Fandom: Hot Gimmick
Pairing: Azusa Odagiri x Shinogu Narita, with mentions of other pairings.
Theme set: Delta
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Spoilerish.
#01 - Air
When Azusa had finally decided that he'd rather freak his father out instead of clearing the air between them, he was rather surprised by how calmly the elder Odagiri took the news of his son's sexuality and current love interest.
#02 - Apples
The very idea that Shinogu would be slicing up apples for Azusa while he lay in the hospital was too eerie.
#03 - Beginning
When Shinogu finally gave up on becoming a monk and came back home, Azusa hadn't realized that this was a new beginning for the both of them.
#04 - Bugs
When they were still innocent children, Azusa had only tried to play one mean prank on Hatsumi; before he could drop the bug down the back of her shirt though, he'd felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and turned to see Shinogu shaking his head.
#05 - Coffee
"I didn't come to talk about your father," Azusa smiled as he leaned back in the chair, "only to drink some of that delicious coffee you're so good at making."
#06 - Dark
Even now, when he no longer slept alone, Azusa would still wake up at night, remembering the darkness of that house he had lived in with his mother; it was the only time he'd allow himself to grip Shinogu.
#07 - Despair
For Asahi, it was hard to tell what the greater source of despair was: not getting the guy because he was in love with his sister or because he liked other guys.
#08 - Doors
The new apartment had felt so lonely until Shinogu managed to accidentally slam the door open on Azusa; the way he swore under his breath was nothing like the yelping noise Hatsumi would have made, but it was no less amusing.
#09 - Drink
Despite Azusa's best efforts, he was unable to get Shinogu drunk enough to "let loose."
#10 - Duty
The first time Azusa had come to visit the temple, he hadn't said anything to Shinogu, but had picked up a broom and helped with cleaning duty.
#11 - Earth
The fight left their nails full of earth and Azusa's face with a few scratches that he threatened to make Shinogu pay for.
#12 - End
It wasn't the end of Shinogu's life when Azusa suddenly grabbed his hand in front of everyone and proudly proclaimed that Shinogu was his, but he kinda wished it had been.
#13 - Fall
Shinogu remembered when he first met Azusa clearly; it was the same day Ryoki Tachibana pushed Hatsumi down the stairs.
#14 - Fire
Miho Odagiri had once said that love was like a fire that would unexpectedly flare up at the wrong moment; Azusa did everything he could to tame the fire inside him, but to no avail; even trying to pair off the object of his affection didn't quench it.
#15 - Flexible
He'd only meant to drop off Hatsumi's gym uniform, not stare at Azusa as he did stretches that caused Shinogu to wonder just how flexible the boy was in other situations.
#16 - Flying
Once, Azusa got into the driver's seat before Shinogu and made the car practically fly down the highway; Shinogu never let it happen again.
#17 - Food
Sharing an apartment with Azusa was different than it had been with Kazuma; Azusa always kept a plate of food warmed up for him, where as the other had always left a half portion of Chinese in the fridge, if Shinogu was lucky.
#18 - Foot
Azusa liked to think that he never put his foot in his mouth, but the look that Shinogu was giving seemed to be an indicator that his "you turn me on" confession had been a humongous foot in the mouth moment.
#19 - Grave
The first time that Azusa visited his mother's grave, it was at Shinogu's insistence.
#20 - Green
The day that Shinogu finally forgave Azusa for what he'd done, the model had given Hatsumi a beautiful green cashmere scarf; the way she'd twirled, laughing aloud had melted what little resolve he'd had to continue with the overprotective brother act.
#21 - Head
It soon became obvious to Shinogu that the different dyes Azusa used on his hair had obviously done something funny to the guy's head and had no doubt helped warp him.
#22 - Hollow
"She said those words and they sounded hollow," Azusa sat down next to him, favoring Shinogu with that Cheshire Cat smile, "And that's why you couldn't go through with it."
#23 - Honor
As they watched Hatsumi and Ryoki saying their vows, Azusa said something to Shinogu that could be considered kind or just annoying; "If it'll make you feel any better, I'd be more than happy to let you honor and obey me in Hatsumi's place."
#24 - Hope
The way Azusa egged him on had often caused Shinogu to shut the younger boy out; he didn't like receiving false hope, no matter how well meant.
#25 - Light
Shinogu didn't smile too much, but when he did, his face lit up far more than Azusa's ever could have.
#26 - Lost
Seeing the pained look in Azusa's eyes, Shinogu realized that he had never truly thanked his parents for saving him when he'd been lost.
#27 - Metal
There was a smell of metal and lightening at the photo shoot that seemed to be amplified when Shinogu looked into Azusa's eyes as the cameras flashed.
#28 - New
Having Azusa as her newest family member was only mildly disconcerting to Hatsumi and in some ways a relief; it was so much easier to see Shinogu interested in men than her.
#29 - Old
The old baby blanket that Hatsumi had asked Azusa to hand her as they cleared out her room for the complex's most recent sale smelled so much of Shinogu that Azusa had to keep himself from clutching it.
#30 - Peace
When he'd found out that Ryoki had known about their father's innocence all this time and hadn't told them, Shinogu had wanted to punch the boy and definitely not just for Hatsumi's sake.
#31 - Poison
Ryoki liked to hide his relief that he no longer had any competition for Hatsumi by complaining about how Shinogu and Azusa had better not poison him with their disease.
#32 - Pretty
As a boy, his appearance had been a curse; as a teenager it had been his tool; it was only as an adult that Azusa actually appreciated how much easier it was to flirt with a certain someone when you were pretty.
#33 - Rain
As Shinogu pulled Azusa out of the rain, he wondered if this was how his parents had felt when they'd taken him in: that if they didn't, they were somehow dooming him to the worst fate imaginable.
#34 - Regret
The moments where Azusa regretted his desire for revenge were few, though they tended to occur more frequently whenever he saw Shinogu frown at him.
#35 - Roses
The magazine photo of Azusa displayed him against a background of lush roses and Shinogu reminded himself that only girls were sentimental enough to find something like that beautiful.
#36 - Secret
The complex had held too many secrets and Shinogu Narita had been one of them, a fact which had comforted Azusa when he realized what an enigma his own family was.
#37 - Snakes
"Stop being such a slimy snake," Shinogu groaned as he tried to whack Azusa who easily dodged him.
#38 - Snow
Finally, Shinogu had enough of Azusa's nagging about Hatsumi and shoved the other boy into a pile of snow.
#39 - Solid
By the time Azusa had realized that Hatsumi and Ryoki were too solid to break apart, he'd finally realized who he really wanted Shinogu to be with.
#40 - Spring
The first time Shinogu realized he wanted to jump Azusa's bones, he attributed it to spring fever.
#41 - Stable
Personally, Kazama wanted to shake Shinogu hard and tell him off for even thinking of being attracted to someone who was obviously a few beams short of an expansion bridge, but then again, he hadn't seen him this stable since the stuff with Hatsumi had blown over, so he was at a loss as how to go about it without looking like a heartless fiend.
#42 - Strange
When Azusa kissed him for the first time and without warning, Shinogu finally understood why the strange smile the boy always wore bugged him so much.
#43 - Summer
Azusa's sudden lack of shirt was easy enough to blame on the summer heat, but when he decided to press up against Shinogu, he was at a loss as to how to explain it.
#44 - Taboo
It seemed that Shinogu had went from one taboo to another, one that seemed almost worst than loving his sister.
#45 - Ugly
Shaking his head, Azusa dragged his boyfriend into the clothing store, decided to cure him of his currently ugly shirt fetish.
#46 - War
Ryoki found himself fighting a new war with Hatsumi, who once again wanted to spend ALL of her time with her brother as a way to be supportive of his new relationship, since apparently Azusa and Shinogu couldn't be trusted to fuck themselves up in peace.
#47 - Water
The way the water glistened on Azusa's body as he stepped out of the shower left Shinogu transfixed and it was only when the model made a snarky comment to him that the older boy final had the good sense to be flustered.
#48 - Welcome
Even though he was an only child, the welcoming smile on Shinogu's face always made him feel as if he had a brother.
#49 - Winter
"Hey, it beats shivering to death," Azusa said as he draped the blanket over the both of them, pulling Shinogu way too close for comfort.
#50 - Wood
The hard wood floors of their apartment quickly became Shinogu's bane; it was horribly uncomfortable when Azusa decided he wanted to do it on the floor after all.