emeli/kayokin, two aus for the price of one. college + rival dance crew stuff.
i was thinking about college au emeli as a grad student TA and kayokinâs just a grad student and sheâs grading one of their assignments when she realizes that theyâre pretty good at writing and expressing thoughts on paper but lord forbid they be forced to speak in a presentation setting so she brings it up and they kind of. shrug. they havenât had issues with it before and theyre a quarter away from summer sooooooo
she furrows her brow and asks them to come to office hours.
in short. my trashy as hell au in which emeli and asher go bar hopping and em starts flirting with kayokin at one of the clubs before realizing that theyâre one of her students and she does an incredibly elegant stumble away and kayokin is left with red cheeks and kind of scrambling outta here. ellie. letâs go. ellie is trying to defeat the reigning champions of beer pong with her new copilot sahar. ellie, please. she says, aight, and they leave. on the ride home kayokin kind of taps their fingers on the dashboard and ellieâs all eyebrows âsaw you chatting (being chatted at) with a cute girl. whoâs she?â
emeli apologizes for her unprofessional behavior the following monday and kayokin laughs nervously no worries is a shoulder shrug and a raised palm and and emeli wants to make it up so sheâs, like, want to get. some coffee or something. and theyâre like sure. thatâs fine. so they go and theyâre just kind of observing her, she asks what they like (âmy treat.â) and they mumble back and she nods, gets their drinks. theyâre standing at a counter and emeliâs talkin away but kayokinâs a good listener.
this starts happening more often and by the sixth outing, emeli jokes, youâre bleeding me dry.
theyâre at the bus stop and kayokin rolls their eyes and takes a sip of whatever weird drink the both of them decided to try.
"this is pretty gross."
ânot a fan of chai?â
âno particularly.â
the nonverbal jabs turn into syllables and she tries to hide how excited that makes her. instead tucks a strand of dark red hair behind her ear.
at one point she taps their shoulder and looks at them. they arch a brow and lower their scarf down to their neck and she says, youâre doing the thing.
"reacting to my height. youâre on your toes."
"you do a good job at keeping me on them."
she huffs and they get back to campus where they part ways to do their separate work stuff and they kind of linger at the door because they know somethingâs up, theyâve know each other long enough they can tell when sheâs hiding something. even when sheâs not aware she is.
"see you tomorrow, kayokin." a wave and a turn of heel.
the slowest slow burn you can possibly imagine. emeli always catches the feelings first but this time sheâs the last one to realize lmfao kayokin lazily flicks her forehead and sheâs !!!! excuse me. rĂşdĂŠ. pushes their bangs out of their face. give and take. give a little more.
i was gonna say i was hecked up by emkayo because i finally realized what the deal is with kayokin and its that he has no deal. hes got 0 internal desires and operates almost entirely on the behalf of others. aside from preferred foods or whatever, small things, hes kind of just. an echo chamber. except nothings going on in there. but with emkayo they find something they want and finally acting on it kills the man because thats the thing. thats the whole thing. learning its ok to think and want and do things for yourself and then actually going out and doing it thats the development they need (ok)
if you want something so badly why donât you go for it
they donât know how to but damn theyâre gonna try
I just thought about that in context of rival dance crew AU. ballerina/jazz trained emeli w/ hip hop kayokin. hahaha nice . Njcez
awful joke about body language
"youâre too stiff, castille." is an elbow tap followed by an irritated scoff. she spins en pointe and threatens to kick their jaw in, one, two, three, four. kayokin just. krumps menacingly in her general direction and she has to redirect their movements and keep herself moving. this is what they mean. sheâs too stiff. one false move and sheâs going home with a bruise.
but they wouldnât hurt her, no, they wonât. and thatâs what gets her riled up. at one point theyâll catch her mid leap. somewhere in between the third regional qualifiers and the big state wide competition. theyâll catch her and theyâve become a part of her performance.
"you are the worst." an almost flawless execution of a pas de deux.
theyâll perfect the dance soon enough.
(youâre a natural, youâre a natural.) body rolls and risquĂŠ steps, she moves her hips just so, and itâs a game of hot and cold. everythingâs hot to the touch, and theyâre always trying to out do the other, even if itâs on a subconscious level. kayokin steps on her toes and she almost suplexes them. (but iâm talent perfected.)
when emeliâs dance crew loses at the national tournament and kayokinâs takes home the trophy sheâs coveted her entire life, yes thatâs the night the mighty emeli castille throws off her ballet flats and forces herself to walk with heels on the ground.
kayokin leaves the trophy with their vice captain. theyâre there when sheâs walking down some stairs, theyâre always there to offer that shoulder to lean on and she only swallows down her pride and wraps an arm around their neck.
(i can carry you.)
(donât you dare.)
(let me. i insist.)
they wordlessly scoop her up. sheâs glowering like a demon and they have the worst expression on their face, something sweet. they carry her to the verus car.
"so much for friendly rivalries." kayokin mumbles when sheâs finally strapped into the seat. emeli tilts her head, what?
they kiss her cheek and she burns with the intensity of the showroom lights.
she says âjerk.â like itâs the word of god, and tilts her head down to kiss them properly. theyâre half way into the car and the driver sighs very loudly.
kayokin kind of just gets a ride home w/ em that night lmfao nice