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stickers-on-a-laptop · 3 years

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kiss a boy i don't give no fucks (go crazy)

Kurosawa Yumiko had always known that, all things considered, she had lucked out sibling-wise. Yuichi might complain and groan about letting her stay in his apartment, but he almost always did let her stay in the end. If he didn’t, he would pay for her hotel. (She paid him back in dinners, tickets to events acquired through her connections at work, and by giving him the nudge he clearly needed to go after Adachi Kiyoshi.) He might not use the “proper” Nii-san, but honestly, Yumiko thought it was hysterical that he called her “Aneki.” People were usually at least a little shocked, especially because Yuichi had a reputation of being perfect.

Ha. Perfect. Her little brother was just as imperfect as any human. He had been a sweet little boy (Yumiko still had the “scarf” made from face masks tied together he made her when she was sick. He must have been around seven when he did it, and that story was trotted out every family reunion.), and he was still a perfectly nice dude, but Yumiko was his big sister. She knew his embarrassing stories and wasn’t afraid to weaponize them. Especially to his lovely boyfriend.

“They did what ?” Adachi asked, covering his mouth as he tried not to laugh.

“They tried to steal his shoes while he was in the bounce house of a friend’s birthday party. That’s why he hates squirrels. Because of a bad experience he had in uni when he was studying abroad.”

Adachi looked over his shoulder, so Yumiko followed his gaze. She saw that Yuichi was with Adachi’s little brother, and that the two of them were looking suspicious. It was the four of them, hanging out at a park for a picnic. At the moment, Adachi and Yumiko were sitting on a bench and their brothers had gone to throw away the trash.

“Uh oh, I think we annoyed the little brother’s club,” she stage-whispered.

Adachi snorted. Yuichi came over, grabbing some mochi from a box on the table.

“Here, Aneki, please stop telling my boyfriend embarrassing stories about me.”

“No-augpgh” Yumiko’s mouth was quickly filled with a mochi that Yuichi stuck in there. She glared at him and he just waved as he put his arm around Adachi and gently fed him a mochi, leading him away. Yumiko rolled her eyes at the obvious favoritism and the inherent mushiness. Yuichi had always been honest about his sexuality, and she was proud that he liked who he was, and she was happy that he was with the love of his life, but she still had big sister rights of being annoyed at her little brother.

“What’s with our brothers?” Adachi’s little brother came over.

“They’re in loooooooooooooove, or something like that,” Yumiko said. “But Kiba-kun, did you know that-” she whispered in his ear what the plan was.

Kiba looked over to their brothers and nodded, a grin on his face. “Got it.”

The hangout was winding down when Yuichi came over to his sister.

“Ready, Yuichi?” she asked.

“As ready as I’ll ever be.”

Yumiko handed him the box he had entrusted with her. She had been surprised that she would be involved in this sort of thing at all, but Yuichi had explained that he really didn’t want to take any chances and have Adachi find it. He took it and Yumiko retreated, calling Kiba to help her pack the car. The two of them quickly packed before heading back, hiding behind some trees as Kurosawa got down on one knee. They were too far away to hear what was being said but could tell it was a “yes” by the way Adachi launched himself onto Kurosawa, causing them to fall onto the ground. Yumiko and Kiba gave them a bit to be lovey-dovey before they revealed themselves, to Adachi’s slight embarrassment.

“So...married...or like more married than you already are,” Kiba said to his brother. “Congratulations, Nii-san!”

“I don’t think they can get more married,” Yumiko agreed. “But yes, congratulations! I will finally get a better brother than Yuichi.”

“Aneki!” Yuichi said.

“So you’re saying all that pining and yearning and complaining to me about how perfect Adachi-kun is was not supposed to make me like him more than you? Make up your mind Yuichi!”

Yuichi rolled his eyes at her before turning to his now-fiance. “You are perfect. But please ignore her.”

Adachi smiled nervously, looking around.

Yumiko grinned. “Don’t worry, Adachi-kun, I won’t bite. We older siblings have to stick together.”

Kiba pretended to be offended. “We see how it is. Us younger ones will stick together as well, then.”

“Actually, Kiba-kun, this makes our brothers the middle children,” Yumiko said thoughtfully.

“Oh my god, we’re engaged! Who cares about sibling dynamics. Last one to the car drives,” Yuichi said, grabbing Adachi’s hand and running towards the car.

“Who cares about sibling dynamics, he says, as he acts like a child,” Yumiko sighed as she started towards the car. Still, she was happy for her brother, who truly deserved to be happy after pining for so long. He had everything he wanted and she hoped that their wedding was everything he wished for.

(Hmmm...what to put in her speech…)

#cherry magic #cherry magic! thirty years of virginity can make you a wizard?!

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creativityobsessed · 3 years

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Cherry Magic Content Masterpost

Since I’ve done a lot of Cherry Magic content now, I thought I’d make a directory post to pin.

Fanfiction:

Sister Magic - (Post Episode 6) Kurosawa's Onee-san has been listening to him talk about his crush for years. When Adachi shows up on their doorstep, she decides it's time to have a proper talk.

All You Need - (Post Episode 9) Adachi has had an overwhelming few days, and when he disappears to hide, Kurosawa goes after him.

Cooking Lessons - Kurosawa offers to teach Adachi to cook after he offhandedly mentions that he wishes he knew how. Through the cooking lessons, Adachi discovers some things about himself, and about what he wants.

Your Touch is all the Magic I Need - Kurosawa Yuichi ruminates on the ways that Adachi has become more comfortable with touch. [Note: Rated M]

Hexagon’s Bad Day - Rokkaku Yuta spends the day of his 30th birthday frustrated at the way all of his friends have found partners, and he is, somehow, perpetually single. He thinks of all the crushes he's had over the years, and hopes maybe this year, something will come of them.

Snow Day - Adachi gives Kurosawa a gift on his 35th birthday. Inspired by art by @drownjngindreams

In Want of a Wife - Urabe has the perfect way to avoid work functions - just say he needs to stay home with his wife! But when a new chief is hired, and he invites partners along, it gets much harder for Urabe to avoid going. Of course, that wouldn't be a problem... if he hadn't been lying the whole time. Or, Five times Urabe lies about having a wife.

Out of Memory - Between strange occurrences and odd emotions, something is not quite adding up for Kurosawa. Could the answer be hidden in his phone, which is suddenly and mysteriously out of memory? [4/4 chapters, total words: 11,013]

It’s the Little Things - While packing to move in with Kurosawa, Adachi finds a favorite toy that he'd forgotten about, and tells Kurosawa about the kind boy on the playground who gave it to him.

Let’s go Steal a Heart - Adachi is a hacker on a team of criminals dedicated to helping steal justice back from the rich and famous. When Rokkaku, the team's grifter, is unable to crack Kurosawa, the key to their latest con, they send in Adachi to read his mind. [A Leverage inspired one-shot]

Ice and Warm Cookies - Vampire Adachi Kiyoshi has led a quiet and lonely life for most of his adulthood, a life he's happy to maintain so that none of his coworkers realize his real identity. Unfortunately, his coworker Kurosawa Yuichi seems to have other ideas. [adapted from a chatfic on discord, 1/8 chapters currently published]

This Love Belongs to You - Over the course of their time at Toyokawa, Kurosawa's perception of his relationship with Adachi changes.

Bed Head - Adachi has an anxiety attack in the middle of the night, and Kurosawa comforts him.

It Reminds Me of You - A missing scene from the end of the practice date in episode 10. Adachi wants to cheer Kurosawa up, so he wins him a teddy bear at a nearby carnival game. [prompt fill for flufftober 2021]

Series:

The Wishes Universe:

Wishes - After hearing that Kurosawa would use the ability to mind read to fulfill whatever Adachi wished, he decides to try doing the same for Kurosawa - within reason of course. Feelings - After falling asleep on Kurosawa's shoulder, Adachi realizes he really likes what Kurosawa was feeling and starts chasing that high. A few weeks later, he feels it - but there's no way they could be touching. Is the Magic getting stronger?

The Someone Universe:

This series may be read consecutively or concurrently. Please see this post for a Recommended Reading Order.

Dear Someone - 29-year-old Adachi Kiyoshi receives a mysterious note one morning, asking him if he'd be willing to become friends via correspondence. Intrigued, he writes back. [9/9 chapters, total words: 19,325]

Becoming Someone - Kurosawa Yuichi has been pining over Adachi for almost six years. In an effort to approach Adachi in a way that won't make him feel uncomfortable, he begins writing Adachi anonymous letters. [10/10 chapters, total words: 23,932]

Meta:

Be Brave Adachi, Or the Musical Shaping of Episodes 1-4: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Addendum

Congrats to Cherry Magic, You Just Got Indexed: Or, why tf did I wake up to only 30 fics in the Ao3 tag when there were almost 300 yesterday? [1/13/2021]

#cherry magic #masterpost

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kairyuasahi · 2 months

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Happy birthday Kiyoshi Adachi

I HOPE YOU HAVE A LONG HEALTHY AND HAPPY LIFE AHEAD OF YOU WITH YOUR HUSBAND!!!!

#cherry magic

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stickers-on-a-laptop · 3 years

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we don't love each other any more (why not)

May, 1998

“Class, I have some exciting news for you!”

Eight year old Adachi Kiyoshi sat up straighter in his seat, wondering what the news could be.

“Our class is going to be writing letters with a class in Tokyo, and I already have the letters from your pen pal of the year!”

The class “oohed”, intrigued by pen pals from the big city.

“Since our class is smaller than theirs, some of you will have two pen pals. Your pen pals were chosen at random, so no complaining, okay? We’ll spend the morning reading our letters and responding to them.”

Adachi nodded with the rest of the class. Hanamoto-sensei started passing out the letters, and Adachi wondered what kind of pen pal he’d have.

“Here you go, Adachi-kun,” Hanamoto-sensei said.

“Thank you, sensei,” Adachi said as he took the letter from her. Hanamoto-sensei smiled at him before giving his seat partner her letters.

Adachi stared at the letter for a few seconds, admiring his pen pal’s writing on the envelope before opening it.

Hi Adachi Kiyoshi!

My name is Kurosawa Yuichi and I like baseball, baksetball, and swimming! My birthday is february 22nd and my blood type is B. I live with my big sister Yumiko, my parents, and a cat named Chibi. Do you have any pets? What do you like to do? When is your birthday? I’m watching Seijuu Sentai Gingaman , do you watch it too? Aneki says I shouldn’t sing the theme song but what does she know. My favorite subject is history, what bout you? Sensei says you live in the country side, what do you guys do for fun? Here we go to the arcade and stuff. Oops, we’re running out of time. Can’t wait to hear from you!

-your friend, Kurosawa Yuichi

Adachi smiled at the letter. He liked this person. He pulled out a piece of paper and started writing back.

Hello Kurosawa Yuichi

I’m Adachi Kiyoshi, and I like drawing and origami. My birthday is October 1st, and I’ll have to ask my mom my bloodtype. I forgot. I live with my parents and my little brother Kazuya, but everyone calls him “Kiba”. I don’t have any pets, but I see my grandma a lot and she has dogs. I watch that show too! The blue one is my fovarite favorite. I like art best. We just play around, there’s stuff to explore. How much older is your sister? Kiba is two years younger, so he’s six. Are you good at the sports you mentioned? What’s it like in the city? I want to hear from you too.

-Adachi Kiyoshi Adachi drew little Super Sentais around his letter before putting it carefully into an envelope, carefully putting Kurosawa’s name on it.

“Everyone done with your letters? Pass them forward, please. We’ll be doing this once or twice a month, for the rest of the year,” Hanamoto-sensei said.

The class cheered.

March 1999

Ki-tan, I can’t believe this is the last letter I’ll be sending you! Actually, this is my address, cause I want to keep talking to you.

〒XXX-XXX

XXXXXXXXXXXX X-X-X

黒沢優一

Please write me even though it’s not required anymore!

-Yuichi

Adachi felt happiness flicker in him. While not hated or bullied, he was mostly left alone by the majority of his classmates. He had a few friends, but he was quiet and not good at socializing.

Yucchan, my address is

〒XXX-XXX

XXXXXXXXXXXX X-X-X

安逹清

I’ll look forward to your letters!

-Kiyoshi

April 1999

Ki-tan, my sister said that if you fold 1,000 paper stars, you can make a wish and it will come true. So I’m going to send 10 stars a letter and then I’ll wish to meet you! Also since we don’t have to wait for our teachers anymore, we can send more letters! And on different paper! My sister has a lot of stationary, and she’s letting me borrow it. But I have to do her chores. Oh well. Worth it.

-Yuichi

Adachi poured out the stars from the envelope, some of them a little squashed. He felt like making something to keep track of them, to see if Yucchan’s wish would come true. He got out graph paper and started sectioning it off with markers, making a ten by ten grid, with room to write dates on one side. He glued the stars into their respective spots, liking how it came out. But something was bothering him. He had learned something a little different.

“Hey, Dad?”

“Yes Kiyoshi?”

“Isn’t the myth that if you fold 1,000 paper cranes , your wish will come true? Yucchan said it was stars and sent some to me..”

Adachi’s father ruffled his hair. “Was that what you were working on? How bout you send him cranes and see which one works? It can’t hurt to try.”

Adachi considered his father’s words before nodding. He got out his origami paper and cut it into four, to make the cranes smaller.

Yucchan, I was taught it was 1,000 cranes for a wish, so I’ll send you ten cranes with my letters, and I’ll wish to meet you too. That would be cool! We could watch shows together and do other fun things.

-Kiyoshi

The years passed, and Adachi filled up ten grids of 100, but Yucchan kept sending stars, so he filled one of the jars his mother used for pickling vegetables. He kept sending cranes, as well. Yucchan’s letters were always on different stationary, and sometimes Adachi felt bad for usually using regular lined paper, with the occasional variety. However, Yucchan never minded. Adachi really liked all the different prints that his pen pal was able to send. Their talks turned to Kamen Riders, and animes they liked, and they would send each other music recommendations. There would be the occasional talk of friends, but never love. Adachi was too shy to ask anyone at his school out, and Yucchan never mentioned anyone. He figured Yucchan was like him, not too worried about it, even though it seemed like everyone was starting to talk about it once they hit fourteen. They never sent pictures, although Adachi was curious, and telephoning was too expensive for Adachi to consider it.

June 2005

The year Adachi turned fifteen, the letters from Yucchan abruptly stopped. He tried sending letters to find out what happened, but they got returned. Confused and upset, Adachi put all the letters into a box, along with the grids and the jar of stars. He figured it had finally happened, Yucchan had outgrown him. Some selfish part had hoped that he wouldn’t, but since it happened with all his friends, he wasn’t too surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.

October 2006

Adachi turned seventeen, and his father died, making him change his plans of maybe becoming an art teacher to going into business, so he could support his mother. He applied for college in Tokyo, and got in. He became friends with Tsuge Masato, who was a lot like him. Adachi thought maybe they would actually continue being friends after college, which ended up happening even when Tsuge became a published author.

April 2013

He entered the working world when he got hired by Toyokawa, a stationary company. Despite not having talked to Kurosawa in years (he couldn’t quite think of him as Yucchan anymore), the stationary he had always sent left an impact on Adachi. He was hired with several other people, including a Kurosawa Yuichi, which had sent him into a slight panic before he remembered that 1) Tokyo was huge and 2) Kurosawa was a common name. It helped that this Kurosawa was in sales, where Adachi wouldn’t have to deal with him, especially considering how handsome the man was. A blinding smile, really.

He settled into a routine pretty easily, finding that it was a fairly relaxed workplace. His senpai was a bit loud, and prone to pushing work off himself, but good-natured. He ate his meals quietly, and alone, unsure how to make office friendships. He worked with other people, behind the scenes, never presenting in meetings, not really noticed, but good with his work. In the evenings, he could draw to his heart’s content, making enough money to buy the supplies he always wanted.

One afternoon, Adachi was done with his lunch, but not quite ready to go back to work. He still had about ten minutes left, anyways. He pulled out the small notebook he kept in his pocket and tore out a page, neatly making it into a square and turning it into a crane. He pulled out a pen and started coloring it, wanting it to look a bit different.

“Oh, Adachi-kun, I didn’t know you were into origami! Kurosawa-kun, from sales, is good at making the stars, you know with the long strips?” Fujisaki-san, who worked in his department and was about two years older, startled Adachi out of his coloring. “Oh, sorry! I didn’t mean to startle you,” she said in her gentle voice.

“It’s okay, I’m just...easily startled,” Adachi explained as her words sank in. “Wait, stars?”

“Mhm, Mimura-san asked him if he was trying to make a wish because he kept making them, and he said he already made his wish. She tried to ask him what it was but he wouldn’t answer. I wish the other women in the office would leave him alone,” she sighed.

Adachi sat frozen before he remembered that practically everyone knew how to make stars. He got up to go back to work, politely telling Fujisaki-san goodbye. However, no matter how much he reminded himself that the odds were extremely low that his childhood pen pal was in the same office , his concentration was shot. He ended up needing to stay later than he wanted, and the office slowly emptied around him. Eventually, it was only him and one other person, who he could hear quietly typing. He didn’t know who it was, though, since they were behind him.

A ringing phone interrupted his thoughts, loud in the silence of the room.

“Ah, sorry...Adachi, right? Do you mind if I answer this?”

“Go ahead,” Adachi answered, turning around and finding...Kurosawa, who looked a little frozen on realizing it was Adachi.

“On second thought, I’ll go to the hall.”

Adachi just nodded. He finished his work and was on his way out when he heard Kurosawa, who was trying to whisper but failing, distinctly say “No, Aneki, I couldn’t! Not if it’s actually Ki-tan!” He turned around and found Adachi, who felt frozen to the spot.

“Ki- Adachi?”

“Ki-tan?” Adachi whispered.

Kurosawa looked like he was trying to figure out where to start, a look Adachi had never seen on him since they started. Kurosawa was always full of confidence, knowing exactly what to say.

“Are you Adachi Kiyoshi from Hanamoto-sensei’s class?” Kurosawa finally asked, his eyes more intense than Adachi ever recalled seeing.

Adachi had had a long and stressful day, and finding out that this Kurosawa Yuichi was, indeed, Yucchan , was the icing on the cake. “And what if I am?” he snapped.

Kurosawa looked taken aback. “Well, that would mean you’re Ki-tan…”

“No offense, Kurosawa- san , you lost the right to call me Ki-tan when you stopped responding to my letters over seven years ago. No explanation, no goodbye, just poof! Gone. Like I hadn’t told you I enjoyed your letters more than whatever anime we were watching, like I hadn’t spent so much of my allowance on stamps, like it all meant nothing . I’ve gone through my fair share of friendships not working out, but that one took the CAKE. You want to know the saddest part, though? I chose this company because of you , because I couldn’t forget all the stationary YOU sent!” Adachi didn’t know he had been so frustrated about the entire thing until he realized that he had been shouting.

Kurosawa looked shell-shocked, and Adachi took the opportunity to leave, feeling too keyed-up for the elevator and instead running down ten flights of stairs.

The adrenaline lasted until he got to his apartment, where he realized he had given Kurosawa exactly zero chances to explain himself. He flopped onto the bed and buried his face into the pillow, feeling ashamed. His phone pinged. He looked at it and saw that Kurosawa had made use of the time they had exchanged Lines when they had been in a group together.

Kurosawa Yuichi

I guess I deserved that. But can I explain tomorrow?

Adachi Kiyoshi

You deserve a chance to explain.

Adachi rolled over and looked at the ceiling. He wasn’t sure how he was going to face Kurosawa, but knew that what he had done wasn’t really excusable.

Kurosawa Yuichi

Meet me in the park near work before we clock in, then?

Adachi Kiyoshi

Eight o’clock?

Kurosawa Yuichi

I’m sorry, I clock in at that time, can we do 7:30? Unless

you want to wait till after work.

Adachi Kiyoshi

7:30 is fine, I’ll see you there

He groaned. This meant getting up earlier, but he couldn’t wait until after work if he wanted to get anything done. Despite not having changed or anything, he set his alarm for forty-five minutes earlier and went to sleep.

Adachi got to the park fifteen minutes early, only to find Kurosawa already there.

“Ah,good morning, Ki--Adachi,” Kurosawa said.

“Good morning, Kurosawa,” Adachi replied. They stood in slightly awkward silence before Kurosawa motioned for Adachi to sit at a bench. He stayed standing, and Adachi saw that he looked nervous . Kurosawa stood in front of the Section Chief all the time, but he looked nervous in front of Adachi . He didn’t get it.

“Where to begin...I guess the beginning. In 1998, we got randomly picked to be pen pals. We sent letters to each other for about seven years, when I suddenly disappeared. It was not my choice. My father decided that he didn’t want me to be writing to anyone that wasn’t a good ‘connection.’ He forbade the maids from giving me your letters, instructing them to send them back. I think his plan was to make you think we had moved or something. He also threw away all the things you had sent, to make a point.”

“That doesn’t explain why you didn’t send a letter explaining what was going on,” Adachi said, although he hadn’t realized Kurosawa’s parents were so strict. He vaguely remembered Kurosawa talking more about his sister than any other family members, rarely mentioning his parents, while Adachi freely told him about things he had done with his parents.

“Adachi...I’m a coward. I didn’t want to risk him finding out that I had sent a letter, so I never did. By the time I moved out at eighteen, I figured you never wanted to talk to me again. And…” Kurosawa looked like he was fighting himself.

“And…?”

“And I did the stupidest thing possible.”

Adachi was lost. “Which was…”

Kurosawa looked miserable. “I fell in love with my pen pal, who I had never seen, and stopped talking to. I think my parents suspected...When I found out there was an Adachi Kiyoshi in the office, I thought it had to be a fluke. But Fujisaki-san mentioned that you liked doing origami, and I started paying attention. And...I saw the boy I talked through in letters. Your kindness, your love for stationary….all of it.”

Adachi felt like he couldn’t breathe. It was a lot to take in. He had gone nearly twenty-three years without so much as a glance from anyone and now his childhood pen pal was confessing his love to him.

“Adachi, I don’t expect you to return these feelings. But you deserved to know, especially after I disappeared from your life without a word. You can pretend I never said anything, and if you want to just be co-workers, I will respect that. Ki-tan and Yucchan can be people we knew in the past, not people we know now. We’re just two new hires, working at the same company.”

Adachi wondered if Kurosawa knew how sad his face looked.

“Well, that was the explanation. I’m sorry it wasn’t very happy and I’m sorry that I’m a coward. But forget it happened, you’ll be much happier that way,” Kurosawa said softly before taking his briefcase and walking towards their work.

Adachi watched him go, wondering what on Earth had just happened.

“He likes you? The one who disappeared on you?” Tsuge asked.

“Apparently! My life feels like a drama. What happened to this being a boring office job,” Adachi sulked over the izakaya table.

“Do you like him back?” Tsuge asked mildly.

Adachi considered Tsuge’s words. Since finding out that Kurosawa was Yucchan , he had been watching Kurosawa more. And while he thought people in the office saw him as the great new hire, he could see the Yucchan he wrote to almost weekly. The Yucchan that disliked most sweets, except for caramel; the Yucchan that sometimes made things too complicated for no reason, just like his mother; the Yucchan that was used to being only his face.

“...maybe?” Adachi hadn’t really considered who , exactly, he liked in school.

“It’s a start,” Tsuge replied. “You should tell me how it ends up.”

“I would say no, because you’ll use it for a book, but who else would I tell,” Adachi grumbled, glaring at Tsuge.

Tsuge just smiled.

Hello Kurosawa Yuichi,

I’m Adachi Kiyoshi, and I like drawing and origami. My birthday is October 1st, 1990, blood type B. I live in Tokyo, in a small apartment. I don’t have any pets, but I like cats. I like the manga Ragna Crimson, and I don’t have a favorite subject. I do have a favorite cafe. Do you still play baseball, basketball, or do swimming? Do you have a favorite place in the city? I would like to hear from you.

-your friend, Adachi Kiyoshi

P.S. Did you know that if you fold 1,000 origami stars or cranes, your wish will come true?

#cherry magic #cherry magic! thirty years of virginity can make you a wizard?!#written on like an hour of sleep

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