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can't wait for the new chapter on mondayyy

#so pretty O-O

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matsukawa who makes an instagram account and then only uses it to look at other people's posts. he is a ghost.

#i've been using my time in america productively (not writing) #we'll see if i can write tonight but i have to do some studying (i don't HAVE to) and a social thing

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@pontevoix gets a starter.

“ listen, ” matsukawa knows what's coming next— an inevitability, given how often this exact scene plays out. by now, the ramen shop owner must think he and hanamaki are a comedy duo... or that they have nothing better to do ( which is probably true ). he knows what's about to hit him next, and yet he still tries to cushion the blow. “ i can't finish it after i've put this much garlic in it. what if i suddenly ran into a cute girl after this and had garlicy breath? ”

#pontevoix #wishful thinking from mattsun... or an excuse? mr. halfass here with his half-eaten bowl of ramen talking about cute girls

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miscellaneous matsukawa headcanons.

he and hanamaki started playing mahjong with his uncle in high school and he was immediately enraptured with it. after he graduated and well on into adulthood, he fell victim to the infamous 徹麻 ( all-nighter mahjong ) and would play with random old men until 5 am. he's actually very good at it, too, and most parlors know him by name.

his foreign language in university was german and he did a 2-week homestay in germany when he was twenty. he loved it and wants to go back, but never has enough time away from work.

BIG one piece fan. really annoying about it. won't shut up if you get him talking about it. he has every volume in a bookshelf in his house ( ladies love it, trust him ).

he has a car but he's notoriously bad at driving in the winter time so sometimes he'll start driving to work, decide it's too hard, park the car in a lot halfway between his house and work, and walk the rest of the way.

( friends call him "mr. half-ass", likely dubbed by hanamaki? )

frequently has bouts of paranoia about dropping his keys down a storm drain after something similar happened in a movie he watched ( the movie was "it", and it was a child that fell down the drain, not keys, but go off king ). he clips his keys to his belt loop a lot, or purposely buys jackets with zip-up pockets to keep everything safe.

#matsukawa.headcanon

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ooc. sen on japan time. wakes up at 3:30am. thinking about matsukawa. like for a matsukawa starter?

#obv my family is making me go out a lot since i'm visiting #but today i think i have some down time to write

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miscellaneous headcanons.

akaashi had appendicitis in his first year of middle school. he has a scar on the side of his stomach from when his appendix was removed.

he really hates stomach pain ( because of that ) , which isn’t great because he has a hefty appetite. he gets grumpy when he eats too much and ends up hurting his stomach. 

his family has a pet goldfish ( since they can’t keep animals in their apartment ) and it’s been alive for five years , which akaashi knows is normal , but he still finds it surprising how resilient the thing is.

favorite color is blue

he mends his own clothes if they’re not horribly out-of-shape. his home economics teacher loves him because he already knew how to use a sewing machine before he started the class. but he’s always thought of it as a basic life skill , so it’s not like his teacher really needed to be impressed , he thinks.

dislikes elaborate foods and drinks. he thinks they should be simple and tasty. there’s no need to dress them up or plate them perfectly when they’ll be consumed anyways.

he likes watching soccer as well as volleyball. if he had to pick another sport to watch besides volleyball , he’d pick soccer. he likes manchester united ( ha h… ).

he’s very popular among the girls from the literature club , because in japanese literature and rhetoric he always makes insightful comments. but they only ever approach him during cleaning time when bokuto isn’t around , because bokuto is … a lot … to be around.

his hair is as spiky as it is because he usually falls asleep at his desk after he showers , and his hair just dries with a bunch of bits stuck out everywhere.

favorite movies/shows are usually realistic dramas. he likes legal/crime dramas as well as government dramas and societal dramas ( i.e. the journalist , scam$ , etc. ) however , he doesn’t watch that much television , so it’s not like he has a lot of shows he can talk about.

he ends up wearing glasses post-timeskip because he didn’t realize that proofing manga makes him stare really hard at his computer screen with highly pixelated patterns and textures. he gets a lot of headaches from staring at his screen too much. 

he makes miniature models. model ships , model buildings , model anythings. there’s an entire shelf in his bedroom decorated to the models he’s spent hours gluing together.

#behold: a man #akaashi.headcanon

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ooc. ok. adding akaashi AND matsukawa to this blog but as secondary muses ~!

#put in my resignation notice today so no more salaryman sen working until 10pm #she's going back to teaching. not ideal but at least it's not this... #anyways ummmm wed is my day off so i might do some writing then. expect starter calls and maybe a meme reblog or two idk yet

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@mebuku sent : 1 & 11 !!!! give me happy comforting starter !! <3

being friends with hikaru-kun is sometimes like being his mother. shimizu tightens his scarf for him when they’re outside, brushes off the snow that falls onto his bangs, and always supplies him with tea and snacks when he visits. maybe that makes her something more like a grandmother.

her family made hoshigaki this year— a tradition, and in some ways an obligation, given the sturdy persimmon tree that bears bright orange fruits each autumn. it’d be a waste not to dry them for winter. although it’s sometimes a pain to prepare them (peeling the skins, tying them with twine and hanging them out on the balcony, remembering to knead them every day), and the work cut into her club time and studying time, she’s glad for them.

“ i tried putting them in cookies, ” she says, sliding a plate forward and setting a cup of hot tea in front of him. then, a joke— delivered with about as much humor as a stone: “ since i plan on using cookies to confess to someone on valentine’s day. ”

#mebuku #silly goofy #she's teasing him

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ooc. hi it's my day off but i've been busy all day. anyways this is me wondering what muse i should conditionally add to this blog:

akaashi

he and i are both salarymen working way too much overtime in the dark world of japanese corporate life. i feel his pain. i understand him-- husk to husk.

i think it'd be hilarious if he studied esperanto (not because i'm studying esperanto but...). esperanto is weirdly popular in japan (more than you would think) and i feel like he'd do it in college thinking it would be a stress relief or something haha

he definitely worked part-time at a convenience store in college and i think it's funny to imagine him doing his homework under the counter during the 2am night shift, then having to pop back up and be super polite to customers who come in drunk at that hour

i like his little hand thing.

lowkey really good at shogi and watches sunday shogi games on nhk television.

daichi

daichi is just so funny his whole rivalry with the basketball captain and hitting the fire alarm/knocking off the vice principal's toupee... but then making a 180 because he's supposed to be a senpai to these rowdy first years and telling them to stop bickering

played so much mahjong while at his police academy. there's something in japanese called 徹麻 which basically means like all-nighter mahjong and it's really common. he definitely did it a lot.

he loves camping and fishing because he's a tohoku boy of course he does.

he's so pretty. that's another reason.

futakuchi

oh he's a nuisance. i taught so many kids like him. i can do him... well i don't think he deserves justice... but i know what he's like.

obsessed with motorcycles and fixed his own (lets go trade school boy). goes on drives every day off when the weather is nice.

snorts when he laughs and/or food comes out of his nose when he laughs.

m... matsukawa......................... (twirls hair)

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@pontevoix sent : for a concerned starter for the husband!

“ it’s cold, so get under the kotatsu. ” it’s not so much a request as it is a command, delivered firmly in a manner that might be easily misinterpreted were it not for the fact that it was a considerate command. it’s snowing outside, and even though she’s protected from the door by the buffer of an entryway, kiyoko still shivers a bit in reflex against the wind that sneaks in when he comes home.

she listens for the sound of his footsteps, and when close enough turns her head to check over her shoulder. “ are you using your gloves? ” sometimes she doesn’t trust ryuunosuke not to take them off when he’s outside— talking on the phone or slipping coins into a vending machine, or something like that… and she knows his skin will probably dry out in weather like this if he does. “ give me your hands. ”

#pontevoix #my first starter in months ww #she's concerned i swear... ik it doesn't seem like it but she is

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#get the ball rolling for kiyoko i guess... and i'll figure out blog details later www

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—— tanaka​ ,

when tanaka was fifteen, he proposed marriage. he was serious & hopeful & completely unready for the rest of his life. at fifteen, he was also certain that kiyoko would reject his proposal —- it didn’t take a genius to predict the refusal.

even then with his bold certainty, tanaka had never presumed to understand kiyoko. no matter what information he has gathered from their surroundings, he could not presume to know her.

he presents himself more openly than does kiyoko.

that’s fine.

it makes it easier for her to navigate him. still, tanaka sometimes feels as though he barrels headfirst down a unpaved pathway. he’s never been unpredictable, so it just … doesn’t make sense to tanaka that kiyoko should find his want the most puzzling thing about him.

tanaka may not be unpredictable, but his personality is a bit hungry — he is unafraid to pursue his certainties with an honest respect for living &

a label doesn’t mean much, but it should mean that they’re on the same page, that they’re pingponging reciprocity back & forth to one another.

kiyoko doesn’t know what she wants. tanaka is impatient & foolish, but these traits have never been disguised. he’s impatient & foolish. tanaka was raised with crumbles of business engrained win him —

the worth of their relationship as he perceives it ? is not the question. instead, ( by necessity ) he questions the worth of their relationship as she perceives it. he questions whether she sees the investment in

the time they have spent together so far & the time they hope to spend together tomorrow.

a label doesn’t mean much — but tanaka is invested. kiyoko could be imagining 30 days or you’re money back guaranteed!

‘ all right. fine. it’s like math to me, then. if i were good at math, it would be like math to me —- ‘ his tone accidentally comes out a little flat. tanaka almost grimaces at the sound of his own voice.

‘ look. don’t worry about it. i didn’t mean to pressure you or nothing. but it’s important to know whether this is something you want or not. especially since, as you pointed out, i never asked you about bein’ official. ‘

he doesn’t mean to sound accusatory, but maybe he’s just

confused?

for as much as he’s grown and matured into a man of his own , shimizu still hesitates to see him as a man completely removed of his teenage past. every part of him that he’s shown her throughout their dates—— his attentiveness , his patience , his dedication to his job and his family——  makes him seem like an adult. but she feels like his senpai still , sometimes. there’s little more than a year between them , but shimizu can’t shake the lingering weight of high school memories from her shoulders.

she wants to be kind to him. she could talk to a man directly and tell him her every opinion , laid out flat and bare and unpolished. but to a kouhai , she chooses her words with more care. it’s an instinctive reaction , and not something she decides to do voluntarily , but as she breathes an airy little laugh and catches herself asking , “ sorry , am i being unreasonable ? ” she realizes the way she treats him to be different. she’s cushioned the response with a light-hearted reply—— something she would do to someone she cares about and doesn’t want to hurt.

“ it’s just that it means something serious … for both of us , ” she tacks on the last few words haphazardly , and pauses. of course he knows it’s serious. it’s why he’s asking , isn’t it ? her reaction must indicate her hesitation clearly enough , although she doesn’t try to break eye contact. another few moments pass in silence as shimizu searches tanaka’s face for some kind of key to unlock his intentions.

“ for example … when and what do we say to our friends ? ” she imagines nishinoya immediately asking about a wedding and frowns. “ there’s also the matter of how it changes the way we treat each other. will you start to hug and kiss me more ? ” the third question rolls off her tongue with a speed that surprises even her , but it’s out before she can reel herself back in. “ and do you want me to make myself available for you at any time ? we’re casually dating now , but couples see each other often , don’t they ? ”

she supposes these are all relatively easy questions to answer—— when we’re ready , only if you like , and it would be nice to see you more …—— but she’s asked them like a drill sergeant. shimizu quietly clears her throat and pulls her shoulders back as if to reset , knowing her reaction was a bit much to process in one go. “ tanaka … are you asking to be official ? it’s not just a simple request for me. ”

#pontevoix #well well well look who the cat dragged in (me. its me.)

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@pontevoix​ : a starter for sugawara.  ❜  

“  ano… sugawara, have you already volunteered for something at the school culture festival?  ”  shimizu feels a bit awkward asking, but knows better than to look hesitant in this situation. she’s already walked the line too precariously by inviting him from his classroom into the hallway to talk with her, and to look visibly embarrassed while making this request would probably give people the impression that she was trying to confess to him.

she’s only feeling flushed because her request is unusual, and she’s still not sure if she can go through with her plans to participate in the culture festival herself, in front of lots of classmates. hitoka-chan had convinced her, reasoning that a third year needs to take advantage of her remaining time in high school to make memories, so she agreed. but perhaps that was just another instance where shimizu had been swayed by her cheerfully supportive kouhai and hadn’t thought things through.

purposefully, she avoids his eyes, knowing that what she says next—— or rather, how she explains herself—— will probably surprise him, and she’d rather not have to watch his reaction.  “  i’m looking for a partner to do manzai with… and you seem… boke-type.  ”

if he reads into it, it’s definitely not a compliment. what shimizu means to express isn’t that she thinks he’s an idiot, but that his sense of humor is more flamboyant than hers, which means he could be the right funny-man contrast to her straight-man. but on the surface, it does seem blunt. she can feel a few sets of eyes in the hallway turn to look their way, as if to confirm that the pretty girl in their grade actually said ‘boke,’ and to see who the lucky recipient of that word was.

“  i don’t want to perform in front of a big group, though,  ”  she holds up her hands, gesturing with her palms facing forward to convey that she can’t do crowds. sugawara must already know, though, so she drops the pose and says,  “  takeda-sensei’s homeroom class’s theme is an open mic for poetry and music, and it’s much smaller. he told me i could perform there instead of the main stage—— provided i can find someone who will do it with me.  ”

#pontevoix #ok also u can probably google manzai but its a japanese comedy style with two people #one plays the idiot (boke) and the other the straight man #and it's really fast and usually really witty... kinda old fashioned like i dont think its very popular nowadays #i just thought itd be funny for kiyoko to do manzai and also her calling suga an idiot is precious #'i didnt call you into the hallway to confess i just want you to do comedy with me because you're kind of an idiot' slkgdjlk

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@pontevoix​​ : a starter for asahi.  ❜   

it hurts her neck to properly look azumane in the eye during a conversation, so shim. settles for the patch of fur on his chin instead. she’s not sure if he can tell, but even if he does, she doesn’t expect him to say anything about it. it’s just as embarrassing for him to have to ask if she’s staring at his beard instead of his face as it is for her to be outed for staring at it.

“  azumane, your hair is getting long,  ”  she notes quietly, and wonders if he’s had it trimmed since she last saw him. that would have been at least four months ago, when she’d come to visit hitoka-chan in tokyo and spent the day with him while her friend was at work and unavailable. it’s the same as now, only his hair is probably longer than it was then, and hitoka-chan left work earlier. apparently, she had a major deadline approaching, so over the past few days waiting for her to finish had shimizu alone in her apartment until at least 11:00.

she’s glad that azumane can keep her occupied instead. though she doesn’t mind spending time by herself, it seems like a waste to come to tokyo only to hole up in a tiny apartment all evening in wait. by the second day, shimizu realized how stir-crazy it made her, and she needed to move.

“  if we’re going to do bowling, you should probably tie it up. you don’t want it to blind you as you roll your ball.  ”  the more shimizu thinks about it, though, she can’t really picture azumane or herself an avid round one-goer. this kind of place is popular with junior high schoolers and rhythm game fanatics— not really a place for two people who usually keep to themselves and haven’t played sports in years. she doesn’t know why she suggested it in the first place, but maybe it was just one of those options that felt right in the moment. and with bowling, roller skating, archery, batting cages, arcade games, purikura booths, and other machines she can’t say she’s ever seen before, it’s a suitable place to pass time.

“  we can do something else if you’re tired, though,  ”  a pause. she considers making a jab at his possible loss of endurance since high school, then decides against it. distance and time has made their relationship seem less easy-going, and she hesitates to pick fun at him now.  “  hitoka-chan promised to finish by 7:30 tonight, since the dinner reservation is for 8:00.  ”

#pontevoix #2/6 woooo #also round one is like an entertainment center chain in japan #they have bowling alleys and archery and arcade games and they're usually just massive complexes #kiyoko will kick his butt at bowling

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@pontevoix​​ : a starter for tanaka.  ❜   

“  do you think it’s strange—— graduating ?  ”  the words are out of her mouth before she even realizes it, spoken with an ease that makes her suspicious. she thought she was ready for it, but maybe not. as if to elaborate, more for herself than for tanaka, who she didn’t expect to have a heart-to-heart with, shimizu adds,  “  … i was thinking that we’d only just reached the point where everyone can play together as a team. we’re properly making use of everyone’s skill now.  ”

her unspoken meaning: will it be chaotic next year without sawamura and azumane as starting players? she’d like to think that things will smooth over quickly, since hinata and kageyama are no longer fighting, but that’s no guarantee that they’ll be able to pull themselves together on the court. more than likely not, they’ll spend another few months squabbling without direction before they find their rhythm again. at least, that’s her bet.

“  i’m not worried about you, though,  ”  shimizu states flatly, and just barely flicks her eyes in his direction. she pulls another volleyball into her lap and picks up her rag, wiping it clean from sweat and dirt. the motion is repetitive and calming, but in another month, it’s likely that her hands will forget the feeling. still, it gives her something to direct her attention towards, since she didn’t really mean to pull him into a deep conversation, and she doesn’t want him to believe he’s getting any sort of preferential treatment.

he’ll be fine when the third years are gone. he’s already matured more than she expected this year. but…  “  but it’s a good thing you’re not going to become the captain,  ”  she punctuates this with a small laugh and a smile—— a skill she’s also matured through this year.  “  don’t give ennoshita too hard a time, tanaka.  ”

#pontevoix #here we go 1/6 #a nice lil moment