caspian



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 7

    Tags
    Summary

    "Forget it," Kaoru dismisses. He doesn't unfold his arms from across his chest but he shifts his weight a little so Kojiro can lean against him more comfortably. "She wasn't even in your top five."

    "Your top five," Kojiro corrects. "Have I given you your daily reminder about how fucking weird it is to have a shortlist of potential girlfriends? Especially for someone else?"

    Kaoru keeps a ranked list of girls in their school who would make good potential girlfriends for Kojiro. He isn't prepared for when the girl ranked number one confesses.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    26
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    2
    Kudos:
    38
    Bookmarks:
    7
    Hits:
    893

    22 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    They don’t talk about it. About whatever’s going on between them. It’s strictly physical, Kaoru tells himself. An arrangement out of convenience.

    Though, sometimes it swims to the surface; those feelings he’s kept within the caged walls of his heart.

    (or: kaoru and kojiro get into a fwb situation after a drunken one-night-stand and feelings happen).

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,710
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    3
    Comments:
    86
    Kudos:
    4,039
    Bookmarks:
    327
    Hits:
    34,689

    21 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 53

    Tags
    Summary

    Kaoru smiles politely. “It’s nice to meet you, Lucia.” His smile tightens. “You mentioned something about a boyfriend?”

    “Yeah!” Lucia confirms with an energetic nod. “You’re Kojiro’s boyfriend, aren’t you?”

    Kojiro wants to die.

    “No,” he blurts out when he sees Kaoru’s expressions stiffen in shock. “Lucia, no, we’re just friends. Very close friends,” he stresses.

    Lucia gives him a strange look. “Really? Oh… sorry about the room, then,” she admits with an easy shrug, and Kojiro’s eyes widen. “We kind of all thought you were dating. Marcel was in charge of the room assignments. You can blame him!” She pats a shell-shocked Kojiro on the arm. “I’ll see you at the reception, huh? I’m going to say hello to the lucky bride.”

    “Bye,” is Kojiro’s belated greeting, and he turns to Kaoru, terrified to see his expression, but Kaoru’s face is completely blank.

    “Hm.” Kojiro swallows. “What exactly have you been telling your culinary school friends that all of them think we’re dating, Kojiro?”

    ---

    or, Kaoru and Kojiro attend a wedding in Italy

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,538
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    52
    Kudos:
    624
    Bookmarks:
    53
    Hits:
    3,484

    20 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 76

    Tags
    Summary

    “You were sad. And I thought… maybe you were ready to admit that… only he is real. Obviously. And I mean… I thought you were all alone.”

    “Holy shit, Princepessa. You not only made human friends, you made good ones.”

    The man stood. He switched to accented but passable English. “I’m Kojiro, Kaoru’s imaginary boyfriend.”

    *****
    Kaoru insists that he has a partner.

    His friend sees no evidence of his existence.

    The more he insists, the more she thinks he's just telling a story.

    Until his boyfriend comes to visit.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,013
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    28
    Kudos:
    458
    Bookmarks:
    76
    Hits:
    4,065

    20 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Kojiro was twenty-two years old the first time he let himself think about Kaoru properly, about the soft tilt of his mouth when he concentrated and the silkiness of his hair and the way he kissed Kojiro, hard and hungry and fierce with desire, like every kiss was another guarantee.

    He's twenty-eight, now. Kaoru is here. He looks older, wrinkles in the corners of his eyes and a world-weariness about him. He has longer hair, fewer piercings; sadness pooling in the recesses of his amber-coloured eyes that wasn’t there before.

    Kojiro is still in love with him. That much hasn’t changed.

    Six years later, Kaoru comes home.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    13,079
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    62
    Kudos:
    953
    Bookmarks:
    173
    Hits:
    7,333

    17 Jul 2026