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vampyrsutton · 11 months

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A Few Hours More

Summary:

How the two realize and accept their feelings throughout the years.

Ao3 Tags:

Feelings Realization, Pining, Mutual Pining, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom Has Anxiety, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom is Bad at Feelings, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Bisexual Nanjo Kojiro | Joe, Injury, Episode 9 Used

Notes:

Day 5 of MatchaBlossom Week 2023!

Prompt: Feelings Realization

Beautiful.

So fucking beautiful.

Kojirō had known for years that Kaoru was important to him, he just didn’t realize how much or what this new emotion was until they were in their teens.

At this point, they had known each other since they were in preschool, and while it had been Kojirō to introduce Kaoru to skateboarding, it was Kaoru who really made the sport shine.

All long, toned limbs and sharp, calculating eyes paired with a smirk that could only spare your demise as he flew through the air to land in front of you like an assassin in the night. It only got worse when a piercing was added to his lower lip that could quirk up with the smug look and Kojirō finally noticed his heart flutter at the sight.

After Kaoru gained unmatched freedom that was brought on by skateboarding, his rebellious phase took off and Kojirō ended up dragged along for the ride like the lovesick puppy that he was. He would claim it was to keep Kaoru from getting into too much trouble, but really he just wanted to make sure the skinny boy didn’t get hurt after he had shown up on Kojirō’s doorstep one night battered and bruised with a triumphant gleam in his eye.

Kojirō apparently had little to worry about because along with being beautiful and deceptively skinny, Kaoru was strong.

Sure Kojirō was a big guy, but he had no experience fighting and was easily overwhelmed.

Watching Kaoru take down a man bigger than Kojirō with nothing but his fists almost made him confess on the spot, and he started hitting the gym so he’d be of more use in the future.

Kaoru was beautiful and strong, but probably most of all, he was brilliant.

Even with late nights skateboarding and moonlighting as a thug, Kaoru was at the top of their class in almost every subject. He’d come to school in full piercings and eyeliner sharp enough to end a man’s life—and Kojirō would know as it threatened to end his and time Kaoru’s eyes narrowed with a challenge— and hair far out of dress code, but teachers were powerless to stop him as he didn’t even have to look up from whatever he was fiddling with to give the right answer and had taken their school to nationals with the robotics club.

The only thing he fell short in was home ec, actually being banned from the classroom and put in a calligraphy elective after a few too many fires and toxic sludge.

Luckily, that’s where Kojirō came in, being average in everything else but that. Meeting Kaoru for lunch and watching pretty gold eyes light up for whatever new treat Kojirō brought him actually encouraged him to join the cooking and baking clubs and fall in love with the art.

It was also what would one day take him clear to France for several years when Kaoru eventually broke his heart at the betrayal of Adam proved too much for Kaoru and he finally pushed Kojirō away for—what he would later come to fear—good.

Of course, Kojirō would come back to Osaka, with a culinary degree under his belt and muscles to his frame that Kaoru didn’t even know existed.

And of course, the first place he would go is to Kaoru’s side, right?

Right?

Kaoru, now Cherry Blossom, had thought losing Adam hurt, but showing up to S in hopes of seeing his childhood friend again and making amends only to find him laughing with a girl on each arm was devastating.

The rearing of the green-eyed monster that followed was what finally made Kaoru realize the emotion that he’d been misinterpreting for years for what it actually was and he almost considers fleeing.

Except he can’t because just then Kojirō sees him and gives him that same smile and look that he’s been giving him since high school and oh my god Kaoru how can someone so smart be so incredibly stupid?

It was the same look though. Maybe it wasn’t too late?

“Yo! Kaoru! How you been, man?” Kojirō—Joe now—grins as he excuses himself from his fangirls. “Sorry for running off for three years. It was too good of an opportunity to pass up, ya know?”

Cherry notes the slight twitch to a dark green eyebrow and gold eyes narrow. He’s hiding something. “It’s Cherry or Cherry Blossom here, you oaf.” He bites out, internally cringing at how mean he sounds when Joe’s face falls. “And you could have emailed.”

‘Oh my god, shut up!’ He screams to himself when Joe’s face scrunches.

“Still a douche, huh? Here I was hoping maybe you’d grown up a bit without me around to baby you.” Joe scoffs in annoyance. In reality, he’s just hurt that Cherry is acting like this, but if he wants to be like that, two can play at that game.

‘To baby-’ Cherry’s eyes widen before narrowing once more as he sneers. “Who was babying who. God, three years at some fancy school and you’re still a buffoon. I can’t believe-

{Races are starting soon, master} Carla cuts in, silencing both men before Cherry can dig his grave any further.

Joe just stares before blinking. “Did-...Did your skateboard just fucking talk?”

“Her name is Carla.” Cherry nods smugly. “She’s what I was working on while you were away. Say hello, Carla.”

{Hello, Nanjo Kojirō.}

Cherry gets to watch Joe’s face soften as he looks back up at Kaoru’s face fondly. “As brilliant as ever, aren’t you?”

Cherry, now that he’s realized what these feelings are, is suddenly grateful that he decided to include a mask in his outfit. “And you’re still just a simpleton.”

‘Why are you like this?!’ He wants to scream at himself.

And there goes the smile again as red eyes glare at him. “Can’t even take a compliment. Whatever, I’ll see you at the top, princess.”

With that, Joe rides off and Cherry is left with a whole new panic of ‘Why did I like him calling me that?!’.

Stupid sexy red-eyed assholes.

Thanks to Kaoru’s new inability to keep his foot out of his mouth, butting heads and bickering like a married couple seem to be the new norm. It sucks, but as long as Kojirō’s eyes are on him, Kaoru will take what he can get.

Thankfully, Kojirō is still a sweetheart so this includes dinners at Kojirō’s new restaurant after the opening and late nights bantering over a bottle of wine. It almost feels intimate in a way, having the nice restaurant all to themselves as they drink and catch up. If Kaoru didn’t know any better, he would almost say some of Kojirō’s quips might have even been attempts at flirting.

That was surely wishful thinking though.

Except it kept happening.

Over and over.

And the arguing was getting less wicked more teasing, and only hamming it up for their fans at S but even then Cherry has heard some question if they were fighting or flirting.

Kaoru wishes he knew the answer.

He no longer wants to know the answer.

Apparently, Kojirō was right when an argument about the chef’s promiscuous ways had led to him declaring Kaoru wouldn’t know love if it smacked him upside the head.

Well, it just did.

Right in the face.

With a skateboard.

“I simply find you boring.”

And that was the thing, wasn’t it?

The reason he had rebelled in the first place nearly a decade ago.

He was too boring.

Kojirō had said it himself at one point when he suggested skateboarding to spice things up.

Don’t get him wrong, Kaoru ended up loving it. Loved the rush and excitement. He wouldn’t have stuck with it for so long if he hadn’t.

But back then? He was terrified Kojirō would get bored and leave him.

“KAORU!”

Huh, that almost sounded like him now.

Kaoru hears tires screeching and yelling before stone arms wrap around him, all so carefully like they’re afraid he will break.

Ah, it was Kojirō.

God, how did it take Kaoru so long to figure it out?

That’s his last thought before he properly loses consciousness, not processing anything else but warmth and safety until several hours later when he wakes up in a pain-killer-induced haze with one person in mind.

“Ko-...jirō…”

He hadn’t expected to hear a clattering next to him or the man’s voice yelling out the door for the doctor, but the next blink fills his sight with fluffy green hair and relieved red eyes so much softer than the ones he had spent years chasing.

“Kaoru?” Kojirō whispers carefully, sure his head must hurt.

It does but the pain medicine helps and the two combined is what he’ll blame his next spoken thought on; as he notes how warm Kojirō’s eyes look even with the crappy hospital lights. “Pretty.”

He gets to watch Kojirō’s cheeks and ears flush with color before he lets out an embarrassed laugh. “Little loopy, are we?”

“That too,” Kaoru mumbles as the doctors come in before he panics and grips Kojirō’s hand as tightly as possible when he tries to leave. It’s not very tight in his current state, but it gets the other man’s attention at least. “Stay…please.”

Kojirō blinks before looking to the doctors and smiling lightly when he gets a nod. “Let me get the chair out of their way at least.”

This is made difficult by Kaoru refusing to let him go, but eventually, he’s settled back in the chair, out of the way of the doctor and nurses, and smiling softly as he continues to hold Kaoru’s hand through the exam. He can already tell he’s not going to get an answer for the sudden behavior by the way gold eyes start to droop, but Kojirō has waited this long, he can wait a while more.

After the doctor and nurses give the all clear and the rundown of treatment since they were apparently still each other’s emergency contacts even almost ten years later, they take their leave and Kojirō takes the opportunity to kiss Kaoru’s knuckles, assuming him asleep.

“You’re gonna be okay, Kaoru.” He whispers in relief.

A mumbling makes him jump a little, but he leans forward.

“Huh? What’d you say, Kaoru?”

“Kiss my face next time…coward.” Kaoru slurs sleepily, whatever the nurses gave him starting to take effect.

Kojirō feels his entire face heat in a blush, but he knows he’s probably grinning like an idiot. “As soon as you wake up.”

The only response he gets this time is Kaoru’s gentle breathing as he sleeps, but Kojirō doesn’t mind.

He’s already waited almost fifteen years.

He can wait a few hours more.

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starglossie · 2 years

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for the matchablossom nation. going back to my roots.

#matchablossom #wip

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killing-edits · 2 years

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mod korekiyo's intro !!

hey killing-edits nation !! mod korekiyo here !! you may know me from celestialkins, and i'm super excited to be hopping onto this blog. if y'all want, feel free to call me mod kork or even just cele, but my regular ol' mod name's cool too ! i'm really looking forward to doing requests for y'all, but there's some stuff under the cut that y'all need to know first !

what i can make :

icons, reply icons, moodboards / aesthetics, phone wallpapers ( specify size or phone model ), headers, tumblr layouts, make me choose ( give me two characters / ships, and i’ll edit the one i prefer ! ), promos, chatter !! ( talk to me ,,, please )

sources :

all sources are enjoyed critically !!

bolded = favourite / prioritized !

* = will do things regarding both manga & anime !

danganronpa ( all games ), death note, the promised neverland*, kakegurui, jujutsu kaisen, attack on titan*, bungo stray dogs*, demon slayer*, sk8: the infinity, doki doki literature club, assassination classroom, komi can’t communicate, tokyo ghoul, encanto ( can only do icons and moodboards ! ), yuri!!! on ice, wonder egg priority, genshin impact, the disastrous life of saiki k. ( season 1 characters only atm ! ), madoka magica ( original series only ), stranger things, the rising of the shield hero, spy x family, tomodachi game

blacklist :

CHARACTERS :

haiji towa, nagito komaeda, mikan tsumiki, rod reiss, floch forster, mori ougai, kajii motojiro, zenitsu agatsuma, muzan kibutsuji, adam ( sk8 ), akira takaoka, kureo mado, yakumo õmori, makoto teruhashi, kyubey, aultcray melromarc xxxii, idol rabier, biscas t. balmus, malty “myne” melromarc, kyo ethnina, lonnie byers, dr. brenner

SHIPS :

anything abusive / pedophilic / incestuous

CHARACTER X ANYONE :

junko enoshima, chihiro fujisaki, warriors of hope, kusuo saiki

CHARACTER X MEN :

tenko chabashira, ibuki mioda, mahiru koizumi, hiyoko saionji, aoi asahina, toko fukawa, genocide jill, akane owari, misa amane, rem, kirari momobami, sayaka igarashi, maki zenin, yosano akiko, kouyou õzaki, historia reiss, ymir, robin buckley

CHARACTER X WOMEN :

kiyotaka ishimaru, nekomaru nidai, light yagami, l lawliet, dazai osamu, kunikida doppo, chuuya nakahara, akutagawa ryunosuke, ranpo edogawa, inosuke hashibira, tanjiro kamado, reki kyan, langa hasegawa, kaoru sakurayashiki, kojiro nanjo, yuuri katsuki, victor nikiforov

GENERAL & AESTHETICS :

scenecore, glitchcore, angelcore, webcore, yanderecore, chihiro gender discourse ( all hcs accepted ! i’ll be using they / them ), fae / faer pronouns ( other neos fine ! )

whitelist :

CHARACTERS :

korekiyo shinguji, ibuki mioda, genocide jill, light yagami, l lawliet, ryuk, mello, ray, isabella, yuji itadori, ryomen sukuna, sasha braus, hange zoe, eren yeager, ryunosuke akutagawa, inosuke hashibira, tanjiro kamado, karma akabane, korosensei, ken kaneki, juuzou suzuya, ai ohto, kusuo saiki, melty melromarc, filo, l'arc berg

SHIPS :

MOST danganronpa cross-game ships, especially wlw ones, tenkobuki, celestoko, celesyo, sonia x korekiyo, mondo x korekiyo, lawlight, rayemma, eremika, eremin, jeansasha, levihan, erurihan, kunikidazai, shin soukoku, inotan, renga, matchablossom, karmagisa, karma x kayano, touken, kaneki x juuzou, hidekane

STRICTLY PLATONIC / FAMILIAL kaneki / touka and hinami

GENERAL & AESTHETICS :

lovecore, candycore, spacecore, mooncore, bubblecore, pretty much anything from my favourite sources, besides what’s on my bl !!

conclusion :

that's about all i have to say for now ! if you read through all of this, feel free to drop in and request from me anytime ! <3

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tired-demonspawn · 1 year

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I posted 117 times in 2022

That's 36 more posts than 2021!

79 posts created (68%)

38 posts reblogged (32%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@black-rose-writings

@tired-demonspawn

@strange-aeons

@catsharkie

@ladytwilla

I tagged 87 of my posts in 2022

Only 26% of my posts had no tags

#matchablossom - 15 posts

#jjba - 14 posts

#čumblr - 14 posts

#czech - 13 posts

#sk8 the infinity - 13 posts

#česky - 13 posts

#sk8 - 12 posts

#jojo's bizarre adventure - 11 posts

#hezky česky - 11 posts

#joecherry - 10 posts

My Top Posts in 2022:

ok so i watched sk8 subbed right

came out of it like "oh these bitches gay! good for them, good for them..."

then i watched dub because in the like 3 seconds i was in the matchablossom part of tumblr i heard it's even more juicy, kinda like in general, not just for the matchablossom nation

lemme tell you, saying i wasn't prepared for dio/adam/whatever hitting mE WiTH FCKN "HEY BITCHES AND BROS AND NONBINARY HOES" would be an understatement

my guy's so HORNY, but when dio voices him it's more of a refined horny y'feel? in the english dub he just has this chaotic element to him

also every time he was getting weird about langa i was like: "langa is a minor 💀"

both dub and sub Renga is fine btw, they should've had an arm covering up their mouths in the jump like yuri on ice tho, so they could've kissed

when they used boomer unironically i broke into tears, not even gonna lie

also like... the old maried couple is more old and maried in the dub??? like:

"hello~" all seductivelly followed by "you're too close~" said like he's saying 'honey the kids are watching'

and also "we're both watching the same race sweetie..."

like if i came out of the sub like "my god these bitches gay!" i came out of the dub like "oh the bitches GAY gay, like gay gay homosexual gay, good god"

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