(The First Time) He Kissed a Boy

by buzzcut_season

Fandom: SK8 the Infinity
Relationship: Reki/Langa

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Another practice kissing AU...

Reki is insecure about his lack of kissing experience. Langa just wants to help him feel like he's good enough, even if teaching Reki to kiss means breaking his own heart.

Genres: Fan Fiction, Romance, LGBT

737 pages, ebook

Published May 16, 2021

Reviews

[anni · Rating 5 out of 5]

1st read: 5 / 5 ★
2nd read: 5 / 5 ★

i used the whole weekend reading this instead of studying for my finals that start tomorrow but it was so worth it. yk i haven't even watched the anime yet but i will as soon as my finals are over. (edit: i just finished it and i loved it) this was soooo cute and precious and i'm overwhelmed by the pure love langa and reki have for each other. so definitely recommend reading even if you haven't watched the anime. it wasn't confusing or anything and i don't think this had any spoilers. so good <33 i want this from reki's perspective too but a bit shorter maybe


just look at them 😍😭😭 ac: pearl_art

[monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jokes on y’all this ain’t a fanfic it’s actually a canon sequel to the anime. Renga told me, I was the skateboard.

[Isabeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is my season 2

[frankie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 bc genuinely it had a nice storyline but the writing was repetitive. i can only read “oh, and oh, oh,” so many times i fear

[✧ Ella ✧ · Rating 5 out of 5]

The serotonin I received-

[trix · Rating 5 out of 5]

putting this fanfic on here because it’s the best piece of online fan fiction i’ve ever read

[Ainda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo más tierno que he leído, amo

[Ezr★ · Rating 5 out of 5]

HURT/COMFORT IS HURT/COMFORTING

[LeMorka · Rating 4 out of 5]

hell yeah

[Mila · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it was really cute and good and I don't care, it's basically canon, it's a sequel now. But at the last chapters it was really long ? Maybe bc I started that months ago, I don't know. But I like this one a lot

[Loes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the best fanfiction I've ever red.
I love how the author wrote Langa and Reki's characters and I'm really sad that it's over. I want to read more!!!
Anyways, if you have time to spare; go watch sk8 the infinity and when you're done go read this fanfiction. It's a freaking masterpiece
(I'm bad at reviews)

[slaygirlypop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Slow burn of the century, the longing was off the charts.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

best fanfiction i've ever read

[Bazinga.ugh]

buzzcut, you are my new religion<3

[andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

and another fanfic to the list

[Maria Drago · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought the actual kissing was going to be a whole misunderstanding, as in Reki would ask Langa to teach him to kiss, and Langa would later actually plant one on him, and Reki would be like, "Dude...I thought you were just gonna explain how it works???" But NOPE. Reki be doing THAT.

Love the kissing scenes.

Bit longer than it needs to be, but it's lowkey Midnight Sun vibes. LOTS of internal meltdowns all the way through. (This started wearing on my nerves after about 130K.)
I just wish we could get a bit more happy pining or horny pining or any other sort of pining besides sad and desperate.

Unfortunately, this is one of those stories where the main character cannot even look at the crush without turning red, sweating, wanting to cry, and/or acting like a crazy person, and how do they get anything done at all? Get a hold of yourself, man. I feel like, when your crush is your best friend, there are still moments of levity. Things can be fun. Not everything is romantic.
And of course, this leads to a lot of repetition in the story. It feels like every five seconds Langa is talking about how he's sweating profusely, and he's all flushed. But then there's also VERY REPEATED mentions of Reki and his bandaids and the nail polish on his hands.
I think that with a good editor to knock down the word count a bit and fix all those "god, god" and "oh, oh" and "and, and, and" uses.

Also, the other characters-- Joe, Cherry, Shadow, Miya-- are severely underutilized. Scratch that, they aren't utilized at all. I think there was one Joe mention and like two Shadow mentions. Like, COME ON, you have such a great cast RIGHT THERE.

Nah there's dense and then there's DENSE. These dudes barely try concealing their feelings and don't catch on to any of it.

Also this is way too horny to not be horny. Dude will give the horniest monologue and end it with wanting to "snuggle up together, humming contentedly." Like, ma'am. I know you're trying to keep this PG-13 for some reason, but come ON.

Nah got way too dramatic and drawn out.

After all that, and Langa didn't even give Reki all those gifts he bought him!

But there was a LOT of cuteness. The first kiss, the carnival date, falling asleep on the train, Langa reading out his confession letter, and much more.

I couldn't stop being bothered by cultural and linguistic inconsistencies/errors. Just little details that knocked me out of the Japanese setting and felt heavily American.

Overall, I enjoyed the first half quite a bit, but had to drag myself through the last half, determined to see the end.

[Lis · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5

i mean, this actually canon because they are in love, but i'm a little disappointed that it started sooo well and then it became so repetitive, i felt that i was reading the same thing over and over again. i also didn't like that much the way the author described and handle their mental illnesses/anxiety/panic attacks (i know they are different for everyone, but still, they were so vain and inaccurate for me).

besides, am i the only one that felt they didn't talk, like at all? they just "oh... uh... man" and that's it. also, reki was so incredibly awkward (he actually is, but here ??? he's an extrovert but he didn't talk in complete phrases?)

[jas ❀ · Rating 5 out of 5]

this one was definitely one of my favorites fanfictions i ever read like it was so cute and i think the characters were so good written idk i feel like this is canon
in some parts i found it a little repetitive but it wasn't so bad so idc but yea i love it, it made me feel sad, happy, IDK IT MADE ME FEEL A LOT OF EMOTIONS, I definitely would read it again.

[Katie Chaplin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although it's not technically a book, this may be the single greatest piece of fiction that I've ever read. They incredible degree of description in this specifically regarding langas feelings toward Reki paints such a beautiful depiction of their relationship. Even Langas heartbreak over Miguel is palpable. I would truly recommend everyone read this even of you have never watched Sk8.
10/10

[paotilde · Rating 5 out of 5]

en verdad me lo leí el año pasado pero lo quería tener aquí ya guardado pa que las 1762 horas que me pasé leyéndolo no caigan en el olvido pero vaya que es buenísimo me encantó, amazing, spectacular, totally unique, completely not ever been done before… amamos

[Freja Alslev · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its the 7th time Im re-reading this fic! Its amazing and I love it!!!

I can’t put into words How much i love this fic!

Its just perfect!

If you havent read it (and you ship Renga) go read it! RIGHT NOW!!!

You will not rettet it!

[catalina · Rating 5 out of 5]

De los fanfics más hermosos que he leído, la forma en que se aman ay diooooos, la personificación de los personajes, no basta los amo mucho

[Ame⍣ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this so much ♡

[Stefanie Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 this was such an easy read! I love the characters in the anime and this gave me more after it was over. if not for the insane amount of "oh, oh oh" all over the end this would be perfect!

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro cambió la química de mi cerebro para siempre

[Nyla Chan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not expect this fanfic to be on Goodreads but I absolutely loved it!!! I love sk8 the infinity and I’ve been missing it!! I’m glad I got some Renga content ❤️

[Chloé · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,25/5 :)

[ЯӨЦЯΣ✮ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this fanfic

[☆ Salma ☆ ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

sinceramente empezó bien pero ya al final me estaba dando cringe como reki le decia dude o man ademas me parecia langa ya un drama queen al principio bien pero al final ufff pero son cutes

[Ada · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so stinkin cute my heart can't take it 😭