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    Seung-gil's world has always been a little underpopulated. As of October 2017, he had a coach he couldn't connect with, a team he kept at arm's length, a family he couldn't confide in, and recently: a friend he had only recently come to trust.

    Two months later, his coach is gone, his team is strained, his family is concerned, his friend has become much, much more, and everything around him is spiraling.

    Meanwhile, the 2018 Winter Olympics is looming.

    Seung-gil cuts him off with a soft, “Okay,” and a squeeze to his hand.

    Phichit lets out a tiny exhale and gives him a wry smile. “Really?”

    Seung-gil confirms they’re well and truly alone, then kisses the tip of his nose. “Yes.”

    It’s incredible, really, how little effort it takes to make Phichit’s eyes light up.

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    12 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I realize I also read this years before I even had an account and started writing; kudos and bookmarking to make things right; also this is the most underrated story in the series

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    The story of how a determined extrovert wooed the skating world's least approachable introvert.

    After dinner and a bath and quality hamster time, snuggled in bed cocooned within his eight entirely necessary pillows, Phichit indulges himself and investigates Seung-gil's hashtag. There isn’t much from Seung-gil himself, but Seung-gil's fans are many and dedicated. Amid the photos of Seung-gil at competitions or practicing and the few candid shots of Seung-gil in airports or out on the streets of Seoul, there’s a very recent professional video uploaded by user andjoy_studio.

    Phichit clicks on it, and his life changes.

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    12 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I read this years ago and I will still read it now; still my most favorite YOI series of all time and nothing will ever come close to it

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    Life after the Hakone Ekiden is very different in Kakeru's world: Haiji leaves, Haiji returns, Haiji stays, and Kakeru just tries to find his place in it all.

    “Isn’t Kakeru always on the phone? I can hear him talking at the window,” Nico supplies unhelpfully.

    “Girlfriend?” Yuki smirks.

    “Or boyfriend,” Haiji adds.

    “Or boyfriend,” Yuki concedes.

    Kakeru feels utterly betrayed. He can’t believe Haiji is on their side, that he’s even encouraging this behaviour when he knows that his suggestion is entirely untrue. Not that Kakeru would mind it if Haiji was his boyfriend but he doesn’t like being teased so mercilessly.

    “I don’t have a girlfriend!” Kakeru cries, exasperated.

    “Boyfriend, then,” King nods to himself, like he’s just solved the biggest trivia question of them all.

    “I don’t have a boyfriend either! It was Haiji-san!” Kakeru shouts, face red.

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    28 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I loooove the teasing elements and such a fun and cute get together

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    Haiji laughs again: a small, quiet thing, barely more than a breath, but Kakeru can still hear it. Haiji’s smiling, though, soft and fond and proud, and Kakeru can’t help but smile back, even as he gives in and pulls Haiji closer, letting Haiji lean into him more, taking more of his weight so it’s not all resting on Haiji’s knee. They’re so close now, closer than Kakeru thinks he’s ever been to Haiji.

    Haiji’s hand moves from where it had been clenched in Kakeru’s jacket; he wraps his long fingers around Kakeru’s wrist instead, high against the curve of his hand, his thumb curling until it presses gently against the hollow of Kakeru’s palm.

    “Kakeru,” Haiji says, eyes shining, his mouth curving soft and sweet and beautiful like the empty road. “Don’t you understand? You make everything seem possible.”

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    24 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A story of grief, love, fears, and hopes

  5. Rec 74

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    Hinata shifted his weight, moving out of the bright window light. “I saw clips from your last match,” he said. “That dump set in the third set—looked like you were about to go cross. I miss watching you do that. You look—clear, when you’re playing.”

    Kageyama didn’t know what to say to that, so he just watched Hinata for a moment through the screen. Sunlight touched the edge of Hinata’s jaw, catching on the curve of his mouth.

    “Do you think,” Kageyama said finally, “you’d have time to come here? Even just for a few days.”

    Hinata blinked. “To Rome?”

    Kageyama nodded.

    There was a pause—longer than necessary, but not uncertain. Hinata rubbed a thumb along the side of his mug. “Yeah,” he said. “Yeah, I think I could."

    (Hinata visits Kageyama in Rome.)

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    17 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    To myself: read when you need a bit of peace again. You'll feel exactly that.