long distance is hard on itoshi sae.
it’s late, more than usual, later than either of you should be awake. but neither ends have hung up.
sae is on his side, head resting against his pillow, phone propped up so you can see the way his lashes dip against his cheeks. his hair sticks up in odd places where he towel dried it and gave up. he’s still wearing his jersey, collar stretched from his tugging during the game. idle fingers toy with the edge of his phone case, thumb absently flicking at the worn out corners.
“you should sleep,” you yawn, tucking yourself deeper into your blanket. your phone’s overheating.
his lips press into a thin line. “not tired.”
“you’re always tired.” you laugh, laced with exhaustion as you reach offscreen, scuffling for the bottle on your nightstand — he hears the cap click up.
sae doesn’t argue, nor does he agree. his eyes float over the screen like he’s trying to memorize every pixel of you. he’s frustrated, you can tell.
rubbing at his eyes: itoshi sae’s number one method for avoiding eye contact. the silence stretches, comfortable but heavy, until he finally caves.
“I lost today.”
you already knew that. you’d watched from your screen, heart aching at the way his jaw clenched, how his fingers curled into fists every time a play didn’t go his way. and now, even from thousands of miles away, you can hear it in his voice. the disappointment.
“I saw,” you say softly, treading carefully. his thumbs still against his case. he watches you for a second, takes you in — quiet rustle of hotel sheets crackling through the speaker.
“I wanted to come home.”
he never lets the weight of his exhaustion or frustration spill over into words, into things that can’t be taken back. he’s always tucked his emotions neatly into the spaces between his ribs and kept them there, away from anyone else. but not tonight, it seemed.
tonight, he let it slip. you shift onto your side, mirroring him. “sae.”
he swallows, gaze dropping a second before meeting yours. his voice is recognizably rougher when he speaks next. “I just wanted to be with you.”
something coils in your chest.
“I know,” you whisper.
he sighs, drawing attention to the eyebags collecting on his face, tired in a way that has nothing to do with sleep. “could you just.. talk, for a little bit? please?”
you nod. and you do. about nothing and everything — about today: the stupid, the mundane, and the minuscule. you talk until his grip goes numb, blinks slow down, and his breathing evens out.
when his screen goes dark, the call still connected, you stay. this is the closest you can be to holding him right now, and you’ll take anything you can get.
inspired by @kaislvves’s bastard post… ps: i acc love dior sauvage its my scent for when i go to school but its so strong HAHAHAHA
kaiser’s cologne has an overwhelming scent. not just in a way that two sprays could fill the entire bastard münchen cafeteria in his scent, but also in a way that lasts. his scent lasts on for a week before it finally wears off.
what’s his scent? dior sauvage, the scent of liars. kaiser likes the overwhelming presence of its’ scent; it’s as powerful as he is.
he loves to spray his cologne all over your closet and clothes, making sure that whatever you wear, and whatever perfume you try to wear to overpower it, you end up on the other side smelling of him.
it’s adorable how you spray on your 70 euro hermès perfume, checking out your outfit in the full-body mirror in your bedroom, before you’re coughing and choking on his overwhelming scent.
“mikka!” you shout out. “stop spraying your perfume on my clothes, it’s so strong!” you frown. his attention is finally raised away from his phone when he finally looks up to you, small circle-framed glasses starting to slide down his nose before he pushes it up with his middle finger.
“why should i? i like doing it.” he simply states. that’s just how he was; how he was raised— if he wants something, he must do everything to take it. likewise, if he wants to keep something, he has to make sure no one else steals it.
and with a job that forces him to almost always be out of country, he can’t help but worry about his rose. what if another piece of trash tries to flirt with you while you’re vulnerable? the overwhelming, almost sickly scent of citrus and pepper would be enough to tell them to back off; you’re already taken by another man.
“yeah; well, i don’t like it. it always lingers for too long.” you explain. and to kaiser, your explanation is moronic. “…that’s the point of a cologne; to linger.” he bluntly states. you roll your eyes at his smart-assed response, and scoff, “ugh— duh, but it stays on for days!”
kaiser only shrugs. “good. everyone knows you’re taken.” he’s quite adamant to telling the media what fragrance he uses. it’s odd, but he always encourages his interviewers to smell him in at least one point of the interview, giving him the chance to comment on his fragrance. it’s become a bit of a meme in his fandom that he wants to get sponsored by dior. but, no.
this isn’t about money.
it’s about everyone knowing his scent.
like a wolf marking his territory, kaiser leaves his scent on what he owns. and what he owns is you; your heart. it’s not enough that you love him with your heart as much as he cherishes you— he needs others to feel him spiritually when you’re nearby.
“this is stupid, mikka. none of my perfumes linger anymore cause of your dumb sauvage.” you scoff. and, kaiser stands up from his place in the bedroom, moving behind you. his overwhelming height makes for an awkward position when he rests his arms on your shoulders, and his jaw on your forehead. he stares at the reflection in the mirror, admiring of his and your beauty. the glint in his eyes is dangerous— as dangerous as the cheshire grin he proudly displays before he completely destroys an opponent in a match.
“would you want different kind of physical marking then?” he asks. his fingers delicately ghosting to touch the ticklish parts of your neck.
“…no.” you roll your eyes. kaiser sneers.
“then, you’ll have to stick with the cologne.”
PAIRING: Michael Kaiser/Reader WORD COUNT: 0.9k TYPE: Humor, Fluff (debatable), Early relationship WARNING(S): tw Kaiser, tw AWKWARD
You are taunting him.
This is an offense Kaiser considers very grave. Of course you’ve done it before and often to his face, and it can be fun in a way like a fake chase where the victim knows they’re not in any real danger (maybe the word is ‘playful’ even though both of you get foul with it), but this kind of mockery is degrading. You’re not doing it on purpose, which makes it an act of second nature. And that means it's unforgivable.
“I hate this corny ass movie.” You gesture at the screen. “Wish they’d scream more, also.”
“You said you wanted to watch it,” murmurs Kaiser, not really giving a fuck considering he’s not even paying attention to the movie. His gaze is fixated on your hand, now far away from his again. Just when his skin was about to brush against yours and he was mentally congratulating himself for his discretion, you pulled away in such a blithe manner. All that straining for nothing.
“Well it sounded entertaining like, in a bad way, but it’s just boring. Also the religious themes are so superficial and edgy, you can’t even laugh. I think they should’ve been Amish. At least that would’ve been funny.”
You shift, settling your hand back over the couch. Kaiser wishes you were a little closer, though at least he can resume the hand holding mission, inching his fingers towards yours again. The physical response to what he’s attempting is embarrassing. With every advance his heart races harder, and his palms are sweaty, and it’s just fucking ridiculous. He can imagine your skin under his, almost tangible.
Technique-wise it’s not complicated. Despite the amount he’s tensing up, Kaiser understands, logically, that he’s making a mountain out of a molehill. But it is a tender gesture and Kaiser doesn’t know how to be gentle or sweet. Softness is alien to him. There is a certain light he needs you to see him in, to come off as suave and charming. It has to be perfect and smooth and like he’s done it thousands of times before, even though now will be the first. And you will swoon over him also, he’ll make sure of it.
Almost there, he’s about to grasp your hand in his, holy shit-
“Micha, are you even paying attention?” You adjust your position again, pulling it away completely as you recline on your side against the armrest. “I thought a pretentious snob like you would have more critiques to make?”
“The movie’s so shitty it has rendered me speechless,” he says. It comes out easy and natural enough, but his blood is boiling. Can you not sit still for more than a second?! This was the seventh time!
“Fair enough,” you reply, eyes still glued to the screen.
You’re teasing him, aren’t you? Otherwise how would it happen so much? You think messing with him is funny??? Exploiting his moment of weakness and faltering?!
Kaiser smirks (at nothing; the gesture is pointless since you’re not even looking at him and entirely performative for himself). As if you’ll get the better of him. Maybe more drastic measures are in order.
He starts scooting closer. You’re still bitching about the movie and with how slow he’s moving, he doubts you’re noticing him closing in on you, and even if you are you’re choosing to feign ignorance to it in your transparent attempts at belittling him. Well, that’s the way he’s perceiving your behavior, anyway, as a personal slight against him.
His arm is about to reach you, will reach you, wrap around you. He’s going to embrace you soon. Heart thumping away in his chest, Kaiser realizes his throat is dry all of a sudden when he swallows, but it’s going to happen-
You stand up and head to the bathroom without a second glance in his direction.
Kaiser sits there frozen in whatever position he was in mid-movement before your betrayal, jaw hanging open, and he realizes he must look like a stupid buffoon at the moment. He is livid, however. How dare you!? When he grits his teeth, it hurts a little.
After assuming a more acceptable and casual stance, he heeds the tv, finally. Some girl tries to drown the main character, but ends up dying of a head injury instead somehow and then some other bullshit starts happening.
Wow. You weren’t kidding, this movie is fucking garbage. It almost distracts him from his predicament.
You return and sit back down next to him all relaxed like you haven’t been actively giving him an uptick in cortisol and adrenaline. Do you think this is a game? It’s as if you can’t even tell you’re dealing him psychic damage — playing innocent and oblivious to your transgressions. What a cunning pretense that is.
Kaiser… grabs your hand and tugs it. And stares at you straight on. It’s kind of unnerving and intense for no reason.
You raise your eyebrows at him as if he’s being strange, this confused expression on your face. “Why are you squeezing so hard? I value my blood circulation, you know?”
Eye twitching, he corrects his grip to a proper, more sensible one, lacing your fingers together. You do not understand what his deal is. Kaiser says, “This will be the best hand holding of your fucking life even if it’s the last thing I do.”
… What.
Unable to help yourself, you burst out laughing. “You’re so odd, Micha.”
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POV you wanted to have a date but your boyfriend is perpetually mentally stuck in his own version of silent hill
chigiri who genuinely thinks the best method to apply chapsticks is by applying some on you before taking some of it through kissing. even in public because 'bf privilege' he says.
isagi who changes his phone case into a clear one just to put your photo with him in it. sometimes look at it with a lovesick smile then get embarrassed when someone points it out.
nagi who tries his best to take care of you when you are sick. yes, with the power of 'group call' and 'asking maid king and reo', but he turns out to be a good sick people caretaker too.
sae who gets jealous at the pettiest thing, if that's even the appropriate word. what do you mean your shoes are matching with that stranger you never know instead of him???
rin who actually calls for your first name for the first time by shouting it out of panic. he doesn't mean for it to come out, it is supposed to be "moron!" and such, but it certainly just slips out from his mouth.
kaiser who never says it but loves it when you bite the cap of eyeliner while trying to do his eyeliner while straddling his lap. never been so glad he makes sure you will do his every morning.
fine shyt -> chopped shyt pipeline
god... how much he's changed... barcha vs pxg...
i can't say anything to your face (cause look at your face)
tags: established relationship, fluff
a/n: wrote this within a day in a burst of inspiration somehow,,, enjoy fellow kaiser lovers
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"are you trying to make me look stupid?" michael kaiser asks, barely an inch away from your hands.
automatically, before you can really think about it, you snap back. "that's not hard."
with an expression of dramatic hurt, he leans away from you. "excuse me?"
the eyeliner in your hand wobbles. only one of kaiser's eyes sports his signature red swoop.
he does kind of look stupid.
you bite back a smile.
unfortunately, kaiser is much more observant than he seems. his mismatched eyes narrow.
his hand snaps out to latch around your wrist, stopping you from bringing the eyeliner any closer.
"i don't trust you with this," your boyfriend snarks. "i have to go out with it on my face."
you weakly try to pull your hand out of his grasp. "you asked me to."
his eyes linger on yours. "that was when i thought you actually had hand-eye coordination."
you gasp with mock offense. "my coordination is perfectly fine, thank you. you haven't even seen what it looks like!"
he lets go of your hand, leaning back onto the wall. "i can already tell you're unsteady."
you glare at him. "it's a little hard to be steady when you're refusing to stay still."
he looks extremely unimpressed. it's a lot dumber with the mismatched liner.
an idea sparks in your head. before you can convince yourself otherwise, you .
"what-"
"stay still," you warn again, and shift yourself onto his lap.
kaiser stiffens like a rock. it's a little flattering.
"there you go," you whisper, smiling.
his eyes are dead-focused onto your own as you bring the pen closer. "careful," he mutters, voice low.
his hands lock themselves around your waist.
and in a single motion, you swoop the flash of red under his eye.
he blinks. you admire your handiwork.
"see?" you laugh. "only needed you to cooperate!"
you move to get up- his grip doesn't loosen.
kaiser tilts his head. from your proximity, you can trace every stroke of ink marked into his skin.
"you have places to be," you remind. "things to do."
he hums. "i'm fine where i am."
"you're really annoying, you know that?"
he flashes you a lazy smile. "i've heard worse. and better."
you roll your eyes. "whatever you say. can you let me go now?"
he shrugs. "you came here."
you shift your weight, still annoyingly trapped on his lap. the eyeliner pen falls to the floor, its purpose done.
"i think you need to stop arguing with me," you sigh. "it's annoying. just sit still and look pretty."
"i don't-"
you shut him up the only way you know how: pressing your lips onto his.
you can feel him grinning into the kiss- because it was obvious what he was going for from the start- and it only motivates you to press further.
"you're so gonna be late," you grumble.
he only laughs into your mouth. "worth it."
in the next movement, you rip yourself away off of him. he blinks up at you. the remnants of your lip gloss have left a shine on his lips.
"and your eyeliner's uneven."
there's a pause. you turn on your heel.
"wait, what?"
BROS THE TYPE OF GUY TO !
sypnosis ; cute things they do in a relationship
characters ; isagi, bachira, chigiri, reo, nagi, rin, sae, shidou, hiori, kurona, kaiser, ness
ISAGI the type of guy to tell his mom about you and ask her for advice.
BACHIRA the type of guy to talk shit about all the people you hate with you.
CHIGIRI the type of guy to use your hair ties and always keep one around his wrist.
REO the type of guy to rent out the place where you guys had your first date to propose.
NAGI the type of guy to purposely lose during games just to see the proud glint in your eyes when you finally beat him.
RIN the type of guy to switch places with you on the sidewalk so that he's facing the road.
SAE the type of guy to put his hand on your thigh while driving.
SHIDOU the type of guy to say "is this dude bothering you?" and proceed to beat up the air.
HIORI the type of guy to carry a polaroid around and hang pictures of the two of you in his room.
KURONA the type of guy to take you on stargazing dates.
KAISER the type of guy to randomly start flirting when he realises he's losing the argument.
NESS the type of guy to move you to the side by holding your waist.
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4:00am — itoshi sae
you weren’t sure how long you’ve been staring at your screen, the pixels were slowly turning into a blur as your eyes watered due to exhaustion.
how long has it been since you’ve had a proper good night’s sleep? you weren’t sure. however, you knew that you had to finish your task at hand and maybe then you can take a short break.
your hand clenched on the computer mouse with a sigh.
you were just so, so tired and your work seemed never ending. you groaned as you stretched your back that has been hunched for hours on end, feeling a little relieved as you feel the kinks loosen up.
the door to your room slams open. you jolt, not expecting anyone or any guests to arrive. your eyes widened as you see your boyfriend, sae, look at you with a blank expression on his face.
“sae… what’re you doing here?” you cringed as you realized your throat has been dry, having not talked in the past 12 hours or so, you swivelled in your desk chair, watching as sae slowly approached you.
“you weren’t responding to my messages.” sae replied coolly before his teal eyes glanced over to your computer, the only source of brightness in your room.
your brows furrowed in confusion. “you sent me messages?”
your hand grabs at your phone, turning it on, letting out a quiet “oh.” once you remembered that you placed your phone on do not disturb.
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mi cariño
8:00am
>> good morning mi querido
mi cariño
9:50am
>> i sent over food, make sure to eat today.
mi cariño
1:30pm
>> i have training today. let’s talk later.
mi cariño
6:16pm
training is done. captain wanted us to have dinner, have you eaten yet?
mi cariño
8:40pm
>> ???
mi cariño
8:45pm
>> you must be really busy, be sure to take breaks amor
mi cariño
10:00pm
>> i’ll head to bed early. training tomorrow. good night, take breaks.
mi cariño
1:45am
>> i can’t sleep. i haven’t heard your voice today. what have you done to mi amor?
mi cariño
3:30am
>> i’m coming over.
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you turned off your phone, looking at sae with a guilty expression.
“i–” “have you eaten today?” sae cuts you off with a raise of his brow. you sheepishly looked over the messy wrappers of biscuits and empty noodle cups. your boyfriend follows your gaze and sighed, shaking his head.
“you need proper rest.” sae said as he tried to hold your computer mouse, you shook your head, hand clasping around his.
“i’m almost done, promise!” you said, you weren’t exactly lying, your output was almost complete but you were waiting on a groupmate who was probably snoring away in her bed.
you gulp when you see sae look at you with a glare, he gently takes your hand away from the computer mouse and saves your output, closing your computer with a few clicks.
“sae, i’m fine, really!” you try to convince him but it was all for naught.
“we’re going to sleep.”
“what?”
“you look like a mess, when’s the last time you slept properly?” you look away, not wanting to answer his question.
you hear sae heave out a sigh and before you could look back at him, you feel him lift you up by your thighs, carrying you to your bed.
“sae!” “shut up.” he says before he plops you on the bed, tucking you in with your favorite plushie.
“go to sleep.” he says once more as the bed dips under his weight, you can't say anything in response as you feel his arms snake around your waist, pulling you flush against his chest, enabling you to feel his heartbeat.
you looked at the clock. 4:18am. less than an hour of sae’s usual alarm of 5:00am.
“i’m sorry for keeping you up.” you say quietly, guilty. “you only have so little time left before your morning training.”
you feel sae tilt your head up to meet his gaze, only for him to flick your forehead. “ow!”
“don’t be stupid,” he starts, “i already called the captain. i’m not going later.”
“eh?”
sae smirks at the confused look on your face as he places a tender kiss on your forehead.
“just sleep, mi querida.” sae whispers as he carefully presses your head against his chest, his calm and steady heartbeat triggering the sleepiness you’ve been feeling for days.
“i’ll be here when you wake up, just rest in my arms for now.”
note/s: this is written for my college roomie :> she's alrdy read this so hi oomf :> also !! first blue lock drabble in a while (an entire year) im soooo looking forward to writing more of them AaaAaaA +also college!bf sae :3
kaiser detests the conundrum that has been created of his emotions.
he wants nothing more than to celebrate his team’s victory — his victory — with you. he yearns for your praise, for your kisses, yet he’s not next to you like he should be.
instead, he has found rest in a lonesome corner, keenly observing you from afar.
you laugh heartily, so engaged in your conversations with the others. actually— if kaiser were to put it more accurately, you not only engaged in the idle chatter, you indulged in it.
and it is at rare instances such as this, that kaiser begins to doubt himself. it’s almost as if he set tests for you, to gauge how much he means to you. he needs to know if you’d keep choosing him, even if he pushes you away.
so when you finally approach him, he (subtly) rejects it. he’s petty, but also equally as driven.
“regrettably, liebling,” kaiser waves his phone at you, which seems to have manifested from thin air, “i’m expecting an important call soon, why don’t you hang out with.. ness? you’ve been talking to him a lot.”
you mouth an “oh,” making quick sense of the situation.
you may not necessarily be the most perceptive person in the room, however, you’re confident in you ability to discern kaiser’s behaviour and what it means.
“you know, love,” you start, ever so discreet, “ness suggested that i spend some time with you.”
there, his brow twitched, “yeah? he wants you to spend time with you now that he’s, what, feeling guilty about taking you up to himself the entire night?”
make no mistake, kaiser is not one to be trigged easily—
“you sound mad,” you press.
“can a man not be appalled?” kaiser quickly retorts, scoffing as he crosses his arms. to hell with keeping these annoying feelings to myself.
—unless it’s you. yes, you always draw out the rawest of emotions that lay waiting in his heart.
“ness was talking to you like you’re his girlfriend, and you didn’t bother reminding him that you’re taken,” his eyes narrow, and his forehead creases, “or maybe you forgot that too, huh?”
your stupid giggles answer him, and he sighs defeatedly.
his attempt at nonchalance that was so effortlessly dislodged and replace with a tirade, was tantamount to entertainment for you. infuriating.
“you could at least tell me this, then,” kaiser clutches your wrist, pulling you closer, “am i your first choice?”
he already knows how you’ll respond by the time your hands reach to cup his cheeks, your utterances of love never failing to reassure him.
reo brainrot is plaguing my mind so here's some short bf hcs !!!!!
note ; oh my god this was rotting in my drafts since NOVEMBER. finally got the energy to finish the last one my gosh..
bf reo mikage whose mood completely depends on yours !
his classmates find it silly how you could be sitting on your chair feeling down because of a low test score you got and reo would be there beside you, seemingly sad too, but because of what?? he got an A+ on the same test after all..? his family finds it relieving to see reo smiling beamingly whenever you're smiling, you wouldn't even be smiling directly at him yet he'd still look gleeful! his teammates find it weird how reo could be mad at them, yelling and yelling, shouting and shouting, reminding them to play properly and get their act together and then you come in unannounced with a box of cookies and that same smile reo adores, suddenly his eyes light up and he's squealing when you come closer to him as if he just didn't swear the living shit out of his teammates. if reo could do cartwheels and frontflips, he would've done those on the way to you because he is just so madly in love with youuuuu!!!!
bf reo mikage who absolutely loves hearing go on and on and on about your day !
he especially loves it more when you're spilling tea about people from your class. i mean yeah he knows it's bad but he can't help it? the way you're so focused on telling him an almost 3 minute gossip about this one girl in your history class is all he needs to just lay there on bed with you as he caresses your hair. those moments seldom happen, it usually has you having him lay on your chest while you talk about the funny incident at math class where your teacher forgot about the quiz that was supposed to be taken today and how you got 2 drinks from the vending machine instead of one because you had stumbled over air and hit the machine harshly which caused another drink to fall down. oh and he sees your eyes glimmer up and how you almost always run out of breath because you just have so much to tell him! even if he's always clinging to you either by interlocking arms or grabbing your waist, you'll always have some stories to ramble that even he doesn't know off!
bf reo mikage who impulsively buys anything he sees in stores that remind you of him !
it's a bad habit of his but is it really that bad when he gets to feel you embrace him when he shows you the new matching keychains he bought the two of you? though you tend to scold him for spoiling you rotten, nothing will ever stop him from buying you gifts and trinkets because that's his love language! passing by popmart and sees the mofusand hippers? automatically buys FIVE because he thought they looked like you whenever you were zoning out which is a telltale sign that you badly needed reo to give you a piggyback ride home, not that he minded it though. he's scrolling through facebook and an ad for a jacket pops up? he's already buying two versions, one for you and one for him so that you guys can match! reo def gets offended when you ask him how much they cost and that you'll pay him back because he is your BOYFRIENDDD, he will buy those gifts with NO intention of getting something back.
bf reo mikage who lets you do all sorts of hairstyles on him !
he will also proudly show it off when you guys are at school too, he could care less about what other people think because why would he? his s/o did that hairstyle for him so why should he be ashamed? you would see a cute hairstyle post whilst scrolling through Tiktok and wanted to try it out, but before doing it on you, what better way to see if it was cute by trying it out on your boyfriend? reo wouldn't even try to say no because he wouldn't mind it at all, plus it was a good way to spend time with you. you would let him hold your phone as you try to follow the steps in the video as quickly yet properly as you can. after a few mistakes and redos, you had finished the look and dare you say, it may fit him better than you.. reo looked really good even though the hairstyle was a bit on the feminine side. he'd keep it on for the entire day, not caring or doing anything when the teachers tell him to take it off (rich boy privileges LMAO) oh and later on, you'd also put pins and hairclips on him too! the ones that matched his hair and eyes! this would also be a frequent sleepover activity the two of you do, reo would set up a space in his room dedicated to THIS specific thing!!!
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