#kakehai

[tikklil]

Spring at Aotake

#kakehai #kazetsuyo #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #風が強く吹いている #灰走 #走灰

[achilleeans]

"shipping" is so much easier when the characters are written in such a way that makes them genuinely look like a married couple of several years. atp it's not even shipping, just observing

#fav flavour of ship tbh #leopika #satosugu #kougino #mikayuu #killugon #that one immediately qualifies cause of that one quote #sherliam #kakehai #?? it's the guys from run with the wind #do they even have an official ship name

[extant-exhaustion]

Don't you think it's funny cause actual canon gay characters in BL manga/manhwa will say "I love you" but only the shounen bromance can spew out some of the most romantic shit akin to a 19th century poet writing a letter expressing his surpressed love for his lover 😭.....

The “no homo…but” of sports manga/anime in particular (but a lot of shounen in general) is just so funny to me. I mean, there’s homoeroticism in all sports, but you watch sports anime and you get your main duo gazing into each other’s eyes swearing to do whatever it takes to fulfill the dream they share and it’s like, come on. A fist bump/high five might as well be the 1-to-1 substitution for the kiss that “straight” dudes can’t share on screen.

#shounen #sports anime #kagakuro #kagehina #renga #kakehai #iwaoi #bokuaka #kuroken #ushiten #your honor they're gay #your honor they're in love #ee: ask #ee: mine

[bullsfish]

This scene has been on my mind a lot lately... I'm only human after all.

#run with the wind #kazetsuyo #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #kakehai #kakeru kurahara #kurahara kakeru #haiji kiyose #kiyose haiji #my art #run with the wind anime #kakehai fan art #kakehai art #haikake #RWTW

[littleskrib]

Haiji adventures: One Way |221219 _ Store Front |250320 - 夕焼け雲 |140522 - From Morning til Dawn, with you |030320 - Some Time in Summer |180420

#my art #RWTW #haiji #Kakeru #kakehai #littleskrib does art #twitter archives

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Art by chingyuan2007

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#kakehai #HaiKake #Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru

[bananacanwrites]

Art happens rarely in my case but this kakehai is one I'm still proud of 💚💙

#banana art #run with the wind #kazetsuyo #kakehai #kurahara kakeru #kiyose haiji

[metaandpotatoes]

The Weight of Summer Pre-Orders

Hey y'all! Preorders for the Weight of Summer, a Run With the Wind fan comic, will open on August 1 at https://rwtwfancomic.bigcartel.com/.

#rwtw #run with the wind #kazetsuyo #kakehai #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #風が強く吹いている

[carrotstache]

“This time I’ll be waiting at the finish line.” 🗻🍃

#走灰 #kakehai #kazetsuyo #kiyose haiji #kurahara kakeru #Run with the wind #They invented love and it's real trust me #my art #fanart #THE COLOURS ARE ACTUALLY WAY WARMER TRUST ME

[hideyseek]

ahhhhh kakehai for 15 (things you said with too many miles between us) please!!

craaaaaaaaaaaaaab hi!!! everyday i appreciate you for encouraging my kakehai writing!! here are some words about haiji and kakeru and shoelaces, ten years after canon.

(from the things you said prompts)

Haiji nearly drops the plate he's washing when he hears it. 

Even the interviewer, it seems, is surprised enough to cough onscreen and say with open curiosity, "Really, Kurahara-san? Shoelaces?"

But Kakeru turns to look seriously at the camera and says, "It's true. The way I lace my shoes is the same way my college track captain used to. I made him sit down with me, the afternoon of his graduation ceremony, just to show me.” He laughs, and to Haiji’s ears he sounds wistful. “I wonder what he thought of that.” 

Haiji had forgotten, but he remembers it now — the cherry blossoms in Kakeru’s hair, the unbearably blue sky. The way his hands had trembled when he’d leant over to tie the knot with Kakeru’s laces. How absolutely certain Haiji had been, in that moment, that there was nothing between them to start. 

Onscreen, Kakeru is smiling at the camera, an unexpected curl to his mouth. "I wouldn't be anywhere near here if I hadn't met him. I truly believe that joining the Kansei ekiden team changed the course of my life.” He ducks his chin. The tips of his ears are pink, even in the studio lighting. "Anyway. I owe him a lot. I suppose the lacing was, selfishly, a way to keep him in my life after he left running."

"There you have it," the interviewer says. "Kurahara Kakeru, Japanese national team marathon runner, on the greatest influences of his running life.”

“Thank you very much,” Kakeru says, bobbing politely. Haiji can’t tear his eyes from the screen. A way to keep him in my life after he left running. 

The interviewer continues, “Kurahara-san’s college running career culminated in running Section 10 of the Hakone ekiden three years in a row, breaking his previous record each time. Kurahara-san will be one of our guest broadcasters for this year’s ekiden, please be sure to tune in next week to catch his segment!”

The show cuts to commercial and Haiji lunges for his phone. Even as he's dialing he has no idea what he'll say, and no idea how long ago this segment was filmed, only that he can't just — leave that said without a response.

There's a thirteen hour drive between them, but he can close it with a call.

The line clicks over to voicemail. Kakeru's voice — Haiji's heart thuds — says, dry and rote, "It's Kurahara Kakeru. Please leave a message."

"Kakeru," Haiji says. It's been years since he addressed Kakeru by name. He’s always Kurahara-san when he comes up in the newsroom at work. 

Haiji doesn’t know what to say next. His university self would have found a way to just — start talking, shrouding the truth in layers of misdirection, discovering what he meant to say midway through and talking in circles until it was hidden again. But now, a decade later, he just wants to get to the point.

“I saw your interview,” Haiji says. He chews at the inside of his cheek, and adds, “I remembered you asking me to teach you how I tie my racing shoes. Only after you said it, though.” He paces a slow circle in his kitchen. It’s easier to say this, knowing that Kakeru will only hear it later. “I don’t know your racing schedule, but … if your season brings you here to Fukuoka, I would like to meet up, or — dinner, perhaps, if you would like. I’ve mi—”

The line clicks again and for a moment Haiji thinks he's run out of time. But then, a breath over the line and Kakeru's voice, worried, says, "Is this ... Haiji-san? Is something wrong?"

Of course he’d think that. They’ve barely texted in the decade since Haiji’s graduation. Calling like this…

“Nothing’s wrong,” Haiji says. “I’m sorry to call you so suddenly. I — I watched your interview. The teaser for the ekiden broadcast.”

“Oh,” Kakeru says. A surprised little laugh. “Really?”

“I watch most of your interviews,” Haiji admits. “This time, I just wanted to—” This had been so much easier without Kakeru on the other line. “I remembered, after you said it. When you asked me to show you how I laced my racing shoes.” 

“Ah,” Kakeru says. He sounds embarrassed. 

Haiji almost says: I didn’t think there was something between us, then. I thought it was just me. “I was happy to do it,” Haiji says instead, as firmly as he knows how. “It made me happy that you asked.” It’s been years. The circumstances have changed. They’ll be different people, when they meet again. 

“Come to the team reunion this year, Haiji-san,” Kakeru says. Haiji can hear the tentative smile in his voice. He presses his phone closer to his ear to hear Kakeru add, “It hasn’t been the same without you there.”

The rush of wind outside Haiji’s apartment window. The feeling of a new beginning rising in his chest.

“I’ll be there, Kakeru,” Haiji says. “I’ve missed you.”

#kazetsuyo #kakehai #hidey speaks #i loved this prompt!!!!!! it hurts me somehow! #also sorry this is about .... shoelaces lol #in my defense this is the shoelaces website #also i just find phone calls SO INTIMATE somehow!!!!!! in fic. irl all my phone calls are just #kind of normal idk

[hidey-writes]

wip wednesday

“What, exactly, is it you think I’m planning, Nico-chan?” Haiji counters. When he reaches out to push the gun the slightest bit across the table, he’s surprised his hand isn’t shaking. He feels wild inside, uncontrolled, his heart rattling in his chest. Haiji’s thinking about the look on Kakeru’s face after their first firefight side-by-side, both of them cleaning out their guns in the parlor of the main house. The room silent except for the sound of oiled cloth on metal, the mechanical sounds of a gun being reassembled. He’s thinking about the look on Kakeru’s face when Haiji’s gun came together, and the kick in his own chest like a recoil when he’d asked, You like it? and Kakeru, thrumming with adrenaline, had answered, It’s beautiful, Haiji-san. He’s thinking that handing Kakeru a gun that had never been fired by anyone Haiji trusted would be just as close to leaving Kakeru to die as meeting Kakeru empty-handed, or not meeting him at all.

aaaaaaaaa draft 3 has been handed over to my beta (MWAH) and now it's all uphill from here! some of the stuff i've done in this fic i am genuinely ... shocked by how interesting it is to me. i think it's really gonna be good y'all.

#like. haiji admitting something important and then having his BODY react even as his mind stays perfectly calm. delicious to me! #mini heist!au #kazetsuyo #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #my fic #kurahara kakeru #kiyose haiji #haiji kiyose #kakehai #wip wednesday

[matsuko-art]

Singing in the rain.

#kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #run with the wind #kakehai #kiyose haiji #kurahara kakeru

[pofusoup]

post-practice, in summer

#run with the wind #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #kiyose haiji #kurahara kakeru #kakehai

[honmakurara]

Ten kisses, a confession and a showdown

Ever wondered how the Aotake members found out about the resident couple?

Kakeru x Haiji, Kazetsuyo, fluff, crack, comedy, Aotake squad

There's that one time when they're languidly snogging in the quiet darkness of the bathtub at Aotake, lukewarm water lapping their shoulders as Kakeru and Haiji both reach out for each other's; suddenly, the sliding door opens and the couple is caught staring at a naked figure before them.

Musa's big eyes widen to no end, and his cheeks redden at once as he tries to suppress a cry. The next moment, a merry and bright-smile Haiji is eagerly inviting him to join them in the water; they’re done, he claims, feigning indifference and pretending there’s no possible embarrassment within Musa’s gentle soul.

Musa gently refuses, bowing profusely and excusing himself; once safe behind the sliding door he tells them he'll patiently wait until they'll be done for real, and he will keep the secret about them, of course.

“Which secret?” Haiji asks furrowing, and Kakeru merely sighs.

(keep reading @ao3 )

#kazetsuyo #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru #kakehai #kurahara kakeru #kiyose haiji #my fanfic stuff

[gewdmorning]

Yoi people, if you find this post I have a great anime recommendation— run with the wind

It has everything we like but it’s also very very different

Tags- gay subtext, sports anime, running anime, the two leads are enamoured by each other and so so deeply infatuated with each other it’s melts you into rainbow coloured goo, reaching for a goal, coming of age, price is the best boi (you’ll understand when you watch it), all of them are best bois actually, it pumps you the hell up, we all overcome our trauma with gentleness, kindness, friendship and RUNNING

Please watch it if you haven’t already, I need somebody to talk to about it. It actually kinda surprises me how yoi and run with the wind fandom don’t collide bcs they give me the same comfort

#I tagged it like ao3 so it’s easier to know what’s it’s about #yoi yurio #yuri on ice #yuri!!! on ice #yuri katsuki #victor nikiforov #yuri plisetsky #run with the wind #haiji kiyose #kakeru kurahara #kakehai #victuuri #please my yoi people find this #kazetsuyo

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Art by  chingyuan2007

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#HaiKake #kakehai #kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru