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For Taichihaya Week Day 3 - Four Seasons

Taichi and Chihaya can tie so many pivotal moments to spring, the time of rebirth and new beginnings.

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Happy Birthday, Taichi! (Yuki Suetsugu, 2022)

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okay so I have no idea how you're gonna make this work but A TAICHIHAYA KISS TO PROVE A POINT PLEEEAAASE!

Ooooh this was so fun! Hopefully I filled the prompt okay, and I managed to sneak in a taichihaya week prompt (poem 48/poems) too! In my head this takes place some time after season 3 of the anime, after they've had a reconciliation, but still haven't talked about... things 👀 Thanks for the ask, margaret!

“You have to contest cards, Chihaya,” Taichi grumbled, clearing their play area and shuffling the cards to deal them out again. “Contested cards can be the difference between Queen and runner-up.” 

It was a common argument between them, and this time was no different. Chihaya pouted, chewing on her lip in a way that made his hands tremble as he pretended not to notice. 

“Harada-sensei says—” 

“I know what Harada-sensei says,” he answered calmly. It infuriated her more when he not only didn’t let her speak, but also kept himself as level as possible. It was fun, riling her up like they were children again. It was easy, too. Instead of focusing on why teasing her was making his heart pound, he counted cards out for both of them to begin again. 

She didn’t say anything more, but he knew she was stewing on his point. He could feel the energy swirling around her, like when she was working on a difficult math problem. 

When he had it all dealt out and they’d both arranged their boards, he started the tape player and their game began. For a while there was nothing between them but the drone of the reader and the slapping of hands on tatami. Although inside Taichi’s head was as loud as ever. Running through poems, analyzing Chihaya’s game, pushing away thoughts of physical closeness. The usual. 

It was on the waves that beat against the rocks poem that their hands touched the card on his side at the same time. Chihaya froze. He waited as long as he dared, his hand next to hers, before he slid the card over to his stack. Chihaya was still frozen it seemed, staring at the spot the card had been. He settled into his stance for the next poem, but she stopped the player. 

“That’s mine,” she nearly whispered. 

“It was on my side.” 

“I know, but…” Her eyes gradually traveled up to meet his, round and glassy and determined as ever. “That one’s mine.” 

“Chihaya, I know I said to dispute cards, but—” 

“I can prove it. My pinkie touched the card first.” 

He sighed. Insufferable, really. He took the card off his stack and placed it back where it had been so she could demonstrate. She slid her left hand over, mimicking the motion she’d used, and he had to admit it looked lower than his right-handed swipe had been. She grabbed his hand and adjusted it so it was where it was when he’d landed. 

“See?” she asked, although since his heartbeat was drumming in his ears he didn’t necessarily hear as much as see her say the word. It took everything he had not to reach over and close his fingers around hers. 

Instead he looked, really looked, at their hand placement. Her pinkie was just barely under his thumb. He could admit that, give up the card gracefully, continue their game. Or… he could prove his original point.  

“And how are you sure that’s how we landed originally? It’s on my side, we touched at the same time, it’s my card.” 

He started to pull the card out from under her fingers again, but she pressed her hand down flat, holding it—and consequently him—still. 

“It’s my card,” she said, with a ferocity that wasn’t entirely surprising, at least not for Chihaya, but there was an underlying current of feeling he didn’t understand. 

“Take it from me, then,” he dared her, pressing his hand down just as hard as hers. “If it’s really your card.” 

“It…” She huffed as she tried to slip it out of his grip without dislodging her hand. “It is my card.” 

“Hmm… Doesn’t look that way.” He was taunting her, he knew, but enjoying it all the same. She leaned over the board, trying to get leverage over him, but he held fast. Even if her ponytail did swish in his face and waft the scent of her shampoo along with it. 

It surprised him that she was even fighting him this long on it. It wasn’t like it was her Chihayafuru card. He couldn’t see the significance to her. 

“Taichi!” she finally huffed, pouting again. She sat in front of him  in the space between their cards and blew a sweaty strand of hair out of her face. “Let go.” 

“No.” 

He knew she was used to his refusals and rebuttals, but for some reason that one stumped her. She blinked back at him, stunned into an uncharacteristic silence. 

“No?” 

“No. I’m not letting go.” 

She chewed on her lip as she pouted which was terribly distracting. He didn’t really mean to, but before he knew it he was leaning towards her, his heart pounding, his throat dry. When he was barely an inch away, he smirked, intending only to throw her off balance enough to slip the card out from under her fingers. 

She didn’t move. It hardly even seemed like she was breathing. Her eyes were wide again and a blush had risen to her cheeks. Too late he realized that the last time they’d been this close he’d touched his lips to hers, featherlight, and walked away. 

Her eyes darted down to his lips. Apparently she hadn’t forgotten, either. 

Before he could even process what was happening, she tipped forward and met his lips shyly. It was enough, though, to make his blood rush in his ears and his hand reacted on instinct, cupping her cheek to hold her to him. 

She didn’t break eye contact, but he heard the subtle sound of the card sliding across the tatami.

Send me a kiss!

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happy birthday Taichi!!!

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IContribution Taichihayaweek2022/ Taichihaya seem by other's pov

1. Arata's pov, he very well knew something special was happening here. I love the way Sensei uses the word "futari" in Japanese to say together. Futari means a pair, a couple, two people, that's how the club started. A more general way of saying together is Issho ni, which is usually the word Sensei uses. This is the first time Arata feels his jealously welling up

2. Nishida's pov. Nishida knows very well what both Taichi and Chihaya have been going through since Taichi left the club. "It's them who's feeling hungry". A quite instinctive way to describe their feelings....quite poignant.

3. Just one of the pov's from Hanano. She is ofcourse always observing Taichi. She knows very well how much Taichi burns for Chihaya cause she is feeling similar feelings even if she is far from being as close to Taichi as Taichi is to Chihaya. She like Arata, also picked up on something special at Yoshino, just like Kana chan. Even the referee picked up on the seriousness of what was playing out.

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happiest place, the place i had most fun playing karuta.

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For Taichihaya Week Day 5 - Taichihaya from others' POV - @taichihaya-day

For this day, I wanted to show all the people who support Taichihaya, even those who do so begrudgingly 😜

Kana is one of my favorite characters and her support for both Taichi and Chihaya is so wonderful. She loves both of them and wants to see them happy. Even Sumire, who is in love with Taichi, just wants her two senpais to be happy.

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Fic: Fast Friends

Title: Fast Friends Author: fmpsimon (on AO3) Fandom: Chihayafuru Relationship: Ayase Chihaya/Mashima Taichi Rating: G Summary: Years after graduation from Mizusawa High School, Kana finally asks Chihaya and Taichi how exactly they became friends, and it takes a while for the couple to agree on the details.

“In all the years I’ve known you, I’ve always been curious about how you two met,” Kana said, her fingers wrapped tightly around the hot mug of tea. “I know you played karuta together when you were in Elementary School, but you had to have known each other before then, right?” Chihaya and Taichi exchanged glances across the table: Taichi’s face was sheepish, Chihaya’s a bit mischievous. “So,” Kana continued, “how did you become friends?”

Read it on AO3!

Written for Taichihaya Week 2022 Day 2 - First Meeting

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Fic: The Not-So-Perfect Perfect Birthday

Title: The Not-So-Perfect Perfect Birthday Author: fmpsimon (on AO3) Fandom: Chihayafuru Relationship: Ayase Chihaya/Mashima Taichi Rating: G Summary: Chihaya has planned the perfect birthday celebration for Taichi, and nothing is going to go wrong this year. Or...so she hopes.

“Everything has to be perfect,” Chihaya said as her sister tugged at and combed her hair. She let out a yelp as Chitose yanked the comb through one particularly knotty tangle. “No pain, no gain,” she said through gritted teeth.

Read it on AO3!

Written for Taichihaya Week 2022 Day 1 - Birthdays

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thanks Crimson for seeing these funny details!!!

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Oh, my! Five days left until Taichihaya Week begins! Are you all as excited as we are??

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Credits to Crimson1617