Let's Five! 2013 Edition

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It's May 5th, which can mean only one thing... Cinco de Mayo? Pfft! Children's Day? Bah! Happy HikaGo Day, everyone!

Suggested by Hotta Yumi herself and first executed by Aja, HikaGo Day is an opportunity for us to roll around in our feels and remember why we love this series so much.

Five HikaGo events that occurred on or around May 5th:

1. In 1829, Kuwabara Torajirou (Hon'inbou Shuusaku) was born (according to the old lunar calendar that was in use during his lifetime)
2. In 1999, it was about this time that Akari caught Mitani drawing in the correct answer to the tsumego on the Haze go club's recruitment poster
3. In 2000, Hikaru had just been promoted to 16th in insei group 1, barely in time to participate in the Wakajishi tournament
4. In 2001, Sai disappeared and Hikaru began his quest to find him again
5. In 2002, Hikaru and the rest of Team Japan faced Ko Yeongha and the rest of Team Korea in the Hokuto Cup

Five ways you can celebrate Hikaru no Go:

1. Sign up to participate in the epic manga reread that will be going on all through the year!
2. Pop in a DVD or pull out your fansubs and rewatch the anime!
3. Leave a prompt or a fill on the current kinkmeme!
4. Come hang out in the community chatroom!
5. Join in with your own set of five below!

How to play:

• Comment on this post with a list topic!
  e.g., "Five Reasons Why Ochi Is Better Than Yashiro", "Five Times Shindou Almost Got Waya Arrested", "Five Things That Irritate Ogata The Most", "Five Foods That Kurata 7-dan Absolutely Will Not Eat", "Five Most Epic Butt Shots In The Manga (With Incontrovertible Evidence!)"
• Comment on a topic with your responses!

Don't worry if someone else answered it first; the more, the merrier!

Wanna see what we did in previous years?
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.

LET'S FIVE!

Comments

[mmmdraco]

1) Opening his eyes, Ogata sees his glasses perched precariously on the nightstand. He shoves them on and turns in bed to notice that the nice girl he picked up at the go event last night was the new counter girl from the salon. Shit. He seemed to recall that Kuwabara-san had been encouraging him to drink more, and had possibly even pushed him in the girl's directon. Well, maybe she could get him tea here, too.

2) There's a glass of water on the nightstand... but it's one he doesn't recogize. In fact, neither the glass nor the nightstand is recognizable. He realizes that he is still in his suit, even the jacket, and struggles to sit up. A bottle of pain killers is suddenly slammed down on the table and Ogata glares at the source. Fuck. Ichikawa. "Don't tell... Meijin..."

She laughs and gestures to the water. "I told you to drink that last night, but you didn't. So, the hangover is your own fault." He tries to glare at her, but he was too appreciative of the pain killers which, upon second thought, may have sounded louder than they actually were.

3) His head is pounding fiercely and there's only a vague recollection of playing a game the night before, though he can't even be certain whom he played. His roommate seems to have already packed and gone and Ogata knows that he needs to get up... but at this point he's pretty certain he'll just pay for the cost of the extra night, even though he'll be sure to leave before then. He freezes in bed and forces his eyes open. Sai... There was something about Sai last night. Why the hell couldn't be remember?

4) He knows before he's even opened his eyes that he's with a woman, and can tell by the scent of her a moment later that it's Harumi again. These sleepovers had gotten more common as the years had gone by, to the point that he doesn't really bother with other women anymore. She's comfortable. What isn't comfortable is the light that seems to weld it's way through the tiny slits in his eyelids. He turns onto his side, facing her, and presses his face against her neck. It dulls the light, but doesn't dull the sound of her murmuring "darling" against his ear. Somehow, he can't bring himself to mind.

5) "Old man~" Ogata mutters as he wakes up to his alarm blaring. The wedding is in... he can't even count how many hours it is. But it's later today and he still needs to fill out his half of the paperwork and get showered and dressed. He'd been planing to sleep well the night before, but Kuwabara had ended up dragging him out for "one last drink as a single man" which had ended up being something of a bachelor's party with various other high dan level players insisting on joining him for a drink. It was an interesting send-off considering that Harumi would be flying with him to China as a honeymoon, though he'd be playing in an international tournament there at the same time where he would see several of the same players. Still, he'd been thinking about it recently with the wedding nearly at hand, and had decided that Kuwabara pushing him to drink had gotten him into this relationship in the first place so he couldn't begrudge him the fun just this once. He stretches his arms above his head and frowns, eyes opening wide as he notices writing on his arm. He tries to rub it off with his other hand, but it's permanent. On his left arm... "Property of Harumi". He sighs and hopes that she'll enjoy it, glad it's at least not on his go arm.

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THIS IS THE MOST DARLING THING

[mmmdraco]

Says a very darling thing. :p

[osunale]

Hee! This is delightful. Is it bad that this is exactly how I would see their relationship playing out?

[mmmdraco]

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed.