This was a prompt given to me on tumblr (ma-je-s-capharnaum) by a friend. I ended up writting multiple drabbles for this AU =w= Well, this first chapter doesn't really feel finished without the second, but I wrote it under a time limit (I wanted to try writing following some rules). Also this ship really needs more love.
This is an Internet Buddies AU, and I'm the only one that proofread it so, if you spot some mistakes, tell me! It'll help me improve.
Tadashi was only 11 when he discovered that internet could be used outside school researches. He was amazed by all the possibilities, all those people he could meet just from his computer. Of course he wasn't careless; his parents had told him about the dangers of internet. But he still enjoyed himself while being careful. He thought the people he met online were more interesting than the people from his little town. So it became a ritual for him to go online every evening, for one hour at first, more when he grew up.
He was 15 when he first met a user named sleepyeyes. They didn't share personal information at first, just talked about their taste in music, books and movies. Though their favourites were different, they liked the same kind of books and movies. Sleepyeyes even filmed his own short movies, and promised to show them to Tadashi one day.
After a month of talking almost every evening, Tadashi decided he could trust him enough to tell him his name. After all, he had learnt a few days prior that Sleepyeyes' full name was Ennoshita Chikara, and that had made him really happy. So he wanted to show Chikara that he felt the same. And since they could trust each other, they started to talk more about their life, high school, their friends, funny things that happened during the day… Chikara was a year older than him, but Tadashi enjoyed their conversations more than the one he had with most of his classmates.
It was still two months later that Tadashi remembered Chikara's promise to show him his short movies. It was a hard and long process, because Chikara was actually embarrassed to show them to people he knew, and had hoped he would forget. But Tadashi was stubborn and Chikara finally sent him one. And it was really good in Tadashi's opinion, but it also gave him a feeling of déjà-vu. After watching it again and again, he realized the place was the neighbouring town; he went there once with school. He was thrilled, that meant Chikara didn't live far from him. Maybe they could meet?
It took him yet another two weeks to gather the courage to ask Chikara where he lived, and if they could meet. He agreed happily, and they settled for the next week-end, deciding to meet in Tadashi's town. His heart was pounding while he was waiting for his friend, and he glanced everywhere. They didn't trade photos so he didn't know what he looked like, but he would wear an orange button-up shirt so Tadashi could spot him easily. He himself was wearing a black shirt with "Tacos" written on it to be sure Chikara wouldn't mistake someone else for him.
"Yamaguchi?"
Hearts pounding even more, he turned, and here was Chikara. Tadashi nodded and they stared at each other for some time before the older teen said, slightly blushing, "You're so cute"