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Lighten the Load (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)

Summary: Shirogane and Shinomiya walk in on Fujiwara tickling Ishigami and decide they want in on the fun.

A/N: Love Is War is one of those animes that I could only watch in spurts of an episode or two at a time because of how hard they made me laugh! I'm pretty sure I literally almost passed out laughing at one point in Season 3 - *ahem* But all that to say, I LOVED Love Is War and absolutely HAD to write for lee!Ishigami! He's such a sweetheart with the best backstory and he deserves all the love and tickles in the world! Idk if I'll write any more for this fandom of this will just be a one off, but either way, I hope you enjoy! ^^

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Shirogane entered the room first.

At first, it didn’t register with him that the high-pitched giggles he was hearing weren’t coming from Fujiwara. Instead he blinked as his eyes roamed over her body where she was looming over their treasurer, who had his back pressed into the couch cushions, a giant smile on his normally downcast face.

Those noises were coming from Ishigami.

“Heya, prez! Look,” Fujiwara giggled, continuing to pinch and prod the boy’s ribs and sides. “He’s super ticklish! He’s been holding out on us, haven’t you, Ishigami~?”

“Plehehehehehehehease, Fujiwahahahahahara!” Ishigami squealed, giggles becoming more frantic as she clawed her way up his ribs toward his underarms, which he clamped to his sides protectively. “No, not thehehehehehehere!”

“Aww, are you a little ticklish up here? Huh? Cootchie coo!” she teased, giggling along with him as he whined and squirmed on the couch, admittedly adorable giggles spilling from his lips out of his control.

Shirogane just stared for a long moment, then found himself beginning to smile. He’d never given much thought to whether any of his fellow student council members were ticklish, but he had to admit, it was nice seeing their gloomy treasurer smiling and laughing for a change. He wondered briefly what had brought about this turn of events, but just as quickly decided it didn’t matter right now. The urge to join in was becoming stronger by the second, heightened even more when Fujiwara turned to him again, grinning from ear to ear.

“Well, are you gonna help me or not?” she asked.

Ishigami let out a shriek when he noticed that his friend was starting to move toward him. “Nohohohohohoho, no! Not yohohohohohohou, too!”

And then Kaguya walked in.

“Oh, my, what is all this?” she asked in that refined tone of hers that always made Shirogane’s heart flutter. He turned, watching her watch the scene before them, analyzing her features. Does she think it’s cute? Is she upset? Does she want to help or make it stop? Give me a sign, Shinomiya!

At the briefest flicker of unease in her eyes, his mind was made up.

He cleared his throat and assumed the role of student council president, closing the rest of the distance between him and his friends and placing a hand on Fujiwara’s shoulder. “I think he’s had enough for now, don’t you, Fujiwara?”

“Awww, fiiiiiine,” Fujiwara relented, removing her tickling fingers from Ishigami with a pout. The poor boy collapsed against the cushions, gasping for breath and still giggling slightly, crossing his arms over his stomach.

“On the contrary, president,” Kaguya spoke up at last, turning all of their attention towards her. She was smiling slightly, in that mysterious way Shirogane was still trying to unravel. “I rather think he could use a little more.”

“Oh?” Shirogane asked.

“Yeah!” Fujiwara exclaimed.

“Why?!” Ishigami cried.

“If you’ll look closely, I think you’ll notice that Ishigami doesn’t seem truly distressed at all,” she explained reasonably, eyeing their friend with a sparkle in her eyes. “I never heard him asking her to stop. I rather think he enjoyed it.”

“I did not!” Ishigami screeched, his face turning a bright pink even as he made no move to try and run away while he had the chance.

Shirogane considered for a moment. Even though she’d walked in a few seconds after him, he also hadn’t heard him asking Fujiwara to stop. Could Kaguya be correct in her assumptions?

Fujiwara bounced excitedly. “I knew it! You like being tickled, don’t you, Ishigami? You little grump, all you wanted were some tickles!”

Ishigami could not be more flustered. He shrunk under their intense gazes, stammering, “O-Of course I don’t! What – why would you think—?!”

“President, perhaps you should hold his arms for us,” Kaguya suggested sweetly, giving Ishigami a wink that Shirogane was willing to pretend he hadn’t seen.

“Good idea. Don’t want him accidentally hurting you two,” Shirogane agreed, moving in to help for real this time.

Ishigami looked panicked, but not in an “I want out of here” kind of way. If anything, he looked so excited he didn’t know what to do with himself. Shirogane hummed as he gently took his friend’s wrists. Could Kaguya be right about him after all? If so, how did she know? What was that wink about?

It didn’t matter.

Shirogane whispered, “If you really want out, say ‘mercy,’ all right?”

Ishigami blushed furiously but nodded once, averting his eyes.

Soon the usually gloomy treasurer was lying back on the couch with his arms pinned above his head, both Fujiwara and Kaguya tickling all over his torso and even pinching his hips, making him squeal and giggle hysterically, unable to hide his face anymore now.

“Plehehehehehehehease, nohohohohohohoho!”

Shirogane listened closely for their code word, but after a few minutes of not hearing it, he decided he wanted in in on the fun, too. He shifted so he was pinning Ishigami’s arms with his knees, then reached down to gently scribble in his friend’s armpits.

The yell that broke free from Ishigami startled all three of them.

“NOHOHOHOHOHO NOT THEHEHEHEHEHERE!!” he cried, giggles shifting into real laughter, his light writhing becoming full-on struggling. “PREHEHEHEHEZ, DOHOHOHOHON’T!!”

“Ooooh,” both of the girls cooed, and Ishigami’s eyes went wide.

“No, no!” he cried, giggling helplessly. “Please, I can’t – don’t do this to mehehehehehehehehe! AHAHAHAHAHAHA NOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!”

At this point, even Shirogane couldn’t help but chuckle. “You’re pretty bad, huh? But I have to wonder if Shinomiya is right, Ishigami. You haven’t actually asked us to stop even once.”

“Shut up!” Ishigami cried, twisting his head to hide in his bangs as much as possible with three sets of fingers all over him, tickling his armpits, ribs, sides, belly – anywhere they could reach. “Plehehehehehease, I cahahahahahan’t! It reheheheheheally tihihihihihihickles – NO, FOHOHOHOR THE LOHOHOHOHOVE OF – DOHOHOHOHOHOHOHON’T!!”

By now, all four of them were laughing. It was impossible not to, the way Ishigami tossed his head back and cackled so openly, writhing beneath their touches as if his life depended on it. His face was cherry blossom pink, his eyes shining with mirthful tears that had yet to spill over. Shirogane was just beginning to wonder if he should call it when their friend finally gave in.

“STOHOHOHOHOP, STOP, PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE!! MEHEHEHEHEHERCY!!”

“He’s had enough,” Shirogane said authoritatively, letting him go and waving at the girls to do the same. “Let him up, he’s had enough.”

Fujiwara and Kaguya followed his lead easily, getting to their feet and letting Ishigami catch his breath, curling up and letting his leftover giggles spill out. Shirogane helped him sit up while Kaguya got him a glass of water. Fujiwara took over the task of gushing about how cute he’d been and how fun it was to tickle him.

Ishigami didn’t say anything for a long time – just sipped his water and let Shirogane pat his back in a friendly, supportive manner. Finally, after a few minutes, he ducked his head. “Um.” He coughed. “Thanks, guys.”

Shirogane chuckled, slapping his back one final time before getting to his feet, sensing that his friend didn’t want to linger on what had just happened or talk about it anymore. “Well, that was certainly a good way to lighten the mood for today’s workload, wouldn’t you say?”

Kaguya – also understanding Ishigami’s reservations – nodded and began a casual walk around the room. “I agree. But we’d best get to work now; we have a lot to do. Fujiwara, would you mind helping me with this?”

As the room settled back into its usual routine, Ishigami set his water glass down and reached for his headphones, Shirogane took his place behind the desk, and Fujiwara got to work helping Kaguya sort through some papers.

Kaguya, meanwhile, was distracted. She glanced fleetingly up at the president, darting her eyes away when he did the same to her. She felt a blush coming on, but she willed it away, clenching her fists in her lap under the table. Now that she’d seen how ticklish Ishigami was, there was one burning question in her mind that she absolutely had to have answered by any means necessary.

Was the president ticklish, too?

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metalandmagi · 10 months

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Romance Anime Starter List

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m sick and tired of seeing “Top ___ Best Anime of All Time” lists that are nothing but shounen. So, with "My Happy Marriage" getting a little attention from the anime community, I wanted to put together a list of some romance anime that I consider good “starters” for the genre. Because if I were just now becoming an anime fan, I’d think all there was to offer was shounen action series.

And by “starters” I mean basic stuff that’s not too…out there, and actually involves the characters getting together instead of just harems or using romance as a side plot (sorry Ouran High School Host Club and My Next Life as a Villainess).

So if you’re new to anime and want stuff that’s not just guys beating the shit out of each other (which is also fun, don’t get me wrong), here are some basics.

Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale- When the pessimistic Tamahiko Shima loses all function in his right arm, his family sends him away to live in the mountains with the cheerful, hard working Yuzuki Tachibana…who was purchased by the Shima family to pay off her family’s debts and basically act as a caretaker/future bride for Tamahiko so they’d never have to deal with him again. It’s a more cheerful version of My Happy Marriage (without the supernatural stuff), except in this one, the guy is the one who has massive self-esteem issues and an abusive family. There are still very serious themes, but ultimately it’s not meant to make you cry every episode. I swear it’s so good, but nobody watched it!

Horimiya- A slice of life in which pretty and popular high school queen bee Hori, finds out her quiet, unassuming classmate Miyamura is hiding piercings and tattoos that could get him expelled. The two gradually find out more about each other and get together in the most realistic way I’ve seen depicted in an anime. It’s also fucking hysterical and genuinely emotional.

Recovery of an MMO Junkie- Another slice of life that focuses on two adults who meet in an MMO game without realizing they also know each other in real life. I don’t want to say much more than that. It’s adorable, and the main character is so relatable it hurts.

Love with Yamada-kun at Level 999- Speaking of MMOs, this is a newer series about Akane Kinoshita, a college first year who’s reeling from a bad break up. In an attempt to get back at her ex, she winds up meeting Akito Yamada, a popular gamer who happens to be in her guild in the MMO they both play at an IRL meetup. The two go from acquaintances to something more as they keep running into each other. Even more relatable main characters and just wholesome relationships all around.

Snow White With The Red Hair- A fantasy in which an apothecary named Shirayuki (meaning, you guessed it, “snow white”) runs away from her home in order to escape becoming the concubine of her town’s prince. While fleeing, she is rescued by Zen, the prince of a neighboring country, and she ends up becoming an herbalist to repay him. It's super cute with some genuinely swoon worthy moments and a couple that just works so well together. I have a habit of comparing this to Akatsuki no Yona, even though the two aren’t really that alike. This is more romance driven while Akatsuki no Yona is more of a serious historical fantasy with romance elements (Yona manga is amazing, but the anime barely scratches the surface, so that’s why I didn’t include it).

Sasaki to Miyano- When the shy, easily flustered Miyano meets Sasaki, a cool “delinquent” upperclassmen, the two end up bonding over manga…specifically BL manga. That’s right, Miyano is a fudanshi, but due to his small stature and somewhat feminine appearance, he’s constantly trying to convince others that he’s not interested in having his own love story where he’d be reduced to a stereotypical doe-eyed uke. But as Sasaki and Miyano spend more time together, they realize that what they have is more than friendship, and they have to come to terms with their own perception of gay relationships. This is my favorite romance of all time. It’s a slow burn, but boy is it worth it. Their relationship is so natural and realistic, just like Horimiya. Just two people hanging out and bonding over things the way people do in real life!

Given: The story of some boys in a band with trauma. Enough said. It's great. Go watch it.

Bloom Into You- Yuu Koito is a high school girl who’s been waiting her whole life for her own perfect romance to start…but when she receives a confession, she realizes she doesn’t know how to respond when she’s just not into the guy. And then she gets another confession…this time from the cool student council president Touko Nanami, who basically jumpstarts her lesbian awakening. Very cute story about how we perceive the concept of love vs actually feeling it. Also has a canonically aro/ace side character, so that’s a win for me. Another show like this is Adachi to Shimamura (but I honestly don’t remember much about it. It just didn’t stick with me as much).

Ore Monogatari- Takeo Gouda is a tall, bulky high school first year with a sensitive heart of gold. He wants nothing more than to find his own true love, but most girls are intimidated by his enormous stature, and they end up falling for his conventionally attractive friend instead. That is, until he meets the tiny, adorable Rinko Yamato. He falls in love instantly, but he’s sure she’s interested in his best friend like everyone else, so he vows to help get them together, even though his heart is breaking. Peak himbo behavior. Pure of heart, dumb of ass.

Yuri on Ice- Yes it’s the gay figure skating anime everyone knows. And yes it’s a fucking romance, okay? I will die on this hill. The romance between Viktor and Yuri is just as important as the plot!

Kaguya-sama Love Is War- Two insanely smart high school students both have a crush on the other, but since they’re…you know…high schoolers, neither of them wants to admit it first. So they come up with increasingly convoluted plans to get the other to confess first. This will go down as one of the best of all time. It’s a hilarious yet poignant modern classic.

Fruits Basket- I’ve talked about it before and I’ll talk about it again. A romance “comedy” that slowly morphs into a drama about a girl named Tohru who finds herself living with the mysterious Sohma family after her mother dies. Little does she know, the Sohmas are the victims of a (somewhat silly, but ultimately tragic) curse that she must fight to break. Even though I’m more into it for the family drama, the romance is still top tier and plays an important role in the story. This is my second favorite anime of all time, and it’s a classic for a reason. If anyone hasn’t watched it yet, GO WATCH IT! IT WILL RIP YOU TO SHREDS!

And now for some honorable mentions that didn't quite fit into the regular list:

Ride Your Wave- A movie about a surfer who falls in love with a firefighter……and I’m not going to say any more than that. Go into it blind. If you like stuff like Your Name, this is a good one to watch.

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun- A comedy about a high school girl who finds out the upperclassman she has a crush on is actually a shoujo manga artist, and no matter how she tries to confess to him, he just never gets it.

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague- A slow burn slice of life that focuses on a guy with ice powers who has a crush on his coworker. That’s it. That’s the show. When I say slow, I mean SLOW. It’s perfectly cute and fluffy, but my god does it take forever to get anywhere with these two.

Skip to Loafer- A high strung, small town girl decides to go to high school in Tokyo, where she meets a variety of classmates, including the laid back Sousuke Shima. The unlikely pair become friends, and soon enough, she starts to feel something more than friendship. The only reason I didn’t include it in the main list is because they don’t get together by the end of the first season, but it’s still really cute (also canonically trans character for the win!?)

So that’s my starter list. And no, I didn’t include Toradora, even though it’s a classic. I know it’s blasphemous, but I like it more as a comedy than a romance. It kinda lost me with the ending. But anyway, maybe someone will find something they like. Or maybe you'll just want to roast me and my picks 😅