bakerstreet | Everyone has to start somewhere

[ Dork with hydrophobia crushing on the school's best swimmer, y/n? I can au it into a normal high school setting and write a starter if you're down! ]

[That sounds great!]

[ Neptune was, by nature, a bit of a flirt. He wasn't always good at it, mind you, which might be one of several reasons why he's never actually dated anyone before. Given his proficiency in engineering and physics, it might come as little surprise that behind his suave(?) facade he was actually kind of a nerd ("intellectual", as he would put it), perhaps a little more self-conscious than he let on. Maybe he was a little worried about whether he could handle genuine rejection.

There were a lot of variables, but when it came to Aoi he just had to push past them and try. She had such zeal and passion about what she did that it was borderline impossible not to admire her, to say nothing of her fondness for the best food group on the pyramid. He wasn't actually sure if he stood half a chance - their interactions were mostly limited to sharing notes or homework, the occasional chitchat before class started - but...

"Sink or swim" wasn't a phrase he was wild over, but it fit.

So he waits for her one day after school - it's no secret that she uses the pool on an almost daily basis, so he loiters about the hallway near it, hands crammed in his pockets as stares off into space and mumbles to himself. ]

Let's see... "How YOU doin'?" No, no, too cliche, uh... "Fancy seeing you here"? God no, you idiot, she goes to this school, of course she's here what does that even-- "Swimming, huh? That's a pretty pool hobby".

[ A grimace, as he bites his bottom lip. ]

... I'm doomed.

[Most likely after he graduates Hogwarts, due to Personal Issues.]

(he probably sucks ass at relationships, not to mention his first. but good intentions right...?)

[I think it's our obligation to try this out since the Loveless artist drew this. Y/N? ]

(y!!! so yes! funny i never made the cigarette connection between them before. would you like to start, or should i? )

[It's an addiction that binds them together! Just Soubi doesn't go crazy when he doesn't have them >3 Did you have a setting in mind? I'd have to take a min to think, but if you've got something then go for it 83 ]

( haha itd be disastrous if both of them went crazy. i had to take a moment too but im thinking either it could be hilarious to see them being set up, for whatever reason, it'd be one way to get them in an actual relationship. or it would also be really sweet if they always bonded over cigarettes maybe some AU thing where they work beside each other or something so always take smoke breaks outside together? or do you have any ideas? )

[Either Nails was sent on a job to get info on Soubi and the two just hit it off from there or that AU sounds good with them working together. Soubi worked/works at a grocery store. I can see him becoming an employ where Nail works too?]

( ok i think that sounds more viable. so Badou goes to get info for whatever reason. I just wrote up a lil starter, assumed a bit of cr to get it rolling, we can write the backstory in so it's up to you if Soubi knows Badou's out for info or not! relationship seriousness can develop! )

It's so fucked up that Badou actually had to pretend that he wanted anything to do with this guy! Every single time he worked on this twisted, messed up, atrocity of a job, he regretted even agreeing to take it on in the first place.

Seriously, why did he agree to something that took so much fucking mental effort?! Badou wasn't selling himself short here, no, he has the brains, the looks, the skill, agility, physique, whateverthefuck to do a damn good job at anything, but seriously, now he had to pretend and act?! Now that was just so hard. He sucked at pretending not that Badou would ever admit to sucking at anything. Other than... nevermind, dirty mind.

And so was it even weird or surprising that Badou ended up confused about Soubi? Like what was up with the way he had a bit of a bounce in his walk as he headed down street to Soubi's door? He was just here for really hard to get information that required him to work up some sort of trust between Soubi and him. His client requested the simplest thing - just for him to destroy a couple of photographs that Soubi had taken - but who knew that the guy was such a paranoid psycho who protected his images like the were sheets of solid fucking gold?!?

Badou huffed. He still had no idea where they were ... even though he had spent more than three days - SEVENTY TWO HOURS (!!!) - with the guy. Added up in total, of course, no one could handle Badou Nails for three consecutive days. So that was something like a couple of weeks of active pursuit. It meant having coffees, having dinners, watching a movie, smoking together, talking together, spending so much fucking time together. Ugh. Badou hated it. Badou loved it. Badou didn't know how the fuck he even felt about the whole damn situation anymore.

Like, now he was excited about finally reaching Soubi's door. It was great that they lived such a short distance from each other, but the walks were starting to feel so long as Badou practically buzzed with anticipation to see Soubi. Damn idiot's face even made him want to smile. Seriously.

What. The. Fuck.

His knuckles rapped on the door.

"Goddamn Soubi, I ain't got all day!"

The tall lanky man wasn't actually in his house at the moment. He was in fact just around the corner, having a smoke outside. stepped into view, a puff of smoke falling out of his lips.

"Where you bouncing on the way here?" Pro tip, he was watching. Soubi was always watching.

Hiding was something he knew well. He'd hidden from the other fighting pairs that wanted him dead ever since Seimei came into his life. Then again when Seimei was gone. This guy? He wasn't as good as he thought he was. It was fun, playing with the detective. The other wasn't a bad guy per say. Soubi wasn't even really sure what he was looking for, since Seimei had left him with a number of things that someone might want back.

"It was cute." Soubi grinned, waiting for more yelling.

So that's why it took him so long. Badou's frown deepened. The idiot wasn't even in his house. He hated being wrong, especially when it came to Soubi. His face crinkled up when his walking fashion came to topic.

"No!! Shut up!" Denial, he was always good at that. "Hell no! Who the fuck bounces when they walk?! Not me," and his arms crossed over his chest for a brief moment before he was snatching a hand out, quickly stealing Soubi's smoke and putting it between his own lips. He'd put his out a second ago, but now he had a new one - Soubi's.

"You stalkin' me or something?" A puff of smoke with a roll of one emerald green eye.

technically it was the top apartment of a complex, but details. Soubi just watched the other's rant, fully aware that making the other angry would make his cig a target. He was always pulling a new one out of the box when Badou snatched his.

"Me? Never. That might be creepy." Soubi slightly grinned as she tapped his cig and placed it in his mouth. He was graceful as he spoke, like the movements were just as easy for him as breathing. "Inhale." Soubi said before taking a step closer to Badou, the ends of their lights touching. If Badou inhaled at all, Soubi would be able to light the end of his. Of course it was easy to make someone do that when you run your hand across the small of their back to pull them closer too.

Apartment, complex, right. Because obviously Badou went up a few flights of stairs to get to Soubi's apartment door, details. Damn that graceful honey-like smoothness that Soubi spoke with. Badou knew how to light someone else's cigarette, dammit. But the hand on the small of his back made him gasp just slightly. A puff of smoke whisped out between his lips after Soubi's cigarette had been lit.

"Alright, alright..." Another puff before two slender fingers brought his smoke away from his lips for a brief moment. A kiss to Soubi's jawline as his other arm wrapped around Soubi's shoulders.

"Missed you too, idiot." And his cigarette was back in his mouth. Damn, Badou almost felt guilty for being with Soubi like this. But it felt so nice to be close to the other. Shit. His eyebrows furrowed a little as he thought about it.

Soubi didn't mind this game of theirs. It was a distraction really. Something to do that wasn't college or anything to do with battles. He gently took his cig from his lips, his head tilting ever so slightly to kiss between the other's eyes.

"Really? Then why are you frowning?" Honestly the only down side to playing this game was that his friend Kio was sulking his head off. The other wanted Soubi badly but it wasn't the same as with this red head. Soubi let go of the other and ducked out of the arm on his shoulder. He moved to look out over railing, placing his cig between his lips again to take a long drag.

[Potentially cute first relationship with a king, warmhearted guy studying agriculture and a pagan. Whether or not he is an actual witch is up to you!]

[Manjyome Jun was shaking as he thought about who he was on the way to meet with and why. She had said yes. She had finally said yes. It was like a dream, one he didn't ever want to wake up from but was afraid he would at the same time. Any second now, he had told himself on the whole way to the light house, he would stir awake and find that all of it had been a dream, that the painful distance between him and Asuka still was there just the way it had been before.

But he didn't wake up and no terrible accidents befell him on his way either, so he arrived there - much earlier than the time they had agreed on because he would surely never make her wait for him - after all. The sea was a tumble of waves and thankfully the view combined with the fresh smell of sea air calmed him and his steadily beating heart.

So he stood there, waiting, waiting for her, not minding if she showed up on time or not. He knew for a fact that he would wait for her forever if he needed to. He just hoped he wouldn't have to, that she hadn't changed her mind.]

[The day is a beautiful one. The sun is shining, birds are singing and the area around the lighthouse is devoid of any stragglers- people wandering around with the potential to interrupt the date. It really does seem perfect for Manjoume, and a few minutes after the designated time (no more than ten, really), she arrives.

She walks with purpose, no embarrassment whatsoever and no mistakes in her movements. She's moving quickly, but she isn't rushing too much, and she keeps her grace. It's a beautiful day and Asuka wants to enjoy it, and more importantly, she wants to give a shot at enjoying it with him.

When Manjoume gets into view, Asuka waves at him and smiles. It's been a while since she's seen him. She's glad to see him.]

Long time no see. My goodness, you've grown.

Everyone has to start somewhere

Aoi Asahina | Dangan Ronpa | OTA

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Scorpius Malfoy | Harry Potter | m/m

Badou | Dogs: Bullets & Carnage | OTA

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Elliot Alderson | MR ROBOT

Ainslie Saunders | OC | m/m

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Nico di Angelo | Heroes of Olympus | m/m

Hajime Hinata | Danganronpa 2 | ota!

Leighton Dalca | OC | M/M

Asuka Tenjoin | Yugioh Arc V | OTA

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BARRY ALLEN | FLASH |. OTA