Yoshikaru Week 2025
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Eternity Is A Human Feeling by sketchofgehenna (mud)
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime)
25 Aug 2025
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Yoshikaru Week 2025, Day 1: Dorodoro
Finally after what feels like several minutes (but was likely closer to 10 mortifying seconds) the first knuckle of your index finger grazes something hard. You practically lunge for it, grasping it tightly before you can lose track of it again. The sudden movement causes Hikaru's entire body to tense up and you're sure you feel drool start to seep into the fabric over the shoulder of your other arm.
("It's the weekend," he'd said. "Who wears a backpack on the weekend?" Like he's some kind of expert on what's socially acceptable... but at the end of the day, you suppose you're just as much of an idiot for listening to him.)
Or: Yoshiki and Hikaru sneak snacks into a movie theater.
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- Part 1 of Yoshikaru Week 2025
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Under The Eaves by sketchofgehenna (mud)
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime)
27 Aug 2025
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Yoshikaru Week 2025, Day 2: Festival
You and Kaoru both stand quietly and slurp your noodles; Yoshiki exists beside you, carrying Kaoru's stuffed frog under one arm and your stuffed alligator under the other.
"Man... the rain's gettin' the decorations all soaked."
Yoshiki doesn't respond — not even to just say "yeah" or something like he normally would.
"Ya bummed everything's gettin' wet or somethin'?"
"Nah. We were just gonna send it all down the river later anyway."
Empathy and compassion don't come naturally to you. Most of the time in social situations you don't really get what's going on. It's different with Yoshiki, though. You know something's on his mind — you don't know how you know, but you know.
Or: Hikaru, Yoshiki, and Kaoru attend Kubitachi's Tanabata festival. It starts to rain.
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- Part 2 of Yoshikaru Week 2025
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How We Spend Our Days by sketchofgehenna (mud)
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime)
28 Aug 2025
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Yoshikaru Week 2025, Day 3: Domestic
When you both go to retire to your room Kaoru pitches a fit about you hogging all of Hikaru's attention. With her on the couch, the two of you instead end up sprawled out near the window on the sitting room floor. Now that it's nighttime you've pulled the curtains aside and opened the room up to let in the night air. All you can perceive is the light of the moon and the smell of the mosquito coil strategically placed in proximity to the sliding door.
"Hey, Yoshiki." Hikaru's voice reaches you from half a yard away. You know you're facing each other, but without the light of your phones or anything you can't see him very well. "I'm really havin' a lot of fun. Ya havin' fun?"
"I'm miserable." You're having fun.
"Man..." He steamrolls right over your joke. "We should get an apartment or somethin'. Kaoru can come too."
Or: Yoshiki, Kaoru, and Hikaru have the house to themselves.
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- Part 3 of Yoshikaru Week 2025
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Gratitude by sketchofgehenna (mud)
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime)
29 Aug 2025
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Yoshikaru Week 2025, Day 4: Free Day
"A few months back, when we celebrated yer birthday... it was Hikaru's. Not yours."
"Now thatcha mention it... I guess that's true..."
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"Yours woulda been—" he hesitates, "a little more than six months ago. So I guess I was just wonderin' if ya wanted to do somethin'."
Or: Hikaru and Yoshiki revisit Hikaru's makeshift grave.
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- Part 4 of Yoshikaru Week 2025
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Last Train Home by sketchofgehenna (mud)
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime)
31 Aug 2025
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Yoshikaru Week 2025, Day 5: Date
"Hey, Yoshiki... look." He stops to marvel in front of one display in particular, but his arms are slack at his sides. The creatures bobbing inside are mostly transparent, but the light shining through them highlights their multicolor reality: the blue of their bodies; the yellow-green of their internal organs; their numerous tendrils, tipped with purple and fluorescent pink. The placard beneath the tank reads 'Flower Hat Jellyfish'. "This one kinda looks like me."
He's right. They're beautiful.
Or: Yoshiki and Hikaru visit an aquarium.
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- Part 5 of Yoshikaru Week 2025