#someone who doesn't know about the Sarumi thing

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So, I've been thinking about SaruMi. What if they reconciled, but nobody really knew and one day they were fighting but it was more flirtatious to them but the others saw it as their regular fighting but then someone (not in either of their clans) decided to try to fight one of them (Misaki) and the other (Saruhiko) got very protective of them? (and vice-versa)

Everyone is so used to their normal fighting being full of sexual tension that when they’re actually flirting it doesn’t look different enough that anyone can tell. Imagine post-ROK they’ve reconciled and started dating but they’re keeping it low key for now, like the main members of S4 and Homra and their respective alphabet squads know but no one else does. Even though they’re dating this doesn’t stop them from the usual arguing and occasional fight whenever someone gets in the other’s way. One day Fushimi is handling a Strain issue with some of the S4 new recruits when Yata shows up because Homra was also going after the same Strain. They start arguing and Yata’s all listen you asshole don’t make me beat you up, Fushimi grins all bring it on Misaki I’ll have you begging for me to stop. 

Yata laughs and moves like he’s going to tackle Fushimi (which was actually intended as his ‘subtle’ way of being unable to keep his hands off Fushimi) when he’s suddenly knocked away by one of the S4 new recruits. This is one of the Strains who decided to join S4 and maybe Fushimi once helped them out too before they joined, they were so excited to be patrolling with him today only to see him get ‘attacked’ by a Homra member. The S4 recruit tries to ask if Fushimi’s okay but they’re already being pushed away as Fushimi goes to check on Yata. The recruit nervously asks if Fushimi’s okay and Fushimi clicks his tongue, coldly telling the recruit to go back to the vans. The poor recruit is all confused, like they were just trying to help, and Fushimi again snaps at them to get back to the vans and start writing their report. (Later on the rest of the recruits join them and mention how Fushimi-san was very vigorously checking Homra’s Yatagarasu for injuries and the recruit wonders if they missed something after all.)

Another day imagine they end up fighting kinda near Yata’s workplace. Fushimi is on official business again and Yata’s annoyed with him for always interrupting wherever Yata works, like couldn’t you have gotten this guy away from my work because the Strain messed up the delivery Yata was carrying for the shop. Fushimi blithely says that S4 will  reimburse him and Yata’s like that doesn’t help, Fushimi smirks and wonders if Yata’s going to punish him for it. Yata’s like grabbed Fushimi by the collar and Fushimi moves in very close, one hand slipping under Yata’s shirt, when he’s suddenly pulled away by someone. Yata stares blankly as one of his coworkers tells him to run, he saw this guy had a knife and it looked like he was going for under Yata’s shirt. Yata’s all ‘um…about that…’ when he notices that Fushimi got thrown pretty roughly and is nursing a bruise on his arm. Yata runs right past his concerned coworker, immediately fussing over Fushimi like how do you not know how to catch yourself when someone grabs you like that. Fushimi clicks his tongue and mutters that he was distracted, Yata sighs like yeah I’ll bet. Fushimi is being all needy wanting Yata to take care of his bruise while Yata acts all exasperated but fond and meanwhile his coworker is just staring at them blankly like um do you guys need some privacy or…?.

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The clans hang out in an everybody lives au and the conversation gets to love interests. Some don't want to reveal the names of who they like and instead describes them. MikoRei's description of each other sounds like insults, SaruMi doesn't recognize their descriptions, KuroShiro has Shiro having fun with this, and IzuSeri is the only normal one and they weren't hiding the other person's name.

Someone’s gotta be the adults in this conversation okay XD Imagine Everybody Lives AU and maybe the cast are having like a meeting at Shiro’s dorm just to go over the state of things in the post-Slate world. As they’re talking Neko comes in, having just finished up her classes for the day, and she attaches herself to Shiro as she asks if they’re having ‘girl talk.’ Kukuri was telling her about this, that everyone sits in a big ring and discusses their love lives and other things. Shiro says this isn’t quite the same but he would be happy to discuss his love life, he has a beautiful wife who cooks him delicious meals every day. Neko is intrigued by the food part but curious about the ‘wife’ mention, Kuroh steps out of the kitchen and clears his throat as he menacingly states that he perhaps has interest in someone but that person should learn to be more conscious of the one making his food. Shiro laughs sheepishly like oops upset the wife, Kuroh sighs and says it’s difficult dealing with a useless husband, all while Neko looks between the two of them in confusion.

Munakata suggests they get back to the task at hand but Shiro thinks this is nice, isn’t it good to just discuss personal things and get to know each other better sometimes. He wonders if Munakata has anyone he’s interested in and Munakata states that the only person occupying his thoughts regularly is a certain troublesome barbarian. Mikoto thinks that’s an awfully nasty thing for Munakata to say but he gets it, he’s got a lot on his plate dealing with a stuffed shirt kind of guy who always gives lectures and can’t admit that he’s wrong.

Shiro decides maybe he should change the subject before they start fighting and destroy his dorm, he looks around for a rescue and his eyes rest on Yata. Yata of course gets all red at the mention of romance, coughing and looking nervous as he admits well there is someone, this really amazing guy but he’s kinda hard to deal with and always oblivious about these kinds of things so it’s hard to talk to him. Fushimi clicks his tongue and says of course an idiot like Misaki wouldn’t be able to handle anyone with more depth than a swimming pool and Yata’s like oh yeah well who do you like then. Fushimi snorts and says he doesn’t care about stupid things like romance, but if he did maybe there’s a sunshine idiot with a stupid smile out there that he could handle if that person ever stopped being a moron for one minute. Yata’s all surprised like wait so you do have a crush on someone who is it while Fushimi says that’s none of Yata’s business and doesn’t Yata have a crush on someone else too. Shiro also has to stop them before another fight can happen, even as he mutters under his breath ‘it’s—it’s really obvious for both of you, you know.’

Finally he turns to Awashima and Kusanagi, both of whom are drinking tea and waiting to get back to business talk. Shiro asks about who they like, surely Kusanagi is the type of person that gets a lot of attention. Kusanagi slowly looks up from his cup and then laughs a little as he admits that he and Awashima are already dating. Shiro’s actually caught off guard because hey someone said it right out, he tries to ask Awashima and she just calmly says ‘yes, we’re dating.’ There’s a long silence as everyone collectively realizes that mature adults are really something huh. 

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i think aya is in a different classroom from sarumi but idk au where they are in the same classroom or something lol

saruhiko and yata are always pairing up for school projects (even if the teachers try to split them, they somehow end up together again). One day the teacher asks the class to split into teams of three, so aya turns to yata and saruhiko but just as shes walking up to them, yata (who hadn't noticed her approaching them) calls out for another boy.

yata turns around and sees aya red from embarrassment and now he cant help but feel like he owes her, so the next time the teacher tells them to pair up, yata immediately turns to fushimi but then remembers aya and tells fushimi that maybe it would be okay to group with different people, only for today. so he sits next to aya to the surprise of the whole class.

...Okay but literally who would Fushimi pair up with then, he'd probably walk out of class and give Yata the silent treatment for weeks. If Aya was in their class I feel like she would have spent a lot of time glaring quietly at the two of them, occasionally she tries to grab Yata's arm and act like she's interested in him in order to make Fushimi annoyed but a lot of the time they don't even notice she's there (well, though somehow I can absolutely imagine Yata chattering excitedly to Fushimi and over his head Fushimi spots Aya watching them, he clicks his tongue and gives her a slight smirk as he fixes his attention back on Yata). Normally whenever the class has to pair up for projects Yata and Fushimi immediately choose each other, while Aya actually probably has to deal with being the odd person out because most of the girls in the class dislike her. Yata always feels a little bad about this but at the same time the idea of pairing with a girl makes him nervous and he's glad he doesn't have to be the one to reject her, he just immediately grabs on to Saruhiko and suggests they pair up.

One day the class has to split off into teams of three, Aya walks over intending to act like she's doing Fushimi a favor by joining up with him and Yata, only for Yata to turn and ask another boy to join them while Fushimi's clicking his tongue and looking annoyed at the whole thing. Yata turns around to see Aya standing there with her mouth open, he belatedly realizes what she was about to ask and starts to stutter out an apology. Aya huffs quietly and turns away, trying to act like she didn't want to team with them anyway, but now Yata feels all bad for rejecting her. Imagine he mentions this to Fushimi later and Fushimi scoffs about it, like why should you care what she thinks, it's her own fault she can't get a partner. Yata gives him this look like didn't you always used to be the odd one out when we paired up and Fushimi clicks his tongue, stating it's not something Yata has to feel guilty about anyway.Yata can't help thinking about it though, he knows Aya's unpopular in class and he feels bad that he's always letting her stand around awkwardly waiting to pair up.

The next time the class pairs he sees her sitting at her desk and decides okay, he'll make it up to her this time. Fushimi's already looking at him and Yata gives this sheepish laugh as he says why don't we pair up with someone different today, going over to talk to Aya. Fushimi meanwhile is just glaring daggers at his back and imagine even after that Aya isn't happy with him either, like she doesn't need Misaki's pity. In the end poor Yata has Aya grudgingly working with him and complaining that he's an idiot while Fushimi has to pair with some rando and he's probably extra angry with Yata, like why did you even need to pair with her. Yata has to explain that it was just for one class and Fushimi clicks his tongue all if it's that important to you always pair with her, Yata's like look I can pair with someone else just once next time I'll pair with you.

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Omegaverse world. Fushimi is an alpha, Misaki is an omega and Mikoto is his alpha destined, a complicated love triangle. Well Mikoto is fall in love to Totsuka before to know Misaki.

I suppose I can play along with a non-Omega Saru even if it goes against my policy of AlwaysBottomSaru :P So say Yata and Fushimi meet in middle school like in canon and become close. This is also around the time when people start to present as either Alpha, Beta or Omega and maybe it's like a mix of Omegaverse and soulmate AU, where each Omega gives off a 'scent' that it appealing to one specific Alpha who's supposed to be their destined soulmate. When Yata learns that he's an Omega he's upset at first until he learns that Saruhiko is an Alpha, thinking that okay maybe it would be kinda cool if they were destined for each other or whatever. He doesn't say it out loud, not wanting Fushimi to think he's weird or anything, but really Yata can't help but hope that maybe he and Fushimi could be a perfect match. Fushimi for his part has probably assumed that there's no Omega out there for him, like maybe Niki's always teased him about being a weird kid who's always going to be alone and Fushimi can't even dare to hope that he and Yata would be a match. Even so it's a blow to him when he realizes that the scent Yata gives off does nothing for him, while Yata himself makes Fushimi feel all warm and strange inside there's nothing in that smell that makes Fushimi's Alpha side feel excited. Yata acts like it doesn’t matter, as long as it's the two of them it's fine, but to Fushimi it's like of course this means they're going to be destroyed eventually, it's all just a matter of time before Yata finds his real destined soulmate.

Then when they meet Mikoto on the night of the surprise party Yata knows immediately, that this is 'his' Alpha. Mikoto feels it too, Yata's smell making him feel almost light-headed as he saves Yata and Fushimi. This makes things all awkward when they join Homra, like Fushimi can tell at a glance how connected Yata is with Mikoto and he can't stop thinking about it, how this is Yata's destined person (plus imagine Yata's taking the ol' heat suppressants thing but all Fushimi can think is what if Yata stopped taking them, imaging Mikoto kissing and touching Yata while Yata screams Mikoto's name, Mikoto's and not Fushimi's, and it makes his nails dig into his palms). Yata meanwhile is all confused, because he knows that there's something about Mikoto that he's drawn to beyond just Mikoto being his King and he feels like maybe Mikoto might be the 'one.' But at the same time all Yata himself really wants still is to be with Saruhiko, he sees Mikoto as a hero and King but not as the person he wants to be together with forever. Plus Mikoto never seems that interested in him and Yata wonders if he was wrong, after all Mikoto and Totsuka seem to have a thing so maybe he's imagining things, maybe Totsuka is supposed to be Mikoto's mate and Yata's overreacting. (Oh oh and then Totsuka knows too that he isn't Mikoto's intended and Yata is but he doesn't care, he knows this makes him a selfish person but he doesn't want to let King go. And then maybe it turns out that Totsuka is Fushimi's soulmate and Fushimi gives this bitter laugh, that of course the two of them should be together when what they really want is someone else, and Totsuka has this almost cruel smile as he says perhaps that's the reason why then.)

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A Sarumi version of Munakata killing Mikoto before his Damocles Down. (Or, alternatively: is Fushimi legitimately capable of putting the fate of the world before Misaki Yata's life?)

Welp, it was a good world while it lasted I guess XD Obviously this would be particularly difficult for Fushimi, for him I think Yata's life ranks pretty high above the fate of the world. Imagine this as like an AU where Yata becomes Red King and Fushimi Blue King, and Yata's Sword is in danger of falling. Say the betrayal still happened, Fushimi assuming that Yata was so wrapped up in Homra and becoming Red King that Fushimi was no longer important to him and then when Fushimi becomes Blue King it's like this is proof that he and Misaki are no longer partners, they're enemies. He's been trying ever since to make Yata hate him, constantly clashing with him in a way that's probably a lot more destructive than what Munakata and Mikoto's relationship is, like Fushimi is very strongly trying to do whatever he can to make Yata fight him and hate him and he doesn't care what kind of blood he spills or what collateral damage occurs.

Then Totsuka gets killed and Yata's Sword of Damocles is in rough shape and Fushimi knows full well that if Yata kills the Colorless King his Sword will fall. This would probably piss Fushimi off even more than when Mikoto was following tat path in canon, like for Fushimi this is just another sign of how useless friendship and camaraderie is, that Yata would give up his life for something as stupid as revenge. And in a way I think this would make him want to try and get Yata to hate him even more because Fushimi knows Yata's really chasing death now and Fushimi can't handle the thought, that Misaki is going to die and there's nothing he can do. The only way he knows to deal with this is to try and break things even more thoroughly, just completely harden his heart and become someone who doesn't care if Misaki dies, because he can't face the pain of losing the one person he cares the most about.

Eventually things happen similar to canon and Yata's Sword is about to fall, and he turns to Fushimi with this sad smile all 'Sorry, Saruhiko.' I feel like Fushimi probably would ultimately be able to kill Yata – telling himself the whole time that he doesn't care, that Yata is his enemy and always was, and he has to do this because if he doesn't he's admitting that he dared to hold something precious and that's the one thing he can never let himself admit – but doing so would still probably pretty much break him even more than he's already broken. Like in the aftermath I think Fushimi would just be sitting there with Yata's body, to the point he won't even hand it over to Homra, and he just finds himself staring at Yata's blood all over his hands. Fushimi starts to laugh, coldly, bitterly, and somehow he just can't stop, it's all so stupid that all he can do is laugh and laugh and he isn't really sure at what point that laughter turned into sobs.

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How about SaruMi where: there’s only one bed, which we decide to share + accidentally blurting out “i love you” during a conversation + that “oh shit” moment when the realization hits you

Imagine this happens maybe shortly post-ROK, Yata and Fushimi have made up but Fushimi hasn't gotten around to being entirely honest about why he left and both of them are stewing quietly in the mutual crush that neither one is able to say out loud. One day there's some Strain issue happening away from the city and S4 sends Fushimi to take care of it, since they have the whole Homra alliance thing happening now Homra offers to send some backup with him as S4 can't spare anyone else. Yata of course gets picked and he's kinda nervous but excited, it's like old times again fighting with Fushimi by his side. Munakata's had one of the squad do the legwork in getting them transportation and a hotel for the night so they can take their time gathering info and cornering the Strain.

When they get to the hotel though it's late at night and pouring rain, Yata gets to drag in both their bags while Fushimi goes to check their reservations. Unfortunately there was a mix up and the rooms that were booked are no longer available, of course Fushimi takes this in a very calm and mature manner (by glaring and muttering about idiots who don't know how to run their own hotel). The desk person is very apologetic but says they do have one room and would Fushimi and Yata mind sharing, Fushimi's about to grumble that yes he would mind but Yata speaks up and says yeah that's fine. Fushimi looks over at him and Yata smiles like it'll be okay won't it, we're used to sharing a room and it'll be kinda like a sleepover, like old times. Fushimi clicks his tongue and is like I guess, Yata tells him it's no problem and they should enjoy this chance to hang out together.

Except then when they get into the room they realize the problem: it's a honeymoon suite and there is in fact only one bed. Maybe there isn't even a couch or anything, it's the bed or the floor. Fushimi waits for Yata to offer to take the floor but the ride here was long and uncomfortable and Yata really wants to sleep in a nice comfy bed. Fushimi mutters that he isn't sleeping on the floor, that's the place for hoodlums like Misaki and Yata's like hey I'm allowed to want the bed too. Fushimi says that when they had sleepovers at Yata's place Yata always took the floor and Yata's like yeah but that was my room and mom gave me an old futon and anyway I was being nice, this time I want the bed. They try to do rock paper scissors for it but every match ends in a tie, finally Yata gives this exasperated sigh as he's like why don't we just share it. Fushimi immediately stiffens and Yata's voice is sort of stilted-calm as he's like that's not a problem right, we shared the bed as kids once or twice, nothing's changed it's totally fine right. Fushimi finally gives this languid shrug all I guess it's fine and meanwhile they both are having internal 'crap' moments, Yata mentally kicking himself because seriously is he going to be able to keep his cool with Fushimi sleeping right there next to him.

It's pretty late and they're both tired so Yata's like guess I'll go to bed huh and Fushimi's all yeah guess I will too. They climb into the bed, back to back, and it's very quiet and awkward. Finally Yata gives this yell of frustration as he says he can't sleep, Fushimi claims he was sleeping fine until someone started yelling and Yata's like cut the crap I know when you’re fake sleeping. He tells Fushimi to look at him and Fushimi rolls over, in the dim light from the one lamp they left on Yata can see Fushimi doesn't have his glasses on and his hair is all tousled, looking kinda like it did when they were in middle school. Yata finds himself just staring at Fushimi, how Fushimi just looks all vulnerable and sleepy and it reminds him of all these old memories, sleepovers and their old apartment and all these past things that Yata cherished so much and he can't stop himself from reaching out to touch Fushimi's cheek. Fushimi stiffens momentarily but doesn't pull away, his face lined with exhaustion and he leans into Yata's touch and just murmurs out this soft 'I love you.'

Yata absolutely freezes and then Fushimi's eyes flash open as he realizes what he just accidentally let slip. Fushimi immediately tries to sit up and pull away and Yata's like 'wait – Saruhiko –' but Fushimi's in total flight mode and Yata has this wild thought that if he doesn't do something Fushimi's just going to dart out the window. Yata finds himself grabbing Fushimi by the wrist and pulling him back into the bed, Fushimi tries to struggle away from him and then in this single impulsive move Yata drags him close and pins Fushimi down with a kiss on the lips. Then it's like a dam breaking, Fushimi grabbing at Yata now and kissing him back with this desperation born out of years and years of holding himself back and Yata's responding in kind, the two of them just totally losing themselves in this moment and when they finally separate they're both breathing hard with red faces and suddenly the one bed doesn't seem like such a problem after all.

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Ridia-sensei, do you know about the meme “Your waist be so small. Like what do you need that small waist for? For another man to grab it? Whore”? I find it in a group of other fandom (don’t judge me Ợ_Ợ), somehow when I rewatch the anime then see Fushimi’s waist it appear in my mind and I can’t get it out. Can I get long separated scenes bout Yata, Munataka, Mikoto and the alphabet boys grabs Fushimi’s waist please? I will stay at home alone this Christmas so I just want a gift TT_TT

Really what else would he have that skinny waist for, if not for other men to grab it :3c Sarumi scenario first: imagine this like post-ROK and the two of them have moved in together. Say one day Yata accidentally leaves his skateboard lying around, usually he pushes it to the side of the door but he was running late today and ended up just leaving it in the middle of the room. Yata figures it isn't a problem, Saruhiko's the kind of guy who will definitely notice that kind of thing and besides, he needs to get dinner started or else Saruhiko will start complaining that he's hungry anyway. As he's cooking he hears the door open and Yata leans out of the doorway to greet Fushimi, Fushimi's in a clearly grouchy mood and looking pretty tired out. Yata's like 'busy day?' and Fushimi just clicks his tongue, Yata laughs and says that's a yes then. He tells Fushimi to just sit down and Yata will finish dinner, as he's about to go back into the kitchen he hears the sound of wheels on the floor and is like 'shit don't tell me--'.

He looks back just in time to see Fushimi slip on the skateboard and start to fall, immediately Yata moves on like total instinct and he manages to just catch Fushimi by grabbing him around the waist. They still end up losing their footing and landing on the couch, Yata below and Fushimi above him, Yata's arm still around Fushimi's waist and he's like 'geez Saruhiko you're so skinny, I can practically put my whole arm around you.' Fushimi gives this soft tongue click and Yata expects he's about to be scolded for leaving his skateboard out but then he looks up and realizes that Fushimi's face is bright red, eyes averted from Yata's and now Yata's aware of just how close they are to each other and now his face is bright red too.

Reisaru: Imagine Munakata just enjoys grabbing Fushimi by his waist in general, he doesn't want Fushimi to be uncomfortable of course but he also loves to pull Saruhiko nearer to him. And he enjoys occasionally getting the jump on Fushimi too, like the unexpected affection attack and even though Fushimi complains about it he doesn't exactly fight Munakata off either. Like one day Fushimi's delivering a report while Munakata's on the floor doing a puzzle, Munakata stands as he praises Fushimi's work ethic and notes that as always Fushimi's work is impeccable. Fushimi clicks his tongue, wondering if Munakata has a point in bringing up all this, and in one smooth movement Munakata wraps an arm around Fushimi's waist and pulls him close, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. Fushimi's all red even as he complains that this isn't exactly the place for this sort of thing, Munakata's all 'Oya? Is that so?'. Fushimi mumbles that someone could see them and Munakata agrees that might be an issue, after all he wants to keep this appealing side of Fushimi-kun for himself. Fushimi rolls his eyes and says he has more reports to finish and Munakata says of course, Fushimi's like are you going to let me go then and Munakata says he will, in just a moment. Fushimi clicks his tongue again but leans in a little closer anyway, angling his head up for a kiss.

Mikosaru: Imagine this during some kind of fight, like there's a Strain scenario and Homra and Scepter 4 are both working together to try and handle it. Fushimi's gone off on his own, as he usually does, except he gets caught by one of the bad guys and ends up injured. He just manages to get away, limping and bleeding a little and complaining under his breath about what a pain this is, and as he turns a corner he nearly runs right into Suoh Mikoto. The surprise of it is enough to knock Fushimi off his already precarious balance and he stumbles forward, only to find himself neatly caught by Suoh Mikoto. Fushimi looks up with a baleful glare and clicks his tongue, Mikoto's like 'Fushimi, huh?'. Fushimi coldly says he's fine, he needs to get back to where the rest of the squad is. Mikoto gets this slightly amused look as he's like 'On that leg?' and Fushimi says he doesn't need Mikoto's help. Mikoto gives him an appraising look and then promptly grabs Fushimi around the waist, sweeping him off his feet as Fushimi sputters and protests. Fushimi says he can walk on his own and Mikoto doesn't even respond, he just shrugs and says Fushimi's awfully light, he's easy enough to carry. Fushimi grumbles that Mikoto's not going to let him walk on his own is he and Mikoto gets this slightly feral grin as he says he'll let Fushimi go once they get back to Scepter 4.

Alphabet squad: you didn't specify one so let's go for all of them :D Imagine for some clan bonding activity Munakata decides to have the squad practice trust falls, to build up the bond between them. He's set up this little platform and the squad all gather beneath it as each member climbs up and then falls backward into the group. Most of the squad have handled it pretty well, like Gotou crosses his arms in front of his body like a dead person and falls straight back and Doumyouji just leaps backward (and yells something about a mosh pit). Once they've all finished their falls the squad are congratulating each other and that's when Hidaka notices that Fushimi-san hasn't taken a turn. Fushimi gives him this irritated 'Eh?' and wonders why he should have to do something so stupid. Hidaka says Captain told them all to do this and won't it be a good way to help them understand each other. Fushimi doesn't see how something idiotic like this will help understanding and besides who said he wanted to be understood. Akiyama politely chimes in that Captain did say it was an order that they all do this. Fushimi grimaces and then he's like fine, if you idiots don't catch me I'll make you do reports in triplicate. Once he gets on the platform though he's clearly hesitant and the squad are being all encouraging, like it's okay Fushimi-san we'll definitely catch you. Fushimi's probably about to change his mind when one foot trips off the back of the platform and he falls backward. Immediately all the squad rush in to catch him, arms going around his waist and they all kinda lower to the ground with him in one big group hug. Fushimi complains about how they're all going to squash him and the squad are just laughing and apologizing, like well we did catch you though.

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when one of the sarumi is forced to leave the city or country, and the other stays at home, they call up before going to bed and chat until one or both fall asleep. (bonus if there are clansmens next to the "not sleeping" and they then teases that Fushimi|Yata is a very nice boyfriend).

Usually it's Fushimi who goes out of the country so maybe Yata has to be the one to go this time. Say Yata's competing in skateboard tournaments and he gets an invite to some big overseas competition, if he wins he gets a ton of prize money and could potentially get a lot of endorsements and all that. Yata wanted Fushimi to come along but say some big emergency thing happens like just a day or two before he was set to leave and Fushimi has to be at Scepter 4, Yata's disappointed but he also knows how much S4 needs Fushimi in times like these. Yata promises to call Fushimi every night, Fushimi just clicks his tongue like he doesn't care but of course the very first night that Yata's overseas he's glued to his PDA waiting for Misaki's call. As soon as the phone rings Fushimi acts like he was totally about to fall asleep and oh were you going to call I forgot, on the other end of the line Yata rolls his eyes and is like sure monkey I know you don't forget anything. They start chatting, with Yata probably doing most of the talking as he tells Fushimi about the hotel and the flight and the other people he's met. Fushimi responds with mostly one word answers, just enjoying the sound of Yata's voice, and maybe Yata doesn't even realize at first when Fushimi falls asleep still on the phone. When he realizes Yata smiles softly and is like 'good night you idiot, I love you' before hanging up.

For the next few days they do this, Yata has a lot to do during the day preparing for competition and Fushimi has work so it's hard for them to find time to talk during the day. There's plenty of time at night though and they make the most of it, talking until they're both falling asleep. Maybe it becomes a bit of a challenge between them, to see who falls asleep first, and at least once they both fall asleep while still on the phone (Yata belatedly realizes that he's probably racking up so many long distance charges but he can;t care too much, he's not going to stop talking to Saruhiko). One evening Fushimi has a late S4 mission and ends up talking to Yata while in one of the vans on the way back to headquarters, like he and a couple alphabet squad members had to drive a few hours out of town and Fushimi's resting in the back while Akiyama and Benzai do the driving. Yata wonders if he should call later but Fushimi says no, he wants to talk to Yata now. The two of them talk until Yata finally falls asleep and Fushimi's starting to nod off, up in the front Benzai smiles and notes that Fushimi-san is a very thoughtful boyfriend. Akiyama agrees and tells Fushimi he can sleep too if he wants, Fushimi clicks his tongue and mutters at both of them to be quiet. He's clearly blushing though and Akiyama and Benzai exchange smiles because it's pretty cute to see Fushimi being all tender towards someone.

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currently having brainrot of sarumi but with the same "arrangement" as touko and yuu from bloom into you in which they do things lovers conventionally do like kiss and hold hands except yata (thinks he) only does it because he's curious and inexperienced and saru doesn't ever want yata to truly love him back. i just rewatched bloom into you recently and have been back on my k project thoughts so it suddenly just clicked TwT i really reccomend bloom into you if you haven't watched it yet!! ^^

Imagine Fushimi confessing to Yata with the full belief that Yata won't love him back and therefore just cutting off his own confession to tell Yata not to fall in love with him. Like imagine the two of them are in high school together and they've been friends since middle school, even though Fushimi's so unfriendly and gloomy girls are always confessing to him and Yata thinks it's kinda funny, that so many people want to date Fushimi. At the same time he's maybe a little bummed about it because Yata doesn't really get what that feeling is, to be in love with someone and to want to confess your feelings, to have your heart pound and your stomach flutter. A couple girls have tried to confess to Yata and once he finished screaming and hiding behind Fushimi all he could do was stutter out an 'I-I'm sorry' because none of those girls really made him feel anything. In a way he figures that he and Fushimi are alike in this, since they've never really felt like they've fallen in love with anyone.

One day maybe some girl leaves Yata a love letter and while he's trying to think of an answer he talks to Fushimi about it, like isn't it weird so many people find love in high school and I don't really feel anything. It's not like he wants any of that lovey-dovey girl stuff but still maybe it would be kinda nice, to find someone who makes his heart pound. That's when Fushimi just leans in and says 'I love you.' Yata's eyes get super wide and he's totally blindsided, Fushimi leans back with a smirk and says it didn't do anything for you right. Yata's like what do you mean and Fushimi shrugs and says maybe what he feels for Misaki is something like love but who knows, clearly Misaki doesn't feel the same way and that's fine, Fushimi wouldn't want anyone to fall in love with him. But if Yata wants to 'practice' – hold hands maybe, or test out a kiss and act like they're boyfriends, Fushimi would be okay with that.

Yata has no idea why he says yes – Saruhiko was just teasing, right, he doesn't actually love Yata and they should probably be testing out this kind of stuff with girls anyway. But he wants to know what feeling in love with someone felt like so he agrees to it. Fushimi reaches out and takes Yata's hand and Yata finds his face getting a little hot, Fushimi just clicks his tongue and says they won't fall in love so isn't it just like a virgin to blush from something like this. Yata says he isn't blushing and don't call him a virgin, hand tightening over Fushimi's and Fushimi just smirks at him. After this they find a few more chances to 'practice' – like they walk home hand in hand, or one day they're hanging out together after school and Fushimi asks Yata if he wants to kiss. Yata doesn't want Fushimi to tease him for being a virgin so he agrees and Fushimi just leans in and kisses him. Yata gets all red again but acts like it was no big deal, though really he can't stop thinking about it now, how it felt to kiss Saruhiko. Yata keeps trying to convince himself that this is all practice, Saruhiko's just helping him prepare for when he gets a girlfriend, but if that's the case Yata doesn't know why his heart won't stop pounding so hard. (Fushimi meanwhile is 100% aware that he's hopelessly in love with Yata but he's certain that there's no way Misaki would ever love him back so he pretends he doesn't care, if he keeps talking about how they aren't going to fall in love with each other than it's not a rejection when Misaki doesn't love him and he can still pretend for a bit, that this is real.)

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(Hiiii i love ur work!!🔥💜 This is my first time writing so idk if im doing this right but this has been on my mind for a long time n idk if anyone has done this before but) Ok so SaruMi in a "mr & mrs.smith" setting.. like they've been (?)married /together for a few years n they lost their spark.. they secretly work for different organizations (sceptre4 & homra) n during a mission they fail to kill each other n ltr get suspicious of the others identity n then the whole sexual tension n realization that they still love each other n cant kill the other etc from the movie aaaaaaaaaa theyd be so sexy with the whole subtext-filled dialogue n that particular fight scene at their house aaaaa (so sorry for rambling n sorry if u havent watched the movie💜)

Any scenario that gets them to sexily point weapons at each other is a good scenario :D Say Fushimi and Yata are both assassins working for competing secret organizations, which they can't tell the other about. Maybe they are actually childhood friends in this AU, they met each other again a few years prior while both were on a mission abroad and rekindled their friendship. Yata eventually confesses that he had a huge crush on Fushimi as a kid and Fushimi reluctantly admits to the same, they decide to start dating and move in together once they get back to Japan. Neither one wants to tell the other about his true occupation, thinking the other could be in danger if he knew about the whole secret assassin thing.

Several years after they moved in together things have gotten kinda tense and their relationship has suffered some, it feels like there's no spark there anymore. Yata goes off to his 'construction' job during the day and Fushimi has his 'computer programming' job and they only really see each other in the evenings. Fushimi's started eating takeout and Yata doesn't even cook meals for him anymore, he still does care for Saruhiko but he doesn't know what he can do to bring life back to their relationship. Maybe Yata's been sneaking in some info about his assassin organization and pretending it's about his construction job so he talks about his amazing boss Mikoto a lot and it's started to make Fushimi think that Yata's more interested in someone else and so he starts shutting Yata out a lot and tries to convince himself that he doesn't care about Misaki anymore.

One day the two of them are both unknowingly given an assignment to go after the same guy. Fushimi makes a whole plan to capture this guy and it's proceeding perfectly when some loud idiot gets in his way, Fushimi clicks his tongue wondering what sort of moron just barges in to an assassination. Yata meanwhile doesn't know who this asshole is that messed up his assassination but he needs to get this mission done, say they're both like wearing masks or something so they don't realize at first. It's not until they manage to corner each other going after the mark that Yata's mask gets knocked off and Fushimi without thinking immediately says 'Misaki?'. Yata's like '...Saruhiko?' and they both just stare at each other for a moment before running off their separate ways.

Their competing organizations are actually more like friendly rivals than enemies and don't intend to force the two to kill each other but imagine wacky misunderstandings occur and Yata assumes he needs to kill Saruhiko to keep his secret safe, while Fushimi's already resigning himself to having to kill Misaki. They both decide to go back home and confront each other, Fushimi gets there first and like makes himself some coffee and sits in a chair in the living room playing with a knife waiting for Yata. Yata walks in the front door all 'hey, I'm home,' with his bat held over his shoulders. They do a little small talk and then Fushimi throws a knife, which Yata dodges. That opens the floodgates and imagine them having this whole epic fight in the house, Fushimi doing a lot of holding knives at Yata's throat and pinning him to walls while Yata gets to occasionally pin Fushimi to the ground bodily with his bat. They're both smiling widely, matching each other move for move until finally Fushimi misses his footing on a chair and Yata manages to get the upper hand. Fushimi tells Yata to finish it already but Yata can't do it, lowering his bat as he admits that Fushimi's still the most important person to him. Fushimi calls him an idiot and immediately sweeps his leg to knock Yata down, holding him at knife point. Yata's resigned to his fate, like well if this keeps Saruhiko safe so be it, but then Fushimi leans down and gives Yata this super passionate kiss and suddenly they're making out in the remains of their decimated house. (And then eventually representatives of their respective organizations show up to clear up that little misunderstanding, like no it's fine you guys can stay married and Yata's like what was the point of that whole fight then and Fushimi grins like you looked good at the end of my knives.)

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"Why do you always hit my butt?"

"Cause it's the only place I know that doesn't have knives"

Unoriginal but.... Yeah

(Reisaru and Misaru ver. Please~)

Thank you!

Okay but how do they know it doesn't have knives :3c Reisaru version I imagine Munakata being all pleased with himself over this, like just imagine Fushimi like leaving his office after giving a report and Munakata gets up from his desk to like escort Fushimi to the door. Fushimi thinks this is kinda weird but assumes Munakata's just leaving the office as well, which is when Munakata gives him a nice smack right on the butt. Fushimi jumps slightly and looks at him all 'Captain,' Munakata grins and his glasses shine as he notes that he hasn't had a moment alone with Fushimi all day until now, and missed him. Fushimi clicks his tongue like so why exactly did you smack my butt and Munakata adjusts his glasses with an errant sparkle as he's like 'Because it is the one place which lacks knives.' Fushimi just stares like since when were you so bold and Munakata has the most pleased look, like he's just so very proud of himself for coming up with this excuse to touch Fushimi-kun's butt. Fushimi rolls his eyes and is like maybe I'll have to start putting knives there, Munakata leans in and notes in that case he will have no choice but to kiss Fushimi on the lips instead, for his own safety.

Sarumi version, Fushimi probably didn't expect virgin Misaki of all people to smack him on the butt. I'm imagining Yata got tired of all that 'virgin' teasing and wants to show Fushimi that he can be bold too. Maybe he made the mistake of listening to Chitose again, who was talking about some recent conquest and how he smacked her butt as she walked by and she liked it. Yata's like okay so maybe this is a thing you do when you think someone's hot and anyway at least I know I won't accidentally get my hand sliced off, he's already learned that unexpected PDA with Fushimi can be dangerous if he's not paying attention to where the knives are. So then the next day when Fushimi's getting ready to leave for work Yata gives him a nice smack on the butt. Fushimi turns and Yata's immediately trying to be all faux-smooth, like what I was just saying goodbye to my boyfriend. Fushimi snickers because really Misaki is that the best you can do were you listening to those idiots at Homra again. Yata's immediately defensive like maybe I just wanted to touch you there and anyway at least I know that's the one place that doesn't have knives. Fushimi pauses and Yata's like '...it doesn't, right?'. Fushimi gives him a wicked grin as he turns to leave like 'I guess you'll just have to find out later won't you' and suddenly Yata's face is feeling very hot.

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Say that Sarumi reconciled before everything with s1 went down. So Mikoto and Totsuka are dead, and Misaki is grieving. Saruhiko has no idea how to help-- Misaki won't eat, barely sleeps, and it almost feels like he's afraid to cry in front of Saru. This makes Fushimi feel awful, of course, so Munakata advises him, "sometimes your presence can be enough." When Fushimi gets home from work that day and finds Misaki on the couch buried in blankets, all he does is sit next to him and hold his hand. It doesn't make things okay, but it makes it a little better.

I feel like things might go better for Yata in this AU, having someone supportive by his side when he's all upset and grieving. Poor Fushimi really has no idea what to do about this side of Misaki though – imagine in this AU they actually do end up reconciling after the whole cellar incident from MOR and become friends again. When S1 happens and Totsuka dies they don't see each other much for a while, Yata so focused on helping find Colorless and Fushimi feeling kinda awkward like he doesn't know if he should call Misaki and check on him or what, he doesn't even know what he would say. When Mikoto dies Fushimi's even more at a loss, imagine he keeps stopping by Yata's place to check on him but Fushimi really doesn't know how to handle a person who's grieving. Yata doesn't eat much, doesn't sleep and has nightmares when he does, just stares a lot of the time at nothing and answers in monosyllables when Fushimi tries to talk to him. Fushimi's frustrated because he doesn't get why Misaki won't talk to him, and at the same time he's even more frustrated with himself, like if he was a normal person with healthy emotions he might know how to handle this but he's basically the least qualified person in the world to offer comfort.

Fushimi's clearly preoccupied by this even at work and one day Munakata asks him how things are going with Yata Misaki. Fushimi tries to evade answering but he ends up admitting that he has no idea what to do with Misaki and it makes him feel worthless and stupid. Munakata says that there are many forms of grieving and that not all people grieve the same, thus there is no one single way to offer proper comfort. Fushimi's like so I may as well do nothing and Munakata says on the contrary, when a person is alone in their misery the thing they may need most of all is not empty words or cold comfort but rather the simple presence of someone they love.

Later that evening Fushimi returns to Yata's apartment, Yata's still curled up on the couch where Fushimi left him that morning. Fushimi brought some takeout for Yata to eat but he doesn't know if he should offer it, just standing there awkwardly in the doorway. He remembers Munakata's words and clicks his tongue, like is that really enough to help with this at all. Still, he doesn't have anything else, so he puts the food away and then walks back into the living room. It occurs to him in that moment that he's kinda been avoiding Misaki too, like he's been trying to cajole Yata into eating and sleeping but when it looks like Yata's really suffering Fushimi kept pulling back and retreating, almost like he was afraid of facing Yata's emotions. So this time instead of walking away Fushimi steels himself and sits down next to Yata on the couch. He feels Yata shift, aware of Fushimi's presence, and Fushimi tentatively reaches out and takes Yata's hand. Yata stiffens and then a moment later Fushimi feels him relax, like there's a palpable easing of the tension in the air. Fushimi gives Yata's hand a small squeeze and Yata squeezes back, fingers wrapping around Fushimi's and holding his hand tight and they just sit there in silence, the only sound Misaki's steady breathing as he finally falls into a peaceful sleep.

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So, fem!sarumi in middle school where fem!Yata encounters a train molester and freezes. Fem! Fushimi sees this and is like "tch!" and call him out in public. People start murmurin, but the train door opens at a station and the molester dashes out to escape only for Fushimi to call the security's attention and they catch the molester. Later, Yata tells Fushimi that she looked like a hero while smiling brightly but Fushimi rebuffs while looking away all red in the face.

Fushimi probably being super cool about this too and Yata's like embarrassed that she didn't deck the guy the way she always said she would if someone tried to grab her on the train but she's also super amazed by how awesome Saruhiko is. Like the two of them are on the train together and say they just came home from some school-required thing so they're in school uniforms still (meaning skirts, Yata definitely wears pants normally when she doesn't have to wear a skirt and even under her school skirt she probably has shorts on). Yata's chatting with Fushimi about all the fun stuff they're going to do after school when suddenly she just freezes, this wide-eyed look on her face. Fushimi's playing on her PDA and looks up, wondering why Misaki got so quiet all of a sudden, and that's when Fushimi notices this creepy dude standing right behind Yata and very definitely putting a hand on her butt.

Fushimi clicks her tongue and imagine she just steps behind Yata and takes a quick picture with her PDA as she starts to like verbally eviscerate the creep, wondering what kind of worthless piece of human scum puts a hand on an innocent middle school girl do you have some kind of fetish doesn't society look down on people like this. The creep goes from confident to nervous as more people start to stare at him, Fushimi is just continuing with this perfectly deadpan rant about how absolutely pathetic he is and to think he would do this in public is this what they call lowly trash is this the sort of person who can't get a date and can only touch prepubescent girls on trains and Misaki isn't even that well-endowed you know and she's wearing shorts under that skirt you can't even choose victims right you're just a failure in every way. The guy starts stuttering and backing up and Fushimi is still talking when finally the train door opens and he makes a run for it. He doesn't get very far as Fushimi and Yata step to behind him and security is already there, Fushimi placed a call on her PDA while she was chewing the creep out. She also gives them the picture on her phone proving what this guy did and is basically like obviously since there's proof you wouldn't be so useless at your jobs as to let this person get away with a crime without proper punishment.

The creep is dragged away and Fushimi clicks her tongue like what a pain, then she hears this little awestruck 'Saruhiko...' and turns to see Yata just staring up at her with wide shining eyes. Fushimi's like '...what?' and Yata's all 'you were so cool,' like she's just absolutely awestruck and she's probably even forgotten that some creepy asshole man was touching her because Saruhiko was so amazing and Yata just wants to talk about it. Like the whole way home Yata keeps effusing about how Fushimi just got in that guy's face and made him look so stupid, like did you see the way he was squirming and everyone was watching and could see how brave you were. Fushimi mutters that it's nothing, worthless people like that are just annoying and Yata's all 'you were just like a hero.' Fushimi shrugs and says maybe, looking back down at her PDA to try and hide the obvious blush that's starting to form on her face.

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What about twilight sarumi lol ! Don't u think fushimi would make a great sparkling vampire?

Thank u for your work and have a nice day 😍

Wouldn't 'sparkling vampire' be more Munakata's thing than Fushimi's XD Honestly Fushimi would probably hate being a vampire, like he has stupid sparkles when he goes out in the sun, he's obligated to hang out with Munakata and the rest of the Scepter 4 vampires for the remainder of his (un)life and he still has to keep going to school even though he's a couple hundred years old and already knows all this stuff anyway. Maybe Munakata is like the vampire patriarch and he thinks it's a good idea for his fellow vampires to try and blend in with the normal humans by attending school, he particularly wants Fushimi to go so that perhaps he can gain more friends and become more social. Fushimi is the youngest of the vampires and was only recently 'adopted' by Munakata's clan, previously he was with his abusive dad vampire Niki who's also the one who turned him. Niki was eventually killed by a vampire hunter and Fushimi was intending to live by himself forever until Munakata swooped him up.

Since he was turned at around high school age Fushimi gets stuck having to attend high school, where the rumor is he lives in some fancy mansion and has a bunch of money. Fushimi skips half his classes and doesn't bother to participate in class since he already knows everything and he figures no one should care if he gets good grades or not. One day he's sticking to the shadows trying to go home after school when some bullies corner him, Fushimi's trying to think of a way out of this that doesn't give away his cover when someone comes running to 'save' him. Fushimi's immediately annoyed by this stupid idiot human trying to be a hero but he also finds himself unexpectedly drawn to this person too. Fushimi as the ability to read the minds of most humans but when he tries to read the mind of the kid who saved him he can't read anything at all (later Fushimi will assume that this is because Yata's head is just that empty and Yata tells him to shut up).

Despite the whole weirdness of not being able to read Yata's mind and also feeling like Yata's blood smells kinda good Fushimi is still determined not to befriend him, however Yata's already become interested in this weird loner kid who seems to be amazing. Imagine one day Fushimi's skipping school and Yata decides to go after him, in the parking lot Yata is almost hit by a car but Fushimi saves him by stopping the car with his bare hands. Fushimi's sure he just blew his cover but Yata's eyes just shine as he's like wow Saruhiko you're really strong what kind of exercises do you do. Fushimi's become used to his vampire powers being just common and nothing special so having someone who finds him this amazing is entirely new and he finds himself wanting to keep talking with Yata more. But then at the same time he knows that as a vampire he also really wants to suck Yata's blood and if he does what if he like accidentally kills Yata, or what if he becomes like Niki and turns Yata against his will. Fushimi decides he just needs to stay away from Yata but of course Yata has other ideas and won't leave him alone, wanting to talk with Saruhiko even more (and sure Yata notices that Fushimi's kinda pale and yeah he never goes out into the sun and he seems to live off a liquid diet and he avoids mirrors a lot too but that's all probably just a coincidence right).

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Pre-reconciliation Sarumi are chasing after a strain that causes its target to fall in love with whoever is next to them. The strain goes for Saru, and Misaki (who doesn't actually know what the Strain does) is worried, but Saru doesn't seem affected at all, so Misaki assumes that he must've dodged. Saruhiko actually did get hit, though, and he proceeds to have a crisis over this for the next few weeks.

Fushimi gets hit and absolutely nothing changes except he has a sudden unexpected moment of actual emotional honesty XD Like say Fushimi does know what the Strain's power does even if Yata doesn't, Scepter 4's been tracking the Strain for a while but Homra's only just started gathering intel. Yata and Fushimi run into each other while hunting the Strain down and start to fight, which gives the Strain the perfect opportunity to attack them. It looks like Fushimi gets hit and Yata's immediately worried in spite of himself, not able to stop himself from running to Fushimi's side. Fushimi shakes off the hit and looks right up at Yata, their eyes meet...and then Fushimi clicks his tongue and tells Yata not to get so close to him.

Yata assumes that the Strain power must have just missed Fushimi since nothing's changed and he's a bit annoyed with himself for getting all worried about that stupid traitor for nothing. Fushimi decides he doesn't have time to play with Yata after all and intends to go after the Strain alone, Yata's like fine but then he catches Fushimi looking at hm again and once again he can't stop himself from asking if Fushimi's okay, his voice going a little softer in a way which seems to make Fushimi even more annoyed. Fushimi tells Yata to stop trying to get so close to him, they're not comrades anymore and he doesn't want to be Yata's friend. There's something about the emphasis on 'friend' that seems weird to Yata but he can't quite pinpoint why and he ends up just letting Fushimi go.

Fushimi gets out of sight and immediately just like falls back against the nearest wall, clutching his chest and clicking his tongue all 'annoying.' He figures these feelings have to be because of the Strain, like of course he ended up being hit with Misaki there next to him. Except the thing is, he assumed that being hit by a Strain whose power makes you fall in love with the guy next to you would have changed his behavior some, like shouldn't he be waxing romantic and fawning all over Yata. Instead it's all silent pining and bitterness over how Yata will only ever think of him as one of a hundred comrades, not someone special who he could love, and these feelings are just a little too familiar for Fushimi's taste. Even worse he has no idea when the power will wear off, like imagine him dealing with this for a couple weeks only to find out later that the Strain's power doesn't last longer than like a day and now Fushimi has to face the sudden realization that he loves Yata and has always loved Yata (and deep down he knows that this is true and he's known for a long time, he just hid it so deep down that he was able to convince himself that it wasn't love at all and now he's had that mask stripped away from him).

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Fem!Sarumi - Fushimi and Yata meet in high school, instead of middle school. Fushimi has a reputation as a rich, cold, frigid girl, an 'ice princess'. Yata's a tomboy that doesn't quite fit in as 'one of the boys', but also can't relate well with her fellow girls. They're partnered together for a project and at first it they don't seem to mesh well, but then all of a sudden something clicks and they become inseparable. They start out as good friends, before gradually transitioning to dating.

So say Fushimi and Yata are both outcast girls in the same class, both disliked for different reasons. Fushimi is seen as this total stuck up rich bitch who doesn't talk to anyone and acts super high and mighty, all the other girls complain that Fushimi acts like she's too good to talk to anyone. Yata meanwhile doesn't fit in with any of the girls in her class either, like it isn't even just that she's a tomboy but how she's so loud and short tempered and always says things without thinking. Yata's in this weird space where she's not enough of a delinquent to be one of the 'bad girls' but she also doesn't fit in with like the more sporty tomboy girls either. The boys don't really like her either though, she tries to fit in with the guys when all the girls reject her and ends up mostly on the outs there too. Maybe in this AU Yata's family doesn't move to Shizume until high school, Yata was pretty popular and well liked at her old middle school but she's flailing here where most of the kids are on the richer side and more straight-laced, Yata's seen as like this outcast who doesn't know her place in the world.

One day the teacher assigns everyone a group project, telling the class to pick their partners. Immediately the guys and girls in the class start pairing off with their friends, leaving poor Yata sitting there looking around desperately trying to get someone to pair with her. Everyone ignores her and Yata sits there feeling this twisting in the pit of her stomach, like everyone's laughing at her because she's left alone. That's when the teacher's like 'oh, Fushimi, there you are,' and Yata looks up to see Fushimi's just entered the classroom, having disappeared off who knows where for most of the morning. Fushimi is thus partnered with Yata by default, Yata brightens and greets Fushimi in a friendly manner while Fushimi just clicks her tongue and pulls out her PDA, ignoring Yata completely.

Obviously working on their project becomes pretty difficult, at first Yata thinks well she's not very friendly but Fushimi is at the top of the class so this should be easy right. Except Fushimi is constantly skipping class and even when she is around she barely pays any attention to the work, clicking her tongue and calling Yata an idiot as she says she's not interested in working with her. Yata's determined to get Fushimi to work with her though, maybe one day Fushimi skips class again and Yata dejectedly sneaks out during all the fuss of partner work to go hide in the bathroom, certain she's going to fail because Fushimi won't help. She finds Fushimi in the bathroom as well, surrounded by some girls who are calling her names and clearly bullying her. Yata isn't going to stand for that and she just like slams into the girls, yelling at them for ganging up on someone. The other girls scoff at her like ugh it's that Yata again, leaving to go back to class. Yata moves to check on Fushimi, who says she doesn't care about what other people think as she pulls out her PDA and starts playing a game. Yata leans over and is all amazed, their PDAs are supposed to be locked at school and Fushimi seems really skilled. Soon Yata's immediately revised her opinion and decided that Fushimi's actually pretty amazing, and her enthusiasm is enough to slowly melt Fushimi's heart a bit.

At some point Yata invites Fushimi over to her house to work on their project, Fushimi hesitantly agrees and Yata's all cool we'll have a sleepover. While at Yata's place though Fushimi keeps acting odd, like she doesn't get the way Yata's parents and siblings are all being friendly to her and it gives Yata this weird pain in her chest that she can't explain. She figures out some of it when they go to Fushimi's house one day and there's no one at all there, when Yata asks about Fushimi's parents Fushimi just clicks her tongue and mutters that if her parents were around they wouldn't be here. Fushimi seems to be getting more distant as the project gets closer to completion too, probably thinking that Yata's not going to want to be with her once this project is over, but Yata of course is attached to Fushimi now and there's no way she's going to let Fushimi become alone again.