#izuruki

first of all its in bullet points bc i cant write for shit how ironic

izumi is the cute but also one of the youngest baristas that works in a coffee shop that is PRETTY MUCH a hipster’s wet dream. 

she’s also hella gay, seventeen, and very much single.

let me tell u more about this coffee shop bc @varichina​ gave me a great idea. the rest of the staff consists of wallace, takeru, yamato, toma, and probably kiriha even if i dont rly know much about him. i think im gonna add juri and hikari to the staff too just to keep things under control. 

naturally u guys see where this is going right. this coffee shop is a living shitpost. but its popular bc its mostly run by blondes.

also in this au takeru and hikari are dating?? hikari’s the owner/manager of the place and takeru is her boyfriend that works there too. they are Adults.

i get the feeling though that toma would be the one making the pastries in the back. he only talks to the regulars who sit in the back 

anyways ruki, who’s eighteen and just moved to the neighborhood and doesn’t really know places yet, until one day on reading week, she finds a coffee shop that’s perfct for writing all three essays she has due the next week. 

so the first time she goes is a sunday and is immediately taken aback by how by izumi’s beautiful smile, hair, eyes, height, everything. 

so ruki keeps coming back on weekdays and befriends the entire barista staff (takeru and wallace get on her nerves with bad jokes and fuckboy-but-not-rly-a-fuckboy attitudes, but she’s thankful for hikari, who scolds them) 

but she never sees izumi when she goes and shes a bit heartbroken because who was that beautiful girl???? she doesnt want to ask bc she doesnt want to embarrass herself

but then one day when she goes on a saturday morning she’s taken aback because??? there she is!!!! the beautiful barista from the other day!!!! holy shit ruki wasn’t even aware of how thirsty she is until izumi smiles when she sees her and says something like “its you again! from that one time! what can i get you?” 

and ruki is dying on the inside because oh my god she remembers me

ruki gets her usual (which is a cortado and a lemon bar) and of COURSE introduces herself to izumi, so now they know each other’s names o yeah wiggles eyebrows

ruki keeps coming back especifically in the weekends to see the apple of her eye. 

also note!!: ruki becomes a regular there and all the other baristas know her and her order. 

izumi tho is such a ray of sunshine because she actually loves her job. she’s always smiling and asking the costumers or AT LEAST the other regulars about how they’re doing and saying that she’s glad to see them. 

but whenever ruki comes over she immediately goes “i’m so happy to see you!” or if ruki speaks first and asks her how she’s doing, izumi will say something like “im so much better now that you’re here.” 

and sometimes they start talking on the counter and have nice and sweet conversations before the manager (probably hikari tbh) reminds izumi that she has to continue taking orders. 

hikari probably also winks at them because she knOWS that something is going on.

or when izumi is making coffees they usually have nice small talk. 

or when izumi’s working but there aren’t a lot of costumers, ruki will seat at the bar and talk with izumi for hours. takeru sometimes joins the conversation and teases them.

there are days in which ruki goes there specifically to do work, even if she really wants to talk to izumi, but she swears she hears wallace say “izumi, do you need a cup of water?” (((listen if u didnt get this, the joke is that wallace caught izumi staring at ruki and he laughed and he told her to drink some water to quench her fucking thirst)

ON A FATEFUL DAY OF MAY izumi mentions that a few days ago was her birthday and ruki’s surprised because she didn’t know this. 

however what she thinks about immediately is that izumi is a taurus. so she brings it up because tauruses are all amazing people and she thinks she likes izumi a little bit way more.

izumi confirms it but she asks why that’s relevant and ruki tells her that she’s always found tauruses to be incredible people and that she’s always seemed to get along with them. 

and listen here, izumi looks at her straight in the eye, smile, and tells her that maybe they were meant to be

this immediately fries ruki’s brain and she starts stuttering and almost spills her coffee and holy shit was she flirting?? was she really gay??? holy shit holy shit.

hopefully takeru and hikari are there to save her. kind of. not really. takeru says something like “oh? soulmates? are you guys going out then?”

hikari slaps him playfully and tells him not to intrude, and that they probably have, then he apologizes for him. 

but this actually helps because izumi ends up writing her number with a heart besides it on ruki’s to-go cup. 

ruki notices after she’s home, when she’s about to throw away the cup holy shit that was a close one. she blushed SO HARD because it must be izumi’s number. 

so she texts her immediately that night but she dOESNT KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE’S SO NEW TO DATING???? but somehow she ends up asking izumi out on a date. 

ruki goes back to the coffee shop a few days later (when izumi’s not working) and everyone straight up congratulates her for asking izumi out.

then they go out and start dating thaT’S IT???? 

so

in the translation of the new cd drama, they mentioned that Izumi became a model and this head canon is based solely on that

so!!!!!!

Izumi works in the same modelling company as Rumiko (Ruki’s mom) and they’re often hired together to play mother and daughter

Rumiko absolutely loves this because Izumi is feminine and bouncy and all those things she wanted Ruki to be. This does not mean that she doesn’t love Ruki just the way she is (BECAUSE SHE DOES), but she still misses having/not having that type of relationship with her daughter.

So one way or another, Rumiko becomes a mom figure in the modelling industry for Izumi, and Izumi really loves this because Rumiko has been so helpful in helping her establish a career as a model.

Ruki, who sometimes gets dragged into going to the photoshoots (she doesn’t model tho), notices how caring her mom is towards Izumi and she absolutely hates Izumi at the beginning. And she doesn’t care to hide it.

But really its because she’s jealous because she thinks that her mom likes Izumi best, and she finds it so annoying how Izumi is so pretty with her blonde hair and green eyes and how it’s so hard to hate her because she’s also really nice and grounded and she’s never been mean to Ruki but ugh why is she also Ruki’s exact type??

So apparently Ruki has a crush on Izumi. huh. And guess what. Rumiko knows this. The grandma knows this. Takato and Jenrya and Renamon and literally everyone knows this.

And do you wanna know what makes things worse???? It’s like Izumi knows too because all of a sudden whenever Ruki goes to the shoots (which is more often), she flirts with her? And tells her how cool she is? And hold up??? Did Izumi just ask her for coffee when the shoot is over???

so they go for coffee and they have such a good time and Ruki talks about the digimon card game and Izumi talks about being italian i guess and she tries to learn how to play the game. she ends up thinking that Ruki and Kouji would probably get along

its all pretty much going well and they start making it a thing to meet for coffee after every shoot. And then coffee turns into dinner. And dinner turns into going to the movies. And going to the movies turns into sometimes Ruki walking Izumi home and other times Izumi walking Ruki home.

SO U KNOW that they’re going on DATES and being SHY about it and they start talking SO much all time but we’re keeping this real, they’re lesbians and they’re oblivious and they’re still asking their friends “do you think she likes me???” And “should I ask her out on a date???”

everyone is kind of done with their obliviousness at one point.

so one day Izumi decides to invite Ruki to meet her friends and the guys are kinda hinting at how Izumi has a big fat crush on Ruki but Ruki gets Angry (she’s obviously an Aries?? Duh) bc she thinks they’re making fun of her and she tells them she’s fed up and leaves.

Izumi (obviously) goes after her and asks her why she did that, and Ruki tells her that her friends are making fun of her (Ruki) for liking her (Izumi), and Izumi is blushing and she has to explain that no, they were teasing her (Izumi) for liking (Ruki) and not doing anything about it.

And Ruki goes all tsundere like oh pft why didn’t you say so, we could’ve been dating ages ago. She’s trying to be smooth but its not working and Izumi kinda giggles at  that and kisses her cheek and the rest is historyyyyy