#hiyori toono | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

arileartist · 1 year

Text

Free! Characters' s/o pranking them by pretending to take money from their wallets in front of them-Part 2

Enjoyyy❤️

Natsuya: (Scrolling through his phone, sipping on beer)

Y/n: (jumping onto his lap) My summertimeee~

Natsuya: (throwing his phone aside, hugging you facefirst into your stomach) Mmmm my little bubbs~ Where have you been today~?

Y/n:(giggling, sitting upright on his lap, you catch the sight of his wallet on the table in front of you) Nothing much hehe! I was just gonna do something~

Natsuya: Oh? And that would beeee?

Y/n:(taking Natsuya's wallet and opening it)

Natsuya:(quickly snatches the wallet from your hands and holds it high above your reach) Not so fast~ sneaky little fella aren't ya? Why do you need money from me?

Y/n: I.....I don't-!

Natsuya: (pinching your nose) Sure sure and the sun is actually covered in ice

Y/n: okok... No need to be that sarcastic... I was not trying to borrow money anyway...I wanted to keep this in your wallet...(hands him a neatly carved, round gemstone)

Natsuya: (admiring it carefully) what's this y/n?

Y/n: it's a good luck stone!I bought it cuz the shrine lady told me it would protect the person I gave it to!

Natsuya: (putting it in his pocket and punching your shoulder lightly) I already have my good luck charm right here~ I don't need another one?

Y/n: But I still want you to keep it with you. ALWAYS. I don't want you to ever get hurt 😤

Natsuya: (kissing your forehead and lifting you from your waist) Hahahaha, well if you insist!

(This guy is all games. He won't take your prank seriously, he'll probably see through it as he knows you very well, but rest assured, he's definitely showering you with return gifts once he gets the chance)

Sousuke: (doing grips in one hand and reading a book)

Y/n: (walks over to his wallet, giving him a glance before you take it)

Sousuke: (looks at you and smiles) Yo! G'morning

Y/n:(just nods, Picks his wallet and starts going through it)

Sousuke: (frowns, walks over to you and grabs his wallet) If you wanted money, you know you can just ask me? Now you're not getting it

Y/n:(looks at him, confused)

Sousuke:(sighs) What. Don't act surprised..

Y/n:(taking out a small penny and showing it to him) I had found this randomly under our bed...I thought it's yours so I wanted to keep it back in your wallet....

Sousuke: oh .... Sorry... And that is yours...

Y/n:huh?I don't keep pennies though...

Sousuke: (clenches it in your hand and smiles, walking back to the couch) it's a special one. I'm sure it's yours.

Y/n: (confused, walks back into their room) I really don't think.....I wouldn't just leave my spare change about...

Y/n: (takes a closer look at the penny and notices a small dent in it) special huh...

Y/n: (scratches at the dent, and it opens up) aha! So there's something inside..

Y/n:(takes off the metallic cover it the penny, and inside is a small, beautiful picture of you. You stare at it in awe, taking in its creativity) This is....so pretty...

Y/n:(yells) Thank you sou! I love you!!

Sousuke: (smiles to himself) Aye.

(I need to stop turning these into fluff stories jkdsnjsajaf! Anyways, this man has everything planned out and WILL make your prank fail by being one step ahead iykwim)

Kisumi: (singing along to a song that's blasting in his headset, he looks very happy)

Y/n: (sneaks up behind him and takes his wallet with one hand and quickly hides it behind, while tickling him with the other to remove suspicion) (Writer:I DO NOT CONDONE STEALING DON'T DO THIS SHIT IRL) Kissss-me!

Kisumi:( quickly turning around and catching you into a deep kiss, without warning)

Y/n:MMPHH!!

Kisumi: hehehe, so y/n~ what's the occasion?

Y/n:(trying to get yourself together) occasion?

Kisumi:(laughing and wrapping his arms around you, then quickly snatching back his wallet to your surprise)

Y/n:h-how did you-?

Kisumi: (narrowing his eyes) You didn't think I'd notice? Hehehe sneaky little one aren't you? (Comes close to your face) you do know that 'stealing' is bad manners, don't you? Unless you have a good reason to take my money like this, I'm not letting you off~

Y/n: it's not what you think...

Kisumi: oh~? Then what is it?

Y/n:(grabs his hand and puts a folded cheque on it)

Kisumi: 7500¥.... What's this y/n?

Y/n:(smiles at him and kisses his cheek) my first paycheck. I wanted to share it with you, since you're the reason I could push ahead and get this job. Thank you!

Kisumi: (stares at you for a couple of minutes, then hugs you tightly) You deserve everything in the world y/n! Look at this!! This is all yours! I didn't do anything hehehe! Let's go celebrate this right now! (You can feel his face getting a little wet from the few tears of happiness he shed

(This guy, will definitely see through the prank so you'd have to be smart, though now, a day full of celebration awaits, and who knows, at the end of it, you might recieve something special from him👀✨)

Asahi:(in his room, trying out outfits that he bought recently) Hmmmm.....

Y/n:(peeks inside) Asahiii~

Asahi: oh! Hey there y/n! Come in, I'm done changing.

Y/n: (sits on his bed, right next to his wallet that was lying around) hehehe thank you, so how are they?

Asahi: I like them! All of them fit perfectly and they look good too. Make me look hot~

Y/n: Aren't you already hot though ~

Asahi: (blushing a bit) I need to be centre of your attention so no other guy would catch your eye

Y/n:(laughing at his confidence and slowly taking his wallet) hehehe, in that case I need to up my game too y'know? I don't want you looking at anyone else as well(taking out a picture from his wallet and replacing it with a golden chain)

Asahi: (sees his wallet in your hands and the you just did something with it) Hey! What are you doing??

Y/n:(quickly putting aside the wallet) Huh? What do you mean??

Asahi:(comes close to your face and eyes you) HMMMMM I'm not that dumb y/n... You took money from my wallet didn't you?

Y/n: wha-no?

Asahi: fine. Don't tell me. I'm not talking to you then(pouts and turns away)

Y/n: ok check it if you want(handing over his wallet)

Asahi:(side-eyeing you and looking into his wallet) hmm whatever you say..

Asahi:(takes out the gold chain) Wh-What is this?? Y/n is this yours??

Y/n:(kisses his cheek) that's for you my adorable love~

Happy anniversary!

Asahi: (starts tearing up and hugs you tightly)Y/N IM SO SORRY I DOUBTED YOU!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH I LOVE YOU!!

(Be prepared for a ride throughout your day! He's gonna make sure that his love is going to feel blessed to be with him today on your anniversary)

Hiyori: (Reading a book and laying in his bed)

Y/n: (walks into his room, over to his desk) Hiyoriii~

Hiyori: (smiles, looking at you) Y/n~

Y/n: I'm ordering dinner today!

Hiyori: oh... Don't we have food at home though?

Y/n: yeah but, I wanna eat something from outside

Hiyori :(smiles) okok, but don't buy something expensive. I'm fine with your normal take-out.

Y/n: (takes his wallet from the desk and opens it)

Hiyori: (looks at you confused) y/n...?

Y/n: Hmmm?(takes out a few bills)

Hiyori: y/n.. Don't take money from my wallet without asking like that....

Y/n: oh...

Hiyori: (walks over to you and puts his hand out, expecting you to give him back his wallet)

Y/n:(takes out your own wallet and replaces his money with a few of your own bills) here

Hiyori: what was that for?

Y/n: I didn't have spare change, just heavy notes so I wanted to exchange-

Hiyori: oh... That's it?

Y/n: yeah...

Hiyori: (looks at his wallet, doesn't say anything, smiles at you and ruffles your hair, going back to his bed) kay.

Y/n: sooo I'll order?

Hiyori: no. You still took my wallet without permission so you're not eating outside food.

Y/n: But Hiyoriiiiii~

Hiyori: Shut

Y/n:🥲

(yeah he's not going to let you off so easily. You're going to face his sassy side for the next couple of days, though, he'll still be the sweet, cutie pie he is)

(cracks knuckles, ~YES! BEST FOR THE LAST~)

Ikuya: (in the kitchen, frustrated a little and scrolling through his phone) hmmmm.... We're so out of groceries....tsk..I might need to go shopping again...

Ikuya: (opens his wallet and sets a few bills aside) I'll use these for now. The rest I'll use for buying that ice cream I wanted...I haven't bought my usual snacks in a long time...I miss eating freely...

Y/n: (scurries at Ikuya from behind and hugs him tightly) Ikuuuuuu~<3

Ikuya: (kissing your forehead) y/n! Good timing!

Y/n: hm? Oh~(reaches for his wallet and takes out a couple of bills)

Ikuya:.... What are you doing??

Y/n: oh I just... Can't find my wallet and I need a few hundred yen to pay for my parcel that's arrived

Ikuya: A few hundred?! What did you order??

Y/n: Aaaaaa secret hehehe

Ikuya: (looks at the money sadly. He can't hope to wipe your happiness away... Even if it meant sacrificing some of his own wants)oh... Okay...

Y/n:(kisses his cheek, but he doesn't react) Thank you Ikuu! I'll be right back~(runs off outside)

Ikuya:... Y/n didn't even ask before taking the money... Am I being too lenient? Should I say that I really didn't like what happened.. How much did-...? (Ikuya checks his wallet to find only 200¥remaining out of his 1500¥, he gasps, getting even more upset) Y/n! Come here!

Y/n:(comes back with a box and secretly hiding his money in your pocket) yess??

Ikuya: How much did you take??

Y/n: oh do the math hehehe

Ikuya: (sighs) I don't like this y/n... You didn't even have the basic decency of asking for permission before touching my wallet. You're my partner... But... Can't you give me some respect? Not only that... But you took a good amount from my wallet.... Did you ask if you could borrow money? What if I had really needed it? Have you been doing this for a while now? Is that why you're so comfortable with doing it?

Y/n:(yeah he's going to make you question why you pulled this prank on him) I....

Ikuya: Did you give it to the delivery person? Where's my money right now?

Y/n:(quickly takes out his money and hands it back)....sorry..

Ikuya: (shaking his head and counting) Sorry doesn't cut it y/n...I needed this for groceries too... We would've gone hungry otherwise..

Y/n:(trying to hug him, but he's not having it) Ikuya... It was a prank

Ikuya: (looks at you, confused) prank?

Y/n: yes- This box is actually empty...I was going to continue it, but...I couldn't upset you more

Ikuya: (dumbfounded) so... You weren't taking money from me?

Y/n:(shaking your head) no dummy...I would never do something like that! You know me well don't you?

Ikuya: oh... So I overreacted...

Y/n: no no! Leave it , I'm so sorry I didn't know you'd react like this I should've been a little more careful

Ikuya: (looks at you sadly) ok...

Y/n:(hugging him tightly and peppering his face with kisses) I love you... Forget about this ok? I'm sorry for pranking you like that..

Ikuya: (doesn't react much, just embraces you back) hmm...

(you two sit there for at least the next twenty or so minutes. Though, you quickly manage to make it up to him by treating him to his favourite snacks and ice cream, he was definitely cheered up by the end of the day)

❤️❤️ Thank you for reading❤️❤️

76 notes · View notes

badpostureart · 11 months

Text

Bullying Ikuya for Sport

I wrote this piece back when I watched season three of Free! for the first time. The short of it is that I thought the first two-thirds of the episodes were shit and it was all Ikuya Kirishima’s fault. Though I’ve had the time to chill out since, I’m still a bitter bitch, and will be publicly airing out my grievances anyway.

______________________________________________________________

The Inciting Incident

Just when Haru is finally starting to feel happy and optimistic about the future going into university, Ikuya shows up with his bottom lip stuck out to guilt Haru into believing that it’s his fault that he’s so damn miserable.

From the jump, Ikuya acted horribly selfishly towards Haru. He commodifies his swimming in an attempt to garner attention from his brother, isolates himself and then blames Haru for abandoning him, goes out of his way to avoid reconciling with Haru even though he tries multiple times to apologize and explain himself, and commits perhaps the greatest sin of all by making Haru’s falling out with Rin all about him.

Ikuya never bothered to consider that Haru may have actually had a valid reason for wanting to quit swimming competitively, let alone the fact that he obviously didn’t do it with the intention of hurting him. Has Ikuya seriously never stopped to consider that Haru might have been feeling incredibly lonely himself? He saw firsthand the state Haru was in after he quit the swim club—clearly, something was seriously wrong with him! But from the way Ikuya talks about Haru, even in hindsight, he believes that the boy sat alone at his desk hiding his face in his arms is the picture of strength. I don’t understand how it’s lost on Ikuya that Haru’s friends are a major source of his strength, and their absence took a massive toll on him.

What’s more, Ikuya was able to continue swimming regardless of whatever Haru was doing. Both Rin and Haru are so fucked up over what happened that they completely stop for a while and need to find their way back to each other in order to transition into adulthood. Ikuya is able to move to America with his darling older brother and continues to swim competitively. Then he has another near-drowning accident and because Haru wasn’t the one to save him, he thought “Haru is really gone.” From there he (somehow) concludes that he needs to stop relying on other people even though his brother and his best friend are right there to support him. Hiyori was the one to dive in to save Ikuya from drowning! Then as teenagers, Ikuya has the gall to make Hiyori listen to him say that no one was around to save him? Fucking huh? I don’t even like Hiyori, but I’m offended on his behalf! Would Ikuya have been perfectly content with continuing to rely exclusively on Haru if the middle school team never broke up? How does he justify feeling bad for having responsibilized the people around him to look after him, while simultaneously refusing to acknowledge that people (especially Hiyori) have been and still are around to save him?

Despite realising back in middle school that swimming alone makes Ikuya feel terribly lonely, he’s fallen back into believing that’s what he should be doing in university. He’s re-adopted the exact same unhelpful attitude he had as a kid—he fronts like he’s unbothered by everything when he’s actually miserable. He also thinks relying on others makes him weak and he ought to be strong enough to go at it alone. So, instead of reaching out to his many friends (like Nao suggested he do), Ikuya’s found himself someone who actively isolates him further from everyone else. Even when Ikuya’s teammates at university approach him asking him to join a medley relay, Hiyori pops up to help him decline the offer because Ikuya’s convinced himself that he “can’t swim his best in team events.” Notice that instead of encouraging Ikuya to make new friends and to try swimming with them, Hiyori helps prop up the deluded narrative Ikuya’s come up with for himself that people who compete as part of a team are weak. And this is what Ikuya wants him to do! He thinks that if he ignores the past for long enough, he’ll just get over it and then come out on the other side stronger for it!

While everyone around him has put in the work to grow up, reconcile with the past, make amends, and find a dream to hold on to, Ikuya regresses into an angsty pre-teen who thinks everyone else is a jerk while being the most self-centred and uncooperative of all! He actually accuses Hiyori of misunderstanding him when he challenges the idea that Ikuya isn’t weak and can become the kind of person he wants to be. How can Ikuya honestly be mad at Hiyori for pointing out how fucking inconsistent he is? If he honestly believes that focusing solely on himself is the only way to be strong, then why in the name of god is he letting himself pine over Haru so often? Why doesn’t he try not doing that? And if it’s because he finds he can’t stop himself from doing so, then maybe he needs to re-evaluate his thinking instead of just sitting around feeling sorry for himself. Stop romanticizing the misery you make for yourself like you’re a character in a fucking storybook! It’s unproductive, it’s juvenile, and it’s not reflective of the reality you live in!

You do this to yourself, Ikuya! I don’t feel bad for you at all! And you’re damned lucky you have such caring friends because you’ve got some nerve acting this way towards them!

Why be mad at Ikuya (in S3) and not Rin (in S1 and S2)?

I apologize for talking in excess about this, but the “conflict” of this season of Free! is nowhere near as compelling as it was in the first two seasons. Perhaps my qualms lie primarily with the writers because Ikuya wasn’t introduced to the story until after season two. Thusly, during those two seasons, we never heard anything about Ikuya at all. And in fact, during that time we saw firsthand the extent to which Rin and Haru radically impacted each other! The resolution to Ikuya’s arc doesn’t feel nearly as satisfying as watching Haru finally reconcile with Rin again. And how could it? Ikuya’s arc ends two-thirds of the way through the season!

What did Ikuya do for Haru in season three? How did reconciling with Ikuya help develop Haru’s character? And that’s not to say that friendships need to be made up of a series of transactions to be meaningful. Not at all! But because Rin and Haru left such a lasting impression on how the other developed, Ikuya’s relationship with Haru is doomed to never feel as impactful in comparison.

One may argue that Haru went out of his way to change for Ikuya by practising and participating in an IM event. However, as soon as Haru makes amends with Ikuya, he goes back to only swimming freestyle again. If Haru had been steadfast this entire time that he only (and I mean only) swims free, then it would make his choice to learn the other strokes quite significant. But you’ll notice that throughout the series, Haru adjusts and becomes more flexible in what he’s comfortable doing. At the start of season one, he was only swimming free individually. In season two, he continues to swim free individually, but he also does medley relays as the anchor. In season three, he tells Asahi that he only swims free (both individually and in medley relays) when he’s competing, but he does all the other strokes during practice too. Knowing that Haru was already familiar with the other strokes before deciding to join the IM makes it that much less moving—especially knowing that Haru didn’t have a genuine interest in swimming any of the other strokes again in the future. Moreover, the thing that made Rin’s reconciliation with Haru possible was Rin realising how shitty it was of him to ever demand that Haru should swim differently simply for him—in recognizing that Haru is a person (and a swimmer) in his own right, and isn’t a measure of Rin’s success, he can realize what an injustice he did Haru as both his friend and as his rival.

It’s no loss to Haru if he doesn’t place in the IM. When Iwatobi subbed in Rin for Rei, the team was disqualified. But they all felt it was well worth it. It was more important to break tournament rules and to swim freely if it meant being a team again. In doing so, they were able to stay true to who they were as individuals and were reminded why they fell in love in the first place. With Ikuya, Haru was made to stray from his convictions temporarily just so that he could get through to the other boy. Why doesn’t Ikuya feel bad about that? He made it so the only way Haru could even fucking talk to him was if he orchestrated a meeting that Ikuya couldn’t walk away from, and Hiyori couldn’t interrupt!

I felt that after episode 8, things essentially go back to “normal.” No lasting changes in any of the characters come about except for Ikuya and Hiyori. Thusly, Ikuya’s reconciliation with Haru seemed to have only taken place so that Ikuya and Hiyori could mature—it otherwise had very little to do with Haru himself! And you can see that just by looking at him. Haru is obviously relieved that Ikuya’s found himself again, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the way surprise gives way to absolute peace on Haru’s face when he realizes Rin’s wrapped him up in an embrace and that they’re okay again.

One instance was a little more impactful than the other, even to the characters in the show! And that’s not because friendship is a competition, it’s that each relationship is unique and means different things to each person. However, as a showrunner, I think it’s a bad move to make the protagonist focus all this energy and attention on someone he previously didn’t think about at all over the course of two seasons just for the sake of creating an incredibly stupid conflict to resolve! It’s no wonder why Haru wasn’t thinking about Ikuya in high school when he was still thinking about Rin. Ikuya wasn’t terribly likeable when he and Haru met, and his character post-reconciliation is barely any different than before!

The reason this season is the worst by far is how fucking forced it all felt compared to the previous ones. Rin and Haru’s feelings for each other are equal in depth and intensity. As a result, it’s glaringly obvious in contrast that Haru does not feel as strongly about Ikuya as he does about him. Ikuya propped Haru up as a hero who he wanted to emulate. Because of that, Haru became a glorified, mystified figure instead of being established as Ikuya’s equal. What’s worse is that Ikuya’s entire identity has always been the result of mimicking someone else. Rin and Haru already had personalities of their own before they met. Ikuya’s problem throughout the entire fucking series is his stunning lack of confidence in his own personhood. As a kid, he shadowed his brother and then collapsed in on himself when he didn’t have Natsuya to mirror after anymore. Then, he endeavours to copy Haru, and when he’s faced with the reality that Ikuya will have to exist as Ikuya without Haru, he recedes into having no confidence and is unable to entertain the idea that he is in control of the person he is or wants to be.

And Haru knows all this about Ikuya. He knows the kind of person he is. The first time they met, Haru gathered that Ikuya had an attitude problem because he watched him spend the better part of their first day in middle school glaring at Asahi. Then Ikuya makes a fuss over nobody taking swimming as seriously as him and joins the swim club only to start copying Haru before he finally confides in his teammates that he feels incredibly lonely swimming by himself. Compare that to the impression left by Rin. In comes this kid, all enthusiasm and toothy grins, taking Haru by the hand and promising to show him magic. He was extremely endearing, so it’s no wonder he left such a deep impression on the people he met as a kid.

Most importantly, the reason Rin fell apart when he was abroad wasn’t that he invented problems to blame Haru for, it was because he went too long without a proper support system. Unlike Ikuya, Rin didn’t go to Australia with family or friends. In fact, he struggled to create relationships because of the language barrier. He once tried to describe a cherry blossom tree to his classmates and was given a mop. If that wasn’t bad enough, the one thing that was supposed to provide Rin with a sense of belonging, swimming, he massively struggled in. It was the whole reason he went abroad, right? Sure, he’d have to be on his own for a while, but he thought he could bear it if it meant he could become a stronger swimmer. He was forced to contend with his own shortcomings every single day and couldn’t even talk to anyone about it because they literally didn’t understand him. At least if he went home to Iwatobi, raced his childhood rival, and won, then maybe all that struggling would’ve been worth it. But it wasn’t. He hated himself for how useless he felt. If Rin couldn’t even prove to his childhood rival that he was worthy of his father’s dream, then how could he believe it himself?

What makes Rin and Haru’s relationship so tragic is that after nestling himself deep into Haru’s bones, Rin departs suddenly and returns to Iwatobi almost unrecognizable years later. What makes their reconciliation so sweet is that the person Haru fell in love with finally comes home. Rin absolutely turned Haru’s world upside-down and introduced him, to risk sounding cheesy, to sights he’s never seen before! He broadened Haru’s world to the point where he started wanting things that he never cared about before and didn’t think he ever would. Rin brings out things in Haru that nobody else can—a competitive spirit, and a desire to put himself out there and experience new things. When Haru finds out that Rin was going to give up on all the beautiful things he showed him when they were kids of course he wanted to be the one to show Rin those sights again! In reconnecting, they were able not only to accept the past but to walk together towards the future. They’ve been spurring each other forward since the day they met! Rin makes Haru want to move forward, want to grow, want to change! He meets Rin to share a dream with him. And that’s, like, the most romantic thing I’ve ever fucking heard!

So, you’ll have to forgive me for being unsympathetic towards Ikuya. He’s so far out of his fucking league here and he has no idea! He is seriously so self-important that he thinks he can force his way into Haru’s orbit and position himself in a place as special as the space occupied by Rin. Get with the fucking program, Ikuya!

______________________________________________________________

P.S.

I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to everyone who liked my first post and for leaving such thoughtful comments. These mini-essays (for lack of a better term) are part of a purely self-indulgent project where I pen down my thoughts about the Free! series. Collectively, the entire project is a whopping two-hundred pages and counting—though most of it is in the form of bullet points. And while I could just dump the entire thing here, I don’t think it would be fair to ask anyone to read that much—especially all at once. That said, it can’t hurt to share some bite-sized excerpts at a time!

Although I didn’t start writing about this series to share my thoughts with (virtually) anyone, I figure since I’ve already written the damn thing I might as well post some of it. If no one ultimately reads anything I write, then nothing lost nothing gained. But knowing that there are people out there interested in hearing what I have to say (wordy as I am) means the world to me. So, thank you again.

#free iwatobi swim club #free dive to the future #ikuya kirishima #haruka nanase #hiyori toono #rin matsuoka #rinharu #rinharu is always implied in everything I write #i cant help it #badposture tumbles #long ass post

25 notes · View notes