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warmth surrounds kags as his eyes flutter open.
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warmth surrounds kags as his eyes flutter open.
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kags would be lying if he said he’d never dreamt of this, but none of his dreams felt quite like this.
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kags would be lying if he said he’d never dreamt of this, but none of his dreams felt quite like this.
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“i’m using what i have,” kags fires back.
for a second tsuki just looks at him, perfectly still as if kageyama never released his binds. “all you have?” tsuki asks.
confused, kags nods.
tsuki smiles in a way that kags shouldn’t like. “everything?”
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“i’m using what i have,” kags fires back.
for a second tsuki just looks at him, perfectly still as if kageyama never released his binds. “all you have?” tsuki asks.
confused, kags nods.
tsuki smiles in a way that kags shouldn’t like. “everything?”
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despite this, tsuki remains calm. his face reveals nothing and kags feels the urge to punch him. he only hold back because he knows the energy flickering across his fingers could kill tsuki.
“you’ve used magic every time,” tsuki responds.
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despite this, tsuki remains calm. his face reveals nothing and kags feels the urge to punch him. he only hold back because he knows the energy flickering across his fingers could kill tsuki.
“you’ve used magic every time,” tsuki responds.
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kags stands between tsuki and the stupid tree, obstructing his view of his precious dagger. “you say close combat is so important but
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kags stands between tsuki and the stupid tree, obstructing his view of his precious dagger. “you say close combat is so important but
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the lack of reaction frustrates kageyama more than anything else they’ve done in this stupid month of combat training. more energy crackles on his hands as his anger rises, but he releases almost all of the binds on tsuki.
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the lack of reaction frustrates kageyama more than anything else they’ve done in this stupid month of combat training. more energy crackles on his hands as his anger rises, but he releases almost all of the binds on tsuki.
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tsuki’s eyes follow the dagger’s flight path, landing on the tree with a disappointed frown. his gaze stays there,
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tsuki’s eyes follow the dagger’s flight path, landing on the tree with a disappointed frown. his gaze stays there,
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kags’ voice takes on a darker tone. “You've said it yourself. my focus breaks and i'm done for.”
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kags’ voice takes on a darker tone. “You've said it yourself. my focus breaks and i'm done for.”
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looking back at tsuki, he smiles and leans in closer. “you can’t call that a fair fight.”
“and this is?” tsuki says quietly, mindful of the shrinking distance between them.
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looking back at tsuki, he smiles and leans in closer. “you can’t call that a fair fight.”
“and this is?” tsuki says quietly, mindful of the shrinking distance between them.
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kags shrugs. “i fought you as well as i could, and this was just a last resort.”
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kags shrugs. “i fought you as well as i could, and this was just a last resort.”
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kags lets it be when tsuki is right at the edge, the blue of his power diminishing back to its original brightness, overpowered by the pink that’s now directly behind tsuki.
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kags lets it be when tsuki is right at the edge, the blue of his power diminishing back to its original brightness, overpowered by the pink that’s now directly behind tsuki.
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“you can’t always rely on your magic,” tsuki says plainly. he’s settled on anger, all of the confusion from moments ago completely gone.
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“you can’t always rely on your magic,” tsuki says plainly. he’s settled on anger, all of the confusion from moments ago completely gone.
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threat neutralized, kags comes back to tsuki, close enough that he can hear him grumbling about how this wasn’t the point of this exercise.
“what was that?” kags asks even though
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threat neutralized, kags comes back to tsuki, close enough that he can hear him grumbling about how this wasn’t the point of this exercise.
“what was that?” kags asks even though
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tsuki shakes his head slightly, confusion and irritation contorting his features.
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tsuki shakes his head slightly, confusion and irritation contorting his features.
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surprise flickers across tsuki’s face and kags takes his chance to knock his legs out from under him. it’s not as clean as he would like but it gets tsuki to stumble, which is all kags needs.
kags can feel energy crackling between his palms &
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surprise flickers across tsuki’s face and kags takes his chance to knock his legs out from under him. it’s not as clean as he would like but it gets tsuki to stumble, which is all kags needs.
kags can feel energy crackling between his palms &
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kags tucks his chin, offering his heart a rest and creating a gap between the cool metal of tsuki’s dagger and his overheated skin. “for you?”
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kags tucks his chin, offering his heart a rest and creating a gap between the cool metal of tsuki’s dagger and his overheated skin. “for you?”
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tsuki scoffs. “is that all it takes?” he practically whispers, face only inches away from kageyama’s.
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tsuki scoffs. “is that all it takes?” he practically whispers, face only inches away from kageyama’s.
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tsuki’s eyes narrow, slits of flashing gold, and for a traitorous second kageyama thinks he’s beautiful. the dust, sweat, and blood on his face only seem to add to the effect as he scowls down at kageyama.
kags’ pulse quickens, and though
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tsuki’s eyes narrow, slits of flashing gold, and for a traitorous second kageyama thinks he’s beautiful. the dust, sweat, and blood on his face only seem to add to the effect as he scowls down at kageyama.
kags’ pulse quickens, and though
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