I’m sure it’ll be fine.”

The redhead nodded, drying the last remaining tears. “I wanted to do that anyway… I wanted to take back everything as soon as I left, but then I had to cry and I went here to calm down, but then it just got worse being all alone, and… thank you for coming, really.”

Kunigami smiled, softly caressing his teammate’s back. “Anytime, princess.”

“Shut up.” Chigiri flashed him a weak smile and sat up straight, stretching his arms. “Guess I should go apologize.”

“Oh no, not yet.”

“Huh? Why d- ehehehehey!”

Kunigami’s smile turned into a smirk at the way Chigiri immediately curled into himself as soon as he felt the fingers on his ribs, pressing his arms to his side and trying in vain to get away, but the taller boy just wrapped his free arm around him and pulled him back, not stopping the soft tickling of his ribs for even a moment. “You wanted to calm down first, didn’t you? You’re still as stiff as a poker, I can’t let you face Bachira like that.”

“Whahahahat dohohoes thahahahat hahahave toho dohoho wihihith tihihicklihihing mehehehe- aehehehe heheheherohoho!”

“Yes, princess?” He wormed his fingers under Chigiri’s arm and almost let out a giggle himself at the squeal that got him. He was careful not to be too rough however; he wanted Chigiri to relax, not perish. “Something the matter?”

“Yohohohou’re ahahaha jeheheherk, thahahahat’s the mahahahatter!”

“Tsk.” Kunigami gripped him a bit tighter and softly grazed a single finger over his knee, causing Chigiri to shriek and kick out. “I come here to cheer you up and this is the thanks I get? Such disrespect?”

“Kuhuhuhunihi, nahahaht thehehehe! Ihihihit tihihickles tohohoo muhuhuhuch!”

“That’s because you’re too ticklish, my lady.” Another soft scratch to the knee and Chigiri threw his head back, full on cackling now. “I’m barely touching you.”

“AEHEHE- heheherohoho, plehehehease!”

“Alright, alright.” Kunigami chuckled softly and released his teammate, softly wiping a laughing tear away with his thumb and caressing his back to help through the after-giggles. The tension had faded. Mission accomplished. “You good?”

“Yeheah… mahan, you suck.” Chigiri shook his head with a smile, then grabbed Kunigami’s extended hand to stand up with him. “Thanks again.”

“Of course. Now come on, let’s go. Make everything right again.”

—

Making everything right again was often a task easier said than done.

When they entered the room, Kunigami’s gaze immediately fell on Bachira’s futon. The dribbler said there with his legs crossed, slumped over and fiddling with his hands, not even looking up when the door opened. The ginger felt Chigiri tense next to him and he gently squeezed his hand, mouthing ‘You can do this’ at him when he was met with an anxious glance.

Chigiri took a deep breath and walked over to his friend slowly, then kneeled down in front of him on the floor. “Bachira? Can I talk to you?”

The dribbler looked up and expectantly examined the redhead, but he didn’t say a word. Kunigami felt himself grow slightly anxious now as well and he looked over to Isagi who was… smiling softly? Seeming relaxed? Curious. The ginger decided to just let things progress.

Chigiri didn’t catch the ease with which Isagi watched the scene. He was entirely focused on Bachira when he nervously grasped onto his shirt and began to speak. “I’m really sorry for what I said. I didn’t mean to snap at you like that, I was just… I was feeling stressed and scared because of the fall and I shouldn’t have taken that out on you, especially when you didn’t do it on purpose, which, I- I know you didn’t, I shouldn’t have accused you of that, that was a shitty thing to do. Everything I did was shitty, I’m really really sorry. Can you forgive me?”

Bachira tilted his head and just sat there for a few seconds, then a smile began tugging at his lips. “You’re lovely, thank you.” He put a hand on Chigiri’s shoulder, squeezing softly. “I’m sorry for getting you caught in the crossfire, I might’ve gone a little overboard with all the pranks today. Forgive me too?”

“Of course!” 

Kunigami smiled softly when Bachira pulled Chigiri in for a hug and the redhead relaxed visibly. A look over to Isagi however showed him a mischievous little smirk on his lips and a realization dawned on him. This was still Bachira. Before he could warn Chigiri, the dribbler began speaking again.

“There’s one last thing though…”

Confusion showed itself on Chigiri’s face. “What thing?”

“Revenge.”

“What are you- wait, waitwaitwait, not agahahAHAHAHAIN-”

“Again? So Kunigami got his turn already?” Bachira grinned and grabbed Chigiri’s wrist, pulling it to the side for better access to his armpit. “Then it would be unfair to deny me mine, don’t you think, Chichi?”

Kunigami couldn’t help but chuckle to himself softly and he turned away to make himself comfortable on his futon. All’s well that ends well, he could let this go on for a little longer.

[giggly-squiggily]

I am a nagireo and a kunigiri girl all the way but NAGIRI HEAR ME OUT

Nagi teases chigiri all the time with like quick squeezes and little tazes that just made chigiri fall to the ground ALL. THE. TIME.

CHIGIRI GETTING BACK AT NAGI FOR THIS PLS

Thank you so much!

I decided to combine these two cause while NagiReo and Nagiri are great, have you considered....ReoNaGiri? kjarkjaejkrekjjkr Really- both these prompts were begging for a trio, so here we are! I hope you like it! :D

Cloud 9 (Taglist peeps):

@myreygn @cupcake-spice13

“Surprise.” Nagi’s hands were on his waist before he could react, pressing in.

“AH!” Chigiri squawked, knees buckling as he hit the ground. “Nagi!” Behind him, the white haired player snickered, voice hushed behind his hand. “Why do you always do that?”

“Cause it’s funny.” Nagi reached down, poking at the back of his ribs and earning even more giggles and yelps from the redhead. “You're so ticklish right now and I’m barely touching you.”

In the background, Reo watched with curious eyes as the pair interacted. He really should be more mad about it- after all; Nagi found himself a new best friend-

Stop it. The little voice in the back of his mind told him firmly. That’s not fair.

Reo sat back some, shamed by his own jealousy. It wasn’t as if he didn’t like Chigiri; their time during the second selection, short as it was, had been great. Nowadays he’d consider him a friend. 

 As for him and Nagi- while they weren’t quite where they were before, they were on speaking terms again. Things were a bit…awkward, but the addition of Chigiri being their new roommate helped.

Still- some days he felt a bit of an ache watching him and Nagi. They looked so natural together- two souls destined to meet. And Reo..

Reo was the one left behind.

“Ah! Nahahagi, stahahap!” Chigiri yelped when he was tossed onto the single bed, pinned by the other boy. “Gehhehet oohohohoff, yohohohou jerk!”

“Nah. I feel like wrecking you today.” Nagi had him properly trapped, fingers digging into his sides and ribs with reckless abandon as the redhead squeaked in mirth, punching at his shoulders. “Get ready to die, Princess.”

“Shiihihihihihih- Reheheho hehehehehelp!” The shout for his name made Reo look up in shock. Did he just…

Nagi looked back at him, expression curious. There was something inviting in that look- a challenge perhaps? Reo considered as he tapped his legs.

“Hmm…nah, I’m good.” He decided, sitting back. “Good luck, Chi.”

“Trahahahhaitor!” Chigiri called, covering his face with his hands as Nagi kneaded his lower ribs. There was a slight droop to the other’s shoulders, but Nagi seemed to accept it as he turned back to Chigiri.

“Nagi’s ticklish, by the way.” Now it was Nagi’s turn to look shocked. Reo smirked.

“Reo-” Was all he got out before Chigiri had him by the shirt, pulling him down into the bed. A wrestling match ensued, Chigiri fighting off hands going for his sides while Nagi struggled not to kick his back knee. Within a matter of moments, the redhead had him down, squeezing his sides with rapid speed. “Ah! Chihihihgiri!”

“Gotcha now! Hehehe!” Chigiri snickered, pleased with himself. It lasted a solid two seconds before he was back on the defensive, Nagi’s long arms shooting out and grabbing his sides again. “Oh cohohohome ohohohohohohohon! Nohohohoho fahahhair, yohohou dahahhamn slohoohohohth!”

“I like sloths. They move fast in the water.”

“Bahahhaharely! Aheahhahaha, Nahahahgi!”

“What happened to tickling me?”

“Aehahahahhhahhaha!”

Reo shook his head, finally getting up from his spot on the bunks. “Chi- I love you, but you’re the worst tickler ever! How’d you miss all his good spots?”

“Ooo, Reo’s gonna play too?” Nagi raised a brow, something…hopeful in his expression. Reo decided not to acknowledge it before pouncing on them both, easily trapping one of Nagi’s arms in a lock.

“Go for the pits, Chigiri! The pits!”

“Groohoohoss. Okay.”

“Wait- Reo, Chigiri, pleah-ahhehahahahhahahhahse!” Nagi arched with a cackle at the feeling, squirming as the Chigiri racked his nails against the covered spot. Without Nagi’s invasive arms, he was rather good at this. “Whahahahhhait, nohohohot my pihiihihihits!”

“Why not? Does it tickle?” Reo cooed at him, his free hand coming around to knead the bad spot along his shoulder. “Coochie coochie coo, Nagi~”

“Wow, you’re mean. Kunigami wouldn’t stand a chance.” Chigiri snickered, something sad entering his expression at the mention of the other’s name. Before it could consume him though, Nagi jabbed him in the belly. “Ah! Oh that is IT! Come here!”

“Aheahhahhahhha! Yohohoohhou wihiihihsh this whahahahs my whoohohohrst sphohoooohohohot!” Nagi cackled, his arm straining against Reo’s grip as Chigiri carried on scribbling into his armpit. “Trhihihihiiiihihi agahahhahain!”

“Hm…yeah- he could be laughing harder.” Reo mused as Chigiri paused his assault, giving Nagi room to breathe. “Any guesses?”

“None. Doesn’t mean we can’t try to find them.” The redhead went straight to work, trying various spots to see what reaction he’d get. His sides gave a hoot of laughter, and his ribs were more giggly. His belly wasn’t ticklish at all- much to their shock.

“Hehehhhehe! Kehehehehep trhihihiying! Iihihihihih’ll neehehehver tehehehehhell!” Nagi declared, giggling and kicking as his ribs were poked and prodded at.

“No need. We’ll find it…” Chigiri hummed as he looked down, eyes landing on Nagi’s legs. Without any warning, he reached out and squeezed one.

“AHEHEHE!”

“Holy- do it again!” Reo declared, throwing himself across Nagi’s torso to pin him. Chigiri did as told, squeezing both thighs at the same time. Within moments Nagi was laughing like a hyena, completely incoherent as he grabbed onto anything and everything around him. In an effort to break free, he tried tickling Reo, but the purple haired player was determined to hang on. “STAHHAHAHAP, NOHOHOHOT THEHEHEHEHERE!”

“Oh my god- this is the loudest I’ve seen Nagi yet!” Chigiri cackled, delighted. Reo snickered, both from the reaction and from Nagi’s insistent tickles. He added to the mess by kneading his ribs once more, turning Nagi’s laughter near silent. “Give up?”

“YEEHEHEHHEHHEHES!”

“Gonna stop tickling me the rest of the day?” Chigiri asked.

“YEHEHEHEHEHHES!”

“.....Are you sure?” Reo questioned.

“REHEHEHEO CHIGIIGIGI STAHHAHAHP!”

“Hehe, okay okay.” Reo laughed, sitting up. Chigiri released his legs, rolling away before he could be nudged by Nagi’s shifting foot. “I guess we can let you live for now.”

“Bahahd…choohice.” Nagi groaned. Before Reo could ask exactly what that meant, Nagi had him around the waist, pulling him down and tickling his hips with reckless abandon. “Take this!”

“Ah! Nahahhahahahhagi! Chihihihihgiihihihiri hehehehelp!”

“I’m on the way!” Another body joined the mess. Soon the room was filled with laughter once more.

~~~

“You know…I’m kinda glad everything happened the way it did.” Reo spoke to no one, the pair passed out against wrinkled blankets and disarrayed pillows. “I’m still mad at you…but if we didn’t do this, I wouldn’t have met so many other great people.”

He reached out, hesitant before he put a hand on Nagi’s head, brushing his bangs back with a thumb.

“Maybe…we can make this work. But only if you want to.”

No response, not that he expected one. He went to return to his bunk but an arm around his waist kept him there.

“I’d like that.” Nagi whispered, eyes still closed. Something in Reo’s chest was released.

“Me too.”

Thanks for reading!

[istharoth]

Chigiri Hyoma and my rants about him.

Please note that this contains major spoilers from the manga.

*edited because I sound very mean* (sobs)

Also please keep in mind that just because you like a character a lot does not mean that you can't find any flaws in them.

I for one am a huge fan of characters when they have their own flaws but Chigiri Hyoma has become bland to me.

"Yes, this beautiful character has become bland."

Chigiri Hyoma was introduced to us as a mysterious and charming character. We knew almost nothing about him until Isagi had basically forced him to tell about said past.

We later find everything about him after the match of TEAM W.

POINT ONE: Chigiri Hyoma had his character development too fast.

Chigiri Hyoma has shown little development since that. He has always and will always depend on his speed. That is his own character and I cannot refute that by any point.

BUT! What I can say is that he has become bland. (and I will repeat that multiple times in this thread(?))

He always says "I'll stop you with my speed" and proceeds to not stop them. (mostly)

I will say that he has improved in the current chapters but I still think that he can have more development.

POINT TWO: He's too dependent on his speed and history will repeat itself if he continues to do that.

In the U-20 match (when I re-read it because I was simping over Sae and Chigiri) I realized that Chigiri Hyoma is not an important character. Neither is Bachira or Rin or Shidou or Sae, not even Kaiser for that matter. There is only Isagi. No one else. (Going strong with the egoistic vibe)

*Edit*

While it is true that many other characters have shown development during this particular arc and other arcs as well, Chigiri did not shine. His speed would've been more useful. (After Chigiri and Niko were substituted, there was a chance. What Ego said to Chigiri is still in my mind and it has to be utilized.)

*another edit*

He did shine, yes, he did very well during the match and he also showed his disappointment in himself. I am at a point where I'm refuting everything I say so yeah-

*edit over*

If it is never utilised then what is the use of Chigiri Hyoma (as his own character)?

*Edit over*

POINT THREE: This was the absolute best moment for Chigiri Hyoma to shine. (as a character) There should've been more. There should've been more of "IF ONLY" stuff.

Chigiri Hyoma is a helper. He's too kind for his own good. So much so that with his help, his friends surpass him but he doesn't surpass them. (If Chigiri Hyoma was never injured in the first place, he would be a step forward than anyone else.)

POINT FOUR: He's Isagi's side chick. (I have no better way of phrasing it.) He basically- he's so ??? I mean yes, helping your friends is wonderful but Chigiri Hyoma is the reason Isagi understands most of the things.

If there was a slight chance of Chigiri receiving more character development then that would include Kunigami and how to turn him back to how he was.

POINT FIVE: I personally hate it when two characters receive said development because of a ship. This isn't beauty and the beast.

Kunigiri stans might love it but I hate it.

Don't come for me Chigiri stans, I love and adore him as a character but his way of playing soccer/football is very boring. Sure it's flashy and cool but it's boring.

"There can be so much done with Chigiri as a whole but I don't think they plan on doing anything for him specifically."

I swear to god- this feels like a repetition of Tokyo Revengers and I despise it.