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• Take Your Mask Off by ifhyxv

  Fandoms: Banana Fish (Anime & Manga)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  17 Jul 2026

  Tags

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  • Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji
  • Ash Lynx
  • Okumura Eiji
  • Ibe Shunichi
  • Shorter Wong
  • Original Characters
  • Okumura Eiji Loves Ash Lynx
  • Okumura Eiji Needs a Hug
  • Ash Lynx Lives
  • Mentions of Ash Lynx's Past
  • Okumura Eiji Is a Mess
  • Comfort/Angst
  • I'm Bad at Tagging
  • I have no idea what I’m doing
  • Drug Use
  • Alcohol
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Ash Lynx Needs A Hug
  • Ash Lynx Is a Mess

  Summary

  Eiji desperately wants to start a new life and to do that, he needs to leave Japan. He wants to escape all the complicated relationships and the worries that keep him awake at night. After years of silence and contemplation, he finally decides to leave and not look back.

  On his first day in his new apartment in New York City, he runs into his new neighbor. The tall, green-eyed blonde man greets him, and Eiji feels an instant crush.

  A few days later, they meet at a local bar and begin talking. Soon, they feel a strong connection between them. Eiji invites the man to his apartment after the bar closes, and the man agrees to come. Once they arrive, something unusual for both of them happens…

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,930

  Chapters:

  4/?

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  Kudos:

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