Nakamurose

"I thought we were already friends!"

- Hirose to Nakamura

Nakamurose is the slash ship between Nakamura Okuto and Hirose Aiki from the ''Go For It, Nakamura! fandom.

Canon
The first time that Nakamura saw Hirose was at their high school entrance ceremony. Nakamura stared at him and admired his looks. Nakamura never knew people like Hirose existed and fell in love at first sight. Ever since, the two have been classmates.

The manga starts with Nakamura trying to befriend Hirose at school. Nakamura stands near Hirose's desk and tries to start a conversation. Hirose stands up and notices Nakamura, looking him in the eyes for the first time. Nakamura runs away nervously and acknowledges how cute Hirose was. As Hirose is about to leave, Nakamura sees that he dropped his handkerchief and plans to pick it up for him. A girl beats him to it and is about to give it to Hirose, but Nakamura steps in and steps on the handkerchief before handing it to Hirose. At home, Nakamura thinks about the situation and thinks that Hirose totally hates him.

In the next chapter, Nakamura gets to cook with Hirose all day long. Their teacher brings some octopi to school for the Cultural Festival. Nakamura, who loves octopi, picks up an octopus but thinks that Hirose might think he's weird. To Nakamura's delight, Hirose picks up an octopus with no hesitation. This causese Nakamura to have lewd thoughts about Hirose and the octopus. Nakamura is interrupted by the octopus he is holding splattering ink on his face. He took it as a punishment for his dirty thoughts.

Nakamura reads a boys' love manga and sees it as a guide for romance. While thinking about Hirose, Nakamura is tripped by a couple of boys. Hirose steps in and defends Nakamura, which makes the couple of boys leave Nakamura alone. Hirose asks Nakamura, who had never been more happy in his life, if he's alright. Hirose recognizes Nakamura as the boy who stepped on his handkerchief and got splattered with ink by the octopus. Hirose laughs about what happened to Nakamura, making Nakamura embarrassed. Afterward, Hirose introduces himself to Nakamura then notices Nakamura's boys' love manga on the floor. Nakamura declines when Hirose asks if the book is his.

In art class, Hirose is selected as the model for a sketch competition. Nakamura sees this as an opportunity to stare at Hirose as much as he wants. Nakamura creates multiple sketches of Hirose, but thinks that he only captured a tenth of Hirose's cuteness. Nakamura then notices a girl's drawing of Nakamura and is amazed. After art class, Nakamura finds out her name is Kawamura and tells her he is a fan of her's. Nakamura asks for the drawing she made of Hirose and cries tears of joy because of how good the drawing looks. Nakamura later asks Kawamura to draw pictures of him and Hirose together. After seeing Kawamura's drawings the next day, Nakamura is satisfied and asks for more drawings.

Nakamura runs into a woman that looks a lot like Hirose and makes his heart pound. Nakamura considers that he might be bi as the woman walks away. During class, Nakamura tries to stay loyal to Hirose and repeats in his head that he only needs Hirose. After taking Kawamura's role in the school play, Nakamura runs into the woman that looks like Hirose. During the play, Nakamura asks if she is Hirose. From the crowd, Hirose's sister lets everyone know that the "woman" in the play is Hirose. After the play while everyone is commenting on how alike the Hirose siblings look, Nakamura calls Hirose's sister the most beautiful girl in the world. Nakamura feels that the distance between him and Hirose has lessened after talking with him for a bit.

While reading the manga Kawamura made, Nakamura runs into Hirose on the way to school. Hirose asks Nakamura if he likes octopi, to which Nakamura lies and says no since he thinks Hirose will think he's weird. After school, Hirose asks Nakamura if he wants to walk home with him. They have a conversation alone while walking home together. After parting ways with Hirose, Nakamura decides to check up on him just in case. Nakamura finds out that Hirose ran into some guys that are about to take off Hirose's clothes and post his photos everywhere. Nakamura bikes towards them but falls off of his bike, spilling holy water that looks like blood on him. Nakamura tells the guys to stay away from Hirose, but is mistaken for a teenage zombie, scaring away the guys. Hirose recognizes Nakamura and tells him that he scared him, but that Nakamura was really cool.

Quotes
"The first time he saw Hirose... was at the high school entrance ceremony. That wispy, chestnut-colored hair... those adorably round eyes... that slightly tanned skin... and that smile, so kind and loving. 'I never knew people like him existed...' he thought as he stared."

- About Nakamura seeing Hirose for the first time

"You were really cool. Thank you."

- Hirose to Nakamura after Nakamura saved Hirose

Fanon
The ship is the most popular ship in its fandom since the manga is centered around Nakamura's crush on Hirose. The only rival ship is Nakamura's ship with Kawamura, though Nakamurose is way more popular than it. The ship became more well known in 2021 when people started redrawing different ships as the cover of the Go For It, Nakamura! manga. Lots of fan art for the ship is just redraws of the manga cover. It doesn't have many works on AO3, with there only being 9+ works currently.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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